Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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They came; they saw, they had a good time, and they headed out early Friday morning to catch the ferry on Puget Island and head to Astoria on the next leg of a bike ride to San Diego. "They" are 12 young women doing the Seattle-San Diego Pedal the Pacific ride which is a fund raising activity with a goal of raising $150,000 for the anti-trafficking movement, with funds going to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The organization's mission statement says: "We ride because...
Covid vaccines for anyone age six months and up are now available. The Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services Department (WHHS) reported Thursday that the FDA’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) approved two vaccines for young children. The health department Wahkiakum Health and Human Services (WHHS) will provide the Pfizer vaccines for everyone at their Monday and Wednesday clinics. Department Director Chris Bischoff said there is also a version of the vaccine made by Moderna, but the department will not offer it b...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce has had a change in leadership, with the former assistant director, Monica Budd stepping into the executive director's shoes and new hire Melissa Collins taking on the assistant director position. Executive Director Monica Budd joined the chamber last year to focus on event planning. Initially, she wasn't sure she wanted to step into the leadership role when it opened up, but gained some confidence as she realized she was already doing the work. "It was one of...
Wahkiakum County commissioners spent much of their Tuesday meeting discussing issues with constituents; they also worked with county fair officials to solve problems for financing improvements at the fairgrounds so that projects could be done before the start of the county fair in August. West Valley resident Bill Spillman described problems with an undersized culvert on West Valley Road and asked that county workers address the issue. Public Works Department Director Chuck Beyer said the road department is aware of the problem. The culvert...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners shared their thoughts about membership with Northwest River Partners which supports hydropower and is working to retain dams on the Lower Snake River. Commissioner Dennis Reid said he’d been approached by three commercial fishermen. One believed that taking out the dams would restore the salmon and would not raise electric rates, while the other two believed the dams should stay. “I’m going to vote for approval of this membership,” Commiss...
Former Wahkiakum County Commissioner Blair Brady announced Tuesday he has filed to run as a write-in candidate for the District 3 seat on the county board of commissioners. Incumbent Commissioner Gene Strong filed for re-election to the position in May. Both are running as independents. Brady had served approximately 3 1/2 terms of office. He lost the 2018 election by two votes to Strong, who ran as a write-in candidate that year. Brady said that to qualify for the November general election ballot, he will need to draw at least 11 votes in the...
In an article in last week's edition about the recent meeting of the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District, The Eagle printed an incorrect email address for submission of résumés from people interested in filling a vacancy on the district board of commissioners. The correct email address is 1grhed@wwest.net. In last week's paper, the article about The Cottage Bread and Breakfast stated that the restaurant's hours were from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Cottage has changed their hours to 7 a.m. to 2 p.m....
To The Eagle: Field Day is again here this coming weekend, June 25-26. During the 24-hour period from noon Saturday to noon Sunday amateur radio operators flex their antennas to see how many other radio operators from around the world they can talk with. This year we have seven members of our local club tuning up: Richard KC4ONA, Steve K7SH, Bob WB6AGE, Bill KJ7KMP, Gordon WA6TTR, Jim KG7WSQ, Ron W7ERY. Gordon is our safety coordinator. Our satellite contact coordinator is Richard; come out to see his "ray gun antenna" in operation. We will be...
To The Eagle: It seems that America has come to a place where we as a nation either continue united or end up just another Banana Republic. The attempted coup on January 6, 2021 was certainly more than just a normal tourist day as proposed by some. The hearing presented to we the people on every TV station except FOX was shocking and frightening to the point that FOX wouldn't air it. Even went so far as to give Tucker Carlson an entire show without commercial break, unheard of in broadcast TV history. Was FOX afraid that during the commercial...
To The Eagle: A contributor’s recent claim of a strong correlation between public disarmament and mass exterminations requires some perspective. Important determining factors, most notably, what sorts of political regimes committed those atrocities, and who their victims were, deserve scrutiny. All the countries he’d listed were ruled by brutally repressive autocracies and dictatorships. Entire populations were not disarmed but specific minorities within them, were. The Christian Armenian minority of Turkey, German Jews, educated upper cla...
To The Eagle: Once again, we have certain people wanting to blame an inanimate object, and not place the blame where it truly belongs. What’s more is that it seems to mostly be coming from the same people who support our current Commanding Blamer in Chief. “Guns have become a scourge on our society.” Really? In my humble opinion, I would simply argue that certain human beings have become the scourge of society, and maybe enforcing the current laws on the books, getting these people the help they need, and/or the punishment they deserve, is at...
