Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Cathlamet town council adopted its 2022 budget, approved measures for park and sidewalk improvement projects and addressed other issues when it met Monday. Council members rejected a bid for exterior improvements to the town hall. The bid came in two parts, one for $88,000 that included installation of a decorative mural and a second for $74,000 without the mural. The town’s architect estimated the cost at $56,000. The council may call for bids again in 2022. Planned work included improvements to siding and installation of lighting and a...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday headed into the Christmas holiday on a happy note. Thanks to Treasurer Tammy Peterson, the county will save around $186,000 in interest payments on a $1 million loan used to finance recent renovation of the courthouse HVAC system. Peterson told the board of commissioners that when she reviewed terms of the loan, she wondered if it could be paid off early. When she investigated, she learned of the potential savings on interest payments. The county has the funds to pay off the loan, she said, so she...
The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors listened to a presentation by the Robotics Club, heard about the covid-19 contact tracing and testing program, learned about a new grant awarded to the school, and more on Tuesday. Following an executive session for personnel evaluation, newly elected Director Bobbie Stefan took the oath of office with incumbents Shawn Merz and Sue O’Connor. They moved to the robotics room for a robotics presentation and when they returned, Debbie Hansen spoke a...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners approved a pole attachment agreement, a new Clean Energy Implementation Plan, which is posted on their website, and listened to reports from the general manager and the auditor, as well as a presentation from Stacey Lane of the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce about activities and other goals planned for the coming year. During public comment, Town Council Member David Olson said the wi-fi project planned for the Cathlamet downtown corridor should go...
To The Eagle: The Connecticut People’s World Committee, a member of the CCP, presented its annual Amistad Awards on Saturday to mark the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party USA. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat representing Connecticut and one of the wealthiest members of the Senate estimated at over $100 million worth, presented the awards to Sen. Julie Kushner, D-Danbury, Pastor Rodney Wade of Waterbury and SEIU activist Azucena Santiago. He was “excited and honored” to speak at the awards ceremony. Later he expre...
COLD/WET/SNOW?--Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? According to my current weather reports, that's exactly what they say is going to happen! Some may get excited about that, but if you have travel plans, that may make you rethink those. As we all know, these forecasts change constantly so just in case, be prepared if you're hitting the highways this weekend! ANIMALS--My weather app is saying we are going to get snow and be freezing for several days and we may even get down to 21 degrees in Skamokawa in the upcoming week and those kinds of t...
The Eagle urges all organizations to inform us of any changes in your schedule since the covid restrictions. THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Planning Commission, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Wahkiakum Commissioners, Courthouse, 9:30 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 10-11:30 a.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park,...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 12 — 1:21 p.m. A young deer was found on a Puget Island property. It appeared to have been killed and butchered. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife was notified. 1:23 p.m. A deputy and the Cathlamet ambulance aided a Rosedale resident who was incoherent and may have had a stroke. LifeFlight was unable to launch because of the weather. 9:18 p.m. A caller reported that there was water o...
One new case of covid-19 was reported in Wahkiakum County on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total to 264, with three cases considered to be potentially active. The number of reported hospitalizations remains at 18, and five deaths have been attributed to covid-19. While 75.6 percent of the entire state’s population, 12 and older, are fully vaccinated, Wahkiakum’s number for the same population is still far behind, at 52.6 percent. More than 4,500 doses of the vaccine have been given to res...
It was time for a little holiday cheer Saturday afternoon in Cathlamet. People gathered at the Elochoman Slough Marina for an artisan market and trunk sale, and then at 5 p.m., law enforcement and first responders led a parade of lighted vehicles and horses through town and back to the marina. Here are photos of some of the sights....
The Wahkiakum Safe School Sidewalks grant application submitted by the Town of Cathlamet--ranked #1 by the grant ranking committee --was approved for funding Dec. 8 by the Southwest Regional Transportation Planning Organization (SWRTPO) in the full amount of federal funds requested, $138,400, Council Member and mayor-elect David Olson announced late last week. The SWRTPO is the designated planning organization for Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Pacific, and Wahkiakum counties. The grant will be used to construct a sidewalk and curb along school...
To The Eagle: Liberals, you never seem to mention all the un-vaccinated millions coming over the border but I guess only American citizens can spread Covid right? Where did you hear that, from Dr. Fauci? I recognize there are many successful Black people, Black Lawyers, Black Doctors, Black Teachers, Black Scientists, Black Military Officers, Black Politicians, Black President, Black Senators, Black Supreme Court Justice and they should all be there as I am sure they earned it. I didn't get that far in life I guess because of Black Privilege...
