Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Two more Wahkiakum County residents tested positive for covid-19 on Wednesday, according to a press release from Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, bringing the total number to 52. WHHS is not reporting how many of those cases remain active, but have in the past said that any case older than four weeks could be considered recovered. The two are in self-quarantine, and the health department has been working with the individuals to identify anyone who may have had a risk of exposure. The health department will notify anyone who has had close...
It's 48 Morgan Drive, but you don't really need to know that, because after 5 p.m. most any night in December, the lights beckon you to the Wilson home. "When I was a little kid, we would always go to Port Angeles for Christmas with my grandparents," Todd Wilson said. "My grandpa's big thing was to drive around Christmas Eve and look at all the lights. There were some neighborhoods that would go over the top in Port Angeles, and I remember thinking that was really cool." Wilson began his own...
Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services (WHHS) announced Monday morning that it has received positive test result notifications for four additional COVID-19 cases in Wahkiakum County residents. The announcement said that the individuals are in self-quarantine. This brings Wahkiakum to a cumulative total of 50 cases. On November 23, the county had 20 cases, and on November 6, just 12 cases. There is a connection to the Wahkiakum School District, the release said. "The school is on winter break which comes at an opportune time," Health and...
By Diana Zimmerman As of Wednesday, there were 46 confirmed cases of covid-19 in Wahkiakum County, with two new cases added in the past week and 870 tests conducted. Cowlitz County has had 2,088 cases, with 1,006 considered active. They are reporting 18 deaths due to covid-19. Pacific County has had 509 positive cases, with 47 currently considered active. They are reporting three deaths related to covid-19. Across the river in Columbia County, they have had 610 cases, with 55 currently...
Wahkiakum County Port 1 Board of Commissioners met last Thursday to discuss the brewery expansion, the Cathlamet community wifi project, and talk about maintenance around port property. Paige Lake of the Cathlamet Town Council had some thoughts about the River Mile 38 Brewery expansion, which is currently being slowed by a town fire code. The brewery leases the current building from the port, and is hoping to add a second space closer to the waterfront on port property. “I’m not sure what is...
Commissioners of Port District 2 are looking for a new member of their board. It was the last meeting for Commissioner Lee Tischer, who represents the Puget Island portion of the district. He was elected to the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners this fall and has resigned to join that board. The district is advertising for applicants (see page 9 of this edition); applications are due on January 8. The board meets monthly. In other business, Manager Jeff Smith reported that construction of a new drainfield has been completed and passed its...
To the Eagle: I am responding to last week’s letter regarding the “Big Lie.” I don’t believe there was widespread fraud involved with the election even though I think fraud exists in some precincts. The real Big Lie has been perpetrated by most of the major news organizations and of course social media. For four years news media and social media have been repeating, ad nauseam, how President Trump is a dictator. For four years disinformation has been all we’ve heard from them, all the while, censoring conservative posts and views. Fascism i...
To The Eagle: Wishing all happiness and joy, I implore all to be safe and help protect ourselves and neighbors. As we traverse through these challenging times of differing views, I implore all to think for themselves rather than believing the constant bombardment of bizarre statements. Please do your own research, don't rely on others to form your truths for you. As vaccines become available I personally will receive one, as I hope most of us will. It will in my view, be the best way to start down what will be a long path to some sort of...
To The Eagle: Thanks for the two laughs while reading last week’s paper. Misinformation is rampant as two quotes exposed. “Vaccines are safe… The side effects are far outweighed by the disease you would get if you fail to get the vaccine.” This statement is true, but totally failed to directly acknowledge and boldly state that Covid vaccines do not prevent “infection” they only reduce the severity if you should become infected. Neither Pfizer nor Moderna vaccines provide “immunity” to the Covid virus (Google: Pfizer, Moderna, Mayo Clinc, CDC...
To The Eagle: The person writing the article in last week’s Eagle regarding wearing masks doesn’t seem to understand the #101 basics of wearing masks. Yes, they protect the person wearing it, but more importantly, wearing a mask lessens the chance of spreading the disease to others. Not wearing a mask while unknowingly infected can infect many, many people. Accordingly, mask wearing is a common sense safety courtesy. I repeat, a safety courtesy. Her overall article is so polarized it hardly warrants a comment. I do wonder though what she wou...
There has been a lot of talk in the past couple months about a community wifi project that will run the length of downtown Cathlamet as well as provide service at the Elochoman Slough Marina. “Wifi is just a way for people to get connected to the internet,” Steve Carson of Skamokawa Internet Services said. “This will allow someone to sit downtown, use their phone to get on a wifi hotspot which then connects them to the internet.” This will not provide internet service to local busines...
Last Saturday, the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Department, along with 29 local kids, participated in the Annual Shop with a Cop event. The group traveled to Longview to visit Walmart for a few hours of Christmas shopping thanks to a grant from Walmart, donations from Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Island Pearls LLC, and various county residents. A women's group from the Westend donated knitted stocking caps for the kids; Ray Badger donated homemade wooden toys; the Cathlamet Woman's Club gave...
