Articles from the March 16, 2023 edition

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 By Diana Zimmerman    News    March 16, 2023

Port 1 board considers request for float plane base at marina

By Diana Zimmerman The Wahkiakum County Port 1 Board of Commissioners talked about improvements at the Elochoman Slough Marina at their meeting last Tuesday and heard from a float plane enthusiast...

 
 By Rick Nelson    News    March 16, 2023

DNR updates county's timber revenue estimates

Wahkiakum County should receive $1.7 million in revenue this year from harvest of timber on state managed trust lands, the Department of Natural Resources reported Tuesday. The estimate is a bit lower than the $1.8 million reported last October, said...

 

Bill would ban assault rifles

The manufacture, distribution and sale of any assault weapon would be prohibited by legislation passed by the state House of Representatives and now in the Senate. “There has been a dramatic shift in the public, I think there’s been a shift in the...

 

Cathlamet man dies in collision

Cathlamet resident Terry Heagy died March 7 in a two-car collision on SR 4 east of Stella. Heagy, 70, was a passenger in a Honda CR-V driven westbound by Chase Heagy, age 20, also of Cathlamet. According to the Washington State Patrol, a Ford F-150...

 

Government's role is not to solve society's problems

To The Eagle: State and Federal legislators need to focus on helping citizens by “reducing the burden” of unethical government regulations and oppressive taxation. Government’s role is not to solve society’s problems, but to “prevent governmen...

 

Conservative extremists slander gender support

To The Eagle: Republicans are talking a lot about pedophilia. Over the past year, GOP candidates, elected officials, and media influencers have been increasingly obsessed with conversations about children’s sexuality. Republican conservative e...

 
 By Diana Zimmerman    News    March 16, 2023

Woman's club names 2022 citizen of year

By Diana Zimmerman Grays River resident Diane Hollenbeck is Cathlamet Woman's Club 2022 Citizen of the Year. "The Cathlamet Woman's Club is honored every year in recognizing a person or couple who...

 
 By Renee Diaz    News    March 16, 2023

Task force on missing indigienous women proposed to continue

A state task force on missing indigenous women, created in 2021, will be extended at least two more years if a Senate-passed bill is approved by the House and governor. The bill, Senate Bill 5477, sponsored by Sen. Nikki Torres, R-Pasco, would...

 
 By Renee Diaz    News    March 16, 2023

Proposed bill shortens Death with Dignity wait

Terminally ill patients seeking help to end their lives with the aid of a physician shouldn’t have to wait so long to get approval from the state. That’s the position of Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, who said he intends to eliminate barriers to...

 

Food pantries want flexibile family spending

Food banks are finding it necessary to provide diapers, toiletries, feminine hygiene products and other non-food items but currently are limited on how much they can spend on those essentials. Substitute House Bill 1499, by Rep. Clyde Shavers, D-Oak...

 

Song Circle is at the Grange Hall on Sunday

WET BEGINNING--It’s a tadbit soggy out there as I begin this column as one of our atmospheric rivers is making itself known. Of course, if you’ve been here awhile, it’s just known as a typical rainy stretch of weather and it’s not anything too spe...

 

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. Cathla...

 

Downriver Dispatches

Photo of the week: Theo Burkhalter spent time with me last Saturday so I could interview him in depth about his life, his adoption process, and the Washington State School for the Blind in Vancouver w...

 

Sheriff's Report, March 16, 2023

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: March 6 — 6:32 a.m. A Cathlamet resident asked to speak to someone regarding issues she was having with a roommat...

 
 By Renee Diaz    News    March 16, 2023

Finland's president addresses legislature

For the first time in history, a foreign head of state has addressed a joint session in the Washington State Legislature. President Sauli Niinistö, of the Republic of Finland, met with Washington...

 

Clatskanie's Raymond Carver Writing Festival begins with April poetry contest

The revived Raymond Carver Writing Festival (RCWF) is back for its second year with an emphasis on poetry. Located in Clatskanie, Oregon where the world-famous poet and short story writer Raymond Carver (1938-1988) was born, the two-day festival,...

 

WSU Master Gardener On-line Workshops: March

On Tuesdays at noon WSU Master Gardeners present weekly on-line free programs. No need to register, just pop in. Connection information (you must have a Zoom account--sign up for one at zoom.us), then join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android:...

 

Wahkiakum Outdoors' educational presentation set for April 1

Wahkiakum Outdoors will host an educational presentation, “Wings over the Long Beach Peninsula” on Saturday, April 1 at 2 p.m., with Madeline Kalbach, Ph.D. Southwest Washington (especially the Long Beach Peninsula area) has long been a bir...

 

Terry Heagy

Terry Leon Heagy 70, lifelong Cathlamet resident, died March 7, 2023 as a result of a car accident. He was born to Errol and Jean Heagy September 1, 1952 in Longview. Terry grew up in a family of five children. He graduated from Wahkiakum High...

 

Tax forms available at library

According to information received from Carol Blix, Librarian, Cathlamet Public Library now has 1040 and 1040-SR tax forms for 2022 taxes, and instruction booklets available....

 

Fibre Federal Credit Union shares 2022 community impact

Fibre Federal Credit Union serves 11 counties in Washington and Oregon with financial services and community support projects. In 2022, the credit union continued its mission to strengthen and improve the communities it serves through partnerships,...

 

March tentative coastal razor clam digs at Mocrocks and Copalis beaches announced

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers have tentatively scheduled additional razor clam digging dates at Mocrocks and Copalis beaches in March. "After reopening harvest on Copalis and Mocrocks since late January, we are...

 

Town requests rural development funding to preserve Julia Butler Hansen (JBH) home

Submitted by The Town of Cathlamet The Town of Cathlamet has requested $600,000 in federally-earmarked USDA Rural Development funds to save and conserve legendary 3rd District Congresswoman Julia Butler Hansen’s home, including its historic s...

 

Covid-19 update

Because of a technical issue at the Washington Department of Health, disease activity was not reported lasted week, leaving covid-19 numbers unchanged. The cumulative number in Wahkiakum County...

 

Island life

Pampas grass shines in the sunlight of a late winter afternoon. Photo by Rick Nelson....

 

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