Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The volunteer positions for the Wahkiakum County Fair Board have been filled! We welcome to the board Kathy Durrah and Jason Rainey. We have a full board again and lots of fundraising to do this year! In February we host a Valentine Dinner, March is Easter Bingo time and for April I am preparing the paper work to schedule a Centered Riding Clinic. All these fundraising ideas provide opportunities for our community to meet and enjoy some quality time with friends and family. Hope you will plan on attending all our fundraising events as we...
Even though the temperatures have been really cold, the sunshine has been a welcome sight. We should see more of it in the next few days according to the weather news. Here’s hoping. News from Naselle: Sports coming up this week for the Naselle-Grays River Valley School: Saturday, varsity boys basketball at Lacey at 4 p.m. and varsity girls basketball at Lacey at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, varsity boys basketball at Raymond at 5:40 p.m., middle school boys basketball at Valley at 5:45 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school boys basketball with South Bend i...
Naselle High drama club sponsoring show The Naselle High School Drama club is sponsoring a community and school variety show on Friday, January 18 at 7 p.m. Musical acts include Wilho Saari on Kantele, the national Finnish string instrument; a local Shakespeare performance piece directed by Patrick Lathrop from the Cannon Beach Coaster Theatre; dance selections from Abby Zimmerman; a student dancer from the Little Ballet Theater; vocal arrangements from local drama club students; and a special performance by the Naselle Marimba Band. Donations...
We have in our approved Wahkiakum County Fair budget for 2013, $13,500 to pay out to adult and youth exhibitors. Adults will be receiving the same dollar per point as youth exhibitors again. The premium point payment has been reinstated in our budget for Adults, spread the word! With the above good news circulating around our community, a question was asked; “How about purchasing ribbons for the adult exhibitors instead of using stickers?” To buy these ribbons we will need to ask for donations from our community, as we didn’t plan the extra...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week include: Thursday, varsity girls basketball at Valley at 7 p.m.; Friday, varsity boys basketball at North Beach at 5:45 p.m.; Saturday, varsity girls basketball with North Beach in Naselle at 3 p.m.; Monday, middle school boys basketball at Ocosta at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday, junior varsity boys basketball with Lake Quinault in Naselle at 4:30 p.m. with varsity girls following at 5:45 p.m. and the varsity boys playing at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school boys basketball with...
NEW YEAR--Here it is: My first column of a new year and onto my 19th year to boot. It seems like yesterday! What a year this has been and with never a dull moment. I guess that's why it went by so fast. Once again we had early deadlines this week, so I do hope your New Year's Eve was a fun one! As 2012 was coming to a close, we wound up having freezing weather and very thick fog out here in West Valley on Sunday and Monday mornings, so while I enjoyed the sunshine that showed up once the fog lifted, the nippy nighttime temperatures and snow in...
Elder Options offers Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training course Elder Options/Care Careers Academy is offering a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training course beginning in mid-January. CNA training allows graduates to work in nursing homes, in-home senior/disabled care, doctor’s offices, hospitals and retirement homes. CNA training is a prerequisite for many nursing schools. Classes take approximately four weeks to complete (105 hours), with clinicals located at the Evergreen Frontier Nursing Home in Longview. Daytime classes s...
Working outside in this cold weather isn’t much fun, yet wintertime projects at the Fairgrounds continue to be planned and completed. One of our projects is to fix all the little problems some of our buildings have acquired over the years. The horse barn gutters had come loose, sending rain water cascading down the siding and the resulting pools of water were flowing into some horse stalls. Bill Chamberlain and Ed Stevens worked together to put those gutters back to doing their job! They also noticed that the metal roof, probably because of t...
My apologies to the readers for not having a column in last week. Thank you to those who called to see if everything was okay with us. We are fine, but it was a very busy time for me, so unfortunately I didn’t get a column written. I hope everyone had as wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration as we did. Our daughter and son-in-law from Redmond, Oregon, our son from Ellensburg, our son, his wife and two grandsons from Cathlamet, our grandson from Eugene and my sister joined us for Christmas Eve dinner and enjoyed a little family time a...
