Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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In hindsight, the cameras at the Elochoman Slough Marina show the slow sink of Wahkiakum Port 1's dredge in the early hours on Sunday morning before the sun rose, but on a quiet and chilly weekend, with only the fish and birds or the occasional walker or duck hunter intent on that day's quarry, no one noticed the vessel was sinking until a little before 10 a.m. That's when Port Manager Todd Souvenir, who was hunting in Idaho, started getting calls and texts. Port Commissioner Brett Deaton...
The election race for the position of Wahkiakum County prosecuting attorney became tighter Thursday with the second count of mail-in ballots. Incumbent Democrat Dan Bigelow led Independent challenger Holly McKeen 1,093 to 963 on Tuesday, a lead of 130 votes. After Thursday's count, Bigelow leads 1,241-1,155, a lead of 86 votes. The county auditor's elections website estimates there are another 100 ballots left to count; the next count will be Nov. 28. In the county's other contested race, incumbent Gene Strong boosted his lead over challenger...
It may be mid-November, but Wahkiakum County officials are making plans for 2023 budgets and activities. The 2023 Preliminary County Budget will be available to the public next Monday. On Tuesday, the board of commissioners will hold public hearings on annual road construction and six-year transportation improvement programs and 14-year ferry program, starting at 10 a.m. On Nov. 29, the commission has scheduled public hearings for each of the county's four flood control zone districts starting at 10 a.m. This is a fifth Tuesday; there will not...
Pilot Brian Fleming approached the Wahkiakum County Port 1 Board of Commissioners, wanting to restart a conversation about bringing a hangar to the Elochoman Slough Marina for personal and commercial activity, and talked about the potential the location had for becoming a place for pilots to stopover on long flights up and down the coast. “I’d like to look toward operating a commercial flying service out of the marina area,” Fleming said. “I want to stay off the channel. Ideally I’d like a co...
To The Eagle: That fellow who wrote in from Oregon burned through 160 words with multiple decimal points and percentages to state the glaringly obvious. Some, but definitely not all, of our present economic woes are due to some of Biden’s expensive policies enacted to help us recover from the pandemic that trashed everyone’s economies. At the height of that pandemic, when effective public health measures were ludicrously protested against as civil rights issues, Texas’ Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick suggested that “at risk” populatio...
To The Eagle: As of Sunday night Wahkiakum County has the fourth highest voter turnout of the 39 counties at 86.72%. We need to take pride in our turnout and work to get the other 13% of voters next election. Good job Wahkiakum, I have offered my congratulations to my opponent for district 3 commissioner, and thank everyone for exercising their hard won right to vote. We shall see what the future brings. I must say I am pleased and surprised that there have been no cries of stolen elections or lawsuits being filed. We must have come a long way...
To The Eagle: Thank you for your support and turning out to vote in this past election. I appreciate your support and encouragement and look forward to serving you for another term. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Also, I will be having a coffee and cake thank you at the Rosburg Hall on Sunday November 20, from 2-4 p.m. I look forward to seeing you there. Again, thank you. Gene Strong Rosburg...
To The Eagle: Washington State has been a Democratic regime since 1985. I regard today’s legislators as tax hungry thugs; take for example vehicle tabs. Twice it was on the ballot a $30 vehicle tabs only; it passed both times, in 2002 and 2019. Once again, after paying $30 the first year, they disrespected our votes and resumed adding taxes/fees the following year. To this day, they continue to add taxes, fees and regulations to the point that American business people cannot prosper. Is that what we hired these thugs for? For them to sit on t...
NIPPY--I’m not sure everyone has had the cool temperatures at their house, but mine have been below freezing for several evenings, so I hope you’re staying warm with this chill in the air! The sunny days are nice however, so I think it beats the wet, nasty days that we had and while they may not be quite as cold, they certainly are more miserable when they hang around very long. Beings we’ve had some very nasty weather around Thanksgiving time, which included some major flooding, I’m crossing my fingers that this year we will have none of that...
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. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, ambulance training, 7 p.m. Free Senior Fitness and Balance Class, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, enter via door on 3rd, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Food Addicts Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Rosburg...
Three more cases of covid-19 were reported by the Washington Department of Health, bringing the cumulative total in Wahkiakum County to 617. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. The number of hospitalizations and deaths attributed to the virus remained the same, at 46 and nine respectively. While 70 percent of the total population of the state of Washington has received...
Scott Corwin of Northwest Public Power Association spoke to the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday before they listened to reports and voted to adopt a resolution on the 2023 budget. Corwin spoke to the commissioners about the work his organization does to support utilities and their employees, including education and training, recruitment and retainment, communications, and more. General Manager Dan Kay reported on the PUD’s response during the recent s...
