Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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After last year’s successful Elochoman Marina Wooden Boat Festival in Cathlamet, the Festival was able to acquire several sponsors and sign Bank of the Pacific on as title sponsor for the Labor Day weekend festival. The new name of the festival will be the “Bank of the Pacific Elochoman Marina Wooden Boat Festival.” The Festival will be held on Saturday, September 5. This year they will feature wooden boat exhibits in the water and on land, a free hamburger barbecue for boat exhibitors, presentations on wooden boat building and resto...
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE), in cooperation with community high schools, is looking for local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries: Norway, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Japan, to name a few. ASSE students are enthusiastic and excited to experience American culture while they practice their English. They also love to share their own culture and language with their host families. Host families welcome these students into their family, not as a guest, but as a family member,...
Your National Park Service is 99 years old and Lewis and Clark National Historical Park is having a birthday party on August 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be family fun activities, kids crafts and free canoe rides for age 5-yrs. old and up, music, face painting, painting lady bugs on rocks, an insect-catching contest, and free hamburgers, veggie burgers, chips, veggie snacks and beverage –courtesy of the Lewis and Clark National Park Association and prepared by the wonderful Astoria-Warrenton Lions Club. The birthday party will be h...
Dates are set to meet and finalize the Salmon Derby and BBQ set for September 2 and 3. Meetings will be held at the Elochoman Marina at 5 p.m., August 24 and August 31. All boat skippers and volunteers should attend and all are welcome. For further information contact Bud Mickelsen at 849-4976....
On Friday, August 21, John Lucas and Rob Stockhouse will perform on the Up-Beet Stage at the Puget Island Farmers Market, 59 W. Birnie Slough Rd., from 3-6 p.m. For more information call 360-560-3785. On Saturday, August 22 Don Wages and John Lucas will perform from 5-8 p.m. at River Mile 38 Brewing Co. on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-355-4662....
Want to know more about keeping the environment clean? WSU Master Composter\Recycler training is available free to the general public. Topics include Composting, Healthy soils, Worm Composting, Recycling, and Healthy Landscapes (Alternatives to Chemicals). The seven week training will be held at the Cowlitz Training Center (Longview) from 6-8:15 p.m. Classes sponsored by Cowlitz County's WSU Extension will be held on Monday nights from September 14 until October 19. Application deadline is September 10, 2015. Those interested in joining this...
Willapa Hills band performed in front of the Cathlamet Pharmacy last week in the inaugural First Thursday events sponsored by local businesses. L-r are Kerrie McNally, Jennifer Johnson, Andrew Emlen and Jillian Raye. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
COOLER--Last week's cooler weather certainly made me happy, as the bright sunny days were almost getting to be annoying. I was tired of hiding from the heat and sweating when I had to venture out in it. I know, the heat lovers are booing me, and I may regret wishing for rain, as once it starts, it may never stop, but for now, I was happy to see the rain that fell on Sunday. SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from August 13-19 are Tim Schmitz, Jessica Scheik, Judy Smith, Kathleen Morgain, Steve McClain, Addy Hauff, Tyna Zink, Kassy Burdic...
About a quarter of an inch of rain fell here in Grays River over the weekend, hardly enough to wet the ground but it sure felt nice. It doesn’t look too hopeful for more coming anytime soon. I see that most farmers are already feeding hay to their animals. Naselle news Only a couple weeks left before the new school year begins. Football practice and volleyball practice will begin on the 19th and the 24th respectively, prior to classes starting on August 31st. Teacher work days are scheduled for the 25th through the 27th. Here’s to another fun...
Wow! Fair is here. Hope everyone is ready. The Superintendents have been working hard to get their buildings ready. Next Monday entries start coming in. Check the fair book so you don't miss any deadlines. Monday entries include everything except livestock, gardening, floral and baking. You may enter between the hours of 3-9 p.m. Tuesday’s entries include floral, gardening and baking. These entries are accepted from 3-9 p.m. Wednesday animal entries are due. Market sale animals are to be here from 3-4 p.m. All other animals will need to be h...
Goodwill Industries and Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council offer a program to help people continue their education, prepare for a career, go to college, or get a job. The program is open to people 16-24 years old with no diploma or GED, no job or little or no income. Services offered include preparation and assistance for high school completion or GED, job skills help, job placement assistance, assistance with college enrollment, computer training programs, support services and more. For more information contact Katie Miles...
A NOAA Fisheries biologist reported last week that summer chinook migration amounted to a record at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, but the strong return was significantly diminished by high water temperature mortalities. “I just wanted to highlight that we had a record return,” said Trevor Conder, referring to his presentation to the Technical Management Team in early August. “That indicates we had good ocean conditions and we had good river conditions … The problem is that we got hit with extremely poor river conditions” further upstrea...
The notion that septic tanks prevent fecal bacteria from seeping into rivers and lakes simply doesn't hold water, says a new Michigan State University study. Water expert Joan Rose and her team of water detectives have discovered freshwater contamination stemming from septic systems. Appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study is the largest watershed study of its kind to date, and provides a basis for evaluating water quality and health implications and the impact of septic systems on watersheds. "All along, we...
