Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Dean and Linda Seaberg, of Puget Island, announce the engagement of their daughter, Brandi Nichole Seaberg, to Nolan James Beedle, both of Cle Elum. He is the son of Calvin and Lynn Beedle, also of Cle Elum. The bride-elect is a 2008 graduate of Wahkiakum High School and a 2014 graduate of Central Washington University. She is employed by the Department of Natural Resources in Ellensburg. The bridegroom-elect is a 2006 graduate of Roslyn High School and is employed at a lumber company in Cle...
The final open Coursing Ability Test (C.A.T.) lure coursing event of the 2014 season will take place this weekend at Misty Rivers Plantation, 117 Cross Dike Road on Puget Island. The competition on Saturday and Sunday will be open to all dogs, any breed or mixed breed, registered or not. A meet devoted to AKC registered sighthounds only, is scheduled for next month, Oct. 4 and 5. Both events are AKC sanctioned and sponsored by the Willamette Valley Basenji Club. Dogs will run singly or in sets...
SURVIVAL MODE--How did you handle the heat wave last weekend? If you were outside, I hope you slathered up in sun screen and didn't stay out there too long, as it was hot, hot, hot! It was 92 in the shade at our house and time to kick on the AC and hide in the basement as far as I was concerned. However, at the start of this work week, we actually had some moisture fall on us and I'm sure my lawn was happy to get the drink and with everything so bone dry, we welcome any kind of dampness we can get. SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week include: Friday, the 12th-football at Rockaway at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, the 16th-volleyball at Kelso at 5:45 p.m.; Thursday, the 18th-volleyball at Quinault at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! The Naselle-Grays River Valley School District board meeting will be held on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. A few years back, a Naselle resident, Chuck Wolfe, lost a lawsuit he had filed against WSDOT relating to the loss of property due to the SR4 Bridge over the Naselle River directing the flow of water...
Friends of Skamokawa at Redmen Hall would like to give a final reminder that their yearly fund raiser/party- the wine tasting/auction event “A Cornucopia of Wines” will be held this Saturday at the Skamokawa Grange at 18 Fairgrounds Road in Skamokawa. It will run from 6:30 to 10 p.m. and tickets at the door are $30 for two and $20 for singles. Included in the entrance fee will be tasting of eight choice wines, delicious finger foods provided by Jack and Jill catering, a silent auction of items contributed by local merchants, and a live auc...
Annual Columbia River Country Days to benefit Wahkiakum 4-H Friends of Extension and Wahkiakum 4-H present the seventh annual Columbia River Country Days on October 3 and 4, 2014. Featured this year are events at the Puget Island Farmers Market on Friday beginning at 3 p.m. Activities planned at the Market include a Pie Social to benefit 4-H, live music, vendors, and plenty of fresh local grown produce for participants to purchase. Saturday includes a 4-H Open House at the Wahkiakum Fairgrounds located in Skamokawa from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and...
HERE WE GO--As one month ends and another begins, we find ourselves enjoying some sunny weather once again! Last Saturday was a pretty damp day for those that were doing any camping, so I'm sure they were happy to see the sunshine come back into the picture for the rest of the holiday weekend. Of course, we had friends who had showers on Sunday morning, while we had sunshine right from the start and it only got cloudy a few times, so I guess it all depended on where you were! However, as we go into "back to school" mode, it looks to be mainly...
News from Naselle: Welcome back students and faculty, to the new school year. Here’s to another great year. Sports calendar for the coming week includes: Friday, the 5th-football at Tacoma at 7 p.m., Tuesday, the 9th-volleyball with Ilwaco in Naselle at 5:45 p.m., Wednesday, the 10th-volleyball with Knappa in Naselle at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets! Westend news: The Free Friday Night movie this week is a rated PG movie that we had scheduled previously and were unable to get the disc. So this week we will have our own copy and after showing the film, i...
Redmen Hall in Skamokawa has a new exhibit opening September 6 featuring three major local artists: Judy VanderMaten, Mitzi Christensen, and Nell Coulson. The exhibit - "All Over the Place" - will emphasize the varied ideas of these three highly talented women. VanderMaten is a photographer who says that watching water has been an everyday part of her life and a main subject of her work, feeling she is recording Mother Nature's art. Christensen also has spent much of her life on the sea, living on sailboats for much of her life. Her work is...
Our new Community Center, which occupies the renovated space on Main Street under the Library, is now open and is looking for input from the people of Cathlamet and Wahkiakum County. What kinds of services and activities do you want us to provide? The Center has computers and high-speed wireless Internet; it has meeting space for 30-40 people, public restrooms, and a kitchenette area; there’s an interactive kiosk to help people looking for jobs and a comfortable corner for those who simply want to sit and chat. In general, we’re hoping to ope...
I Chris Hulings, Information and Assistance Specialist for Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities of Southwest Washington, has provided the following about her role in Wahkiakum County. “I have an office space at Wahkiakum Health and Human Services and have worked there for approximately two years. I am here every other Monday, all day. Senior Information & Assistance is a free and confidential service for a wide range of public and private resources available to persons aged 60 and older, adults with disabilities, and their families. As an I...
Artist, professor, sailor, port commissioner, Bob Kizziar is abuzz. Not always, but at the moment, he's got a captive and captivated audience who shares his love for art, if not his history, mastery and knowledge. The corners and walls of Kizziar's home are filled with beautiful pieces crafted by him or his wife Jenny, an artist in her own right. Friends, colleagues, students and strangers have created other pieces, their payment in trade. He points each piece out, sometimes for the pleasure of...
