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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: Why does Trudy Fredrickson have all the books donated to Johnson Park? The Friends of the Bend Library and librarians say they only donate to public facilities not private individuals. So what happened? Apparently old board members were angered the library they configured had been changed. Mrs. Fredrickson was right when she said the conditions where the books were housed were ideal. The room was dark and warm, and it was almost impossible to read the titles of books, so great for books, not so wonderful for users. In an effort to...
To The Eagle: A common call among all cultures, societies, governments and aspirations among all parents, is to have and promote opportunities for education, more and better education. Education might be best described as obtaining knowledge based on facts to make good/appropriate decisions. Now that we are moving forward with a new administration that promotes the concept of “alternative facts” what happens with real facts? Then what happens to “truth”? Dennis T. Gordon Puget Island...
To The Eagle: What a heartening and reassuring collection of opinions on page 2 of the February 2 Eagle! Beginning with the thoughtful and reasoned editorial by Rick Nelson, I was reminded again of how fortunate we are to have him in charge of our local newspaper. Rick has consistently offered thought-provoking opinions and “real news” to the residents of Wahkiakum County and beyond. Thanks Rick! I also appreciated the articles shared by Ms. Bucklin regarding the dangers of the methanol project in Kalama, the importance of the media art...
To The Eagle: So, so many years ago, while I was a student Wahkiakum had some larger classes and was playing as a class A school in sports. At that time seniors were not allowed to play JV ball and with the interest being high and following the WIAA guidelines on the allotted number of players per basketball team they had tryouts for varsity. I do recall one year when a couple of seniors did not make the team and were cut, there were some pretty upset in the community but the Varsity coach was trying to put the best players he had available on...
To the Eagle: It was fine to see the front page of the Ground Hog's Day edition dominated by literary matters. Diana Zimmerman did a fine job reporting on poetry and libraries in the county, as she does on so many stories. We are very fortunate to have her on your staff. As to the poetry, I was frustrated to read the announcement of the state's new poet laureate, Tod Marshall, reading in Cathlamet only on the very day of the event the previous week, and then to read in Diana's report that the audience was small. I might have missed it in an...
To The Eagle: When you protest something you are validating its existence. You might not believe it, but the best thing to do is quietly ignore what you would have protested and get very very busy doing things that make conditions better all across the board. Ben Elkinton Cathlamet...
President Donald Trump has been in office less than two weeks, but he's working hard to implement his campaign promises, from walling out Latin American immigrants to prohibiting people from certain Muslim-majority nations from entering the US. Here are some of the headlines, as reported by the Associated Press: --Trump pulls US from Transpacific trade pact; --Trump's border wall faces reality check; --Trump denies immigration restriction caused airport chaos; --Anti-Trump protesters gather again in Seattle; --Hundreds march in downtown Spokane...
To The Eagle: If you haven't heard of "Cancer Alley" please look it up before you decide it's a good idea to build the largest methonol plant in the world, right in our neighborhood. I live on Puget Island and my family supports the following groups: Wildlife Center of the North Coast, Portland Audubon Society, Columbia Riverkeepers and Columbia Land Trust. Every single one of these groups are steadfastly against the approval of the proposed Kalama Methanol project. Why? Because for the past 20 to 30 years they've done their best to mitigate...
To The Eagle: In regard to last week’s excellent article about journalism’s value, I thought the writer’s perspective that media plays an important role for all of us was spot on - regardless of our political slant. Being a democracy, it is crucial that all of us are as educated and informed as possible when we vote. If everyone spent just 20 minutes or so a day reading a variety of news sources about domestic and world events, political decisions, local events, etc., we wouldn’t need to worry about fake or biased news. This is because we’d be...
To The Eagle: The PTO would like to thank everyone in the community for your continued support and help in all of the school activities that we work on. From the Fall Fundraisers, Book Fairs, Christmas Shop, everything. It's because of students, parents, and community that all of these events do well! We have another fun activity coming up in February. It's our annual Box Top for Education Drive. Our next submission date is February 27 and we want this one to be the biggest our school has ever turned in! For every one of those little pink Box...
To the Eagle: I hope I'm not being paranoid, but I had family members who were in the Normandy landing and fought on Iwo Jima against the very same thing that is happening here and now. Alternative facts? The dog ate my homework is an alternative fact but even my third grade teacher knew I was lying. Early in the eventual complete takeover of German society, the news was demonized and the one person who knew how to fix everything said all reporters were liars and barred them from what passes for a White House press briefing. Excuse me. I could...
Editor's note: I had a conversation with a friend about what media to believe during this era of hacking and fake news. I responded that one should start with established media such as The Associated Press (AP), The New York Times, and ABC, CBS, NBC, and NPR, organizations whose journalists, for the most part, subscribe to journalistic ethics such as those established by the Society of Professional Journalists. Journalists play an important role in our society. Here's a Dec. 27, 2016, editorial from The SunSentinel of Fort Lauderdale, Florida,...
To The Eagle: The citizens of Wahkiakum County are fabulous. The Wahkiakum Star Program wishes to pass along a special thanks to the many residents that helped us this December. Through the help of the Leadership Class of Wahkiakum High School who did the walk and knock to raise funds, Mrs. Merz’s class who also fund-raised and purchased gifts for 20 children, as well as providing five dinners for families, the people that donated dinners, and the many others that helped in various ways. We thank those that could take multiple stars and also d...
