The Wahkiakum County Eagle - Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891

News from Naselle:

School is in and the sports program is in full swing. It’s football season and fall weather is beginning to herald the onset of cooler temperatures and snuggling into warmer clothes. Last week’s game for the Naselle Comets was a shut out with a score of 40-0 against Chief Leschi. Way to go boys.

Sports calendar for this week includes: Friday, high school football vs. Lyle-Wishram at Lyle at 7 p.m .; Thursday, girl’s volleyball at Ilwaco at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets!

Westend news:

This Saturday evening the community has the opportunity to eat, drink and be merry while supporting two very deserving organizations. You can start out the evening with a delicious prime rib dinner in the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park. The meal will include prime rib prepared by Steve Ramsay, baked potato, salad, dessert and beverage. Tickets are $20 each, served in the cafeteria 5-7 p.m. We still have a few tickets available so give us a call, as only 50 will be sold.

Proceeds from this event will be used for operating costs for the center and park. For more information please call 465-2960 or 465-2731.

After a filling meal you can head over the hill for another fun event sponsored by Friends of Skamokawa at Redmen Hall. The Cornucopia of Wines will include delicious wine tasting and food as well as their auction items. This annual event benefits Redmen Hall, and is always a fantastic time for all. Advance tickets are $15 per person or $25 per couple. At the door they are $20 per person or $30 per couple. It will be held in the Skamokawa Grange Hall 6:30-10 p.m.

The first Annual Lasagna Dinner to benefit the West End Food Bank, located in the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park is scheduled for Saturday, September 26 from 5-7:30 p.m. in Rosburg. This delicious Lasagna dinner includes salad, breadsticks, dessert and beverage.Tickets $10 per person (children 5-12 half price) at the Food Bank on Thursdays 1-5 p.m. or from Shonda Ware by calling 360-465-2722 or at the door on Saturday night.Directions: Turn off SR4 opposite the Altoona Rd exit and go up the hill on the school driveway into Johnson Park.

Valley Bible Preschool will begin fall classes on September 28 and classes will be held on Monday and Wednesday at Valley Bible Church. Open House and enrollment days for the preschool will be on Friday, September 18 from noon until 3 p.m. and on Saturday, September 19 from 10 a.m. to noon at Valley Bible Church in Rosburg. If your child is signed up in the morning class (8:30-11:15) please attend on the 18th from noon until 1:30 p.m. or 10 a.m. until 11 on the 19th. If your child will be in the afternoon class (11:45-2:30) please attend Open House on the 18th 1:30-3 p.m. or on the 19th from 11 a.m. until noon. Supplies needed for this year’s school year will include: one box of eight only crayons, 1 pair of child sized scissors (that your child is comfortable with using), a glue stick and an old t-shirt for use on painting days. A back pack is encouraged to bring each day, but not a requirement. Please call Becky Erickson for any information you may need. She is looking forward to another great year! 360-465-2555.

The Free Friday Night movie this week is a 2015 sequel to an earlier sci-fi movie which raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world. The show starts at 7 p.m.

On Friday, September 25, prior to the Free Friday Night Movie, there will be a meeting held at 5 p.m. to plan for our annual Halloween event at Johnson Park. Free indoor trick or treating, popcorn and a movie. Since the holiday falls on a Saturday, we would like to expand the event with a few more activities for the kids. To that end, we need volunteers, a few new ideas and willingness to help out. Please join us.

The Rosburg Wednesday Senior Lunch Bunch meets at Rosburg Hall each week for Pat Potter’s home cooked meals. Lunch is served at noon.

On Thursdays, lunch is also served for seniors and is sponsored by CAP.

Happy Birthday to the following: Jason Gardner, Bekah Wirkkala, Joanna Fauver, Bill Wuorinen, Darlene Ammer, Paula Rogers, Shawn Gilbert, Clair Stephan, Stephanie Noll, Cole Dorman, Gerrad Lemon, Sean Welsh, Sheila Kilponen, Edna Miller, Jeff Linquist, Jason Ammer, Paul Costello, Joe Helvey, Eugene Saari, Regan Wirkkala, Rachel Katyryniuk, Aubrey Katyryniuk, Mariah Corbin, Katriina Ervest, Marie Fauver, Jennifer Blanchard, Amy Kittinger, Jimmy Strange and Tim Tienhaara. Wishing all of you a beautiful day filled with fun and happiness.

Happy Anniversary wishes go out to Greg and Karen Nelson, Dennis and Kerry York, Bill and Diane Pratt, Mike and Gail Queener, Eugene and Linda Strong, Jim and Josie Eastham, Jim and Darrylin Eastham and Jeff and Brandi Tarabochia. Here’s to many more celebrations.

We had another delightful weekend with our visiting son and daughter-in-law from Bend, Ore., and our daughter-in-law and two grandsons from Kelso. I love family time. Now we are anxiously awaiting the birth of our second great grand baby, another little boy. Any day now.