COLD/SNOW--As I begin this column, there are snowflakes falling and I must say, "I am not amused!" Actually KM Mountain at MP 22 is very white indeed so that may catch a few people off-guard, but hopefully everyone is prepared for these wintery conditions. Maybe by the time you read this, it will all be gone and we won't have to worry about it as we go into the weekend; fingers crossed! It seems when we have a million holiday things to do and places to go and events happening, that the weather opts to dump some horrible weather event upon us....
The Eagle urges all organizations to inform us of any changes in your schedule since the covid restrictions. 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. Helping Hand Food Bank, Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3 Fern Hill Rd., Cathlamet,...
Motorists frequently traveling SR 4 between Skamokawa and Longview will likely have noticed changes in zones where passing other vehicles is allowed. Eagle reporters contacted Washington Department of Transportation officials to learn about the changes, where they've occurred, and why the changes were needed. Here is a response from WSDOT Traffic Operations Engineer David E. Burkey, edited for brevity: In summer 2021, we resurfaced roughly a 25-mile stretch of State Route 4 . . . The work provided an opportunity to make proactive safety...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 6 — 2:38 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided an ailing Rosedale resident. 8:42 a.m. A Rosedale resident complained that construction workers were blocking driveways while using a cul-de-sac for parking. 9:27 a.m. A caller reported that a protection order had been violated. 2:11 p.m. Someone hung up after dialing 911. Dispatch attempted to call back, but there was no response and no voicemail. A d...
Robert "Bob" James Burdick March 6, 1947 - November 20, 2021 Bob Burdick was born in Longview, WA to Donald and Claire (Jackson) Burdick. He grew up in the nearby logging town of Cathlamet, WA. Bob was the youngest of three rambunctious boys, and he loved sports. He competed in baseball, football, basketball and track, but Bob really excelled at golf and saw a future there. After he graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1965, Bob studied Business at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, WA and...
Mary Bernice Cothren, lovingly known as Babe, 77, a lifelong Cathlamet resident, died December 8, 2021 at her home in Cathlamet. Mary was born in Cathlamet on October 3, 1944 to Sigvard and Ruth (Olson) Vog. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1962. After her first marriage, she divorced and married Kenith Cothren on December 20, 1983; he preceded her in 2006. She was a well known and loved waitress at several restaurants in the local community ending her career at the Duck Inn in 1994. From 1986 to 1989 Mary and Kenny lived in...
Juanita Rodahl, longtime Cathlamet resident, died at her home on December 7, 2021. Juanita was born in Joaquin, Texas to Thomas and Lillian (McBride) Settle on March 27,1933. She graduated from Tenaha Texas High School in 1950. She worked as a telephone operator for 10 years and in 1960 she married Ralph. She and Ralph opened the Skyline Golf Course in 1966. They loved the golf course and their golfers. Everyone who played there enjoyed Ralph and Juanita from the out of town tournament golfers...
David Zimmerman, 83, of Cathlamet, died December 8, 2021, after a month long stay at a Longview nursing home. He was born January 30, 1938, in Moberly, Missouri to Sylvia and Alfred Zimmerman. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri with his five siblings, there was much mischief and humor to fill their days, qualities they carried into adulthood. Though the six eventually lived far apart, they laughed when they were together, and were ever loyal to each other. David joined the Navy at the age of 17 and...
Operation of the community center in Cathlamet is up in the air after the Cathlamet Town Council and Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners voted to cancel their lease for center usage. The town owns the building housing the center, and the county in the past few years has provided a manager. The County Health and Human Services Department has covered the manager's wage through a variety of grants and outside entities without using county-sourced funds. Those funds, however, have disappeared, and without money in the budget for the position,...
It wasn't easy, but the Cathlamet Town Council ploughed through a variety of business Monday evening, ranging from Butler Street parking lot redesign to initial approval of the 2021 town budgets. Council members received a report from John Hinton of Gray and Osborne Engineers outlining potential areas for sewer system expansion. They include: --The vicinity of the intersection of SR 4 and the Elochoman Valley Road, --Greenwood Hill, --Up North Jacobson Road, --Olive Drive off of Columbia Street, --The Rosedale Height area up Boege Road, and...
The Washington Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday voted move 230 acres of county trust timberland into permanent conservation status and compensate counties for loss of the revenue producing timberland. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources will transfer 230 acres of state forestlands in Wahkiakum, Pacific and Skamania counties into permanent conservation status. The 230 acres, which would have been managed to fund local services in the three counties, are being transferred to Natural Resources Conservation Areas (NRCA) to...
There were two more cases of covid-19 reported in Wahkiakum County on Monday, bringing the cumulative total to 263 with three cases considered potentially active. The number of hospitalizations and deaths attributed to covid-19 in the county stood still this week, according to the Washington Department of Health, at 17 and five respectively. The DOH also reports that 4,395 doses of the vaccine have been given to residents in the county. In the state, 81.2 percent of the population age 12 and up...
