Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Cathlamet Town Council and the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners will hold special meetings in the next two weeks. The county commission recessed its Sept. 24 meeting to next Monday, 11 a.m. The board will join the Wahkiakum Conservation District at the Duck Inn in Skamokawa for a tour of conservation district projects. The town council will get its 2020 budget preparation underway with a special meeting Oct. 4, 1 p.m. in the Cathlamet Fire Hall meeting room at 225 2nd Street, Cathlamet....
THURSDAY Cowlitz/Wahkiakum Council of Governments, Cowlitz County Event Center, Noon. Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7-15 p.m. Sandra Sews, 10:30-Noon. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire...
Debra Lawson, who ran Angel Wings Pet Sanctuary, served two days in jail last week after violating the terms of her probation after local law enforcement found 16 vertebrate animals on her property. In May, Lawson pled guilty to three counts in a deal with the State of Washington in District Court presided over by Judge Heidi Heywood. Lawson pled guilty to operating a shelter and failure to tag each dog or cat, operating a shelter and failure to provide indoor facilities adequately ventilated...
Member of the Cathlamet Town Council and the public got a look Monday evening at an updated proposal for development of the controversial vacant lot at the corner of Main and Butler streets. In other business, council members approved of a nascent collaboration between the Chinook Nation and the council, county commission, Port District 1 and the Wahkiakum School District. Council members also approved a proposed change to the town planning commission; they established dates for meetings and...
Rosburg resident Austin Burkhalter has been appointed to fill a vacant position on the Port District 2 board of directors. He replaces Lori Scott who resigned at the commission's August meeting. She hadn't sought re-election two years ago and, as state law allows, served until August. Port Attorney Tim Hanigan said the position will be on the 2023 election ballot. In other business at the port commission's Tuesday meeting: --Port Manager Jeff Smith said the second kite festival of the year will...
How will the vacancy on the Cathlamet Town Council be filled? Council Member Sue Cameron resigned from the position in August, leaving one of the five seats vacant. When the council met Monday for its monthly meeting, Council Member Ryan Smith was excused for illness, leaving only three members present, Jean Burnham, Laurel Waller and David Olson. When the public comment period arrived at the end of the meeting, Main Street resident Paige Lake asked how the position would be filled. She added that she had heard before the August meeting that...
An article in The Daily News of Longview this past week came home for the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners. The article reported comments from Port of Kalama personnel saying they are preparing to begin depositing dredge spoil sand on Puget Island farmland owned by Philip and Ivy Lou Vik. The site was identified nearly 20 years ago as part of the project to deepen the Columbia River channel and is just now being developed. According to land use permits, the dredge spoils will be pumped inland and over years piled to a level at the...
By Rick Nelson The Washington Supreme Court last Thursday announced its opinion in the appeal of the recall charges against Cathlamet's mayor and three council members; the court upheld the ruling of Wahkiakum Superior Court Judge Donald J. Richter that the recall charges were insufficient. Following is the opening of the state court's opinion, written by Justice Susan Owens: "This case concerns a recall petition filed against the mayor and three members of the town council of Cathlamet. All of the charges against the councillors and most of...
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. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Fire Protection District No. 1 Commissioners, Fire Hall, 5:30 p.m. Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m....
The Naselle/Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on Tuesday in the Middle School Commons. The following board policies were adopted: 2410 High School Graduation Requirements, 2413 Equivalency Credit for Career and Technical Courses, 3115 Students Experiencing Homelessness Rights and Services, 3120 Enrollment, 3207 Prohibition of Harassment, Intimidation or Bullying, 3231 Student Records, 3416 Medication at School, 3520 Student Fees, Fines or Charges, 5201 Drug-Free Schools, Community or Workplace,...
By Diana Zimmerman The Wahkiakum County Port 1 Board of Commissioners discussed a variety of issues at their meeting last Thursday. According to Port Manager Jackie Lea, a potential customer had approached the port about dismantling two barges for scrap at the marina in October. “He has the permits,” Lea said. “He can’t bring them into Ilwaco, because the lift isn’t set up to do that.” After discussion about a myriad of issues, including how to charge the potential customer, and how much, the c...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors met on Tuesday. Superintendent Brent Freeman gave a brief update on the commercial kitchen/fish processing center. “It continues to not go quite away,” Freeman said. “There are two different contractors that may be interested. We are running out of time.” After the board approved a $150 cash box for ticket sales at middle school events, Freeman gave an update on a hoped for remodel at the district and discussed a suggested schedule to address...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners listened to reports during a quick meeting on Tuesday. Commissioner Dennis Reid expressed appreciation for the recent presentation by representatives of Noanet on the potential broadband project. “Seeing numbers put to it was really helpful,” Reid said. “As far as I was concerned it was all good stuff.” General Manager Dave Tramblie reported that 900 feet of water pipe had been replaced on East Birnie Slough Road. It was an upgrade of some older p...