OFF AND ON--Our weather has been a combination of wet, dry, rainy, snowy, calm, windy and everything else this past week. Forecasters say we may even see a white Christmas. Now wouldn't that be something? Since we are turning our columns in extra early this week, I don't have any idea what showed up for the big holiday, nor was I able to gather any news about anyone's Christmas gatherings. That will all have to wait until next week. All I know is that it was slushy the other day and a few flakes even fell in West Valley before turning to rain,...
A Winter Affair Students in the Wahkiakum schools music program and drama club presented their Winter Concert and a one-act play, The Gift. Above left, Darla Mead directs the advanced band, and right, the beginning band. Mark Phillips directed the play; below, performers were, l-r, Cattral Patterson, Mariah Warner, Kyra Scuito, Taryn Peterson, Hailee Wyatt, Bonnie Ellis and Kalli Mogush. Photos by Rick Nelson. Hunters' reports due January 10 Hunters have a chance to win one of nine 2013 special hunting permits if they report this year’s h...
5 has been a very busy year with a long list of projects completed by a wonderful crew of volunteers and employees. I look forward to the new projects planned for completion in 2013 and wish everyone in our community a Happy New Year! If you would like to help plan the 2013 Fair, now is a good time to become a Fair Board member, pick up an application at the Wahkiakum County Commissioners office or call 795-8048 for more information. The Fair board meets monthly, meetings last up to 1 1/2 hours. Your interest and expertise are needed! If...
NOT SO NICE--We had some cold, windy, nasty weather these last few days. It brought several inches of snow up on Beaver Creek and the surrounding hills and some thick rain down here on the valley floor, along with heavy hail to boot. On Sunday night, I could hear that freight train sound coming and that's usually not a good thing to hear! Sure enough, after the last whoosh went through at 2:04 a.m., there went the power! A tree had fallen on the power lines, Thankfully, a PUD crew came out and restored power to us by 3:45 a.m. Thanks for the...
Last week, the Wahkiakum County Fair Board elected new officers. Taking office in 2013: President Bill Chamberlain, Vice-President Phil Vik, Treasurer Rick Damitio, Secretary Maureen Zacker-Bockius. Congratulations to all and I look forward to another productive year at the Fairgrounds. Thanks for stopping by the rummage and book sale last Saturday. It was so cold in the T-building that some nice folks made a donation towards the purchase of a heater for me to stand by. I must admit I got very cold at our five hour sale! The next rummage...
New arrival Callum Raymond Jennings was born December 4, 2012 at St. John Medical Center in Longview. He weighed 6 lbs and was 19 and a half inches long. Parents are Loren and Caroline Jennings of Puget Island. Paternal grandparents are Marvin Jennings of Puget Island, and Suzanne and Jim Eklo of Kelso. Maternal grandparents are Margaret and Ray Marples of Middlesbrough, UK. Holidays are for giving (blood) The American Red Cross needs blood donors at this time of year to help maintain a safe and adequate blood supply throughout the holidays...
It’s nearly Christmas and Mother Nature is doing her best to give us a white one. We have seen a little of everything in the last few days, from sunshine to hail to snow and as usual, lots of rain with some wind thrown in. Now the weatherman is calling for more low elevation snow, KM Mountain has already claimed a few fender benders, I’m told. Here’s hoping you are all ready for the big guy in the red suit to make his visit to your house. It looks like we will welcome some of our kids for Christmas Eve dinner for the first time since our house...
DAMP—It was pretty dreary out there with steady drizzle as this week began. Sunday was a good day to stay inside! It was foggy here Monday morning but at least we had some dry time and even a peek at sunshine. With winter closing in on us, I’m thankful for any days that it's not freezing, snowing, or flooding. SPECIAL DAYS-- Those celebrating birthdays this week are Tom Bosch, Paul Stewart, Melainie Quigley, Angel Hall, John Lindsey, Erik Anderson, Riley Brown, Joyce Cothren, Sandy Bergseng, Dennis Emery, Tracie Souvenir, Abby B...
