Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Thanks to generous grants from Clatsop County Cultural Coalition and the Oregon Community Foundation, The Writer's Guild is able to offer free tuition to this poetry workshop for Guild members From Blank to Draft: Making Poems from Scratch to be held May 13 from 10 a.m. until noon. To register, go to the Guild website at www.thewritersguild.org (non-members pay a reduced workshop fee of $25). Need-based scholarships are available. In this generative poetry workshop led by Armin Tolentino, they...
4-H Summer Sew School for Cowlitz County youth is coming, Monday through Friday, June 19-23rd, at the WSU Extension Office, 304 Cowlitz Way, Kelso. Cowlitz County 4-H Sewing and Textile Advisors will teach sewing skills to beginners from 9 a.m-11 a.m. and to youth with sewing experience from noon to 3 p.m. each day. Participants will learn straight stitching, hand sewing, use of a simple pattern and basic sewing supplies to create personal items and garments. Each participant will provide his/her own sewing machine with accessories and an...
The Blooms crew spent Saturday morning cleaning up and planting the blue flower pots on Main Street. L-r: Donna, Sherrill, Kelly, Paige, Joyce, Beth, Vicki, April and Connie. They are always looking for volunteers and sponsors. Contact the Chamber for more information. Photo by Jeff Able....
A trillium blossom peeks through the ferns at Skamokawa Vista Park. Photo by Ian Brandon....
READY FOR A CHANGE--By the time you read this, forecasters have promised that we will be in for warmer and drier weather and I sure hope so! I think most of us agree this cold, damp and gloomy weather is no longer welcome and needs to exit the area and bring us some really nice springtime weather. As I’m writing this on Sunday evening, it’s coming down in buckets; enough already! SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from April 27-May 3 are Ricky Montgomery, Eva Snow, Carol Danker, Anita Hoven, Carrie Backman, Jenna Engle, Darrin Olsen, Con...
Maury Mooers called last week from Skamokawa. It was wonderful hearing his stories and his memories of the Maki family who lived there. Mrs. Maki from Fairview Road also called to say she doesn't believe they are relatives of the old Herman Maki family. What an honor to talk to them about their lives and history. Soon I hope to talk with the Naselle/GRV Valedictorian and Salutatorian as I did last year about their futures. Meeting the seniors and hearing their dreams and plans gives me energy....
Submitted by Clarissa Colson, WSU 4-H Liaison As part of our exploration of high-tech careers, students from the Naselle-Grays River Valley School District got to tour the Autofish System at the Naselle Salmon Hatchery on April 19. In collaboration with WSU 4-H Liaison, Clarissa Colson, Naselle-Grays River Valley students got a unique opportunity to see the inner workings of the latest high-tech system. The Department of Fish and Wildlife uses the Autofish System to clip fins and tag parr salmon to get them ready for release. The director of...
Submitted by Clarissa Colson, WSU 4-H Liaison As part of our Career Talks series, Naselle Grays River Schools, in collaboration with WSU 4-H Liaison Clarissa Colson, hosted Dr. Jen Zamon on April 11. She is a Research Fishery Biologist based out of Hammond, Ore. Zamon shared her educational journey with 53 students and about the job where she now works at the NOAA Point Adams Research Station. She described how "no two days are the same" in her life as a field biologist exploring wetlands, estuaries, rivers, and the ocean following the...
A grant sponsored by the Wahkiakum Marine Resource Committee will provide an opportunity to learn fish preservation. Classes will be held on Friday, April 28 beginning at 10 a.m. and Saturday, April 29 beginning at 9 a.m. in the Grays River Grange. To register, email shari.parker@wsu.edu or call the Wahkiakum County Extension Office at 360-795-3278....
Submitted by Ron Wright Last Saturday your Mecha Mules Robotics Club (and friends) hosted a carwash fundraiser at The Bank of the Pacific in Cathlamet. We had three goals: to make a good start on raising enough money to pay for our trip back to the Seaperch Internationals in Maryland this May, to begin preparing for next season, and to give back to our community. We achieved all three, plus one more that was obvious to the folks watching the kids and coaches work on their cars. As one commenter...
SOGGY--After one and a half decent days over the weekend, we seem to be back in that wet pattern, which is bringing the chills to me, as the dampness seems to make these old bones ache, so a ton of rain with some breezy conditions is not really making me too happy. I know that sometimes we have our spring “spring a leak” but hey, enough already; bring us some sunshine please, and the sooner the better! SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from April 20-26 are Nathan Kincaid, Max Schmitz, Marie Allen, Mike Snow, Susan Kuhn, Kent Mar...
Greetings from the fair office. The fairgrounds are busy and we have some new projects getting started. We will get the last row in the horse barn concrete down thanks to the grant from WSDA and the county commissioners. A huge thank you for making this happen. At this time the fair board is looking for fair royalty. We have two divisions: Junior Prince/Princess (age 8 to 12) and Senior Prince/Princess (age 13 to 19). Any who are interested please call the fair office and I will get back to you, (360)795-3480. Also if there are any individuals...
I've had questions from folks about miscellaneous things, so with the help of both Irene Martin's book, "Beach of Heaven," and Ruth Busse Allingham's book on Naselle, "Glimpses of the Past," here are some answers. Early settler, Andrew Rosburg, was the first postmaster of the original Rosburg post office established in 1893. Rosburg school at Johnson Park was opened in 1938. Rosburg bridge was built in 1948. Rosburg Hall was built in 1957. New Methodist Church built in Grays River in 1962. Crown...
