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A dystopian future has become our present
To The Eagle: Margaret Atwood’s novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” of a ‘forced birth’ society in a dystopian future has become our present. Twenty four states have banned abortion. Those states are also criminalizing the purchase or distributio...
I just don't get it
To The Eagle: I always try to be an informed, balanced voter. I vote for who I feel is the best person for the position, just as I used to when hiring people in my previous life. It’s because of this that I’m having such a hard time und...
The big lie works
To The Eagle: With extreme differences between the two main presidential candidates, Trump and Biden, the poll numbers show how divided opinions are. I can’t help but wonder, do Americans actually look up facts and policies, or simply go by r...
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Every day we are grateful
To The Eagle: Saturday we celebrate Veterans Day! As a veteran, I have a profound sense of pride, humility, and gratitude. I’ve been where many of you and our fellow service members have been, serving our great country with unwavering dedication, y...
Make America Great Again?
To The Eagle: First they condemned brown people, accusing them of being rapists, murders, and drug dealers. Then it was Muslims, suggesting they were closet terrorists that need to be deported. African Americans protesting police violence, were...
The GSA supports all students
To The Eagle: I write to you today representing myself, and only myself. I am Garrett Radcliffe, the volunteer Advisor for the GSA at Wahkiakum High School. As I understand it, the GSA has been quite the talk of online forums. What is the GSA? Well,...
Help is out there
To the Eagle: For millions of people across the country, domestic violence is something they face on a daily basis. National statistics show that roughly 12 million people will experience domestic abuse in a single year – that’s about 20 people per...
Read history and stand up for democracy
To The Eagle: The Middle East, is once again in a war. Religious, territorial or both. The Ottoman Empire, which ruled much of the Middle East for centuries, collapsed. The empire was divided into smaller territories (which did not take ethnicities...
Keep religion off the school board
To The Eagle: A recent article in the Eagle about Kandice Merz, running for School Board position 4, indicated she has received campaign contributions from the Family Policy Institute of Washington. Curious about what they represent, I went to the...
What do they stand for?
To The Eagle: I am fairly new to Wahkiakum County and continue to learn its ways. I cannot express my utter amazement that the vast majority of candidates for various elected positions submitted absolutely no information for the Voters' Pamphlet...
An Outstanding Candidate
To The Eagle: I believe Brian Heston has the qualities to make him an outstanding candidate for the Wahkiakum School District Board position. I have worked with him for the past three years on the Wahkiakum Robotics team where he dedicated hundreds...
West End residents are accessible
To The Eagle: Karen Bertroch is spot on suggesting survey staff go through local groups in trying to reach west end residents. Her most recent Downriver Dispatches (Oct. 19) reminded me of when I helped serving CAP meals in Rosburg. A speaker came fr...
What's the charge?
To The Eagle: The mayor was quoted in the last issue of The Eagle, as saying that our new charger in town is a level one charger that will charge a car in 30 minutes. In fact a level one charger would put about 1.5 miles of charge in an electric car...
Heston brings valuable experience
To The Eagle: Because our community is so small, we rely on people to wear many hats to provide necessary services. Brian Heston is running for the School Board’s position 2 this fall. Besides having a son in the local schools and volunteer e...
Anderson's experience is key
To The Eagle: I believe Patty Anderson to be the best candidate for Wahkiakum School Board Position No. 4. If you have not had a chance to read her interview published in The Eagle on August 24, I would strongly recommend it. It is impressive! She...
Heston has the right stuff
To The Eagle: Brian Heston has what it takes to be a great school board member for us (position #2), and for our future. He is involved with kids in our school now as a mentor and as a parent. He works remotely from home here in Cathlamet for an...
The wars of the Bible repeated
To The Eagle: As we are on the edge of a big Middle East War, we have Republicans bickering over who to lead Congress. We have one Republican senator holding up military promotions and appointments. Minority Republicans are intent on destroying this...
I support Merz for School Board
To The Eagle: I would like to endorse Kandice Merz for school board. Kandice is a candidate with high moral standards, who has a true servant heart. She is actively involved in our community with her children, a business at the marina, works with...
Heston is a true centrist
To The Eagle: Brian Heston, a lifelong Lower Columbia resident, is running for position 2 on the School Board. Aside from his expertise in IT, which would be valuable for the school, and his volunteer work with the school’s robotics team, he b...
Heston is the better choice
To The Eagle: Brian Heston is my choice for Wahkiakum School Board position #2. With all the issues facing our young people today, it’s important to give our kids a good education, in a facility that is safe and a credit to our community. Our s...
Extremists target truth
To The Eagle: Anti-C.R.T. mania and book banning are the latest tactics being employed by reactionary White supremacist conservatives in the Republican party, to derail the racial justice movement. Recently, Critical Race Theory (C.R.T.), an...
They do not speak for us
To The Eagle: We are local Republicans who talk, work, and socialize with many other Republicans. The school board candidate running for Position No. 4 who is supported by the Republican party group of this county does not represent these...
Serve those in need
To The Eagle: Wahkiakum County has many retired people. Some have been nurses, social workers, first responders, teachers, coaches, and lots of others with valuable skills that are still needed. Being retired just means that you have had valuable...
Let kids read
To The Eagle: The election of school board members is very important to our kids’ education and safety. Board members should be reasonable, educated, and knowledgeable about schools. We don’t need people who think everyone should have to sub...