Bob and Jenny Kizziar welcomed visitors to the first day of their art exhibit, "Clay and Fiber," at Redmen Hall last Saturday. Bob is a celebrated ceramicist, and Jenny, who has also mastered the craft, has moved on to another love, weaving. Several pieces have already sold, according to Jenny, but they will remain on display until the exhibit ends September 27. Above, Jenny Kizziar, far right, talks to visitors about her work. Right, Bob and Jenny Kizzar stand by one of his sculptures. Below,...
Myrna Brown, née Fudge, who graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1962, has written her first book, a romance, Of Unseen Things Above. Drawing from experience and imagination, Brown tells the story of a young woman named Thea from Cathlamet who feels called at a young age to mission work in Africa. Thea’s life and purpose is challenged by the people she meets, people whose struggles with health, poverty, and hunger become more immediate than her promise to her patrons at home to build a church...
Do you make the best chili? Do you make the best chowder? Come prove it! Pack up and plan to spend a day near the River Mile 38 Brewery at the Elochoman Slough Marina in Cathlamet. The event takes place September 5 and will be in conjunction with the Wooden Boat Show. For a copy of the registration form contact the Wahkiaum Chamber office, 360-795-9996, via email wchamber@cni.net, or stop in at 102 Main Street. The deadline to sign up is Tuesday, August 25, and it is free to enter. This year the competition will run in a tournament-style...
On Friday, August 14, Willapa Hills will perform on the Up-Beet Stage at the Puget Island Farmers Market, 59 W. Birnie Slough Rd., from 3-6 p.m. For more information call 360-560-3785. On Saturday, August 15 Downhillbillies (Alex and John Arness) will perform from 5-8 p.m. at River Mile 38 Brewing Co. on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-355-4662....
Once upon a time the Anderson-Amundsen family would fill the Skamokawa Grange with their reunions, but with the event in its 60th year, family members have largely passed on or moved away and their numbers have dwindled. Still, what the Anderson-Amundsens lack in numbers, they make up for with energy and enthusiasm and laughter. Lois Bighill, this year's emcee, has been to all 60 reunions but one. She enjoyed the first from her mother's knee. She guesses that four generations are represented thi...
August 10, 2015 Altoona resident Sam Valdez, who is being held on a $10 million bail and has been charged with solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture or deliver, waived his right to a speedy trial on Monday. His attorney, Bruce Finlay, recently hired a private investigator and asked for more time to go over discovery. Valdez’s trial date, initially scheduled for September 14, was moved to October 5 at 9 a.m. Pretrial is on the c...
The Washington Service Corps and Washington Reading Corps will dispatch about 700 members around the state this fall to help meet educational, environmental, health and public safety needs. More than 150 of them will serve in distressed counties. The agency includes Wahkiakum as one of the distressed counties, noting that its 11.9 percent unemployment rate average in 2012-14 was second highest in the state, behind Ferry County's 13.6 percent. The two programs, part of the federal AmeriCorps program and administered by the state Employment...
The biodiversity of two Northern Pacific salmon species may be at risk due to changes in ocean conditions at the equator, reports a study by the University of California, Davis. In the study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences http://www.pnas.org/ Aug. 3, researchers tracked the survival of chinook and coho salmon from hatcheries in North America between 1980 and 2006. Before the 1990s, ocean survival rates of chinook and coho salmon varied separately from each other. However, the researchers were surprised...
The Employment Security Department’s Annual 2015 employment projections report provides job seekers, policy-makers and training providers an idea of how many jobs exist within industries and occupations, how the number of jobs are expected to change over time and what the future demand for workers will be. ESD’s Labor Market and Performance Analysis (LMPA) Division produces industry and occupational projections for two, five and 10 years from a specific base period. The department projects the 10-year average annual growth rate for total non...
WSU Master Composter\Recycler training is available free to the general public. Topics include Composting, Healthy soils, Worm Composting, Recycling, and Healthy Landscapes (Alternatives to Chemicals). The seven week training will be offered on Monday nights held at the Cowlitz Training Center (Longview) from 6:00 - 8:15 p.m. Classes sponsored by Cowlitz County's WSU Extension will be held on Monday nights from September 14 until October 19. Application deadline is September 10. For those interested in joining the program, contact Jessica...
Thanks to a matching grant through the Wollenberg Foundation, all new and stretch gifts to the Friends of the Theatre will be matched dollar for dollar. They are within $395 of their goal. The deadline is August 31. They are asking citizens to consider becoming a Friend of the Theatre with a gift to the Columbia Theatre. Gifts to the Columbia Theatre ensure: · Longview's historic landmark is preserved. · Arts education and outreach programs are possible. · The continued enrichment of the cultural lives of the communities of the Lower Co...
MISERABLE--With temperatures in the triple digits around the area last week, it was just way too hot for some of us! It was great to see some clouds show up beginning on Sunday and they say we may have some cooler temperatures due this whole week, so that's fine by me. Can you believe that officers in Eugene, OR responded to three cases of children being left in cars within a one hour window, and it was at a time when it was reading over 100 degrees outside, which would climb to about 120 in 15 minutes in a car? Please take a look around the...
