Caroline Badger becomes Cathlamet's latest nonagenarian

A large gathering of family and friends were on hand at Riverside Park on Saturday in celebration of Caroline Badger's 90th birthday. When husband Raymond had asked what she would like to eat at her party, she was quick to say, "chicken from Baker's Corner." Between the 100 piece order of chicken and the pot luck items provided, it was a meal enjoyed by all, from the nonagenarian couple all the way down to their diapered great- grandson. The meal was topped off by the famous cream puffs made by Sonja Kruse. While the temperature was in the eighties, it was comfortably modulated by the shade of a large maple tree and a gentle breeze from across the bordering river.

Caroline, currently a resident at the Beacon Hill Rehabilitation Center in Longview, clearly enjoyed all the attention and love shown by the attendees. Cathlamet resident Raymond just as clearly enjoyed the results of all the planning he and their children had put into the day. One of those wonderful families of Wahkiakum County, the couple recently celebrated their seventieth anniversary.