Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Masks for all are still not indicated, Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff said in a meeting on Monday. Masks are considered personal protective equipment, and right now, PPE is in short supply. “The highest priority for those is for medical folks,” Bischoff said. “They are at a limited number. it’s not hard to find stories about losing doctors or nurses pretty regular to this disease, whether they are too ill to work or it is to a fatality. We need to protect those f...
Wahkiakum County Health & Human Services has announced the first positive test for covid-19 in an individual in the county. The person is in self-quarantine and currently does not require medical care. H&HS is working with the individual to identify anyone who may have an exposure risk due to contact. Those people will be contacted by H&HS. H&HS asks us to remember that “diseases don’t discriminate or stop at city, county, or international borders. Covid-19 may have originated abroad, but not everyone from parts of the world with increased ris...
The Wahkiakum County Health Department would like to better understand the effects that the Coronavirus might have on Wahkiakum County Residents. The Health Department is asking people with COVID like symptoms to call our call center and answer a few questions. The symptoms we are looking for are fever and either a cough, shortness of breath, or tightness in the chest. IF YOU ARE A WAHKIAKUM COUNTY RESIDENT and have experienced these symptoms with in the last 14 days, please call 360-849-4041 at your earliest possible convenience. We thank you...
This week, in response to the spread of covid-19 virus, county officials reduced the hours of operation of the ferry Oscar B. Effective Monday, the ferry will operate 5 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. until further notice. Photo by Rick Nelson....
It’s been nearly three weeks since Washington State Governor Jay Inslee announced statewide school closures, and Wahkiakum School District and Naselle Grays River Valley School District are continuing to make adjustments, especially in finding new ways to provide an education to their students from a distance. “I guess you could say we are learning to fly the plane as we go,” Naselle Grays River Valley School District Superintendent Lisa Nelson wrote in an email on Tuesday. “We have been se...
A last minute understanding about US Census data collection has drawn concern from Cathlamet Town Council Member David Olson. Census day was yesterday (Wednesday) when people were to have responded to census questionnaires. Olson learned this week that many Cathlamet residents with post office mail boxes haven't received a census questionnaire. Further investigation Tuesday revealed census forms were mailed only to residential addresses with mail boxes and not to post office boxes. This drew Olson's concern on Tuesday, for census data is used...
Wahkiakum sophomore Landon Luce tied for sixth recently in reining cow horse competition at a National Reined Cow Horse Association World Show. Luce, the son of Cara Elliott and Casey Luce, has been riding horses for five or six years. He started showing at Wahkiakum County Fair. He has been competing for about a year, but this was his first world show. In reining cow horse, the horse and rider are judged on their performance of several maneuvers involving a live cow. His step-mother, Andrea...
So, we're in Week 2 of the covid-19 virus quarantine. School was out and is now back in session, but no students are at school. Non-essential businesses have closed; the governor's office issued a 14-page document for guidelines on deciding who is essential or not. Newspapers and other communication businesses are considered essential, and we continue to publish The Eagle. Like other businesses, we'll keep going till the money is gone, I say, somewhat facetiously. Like many, we're seeing an immediate drop in business. Like others, we bleach...
To The Eagle: Hmm, right to life? For who? A small cluster of cells that may at some point become a person unless the mother has a miscarriage, or a living breathing senior citizen? The low watt governor of Texas is willing to throw seniors under the bus to maintain the economy. Sweet. The dichotomy is striking in its duplicity. Here's a great idea. Why doesn't this religious nut throw his mom, dad or himself under the bus sparing the economy for those of us with more than two brain cells frantically trying to justify the stupidity he sees in...
To The Eagle: No response from the challenger in the Climate Change Calamity debate, so we’ll give it a rest for awhile, after pointing out that the people producing pandemic panic are using the same tactics that the enviro crowd uses to produce doom and gloom scenarios about global warming: computer modeling, which is very much subject to GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out). Based on supposition rather than hard data the dire predictions never come true, so enviros avoid embarrassment by moving their melting ice caps, rising sea levels, and burning...
To The Eagle: Many of us have used credit cards to spend thousands to make our homes beautiful and our many appliances easy to use. We spent many hours working away from home to pay for our “stuff.” Now we have a chance to stay home and delight in our credit-card purchases, tackle home-improvement projects, read books, and enjoy (or not) each other’s company. I see no need to whine about having to stay home! Ursula Petralia Skamokawa...
To The Eagle: Many of our local businesses and their employees are facing a significant financial impact dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. While several local businesses have been required to close under new restrictions, others have been able to offer modified services that help reduce the spread of viruses, so they can continue to provide their services to our small community. Some of our local restaurants and stores are offering online ordering and carry-out services, so you can get what you need without ever leaving your car. You can...
