Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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"I like the community. I like the work. I like working for St. James." Alison Brown is the new manager of the Charlotte House, a shelter for women and children in Cathlamet that is part of a program offered by the St. James Family Center. The program includes a variety of services for people who are victims of domestic violence, along with the refuge for women and children. "Alison is great," St. James Family Center Director Beth Hansen said. "We are so happy to have her as part of our team. She...
The results of a Community Health Needs Assessment survey conducted by Wahkiakum Health and Human Services from March to July are in, but it’s just the first step in determining what will become action, as part of a future Community Health Improvement plan. The next phase is analyzing data related to the priorities selected by survey participants in Wahkiakum County. That is just getting underway, and is expected to be completed in spring of 2024, Erica Zink of W.H.H.S. said last week. Responses...
A 15-year-old case pitting Northwest Native Americans against the federal government that’s been awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court hearing has settled, with the government agreeing to partially restore a sacred site in Oregon. The agreement was announced Thursday, with a filing in the Supreme Court calling for the case to be dismissed. Luke Goodrich, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, called the agreement a “landmark settlement.” “The plainti...
Travelers who use the route over Beaver Creek should prepare as repairs to a section of Cathlamet Road on the Cowlitz County side are expected to begin this week, Cowlitz County Public Works Director Mike Moss said last Thursday. The road is commonly used as an alternate route when slides occur on SR 4 between Cathlamet and Mill Creek. A slide undercut the roadway on a curve near the Wahkiakum County line, taking it down to a little more than one lane. “I think it is a necessary fix for p...
To The Eagle: Anti-C.R.T. mania and book banning are the latest tactics being employed by reactionary White supremacist conservatives in the Republican party, to derail the racial justice movement. Recently, Critical Race Theory (C.R.T.), an academic concept examining the evidence and effects of institutional racism, and taught exclusively to post graduate and law school students, has been catapulted into the public dialogue. It has become the catch-all phrase of those seeking to censor or actually expunge educational discussions dealing with...
To The Eagle: We are local Republicans who talk, work, and socialize with many other Republicans. The school board candidate running for Position No. 4 who is supported by the Republican party group of this county does not represent these Republicans and many others in the county. They do not speak for us. School board positions are non-partisan positions. They are not political, but have been made so by the other candidate. Our vote is for the kids, schools, and people of this community. These Republicans are voting for Patty Anderson for...
To The Eagle: Wahkiakum County has many retired people. Some have been nurses, social workers, first responders, teachers, coaches, and lots of others with valuable skills that are still needed. Being retired just means that you have had valuable training and experience, skills that could be dedicated to others if you had the opportunity to serve. The Emergency Warming Center (EWC) needs more volunteer hosts for the upcoming winter. Beginning November 15 and continuing through March 15, we serve those in need of a secure place to spend the...
To The Eagle: The election of school board members is very important to our kids’ education and safety. Board members should be reasonable, educated, and knowledgeable about schools. We don’t need people who think everyone should have to subscribe to their radical beliefs. Kandice Merz has stated in a public meeting that she has requested a complete list of all books in our school libraries. This leads me to believe her intention is to ban books she does not agree with. Apparently she has never read any books that would tell her how that wor...
Employers continued their hiring streak in September, surprising economists by boosting jobs for workers in restaurants, health care, and government. The Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly jobs report, released Friday, showed a gain of 336,000 jobs. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.8%. The BLS also revised the jobs added in July and August from 157,000 jobs to 236,000 jobs and 187,000 jobs to 227,000 jobs. In remarks Friday morning, President Joe Biden celebrated the higher-than-expected jobs numbers and low unemployment rate. But Biden...
The 2023 elections are upon us. Voter pamphlets will go out in the mail next Wednesday, October 18, and ballots will be mailed no later than October 20, according to Amanda Boehler, the Election Coordinator in the Wahkiakum County Auditor’s office. The Auditor’s Office will conduct a Logic and Accuracy Test on Tuesday, October 24 at 10 a.m., to test their equipment and ensure that it is set up correctly and accurately counting votes. A representative from the Washington Secretary of State will b...
IT WAS NICE, THEN IT WASN'T — It's that time of year when we get a few nice days and then we get a few wet days, so trying to get a lot of things done during the drier days is a challenge. I hope you’re prepared for winter mode as it can appear at any time and you don't want to be wish you'd been more prepared for outages, slides, road closures, flooding and all that other fun stuff we often get around here. SPECIAL DAYS — Folks celebrating birthdays this week are: Kalisha Mace, Cameron Collins, Heidi Heywood, Dixie Anderson, Randy Kuhn, Aron...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, District office, 500 2nd St., noon. Food Addicts Meeting, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Community Library & Computer center, GRVC at...
Wahkiakum County commissioners heard from Craig Brown at Tuesday’s otherwise brief meeting. Brown expressed concern at the lack of a coherent plan to evacuate areas of the county in the event of a wildfire. He implored the commissioners to create an evacuation plan and to educate the public about it. Brown spoke for several minutes about how new residents of the county were at a disadvantage in being less aware than locals of alternative routes out of the county. He advised the commissioners and other local agencies to make plans to avoid t...