To The Eagle: A letter last week decried my comparing Fentanyl deaths to firearm deaths as a “false equivalency… like comparing apples to oranges,” but then continues on to compare automobile deaths to firearm deaths. That is somehow different? No mention was made that over half, 54 percent of those firearm deaths, were suicide. Of note; firearms do not increase suicide rate, Japan for instance has nearly twice the suicide rate of the US and no firearms other than police and military. The writer then compares the “Right to Drive” to the 2nd a...
Cathlamet Town Council members on Monday covered a variety of new ordinances and wrestled with a request to lease the community center. Community Integrated Health Service contacted the town about leasing the community center, which has been closed since last winter. The agency would use the facility for services to youth. Council members said they were sympathetic to the agency's intention, but they felt the facility wouldn't meet the agency's needs, which included the need for a separate room for confidential consultations. The community...
Wahkiakum High School sophomores K.T. Cernal and Arwynn Haney were honored along with other regional nominees as STEM Rising Stars in Vancouver recently by ESD 112 at their Career Connect SW STEM Network- STEM Rising Star and Regional Partner Awards. Cernal and Haney were nominated by WHS Science teacher Jeff Rooklidge and Principal Stephanie Leitz. "They were both excellent applicants from the Science/Engineering/Technology side of things," Leitz said. Both Haney and Cernal are active members...
Wahkiakum High School juniors Reigha Niemeyer and Sebastian Britt received Masonic Junior Achievement Awards along with students from other area high schools at an event in Kelso this spring. The Masonic Junior Achievement Program is operated by local Masons of the Lower Columbia Lodge Officers Association, District 18. Applications from the top five girls and five boys from each school are considered before a junior boy and girl from each school is selected. The awards are given for academic...
Commissioners of Port District No. 2 on Tuesday adopted a resolution appointing Samuel Shogren as port manager. The port's previous manager resigned in January, and Assistant Manger Terina Davis has since served as interim manager. Shogren's first official day on the job was yesterday (Wednesday). In other business, Davis reported that the port commission: --Decided to name the old Methodist church building the Carlton Appelo Annex to honor Appelo, one of the district's original commissioners, for everything he did for the port; --Decided to...
SUMMER IS COMING--While we begin this work week with some filtered sunshine through the morning cloudiness, we are being told by forecasters that a dry and warm stretch with lots of sunshine is coming our way this first week of summer, so that will be totally awesome! After another stretch of rain had come in last week, I’m thinking the 80 degree temperatures will be most welcomed. I’m more of a 70 degree kind of person myself, so when those high 80s show up, I’m not much of a fan, but for the hay harvesters and the gardeners, and beach lovers,...
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. to...
Summer has arrived and hopefully, the gift of warmth and sun. I have always liked Father's Day because it means summer is arriving. These days I am grateful for my community of friends and people who smile when they see me. Thank you for being my family of friends and readers. One thing that brings me joy is through this column. Being able to share news of what's happening and doing what I can to help when I know there is a need, makes me feel I belong. Photo of the Week: The Finnish American...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 13 — 2:29 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance provided aid to a woman in a Cathlamet restaurant. 6:07 p.m. A Puget Island resident reported that a man and a woman were in her driveway yelling about something posted online. They wouldn’t leave. The caller said that her neighbor had repeatedly told the man to leave and then pepper sprayed him after the man tried to hit him. A deputy and the Cathlamet amb...
No new cases of covid-19 were reported this week by Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, which only counts positive results from PCR tests, and their cumulative count stands at 314, with no active cases. The Washington Department of Health, which counts PCR and antigen tests, is reporting 553 total cases in the county, 34 hospitalizations, and seven deaths attributed to covid-19. Last week, the department reported 551 cases, 34 hospitalizations and seven deaths. "Case rates are still pretty...
Disc golf is coming to Skyline Golf Course in July. Robin and Kim (Rodahl) Herren decided to honor Kim's late father Ralph Rodahl by continuing to run Skyline Golf Course, which he built, and they are doing so with a look to the future that makes room for the past. "When my dad was here, I think a lot of the popularity of the course was him," Kim said. "I think a lot of people came because they wanted to see him." Loyal members like having a course close to home, but there aren't as many people...
On June 14, a crowd gathered at the Julia Butler Hansen Heritage Center for the Cathlamet Woman’s Club’s annual rose planting to honor the 2021 citizens of the Year, Robert and Esther Roche and to celebrate Julia Butler Hansen’s birthday and flag day. Photo by Abby Doolin....
