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The Wahkiakum School District board of directors will meet Tuesday using the online platform Zoom starting at 5:30 p.m. The meeting's agenda includes a public hearing on the proposed 2020-2021 district budget and, later, board action on the proposed budget. Methods to connect to the meeting follow: Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/99979301124?pwd=blh5dmliTmtwZFJlK2tvemlWSnVXUT09 Meeting ID: 999 7930 1124 Passcode: 494425 One tap mobile +12532158782,,99979301124# US (Tacoma) +13462487799,,99979301124# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1...
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Regular Meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Cathlamet scheduled for Monday, July 20, 2020 has been canceled. The next Regular Town Council Meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 3, 2020 at 6:00 pm. From Sarah Clark, Clerk-Treasurer...
It won’t be the usual festivities this weekend, with the annual Bald Eagle Days canceled this year because of the coronavirus. Instead, the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce is making the best of a bad situation by holding a Poker Run and sharing pictures of chalk art created by Wahkiakum County residents on their Facebook page The Poker Run is scheduled for July 18 and is open to motorcycle riders. It costs $10 to participate, $15 for double riders. The event begins at noon at the Norse Hall on P...
"We have a flourishing osprey family in front of our house," Puget Island resident Sarah Lawrence reported. "The chicks are at the 'teen stage' now and are so much fun to watch." Sarah Lawrence photo....
Tim Lawry moved to the Elochoman Valley in 2018, and is now running for Wahkiakum County Commissioner, position 2, against incumbent Dan Cothren. Lawry spent 23 years on active duty with the Army, as an aviator, flying helicopters and cargo category aircraft, he said. Afterwards, he applied and was accepted to law school in 2012, and went on to pass the bar exam in Maryland on his first try. He was an acquisition professional at a senior level, defending budgets to Congress for the Army. A...
Edited by Diana Zimmerman The 2020 race for the state Senate pits Democrat incumbent Dean Takko against two Republican challengers, Wes Comier and Jeff Wilson. The Eagle asked each a set of questions about themselves, and here are their responses (edited for brevity). Dean Takko Dean Takko is the incumbent running for State Senator of the 19th District. He attended Wahkiakum High School, Lower Columbia College, and received a Bachelor of Science from Western Washington University in 1972. Takko...
The Wahkiakum County Port 1 Board of Commissioners met last Thursday to talk about limiting numbers at County Line Park camp sites, a possible grant to make improvements at County Line, and a letter to support the Town of Cathlamet’s efforts to secure grants for a waterfront park. Port Manager Jackie Lea asked commissioners to enact a policy at County Line Park to limit the number of people allowed at the dry camping sites. “Over the last few weeks, the amount of people camping at the dry sit...
To The Eagle: Children need to be back in school, not just for the education but more importantly is that kids today hide in a room with video games when they need to socialize so much more. Maybe we all would be better able to resolve disputes if we reasoned together instead of forming our opinions in a dark room playing violent games or watching TV alone. Another reason is that for some children the school meals are the only balanced nutritious meal they may have that day but even more heart breaking is that for some it may be the only meal...
In last week's edition, an article about the Farmers Insurance agent incorrectly spelled his name. He is James Sorensen....
To The Eagle: The United States’ effort to reinstate a ‘reconstructed’ South into the Union after the Civil War and provide just recompense to emancipated slaves, was a failure. It only took one powerful man, a president, to help the unrepentant South sow the bitter seeds that still yield fruit poisonous to this nation. The era of Reconstruction collapsed when Vice President Andrew Johnson became President after Lincoln’s assassination. A southern sympathizer, he quickly pardoned Southern secessionists, Confederate leaders and wealthy planter...
To The Eagle: This is a most troubling time. We have an occupant of the White House who engages in unethical and questionable moral conduct, but gets little public resistance from his staff or other elected officials from the same party. The growth of executive control over our governance must have a few of the founding fathers rolling in their graves. I cannot understand why our elected representative cannot rise to listen to her own conscience. The party has put “loyalty” ahead of the oath to support the constitution. This has been har...
To The Eagle: Do our county commissioners even realize that anyone is listening to their meetings these days? Some of their statements are so ridiculous they are laughable. Commissioner Backman states that we should have had a hospital built here by now, after all they've had months to get it done. Health care is a top concern in this country today and it is obvious he knows nothing about it. I suggest he contact Legacy Health Systems. He could ask how many years, how many permits, and how many hundreds of millions of dollars it took to build...
To The Eagle: On July 13, 2020 I heard our president say about the corona virus and I quote: “When you test you create new cases.” I was astounded when I heard this. Mr. Trump had just found an answer to the decade’s long fight between the right and the left on abortion. If you do not want to have a pregnancy, you do not take that pesky test. Therefore you do not create that pregnancy. It’s been right there in front of us for all these years but it took Donald Trump to figure it out for us. Mr. President, you truly are a “very stable genius....
