Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Gunner's Mate 1st Class Chase Fritzie, from Cathlamet, serves as range safety officer (RSO) on the flight deck of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6), during a small-arms sustainment shoot. Jackson, part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, is on a rotational deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. U.S. Navy photo by Mass...
4-H volunteers are hosting an online auction to benefit Wahkiakum 4-H youth now through December 5 at 3 p.m. The Covered Bridge Dinner is a well-attended Wahkiakum 4-H annual fundraiser to help raise money for 4-H youth scholarships, but Wahkiakum 4-H was unable to host the dinner for two years due to COVID-19 restrictions. Local 4-H supporters came together to donate items and create an online auction to support 4-H in lieu of the dinner. Local artisans donated a variety of Wahkiakum-made works, including baked goods, jewelry, quilts, and a...
This is a great opportunity to learn more about plants, meet great people and serve your community, but most of all, have a lot of fun. You will receive over 90 hours of training on all aspects of gardening from edible and ornamental plants to composting and environmental issues, from plant health care to problem identification and management. The first step is to find out more about the expectations and opportunities of the Master Gardener program. Orientation sessions (free) to discuss the program expectations, training schedule, costs,...
On Sunday, December 5, the traditional Christmas Concert, Tour of Homes and Soup Supper will, once again, mark the official start of the Christmas season in eastern Pacific and Western Wahkiakum counties. · Christmas Concert Starting at 1:30 p.m., the Christmas Concert will take place in the Community Center in Naselle. The Tour of Homes, featuring local homes, is scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. The Soup Supper will be held at the Community Center and is scheduled to take place from 4 to 6 p.m. This year, the Christmas Concert features Carl...
Registration is open for winter quarter Continuing Education courses at Lower Columbia College. Visit online at www.lowercolumbia.edu/ce and click on the shopping cart to learn more or email mharris@lowercolumbia.edu. Online Learning --Over 300 non-credit instructor-facilitated online courses to choose from. Online continuing education courses begin each month and continue for six weeks. You can complete any course wherever you have internet access, any time of the day or night. Most courses are $115. Bundled courses are available for a...
Bee Keepers Workshops will be held January 31, February 7, 14, and 21 from 6:30-9 p.m. at Cowlitz County Training Center, 1942 First Avenue in Longview. Designed to build basic beekeeping skills, the five-session course serves as an introduction to beekeeping for new beekeepers. Cost for the four-session course is $40 per person (includes 1 additional family member free). The program is sponsored by Washington State University Extension and Cowlitz Beekeepers Association. Class size is limited to 30. For more information or to register,...
NICE BREAK--As I begin this column, we are having a nice break from the rain. While it was so foggy in West Valley on Sunday morning that it blocked our television reception for a bit. It did clear up and warmed up some and wound up to be a pretty decent day. However, by the time I went to bed, we had gotten down to freezing again, so I hope you've had those faucets covered and your plants inside. It looks to be dry for Wednesday when this paper comes out, however, it looks like the rain will be returning for your Thanksgiving Day dinner, so...
Wow! What a turnout for Turkey Bingo. Thanks to everyone who came out and played. Lots of fun was had by everyone even though we ran out of propane. Thanks to all the sponsors for all of the raffle donations and an extra huge thank you to Walmart in Warrenton for the TV. The fairgrounds will be busy in December. On the 4th we will have the holiday Bazaar, on the 11th we will have the Flea Market and on the 10th & 11th, and 17th & 18th we will have the Christmas Lighting drive-thru. Also on the 11th the flea market vendors will be staying late...
Congratulations, Comets: The Naselle Comet football team traveled across the state to Pomeroy last weekend and came home with a 72-42 victory. They advance to the state Class 1B semifinals. They'll head to Moses Lake this Saturday for a 1 p.m. game against Almira-Coulee-Hartline. The winner will advance to the state championship Dec. 4, 12 noon, at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. Sad News: If you didn't read Jacquey Ostervold's obituary in last week's Eagle, I hope you still have your copy....
The Naselle Finnish American Folk Festival presents its annual Christmas Concert and Tour of Homes on Sunday, December 5 at the Naselle Community Center, 14 Parpala Road, Naselle. The concert will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the NCC with Carl Wirkkala and band members performing traditional and new Christmas selections. He will lead the audience in singing traditional Christmas carols. Donations at the door will be accepted. Donations go towards the Community Center upgrades as well as the Deep River Historical Church restoration. Following the...
The Wahkiakum High School first quarter honor roll for the 2021-2022 school year has been announced. 4.0 grade – point average: 9th grade: Russell Morrison; 10th grade: Nathan Garrett, Lilian Hale; 11th grade: Abigail Ames; 12th Grade: Megan Leitz, Mason Wilson. 9th grade: Phillip Goldinov, Jayden LaRouche, Reese Long, Bailey McKinley, Maddox Moore, Klarah Niemela, Zaya Ray, Maddi Thoreson, Mason Waldeck and Zoey Ware. 10th grade: Klauvinia Cernal, Kyri’e Clark, Libby Davis, Michael Garstki, Lana Goff, Emily Gonzales, Haiden Hurley, Pierce Lea...
The “Wahkiakum Outdoors” program is restarting after an almost 2-year hiatus. The upcoming series of presentations is sponsored by the Wahkiakum Marine Resources Committee. The Wahkiakum Outdoors lecture/discussion program provided a series of 20 educational lectures and discussion of Wahkiakum County marine and natural resource issues during 2018 and 2019. The subjects covered remain of acute interest to local citizens. Wahkiakum topics including Columbia River fisheries (including salmon, steelhead, and Pikeminnow), seal and sea lions, inv...