What a treat this morning (Monday) to wash dishes while listening to the River Writers interview on the radio. Cathlamet's Dayle Olson interviewed Skamokawa writer, Irene Martin, on KMUN, Astoria's public radio station. Irene is a prominent historian of our county, so it was great to hear her voice, and especially her thoughts on the future of salmon. I need to apologize to all my west county folks because I misspelled Salme hill in this column last week. I cannot imagine how many times I have...
October 1 — 7:46 p.m. Two callers said a Puget Island resident was distressed and threatening to harm herself. After a search, a deputy was able to locate the individual at 10:28 p.m. He requested medical aid, and the Cathlamet ambulance responded. 8:22 p.m. A caller asked for assistance after getting locked out of a vehicle. The caller was advised that the deputy was on a high priority call and there would be a delay. 9:02 p.m. A Grays River resident said a former spouse with a protection order against him showed up at his home. A deputy and s...
Kenneth Jerald Anderson, beloved son and brother, passed away peacefully at his mother’s home on the sixth day of October, 2023 after a long battle with cancer. Ken was born to Terry and Don Anderson on October 24, 1960 in Grand Rapids, MN. Ken grew upin Skamokawa, WA, attended Skamokawa Grade School and Wahkiakum High School. Class of 1979. After high school Ken attended Phoenix institute of Technology, then Washington State University. He settled in Scottsdale, AZ, where he was a real estate broker and owner of Hohokam Realty for 40 years. Ke...
Gerald (Jerry) Willis Hinkson passed away September 29, 2023. Gerald was born November 2, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA, to Gerald O. and Rachel Hinkson. His family later moved to Ashland, OR, when he was about 10 years of age. From 1956-58 he served a mission in the Southern States mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. On June 5, 1959 Jerry married Beverly Jean Schwab in the LDS Los Angeles Temple. Jerry served honorably in the national guard. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, football, handball and motorcycles. He also enjoyed...
"Woah, it's like an airplane," one of my schoolmates said in awe. We all loaded onto the charter bus. The wood panel floor, the reclining seats, and on-board bathroom were fancier than the yellow school buses we were all used to. It was five in the morning, and we were headed to the Kitsap Naval Base in Bremerton for a tour of the U.S.S. Maine (S.S.B.N. 741), an Ohio-Class Ballistic Submarine, and the Trident Training Facility in Bangor. The trip was arranged following the success of our school'...
Wahkiakum High School students are learning about all the work that goes on behind the scenes of film and television production, thanks to Ken Johnson and Jeremiah Rounds of Wahkiakum West. The hands-on class is taking the teens through the whole process from pre- production to post-production, and making what may seem like an out of reach career entirely accessible. "We've been talking to both Wahkiakum and Naselle schools about ways to engage the kids and some of the stuff we do as far as...
The Wahkiakum Mules football team won for the second week in a row, beating Ilwaco on Friday 33-24. This week they are preparing for homecoming and an eight man game against North Beach. "[Our] athletes played really well tonight," Coach Ryan Lorenzo said. "They all played well in their different areas. We definitely have some stuff to work on." "Ilwaco was really physical," he added. "That is something we have struggled with in the past. [They] had a couple of really athletic kids that were giv...
The long-awaited Volume III of The History of Stella, Oak Point, Eufaula and Coal Creek is finally available. The Stella Museum will be open Saturday, October 14, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. so those interested can purchase a copy. Volume III is priced at $25 each. Volumes I and II will also be available for $20 each, or for a reduced price if both volumes are purchased. Books can be mailed for an additional $5 to cover the cost of postage. Stella Museum - 8530 Ocean Beach Highway, Longview. Tel....
Wahkiakum Health and Human Services will host a Living Well in Wahkiakum Event on Friday, November 3 from 11-4 p.m. at the Hope Center in Cathlamet. The event is not new, but has shifted in focus since its onset, which was prior to and interrupted by the pandemic. “I get the privilege of planning it this year,” Suzanne Mackey, a community resource coordinator for WHHS said last week. Originally the event was organized for seniors and scheduled to coincide with Medicare renewal, but now there wil...
Mayor David Olson will host his bi-monthly open forum with muffins and coffee at noon on Friday Oct. 20, in the meeting room at the Cottage Bread & Breakfast, 380 Una Ave, Cathlamet. The mayor has stated that the current candidates for town council have been invited to attend. Citizens, residents or anyone interested are invited to drop by for complimentary muffins and coffee to discuss issues, ask questions, or raise any concerns regarding the activities of the Town of Cathlamet or any challenges facing the community. Mayor Olson states...
by the Staff of The Chinook Observer The latest major work to extend the lifespan of the Astoria-Megler Bridge was recently wrapped up more than a year ahead of schedule and under budget. The Oregon Department of Transportation estimated this project would take three years, ending in November 2024, and cost about $24.3 million for design and construction. However, ODOT and its contractor finished more than a year ahead of schedule at total cost of about $17.5 million. “Completing the Astoria-Megler Bridge restoration project ahead of s...
