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Youth Conservation Corps positions are now open at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. People ages 15 to 19 may apply for summer jobs at the national park during the NPS Centennial Year. Application forme are available at the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center or go to the park website, http://www.nps.gov/lewi. Application deadline is COB March 18, 2016. For further information, call Josh Fry at (503) 861-4412, visit the park’s web site at http://www.nps.gov/lewi or on Facebook....
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park hosts the first of a trail run series on Saturday, March 19 to “bid adieu” to winter at Fort Clatsop and greet the arrival of spring. The Lewis & Clark Trail Series includes several different exhilarating events along beautiful trails through forest landscapes, complete with a welcoming and friendly race atmosphere. All events are open to walkers and runners of all ages and provide the opportunity to experience the northwest coast the way people have done it for thousands of years – on footpaths. The f...
Local boat builder makes donation to Search and Rescue Recently, local boat builder Michael Baccellieri generously donated a beautiful handcrafted wooden boat as a fundraising item for the Wahkiakum County Search and Rescue Team. From his boat shop on Puget Island, Welcome Slough Boatworks, Baccellieri spent many hours crafting the boat from logs he had salvaged from the Columbia River in the area around Cathlamet and Puget Island. After milling the logs into useable building stock, he performed his magic and the lovely little boat was born....
MIXED BAG--I no sooner turned in my news last week and the weather took a turn for the worse and got pretty wet and pretty windy and some areas wound up losing power, while others had trees coming down, but it really depended on where you were as to how bad it was. Some of the days that were forecast for being miserable, were actually half-way decent, meaning part of the day was dry and sunny, while the rains poured down later on, but that beat a whole day of nastiness, so that was fine with us. Considering the flooding going on in other parts...
On Sunday at 12:37 p.m., the Skamokawa Fire Department, the District 4 Fire Department, the Cathlamet Fire Department, the Puget Island Fire Department and the Cathlamet ambulance responded to the report of a structure fire in Skamokawa. They were able to get the fire under control by 4:17 p.m. An investigator was requested and Red Cross was notified in order to assist the family affected by the fire. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
MactionCasting, a casting company in Los Angeles, is seeking families to cast for four different series they plan to develop. They want to follow a multi-generational family living off-grid in the pioneer tradition; a mega-family (six or more children) who doesn't have to be off grid that has strong views on home schooling, nutrition, or other things; a family that lives in a remote area and lives in harmony with wild animals; and finally, a medium to large family that is constantly going on cross country adventures. These shows are in...
My apologies for the shortness of this column this week as it is being composed in my husband’s hospital room in CCU. Hopefully we will be home when everyone reads it. The Third Annual Community In-Door Super Sale is a fundraising event for the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park in Rosburg, and will take place on March 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center serves as a learning and activity center for Wahkiakum County as well as the surrounding areas. It has many free resources for the community: a computer lab and lending library (free t...
State shellfish managers have extended an opening at Long Beach through March 31. They also released a list of proposed digs later in March on two ocean beaches. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Shellfish managers extended the dig at Long Beach to run daily through March 31. The beach was previously scheduled to be open through March 10. Although Long Beach is open daily through the end of March, optimal digging conditions occur when the low tide is 1 foot or lower, said Dan Ayres, coastal shellfish manager for WDFW. Shellf...
The Third Annual Community In-Door Super Sale will be held as a fundraising event for the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park in Rosburg on March 26. This is the old Rosburg School. GRVC serves as a community center for learning and human development activities for Wahkiakum County and the wider area of the lower Columbia River. It has many free resources for the community: a computer lab, an exercise room, an exchange and lending library, a gym that is maintained for area school use and aerobics, sewing classes, and the Food Bank. Contri...
On March 24 at 6 p.m., learn how to effectively compost food wastes and garden material. See the different ways to compost and the advantages of each method. Pre-registration is required by March 21. Class size is limited to 50. Those attending the class can purchase a Composting bin (normally $85) for $10 that night. This offer is for Cowlitz County residents only and only one bin per household can be purchased. The free class is being held at the Cowlitz County Training Center, 1942 First Avenue in Longview. For more information, contact...
On March 17 at noon, Jerry Petrick from the WSU Small Business Development Center, will discuss starting and managing a business. Success in small business starts with decisive and correct decisions. Although initial mistakes are not fatal, it takes skill and hard work to gain the advantage. The Small Business Development Center is a free service to help answer business questions. Learn the basics of what to do and not to do when starting a new business. Discover what resources are available locally, including help in building a business plan....
The goal of the No More campaign is to promote an open dialogue about the traditionally taboo topics of domestic violence and sexual assault. "A lot of people don't always know what to do," Annika Vik, prevention advocate for St. James Family Center said, "because we don't talk about it. It makes it harder for people to come forward. We talk to remove the stigma and if people are not held accountable it's not going to stop." Last year, Vik asked several community members to create signs that...
