Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
The East Birnie Slough River Rats were one of the many colorful entries in the 2017 Bald Eagle Day Parade. They placed second in the Floats Category.
Baseball great Frank Robinson once said "Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades." Joe Merz adds toilet seats to the list in Redneck Horseshoe, which was one of the many activities in the kid's area at Bald Eagle Day.
Left: Kaelee Makenzie, Marcie Dunham, and Ashlenn Coleman ride through town...
and the well appreciated pooper scooper trailed behind.
Teagan Miller is barely hanging on, but his smile never wavered while trying the bull ride at the 2017 Bald Eagle Festival.
The 2017 Wahkiakum County Fair Court, Princess Kayla Bowcutt, left, and Prince Jacob Hammond, right, flank last year's Queen Novella Hokkanen.
Human foosball was a big hit at the kid's area.
Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce Director Paige Lake said earlier this month that if she wanted to build excitement for an event, it needed to start with her.
That philosophy paid off for this year's Bald Eagle Days. There were more vendors in Cathlamet, a bigger variety of parade entrants, a new energy, and a big crowd.
There were lines for most of the activities in the kid's area, too.
"The parade was so much fun," Lake said. "The staff at the Bank of the Pacific did a great job organizing it, and I think people really got into decorating for the theme 'Rolling on the River.'
"A couple vendors from out of town told me that this event was better organized than any event they had been to this year. It really was a collaboration of everyone's efforts and I think it paid off. This place matters!"
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