Registered voters throughout Washington will soon receive ballots for the upcoming Primary Election. The Primary Election’s 18-day voting period starts Friday starts and lasts through election day, Aug. 4. According to a news release from the Office of the Secretary of State, ballots include a prepaid-postage envelope, so people who return their ballots via U.S. mail do not have to pay for a stamp. Voters who place their ballots in an official drop box must do so by 8 p.m. on election day. Drop box locations may be found at VoteWA.gov. V...
Edited by Rick Nelson The 2020 race for the state House of Representatives pits Republican incumbent Jim Walsh against two Democrat challengers, Marianna Everson and Clint Bryson. The Eagle asked each a set of questions about themselves, and here are their responses (edited for brevity). Jim Walsh Background --Education: BA, cum laude, Amherst College. --Business/professional: 1996-present. Owner/operator, Silver Lake Publishing. Aberdeen. 1989-1996. Various positions, finally editorial...
The Wahkiakum Republican and Democratic Subcommittee for Debates and Forums will present virtual debate with candidates for state representatives next Wednesday, July 22, at 7 p.m. There will be five candidates participating. Position 1: Jim Walsh (R), Clint Bryson (D) and Marianna Everson (D), and Position 2: Brian Blake (D) and Joel McEntire (R). The debate/forum may be accessed through the online platforms Zoom and YouTube. --On Zoom: Webinar ID: 899 2665 6968. Click on this link below to join the webinar: https://us02web...
WEEKEND WEATHER--we had a mixed bag of weather this past weekend, as Friday was great but cooled downed quickly so we saw some wetness out here on Saturday and then it was pretty decent Sunday with a nice sunny day this past Monday, so not too bad. I do hope your garden is growing great, as I know mine seems to be sprouting right up there, along with the grass and the weeds of course, but then again, that off and on moisture keeps us green and keeps the water flowing so it's not a bad thing to me. Other than a little rain this Friday, it looks...
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 or changed to online participation until further notice. The Eagle was advised of the following events: Online Recovery Meeting, Lower Columbia River Refuge Recovery. Mondays 6:30 p.m. Zoom ID 960 8413 9102....
Let There Be Light As a bored teenager walking down the aisles of my high school library perusing the book shelves for nothing in particular, one book caught my eye and would forever change the way I looked at light. I even asked myself why this particular book would even be in a high school library because there were no studies in this particular field of science at my school. The book was written by a very well-known theoretical physicist by the name of Albert Einstein. His book The Theory of Relativity and Other Essays was written in 1950,...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: July 5 — 1:57 p.m.A caller reported that an airbag had been deployed when a vehicle struck a dog on SR 4 just east of Cathlamet. Deputies, the District 4 Fire Department, state patrol, and the Cathlamet ambulance responded. A tow was called. 2:57 p.m. A caller reported that he had been sitting at the stoplight on KM for 45 minutes, and that traffic was backed up. State patrol said they would notify the W...
Michele Hattrick Eaves died June 18, 2020 at OHSU in Portland following a massive stroke. She was born to Jack and Delores Hattrick on August 11, 1959 in Longview, and resided with her family in Cathlamet until she graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1977. She married Bob Eaves and raised their two children Christopher Eaves and Jayme Eaves in Kelso where she worked for the Kelso School District for the past 25 years. At the time of her death Michele was Secretary at Wallace Elementary...
The Washington State Public Works Board is accepting applications for broadband infrastructure construction grants and loans July 13, 2020 through September 9, 2020. Approximately $9.1 million is available for low-interest loans and $8.6 million for grants. Cities, towns, counties, public port districts, special purpose districts, quasi-municipal corporations, tribes, nonprofit organizations, cooperative associations, limited liability corporations organized for the purpose of expanding broadband access, and incorporated businesses or...
Peter and Nancy McGuire and Robert and Carol Virkelyst announce the marriage of Keely McGuire and Mark Virkelyst on July 18, 2020 on Harstine Island. Keely is a 2012 graduate of Naselle High school and was the 2009 Wahkiakum County Fair Queen. Both Keely and Mark graduated from the University of Washington. They will make their first home in Seattle....
Cathlamet Public Library has announced a contest open to young writers and artists ages 5-15. Entries are due at Cathlamet Public Library by 5 p.m. on Friday, July 31. Prizes will be awarded for best short story, poem, or artwork on the theme of Imagine Your Story, in the following categories: age 5-7, age 8-10, age 11-13, and age 14-15. Written work can be handwritten or typed; parents can scribe for their children in the youngest age group and for those having difficulty with motor skills. Artwork can be a drawing, painting or sculpture....
I hope you are all enjoying your modified summer. Somehow it seems like time is going really slow to me. Usually summer is a blink and then it’s gone, but these breezy days, spent 6 feet apart from everyone has me feeling like I am in a time-warp. An update for the community regarding the Community Center: As you probably noticed, we are still closed to the public. As we move forward with opening, some changes and adjustments are being made including who will host it and what procedures will need to be followed in order to keep things safe for...