Rapid, self-administered covid-19 tests are now available in Wahkiakum County, the county health department announced Tuesday. Residents can order their free covid-19 test kits while supplies last at SayYesCovidHomeTest.org. The Say Yes! Covid Test At-Home Testing Challenge provides households with access to free, rapid covid-19 test kits that they can self-administer and is now available in the county, according to a health department news release. The Say Yes! Covid Test encourages residents to use the tests to reduce the spread of covid-19...
The Lower Columbia College Fighting Smelt Speech & Debate Team finished competing at their most recent tournament hosted by Linfield University. Regarded as one of the most competitive regional tournaments in the season, the 91st annual Mahaffey Memorial Tournament consisted of 578 total speech and debate entries, with a total of 36 schools competing spanning 10 states. The Fighting Smelt earned second place in the Division III team sweepstakes for the tournament. Penelope Anderson of Napavine placed first in the novice division of Persuasive...
Right: white-tail buck keeps an eye on this Puget Island neighborhood, and below, more white-tails pause in their foraging. Photos courtesy of Sarah Lawrence....
Submitted by Ron Wright Last Saturday the Wahkiakum Mecha-Mules traveled to Battle Ground to compete with nine other teams from SW Washington in a robotics league round-robin tournament. All 14 team members were joined by two coaches and seven of our parents. For the past eight weeks, the team has been working on the details of building and programming their robot for autonomous mode battles and teleop mode battles. It all paid off as they were rewarded with a perfect score of six wins in their...
John C. Thomas Middle School has announced their first quarter honor roll for the 2021-2022 school year. Those students earning a 3.26 to 4.0 grade point average made the list. 8th grade: Josiah Garrett, Ruth Goldinov, Kamden Scuito, Parker Leitz, Rylie Wills, Evelyn Hogue, Anna Goldinov, Cor Hoogendoorn, Margarita Goldinov, Jason Bachmeier, Maddi Grangroth, Joslynn Kuljis and Jessie Lefever. 7th grade: Samantha Dela Cruz, Abigail Mckay-Beach, Matthew Wills, Hank Wilson, Kyle Gonzales, Lilli Deaton, Israel Velke, Evelynn Miller and Ayla Adams....
NOT NICE--As all the flooded fields and roadways, rock slides, fallen trees and outages can attest to, it was not nice out there this past week! As always, flooded fields and roadways weren't too bad in some areas, while other spots were really bad, so if one needed to be out and about, then you needed to be driving with extreme care. Our neighbors had a close call with a tree that came down off the "rock wall" just west of Skamokawa, so those trees that fall with no warning are really a hazard and a reminder that all this wonderful greenery...
Greetings from the fair office. Hope to see everyone this Saturday at Turkey Bingo. Bingo cards are 3 for $10 and play all bingo games. We will have our raffle prize table as well as our big prize. Watch the fair facebook page for more info on this item. The doors open at 5 p.m., and bingo starts at 6 p.m. We will have Polish dogs and nachos in the kitchen. So bring the family to the fairgrounds for a night of fun. December will be a busy month at the fairgrounds. On December 4 we we will have our Christmas Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,...
Photo of the Week: Kim Angelis with her two +1 collies. Kim has two collies of her own and is "dog sitting" a third for a friend. What a fine time I had visiting with her and the dogs. There were four dogs in the house at one point because Ben, my dog, was with me. He stayed in the yard with her dogs while she and I visited in her house (Elenora Hillis') in Naselle. She has had the property for four years and done a great job continuing to restore it as the Tienhaara Family did before Kim. She g...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop has debuted a new temporary exhibit honoring Veterans Day in the park Visitor Center exhibit hall. “Men of Many Capabilities” commemorates the 50th anniversary of when the US Army Special Forces “Green Berets” retraced the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Twenty-two men of the Special Forces’ 5th and 7th Groups from Fort Bragg, N.C. took part in the 1971 expedition. The expedition was led by Captains Michael Lewis of Spokane, Wash. and Bernard Haskins Jr. of El Cajon, Calif. Th...
This month the CTE program and FFA chapter have been involved in various activities. One of these activities included volunteering and helping with the harvest festival for Wahkiakum grade school students. The CTE program and FFA chapter want to give a big thanks to Robin Westfall for coordinating the event in which they were able to make fresh apple cider, get the kids involved in a tic-tac-toe board using pumpkins, and a small but fun obstacle course made of hay bales. As FFA chapter and...
NOT TOO NICE--As this week begins, we've got thunder and downpours and some wind. Saturday had us dodging large hailstones off and on in West Valley, in between the heavy rain showers and a few sun breaks, so depending on where you were and when, you were either enjoying a little outdoor time, or you were hiding inside. With the exception of this past sunny Monday, this week looks to be pretty wet. With all this darkness and gloomy weather, it's really imperative to turn on those headlights as while you may be able to see, people can't always...
Some history on roads: The inconvenient second site closure on 401 gives me pause to be thinking of the years before "official" roads were built. Folks in the pioneering years (1850's to early 20th century) used water for their transportation. As the small communities grew, and wanted to be connected, boats were their primary mode to travel back and forth. There were several early larger boats that took mail, produce, people and shoppers back and forth from Astoria to the small towns along the...
The Friends of Skamokawa will host their annual “Deck the Hall” Holiday Open House from November 26 through December 12 this year, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. They are seeking more participation and ask vendors to contact them for more information. You do not have to be present to sell. Set up will be Tuesday and Wednesday, November 23 and 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Take down is December 12 after 4 p.m. Vendor numbers will be assigned upon receiving applications. All vendor applications need to be received by FOS prior to the event set up dat...
