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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Stop, Drop, Cover and Roll! was just one of the many "take aways" from our recent field trip to the Wahkiakum District 4 Fire Station. St. James Family Center preschoolers took part in an interactive Fire Safety learning experience! After arriving to the station, preschoolers got to see a live demonstration on how firefighters prepare to fight fires and the gear that helps keep them safe. They also were able to see the inside of a fire truck and hold a real fire hose while shooting down large orange cones! We would like to extend our thanks to...
In early July, when I read that the Cathlamet town council planned to cut down Strong Park’s large, prominent fir tree, located on museum property, I decided to get involved. Hoping to make a difference, I attended every council meeting, interested in the town’s plans and seeking discussion and alternatives. But instead of collaboration, like many others, I faced resistance. They assured me they’d tried “everything to save the tree,” but claimed it was “too expensive” to simply go around it. On October 21, the council held a closed-door e...
Our public forests are not the property of major corporations and should be managed by someone not beholden to them. Public Lands Commissioner candidate Jaime Herrera-Beutler has consistently championed the timber industry’s talking points because they are her funders: Weyerhaeuser alone contributed $225,000 to her campaign. She has a terrible environmental voting record: while in Congress, she voted repeatedly to weaken Clean Air and Clean Water laws and opposed the Paris Climate Accords. She’s voting YES on Initiative 2117, which repeals Was...
I am voting for Marie because she is working at all levels for us in SW WA. At the congressional level, Marie Glusenkamp Perez ( WA-03-D) recently teamed up with Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s (AZ-06-R) to design the bipartisan Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-In Program Act. A few days ago this bill unanimously passed the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to expand work opportunities and benefits for working adults with disabilities. She regularly visits us at Mile38 to listen to our concerns and to answer questions. Her "mobile office" staff r...
After reading Lisa Yeager’s article on the candidate forum, I felt it missed a crucial part of the evening—the unique, unscripted moments that only come through live interactions. As I struggled to put my thoughts into words my husband’s and my godson, who with his dad are visiting from Germany, suggested I try using AI, “for fun” he said, to help express my thoughts more clearly. Here’s what we came up with: "While candidate agendas are often available online, the true value of a live forum goes beyond policy points. Articles like this overlo...
To The Eagle, Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez has spent the last two years working tirelessly for the third district. She prioritizes the needs of the people in Southwest Washington. Go to her website: gluesenkampperez.house.gov. Under resources you will find the 2023 Year End Report. Her work includes $701,936.00 recovered for district residents from federal agencies such as the VA and IRS, 59,076 responses sent back to constituents, 849 constituent cases closed, 11 town halls held across all 7 counties, 30 Bipartisan bills introduced, 12 Bipartisan...
To The Eagle, I'm writing to encourage people to vote for Andi Day as a state senator for our legislative district. She is a third generation resident of our district who grew up in Naselle, attended WSU, and who currently lives in Seaview, and is raising her 13-year-old son. Andi grew up in a commercial fishing family with strong ties to oystering and timber, which has shaped her perspective on what goes into creating a thriving economy. Over her years of working in statewide leadership roles focusing on economic and tourism development, she...
Two years ago Marie Glusenkamp Perez hit the House of Representatives in DC running with plans to make a difference in her 3rd Congressional District in SW Washington. Did you know? Marie used $21 million Federal Infrastructure funding to meet needs in all 7 counties of her District including our Puget Island in Wahkiakum county. Did you know? Marie and her staff have sifted through hundreds of federal grant opportunities to help rural communities like ours. These include renewable energy to preservation of historic buildings and everything in...
I encourage everyone interested in the topic of consolidation who CANNOT attend the joint meeting being held by the PUD and Cathlamet Town Council on October 16th at 10 a.m. to send them a letter with specific comments and questions. I personally can’t attend and realized that others may not be able to, so I reached out to the PUD, several council members, the mayor, and the town Deputy Secretary to ask about public comments/questions in written form and am trying to facilitate it. I feel that this is such an important issue and that people s...
To The Eagle, Here’s just another reason to vote for Congresswoman Marie Perez this November. She was recognized by the American Ambulance Association as a 2024 Legislator of the Year for her leadership in addressing critical workforce shortages facing emergency medical services. She introduced the bipartisan PARA-EMT Act – legislation that makes it easier for experienced veterans to transition from medics to certified paramedics and EMTs. In March, she secured $963,000 for Skamania County to upgrade EMS communications systems, and she is now...
For those of us who watch local TV, it has been quite an exhausting experience to see the number of ads for Kent and Marie urging us to vote one way or the other. Two years ago Kent was endorsed by Trump and picked up some outside money, but since the national folks thought he was a shoo-in, not much. Marie on the other hand had nearly no support from the national level. Even so, she ended up squeaking to a narrow victory. This happened because moderates from both parties voted for her, and far-left Democrats felt occasional support is better...
Remember when Japan attacked the U.S. naval base of Pearl Harbor, on December, 7, 1941? As a sovereign nation, President Rooselvelt had no choice but to ask Congress to declare war on Japan. Sovereign nations are independent of control by any other nation, have full self-agency, and have the right to defend themselves...just as we did in 1941. When we help Ukraine defend itself, we are helping our NATO allies, who would be the next targets of Russia's aggression. Representative Perez is a fierce supporter of Ukraine's stance as a sovereign...
I am voting for Marie because she is working at all levels for us in SW WA. At the congressional level, Marie Glusenkamp Perez ( WA-03-D) recently teamed up with Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s (AZ-06-R) to design the bipartisan Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-In Program Act. A few days ago this bill unanimously passed the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to expand work opportunities and benefits for working adults with disabilities. She regularly visits us at Mile38 to listen to our concerns and to answer questions. Her “mobile office” staff...
