Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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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. Food Addicts Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Rosburg Community Club, 7 p.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Community Library &...
Cathlamet municipal officials will hold a celebration of the 115th anniversary of the incorporation of the town outside Town Hall, 375 2nd St., Cathlamet, at noon on Friday. A proclamation in honor of the occasion will be read, and the new Cathlamet Town Flag will be raised. Cathlamet voters approved incorporation on February 4, 1907; the first town council meeting was held February 11, 1907, and the town’s incorporation was subsequently notarized and filed on February 18, 1907, the date traditionally recognized as Cathlamet’s birthday. Tow...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 7 — 1:11 p.m. A Rosedale resident reported fraud. 2:16 p.m. A man wearing a bright green shirt was seen lying along SR 4 in the Elochoman Valley area. The caller said he had seen the man move his arms. 3:45 p.m. A caller reported a violation of a restraining order. 3:47 p.m. A caller accidentally dialed 911. 7:27 p.m. A caller said that four people were attempting to break into a business on Main S...
Theo Ruth Ferguson was born February 28, 1928 in Moorcroft, Wyoming to her parents James G. Dickinson and Shirley Schultz Dickinson. She was the youngest of four daughters. When she was eight years old her family moved to Falls City, Oregon. She graduated from Falls City High School and a year later married Milton Chauncey Ferguson, also from Falls City. They spent their early married life there. When Milton started working for the Oregon State Park Service they lived at Humbug Mountain State...
There were two more cases of covid-19 reported in Wahkiakum County this week, bringing the cumulative total to 303 official cases. Nine of those are considered potentially active. There were 20 patients being treated for covid-19 at St. John Hospital on Tuesday. The Washington Department of Health is reporting 24 hospitalizations and five deaths attributed to covid-19 in Wahkiakum. It is also reporting that 72.7 percent of the state’s population age 5 years and up is fully vaccinated while t...
The Wahkiakum School District's four-year, $997,000 program and operations levy was passing when votes were counted Tuesday evening. The margin was close, 610 yes, 575 no, an approval rate of 51.48 percent. Wahkiakum County elections officials said 100 late arriving votes remained to be counted, and more could arrive by mail this week before the second count, which will be Friday at 11 a.m. As described on the ballot, the proposed four-year replacement levy would authorize collection of taxes...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council heard two special requests, welcomed a new member, and heard presentations from two parties when they met Monday. Mayor David Olson also announced that because of a "health scare," the town hall office would be closed to the public this week. The council appointed Kermit Chamberlin to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Council Member Bill Wainwright at the beginning of the year. A Cathlamet resident since 2018, Chamberlin is a retired educator who has served on the town council and planning...
To The Eagle: It's kind of sad when education comes up against those that see Jesus on a piece of toast. Human development comes in a series of stages ending with a baby once the fetus is born and breathing. Until then, starting with a blastocyst then on to embryo and finally fetus until live birth at hopefully 39 weeks. It's true that the heart will start beating at 5 weeks gestation but that does not a baby make. All of this information is readily available for anyone that has an interest in anything but denying science. May I suggest a...
Are you homeless or living in substandard housing? Wahkiakum Health and Human Services would like to hear from you on February 24 when they participate in a nationwide event called the Point-in-Time count. Why? The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the state of Washington look at those numbers each year to determine what kind of resources and funding are needed for each county. “It’s their wonderful idea for one day to have all providers go out and look for people exp...
Four new covid-19 cases in the past week brought Wahkiakum County’s cumulative number of cases to 301, with 19 considered active. The number of reported hospitalizations has risen to 21, and deaths attributed to the virus stands at five. The number of patients being treated for covid-19 at St. John Hospital had risen to 33 as of Tuesday. The state is reporting that 72.8 percent of Washington’s population age five and up is considered to be fully vaccinated, while 80.2 percent have had at lea...
MIXED--As we began this week, it was freezing cold and super foggy, but then the sun came out on Sunday. I think everyone was outside and enjoying those rays but then came Monday morning and in West Valley, we were socked back in with that thick, damp fog that makes your bones ache, so the forecast for the week, which says "sunny and dry" will be amazing if it holds up. I hope it does as I think an extended period of time soaking up a little Vitamin D will really help lift everyone's spirits! SPECIAL DAYS--Those enjoying special days from Feb....
THURSDAY Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Food Addicts, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9-11:30 a.m. Eastside Play &...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 30 — 9:53 p.m. The Grays River ambulance responded to a Deep River home to aid an individual who had lost consciousness and was barely breathing. Life Flight was requested, but later told to stand down. The coroner was on scene at 11:54 p.m. and Dowling Funeral Home was notified. January 31 — 4:07 p.m. A caller reported that a westbound silver Honda Civic was speeding and passing in no passing zon...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce invites the public to get Crabby at their 36th Annual Crab & Oyster Feed to be held Saturday, February 19. The event will take place at the Columbia River Ranch, 381 W. Birnie Slough Road, Cathlamet. Tickets are $40 per person and may be purchased online at www.wahkiakum.us/crab or you may contact the Bank of the Pacific, Cathlamet Branch for tickets. The bank is located at 56 Main Street, Cathlamet. Their phone number is (360)795-3228. There will be three seating times to choose from; 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7...
