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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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A large crowd enjoyed the Cathlamet Lighting Festival last Saturday. A group of local singers, the CathlameTones (below, top), led carol singing and were joined by children and other onlookers. At the appropriate hour, Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce members turned on the lights for the community tree (below, right), and, according to Cathlamet tradition, Santa Claus arrived on a fire truck (below middle), greeted youngsters and proceeded to the community center for conferences and photos with...
The Wahkiakum PUD water crew will soon have to stop water flow to Puget Island to replace a faulty valve, General Manager David Tramblie announced at the Tuesday meeting of the utility board of commissioners. The water crew recently replaced the master meter at the Island end of the highway bridge, and when they tried to open the valve to restore flow, they found the valve was frozen and wouldn't work. Water continues to flow to the Island through a bypass. To replace the valve, the crew will have to shut off water flow "for the better part of...
Commissioners of the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District have set their sights on a big project: Clearing the channels of Grays River and Deep River across Grays Bay. They'll have support from the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners. The bay is filling up with silt and sand which backs up the two rivers and exacerbates flooding in storms, county Commissioner Gene Strong said Tuesday. Local officials also say the dredging program of the US Army Corps of Engineers has piled up sand from Columbia River shipping channel maintenance at the...
Consolidated Diking District No. 1 of Puget Island will embark on an extended vegetation management program next year along Island dikes. Diking Commissioner Tony Aegerter on Tuesday announced that the district will be removing trees and other vegetation on exposed areas on the outside edges of the dikes. The work is in response to the US Army Corps of Engineers, which walked the dikes last summer to inspect. The vegetation needs to be cleared away so that inspectors can see the base of the dike and out 15 feet. Aegerter said the work--mowing...
To clarify a recent report about a Naselle High School entry in a Veterans of Foreign Wars essay contest, Theron Frame placed first in judging of entries in the competition hosted by Long Beach VFW Post 3721....
A short-handed Cathlamet Town Council made their second vote of approval for their 2020 budgets in a special meeting Monday night. Mayor Dale Jacobson was ill, so Council Member Ryan Smith presided as mayor pro tem. Also attending were Council Members Laurel Waller and David Olson. According to a town ordinance, the council must vote three times on the budget; the council gave first approval Nov. 18. The budget totals $6.2 million. Of that $2.3 goes to water system operations;$704,926 to sewer bond payment; $148,587 to water bond payment,...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met Nov. 26 to approve budgets for the coming year and listen to reports. General Manager David Tramblie said the line crew had completed a project to remove overhead service and replace it with underground at the customer’s request and his financial assistance because a couple of alder trees would eventually cause problems. “It was a good project for the PUD and the customer,” Tramblie said. Another “good project” was the replacement of more than...
County commissioners from Pacific, Wahkiakum and Cowlitz counties will hold a special meeting Dec.12 to update the local legislators on the County Fiscal Sustainability Initiative priorities that Washington State Association of Counties and the Washington Association of County Officials are pursuing in 2020. The meeting, open to the public, will be held in the Pacific County Commissioners Meeting Room, 1216 W. Robert Bush Drive, South Bend, starting at 10:30 a.m....
Wahkiakum County Commissioners handled a variety of issues at their meeting Nov. 26. Commissioners approved a contract with InSight Medical Group, PA for the provision of telehealth-based professional mental health and psychiatry services, at the request of Chris Bischoff, Director of Health and Human Services. They also approved Auditor Nicci Bergseng’s request to hire a new deputy auditor II at Step 3. They approved a contract amendment with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to i...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. CathlameTones, Hotel Cathlamet, 6 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, work night, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Food Addicts Meeting, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible...
A crowd turned out for another successful Christmas Bazaar at St. James on Saturday, buying beads, books, Christmas decorations, arts, crafts, cookies, and more. Above, shoppers stopped to check out crafts and chat with members of the Wahkiakum Fiber Group. Below, photographer Genie Carey took advantage of a quiet moment after the morning rush. Right, Becky Ledtke felt a little left out when she performed with her guitar playing husband, Jerry, so she decided to try making her own drum. Now...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors met Nov.19 for updates on several matters and to adopt a school bond resolution for a coming ballot. Calvin Grasseth, who is in charge of transportation at the school district, spoke to the board about a proposal to replace the district’s aging bus fleet. “The buses have a depreciation schedule, and the state bid, what we pay for buses, is paid back 100 percent in 13 years. That’s almost unheard of in a vehicle,” Grasseth said. “The goal is t...
Commissioners of Wahkiakum County Port District 2 last week adopted their 2020 budget, heard suggestions to work on two Westend properties and approved improvemets at two parks. The commissioners approved a $1.05 million budget, highest in the district's history. This included a 1 percent increase in property taxes, which will raise $724.91 for a total levy of $72,490.92. Port Manager Jeff Smith presented a draft update to the district's comprehensive plan. According to the plan's Executive Summary, "The goals associated with this plan are to...