On September 15, Wahkiakum Animal Advocates Group (WAAG) marked our 5th anniversary with a celebration at Erickson Park, drawing a large crowd of animal lovers and their furry friends and raising more than $4,200 to support our organization’s life-saving work. This was WAAG’s most successful fundraiser to date, and it's all thanks to this amazing community and our supporters! The funds that were raised will provide crucial support to our community programs: Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), Pet Food Pantry, Foster & Adoption Services, Financial Aid...
Please join a discussion about future options for downtown Cathlamet's historic home of Julia Butler Hansen Tuesday, October 8 from 2:15 – 4:15 p.m. at the Community Center, 100 Main Street. Hansen, a lifelong resident of Cathlamet was a trailblazing member of the Washington State House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, and Washington State Highway Commission. Currently, the Washington State Historical Society is studying the possibility of creating a historic house museum as well as exploring other compatible uses for the h...
When the Pioneer Community Association (PCA) held their annual meeting in March, the top items on the agenda were fundraising and expanding the utilization of the historic Cathlamet Pioneer Center. All acknowledged that the PCA had pulled off a minor miracle when they received substantial funding from a grant with the Washington State Department of Commerce to restore the 125- year-old building. But that was yesterday’s news, we now needed move forward and work to fulfill our mission to not just preserve and maintain the Cathlamet Pioneer C...
The real value of $100 bill in purchasing power is lowest in CA $88, HI $89 and WA $90. The highest $100 purchasing value was $113 in AR MS; $112 in AL, IA, SD; $111 in ND, KY, WV; $110 in KS, MT, ND, NE. So in 12 states a $100 bill is worth $20+ dollars more than in Washington State. (see visualcapitalist.com). The issue is, our money is worth less in WA than in 47 other States. We should ask Governor Inslee and the Washington legislature why they failed to protect our state’s economic solvency and soundness. Good state leadership prevents p...
Did you know that Washington Sate was one of the first in the country to adopt weed laws to help farmers address Canada Thistle? While it’s true that Canadian Thistle is still present today, the Washington State Noxious Weed Board still considers it a class C noxious weed along with others for control. The state Noxious Weed Board performs the administrative work for the entire state while we locally attempt to carry out their mission “To serve as responsible stewards of Washington by aiding in the protection and preservation of the land, wat...
Andrew Carnegie said “a library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people”. Beginning in 1899, Carnegie, founder of Carnegie Steel, funded a dramatic increase in the number of public libraries in the U.S. This coincided with the rise of women’s clubs in the post-Civil War period. Women’s clubs led the establishment of 75–80 percent of the libraries across the country. They took the lead in long-term fundraising and lobbying within their communities. The Cathlamet Blanche Bradley Public Library began as a project o...
Cathlamet’s premium asset is a section of timberland located on a ridge above town. Over the decades, harvests have delivered recurring income to a municipality that operates on a shoestring. Should Cathlamet sell this land? Never. Cathlamet’s second renewable resource is a water right to the Elochoman River. It feeds the water plant, serves town customers and supplies everyone on Puget Island. Recurring water revenue is vital to sustaining local services. Should the town sell this water right to the PUD? The answer is obvious. The PUD has cov...
Someone in my community thought it appropriate to shoot a coyote from their car at 10 p.m. on a Saturday night. I had been having some "conversations" with that coyote. The coyote had become used to running through my yard when the house was vacant, and there were some animal bones in the yard when I first arrived last year, from California. I threw the bones into the brush and, shortly thereafter, got into an accident that broke my arm. It was a cold, cold winter last year, my first year in Washington State. During that time I did a lot of...
I was an attorney in state government for over 37 years. Because of my experience I am closely watching the campaign for Washington State Attorney General. There is no question in my mind that Nick Brown is by far the best candidate. In addition to his experience as an attorney in the JAG Corps, and as the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, where he was the administrator of that prestigious office, he also served as legal advisor to Governor Inslee. This broad experience provides the best possible background for leading an Attorney...
I am writing this letter in response to last week’s presumptive letter about Senator Jeff Wilson by Garrett Radcliffe. I have never met Mr. Radcliffe, and it didn’t sound like he’s met Senator Wilson either. But I have had the pleasure of meeting Senator Wilson twice, right here in Cathlamet, in the last three months. Jeff Wilson is helping Wahkiakum County at the State level to attain forest land in the Grays River Watershed for a Community Forest via grants and State funding. Senator Wilson sees the importance of the Community Forest that wil...
To the Eagle, I found our latest rendition of Bald Eagle Days to be a resounding success. However, there was one exception: our very own State Senator Jeff Wilson. A week after a political assassination attempt, with wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, and in the middle of a contentious political climate to say the least, Senator Wilson thought it would be a great idea to drive a mock war machine tank and take “shots” at the crowd. This, the same individual who couldn’t keep track of his own firearm and took it on an international flight. I sure...
To The Eagle, Cathlamet has arrived! We are highlighted in the 2024-25 edition of the Washington State Visitors Guide! On page 73 under Local Culture, I read "CATHLAMET. A scenic stop on Highway 4, which skirts the Columbia River between Longview and the coast, this tiny town is home to Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge, where you might spy Columbian white-tailed deer. Stop by one of the appealing eateries in town, such as The Spar for chicken-fried steak or biscuits with homemade gravy, or River Mile 38 Brewing, where you can sip a...
