Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum County Director of Health and Human Services (H&HS) on Thursday corrected a mistaken report that the county had experienced a sixth case of covid-19 virus. "A state Department of Health (DOH) employee likely misread the report and entered a negative test as a positive," Bischoff said in a Thursday morning press release. "This is an opportunity to highlight a very misinformed opinion that is out there, and why it is misinformed. In this case, someone on the state side misread the negative lab result as being positive. This doesn’t m...
Two days after Wahkiakum County officials opened the courthouse to the public, they closed it again. The officials learned that their janitorial contractor lacked sufficient personnel to provide the schedule of cleaning required under the state Department of Health guidelines to deal with the covid-19 pandemic. The board of commissioners voted Tuesday to close the courthouse again until the required cleaning can be provided. People needing to access courthouse offices again need to phone the office to set up an appointment. However, the county...
The Town of Cathlamet will shut off water tonight (Monday) to mains serving east Cathlamet and Rosedale in order for a contractor to work on a water main extension along SR 4. Here are the details from a Town Hall notice: THIS SHUT-OFF IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT ALL HOMES LOCATED NEAR OR BETWEEN THE WAHKIAKUM HIGH SCHOOL AND EAST TO THELMA TERRACE. We ask that everyone on the Town’s water system on the following streets please be prepared: Alder St, Anderson St, Columbia St, Cougar Falls, Cougar Ridge, Douglas St, E SR 4, Elm St, Fern Hill, Glen L...
Odd Behavior Explained In a previous article in The Wahkiakum County Eagle, I wrote about the importance of cats in the county. This story was partly inspired by the feral cats I saw at Deep River Camp and because my daughter rescued a European Shorthair cat that was already trained to use the litter box. This breed of cat is believed to have originated in Sweden and was found to be very common as well in Finland before being seen across the United States. I remember a scripture in the Bible...
In June, The Health Care Foundation awarded Community Home Health & Hospice with a $50,000 grant. The gift was a matching grant, meaning Community first raised $50,000, in part from individual donations and the Friends of Hospice Southwest Washington nonprofit. Of the $100,000 raised altogether, $52,000 covered the charity care needs of dying veterans in the Longview Hospice Care Center. The remaining $48,000 provided for new beds in all 12 rooms of the Longview Hospice Care Center along with a number of other equipment upgrades. The new beds...
Wahkiakum 4-H has awarded Abigail Moten a Wahkiakum 4-H Covered Bridge Scholarship in the amount of $1,400 to continue "making the best better" in our world. Abigail has been a 4-H member for 12 years and has been involved with dairy goats, sheep, poultry, swine, cattle, rabbits, cavies, exotics, foods and nutrition, food preservation, gardening and creative arts. When asked what she has learned from her time in 4-H Abigail responded, "I conquered my fear of public speaking by reading my market...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors met on Tuesday to approve the budget for the 2021-2022 academic year, learn about a possible opportunity to fund remodeling, and get an update on preparations for school in the middle of a pandemic. Following a budget hearing, directors approved a 2020-2021 budget with revenue estimated at $7,766,972 and $7,989,503 in estimated expenditures, as well as a four year budget resolution. “I did learn that the State Auditor’s Office looks at the fou...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce hosted their first annual Poker Run on Saturday, in lieu of Bald Eagle Days, which were canceled because of the pandemic. The event raised money for Dollars for Scholars while taking motorcycle riders on a tour of the east side of Wahkiakum County as they picked up playing cards at local businesses and hoped for a hand that would win them a portion of the pot made up of entry fees. "Even though it was a small event, we're trying to keep the spirit of Bald Eagle...
It will be a wholly different Wahkiakum County Fair this year, much of it thanks to youth who are leading the way. Wahkiakum County Fair Manager Patty Dursteler has been working on new computers and a much improved internet service at the fairgrounds in Skamokawa, upgrades recently provided by Wahkiakum County. She is tackling some heavy duty data entry, getting a recently purchased program ready to showcase entries online for this year’s virtual fair. Soon, fair participants will be able to u...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners moved forward with the Skamokawa Water Consolidation project, adopted a resolution to consolidate their systems financially, and listened to reports on Tuesday. General Manager Dave Tramblie gave an update of the ongoing activity at the PUD. He said that the lobby remains closed to walk in customers, but all staff are working. “I believe we are able to provide the customer support that is required,” he said. He was pleased to share that there hav...
Puget Island residents noticed political signs were missing from their yards Monday. They ended up in the back yard of a North Welcome Slough Road resident who first thought he was being pranked but later called the sheriff's office, said Deputy Sheriff Nathan McBride. The signs have gone to the residence of Vicki Bucklin, who supplied this photo and said people could pick up their missing signs at her residence, 103 N. Welcome Slough Road. Courtesy photo....
