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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: SW Washington lags behind in basic measures of economic opportunity, health, housing, safety and education. We need a change in our politics. Teresa Purcell is just what our district desperately needs now. Teresa is not in this for herself. She was born and raised here. She is well educated and well known as a consultant, lobbyist (American Cancer Society) and activist. She can’t be bought. Example: Why sell off prime land for a handful of jobs when it can be cleaned up and bring in thousands of jobs? Teresa Purcell knows how t...
To The Eagle: As you go through your primary ballot please tick the box for Teresa Purcell for 19th district legislative representative. Good governance has always been the art of the possible and Teresa has the experience, enthusiasm and people skills to make things happen in Olympia and be the next great representative of our district. Only occasionally does someone with real leadership ability rise up to grace our political scene and offer a clear choice on our ballots; someone who honors the past but who also looks forward candidly to...
To The Eagle: The letter to the editor last week (It just makes no sense) seems to me was appropriately titled. The first point I guess the writer was trying to make is White Americans are more important to the media than people of color. Her proof was one killing got more coverage than another. I listen to and read many news sources and heard and read many reports about both horrible events. Perhaps if I only listened to public radio as the writer indicated she does, I too would be ignorant of the facts. Decent people of all races are shocked...
To The Eagle: A recent article in your newspaper quoted one of our county commissioners as saying “Money from citations all goes to the state. There’s no county share.” The above statement is in error. While District Court should not be looked at as a revenue producer, the county does in fact receive a share of revenue from traffic citations. Anyone wishing a breakdown of citation fines should feel free to contact the Wahkiakum County District Court for further information. William J. Faubion District Court Judge...
To the Eagle: Sometimes a window of opportunity opens that could change the course of events. When an old way of doing things no longer seems to be working and nothing desirable arises to take its place, it is time for a big change - often in leadership. This election cycle offers such an opportunity with the candidacy of Teresa Purcell for State Representative for the 19th District. She brings her intelligence, energy, creativity, and courage to this important work for the benefit of all. Her website:peopleforpurcell.com will provide you with...
To The Eagle: It is time again for our local Wahkiakum County American Red Cross Blood Drive. It will be held at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 549 SR 409, Puget Island, on Tuesday, August 2 from 1 to 6 p.m. I want to express my gratitude to all who donated at our last drive. We surpassed our goal of 24 units with a collection of 31 units. That is the second best result in the past 10 years. Way to go Wahkiakum! Let’s amaze them again with another great turnout. What do you think; can we do 40? Yes, we can. To schedule an appointment ple...
To The Eagle: I would like to start by personally thanking our state lawmakers; Senator Dean Takko, Representatives Brian Blake, JD Rossetti and Ed Orcutt for their steadfast support and representation of the citizens of Wahkiakum County. Their work has been instrumental in procuring timber funding for Wahkiakum, Pacific and Skamania counties. This work has provided Wahkiakum County alone, $2.5 million in funding. These four men have all demonstrated their unswayed and dedicated support for our counties. They always go the extra mile to listen...
To The Eagle: As a long time owner of river front property, I have watched my, and my neighbors, shoreline disappear. I have been denied the right to stabilize the shore. Meanwhile the channel is deepened to accommodate even bigger and deeper ships. These ships bring goods to our great land and haul our products to the world markets. We need them and enjoy seeing them go by. We also as kids loved to play in the surf they throw up as wake. My point here is that just like a major highway has concrete walls to separate the traffic from the people...
To The Eagle: There has been continuous coverage of Thursday’s murder of five white male police officers on KUOW, a National Public Radio station. One pabulum after the other offered prayers, sympathy, and love. When a white male massacred nine black churchgoers in Charleston, the media reported the event and then moved on to other issues. Is the difference that the Dallas victims were white? Police? We claim to be shocked and heartbroken but continue to train young, minimally educated men and women to kill in foreign lands and then offer t...
To The Eagle: Margaret Lapic, c/o Americorps Grants Program Subject: Grant status for Wahkiakum County Dear Ms. Lapic: As a committed volunteer at both the Cathlamet Community Center, and the Cathlamet Library, it was immensely disappointing to learn that the Americorps grant to continue support for a coordinator position at the Community Center was denied for fiscal 2016-2017. I realize that Wahkiakum is a much smaller community than Cowlitz County, but we have basic needs as does your county. We have no youth center, no senior center, and...
To The Eagle: The 19th Legislative District in Washington State, which includes Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Pacific, Lewis and Grays Harbor counties, has had no representation of women in that district in over thirty years! We now have an opportunity for an educated, informed, and experienced candidate in Teresa Purcell. Teresa was raised in this area; she cares about this area; and, through her business and contacts from Olympia, Teresa knows the process. Isn't it time? Teresa has my vote - join me! Sandra Davis Cathlamet...
To The Eagle: Attention parents with children 18 years and younger: The USDA has a program called Summer Food Rocks and this summer our kids 18 years and younger get to benefit from it starting this Tuesday! From July 5 through August 17, every Monday through Thursday, lunch will be served at noon, free of charge to all kids 18 years and younger with no enrollment and no added requirements-including residence. Meals will be served and eaten in the JA Wendt multipurpose room. While the kids are there they will be able to interact with various...
To The Eagle: I am endorsing, supporting, doorbelling and campaigning for Teresa Purcell for the 19th District (D) State Legislator. Teresa was born and raised in Longview. She returned to the community nine years ago and has been active in community service and political leadership since then. She is deeply concerned about the issues we face in Cowlitz County: health, housing, safety, educational outcomes, and economic opportunity. As our representative, Teresa will bring considerable experience in problem solving. She consults nationwide on...
