Articles from the February 16, 2023 edition
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Port 1 OKs abandoned boat sale, considers fish cleaning station quotes
Last Thursday, Wahkiakum County Port 1 Commissioners authorized the sale of an abandoned vessel at their meeting, learned about upgrades at the marina as they prepare for a busy fishing season, and au...
Commissioners consider shoreline program administrator
Wahkiakum County commissioners considered who would administer the county's Shoreline Master Program and acted on other business when they met Tuesday. Commissioners also approved a contract with an engineering firm to redesign the intersection of Ea...
Rosburg man learns how to handle a computer scam
One day last week, Rosburg resident Poul Toftemark’s computer screen went black and a message appeared, alerting him to a problem and directing him to call Microsoft. A phone number was provided. T...
Don't fall victim to cyber crime
To The Eagle: Cyber crime, is for the most part, tricking someone, or someone’s computer, into doing what the criminal wants it to do, without you knowing. I was a victim of that last week, and would like to let the community know, that they are here...
Black history should be studied in school
To The Eagle: Sports’ greats Jack Robinson, Hank Aaron, Jim Thorpe, and Roberto Clemente, as well as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, civil rights heroine Rosa Parks, and Nelson Mandela, Africa’s former president and apartheid’s legen...
Social Security facts are facts
To The Eagle: SS Cards until 1980s stated SS number was “not to be used for Identification.” FDR planned federal Social Security and promised participation would be 100% voluntary. Today SS (FICA) withholding is no longer voluntary. FDR said SS par...
How can everyone be wrong?
To The Eagle: A couple of things to rant and rave about. First: the state of the union speech was lauded as the absolute, bar none, best speech EVER by the NPR crowd. A friend, aged as myself, sent me a link to Glenn Beck which I listened to. He...
What I miss most about Howard Brawn
To The Eagle: I was reading a letter to the editor where the writer said that another writer the week before had expressed missing Howard Brawn’s letters. So do I. In fact I miss the person of Howard. And, I myself, sometimes strongly disagreed with...
Gluesenkamp Perez visits county
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, the newly elected US Representative for Washington's 3rd District, visited Wahkiakum County on Friday with stops at Wahkiakum School District and Wahkiakum County courthouse t...
Covid-19 update
One more death in Wahkiakum County has been attributed to covid-19 in the last week, according to the Washington Department of Health, and two more cases of the virus have been reported, bringing the cumulative total to 638. The number of...
Police dogs to be trained to find fentanyl
The war against the use of illegal fentanyl will get some extra help in the future from drug sniffing dogs trained to detect the substance. That’s the intent of House Bill 1635, introduced by Rep. Gina Mosbrucker, R-Lakewood. The bill instructs the C...
Crab feed is on Puget Island on Saturday
NOT SO NICE--As this week begins, it looks pretty nasty out there and if the forecasters are correct, we will get some snow as the temperatures fall. Fortunately, this is supposed to be a very brief snow event so I hope that’s correct. The rest of t...
The Eagle Calendar
THURSDAY Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Fire Protection District No. 1 Commissioners, Fire Hall, 5:30 p.m. Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m....
LCC Foundation names The Wollenberg Foundation as Benefactor of the Year
The Lower Columbia College Foundation has named The Wollenberg Foundation as the 2022-23 Benefactor of the Year. Benefactor honorees have a history of providing financial support to the foundation, and/or significant volunteer service to the...
WSU Master Gardener Workshop: Seed Starting at Home
Want to learn how to grow your own food or flowers? Anyone can do it! On Saturday, February 18 from 10-11:30 a.m., WSU Master Gardener Alice Slusher will walk you through the steps of preparing the planting medium and planting the seeds and timing,...
Downriver Dispatches
Commentary: I am a Texan at heart. It doesn't make me love this area less; it makes me appreciate it more. My favorite spot there is the Bussey family ranch in Weatherford, west of Ft. Worth. They...
Sheriff's Report, February 16, 2023
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 6 — 4:49 a.m. A large boulder was found in the westbound lane of SR 4 near County Line Park. 12:36 p...
Douglas Madden
On February 8, 2023, Douglas Charles Madden lost his battle with ALS, a rare degenerative disease that causes progressive nerve death resulting in paralysis. Doug was a quiet sort of of person with...
Cliff Stephens
Clifford N. Stephens was born June 30,1931 in Portland, OR and grew up in Scappoose where he attended school. His parents owned Stephens Raw Milk Dairy. He developed a strong work ethic milking cows...
Death Notice for Ron Horman
Ronald E. Horman, 88, of Cathlamet, died Febuary 7, 2023 at Hospice in Longview. A full obituary will follow. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Tax forms available at Cathlamet Public Library
According to information received from the Cathlamet Public Library,1040 forms and instruction booklets for 2022 are now available. The supply of 1040-SR forms were all taken, but have been reordered....
LCC Speech & Debate impresses at OSU tournament
The Lower Columbia College Fighting Smelt Speech & Debate Team competed alongside 25 other colleges and universities at the Earl Wells Virtual Speakeasy tournament, hosted by Oregon State University. The squad finished second among community...
Stalking, online or in person, would be the same
Stalking is stalking, whether it is in person or online, and they will be treated as identical crimes if a bill presented in the Legislature is adopted. Under current law, a person commits the crime of stalking if they repeatedly follow someone with...
Middle school announces 2nd quarter honor roll
John C. Thomas Middle School has announced the grade point averages for the second quarter recently earned by grades 6-8. The following students earned a 4.0 GPA: 8th grade Abigail R. Mckay-Beach. 7th grade Annelise I. Vik. 6th grade Konner A. Reese...
Commission to decide on guide logbook and commercial smelt rules
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission expects to make decisions to update rules for fishing guide logbooks and commercial smelt fisheries during a virtual meeting on Friday, Feb. 17. Beginning at 8 a.m., commissioners will hear from Washington...
