Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Scottish rite scholarship available: The Scottish Rite Lodge of the Valley of Kelso and the Scottish Rite Foundation of Washington announce the availability of college/university undergraduate scholarships for the academic year 2013-2014. A recipient must be a US citizen, a resident of the state of Washington, and attending (or intendig to attend) an accredited Bachelor Degree awarding college or university in Washington full time for the academic year 2013-2014. The recipient must also be a third, fourth or fifth year undergraduate (Junior or...
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner! I was very thankful that the high tides, big gusts of wind and inches of rain predicted did not cause severe flooding at the Fairgrounds. Earlier in the week I had asked some local volunteers, Bill Chamberlain, Ed Stevens and Jerry Ledtke, to help me watch for any approaching flood water problems as this storm moved through our County. By Monday afternoon the winds were increasing and the rain was pouring down and blowing sideways because of the high winds. We decided it was time to move...
I hope everyone had as wonderful a Thanksgiving as we did. This year was the first time I cooked the Thanksgiving meal for several years. We enjoyed the company of my uncle, David Hammonds, my sister, Diane Gray and our son, Shane Cruz, his wife Delena and their two beautiful sons, Emmett and Wyatt. It was a quiet day, but we have so much to be thankful for and enjoyed the day thoroughly, even though we all ate too much. News from Naselle: Sports scheduled for the Naselle teams for the coming week include: junior varsity boys basketball at...
WET & BREEZY--The weather forecasters said we might get some nasty weather and by golly, it did get quite blustery wet, so it was a good weekend to sit by the fire for sure. I'm not sure if you had the thunder at your house, but in the wee hours of Sunday morning, it absolutely roared, crashed and banged out here in West Valley. It looks to be a soggy Thanksgiving holiday as well, so I hope all of you that are traveling the roadways are turning those lights on, slowing down in the rain and arriving at your destination all safe and sound! As a...
The Wahkiakum County Fair Board would like to say thank you to the many bingo players who attended Turkey Bingo last Friday night. The winning card holders received a big turkey or a ham for their bingo. During one game, there were four bingos at the same time and Mike Backman, our number caller, had to call a bingo run-off to determine the winner. Now that’s intense bingo! We also had two games of black-out bingo; the winners were Samantha Wright and Kim Hedges. They both received a complete dinner plus a turkey. I suspect there will be some d...
Well, folks, we are now sitting on waterfront property once again. We could conceivably row straight across the field to the Covered Bridge but the current is such that it probably wouldn’t be such a good idea. Water is over the driveway to the tune of probably six feet and will go higher with the continuing rain, so we are in for a few days. The dogs love to go for walks in this weather as they pick the small critters out of the low branches of the trees, just like candy. The wind is especially unnerving today, and likely there will be some p...
SOAKED--Well, I hope you enjoyed the first half of this past weekends' weather, as it sure was nice compared to what showed up on Sunday. It just poured and blew and by Monday morning, Chamberlain Lake has arrived yet once again. I understand that we have a dry day coming our way and I'm sure we'd all like to be taking advantage of that when it shows up, as with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up on us, we've got lots to do. BINGO TOMORROW NIGHT--Tomorrow night, (Friday) is Turkey Bingo time once again, as the Wahkiakum Fair Board hosts this...
Attention all bingo players! On November 16, at 6 p.m., the Wahkiakum County Fair Board’s Turkey Bingo, held at the J. A. Wendt multi-purpose room, will begin! There will be two fund raising raffle drawings at the event. One raffle drawing is for multiple prizes and the grand prize raffle is for a Sears barbecue. Tickets are only $1 each for both drawings. Bingo cards are three for $10. Every bingo winner will receive a turkey or a ham for their prize. You can also purchase some delicious goodies from the kitchen to enjoy during the bingo. T...
News from Naselle: Sports for the Naselle teams this week include: Thursday (today)-middle school girls basketball with South Bend in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Monday-middle school girls basketball at Raymond at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday-middle school girls basketball with Ocosta in Naselle at 5:45 p.m. Go, Comettes! Students will be released early tomorrow; November 19, 20 and 21 for parent-teacher conferences. The Comet Booster Club will host a bingo night tomorrow beginning at 6 p.m. Members of the Naselle-Grays River School Board will hold their...
Conservation District sets meeting The Wahkiakum Conservation District will meet to adopt an election resolution on December 3 in conjunction with the joint Cowlitz Conservation District Meeting at 4 p.m. The meeting will be held at 15 Oatfield Road in Skamokawa. Bring happiness with a star this Christmas The annual Stars Program, which aims to help families with children under 17 who are experiencing difficulties at Christmas time will begin soon. Anyone wishing to take part can pick up a star with the age and Christmas wishes of a local...
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED--This announcement is going out to the people who have yet to cash their fair premium checks: It is with utmost urgency that you cash them immediately or you will be unable to do so and you will forfeit your money. The amount of your uncashed check will then be returned to the fair coffers and your donation will be most appreciated. However, with the holidays coming up, I'm sure most of you would like a little extra spending money and so your well-deserved premium check might just help you out about now but if you don't...
The Washington State Fairs Convention held in Yakima was a great place to share ideas with fair managers and fair board members. I spent three days attending fair workshops and meeting numerous talented entertainers and am bringing home stacks of information to share with our fair board. While at the convention, I entered our 2012 Wahkiakum County Fair poster into the poster contest and it won first place! We competed with fairs who have under 9,000 people in attendance to receive a big beautiful blue and black first place ribbon....