In March of 2015, Kenny Evans came to Cathlamet Christian Fellowship to preach weekly while the church was in transition without a lead pastor. It was originally meant to be a three month process but Evans was asked to stay on and in November he accepted the position. Evans has been a preacher in the Pacific Northwest for over 16 years and has served as a university pastor in Ellensburg and as a pastor to small groups and starting up a recovery ministry in Eagle River, Alaska. He and his wife Emma have been married for 15 years and have four...
St James Family Center's Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) Parent Policy Council will have a Health and Safety Jamboree on March 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Family Center Gym. There will be agencies sharing activities for all ages. Visitors may enter a drawing to win a child’s bicycle, greet deputies from the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Department, tour a fire truck with local firemen, have a child car seat checked, talk to people from the Family Health Center, get a bike helmet from St. John Medical Center trauma s...
Powerful Tools Workshops, sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington, will be held Tuesdays, March 29 through May 3 from 1-3:30 p.m. The workshops will be held at the Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities office, 1338 Commerce Ave., Suite 309, Longview. For more information or to register for this free workshop call 360-577-4929 or 1-800-682-2406....
Clue 3 Are you still lookin’? Did you find the place? You should start bookin’ Because this is a race. Don’t be blind, open your eyes, Bear in mind, there is a prize....
The Bank of the Cascades officially opened its doors on Monday, and according to Julie Miller, the Oregon President of the Bank of the Cascades (BOTC), there have already been lines forming and new customers signing up. BOTC was in growth mode when it bid on several branches of Bank of America when they decided to divest, Miller said. They acquired the Bank of America branches in Cathlamet, Raymond, Willapa Bay and Westport. Local staff were retained and “bank ambassadors,” as Miller des...
Hang on to Yer Kilts! There’s a party brewing at the RiverMile 38 Brewery in the Elochoman Marina this Saturday from 4-10 p.m. and everyone is invited. Three bands from Portland, The Stomptowners, Castletown and The Chancers will play at the Irish Music Fest and Fundraiser. They will tempt toes to tap and invite party goers to dance to lively Irish tunes. Wear kilts if you got ‘em. There is a suggested $5 cover charge for the event. There will be food from Duffy’s Irish Bar in Grays River for $...
Wahkiakum High School's Key Club is sponsoring a week-long drive to raise funds for Doernbecher Children's Hospital. The Key Club is taking part in a fund raising program called Kids Making Miracles. Middle and high schools collect funds which benefit the hospital's services for children. Club members have announced a schedule of events to raise funds; the public is invited to participate in some of them, including: --March 12 – A Spaghetti Dinner and the Mr. Wahkiakum pageant. The dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. and Mr. Wahkiakum at 6 p.m. T...
Despite the influences of an El Nino weather pattern that was expected to lead to a warmer, drier winter in the Pacific Northwest, this year is shaping up to be better than last year in terms of water supply forecasts. “This year we have seen pretty warm temperatures but not as bad as last year,” said Kevin Burghoff, a forecaster with the Northwest River Forecast Center in Portland during a Thursday teleconference. Last year at this time, there were “excessively warm temps that did a number on our snowpacks,” he said, adding that snowpac...
The NanoCon Mk. III Science Fiction Convention will be held March 26, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., in the Health & Science Building at Lower Columbia College in Longview. The convention is open to all NanoCon members. NanoCon Bronze-level membership is just $10 and includes all-day access to the convention, featuring science fiction author James Wells, who will discuss his latest novel, The Great Symmetry. New to the convention this year is the NanoCon Science Fiction Film Festival. Directors and producers can submit short films for judging. The...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop has announced the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. This program is Explaining 'Dismal Nitch;’ Confirming Lewis & Clark’s Unknown Campsites in the Lower Columbia River by Rex Ziak on Sunday, March 20 at 1:00 p.m. Ziak has lectured around the world, received many prestigious awards, and authored three history books. These books are available at the Lewis & Clark National Park Association bookstore in the Fort Clatsop visitor center. There will be a book-signing at this boo...
There wasn't a single empty chair in Redmen Hall for guest lecturer and Skamokawa resident Andrew Emlen's talk about birds of the Lower Columbia. Some listeners found space on the stairs or a spot on the floor but a few more hardy characters stood in the back. According to Redmen Hall Board Member and event planner Pam Emery, there were more than 70 in attendance. Emlen shared pictures and regaled the crowd with amusing or interesting and even disheartening anecdotes about terns and other birds...
Wahkiakum High School's Key Club is sponsoring a week-long drive to raise funds for Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Key Club is the high school age club associated with Kiwanis Clubs International, a service organization focusing on children. The Key Club is taking part in a fund raising program called Kids Making Miracles. Middle and high schools collect funds which benefit the hospital's services for children. Club members have announced a schedule of events to raise funds; the public is invited to participate in some of them, including:...
NEW MONTH--Here we are in the third month of the year already; amazing! We had some mixed weather to end February as a couple of days last week were just gorgeous, with plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures, while the last couple of days of the month were a bit wet and windy. I do hope you got to enjoy the nice part as it's not often that things are that great in February. With parts of the midwest and eastern states reeling from super cold temps and lots of snow, as well as some tornados in the southern states, we will count our blessings...
