Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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A nice crowd gathered Saturday afternoon for the Wahkiakum County Fair's mud wrestling exhibition. A wet, dirty, good time was had by all. Above, the wrestlers: Front, l,r, Ava Thomas, Alyssa Montgomery, Aaliya Montgomery, Bridget Dursteler and Courtney Zurick, and back Korbin Scuito. Right: Alyssa Montgomery takes care of her hair. Lower right: Alyssa Montgomery and Aaliyah Montgomery go face to face. Lower left: In the pit, one doesn't stay clean very long. Photos by Ian Br...
Not so long ago, the Wahkiakum Dollars for Scholars organization held a Rods and Reels car show every year to raise scholarship funds for local students. Sadly, it was time to retire the much loved event. A couple years ago, the group considered putting on something called a bike fondo in the county, but when covid-19 hit, they had to re-evaluate. The organization, which has been raising money for scholarships to help local students since 2000, decided to hold an online auction last year after...
There were few surprises from candidates for 2022 elections when the filing period ended last week. With county Assessor Bill Coons having announced his retirement; Deputy Assessor Falon Hoven filed for the office as an Independent. Cathlamet native Holly McKeen, a deputy prosecuting attorney for Cowlitz County, is challenging incumbent Wahkiakum County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Bigelow. Other incumbent county officials filed for re-election without any opposition. Across the state and region, however, there will be races for all offices. US...
There was one new official case of covid-19 this week, bringing the cumulative total to 314 in Wahkiakum County, with one case considered active. Wahkiakum and Health and Human Services, which only counts positive results from PCR tests, was awaiting more test results on Tuesday, which means there are potentially more cases. According to the Washington Department of Health, which counts confirmed and probable cases, reports that there have been 538 cases, 32 hospitalizations, and seven deaths...
Because of an editing error in last week's edition, the last paragraph or Richard Erickson's letter to the editor was corrupted. It should have read: "I support our constitutional republic and the Electoral College, which I believe should be in our state so each of our county’s votes can have meaning instead of just three counties deciding what the rest of the state does; that is called democracy....
To The Eagle: Biden spoke at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers conference in Chicago on May 11: “Under my predecessor, the great MAGA king, the deficit increased every single year he was president. The first year of my presidency—the first year, I reduced the deficit—literally reduced the deficit by $350 billion. Right now, the majority of our Republican friends just see things differently. They don’t want to solve inflation by lowering the costs. They want to solve it by raising taxes and lowering your income.” He also adde...
To The Eagle: I was reading a recent letter to the editor and the writer said if you can write your name in the snow, "you have no business dictating policy in regard to reproductive issues." However the Supreme Court has never had a majority of justices that can't write their names in the snow, but they did make a landmark decision 50 years ago that the writer does agrees with. I find that interesting. However, I do agree we don’t need nine people deciding every tough decision for us. Their job is to make sure our laws follow our C...
To The Eagle: Are you a conservative? How conservative? I ask, as I have read some far right letters here in this paper. I have Republican friends I can discuss platforms with (45 had no platform), but they are very hard to find; instead I get called names and belittled for having different views. CPAC is the premier gathering of conservatives. I have a few comments on that. I wonder how many are in lockstep with them. The Republicans I can talk with are not. I guess the world doesn't want to see how racist CPAC has become; no press allowed....
To The Eagle: When my wife and I first visited Cathlamet we were amazed at the size and beauty of your marina. We bought land here and had a house built and over the years watched as our marina grew. Along the way we met the marina manager, Jackie Lea, and in doing so came to realize that she was the person who made the marina, through her efforts and ability, the nicest place to visit and utilize each and every day of the year. We all should be proud of our marina and thank Jackie Lea for the outstanding job she did over the years. Jackie,...
Facilities and funding continued to be hot topics for the Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors, but the board's May meeting on Tuesday started with a presentation from teachers Audrey Petterson and Tina Merz on the high school and middle school English Language Arts programs, a new bus, and a tour of students’ artistic endeavors. The writing process was the focus of Petterson and Merz’s presentation. The teachers talked about the skills the students were learning, and the strategies the...
Pelicans paraded along Birnie Slough this past week. Photo by Ian Brandon....
DECENT BEGINNING--I’m beginning this column on Sunday, and it’s starting out fairly decent. Then again, as we saw on Saturday, the sunny day can quickly become a wet one, complete with hail so we’re still dealing with this crazy Spring weather. Not everybody got this sudden burst of nasty weather but it certainly caught those who were in it off guard, as the sunshine had folks sporting light shirts in the 69 degree day, but when that wind brought in those heavy laden clouds that just dumped on us, well the temperature took a quick nose-dive and...
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....
