Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Last week, Lorraine Heilman, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, and her team were in Cathlamet to install equipment to do a tidal current survey. "We're the tides and currents folks," she said. "We are trying to update the tidal current tables of the Columbia River." Why? To keep waters safe for navigation. The team was installing an acoustic Doppler current profiler, which measures the speed of water using sound, in the Cathlamet Channel. "Everyone...
[Editor: This story has been updated from first publication to correct an error in the number of commercial accounts seeing rate increases under the proposed new rates.] After long discussion, members of the Cathlamet Town Council on Monday took no action on a proposed update of sewer rates. Town officials have long agreed that the rates are inequitable. Customers living outside city limits pay higher than people inside city limits; and commercial customers have higher rates than residential customers. Council members, consultants and town staf...
Local agencies are planning to boost efforts to control noxious weeds and invasive plants in Wahkiakum County. A variety of agencies make control efforts, including diking districts, the Wahkiakum Conservation District, the Wahkiakum County Noxious Weed Control Board and the county road department. However, at a workshop with agency representatives and the county board of commissioners, all agreed they would like to see the county's noxious weed program take on a larger role. Conservation district Manager Darren Haupt said his group would like...
Analysis By Karen Bertroch Naselle/Grays River Valley school board: Naselle, small that it may be, is a center of transition this spring. Two events last week gave us clear signs of change in our small area of Southwest Washington. In the past, Naselle/Grays River Valley’s School Board has often met with only two to five people attending from the public. For the past six months, a group of parents has been attending who want change in the way schools are led and decisions made. At the last b...
To The Eagle: The shabby and scary state of world affairs was succinctly summed up in two unique letters in last week’s Eagle. Unique in that they both came from a viewpoint so far out in left field as to illustrate the little-used legal concept of “depraved indifference.” The first letter laments the ruination of our democracy but tries to pin it on those of us who chose to fight the tyrannies of our deeply flawed pandemic response: A virus designed sorta accidentally/on purpose in a lab in Wuhan with help from our own CDC, wandered out of th...
To The Eagle: As Americans struggle to pay their heating bills and fill their gas tanks, petroleum giants Shell, Chevron, BP, and Exxon, are posting billions in record profits. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine promises them even greater crisis driven dividends. How are the oil companies using this windfall? To increase production output and refinery capacity? No. The petroleum industry and its Wall Street profiteers will maximize gains by limiting supply and raising prices instead. Despite that, Republicans would rather just curse Joe Biden at t...
To The Eagle: My Aunt, Sister Victoria Hunchak of Toronto, Canada asked me to submit this letter to The Eagle. As the war in Ukraine continued week after week I began to realize that what really thrives in Ukraine from February 24 is the very opposite of love: fear, refugees, killing, maiming, hate, desire for revenge, desire for total destruction of a young nation. Yes, there are many signs of love: many soup kitchens, volunteers driving the refugees to a safe country, serving in the army, no matter the health or age, offering hospitality to t...
There were no official new cases of covid-19 reported last week, and the cumulative number in Wahkiakum County stands at 309. There are no known active cases at this time, but with the ready availability of at-home tests, it’s hard to know any real numbers. The Washington Department of Health (DOH) is reporting that 81 percent of the population in the state age five and up is fully vaccinated, but in Wahkiakum County, that number is much lower, at 51.1 percent. According to the DOH, the n...
The public Wi-Fi system in the Cathlamet downtown area had stalled because of personnel and equipment issues, but one of the partners in the project, Wahkiakum PUD, has stepped in to help get it back on track. Employees of the PUD joined Network Manager Steve Carson of Skamokawa Internet last week to resume construction of the system on Main Street. “We can all look forward to final system completion and activation in the near future,” Mayor David Olson said, who added that they would be wor...
Wahkiakum County officials have approved an agreement with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to replace the county's bridge of Wilson Creek in Skamokawa's East Valley. The funding grant will largely finance the $1.77 million project. The county's match is estimated at $24,165, Public Works Director Chuck Beyer reported, and would be used for the engineering design phase. The bridge is in poor condition, Beyer said, scoring only 44 out of 100 points on the bridge inspection, and there is a weight limit on loads that pass...
K-12 schools have more guidance on how to conduct active-shooter lockdown drills with a new bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee. The bill prohibits schools from conducting drills involving life-like simulations or reenactments of active shooter scenarios that are not “trauma-informed and age and developmentally appropriate.” Additionally, students, teachers and staff will be alerted before carrying out a shooting-safety lockdown drill. Prime sponsor of the bill, Rep. Amy Walen, D-Kirkland, said the legislation is needed to protect sta...
