Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: The Annual Walk n Knock may have been cancelled, however, Wahkiakum Lions Club will have some drop boxes at Dollar General, Cathlamet Market and the Chamber of Commerce. Carol McClain will be at the Puget Island Fire Hall to accept any drop offs on Saturday between 8 and 4, just on Saturday only. Please wear a mask and keep social distancing. If you would like to make a monetary donation, you may make checks payable to Wahkiakum Lions Club, P.O. Box 214, Skamokawa, WA. 98647. Thank you in advance! The local food banks need some...
To The Eagle: I received a newspaper sample in the mail the other day, The Epoch Times. Finally a newspaper that I feel is good journalism, not filled with propaganda and bias. I now subscribe to it and also its website online. If you’re like me, tired of reading bias and propaganda, this is the best news source so far. It includes news not just here nationwide but worldwide. It truly is an eye opener and very informative. In fact I feel at ease reading it. Another good website to read is the American Frontline Doctors: http...
In the 1980’s my family and I operated a dairy farm in Wahkiakum County on the Loop Road in Grays River. My wife, Noreen and our four children, Suzanna, Joel, Amy and Genevra were interested in starting a 4-H Dairy Club. On our farm we had 100 milking cows and about the same number of young stock. Our club name was Westend Livestock Dairy Club. Over the many years we had 10 to 13 members, boys and girls. There were 27 dairy farms in the county in those days. Some of our kids could not afford a dairy heifer of their own to train and show at the...
To The Eagle: Last week’s Eagle mentioned the Town Council recently voted to increase the mayor’s salary $250 per month. The reason behind this is not based on his performance and to avoid further questions, needs to be explained. Town Councilors are paid $50 per month and the mayor is paid $250 per month. This pay ordinance has evidently been in place since the early 70’s. In late 2018, the previous council started discussion to update these monthly payments to more current standards. After much back and forth, our new council resumed takin...
To The Eagle: We would like to say thank you to everyone who came by our station to take a tour and discuss volunteer opportunities with Puget Island Fire Department. Four of those people committed to joining as firefighters, two others who are very interested but not ready to commit and one high school student who signed up as a cadet. In addition to the new firefighters, there were several others who signed on to help out with the Puget Island Fire Auxiliary. If there is anyone who wanted to attend but was unable, they can always stop by the...
To The Eagle: I was the class president of Naselle High in our senior year of 1973 and recently organized a Zoom reunion for our class. We had about 15 out of 31 living classmates attend the virtual event on October 8 and it was very successful and fun for everyone. Even though it's an odd 47th year since graduation, with everyone slowed down these days with limited travel it seemed like the right time to try this. And since we all turned 65 this year, we all had a milestone to celebrate as well. I recorded the reunion on Zoom in the cloud so...
To The Eagle: I am writing to fully endorse Dan Cothern, Lee Tisher, Dean Takko and Brian Blake. I am asking for your vote and support for their elections. As a retired county commissioner and past president of the Washington state association of counties, it has been my honor to work for and serve all of our constituents alongside of this slate of candidates. I have watched Dan, Lee, Dean and Brian rise in their unwavering ability to examine and evaluate the problems facing us all and finding sensible working solutions regardless of any party...
To The Eagle: On every level of our Democratic Republic it is important to elect quality individuals who represent all of the people. Mike Backman has a proven record of serving the best interests of all of his constituents and the county. Mike is a true independent. That is, although strong in his convictions he keeps an open mind and listens to those who may disagree or have other points of view. Mike does not wear his partisan politics on his sleeve and/or delegitimize or disrespect others with different positions or views. He realizes that...
To The Eagle: I don't like to see out of control riots in our cities, where people are being badly hurt and businesses looted and destroyed while Democrat governors, mayors and district attorneys watch and do nothing to stop it. I don't care to live under Socialist/Communist government rule like the people of China, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela and the rest of those horrid regimes. I love and respect our Constitution and want the Bill of Rights left intact for all of America's people. I don't think defunding our police makes any sense and will...
To The Eagle: Last week was filled with strange and wondrous landmarks in the annals of American journalism. On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that President Trump’s response to Covid-19 was efficient and effective, and the World Health Organization released a statement that lockdowns were medically ineffective and economically and socially disastrous, and we should use individual initiative and protect the most vulnerable instead. There is no known reason for the NY Times rare moment of truth and candor about Trump, but it is obvious t...
To The Eagle: Jaime Herrera Beutler is a complete hypocrite as well as a liar. She freely admits how many times she voted to strip 20 million Americans of health insurance. Now she has the audacity to proclaim herself as the champion and savior of all things health insurance. For who? Maybe the 1 percent. Certainly not the self employed, the small business, the farmer, hair stylist, service worker, laborer, the unemployed, and millions of others who do not work for large corporations or government entities. She tries to claim Carolyn Long will...
To The Eagle: I just received the most absurd political ad in the mail, among many absurd ones this year. It is from a group based in Puyallup, "WA Forward," saying that our Senator Dean Takko is an extremist. Say what? Anyone who knows Dean, or who has followed his career represeting us in Olympia, or who has seen him campaign in person or on YouTube knows that is laughable. Dean is a centrist problem-solver, quetly getting things done for us. Clearly these folks are outsiders who know nothing about LD19. So, I looked them up on the state PDC...