COLD AND SOGGY--We ended last weekend with a very frozen Saturday morning in West Valley, and I have to say, I was a little surprised to have to really work at getting my frozen mailbox opened that morning! Now of course, we're into a stretch of very wet weather and I know people who are already tired of the rain and chilly temps, so for them, I'm afraid it's going to be a very long winter, as it hasn't even officially begun! The "chilled to the bone" phrase keeps coming up, and I couldn't agree more! SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays...
Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, 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. Community Center, Mon. 9-12 & 1-5. Tues-Thurs. 9-1. Friday by appointment. Cathlamet Library T-F 2-5 p.m. Covid restrictions enforced. Wahkiakum PUD, Tues, 12/22, 8:30 a.m....
By Diana Zimmerman The Wahkiakum PUD Board of Commissioners learned more about an opportunity to join a project to bring community wifi to Cathlamet, heard reports, and reorganized the board for the next year. General Manager Dave Tramblie said that a tree took down three strands of wire on Ingalls Road, after Commissioner Dennis Reid asked about a power outage in the Skamokawa area on Saturday. It was very old wire and the guys had a tough time, Tramblie said, adding that the PUD is planning...
Enjoying Hunting and Fishing As a boy growing up in the Pacific Northwest, it was expected that I would hunt and fish like my father. In 1963 at the age of 12 I took a hunter safety course sponsored by the National Rifle Association (NRA) in order to obtain a hunting license. From that day on until I was drafted into the army in 1969 I went hunting or fishing with my dad and friends. Something changed in me after returning from the army that the desire to hunt was no longer an interest to me...
The Naselle Finnish American Folk Festival and the Naselle Archives Center recently sponsored a Festival of Lights for the community and visitors alike. Nine local organizations and three families donated homemade Christmas wreaths. All the wreaths sold out early. Drive by visitors came to the local Finn Fest Community Center to view and purchase the wreaths in the parking lot. With extra donations that were generously given towards the sale, a total of $1327 was taken in. The monies were divided up and distributed to benefit the Naselle Finn...
December 6 — 1:50 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided an ailing Beaver Creek resident. 11:51 a.m. A Rosedale resident requested assistance after getting locked out of his vehicle while his dog was inside. 12:14 p.m. A Rosburg resident said she was being held hostage, adding that the man holding her hostage had left, taking her cat. The caller was unwilling to provide a call back number for dispatch. She screamed at the top of her lungs and then hung up. State patrol and deputies responded. A deputy determined that it was a civil matter and no f...
Patricia Ann Ingersoll, age 73, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside hospital in Clackamas, OR. At the time of her death, she resided in Longview, WA with her husband Rodney and twin sister Priscilla. Patty and her twin sister ("womb-mate") Priscilla were born in Medford, OR on May 15, 1947 to Stephen and Ida May Huitt. Patty and Prissy came home to Central Point, OR to join their older sister Karen and two and a half years later, their brother Dana joined the...
Ronald LeRoy Johnson, 84 of Cathlamet, died December 10, 2020 in a Longview Care Center. Ron was born in Hoquiam on November 9, 1936 to Edwin and Wynona (Brower) Johnson. After high school he joined the Army and spent three years. In 1959 he married Diane Borup, they had two children and later divorced. He lived in Hoquiam and Elna until 1970 when he moved to Wahkiakum County, and lived in Grays River for a brief time before coming to Cathlamet. He worked for the State Fisheries Department and Town of Cathlamet before he began his 20 year caree...
Last June over 10,000 amateur radio operators from across the country participated in Field Day 2020. The objective was to see how many other stations you can contact in 24 hours. Because of covid restrictions our club chose to not set up our normal Field Day stations at Wahkiakum high school. Instead seven of our club members operated from home or mobile. Some operated batteries only, others used "shore power." In the "from home" category, competing with thousands of others, we had Richard...
December 9 the Washington State Department of Health announced a new service to help people who have to isolate or quarantine at home after testing positive for COVID-19 or being exposed. Care Connect Washington, working with local health jurisdictions and their partners, will provide critical resources to people who need support when they’re staying home. Care coordinators will connect people to community-based services such as medication delivery, health care, help applying for unemployment, local housing agencies, food banks, childcare p...
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the Dairy Farmers of Washington and Gesa Credit Union announce the 2020-2021 Smart Choices College Scholarship Program which will award two $5,000 scholarships and eight $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors from WIAA member high schools for excellence in athletics/activities, academics, leadership and community service throughout their high school careers. Applicants are required to fill out an online application (https://wiaa.com/smartchoices.aspx) that includes an essay question....
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday approved budgets for 2021 and, by 2-1 votes, raised county levy rates by 1 percent. County budgets, ranging from the General Fund to the Road Department total $26.19 million. The county's three levies total $1.71 million. The General Fund levy will be $878, 390.54. The Road District levy will be $600,805.38; of that, $250,000 will be shifted to the General Fund. The Emergency Medical Services levy will be $237,750.45. It is a voter-approved levy; voters set the rate and any increase. The county...
This little fellow stopped by Genie Cary's bird feeder to pose while she photographed him....