Cathlamet resident Jim Kolberg caught two scenes as he traveled around town: Above, the view from the town dock at the foot of Broadway Street on Tuesday, and right, Derek Lunstrum had a cool job cleaning the ice box at the Cathlamet Market. Below, Kim Herren spotted two buzzards enjoying the sun along the waterfront on a recent photo club outing....
Today, the Washington Supreme Court announced its opinion in the appeal of the recall charges against Cathlamet's mayor and three council member; the court upheld the ruling of Wahkiakum Superior Court Judge Donald J. Richter that the recall charges were insufficient. Following is the opening of the state court's opinion, written by Justice Susan Owens: "This case concerns a recall petition filed against the mayor and three members of the town council of Cathlamet. All of the charges against the councillors and most of the charges against the...
Wahkiakum County commissioners covered a lot of ground as they worked their way through a light agenda Tuesday. Public Works Director Chuck Beyer said an examination of a new engine on the ferry Oscar B. showed no overheating problems. The ferry had been out of service Monday morning for mechanics to look for the source of a hot reading. "The engines are fine," Beyer said. The inspections will continue, he said, focusing on transmissions and then other possible sources until they find the source of the heat. Service could be suspended during...
After 34 years, Carol Hattrick Danker will no longer walk through the door of the bank centrally located on Main Street in Cathlamet as an employee. Though the location of her office never changed in those years, nor the business conducted there, ownership shifted four times during Danker's tenure. Seafirst, Bank of America, Cascade, First Interstate. She decided to retire when she realized customer's names weren't coming quite as easily as they used to. Danker was born in Yakima and attended a...
After being awarded a grant from the Community Economic Revitalization Board, the Wahkiakum County PUD hired a team from Noanet to conduct a broadband feasibility study, the objective to bring high speed fiber optic line to every resident on the east side of the county. On Monday, Chris Walker and Nick Uhlrich from Noanet presented their findings from the second phase of the study to the PUD and a few members of the Broadband Action Committee. About a month ago, Uhlrich and another colleague...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Food Addicts, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30-Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7...
A member of a local photographers' club, Kim Herren took these photos during an August outing along the Cathlamet waterfront....
Top: Homework already? Wahkiakum High School students share a laugh and get some studying in before Mule volleyball practice started on Tuesday. Below: Buses line up in front of Julius A. Wendt Elementary School on Tuesday to take students home after their first day of school for the 2019-2020 year. Photos by Diana Zimmerman....
Some of Wahkiakum County's eroding beaches will receive dredge spoil replenishment this year, and some won't. Residents of the Cape Horn neighborhood last week learned they can expect a Port of Portland dredging crew to begin depositing spoils along their waterfront. Estimated starting date is September 27. Dredging crew members and US Army Corps of Engineers personnel walked the beach last week with Cape Horn residents to talk about the process. Depositing the sand will take approximately three weeks. Crews will be on the job 24 hours a day,...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners listened to reports on Tuesday, including one from a representative of Bonneville Power Administration, and after some conversation and a little bit of levity, decided to honor the general manager by renaming a substation in his honor. BPA representative Scott Wilson spoke about how a net zero percent increase actually meant a 3 percent increase for the Wahkiakum PUD. A 1.5 percent surcharge is expected to kick in for all of BPA’s customers, W...
Wahkiakum County Public Works Director Chuck Beyer this week announced coming short term closures of the ferry Oscar B. and of State Road. The ferry will be out of service next Monday, 5 a.m. to 2 p.m., to examine a new engine installed in February. Beyer said it may have a leaking valve, and the engine supplier is investigating as part of warranty service. If further work on the engine, or replacement, is needed another closure will be scheduled, and the ferry will operate a regular schedule in the meantime. Consolidated Diking District No. 1...
Jacob Childers, 18, turned himself in to the Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday morning, 14 days after a warrant was issued for his arrest in connection to a burglary at the Skamokawa General Store on August 14. Bail was set for $50,000 for Childers, who was still in jail as of Tuesday night. Haley Kerstetter was also taken into custody in relation to the burglary. She was able to post bail, set at $15,000, on Tuesday and was released. Several thousand dollars worth of inventory was stolen during the August 14 incident, including a...
