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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Ashley Silva of Cathlamet has been named to the Dean's List at Pacific University (Ore.) for Fall Semester 2013. Silva is among 332 of Pacific's 1,783 undergraduate students to achieve this high academic honor. To qualify for the Dean's List at Pacific, a student must achieve a term grade-point average 3.70 (4.00 scale) and complete 12 or more graded hours....
The Eagle takes great pleasure in introducing Kathi Howell, our new advertising representative. Kathi has lived in the Cathlamet area in the past and has moved back. She replaces Sarah Lawrence, who has gone on maternity leave. There's lots going on in the Wahkiakum business community, and Kathi and Eagle reporter Diana Zimmerman filed these short reports this week. --by Rick Nelson New drive-in operaters Susan Briggs and Amber Nara (mother and daughter) have taken over the drive-in at the intersection of SR 4 and Jacobson Road and renamed it...
Deege Insurance and Financial Services has hired Janice Douglas to work out of their Cathlamet office. She is licensed in personal and casualty insurance and specializes in all types of insurance such as auto, home, renters, landlord policies and recreation vehicles. “I’m willing to go the extra mile to get you the best possible rates and products,” said Douglas. She may be reached at Deege Insurance, located at 100 Chester St., Cathlamet, 795-3000....
The following Washington State University student has earned an undergraduate degree for the Fall 2013 semester. Sara Irene Swanson, of Naselle, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design....
The Georgia-Pacific Wauna Mill, located near Westport, Ore., has contributed $1500 to the Wahkiakum Sheriff’s office to be used towards the purchase of a Kevlar vest. The Kevlar vest will be used by reserve officers at the Wahkiakum Sheriff’s office. The Wahkiakum Sheriff’s office submitted a grant request to the Georgia-Pacific Foundation. “Safety is very important to us and we understand the risk police personnel are faced with every day,” said Public Affairs Manager, Kristi Ward. “We are proud that we were able to support the request and hel...
The Charlotte House, a program of St. James Family Center, will host a free legal clinic on March 14 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Jeffrey Keddie, an attorney with Northwest Justice Project, will present information on their services and also help individuals with specific family law questions, such as how to get a divorce, determining primary custody and visitation and/or establishing child support. To learn more about this clinic or to sign up must call The Charlotte House at 360-795-6401 or toll free at 1-866-795-9381. Northwest Justice Project...
K-N-K Kavalry K-N-K Kavalry 4-H club is holding an equine market-sale-and-more meeting this Sunday at 1 p.m. New 4-H members are welcome to come. This will be an unmounted meeting. Please call Kay Walters at 795-3937. The 3 Clubs 4-H The 3 Clubs 4-H meeting will be held this Saturday at 11 a.m. at the home of Carol Blalock in Skamokawa. For further information call 795-8729....
Wahkiakum High School has announced its for the semester that ended January 30. The following students earned a 4:00 grade point average: Makenzie Anderson, Hannah Arn, Tyra Elliott, Sydney Hansen, Rory Heywood, Shona Heywood, Katie Johnson, Kennedi LaBerge, Shelby Robinson, Ian Turner, Peyton Souvenir, Luke Stacey, and Megan Thompson. Full time students grades 9-12 with grade point averages of 3.25 or above included: Ninth grade: Savannah Burdick, Tawny Felton, Hank Ferguson, Kristina Goldinov, Hayley Kerstetter, Mya Kirzy, Jack Leavitt, Alex...
Redmen Hall will be holding its annual Membership meeting on March 16 at 2 p.m. The meeting will be held at the conference center behind the Skamokawa Store, with parking in the adjacent parking lot. There will be a business session covering elections and discussion of current business by the membership followed by a 'pie social', a talk by Irene Martin about her new book of poetry and music by the Harmony Hearts and Randy Williams. All members are encouraged to attend and the general public is invited for the entertainment and...
The Pacific County Emergency Management Agency (PCEMA) is offering a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) course in Long Beach. Training is scheduled as follows: --Friday, April 4, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; --Saturday, April 5, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., and --Saturday, April 12, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The course will be held at the Lighthouse Oceanfront Resort (12415 Pacific Way, Long Beach). Pre-registration is required and is limited to 20 participants. The CERT program is an all-risk, all-hazard training. This valuable...
Early spring is a time for dreaming… and making a list of seeds to order… and planning. And making a list of projects to be done by planting time like building another raised bed or a pea trellis. While the rains are coming sideways and the days are still cool, sitting in your favorite chair pouring over seed catalogs (with a cup of tea and paper and pencil in hand) is a great way to while away the hours. Reading a seed catalog is much more fun than standing in front of seed racks in some store. Not that those seeds are not good&h...
After a long remodeling project, the Cathlamet library reopened last weekend....