Wow! What an awesome Mud Wrestling turn out. Thank you to the brave wrestlers, you were all awesome. Thank you to Aunt Shirley and Aunt Marietta for putting such a wonderful event together. All monies raised will be used to build a lean-to, to put over the kids games at fair. They have raised half of their goal to put it up. Watch for more Mud Wrestling in the future. The next event out here at the fairgrounds is approaching fast. That is the "Cruzin’ to the Fair Car Show." Pre-registrations are due by May 27. We will still take cars the day o...
June is just around the corner which means graduation, Memorial Day traffic, vacations, classic cars at the fairgrounds, July 4 holiday, fireworks, and the Finnish American Folk Festival on the last weekend in July. Summer goes by too quickly. Then kids are off to college and we're exhausted trying to keep up with life. Oh wait, it's dry by end of summer so I just water plants at that point. And then it's fall. But as a cancer survivor, I will not fret or complain. I will be grateful for every...
The Grays River Habitat Enhancement Group meets the second Thursday of every month at Johnson Park in Rosburg. The group is seeking a commissioner to fill an empty seat. Interested parties should send a resume or letter of interest to 1grhed@wwest.com. Commissioners must own property within the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District....
On June 4 at 10 a.m., WSU Cowlitz County Master Gardener Roxanne Nakamura will explain and demonstrate principles of early summer pruning for landscape shrubs and answer questions such as what shrubs should be pruned in June, and how to do it so the plants look groomed and healthy, and prepared to bloom next year. This free in-person class will begin in Cougar Cottage meeting room located at Washington St. Entrance to the Cowlitz Co. fairgrounds, the small white building on the left of the entrance drive....
On May 17 the Naselle/Grays River Valley School Board held their monthly meeting. All board members were present, except Amy Chadwick. Five community members were present for the meeting. The meeting was called to order with the Pledge of Allegiance and consent agenda. Personnel was next on the agenda with: 1) approval of summer school contracts for Moten, Baker, Flood, Rudolph, King and Teubner; 2) approval to hire Marie Green as head girls’ basketball coach; 3) acknowledge resignation from Jessica Mason, Naselle Youth Camp paraeducator. D...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: May 14 — 10:18 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a Rosedale resident after a sewing needle when through his leg. 1:12 p.m. A Rosedale resident complained that someone was trespassing and recording people in the area. A deputy advised the caller that it was a civil matter and she became angry, stating that she would handle the matter herself or seek the prosecutor. 4:36 p.m. A caller reported that there w...
Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Department have investigated an unattended death at a residence on Bradley Mountain and determined the victim died of a massive heart attack, Sheriff Mark Howie reported Friday. Robert Conner's wife told officers that she found him unresponsive in his recliner chair Wednesday morning. She called the sheriff’s office dispatch center and officers responded. A large amount of blood was observed at the scene and was later determined to have been caused by a wound on the Conner's leg. Howie said a state crime scene inv...
Jeannine Moore died May 17, 2022 in Longview, at the age of 86, surrounded by her loving family. Jeannine was born in Zebulon, Kentucky to Morrell and Truly Freeman. Her family moved to Washington when she was eight years old. In 1953, she married Franklin "Buzz" Moore in Seattle and they made their home in Morton. The family moved to Cathlamet in 1962. Jeannine worked for the Wahkiakum Conservation District and for Seattle First National Bank, retiring as bank manager. After retirement,...
Ricky Howard Parcel, 66, of Cathlamet, died May 21, 2022 in Longview. He was preceeded in death by his parents Ernest and Dorothy Parcel and brother David Parcel. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 3, 11 a.m., at Dowling Funeral Home in Cathlamet with interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. A full obituary will appear in the next edition. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Shoppers who use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/EBT benefits can receive up to $40 in matching SNAP Market Match dollars to purchase fresh vegetables, fruit, herbs, mushrooms, and seeds and plants that produce food at certified farmers markets throughout the state of Washington. “It’s an amazing program,” Heather Odom, a Healthy Community Specialist for Wahkiakum Health and Human Services said last week. The closest certified market to use the benefit is the Cowlitz Commu...
Neither rain, nor hail, nor cold, cloudy days deterred youth baseball players in Cathlamet during the spring baseball season. The Wahkiakum Youth Baseball's Major's team (11 & 12 year old players) completed a memorable season on Saturday in Longview. Competing in the Longview Youth Baseball league, the Ohrberg Excavation-sponsored Mini-Mules powered through season play, finishing with an 11-1 overall record and sweeping the Longview league, finishing a perfect 9-0. Saturday's dominating 14-5...
The public is invited to a Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 30, at 9 a.m., at Greenwood Cemetery in Cathlamet. The event, hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Wahkiakum Post #5297, will pay tribute to those men and women that made the ultimate sacrifice for this great country. Those that have difficulty standing should bring a chair. The ceremony should last about 30 minutes. There will be no refreshments....