To The Eagle: The biggest slush fund in history is now at the disposal of the Treasury and Grifter-In-Chief, Trump. Our rapaciously greedy Chief Executive will unleash unprecedented fraud and abuse upon the new $2.2 trillion law — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after purposely weakening its accounting oversight. In an astonishingly brazen move, Trump wiped away, by imperial decree, safeguards written into the act in order to ignore and subvert the intent and letter of the law. The president clearly wants to c...
To The Eagle: We have been ‘contained’ to home now for three weeks. Fortunately we didn’t need TP before fanatics bought it all up, plus, I have many issues of The Eagle in case. We are so blessed to live with space around us. I can hardly imagine the difficulties of all the families cooped up in small apartments in the city, even the homes there with little or no yard. I pray for those people, especially the ones who may have shaky relationships or mental problems, that may they all survive this epidemic. Fortunately our president may final...
Editor's note: After this story was written, we received word from Wahkiakum County Treasurer Tammy Peterson that the Wahkiakum officials have extended the tax payment deadline to May 31. Please see separate article on this website for that information. ------------ With the April 30 deadline for paying property taxes this month, tenants, landlords and property owners may wonder how the economic impact of the covid-19 virus will affect them. Steve Sharp, a Puget Island resident and president of Sharp Property Management, Inc., posed that...
Commissioners Lee Tischer and Austin Burkhalter of Port District 2 met by the online program Zoom on Tuesday and charged through their agenda in a seven minute meeting. Action items included: --Commissioners adopted a resolution formally passing operation of County Line Park to Port District 1. Port 2 has managed the park for Wahkiakum County for several years, but commissioners of both port districts agreed Port 1 was better suited for management; the park lies within the boundaries of Port 1. --Commissioners adopted a resolution raising the...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met briefly on Wednesday to adopt a resolution that delegates authority to General Manager Dave Tramblie during the public health emergency brought on by the novel coronavirus, covid-19. The commissioners adopted a resolution that declared that covid-19 is a civil public emergency. The resolution allows Tramblie to exercise emergency powers regarding personnel, services, equipment, etc., as he may find necessary to properly and safely manage this...
The Wahkiakum County Eagle contacted Family Health Center Director Dian Cooper after receiving a complaint from an individual who said she had “pushed and fought” to receive testing for covid-19 at their office in Cathlamet because she had been ill, had tested negative for flu, and was often around seniors. “We follow the CDC guidelines, which are to prioritize limited testing capability for hospitalized patients with symptoms and health care providers with symptoms,” Cooper wrote in an email....
By Cameron Sheppard, WNPA News Service OLYMPIA (March 27) -- Millions of N-95 masks and other types of personal protective equipment are being delivered to Washington State as public health and emergency response officials scramble to obtain the equipment needed to respond to the growing COVID-19 outbreak. Jerrod Davis, assistant secretary for disease control and health statistics at the Department of Health, said there is significant global demand for these kinds of items and right now the state does not have enough to satisfy the needs of...
WET ONE--This past weekend was fairly soggy and not exactly the kind of weather one wants in order to get out and take a walk to get a bit of fresh air. Hopefully the forecast of nicer days will come true and we'll all be able to get out in our yards and work a bit, although for us allergy sufferers, we have to decide between fresh air full of pollen or take more meds and hope for a clearing of our minds, and maybe our clogged noses! As the work week begins, we've had wind, rain, hail and sunshine, so I'm guessing Spring is just showing us her...
The Wahkiakum Lions Club and some other members in the community have joined forces to create Helping Hands, which is now providing delivery services in Wahkiakum County. "I think we had our first customer today,” volunteer Terri Elfers said. She was taking a turn manning the phone line. For health reasons, she has been sticking close to home, but wanted to do what she could to help the community. “I have to sit back,” she said. “It’s killing me.” The service is available to anyone in the coun...
Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, all county buildings are closed to the public and meetings and events usually listed here have been canceled until further notice....
Getting Rid of Boredom As the days go quickly by and the virus that has kept us home is making its way across the world, we shelter ourselves for protection of ourselves and our loved ones. We start to think of different ways to fight the boredom of being isolated for so long with nowhere to go and nothing to entertain us. Some will find some solace in watching the television, surfing the internet, reading The Wahkiakum County Eagle and countless other things. At least you can start a garden...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: March 23 — 5:43 a.m. A caller reported that an individual had passed away at a Skamokawa residence. A deputy and the coroner responded. 6:42 a.m. A caller reported a rollover accident on SR 4 in the Elochoman Valley area. A deputy and state patrol responded. 9:43 a.m. A caller reported that a transient was sleeping in front of a Rosedale business. A deputy spoke with the individual who said he was waiting f...
Greetings from the fair office! Hope everyone is staying safe. At this time the fair board is canceling the Easter Bingo and the April Flea Market. We have not canceled the "Cruzin to the Fair" yet. We are still looking for Fair Royalty and some Superintendents for the T-Building during fair. I will be checking in at the office to answer phone calls and keep things on track for the fair. For more information check the fair's facebook page. I post all changes there. During this stay at home time you can be working on projects for the...