Child care providers and educators can receive college training at no cost from Lower Columbia College as part of Washington’s Early Achievers program. An Open House will be held Tuesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the LCC Home and Family Life Building, Room 129, to share information about the program. This is the second year that LCC has participated in the grant program that covers the cost of tuition, books and other support services for current child care providers who wish to gain additional training and college credentials in the Early Chil...
St James Family Center's Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) Parent Policy Council will have a Health and Safety Jamboree on March 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Family Center Gym. There will be agencies sharing activities for all ages. Visitors may, 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's Medical Center trauma services, get fingerprinted, learn about the community garden, greet officers from the Wahkiakum County...
Safe@Home, a division of Elder Options, is offering free fall prevention presentations for senior community groups in the Longview/Kelso area. The presentation is a free community service and will offer seniors recommendations to make their home or apartment safer. Participants will receive material regarding fall prevention, home safety and emergency preparedness. The goal of the program is to reduce the risk of falls and increase awareness. Church groups, community service groups and clubs who are looking for speakers for their programs can...
Author Jack Nisbet and Chinook Tribe Member Tony Johnson will present a joint lecture on Scottish naturalist David Douglas on Saturday, March 8 at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco at 2 p.m. Between 1825 and 1834, Scottish naturalist David Douglas traveled extensively between Cape Disappointment and the Grays River and Willapa Bay areas. He was able to develop a rapport with several Chinook and Chehalis tribal families while collecting local flora and fauna for science. During that time he learned to speak the Chinook jargon,...
The Chinook Tribal Council will meet on March 8 at 11 a.m. at Ft. Columbia, in Chinook. Tribal members are encouraged to attend this meeting as well as the Annual Storytelling Event that follows. Potluck luncheon as usual. For more information, call 360.875.6670....
People interested in planning the 2014 Cathlamet Wooden and Working Boat Festival to be held in July are invited to bring ideas and suggestions to a planning meeting March 5, 5 p.m, in the office of the Elochoman Slough Marina. Contact Bob Kizziar (559) 707-7344 for more information....
On March 3 at 6:30 pm, Scott and Dixie Edwards with Watershed Garden Works will discuss how to attract beneficial insects to a garden. By incorporating specific native plants into the landscape, one can encourage helpful insects and birds to visit the yard. Often it’s the beneficial bugs that eliminate those bugs responsible for eating plants. The class will be held for free in the Fair Exposition located in Longview on the fairgrounds. The workshop is sponsored by Washington State University Extension Master Gardeners. For more information, c...
On March 3, 17, April 7, 21 and May 5, Cowlitz County's WSU Extension Office will provide free Master Composter volunteer training classes. The training will offer five sessions on Monday nights to be held at the Cowlitz Training Center (Longview) 6-9 p.m. Master Composter volunteers receive 18 hours of training on home composting, recycling, healthy soils, and general sustainability issues in Cowlitz County. Trainees will be given a Master Composter Training Manual as part of the training and education. Call 360-577-3014 ext. 3 or email at...
What happens when a nation of nearly only a million residents takes on the mighty Soviet Union in the late 1980s? What do you use when you have no army or weapons? What role can singing play when a nation is faced with annihilation by its neighbors? Those questions are answered in a 2008 documentary by James and Maureen Tusty. "The Singing Revolution" will be shown on Saturday, February 22 at 11:00 a.m. at the Appelo Archives Center, 1056 SR 4, Naselle. There is no admission charge. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania had been occupied for more...
Robert de Groot, Ph.D. of the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), will lead a discussion with students, faculty, and staff about his recent work during February 18 – 21 installing Quake-Catcher Network (QCN) sensors in Pacific County schools, museums, and other locations. He will discuss how QCN will add to seismic data collected in Pacific County and enhance earthquake science education in Pacific County schools. The Quake-Catcher Network Presentationwill be held Friday, February 21, 11:30 a.m., at South Bend High School &ndash...
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview and PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver are teaming with Spencer’s HeartStrong Foundation and the Quinn Driscoll Foundation to offer free heart screening clinics for students across Southwest Washington this Saturday. There is no cost to the students, who will receive diagnostic care valued at more than $1,000. There is a suggested donation of $25 to the foundations, which will go to place automatic defibrillators throughout southwest Washington. Cowlitz County’s Teen Heart Screen is...
After several attempts to get a local landowner to comply with a new county ordinance that does not allow vehicles near bridge abutments, the Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office decided to act last Thursday and brought a tow truck to Crooked Creek Bridge on Altoona/Pillar Rock Road to remove a motor home, two vehicles and a camper that were sitting too close to the road and the bridge....
Katie Stacey, a local homeschooled student in the eighth grade and the daughter of Lori and Matt Stacey, was recently notified of her fifth place finish in the National Patriot’s Pen essay contest. Her essay on the subject of “What Patriotism Means to Me” was judged along with 53 other state and territory winners. Her win comes with a $2500 award and a lot of pride for herself, her family and the local VFW, who sponsor the contest locally....