SPRING IS HERE--As this week begins, a lot of folks are hoping that now that Spring is officially arrived, we will see some much drier and warmer temperatures.While we may have begun this new season a bit on the damp side, the current forecast shows more dry days than wet, so we can only hope that holds true. It also shows the rainy weather may come back on Sunday but with only a 30 percent chance, we can hope it’s just a brief shower and won’t last long. Here’s to Spring and sunshine, which should make us all feel a lot cheerier and it will ce...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Planning Commission, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Wahkiakum Commissioners, Courthouse, 9:30 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 10-11:30 a.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. Wahkiakum Food Bank, 42 Elochoman Valley Rd., 3-5 p.m. Sewing Room, GRVC at Johnson Park, 11 a.m....
The Friends of Skamokawa will host their Annual Antique & Vintage Sale on April 8, 9 and 10 this year. The sale will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and on Sunday from noon until 4 p.m. Any vendors who wish to participate should contact them for more information. You do not have to be present to sell. All proceeds help to maintain property and provide programs and services for the community through the FOS/River Life Interpretive Center. Contact Lori Cagle, office manager, with any questions, Tuesday or Thursday from 10...
Just got word that Ted Swanson died March 21 at home. We offer our prayers and tears. Announcement: A community meeting has been scheduled for this evening, March 24, at 6:30 p.m. at the Naselle Community Center with Rep. Jim Walsh in attendance to discuss the possible closure of the Naselle Youth Camp. Governor Inslee has also been invited. The Community Center is on Parpala Road just past the library in Naselle in the former Congregational Church. Karl Marlantes: Last Saturday, Karl Marlantes,...
The Super Sale at Johnson Park originally scheduled for March 19 has been postponed until Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The good news is that now vendors have more time to finish preparations. Some tables are available to rent, but reserve yours early or you may bring your own. Set-up times are Friday from 6-8 p.m., and Saturday from 7-9 a.m. For further information contact Denise Blanchard, 360-355-0472 or Shonda Ware, 360-465-2722. The center is located at 30 Rosburg School Rd., Rosburg....
b. May 1, 1938, d. March 14, 2022 Donald Melvin Coates ("Don") passed away March 14, 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska after a brief illness. His family notes that this was "Pi Day," particularly appropriate since Don loved pie (lemon meringue was his favorite). He was born in Cathlamet, Washington on May 1, 1938 to Ora Wright Coates (later Snyder) and Melvin Coates, the third of three children and only son. Growing up in Cathlamet, he loved horses, teasing his big sisters Ora Loraine and Shirley, and...
Former Cathlamet resident Randal Ralph Rodahl, 59, of Longview, died March 15, 2022. A full obituary will appear next week. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
The service for Juanita Rodahl originally planned for March 27 has been postponed to May 7, 2022, place to be determined. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
The Wahkiakum Lions Club has announced that their annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held at the Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 16. The hunt begins promptly at 11 a.m., and the Easter Bunny will make an appearance. There will be prize eggs in each age category: preschool, K-3 and 4-6. Parking will be in the large lot near the main entrance to the fairgrounds. The Lions will also hold a coloring contest, with coloring pages available at the school or at theCathlamet Pharmacy for those students who are home schooled. Coloring pages...
Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West reminded Washington businesses and residents of the April 18, 2022, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by the winter weather and flooding that occurred Jan. 5-16, 2022. According to Garfield, businesses of all sizes, most private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters may apply for SBA federal disaster loans to repair or replace disaster damaged property. SBA can also lend additional f...
Mary Horton of Tacoma joined the 29th annual Cathlamet St. Patrick's Day Parade last Thursday. Eleven Irish Wolfhounds attended from Portland and Tacoma as well as locally, and paraded their 16 people down the east side of Main Street and back up the west side, ending in front of the courthouse for pets, cookies, and photo ops, then adjourned to Duffy's Tavern in Grays River to complete the festivities. Photo courtesy of Howard and Judy Brawn....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: March 13 — 7:26 p.m. A Puget Island resident reported a dispute over a property line. 9:58 p.m. A power outage was reported at a Rosedale home. The PUD was notified. 11:18 p.m. A deputy and the Cathlamet ambulance aided a Puget Island resident who had lost consciousness. 11:42 p.m. Dispatch received a call from a child who said he lived in the woods in Washington. He mentioned that a person hurts him. D...
I wish I could express to you just how enthusiastic Puget Island resident Laura Tronson is about Kikos, a New Zealand breed of goats, but if you ever spend a little time with her, you'll soon know exactly what I mean. It fairly bubbles from her. Tronson lived on a hobby farm as a child and was exposed to a few various farm animals, but it was only after moving to Wahkiakum County a few years ago that she considered having a couple goats. And that was only to help maintain their property. The...
