Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: A few weeks ago, two Steubenville high school students accused of raping a 16-year old girl in a semi-conscious state, were found guilty by an Ohio Judge. But this isn’t the end of the story. In fact, now that a verdict has been reached, it’s more important than ever to speak out against sexual violence. You might ask yourself, “but what can I do”? I would like to suggest that we can all do something and that we can no longer remain bystanders in these heartbreaking events. Consider the following scenario: You’re out, and you t...
The Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office responded to two different rescue situations on Easter Sunday. Both involved the warm spring weather and the cold Columbia River. Shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday, the Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about a 45-year-old woman that was stranded on a piling in the Columbia River. She had been kayaking close to a jetty near the mouth of Birnie Slough in the Cathlamet Channel. The kayak sunk and the kayaker was left clinging to the jetty. Her companion lef...
At almost 91 years old Mrs. Thea K. Lindauer in Anapolis, Maryland, reflects on coming to the United States and leaving a majority of her family in Germany to face the early Nazi Regime, Hitler and the Holocaust. In 1934 Thea was a part of a project, The Thousand Children, Inc., which brought children out of Germany to the United States as an experiment in education. The children were placed all over the U.S. with well to do adoptive families that could give them a better education than they could have received in Germany. At 12 years old,...
(Editor's note: People around the world will pause this weekend to remember the Nazi Holocaust, which brought death to millions of people approximately 70 years ago. Although it was long ago and far away, the effects are felt today. Here are two stories, one local from Cathlamet resident Hans York, a retired deputy sheriff, and one from the East Coast by correspondent Christy Green that tell the stories of two families.) Kari Kandoll, historical society curator, has asked me to write about the Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, sundown April 7...
The Wahkiakum PUD board of commissioners met Tuesday to work on a variety of issues. Commissioner Gene Healy presented a rough draft of a PUD Strategic Plan for 2013-2016, and then the commissioners began discussing revision of the Policy Manual. They touched on smoking in vehicles, use of the meeting room, approving travel, as well as changing verbiage to reflect current procedure. “We should be following our own policy,” said Tim Hanigan, PUD attorney, “So if you want to approve all trave...
Representatives of the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce rose before dawn last Friday to register competitors at the Marina for the first Hook the Hawg salmon derby. One hundred people signed up that day to take part in the newest event conceived by the Chamber. Ten more people registered on Saturday. Ages ranged from nine to 88 years of age, and women were represented as well. A good number of the registrants were locals, but others arrived from all over the state and Oregon. According to Chamber...
The Columbia River Compact on Wednesday agreed to extend the sport fishery downstream of Bonneville Dam. The original recreation season was set for March 1 through April 5. On Wednesday, the compact exted the season from April 6 through April 12, with a closure set for April 9 to allow a possible commercial fishing opening. The compact will meet next Monday to consider non-Indian mainstem commercial fishing periods. Compact biologists had recommended a commercial opening on Tuesday. Based on the low number of steelhead encountered, the...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners and members of the Wahkiakum Fair Board of Directors are getting closer to defining how to handle the vacant position of fair manager. Most recent Manager Becky Ledtke left the position in February. Her position had been under the WSU Cooperation Extension Agent's office, but WSU ended the arrangement over concerns that the number of hours Ledtke worked would qualify her for benefits, which weren't budgeted. Ledtke also exceeded the budgeted hours for the period while working on required reports and a fund...
To The Eagle: Since April is the poetry(est) month, as recently ordained by the federal government, I will respond to this decree as best I can. But then again I am trapped by a tickled silence. What is it to respond to a cultural decree by the government? In the contemporary lexicon, a ‘response’ is something someone does via e-mail; jabbed letter by letter while squinting into a glowing object the size of a pack of cigarettes. Does musing on the nature of poetry in society break the Wahkiakum Eagle’s solemn editorial rule number 7? More...
