Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Seattle Shakespeare Company returned to Wahkiakum High School last week to teach workshops on stage fighting and Elizabethan dancing. They also performed a bilingual production of Macbeth. Above: "It will rain tonight," Banquo said. "Let it come down," one of his murderers replied before they killed him in Act 3 Scene 3 of Macbeth. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
Jeff Smith, new manager of Wahkiakum Port District 2, outlined a wide variety of plans and projects when the district board of commissioners met Tuesday. Smith reported that an upgrade of electric service at County Line Park has finished. The commission would like to upgrade water service at County Line, but costs are a concern. Smith said design work could cost $18,000-$24,000, and physical work would be another $20,000 or more. Wahkiakum County, owner of the park property, has budgeted $40,000 for improvements, but $13,000 was spent on the...
Frauleins, flatulent Frenchmen, and pigeon wagers, oh my! This is how memories are made. After a year and a half of planning and fundraising, four members of the Wahkiakum High School German Club and five chaperones traveled to Germany for an adventure that will stay with them forever. The four students, Seth Kuljis, Michael Mellis, Michael Martin, and Kaleo Silva, were accompanied by teacher Don Cox and his wife, Bob and Diane Garrett, and Kuljis' great aunt, Barbara. There were no plans to joi...
It was grandma's idea, really, to give the kids a souped up lemonade stand. And the more dad thought about it, the more he liked it, and thus, the KCC Treats at the Elochoman Slough Marina was born. The stand is named for the three big operators who will be running the shop, Kadence, 14, Corbin, 8, and Chasen, 6. Mom is Amber Cameron. She'll be there too. Dad is David Scott Cameron. Kadence is finishing up the school year in another town, but she'll be home for the summer, to join her siblings a...
This week, for the first time since 1970, The Eagle will no longer be printed by The Daily News of Longview. Corporate bosses of that paper decided to shut down The Daily News press and switch printing to Albany, Ore. That hasn’t worked well for The Eagle. This week, we start printing at The Astorian newspaper’s press. We anticipate a return to the timely delivery and printing quality we once enjoyed from The Daily News. --Rick Nelson, publisher...
It was standing room only at the Roadkill Saloon last Wednesday as Skamokawa area residents met with Wahkiakum County Sheriff Mark Howie and members of his staff to talk about crime, prevention, and the benefits of setting up a neighborhood block watch. Howie stressed communication with the sheriff’s office, encouraging the residents to be observant, and asking them to document suspicious activity, people and vehicles, and license plates if it was safe to do so. After listening to questions a...
A section of the lower Columbia River will reopen for recreational spring chinook fishing for two days beginning Saturday, April 13, state fishery managers announced. The initial spring chinook fishing period from Bonneville Dam downriver to Warrior Rock at St. Helens, Ore., ended at midnight Wednesday, April 10. But with less than half of the expected harvest of 3,689 upriver spring chinook salmon reeled in so far, additional opportunity remains available to anglers, and fishery managers from Washington and Oregon agreed to reopen the area to...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council on Monday hashed out how they want to start design of a park on a controversial parcel at the corner of Butler and Main streets. The town acquired the lot, the site of a former gas station most recently used as a parking lot, last year in a process that led to a recall proceeding against three council members, Sue Cameron, Jean Burnham and Ryan Smith. Toward the end of the purchase process, the council members and Mayor Dale Jacbson announced they planned to...
Tuesday's meeting of the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners covered a wide range of topics ranging from camping at Fairgrounds Park to a presentation of an updated county emergency management plan. Skamokawa resident April Murdoch urged county officials to investigate the long term camping at Fairgrounds Park, located next to the Skamokawa Grange. Murdoch said it appears campers have set up residence and have unlimited and unsupervised access to kitchen and other facilities on the adjacent fairgrounds. There are other problems, she said,...
Evelyn Clark, a Puget Island native and 2010 Wahkiakum High School graduate, will compete in the 2019 Miss USA pageant as Miss Washington USA. She leaves April 21 for Reno, Nev., to compete in the pageant. Her family and friends are giving her a send off party on Sunday at the River Mile 38 Brewery, 285 3rd Ave., Cathlamet, from 12-3 p.m. "Its a drop-in event so stop by any time and stay as long as you like," said Leah Clark, Evelyn's mother. "Enjoy visiting with Evelyn; leave her an...
An article in last week's edition stated that, in a setback for three counties, legislation that would have set up a program to exchange encumbered trust timberland for productive lands wasn't introduced for action in the current legislative session. In fact, the legislation was introduced after deadline and too late to be considered....
"It's bittersweet," Janet Bryan says of her decision to retire as manager of Wahkiakum County Port 2. It was time for a new adventure, but the relationships she cultivated with staff and repeat visitors to Skamokawa Vista Park are the hardest thing to let go. And by all accounts they are going to miss her as well. In the two weeks she's been gone, staff have been fielding calls from people making reservations for the warmer months. They invariably ask for Janet. It turns out that Bryan became pa...