To The Eagle: There are two types of taxpayers: authentic taxpayers and taxpayers. The authentic taxpayers are homeowners and employees that earn their wages by working for themselves or nongovernment businesses. Taxpayers are homeowners and employees that work for the government and they earn their wages by pocketing off the authentic taxpayers’ paychecks. That said, I’m all for paying our military, veterans, law enforcements, firefighters, roads and education. However, I question the thousands of politicians living high off the authentic tax...
To The Eagle: I would like to take a moment to thank the brewery in Cathlamet, River Mile 38, for donating their Rollie’s Root Beer, KFC/A&W Longview for donating cups, spoons, straws and lids and also Dairy Queen in Longview for donating ice cream sundae cups and spoons for the last day of school celebration, hosted by the Community Center. Children/teens from Wahkiakum school district were given a ticket in which they could come to the Community Center and choose either an ice cream sundae or a root beer float. Ice cream and toppings were s...
From the Desk of The PTO: I’d like to thank each and every individual that made the 2015-2016 school year a great success! We worked hard and accomplished a lot, and that was only with the help of the volunteers, parents, grandparents and community. Thank you! This year we put a lot of our efforts into the School Library and were able to purchase approximately $4000 worth of brand new books for the great kids at JA Wendt and we also were able to buy new books for the classroom libraries. This is awesome! The teachers and kids in their c...
To The Eagle: It is my pleasure to announce that at its’ June 3rd meeting the Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board appointed Steve Manlow as my successor effective July 1. Over the past five months, Steve has made a significant contribution to the work of the Board, demonstrating his ability to quickly grasp issues and effectively take on new work and responsibilities. He has a strong technical background and has considerable experience from his past positions working for the Board, local government, WDFW and the Corps of Engineers. Steve has a...
To The Eagle: My husband and I prepare every year for our annual visit to our local cemetery. To prepare we load fresh cut ferns, cut flowers, along with a scrub brush, hand grass clippers, rags, cleaning solution, two gallons of water and a large screwdriver to remove the upside down vase that is in front of the headstone (usually it is stuck because moles have pushed dirt inside the vase.) When we get the vase out we have to clean inside as the dirt is packed in it. We brush dirt off the stones, wash using the scrub brush, rinse the...
To The Eagle: Memorial Day was originally called "Decoration Day" and while communities across the United States would hold local events the first large event was held in 1868 at Arlington National Cemetery where participants honored the men who died during the Civil War. It wasn't until 1971 that the U.S. Congress changed the name to Memorial Day and made it a national holiday to be held on the last Monday of May. In preparation for Memorial Day the Seal River Cemetery Board and community members gather to clean the cemetery the Saturday...
To the Eagle: Flash back to July 1965 and Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones were at the top of the charts singing I Can’t Get No Satisfaction. Our country was conflicted by the war in Viet Nam while President Lyndon Johnson was waging a War on Poverty back home. The Older Americans Act (OAA) and Medicare/Medicaid were established in response to concerns about the lack of community services for older persons. At that time, nearly a third of older Americans lived in poverty. The OAA supports a range of home and community-based services, such a...
To The Eagle: As the kids say today, OMG! How far do we have to go to become politically correct? My uncle lived his whole life at Brookfield. I have fond memories of traveling by boat from Kelso to visit him. My uncle spent many days walking through the Jim Crow watershed as have I. There was never a bad comment made about the Jim Crow creek name or the association with James Saules. I see the Jim Crow naming as a tribute to James Saules. Actions and reactions like this will go down in history with the multiple restrooms required for all of...
To The Eagle: After reading last week’s Eagle about lack of affordable housing, I would like to give you some insight as to costs for the landlord(s). I have had rental houses for over 25 years in Cathlamet. The article by Ms. Zimmerman does not give information on how much it costs to provide basic housing for those who want to rent at $400 per month, or possibly to be even more affordable for those who are in need. Set costs are sewer, water, property tax and insurance on the building that must be paid. These basic services total $200 per mon...
To The Eagle: I was a boy scout in my native country of Iran and then in 2008 my son and I joined Boy Scouts Of America troop 241 of Clatskanie, Oregon. Now he is 21 years old and has never left scouting since he started. He is a scout leader in the troop that he was a member of in 2008. His mother is also a scout leader so we eat and sleep scouting and I can take all your time to tell you what this great program has done for my family and many other’s. Sharon Kuroda, who is the DE of our district, started a cub scout pack 556 in your area a...
Jim Crow represents disgraceful period Editor’s note: We accidentally left a sentence out of this letter last week, so we’re reprinting it entirely. We apologize for the error. To The Eagle: Fifty years ago I had the honor of serving in the United States Marine Corps. Six or seven times during my time at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, I was assigned to funeral details. This involved riding on a bus to a country churchyard and firing a 21-gun salute at the burial of a fallen Marine. These Marines had two things in common: they were all black and...
To The Eagle: To some, I’m sure what I’m saying here will seem insensitive. To me, it is being pragmatic and realistic. An update to the Wahkiakum County Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) is being developed by the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) in conjunction with the Washington Department of Ecology. That plan, as currently drafted, will significantly limit how a large number of property owners in the county may use their property. I find that to be a much more important issue for public involvement than changing the name of geog...