Bosckis baby born Jase Seabaerg Bosckis was born December 1, 12 a.m., at the University of Washington Medical Center. According to his family's announcment, "Brave enough to be born in Dawg territory, this little Cougar weighed 8 lbs., 7 oz., and was 20 inches long." He is the son of Amy and Blake Bosckis of Birch Bay. His grandparents are Linda and Dean Seaberg of Puget Island and Connie and Rick Bosckis of Vancouver. Great grandparents are Wilma and Darrel Hall of Longview, Ray and Oraloraine Bauer of Puget Island, the late Midge and Bob...
The bright colored lights decorating the fairgrounds and Skamokawa Grange Hall were beautiful, the free holiday dinner was delicious and the huge crowd of people attending had a great time. Last weekend’s Skamokawa Grange and Fire Department dinner was a success, hope you attended. Special thanks to Ed Stevens for decorating the fairgrounds and surrounding neighborhood with a multitude of sparkling Christmas lights. It’s time to open up the rummage and book sale! We have received many generous donations of reusable items; a mic...
The Naselle High School basketball schedule for the coming week is as follows: Thursday (tonight)- girls home game against North Beach at 5:45 p.m.; Friday, girls away game at LaConner at seven p.m. and boys away game at LaConner at 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, LaConner Tourney with the girls playing at two p.m. and boys playing at 3:30 p.m. Go Comets! For a fun family evening, plan to attend the annual Christmas program at Naselle School scheduled for seven p.m. on December 17. This program is always a big hit with everyone, both those who perform...
WET AND WILD--The last few days have been nothing but wet and at times, more like a monsoon weather rather than just plain old Skamokawa rain. It’s been horrific at times! New rivers have carved themselves into my driveway. My field is once again a lake, which only the ducks and geese seem to enjoy. With a rainy week forecast, I hope we stay afloat. Holiday crunch time is upon us, and we don't need any flooding! As I finish this up, it's blowing and nasty out. I hope we all keep our power as I'm pretty sure the ladies are in cookie making...
Volunteers working on the drainage project between the horse barn and arena, in spite of the weather, are making some good progress. One ditch was dug, four catch basins set in place and 100 feet of four inch pipe laid out. The pipes and basins are connected, most of the ditch is filled back in and the pipe that is in place is helping to drain the inches of rain we keep receiving each day. It’s not fun to work in the type of weather that you have to wear rain gear all the time, but if you want to complete any projects this time of year, y...
Firm offers healthcare CPR class Elder Options of Longview is offering a 4-hour class that covers the new American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers. The class also covers adult, child/infant CPR with automatic external defibrillation (AED), one and two person rescue, and adult, child/infant choking. Upon completing the class, students will receive a two-year certification ID card. Class size is limited so call early to reserve your seat by calling (360) 636-1000 or (800) 608-2388. Cost for the class is $55...
The sports calendar for the Naselle Comets this week includes a home game against Valley on Friday. The JV boys will play first at 4:30 p.m., with the varsity girls following at 6:00 p.m. and the varsity boys basketball playing at 7:30 p.m. On Monday, the middle school girls basketball team has a home game against Raymond at 5:45 p.m. and on Tuesday, the varsity girls will play at North Beach at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! The Comet Booster Club will meet on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Comet Booster Club calendars fo...
DECENT--It was nice to see some dry weather last weekend after the downpours we experienced previously. It seems our county had its share of flooding, rock slides and miserable conditions last week to deal with, so a spurt of sunshine and fair weather was a welcome relief. On Monday morning our temperatures in West Valley were down in the 20s and things were frosty white. It looks like winter is coming, so we can't be too fooled by the sunshine of the day. Of course, that's not supposed to last long with things warming up and rains returning....