A continuance was granted to Puget Island resident and owner of Angel Wings Pet Sanctuary, Debra Lawson-Bean, for the pretrial hearing in regard to eight charges of animal neglect and animal cruelty. Lawson has pled innocent to the charges. Her petition for the return of animals seized by the Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office on February 4 was consolidated to her case and moved from Superior Court to District Court, and Geordie Duckler, an Oregon lawyer, was accepted as her counsel. The continued pretrial hearing is scheduled for May 1 in W...
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...
Hoping to raise funds to build a sensory room and sensory pathway for children with autism and special needs at Wahkiakum School District, organizers are inviting the public to join them at the first Wahkiakum Autism Walk, scheduled for this Saturday, April 13. Paul and Sarah Lawrence are the parents of Thomas, who at eight and a half years of age, remains non-verbal. The two were brainstorming on the couch one evening about how to take advantage of April being Autism Awareness Month when they...
When someone moves to Wahkiakum County, he or she brings their own ideas, experiences, and knowledge with them. When a former Tacoma resident moved to the area, she told a new friend about the Dress a Girl project, and now it's got women all over the county making new friends, using their sewing skills, and embracing creativity to make simple, pretty dresses for young girls in impoverished communities all over the world. It's not a hand-me-down. It's a chance for a child to delight in something...
By Kaden Anderson With the help of the community, families, and parents, Wahkiakum High School Key Club was able to raise over $6,000 during our annual fundraising event. The money will be given to the Kids Making Miracles Foundation at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland. This year, the series of March fundraiser events was called ‘Doernbecher Days’ instead of ‘Doernbecher Week’ because Key Club wanted to lengthen the fundraiser beyond one week. Every year, we kick off the events with a school wide assembly. This year, Leihanna...
Dr. John Kallas was in Cathlamet over the weekend to share a wealth of knowledge about foraging wild foods, including how to identify, harvest, and prepare them, to a lucky group of Wahkiakum residents who registered for the workshop. There were three sessions on Saturday with a focus on the wild foods of the Pacific Northwest, North America, and finally on the wild foods of Native Peoples. After spending a little time in the classroom, Kallas took the group to different spots around Cathlamet...
This week Jeff Smith officially became the acting Wahkiakum County Port 2 Manager. After spending the last two months with outgoing manager Janet Bryan, Smith acknowledged that he still has a lot to learn. He joked that he is still trying to figure out what to paperclip and what to staple but he already has a great appreciation for Vista Park and the other Port 2 properties, and he wants to take the next year to get a good grasp on the job, and experience all its seasons before he begins to put...
Wahkiakum County government can expect to receive $1.3 million this year from the harvest of state managed trust timber. That amount is almost right on the 10-year average of trust timber revenue, $1.37 million, according to a report Tuesday to the county board of commissioners. Revenue from the harvest of trust timber has traditionally played a major role in funding courthouse departments. According to the report presented by regional and district managers Chris Wills and Steve Ogden, the highest yield since 2008 has been $1.8 million in 2011...
On Tuesday morning, Commissioner Dennis Reid addressed misinformation about the Wahkiakum County PUD’s plans to expand the water system in the Skamokawa area, General Manager Dave Tramblie gave an overview on costs to replace an aging Western Wahkiakum Water System, and Scott Wilson stopped by the Board of Commissioners meeting to talk about what was going on at Bonneville Power Administration. “I’ve been putting out some fires down in Skamokawa, because there has been a lot of false information...
Wahkiakum County officials are moving toward a comprehensive energy upgrade for most county facilities. Personnel from Willdan Performance Engineering, Inc., have begun an initial audit of energy upgrade needs and will present initial findings to the county board of commissioners in two weeks. Lauren Bromley, a certified energy manager and senior energy analyst for Willdan, presented her company's process to the county board of commissioners on Tuesday. The company will identify outdated and inefficient equipment and system weaknesses, design...
Trillium in bloom: Spring is here. Photo courtesy of Pearl Blackburn....
To the Eagle: I want to send a big thank you to the people who protected my home when it was threatened by the Wildwood Fire. Imagine my surprise when arriving home on Friday after a trip to find an electronic sign advising caution and Department of Natural Resources trucks parked across from my home. Fortunately for me, there were two men from DNR checking on my home, and they told me what had taken place in my absence. Earlier, others had cleared my roof of fir needles and pulled back the bark dust in front of my home and around the shed....
Community service groups and Wahkiakum High School students have raised nearly $10,000 for children's cancer programs at Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland. The Kiwanis Club of Cathlamet hosted the groups for an award dinner Tuesday evening. Firefighters from Puget Island, Cathlamet, District 4 and Skamokawa departments raised $4,400 for Doernbecher, said Kiwanis President Linda Barth. The firefighters held a boot drive at the end of January and collected donations from motorists. In...