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday accepted a company's proposal to replace the heating and air conditioning system in the courthouse. Also Tuesday, Public Works Director Chuck Beyer announced that the ferry Oscar B. would be out of service Friday morning, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, for a variety of repairs. A crew will replace the ferry's inoperable air conditioning system (HVAC). Other projects include replacing an injector line on an engine and repair of buffers. Commissioners agreed to use the services of Wildan Performance Engineering,...
To The Eagle: Thank you to The Wahkiakum County Eagle for allowing opinions. I will vote for the following candidates: Dan Cothren County Commissioner Pos. 2. I would vote for Mike Backman if I lived in his district. Jim Walsh State Representative # 19. Jaime Herrera Beutler Congress District 3. I have never voted a straight party ballot but this election I can not in good conscience vote for any Democrat since they all seem to think Socialism is the way to go and after all the many good things President Trump has done for the working class...
To The Eagle: Kids are not very susceptible to corona virus; it doesn’t do them much harm when they do get it, and they’re also not very good at passing it to teachers or other adults -- the exact reverse image of the common flu. Therefore the best and safest place for kids is in school, which allows their parents to go back to being productive citizens. We are now the only country on the planet waffling about opening the schools. Our Covid-19 data has been scrambled from the very beginning by both the medical bureaucracy and the mai...
To The Eagle: The protests against police brutality now rocking the country have many catalysts. Among the more immediate is President Donald Trump and his first Attorney General, Jeff Sessions. Trump predictably eviscerated federal police reforms of the previous administration because they were enacted by his nemesis, Barack Obama. Obama’s Justice Department had launched 70 investigations into state and local law enforcement agencies and negotiated 40 reform agreements through court enforced consent decrees with troubled police agencies, f...
To The Eagle: I’m on phase six of Covid-19, my friends also. Most of us have lived through a list of panics: Asian Flu, H3, N2, H1, N1, Swine Flu pandemic and the present flu season. What we fear most is the hate of country as seen in this paper. I served under two presidents while serving our country, along with countless other military. We love our country and support it against enemies domestic and foreign. Olaf Thomason, Sr. Where the flag always waves...
To The Eagle: It has come to the attention of the Republican and Democratic Parties that political signs are being stolen. The first thing that comes to mind is teenagers on a lark. It is hoped that misguided youth are responsible, but it must be stopped. Political signs are staples of American campaigns. If you remove political signs, you are guilty of stealing and a misdemeanor. Posting political signs is the property owner’s First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech. Political signs are also a way for candidates to reach large audiences o...
Local Democrats party members displayed campaign signs at the intersection of Main Street and SR 4 last Saturday. Party members plan to make more displays. The Eagle will present more 2020 campaign coverage next week. Courtesy photo....
This deer didn't care that the photographer was watching him eat fuschias outside her Rosedale home. "He just munched and then walked away!" said photographer Genie Cary....
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...
Local officials covered a lot of ground July 14 when they met for a round table and meeting of the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners. l In the roundtable hosted by the Cowlitz/Wahkiakum Council of Governments, State Sen. Dean Takko and Rep. Brian Blake said it is unlikely there will be a special legislative session in August to deal with the impacts of the covid-19 epidemic. Blake, chair of the House Rural Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, said one issue upon which he is focused is boosting hatchery production i...
NICE--We're finally getting a bit more summer-like weather and with that, it means our gardens need a little extra drink and it also means more people out and about on the waterways, so be extra careful out there. Then of course, the increased sunshine means one should not be leaving their animals in their rigs at this time as those dogs can't sweat like humans do, so here's hoping everyone is adhering to this common sense idea and leaving Fido at home. It should go without saying that one should not leave a child in a hot car, but sadly this...
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....
Commissioners of Port District 2 approved a health insurance benefit for full time employees and agreed to honor some refund requests when they met via Zoom Tuesday afternoon. Initially, the port will pay for the health insurance costs for three full-time employees. Benefits for subsequent full-time employees will be 100 percent for the employee; the employees would be responsible for dependents' coverage. The commissioners discussed whether or not to pay refunds to four different camping parties and eventually agreed to pay the refunds but rev...
On July 28 from 12:00 – 12:30 p.m., WSU Master Gardener Alice Slusher will discuss what you need to know about starting your cool season garden for the fall. July is the month to start your garden, and you’ll learn what to plant and when to plant it for a bountiful harvest long after your summer veggies are gone. Register and contact Gary Fredricks at garyf@wsu.edu or 360-577-3014 Ext. 3 for connection information. A 20 minute presentation will be followed by questions about the topic. The program can be accessed on-line by Zoom or by cal...