To The Eagle: Every year our country spent billions of dollars to foreign aid for what? We have problems of our own. Finally we have a president that has cut off most ties of foreign affairs such as UNESCO, WHO and other international affairs. Each country should take care of its own. If another country needs our help, we can help them with negotiations. That is what President Trump does. None of our past presidents would negotiate. President Trump severed a few ties with the government of China especially since they’re the culprit that s...
To The Eagle: This is the week that many of us will be voting and I would like to encourage people to vote for Carolyn Long. She seems to me to be a candidate who is genuinely trying to find out the needs and concerns of the people of this district. Her campaign has been largely supported by individual voters, not by support from the pharmaceutical industry or other large corporate donors. As such her only loyalties are to voters and not to corporate interests. Her opponent appears to be pretty much owned by the drug industry, other large...
And so we've arrived at the point in the 2020 election season when Washington voters receive their mail-in ballots. The adoption of vote-by-mail has changed the dynamics of elections; although election day is Nov. 3, two weeks away, this will be the time campaigns peak. With all the interest in the presidential election and national controversy around mail-in ballots, people will most likely be marking their ballots almost as soon as they receive them. I know I will. And as The Eagle still counts as a worthwhile media in this digital age, we...
To The Eagle: Almost everyone agrees there could be better forest management, but most forests are federally managed, with Trump appointees running the departments. So? I have been trying to find someone wanting our country to become Venezuela. Seems only Republicans have that idea; most Democrats would like to improve living standards and equality, for everyone, perhaps a little more like northern Europe. Republicans never refer to that democratic socialist segment with working capitalism: Denmark has the largest shipping line, registered in...
To The Eagle: Our Congresswoman, Jaime Herrera Beutler, has worked across the aisle to cut the cost of prescription drugs. Meanwhile, Carolyn Long has run around promising to do like Jaime. However, it’s unclear how Long's going to accomplish this when she appears to be bought and sold by big Pharma. It’s been recently reported that her family has hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement from big pharmaceutical companies. If you think she’s going to go toe-to-toe with the big pharmaceutical companies who are paying for her cushy retir...
To The Eagle: The fate of disputed federal laws depends upon how the unclear intent of the framers of our 229 year old constitution is interpreted by nine bickering judges, in order to align 21st century jurisprudence with 17th century standards. Every judge in the nation is subject to term limits and the will of the electorate. So too are the President and all legislators. There is a good reason for this. The political lawyers insulated within the robes of the Supreme Court should be no exception. Nor are they exceptional in the delivery of ju...
To The Eagle: She has continued to be extremely effective as our representative in representing small businesses, military vets, those looking for employment and families in Southwest Washington. We need more people in congress that truly care about the people they represent and work on meaningful legislation, like our congresswoman, Jamie Herrera Beutler. Jaime Herrera Beutler was ranked by Vanderbilt University’s nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking as the most effective legislator in Washington State throughout the last two years. T...
To The Eagle: Given the current challenges we face due to the economic crisis, it is essential that the 19th District be represented by someone with an established track record of bringing dollars back to our county. State Sen. Dean Takko has proven he not only understands the needs of Southwest Washington residents but helped secure the funding needed to address those issues. And that’s exactly what we need in Olympia. Now is not the time for rhetoric, it is time to return Dean Takko to the senate. District 19 residents – do you really wan...
To The Eagle: I met Mike Backman right after moving to Cathlamet in 2016. Mike asked whether I would put his election sign in my window. I asked him to tell me why I would do that. He convinced me while discussing his philosophy and goals; I put the sign in the window and then. boy, did I get grief about that decision. Mike continued to help shape my view of Cathlamet and Wahkiakum County by inviting me to the famous “Pot Forum,” introducing me to Johnson Park and the importance of supporting the entire county, asking for my family’s opini...
To The Eagle: Last Wednesday we met Kim Wyman and Gael Tarleton up close and friendly in a virtual debate hosted by the Wahkiakum RandDTeam. Both candidates for Secretary of State were respectful of each other and appeared to enjoy the give-and-take of debate in presenting their views on issues of the day. They were friendly and having fun. The debate recording is available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/yfK0P27GhLE By the time you read this our second debate of the season will also have been completed, featuring the LD 19 Senator candidates:...
To The Eagle: As a life long resident of Wahkiakum County, I appreciate Commissioner Mike Backman as he works for all county residents. I recognize his efforts in building collaborations with local, regional and state entities to help make us stronger as with the creation of new board positions for Wahkiakum County on Lower Columbia CAP, S.W. Washington Workforce Development and working for continued Wahkiakum County/Town of Cathlamet representation on the Council of Governments Executive Board. Mike fought to increase funding for Wahkiakum...
To The Eagle: I wonder in utter amazement how anybody that claims faith can support the likes of our candidates. Easy for me to say as a recovering Christian. Even a lost and wAndering lamb, such as myself, can tell which candidate seems less likely to further destroy what we once had. I speak from, according to some, what is considered to be old age. Ok. I am old and have watched one thing after another chipping away from what was normal. Can't go in the woods anymore because the roads we used to drive around in our hills are gated off. Can't...
To The Eagle: Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler stepped up and helped her constituents in times of crisis. She has worked in Congress to expand access to healthcare, advocated for better service for residents trying to receive unemployment in Washington and Oregon, and now she is trying to force Congress to get to work and reauthorize the Paycheck Protection Program to save millions of small businesses and jobs. Attacks against her are partisan garbage that puts the party over effectiveness. I am proud to cast my vote for Jaime Herrera...