According to information received from Kari Kandoll, the Wahkiakum County Historical Museum will open for the season on Saturday, May 6 at 1 p.m. and close at 4 p.m. The museum will be open Saturday and Sunday until the end of October as long as they have enough volunteers. A new display planned for the season will come from Gwen Gorley and include memorabilia from her father's big, swing band. A museum clean-up will be held Wednesday, May 3 at 12:30 p.m. with host training to follow. Training takes about 45 minutes depending on...
John C. Thomas Middle School has announced the grade point averages recently earned by grades 6-8. The following students earned a 4.0 GPA: 8th grade Ryce S. Dela Cruz, Kyle J. Gonzales, Ky N. Ly and Abigail R. Mckay-Beach. 7th grade Maylonna D. Casey, Shiloh E. Hoven, Joseph Q. Merz and Annelise I. Vik. 6th grade Konner A. Reese and Chloe N. Sutton. Students earning 3.2-3.9 GPA are: 8th grade- Lilli J. Deaton, Henry M. Wilson, Israel A. Velke, Evelynn J. Miller, Skyler L. Will, Matthew A. Wills, Sarah J. Mellis, Dane A. Sexton, Robert D....
After 30 Wahkiakum Outdoors sessions during its five-year run, their last event will be held Saturday, April 29 at 2 p.m. in the Hope Center, 320 S 3rd St. The session will feature an audience-speaker interaction session focused on how people relate to and interact with wildlife conservation and management activities. The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation will be described with historic background. Human attitudes and affinities for wildlife will be introduced and discussed with emphasis on characteristics of the participating...
The Lower Columbia College Fighting Smelt Speech and Debate Team earned three individual medals at Phi Rho Pi Nationals in Washington D.C. metro area. Phi Rho Pi is the national forensic association representing two-year colleges. Its weeklong national tournament is considered the premiere end of season speech and debate competition for community college students. First year student Charlotte Curry led the way with a silver medal in IPDA debate. Curry also competed in extemporaneous speaking and parliamentary debate. Tungalagbolor Shinetulga...
Last Friday four teams from our area went to Tacoma to compete in robotics engineering events at the State SkillsUSA Championships. There were roughly 1,500 state competitors invited by placing high in their respective regionals, in about 80 events at Clover Park Technical College. The six students on the four teams from Naselle and Wahkiakum put in a lot of time on their robots, during school and after school. And it showed: All of our teams brought back medals. In Robotics Automation...
10th District lawmakers welcomed Naselle students and teachers as they visited the state Capitol in Olympia Wednesday, April 12. Washington lawmakers are at work in the House and Senate as they prepare to adjourn their 2023 legislative session April 23. Front l-r: Kaylin Shrives, Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, Delany Kragerud, Lauren Katyryniuk, and Haleigh See (teacher). Middle row: Bella Colombo, Owen Matthews, Rob Dalton (teacher), and Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen. Back row: Rep. Joel McEntire,...
Get to the Wahkiakum Mecha Mules Robotics Club car wash this Saturday at the Bank of the Pacific in Cathlamet from 12-5 p.m. to help send the team to the SeaPerch International Underwater Robotics Competition in Maryland this May. URS Electronics, a Portland distributor of electronic components and products, announced they would match up to $2,500 of the donations made at the car wash, Ron Wright said at the Wahkiakum School Board meeting on Tuesday. Airfare for the seven member team and...
SOGGY HOLIDAY--As the atmospheric river made its way to the area on Sunday, we definitely saw a super soggy Easter, so it’s a good thing most Easter Egg Hunts were done on Saturday around here so as not to be totally drenched; whew! According to the forecast, it looks to be a wet start to the week but we’re due for some dry days by mid-week and even a dry weekend. I won’t hold my breath as that keeps changing but I sure hope it’s true. I’m also hoping the “slight chance of flooding” is non-existent but just in case, we’re all set here at our...
My friends, it was bound to happen. I got Lois Burkhalter's dates mixed up, so I'll try again. She was born in 1940, not married in 1940. Yes, I'm embarrassed, but there's more. They came to Naselle in 1964, not 1966, and she had their four children in the years 1960-1970, not 1950-1960. May I simply say it was an "Off Day" when I wrote that? Lois, I am very sorry. I really should have caught at least one of those. I sincerely hope all the information this week is correct, lots of dates and...
Head to the J.A. Wendt Elementary baseball field this Saturday, April 15 starting at noon, for the Wahkiakum School District Autism Bake Sale. Local award winning bakers are pulling out all the stops to offer you freshly made cookies, cupcakes and breads. Volunteers have been preparing all week in order to offer you a wide range of delicious baked goods. All proceeds will be donated to the school district to help raise funds for a Sensory Room for children on the Autism spectrum and with special needs. The bake sale will take place during the...
The Cowlitz Coin Club of Longview-Kelso will celebrate its 53rd coin show on April 29 at the AWPPW Hall, located at 724 15th Avenue in Longview. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and admission, parking and dealer appraisals are all free. At the show, the public can buy, sell and trade coins, currency, tokens and medals from numerous Pacific Northwest dealers. There will be drawings, along with a raffle for a half-ounce American Gold Eagle coin and five one-ounce American Silver Eagle coins. You do not need to be present to win the raffle coins....