Members of the Stella Historical Society will hold their annual Remnants of the Past celebration on September 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The all-volunteer society furnishes and maintains buildings which display historical items relating to the settlement of Stella and the surrounding area. The buildings display items ranging from old-time logging and farming tools to early settlers' clothes and personal items. On September 6, the society will hold a fund-raising celebration. At the museum complex just off SR 4, 10 miles west of Longview, there will...
Commissioners of Cemetery District #1 have announced that all excess items such as shepherd hooks, glass vases, statues, etc., will be removed from graves and placed by the wooden box at the back of the first mausoleum building 10 days after a service there. On September 15 all current items will be removed and left at the box. The situation has become out of hand for the mower and the cemetery is unable to be tended efficiently. The commissioners appreciate the understanding and cooperation of the public. For further information contact...
Kooper Howard Fritzie was born on Mother’s Day, May 11, 2014, to Blain and Nicole Fritzie of Cathlamet. He weighed 8 lbs 4.6 oz., and was 21 1/8 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Rick and Tina Laney from Naselle; paternal grandparents are Robby and Krista Fritzie of Cathlamet. Kooper joins sister, Cayln Fritzie, at home....
STILL WARM--Summer is still upon us as this new week begins and forecasters say it will continue all week, so folks heading out for the big Labor Day weekend should have some nice days to enjoy before the kids head back to school. Of course, there is always that chance that the forecast falls apart at the last minute or the area that you are planning on visiting winds up with a shower or two, but for now, it's supposed to be pretty decent everywhere. Beings we are still dry, the burn ban in our county is still in effect, so if you see someone...
Here comes another year of school days, and the end of what has been a really nice summer, though a little warm for my taste. With a long Labor Day weekend ahead for everyone, here's to a safe and fun holiday. News from Naselle: Students will return to classes on Tuesday at 8 a.m. Here's to another successful and fun school year. Sports calendar for the coming week includes: Saturday, the 30th-football at Ilwaco at 1 p.m. Go Comets! Westend news The Free Friday Night movie this week is a kid...
WOW! The fair has been here and gone, I hope everyone who attended had a good time. I heard the kids had a lot of fun walking on the water in the balls. It looked fun. Thank you to all the vendors who were at the fair this year; hope to see you all back next year. Congratulations to Abbie Eaton for being crowned the 2014 Wahkiakum County Fair Queen. A huge thank you to this year’s fair royalty. The six young ladies earned a grand total of over $9000. All of these funds will go back into the fair. Also a huge thank you to everyone who supported...
The views at Skamokawa Vista Park and the charm of the Wahkiakum County Fair have fixed Bob and Jane Hays' travel plans for the past 15 years. Bob, 83, a retired electrical engineer and his wife Jane, 82, came to the northwest to visit one of their three children. Their middle boy lives in Woodinville and works for Microsoft as an electrical engineer. Towing a fifth wheel gave them the freedom to travel without any particular plan and on a fateful day about 15 years ago they found themselves on...
Fizz, Boom, Read!, the Summer Children’s Library program for 2014, has come to a close. It is time for participants to bring in their reading records to be checked to see if reading goals were met, so prizes can be awarded! Librarian Carol Blix has only received a few reading records so far. If you have lost your reading record form, your name and titles of books you have read can be neatly written on another piece of paper and submitted. You’ll be asked to tell details about some of the books you have read, and we’ll look at the reading goal...
JUST RIGHT--Once we got over a wild couple of days last week with thunder and lightning and pouring down rain, it wasn't too bad, albeit a bit muggy now and then. This week started out with some rain threats but forecasters can't quite make up their minds about that, so who knows what we'll really see coming by the end of the week. Please don't be fooled by the rain we had, as there is still a burn ban in effect and fines have been doled out for illegal camp fires or trash fires recently, so when in doubt, call authorities. FAIR IS DONE--Once...
Looks like we are back to the warm trend again. Personally I prefer the cooler but this makes it nice for picking berries and getting them frozen or made into jam or pies without fear of mildew. If I could keep my dogs from helping me by eating them off the vines, I would have lots more. The gardens are producing in abundance again this year, and our neighbor, Nancy George, as usual is providing us with delicious veggies grown with her tender loving care. Thank you Nan. Our yellow transparent apple tree had lots of apples and we have found a...
The Naselle High School Class of 1964 gathered July 25th at the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park in Rosburg for their 50 year class reunion. Back row, l-r, are Ed Blain, Jon Pakenen, Allan Niemi, Lawrence Elliott, Bert Juhala (former grade school classmate), Jerome Elliott, and Dave Sotka. Middle row, l-r, are Barbara Cox Page, Shirley Olson Niemi, Kay Koski McAnulty, Phyllis Johnson Mercer, Gail Strange Lewis, Kathy Wirkkala Baker, Jeannine Larson Johnson, Mary Jo Nicholson Smith,...
County Line Park, now managed by Wahkiakum Port District Two, on a sunny day at the end of July. The Park is busy with fishermen, RV’s and campers in the tent sites. Bathrooms have been updated and visitors are commenting on how clean it is. “We have great new park hosts welcoming visitors and the Park is doing very well,” commented Port Manager Janet Bryan. “It’s exciting to see so many folks coming to the area and using all the Port’s parks....
WAS TOASTY--As the work week began, we were feeling mighty warm, as temperatures were still up in the 80's Sunday evening and were up in the mid-90's on Monday so it was pretty miserable I thought. In West Valley, we were still very hot Monday evening with no relief from any wind, while down at the fairgrounds, the wind was blowing and it must have been 15 to 20 degrees cooler, so a big discrepancy in just a couple of miles. And then there was Tuesday morning, wow, what a thunder and lightning storm that was! I was very glad to see it end, as...