To The Eagle: With all the snow, ice and frozen temperatures we have been having this winter, I can't help but think of the fantastic road crew we have here in Wahkiakum County. I live on one of those town hills that might be overlooked in other large counties but here, our hard working county employees never fail to de-ice, plow and/or sand our hills. I don’t know all the names of our county or state road crew employees but I know you have been working hard, putting in a lot of extra effort to make sure we can get to work and school and I, f...
To the Eagle: Citizens, do you agree that our civil rights must be protected, no matter whether donkeys or elephants are in charge? Did you know that there’s a women’s march in Longview on Saturday to send this message to the other Washington? It is a chance for women (and men) of all political stripes to express their support for our Constitution and to stand against misogyny, racism, and hate. The march starts at noon at the Longview Civic Center (16th Ave). If you need a ride, please call 360-795-3025 no later than noon on Friday. Urs...
To The Eagle: Sadly, neither the chair nor the vice chair of the Wahkiakum Democratic Party (WDP), and only one of the elected committee persons of the 11 precincts in our county attended an important meeting to elect/re-elect candidates for these positions. At-large voters I contacted expressed their disgust with national and/or local politics and with both political parties. I wonder, are you ready to turn our country over to the most corrupt with the most money? Is that how you would honor those who fought and died in two world wars? Will...
To The Eagle: Many years ago, a former Russian leader, I believe it was Gorbachev, made the statement that the Soviet Union would never attack the United States, that they would destroy us from within. I believe that they are well on their way to doing just that. Richard Anderson Puget Island...
To The Eagle: This is additional information regarding the article in The Eagle 12/22 about the county commissioners’ meeting with community center representatives. The advisory group for the community center in Cathlamet is seeking a small contribution from the county to help pay for a part time coordinator/manager to keep the center open to the public and schedule volunteers and programs. The commissioners have so far denied any funding. The building is owned by the Town of Cathlamet and leased to the county for the sum of one dollar per y...
To The Eagle: Kiwanis Club of Cathlamet would like to thank all the wonderful people that attended the St James Holiday Gift Fair this year. The winner of the Mule basket, donated by Cathlamet Pharmacy was Kayla Bowcutt and the winner of the members basket was Lou Ann Hedges. We felt the fair was a great success and plan to be back next year but we need your help. We had our annual booth with used Christmas items and our sales were way up from years past. We had a lot of nice things. We need the community's help for next year as we are very low...
To The Eagle: Okay, so we have that life is all about motion, right? Now here is a little goodie that you can apply to motion - life. Always turn motion to advantage. There are several ways to do this. One is based on the concept of I, me, my, mine - everything is about me type attitude. The other is based around we, us, they, them - motion intended to create the greatest good for the greatest number. Here is how it works. No matter what happens in your life find a way to turn it into something good. If it is already good, make it better. The o...
To The Eagle: As the appointment of generals, industrialists, Wall Street insiders, and bankers to the cabinet of the new administration indicates, a vulgar egomaniac is in the process of turning our country into the world’s largest military-industrial complex. The president-elect is not taking time out to celebrate the holidays and neither can we! To retain our rights as free citizens of a democracy able to speak out, to earn a living wage, to obtain health care, to benefit from social security programs, and to live at peace with each other an...
To the Eagle: Thank-you, Rick for the AP article discussing the Electoral College [EC] process. The AP journalist missed a few key components of EC design. The EC was created at a Convention of States. That convention met so states could create our federal Constitution, while protecting their state sovereignty. That is, the dual sovereignty republic we live in today. Alexander Hamilton wanted direct citizen election of the president, but the states said no. Selection of the states president, was not to be a popular vote, as the job is not...
To the Eagle: T'was refreshing to note the caution and restraint voiced by our county commissioners over sewer issues, as reported in last week's Eagle. Some of this is no doubt due to hindsight or experience, but credit is also due to Bob Junger's election campaign in which he brought sewer issues into focus. As Commissioner Brady pointed out, there has been propaganda issued by the usual suspects to encourage passage of coercive county ordinances to force folks in the suburbs to hook up to the system -- which is not only distasteful but a...
By Sheriff Mark Howie Phone Frauds and Cons Here’s hoping everyone is staying safe and warm during these cold days and nights. I’d like to highlight some phone scams that continue to con folks out of their hard earned money. 1. Law Enforcement or Fire Fighters Fund – Just know that neither the police nor the fire department will ever call on the phone for donations to any charitable fund. These groups DO NOT represent public safety and instead fraudulently solicit money by impersonating police or fire. 2. Jury duty fines – Callers try to soli...
To The Eagle: Life is in motion, Life is motion. The more motion there is the more life there is. If your life is not as you want it, create some motion. Any motion; but be aware that motion that is pro-survival enhances ones life while non-survival motion decreases life potential. Yes it is that way, sorry to say. Example: Let’s say I have a vehicle I would like to sell. I can either sit here at my desk and “wish” the darn thing would sell and someone would come along and buy it. Likely it will not sell. (No Motion.) Or, I get my body movin...