The “Wahkiakum Outdoors” program is on tap again this month. The series of presentations is sponsored by the Wahkiakum Marine Resources Committee. Their first presentation in 2022 will be focused on “Rearing and Release of Ring-necked Pheasants.” The presentation will be held Saturday, February 19 at 11 a.m., in the Wahkiakum Hope Center, 320 S 3rd St., adjacent to the Cathlamet elementary Sschool (masks required). The speaker will be Chris White, WDFW Biologist managing the State’s release program. For further information call Mike Passmore...
Wahkiakum 4-H teens will instruct adults on email, phone and other technology skills this Monday, February 14, at 4 p.m. in the River Street Meeting Room in Cathlamet. This is rescheduled from the originally planned date of Saturday, February 12. Teens will be teaching regularly through the spring on a variety of technology skills. All are welcome. No charge to participate. For further information call the WSU Extension office at 360-795-3278....
Crews have been working in the Cathlamet area to improve safety for pedestrians crossing in at least three locations on SR 4, at Boege Road, Jacobson Road, and at the School Access Road, where students cross over to the Farm Forest for outdoor learning. There will be high visibility crosswalks with rapid flashing beacons to alert drivers as well as new speed feedback signs. The speed limit has already officially been lowered to 35 mph in the area. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
Wahkiakum County officials discussed further response to flood damage in East Valley and addressed other topics when the board of commissioners met Tuesday. In early January, heavy rain and melting snow sent a deluge down a Wilson Creek tributary, with logs and woody debris forming a jam that diverted the creek along, over and through the road and cutting a new channel very close to the residence of Marshall and Martin Snow. Since then, the county and a contractor have restored the stream to its original channel, but the streambed created by...
A $165,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce in 2019 allowed the Pioneer Community Association to begin tackling some much needed repairs to the Pioneer Community Center. “It is good to remember how excited, relieved, and to some degree, flat out amazed we were to receive the grant award,” Suzanne Holmes wrote in a missive describing the activity that followed. It started with a roof replacement. Weatherguard, Inc., arrived in September of 2020 and removed the old shingles and rotting decking, replacing them with new plywoo...
To The Eagle: Looking back 25 years, in 1977 the levy request put before Wahkiakum voters was $375,000 ($6.19 per thousand) and it was easily approved by 80% of the voters. Every levy request since then has been approved, even in 2010 after the recession hit. That’s important to note, because Wahkiakum County had the largest percentage drop in employment of any county in the state during the 2008-2009 recession. But the levy passed. Generations of Wahkiakum County voters have recognized that voting to support school levies is a vote for the f...
Last weekend we completed another test of our county's ability to communicate during severe emergency conditions. This nation-wide activity is called Winter Field Day: Amateur radio stations from all over the country attempt to contact as many other stations as they can in the 24 hours from 11 a.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday. With support from Wahkiakum school district our three-member team operated using an 1100' wire loop wire antenna strung between light posts surrounding a baseball field....
Crystal Ann Clark died January 5, 2022, in Longview. She was born at Cowlitz General Hospital in Longview on October 26, 1969, to Robert and Linda Clark. She grew up in Cathlamet, spending her time at Marie’s where her Grandma Wendell cooked, at her grandparents house by the marina, on the island at the beach, and hanging out with her friends. She enjoyed spending summers at the county fair, the coast, camping with her family, and holidays in Toledo with her Grandma Rosalie and extended family. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1...
The new Beanstack reading challenges for children, adults, and teens are currently active through March 31 at . It is easy to register, then log book titles as you read them and win prizes. There is also a Beanstack mobile app. Meanwhile the following winners of the adult winter reading challenge are enjoying their prizes: Jessica Vik - Julie's Java gift certificate, Darren Plank - Tales and Tails T-shirt, Marilyn Gatens - Kindle, Naomi Schultz - Patty Cakes gift card, and not pictured: Crystal...
Macie Elliott and Jessica Yurosko of Cathlamet were named to the Dean’s List at Eastern Oregon University for the 2021 fall term. They join 563 other students at the college who were able to achieve and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale while attending classes full time....
CLOUDY START--As I begin this column, it's pretty cloudy with just a smattering of raindrops, but it appears we'll be seeing some more "real rain" a little later on, so I hope you've kept the boots and umbrellas by the door! For now, the snowflake that had appeared in the forecast on my weather app has disappeared and I sure hope it stays gone. Considering there is a blizzard going on back east with tens of thousands without power and feet of snow on the ground, I'm quite happy to put up with the rain! Let's just hope February is nicer to us...
