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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: A couple of things to rant and rave about. First: the state of the union speech was lauded as the absolute, bar none, best speech EVER by the NPR crowd. A friend, aged as myself, sent me a link to Glenn Beck which I listened to. He stated point by point how it was absolutely the worst speech EVER. Hmm. How can anybody be right if everybody is wrong? I dearly wish my pen crossing friend Howard Brawn was here to contribute his wit and wisdom. Second thing: Not sure if you were able to see the halftime show on Super Bowl Sunday, but...
To The Eagle: I was reading a letter to the editor where the writer said that another writer the week before had expressed missing Howard Brawn’s letters. So do I. In fact I miss the person of Howard. And, I myself, sometimes strongly disagreed with a stance he took. So, for the people who miss “crossing swords” or just having intense discussions about all manner of things, I want to tell you what I miss most about Howard Brawn. In intense differences of opinion in articles, he was never the one with his knickers in a twist. It didn’t make him...
One more death in Wahkiakum County has been attributed to covid-19 in the last week, according to the Washington Department of Health, and two more cases of the virus have been reported, bringing the cumulative total to 638. The number of hospitalizations stands at 49, and total number of deaths is now 11. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county are hard to know. WA DOH is reporting that 70.6 percent of the population in the state of...
THURSDAY Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Fire Protection District No. 1 Commissioners, Fire Hall, 5:30 p.m. Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, ambulance training, 7 p.m. Free Senior Fitness and Balance Class, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, enter via door on 3rd, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Food Addicts Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 6 — 4:49 a.m. A large boulder was found in the westbound lane of SR 4 near County Line Park. 12:36 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided an ailing Rosedale resident complaining of digestive issues. 5:26 p.m. An Elochoman Valley resident said his neighbor was behaving strangely. A deputy responded and observed the neighbor playing with her dog. He spoke with the caller, who said there had been no t...
Ronald E. Horman, 88, of Cathlamet, died Febuary 7, 2023 at Hospice in Longview. A full obituary will follow. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
According to information received from the Cathlamet Public Library,1040 forms and instruction booklets for 2022 are now available. The supply of 1040-SR forms were all taken, but have been reordered....
The Cathlamet Town Council on Monday passed resolutions establishing a policy for purchasing during emergencies, lowering the interest rate on the town's sewer plant construction loan, and modifying their meeting agenda format. The first resolution gives the mayor authority to make expenditures and avoid bidding requirements during declared emergencies. The second resolution replaces the town's first water plan loan with a new loan lowering the interest rate from 2.75 percent to 1.10 percent. Clerk-Treasurer Sarah Clark said the change would...
Water was a big topic of conversation at the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, which started with a public hearing for the proposed conversion to a Puget Island Small Water System Management Plan, which would be adopted later that morning. General Manager Dan Kay explained that a traditional and formal water system management plan has to be updated every six years for the Department of Health and would cost $40,000. Because there were no changes to their formal...
To The Eagle: Regarding the January 26 article in The Eagle “Inslee: Homeless programs need more money,” does Inslee think we’re stupid? To say that the homeless consist of people with chemical addiction and mental problems is an insult. The real problem is the homeless are families whose livelihoods have been ruined by Covid. When Trump was President, he ordered a lockdown but it lasted about a month. He put America back to work with no mandates of any kind and business was back to normal. When Biden took over, he and the likes of him, Insle...
Patty Vezaldanos is going to be 65 in 60 days, and she is dreaming about slowing down a little bit, spending fewer of her days each week in her shop, Patty Cakes Café and Roasting, which is located on Main Street in Cathlamet. If that a was a New Years resolution, well, the new year may have had some different ideas about how she should spend her time, at least for the first 30 or so days. The café was closed as it always is for the first holiday in January. The following day, a Monday, Vezeldan...
Cathlamet resident John D. Ramsay died on February 3 following a January 25 accident on SR 4 west of Stella near Bunker Hill. According to the Washington State Patrol, Ramsay was driving a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire between a 2016 Toyota Highlander driven by Cathlamet resident Robert C. Hollis and another vehicle. Ramsay's vehicle attempted to change lanes and collided with the Highlander. Both vehicles spun to the right on an embankment and came to rest on their tops. Ramsay was flown by Life Flight to Southwest Medical Center, Vancouver; he died...
THURSDAY Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Free Senior Fitness and Balance Class, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, enter via door on 3rd, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Food Addicts, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., Noon. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire...
