Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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In mid-June of this year, Tom Hammonds of Grays River called me and offered to donate an AKC lab for the purpose of a narcotics K-9 detection unit. I explained to Mr. Hammonds that the budget was set a year in advance and that I wasn’t sure I could accept his offer, but I would research it. Such a program could only occur if it were to be fully funded by donations. Undersheriff Mark Howie, Deputy Gary Howell and I discussed the potential K-9 unit to see if we should proceed. Mr. Hammonds understood it had to basically cost zero dollars to t...
I would like to take a moment and again remember the four fallen Lakewood Police Officers whom were murdered senselessly on November 29, 2009 while protecting and serving their community. On December 8, several sheriff office personnel and several Cathlamet fire/EMS personnel attended the memorial services for Officer Mark Renninger, Officer Tina Griswold, Officer Ronald Owens, and Officer Greg Richards. We all left Cathlamet at 4 a.m. to stage at McChord Air Force Base for the Memorial Procession to the Tacoma Dome later that day. I feel very...
In 2007, I started writing a monthly column in an attempt to keep you, our citizens, in touch with various avenues of information relating to the sheriff’s office. It was pretty well received, but within the last several years, the budget for our office was cut. Sheriff Bardsley has green-lighted me to write the “On Scene” column again, perhaps quarterly. Just before the 2009 Wahkiakum County Fair, Stevan Morgain wrote a story for The Wahkiakum County Eagle about a program I was starting up using the Fatal Vision® goggles in conju...
