Articles from the May 19, 2022 edition
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Plant sale at the Community Garden
Shoppers turned out for the first Wednesday Community Garden plant sale last week to pick from a variety of seedlings available for their home gardens. The sale continues every Wednesday in May from...
By Officers investigate unaccompanied death
Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Department have investigated an unaccompanied death at a residence on Bradley Mountain and determined the victim died of a massive heart attack, Sheriff Mark Howie reported Friday. Robert Conner's wife told officers that s...
County officials dealing with economic impacts
Wahkiakum County officials find themselves dealing with the good, the bad and the ugly. The good is an increase in revenue from rising investment interest rates and state timber excise tax revenue; the bad is a cooling of timber markets that is...
Council continues work on utility rates
Cathlamet town officials are getting closer to revising rates for sewer and water service, but fine tuning continues. The town's utility rates contain inequalities, with some customers subsidizing others, and out of town customers paying higher rates...
Port 1 announces Jackie Lea retirement, hears restroom issue
Long time Port 1 Manager Jackie Lea retired on April 25 but plans to remain available to staff and commissioners until June 30 as they transition to new management. “She gave a lot of time to this p...
Leakage from Supreme Court a rare phenomenon
To The Eagle: Leakage from the Supreme Court is a rare phenomenon, so news of a possibly overturned Roe v Wade caused a tsunami of temper tantrums and assorted hysteria across the landscape of the woke folks, radical fems, and others in the looney...
Writer has questions about covid, royalties
To The Eagle: Ask why the Covid virus contains DNA segment that match a DNA sequence “patented by Moderna in February 2016” three years before the global Covid pandemic began. Moderna ‘legally owns’ part of the Covid virus. (DailyMail-UK) Ask why...
We are headed for much more violence
To The Eagle: I quote Elon Musk: “At its heart, wokeness is divisive, exclusionary, and hateful. It basically gives mean people a reason--it gives them a shield to be mean and cruel, armored in fake virtue.” Left and “liberal” narcissists have de...
Let's have democracy
To The Eagle: I just found out that I received a promotion from President Biden. Previously, I was considered a "deplorable," but now I am a “ULTRA MAGA EXTREMEST” a “radical white supremacist”, a “racist”, and a “sexist”, etc. I guess that's because...
PUD commission starts long term planning
The Wahkiakum PUD Board of Commissioners met Tuesday and talked about supply chain issues, weather, and projects in the county. General Manager Dan Kay said that he and Auditor Erin Wilson were...
Covid-19 update
With no new official cases to report in the last week, the cumulative number of cases in Wahkiakum County stands at 313, with two cases considered active. Disclaimer: With the easy availability of at...
Mules on all-league teams
Two Wahkiakum Mules baseball players received postseason honors after being named to all league teams. Junior Dominic Curl was named to the Central 2B League First Team, and junior Tanner Collupy...
Renovation proceeds for River Rat Tap
Stephanie Vossen, owner of The Spar, a restaurant on Main Street in Cathlamet, has purchased and is currently renovating the River Rat Tap, a historic bar on Broadway Street. There will be a much...
Mud wrestling at fairgrounds Saturday
STILL CHILLY/DAMP--The first half of May has certainly been on the damper side of things, which has been fairly disappointing. We had such heavy rain squalls on Sunday, that it took out all reception from the satellite, and of course, really hammered...
The Eagle Calendar
THURSDAY Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. 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. Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m....
What's happening at the Fair?
Greetings from the fair office. Saturday is the big Mud Wrestling Extravaganza. Gates open at 2 p.m. and wrestling starts at 4 p.m. Food will be served and there will be a beer garden. All funds from this event are going to make a better game area...
Downriver Dispatches
Photo of the Week: Jack and June Scharback of Sisson Creek on Oneida Road. Life is taking on momentum now that we're heading toward June. Everything in my yard is "Coming up Roses" from "Gypsy" the...
States open river again for springer anglers
With Chinook returning in greater numbers than anticipated, fishery managers from Washington and Oregon on May 11 agreed to reopen the lower Columbia River for recreational spring Chinook fishing beginning Thursday, May 12-22. A second opening is...
Vivian Olsen
Vivian Luella (Wika) Olsen passed away peacefully at home as she wished on April 15, 2022 at the age of 89. Vivian was born to Torleif and Hazel Wika on August 18, 1932 on Puget Island, Washington....
Auction scheduled for scholarship funds
For the second year in a row, Wahkiakum Dollars for Scholars is holding an online auction to raise money for scholarships that will support local students. Auction items can be previewed at...
Kelso-Longview Elks announces scholarship winners
Kelso-Longview Elks Lodge #1482 has announced this year's Most Valuable Student Scholarship Winners. This year the lodge is awarding $14,000 in scholarships to the top three boys and top three girls. These students are forwarded to the Washington...
Celebration of Life for Quin Bassi
A potluck celebration of life will be held for Quin Don Bassi, Sunday May 29 from 1-3 p.m., at the park behind the Fairgrounds in Skamokawa. All are welcome to share a meal and memories with the...
Seal River Cemetery annual meeting and clean-up day set for Saturday
Submitted by Kari Kandoll, Secretary The Seal River Cemetery Association has scheduled their annual meeting for Saturday, May 21 at 11 a.m., at the Grays River Fire Hall with the cemetery clean-up at 1 p.m., at the cemetery. Family members of those...
Wahkiakum Democratic Party endorses Brent Hennrich
Submitted by the Wahkiakum Democratic Party Last Saturday morning the Wahkiakum County Democratic Party took the unusual step of endorsing a candidate before filing opened this week: Brent Hennrich...
Jaime Herrera Beutler to host 11th annual Jobs Fair
Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler has announced she will host her 11th annual Southwest Washington Jobs Fair on Wednesday, June 1 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Clark County Event Center, Exhibition Hall B, 17402 NE Delfel Rd, Ridgefield. Similar...