In Bob Pyle's lovely second edition of "Sky Time in Grays River," he says, "Every day and every night of the shoulder season, winter into spring, the Swede Park census grows." He is referring to the increasing number of birds and butterflies appearing around his historic home built by H.P. Ahlberg, an early founder of Grays River. The idea of a "shoulder season" is so true. Even in February, some days feel like spring, then again winter sometimes appears in freezing nights. Either way, there...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 29 — 10:11 p.m. A caller said she would pick up her truck, which broke down on SR 4 in the Grays River area, the following day. January 30 — 8:47 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided an Elochoman Valley resident who was having trouble breathing. 11:30 a.m. An Elochoman Valley resident reported finding a child’s bicycle stashed in the weeds in front of her property. 11:33 a.m. The Cathlamet ambul...
Duane E, Coulter, 59, of Spokane, formerly of Longview, died as a result of a motorcycle accident on January 20, 2023. He was born in Lemoore CA on September 15, 1963 to George and Joy Coulter. After his Dad’s discharge from the Navy the family returned to Longview. Growing up Duane became an Eagle Scout, enjoyed the outdoors and riding motorcycles. He graduated from Mark Morris High School in 1982 and joined the USN after graduation. After that he worked as an industrial mechanic. He later moved to Spokane with his wife. Duane is survived b...
One case of covid-19 was reported in the last week, according to the Washington Department of Health, bringing the cumulative total to 636 in Wahkiakum County. The number of hospitalizations and deaths attributed to the virus stayed the same, at 49 and 10 respectively. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county are hard to know. “Covid rates are holding steady or decreasing,” Wahkiakum Hea...
To The Eagle: Last year April 2022, AT&T DirecTV shut down my favorite news channel OAN. Just recently midnight Jan 25 they shut down another news channel Newsmax. Quote from Newsmax: “DirecTV pays cable license fees to all top 75 cable channels and to all 22 liberal news channels it carries. Almost all of these channels are paid hefty license fees significantly greater than Newsmax was seeking, despite the fact that most of the channels have far lower ratings than Newsmax.” I may be wrong but I believe OAN was #1 news when DirecTV can...
To The Eagle: The last thing Cathlamet needs is a town manager. In my experience, this conversation arises because council members (or former members) seek to distract a mayor they disagree with, even though the idea is unrealistic. For one thing, there is no money in the budget to pay the cost of a full-time manager. It would cost, conservatively, twice the annual library budget. For another, you'd be hard pressed to find someone as effective as the town's current chief executive. Blaming him for the Butler situation, or for inflation and...
THURSDAY Wahkiakum Fire District 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. 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, work night, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Cathlamet Public Library Board of Trustees, 12:45 p.m. Free Senior Fitness and Balance Class, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple,...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 23 — 8:24 a.m. A caller said a man and woman were walking up and down Elochoman Valley Road harassing neighbors. 11:36 a.m. A caller in Skamokawa said a family member was being defrauded by an unknown person. 12:50 p.m. An Elochoman Valley resident said a woman came to her door and asked for food while a man waited on the road. She said the pair left, heading up Elochoman Valley Road. 4:03 p.m. A calle...
Submitted by Ron Wright Our team left Wahkiakum High School at 7:30 a.m., Friday morning for its trip to the State First Tech Challenge robotics tourney at the Doppler Building in downtown Seattle. Our first stop was at the Seattle Pacific University for a campus tour and lunch, then on to the Boeing Museum of Flight. By far the biggest smiles were from those coming out of the flight simulator - upside down in a harness doing a barrel roll is something to experience. Afterwards we checked in at...
Fall in love with reading this February! Cathlamet Public Library would like community members to show their appreciation for reading and for each other by participating in this online challenge, sponsored by Beanstack. The challenge runs from February 1-28. Log your reading by book titles completed and complete two activities to earn badges all month long. Win free bookmarks, books, and a challenge completion prize. Register for the challenge at cathlamet.beanstack.org, or call for information during library hours of 2-5 p.m., Tuesdays...
Two more cases of covid-19 were reported in Wahkiakum County over the last week, according to the Washington Department of Health, bringing their cumulative total to 635. The number of hospitalizations remains at 49, and the number of deaths attributed to the virus stands at 10. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county are hard to know. “Covid-19 rates are holding steady or declining in m...
Town of Cathlamet Mayor David Olson presented a breakdown on the total costs for the Butler Lot at the town council meeting last Tuesday equaling an amount closer to $450,000, not the $600,000 reported by a council member at the previous meeting, which was not disputed at the time. The breakdown included expected costs for the remaining work, which includes electric vehicle equipment, a kiosk, flora, and other details. The panel for the charging station was held up because of supply chain...
