Articles from the April 3, 2013 edition
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
To The Eagle: A few weeks ago, two Steubenville high school students accused of raping a 16-year old girl in a semi-conscious state, were found guilty by an Ohio Judge. But this isn’t the end of the story. In fact, now that a verdict has been r...
Sheriff's Report - April 4, 2013
The Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office responded to two different rescue situations on Easter Sunday. Both involved the warm spring weather and the cold Columbia River. Shortly before 2 p.m. on S...
Remembering the Holocaust: Part 2
At almost 91 years old Mrs. Thea K. Lindauer in Anapolis, Maryland, reflects on coming to the United States and leaving a majority of her family in Germany to face the early Nazi Regime, Hitler and the Holocaust. In 1934 Thea was a part of a...
Remembering the Holocaust, Part 1
(Editor's note: People around the world will pause this weekend to remember the Nazi Holocaust, which brought death to millions of people approximately 70 years ago. Although it was long ago and far away, the effects are felt today. Here are two...
PUD commission discusses water, related concerns
The Wahkiakum PUD board of commissioners met Tuesday to work on a variety of issues. Commissioner Gene Healy presented a rough draft of a PUD Strategic Plan for 2013-2016, and then the commissioners...
Logan Britt takes first in Hook the Hawg
Representatives of the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce rose before dawn last Friday to register competitors at the Marina for the first Hook the Hawg salmon derby. One hundred people signed up that day...
Compact extends anglers' spring chinook season to April 12
The Columbia River Compact on Wednesday agreed to extend the sport fishery downstream of Bonneville Dam. The original recreation season was set for March 1 through April 5. On Wednesday, the compact exted the season from April 6 through April 12,...
Commissioners, fair board solving fair manager dilemma
Wahkiakum County Commissioners and members of the Wahkiakum Fair Board of Directors are getting closer to defining how to handle the vacant position of fair manager. Most recent Manager Becky Ledtke left the position in February. Her position had...
Yes, April is the cruelest month
To The Eagle: Since April is the poetry(est) month, as recently ordained by the federal government, I will respond to this decree as best I can. But then again I am trapped by a tickled silence. What is it to respond to a cultural decree by the...