Wahkiakum County's board of commissioners will hold a public hearing next Monday before beginning final deliberations on their 2020 budgets. Commissioners met Tuesday (as The Eagle went to press) with county fair officials to go over issues. The board's preliminary budget shows revenues of $81,470 for the fair and expenditures of $85,870, a deficit of $4,400. Last week, fair officials asked the board to increase the appropriation to add hours for the manager so that she can work on fund raising activities in the off season. They point out that...
Cathlamet's Holiday Lighting Festival and Visit from Santa Claus will take place this Saturday on Main Street, rain, snow or shine. According to the sponsoring Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce, the festival will include: --Vendor fair at the Hotel Cathlamet, 3-8 p.m.; --Caroling at the courthouse, 4:30 p.m., and --Tree lighting and arrival of Santa Claus at 5 p.m. Many Main Street businesses will be open, and refreshments will be served. Children and adults may mingle with Santa afterwards at the Community Center....
Editor’s Note: With painting and decking work on the Puget Island bridge apparently at an end, I contacted the Washington State Department of Transportation early last week to ask if this were the case. A reply indicated the project had come to an end, and we published a story last Thursday providing details as we knew them. However, WSDOT personnel sent an updating email Wednesday morning that arrived while we were composing pages, and I didn’t see it until printing was completed. I updated the story on our website, but the story in the pri...
Because of incorrect information furnished The Eagle, some errors occurred in the cutline reporting on the annual meeting of the Wahkiakum County Historical Society in the Nov. 14 edition. The cutline should have read: Guest Dan Hoggatt of Puget Island, a member of the Sioux Nation, performed music in the style of his tribe on handcrafted flutes built by world renowned flute maker and musician Charles Littleleaf of the Warm Springs Reservation. Courtesy photos....
THURSDAY Happy Thanksgiving! FRIDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Brown Bag Lunch, Community Center, Cathlamet, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. River City Strippers, quilters, St. Catherine Catholic Church, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. AA Meeting, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 7 p.m. (360) 560-6946. Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, Rosburg, 9:30-11 a.m. Community Library & Computer Center, Johnson Park 11 a.m.-4 p.m. SATURDAY Community Library & Computer Center, Johnson Park, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. SUNDAY Wahkiakum Acoustic Guitar Society, Community...
The Naselle/Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Middle School Commons. After approval of the consent agenda, a review of the procedures for Policy 3211, Gender-Inclusive Schools, was conducted. About fifteen residents attended the meeting. Seven expressed concerns with the logistics of the new legislation. No decisions were made regarding the procedural piece of the policy. The following policies were adopted: 6230 Relations with Vendors and 3241 Student Discipline. A...
Photo and story by Rick Nelson Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include information received after the print edition went to press. Work on the Puget Island bridge is coming to an end this month, Washington State Department of Transportation officials said this week. The project, which consisted of painting and installation of a new deck on the bridge, has been completed over a year ahead of schedule, according to a department news release. On Nov. 8, construction workers removed l...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners Dan Cothren and Mike Backman were asked to adjudicate neighborhood disputes at their meeting Tuesday. [Commissioner Gene Strong was out of town at a statewide meeting of county officials.] The first dispute involved the commissioners. Cathlamet resident Jim Kolberg asked the board to trim trees along the property line between his house and the Johnson House on Division Street. The trees drop debris, and one leaning tree hovers dangerously over the skylight in his bedroom, Kolberg said. He added that he had...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council on Monday voted 3-1 to open their Butler Street lot to parking with a six-month deadline to begin improvements to the lot. The action was one of several initiatives from Council Member David Olson who also suggested changes to the composition of the town planning commission, a formal agenda for meetings, and guidelines for conduct during meetings and public comment. In other business, Mayor Dale Jacobson announced that Public Works Director Duncan Cruickshank is leaving his position at the end of this...
Washington State Climatologist Nicholas Bond spoke toa small crowd about the complexities of climate change and how it might affect our ecosystems and the salmon that has been so important to the people of the Northwest at the Wahkiakum Outdoors event at the Hope Center on Nov. 12. "2014 brought record returning numbers of Chinooks coming through Bonneville Dam," Bond said. "We ended up having a drought in Washington State in 2015. It wasn't a lack of precipitation, it was so warm that it was...
Sometimes I just get lucky. From the moment I saw that the first woman to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean would be speaking at the Cathlamet Yacht Club's Fall Dinner, I'd been daydreaming ways to finesse an invitation. I never verbalized the wish, but somehow, someone got the message, and I got that invitation. I'm glad. I like stories, and Sharon Sites Adams had a fine one to tell. Adams, who grew up in Prineville, was an adult the first time she saw the ocean. "I wasn't impressed," she...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Learn to knit, crochet and mend, Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. CathlameTones, Hotel Cathlamet, 6 p.m. Fire Protection District No. 1 Commissioners, Fire Hall, 5:30 p.m. Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Cathlamet First Aid Division,...