Winter is here, it looks like. The leaves seem to be more colorful this year for some reason. Maybe because we haven’t had much frost. Hunting season is definitely in full swing. Lots of hunters out and about so don’t forget to keep an eye on your pets, especially if they don’t like gunshots. I understand that quite a few animals have already been taken. We had a great weekend as we took a quick trip to Redmond. Ore. for the opening of Smith Rock Brewing Company, the new brew pub and restaurant owned and run by our daughter Danielle, her husba...
Lions Club collect for food banks Saturday The Wahkiakum Lions will hold their annual Walk-n-Knock food drive to benefit the Wahkiakum Food Bank this Saturday. Volunteers will pick up donations of food, money and personal items. Donations of non-perishable items should be left on front porches in bags or boxes by 9 a.m. or can be dropped off at 42 Elochoman Valley Road. For more information or to schedule a pick-up, contact Renee Robert at 849-4003. Peacemaker to speak at St. James church The Rev. Constance Hammond will speak at St. James...
REALLY WET--It seems like only yesterday we were talking about how long of a dry spell we'd had and how we could use a little rain to help dampen the forests to keep the guys in the woods working, or to keep the fire danger down and to get our lawns green again and our wells full, but holy cow, has that all changed! We've had gully washers coming down this past weekend and now our once parched fields are lakes again! Of course, we aren't experiencing anything like they are back East and so as hurricane Sandy hits the East coast, we are sending...
Share a Sole to help kids in gym class J. A. Wendt Elementary School students are having a shoe drive, collecting used tennis shoes only, in good condition with either laces or velcro. The shoes collected will be washed and re-laced before given to students who do not have shoes required for playing in the gym. There will be a drop off barrel in the J.A. Wendt entrance starting November 5. It will be there until all children who need shoes have been provided for. Both girls and boys tennis shoes to fit first graders through eighth graders are...
The Two Island Farmers Market was a great place to sell the Wahkiakum County Fair Board's last packages of smoked Salmon last Friday. We completely sold out and the fund raiser was a success. Thanks again to Art Pedersen, Mike Clark of C&H Classic Smoked Fish, E&E Seafoods and the Two Islands Farmers Market for helping make this fund raising project possible. Our next fund raising raffle will be for a cord of alder firewood. We will be selling $1 raffle tickets at every Wahkiakum County Fair Board event. The alder firewood was cut recently and...
My deepest condolences to Lori, Kaelee and the rest of the Dearmore family on the sad loss of Jon. He was a friend to all and his community service will never be outdone. He did much to get the Westend of our county recognized in a positive manner. May he rest in peace. I had hoped to start my column back up much sooner than this but I must say, it has taken some time to get back to any sense of normalcy since Del’s stroke. He is making progress daily with his right side movement in his leg and arm and is beginning to say a few words. This h...
WET BEGINNING--Well, as this week began, it was pretty damp out there. Some places wound up with hail, while others had none, so it really depended on where you were as to whether you had gully washers at your house or you had sunshine! In the mountains, snow was falling and Monday's temperatures had everyone feeling the chill, so it seems our extended summer weather has finally come to an end. SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating their birthdays from October 25-31 are: Valle Ledtke, Jennifer Hall, Hoby Thacker, Mike Wright, Christie Davis, Mel...
Neewollah Daze next Wednesday Goblins, vampires, super heroes, princesses, rock stars are invited to get dressed up and head to Bank of the Pacific for the annual Neewollah Daze celebration at 4 p.m. on October 31. Several categories are judged, from babies to adults and everyone will receive a prize bag, cookies and punch. The event is sponsored by the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce. For additional information, contact Penny Paulsen, event coordinator at 795-3228. It's lefse time at Norse Hall The Sons of Norway will hold their annual Lefse...
Even as the rains pour down the admission ticket booth continues to be a work in progress each day at the fairgrounds. Ben Vasion and his crew are working each night after school to complete an Eagle Scout project. With the old ticket booth removed, the crew went right to work on the foundation of the new booth. They are using pressure treated beams to support the floor. First they drilled into the concrete and added bolts that connect the concrete to the beams. Next the flooring was screwed down onto the beams. The wall structures were framed...
WET AT LAST--Well, we wanted the rain, and we needed the rain and we got the rain, but we also got some winds with it, which we could have done without, but it's that time of year when we can expect these kinds of storms. Of course, this is not to say that we like them as after just a couple of days, I think we were missing all that sunshine we had. However, I think I could hear the field in front of my house going "glug, glug, glug" as it soaked up that rain and within just a couple of days, I had a nice fresh batch of green grass out there,...
The weather was very wet and rainy last Saturday, but that did not stop Boy Scout Troop #883 from meeting at the fairgrounds to start an Eagle Scout project. Scout Ben Vasion needed to complete a project and asked me for project ideas a few weeks ago. We discussed a few projects, then Ben decided he would like to tear down the admission gate ticket booth and build a new one. The ticket booth had a rotten floor, the walls were in bad shape and this project needed to be completed before we could safely use the booth again. Looking over the...
STILL HOLDING--Well, as I begin to write this, our good weather is still holding on, although the night times out here in West Valley sure took a nose dive, as last Wednesday morning we woke up to a frozen world; hadn't thought it would get that cold! Since then other areas have felt the chill as well, so while our dry days are still here for now, it looks like cooler and wetter times are coming our way and with the clouds this Tuesday morning, it looks to be coming soon. While we need the rain, I'm hoping we don't get pounded right off the...
STILL NICE--It's hard to believe that we're into October already and we're still experiencing sunny skies and just gorgeous weather, rather than the rain that most of us expect this time of year. If you haven't gotten those outdoor chores done yet, well, you sure can't use the weather as an excuse except to say that you were too busy having fun in the sun to do all that winter prep work, and who could blame you? We don't often get long dry stretches like this during these Fall months, so it's hard to buckle down and think about nasty weather...