Commissioners of Port District 2 on Tuesday approved their 2023 budget and waived their authority to increase the district's property tax levy. All three commissioners voted to keep the levy at the current level; in their October meeting, Commissioner Allen Bennett had spoken in favor of taking the 1 percent increase. Commissioners Brian O'Connor and Austin Burkhalter had opposed it, saying the increase wasn't necessary. On Tuesday, Bennett agreed. "The revenue we'd get from this levy would be minimal, and we have other avenues to raise...
Following recent updated vote tallies, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is the projected winner of the race for the 3rd District seat in the US House of Representatives. A Seattle Times analysis said it appears that, at current rates, Republican Joe Kent would have to take at least 73 percent of the remaining votes to overtake Gluesenkamp Perez. On Tuesday, the Washington Secretary of State's website reported that Gluesenkamp Perez had received 157,365 votes, 50.24% of the total, and Kent had received 154,097 votes, 49.20 percent of the total....
The sailboat had been moored nearby, according to scuttlebutt, but got loose in the storm last week and has been beached at Vista Park ever since. The owner is seen now and again at low tide trying to dig it free, but one person said it will probably need a king tide for it to go. Photo by Ian Brandon....
The Robo Rascals (an after school 4-H robotics club, grades K-8) took a field trip to see the robots that milk cows at the Burkhalter family farm-Grays River Holsteins. This trip was actually scheduled for the week prior but due to a robot not working correctly, it was pushed off a week. Instead, a tech came out that day to the farm and got them up and running again. This is a reality with technology. It works great when it works but sometimes, companies have to call for help. Arriving at...
FAFF: The Finns at FAFF sent me a couple changes for their upcoming events: The Christmas Tree Lighting will be on December 3 and the baking classes have been cancelled. I am hoping a few Finns will send me some Christmas childhood memories so I can include them in The Eagle as we get closer to Christmas. If you have a story, just send me three to five hundred word stories that will help all of us remember our early Christmas holidays. Last weekend was a busy one for sure with the American...
Transcribed by Abbie Laine at Appelo Archives Center in March of 2005 The inventive spirit of Erik Maunula found expression in many practical devices and at the same time he displayed excellent business sense in other ways, being now manager for the Columbia River Packers Association. He was among the worthy citizens of the northwest that Finland furnished to Oregon, his birth having occurred in that land on the 3rd of December, 1851. His father, Andrew Maunula, was born in Finland and at the age of twenty-six years became the head of the...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 6 — 9:57 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance and a deputy responded to an Elochoman Valley home. Lifeflight was put on standby. The coroner arrived on scene at 10:18 p.m. November 7 — 12:23 a.m. A boulder three to four feet in diameter was found in the westbound lane of SR 4 just east of County Line Park. Authorities in Cowlitz County and state patrol were notified. 2:59 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a...
George Silva passed away at home November 6, 2022 with his wife Barbara at his side. He was born in Rhode Island on March 10, 1944 to Rose and Fred Silva. His father, a commercial fisherman, moved his family to the west coast in the late 1940s to peruse a different fishery. George began his love of fishing when he was 12 years old and continued the rest of his life. He married Barbara on May 21, 1966 in San Diego, California. He moved to Cathlamet in 1990 and began Silva Construction serving local families with building and fine woodworking....
Mary Spitzer Dominique, 89, of Cathlamet, died November 8, 2022 in Longview. A celebration of Mary’s life will be held Saturday, December 3 at JA Wendt Elementary School at noon. Full obituary to follow....
Kenneth LeRoy Chapman July 29, 1940 ~ October 20, 2022 Kenny died October 20, 2022 at the Portland VA Hospital. He grew up in Deep River and lived most of his life in the Naselle Grays River Valley. After high school he served in the Army. Kenny worked for Weyerhaeuser until they closed, then owned and operated several log trucks until his retirement. Kenny enjoyed reading, golfing and working around the house. He is survived by his wife, Susan Chapman; son Jon Chapman; sister Caroline Badger;...
We folks at the Community Garden are so proud. After a long and cool spring when everything was discouragingly slow, the pace picked up during the summer. We proudly announce that the garden produced 1,470 pounds of fresh produce to this area’s community food banks. The garden supplied veggies to the Wahkiakum Food Bank in Cathlamet and the West End Food Pantry at Johnson Park in Rosburg. Much has happened at the garden this year. With funding procured through the Health and Human Services Food and Nutrition staff, Heather Odum and Julie J...
See Lon Chaney in The 1923 Hunchback of Notre Dame with Live Music at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Longview. A new score by Rodney Sauer will be performed by members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, November 19 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets: $25. Box Office: 360-575-8499. The film elevated Chaney, who was already a well-known character actor, to full star status in Hollywood, and also helped set a standard for many later horror films, including Chaney's The Phantom of the Opera in 1925. Chaney plays...
Early November flood waters reflected the Jenna Sorenson barn at Rosburg. Photo courtesy of Gene Strong....
