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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Three seats on the Wahkiakum School District board of directors are on the November election ballot. Shawn Merz has filed for re-election to Position 1; incumbent Susan O'Connor and challenger Season Long have filed for Position 3, and newcomers Bobbie Stefan and Brandie Conrad have filed for Position 5. The Eagle has asked three questions of the candidates for Positions 3 and 4: Why are you running? How would you define or describe your role as a director? And, briefly, what would you hope to...
VEHICLE CHECK--We went through a lot of road work around here this past summer. Many folks were dealing with chipped or broken windshields, but those kinds of issues are readily seen and most likely taken care of rather quickly. What some don't see are the running lights, brake or signal lights or headlights that may have gotten dinged by some of those flying rocks. I have seen multiple vehicles lately that have lights that are no longer working, so with more hours of our day being dark, it would be wise of us to do a "walk around" our...
The Eagle urges all organizations to inform us of any changes in your schedule since the covid restrictions. THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 5:30-6:30 p.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...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: October 3 — 11:20 a.m. A caller said that kids were riding a moped on SR 409 without a helmet. 2:12 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided an Elochoman Valley resident who had a blood clot and was experiencing chills and a racing heart. 3:52 p.m. A caller requested a welfare check on a Puget Island resident. Deputies responded and spoke with the individual. October 4 — 7:13 a.m. A deputy and the Cathlamet amb...
Two people are candidates for election to a position on the board of commissioners of Port District 2 of Wahkiakum County. Allen Bennett is the incumbent; he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of former Commissioner Lee Tischer, who had resigned after being elected to the county board of commissioners. Former county Commissioner Mike Backman is also a candidate for the position. Both own property on Puget Island and would represent that portion of the port district. The Eagle invited the...
The debate over the proposed location of a second fish trap in the Columbia near Cathlamet continued this week at the meeting of the county board of commissioners. In September, the county planning commission voted to deny the application for a shoreline development permit without listing reasons. County commissioners invited planning commissioners to this week's meeting to learn what the objections might be. The county commission will take formal action on the permit application at a subsequent meeting. Planning commissioners on Tuesday said...
In a meeting lasting three hours and 13 minutes on Monday, members of the Cathlamet Town Council started work on their 2022 budgets and began a process to revise rates for sewer service. The council went through the preliminary budgets page by page, asking department heads to explain requests or changes in their budgets. Updated figures will be reviewed at their October 18 meeting. The council closed the meeting with an examination of a consultant firm's study of sewer rates and how they could be adjusted to be fairer for small consumers while...
As of Tuesday, there were 15 new cases of covid-19 reported in Wahkiakum County over the last seven days, with three last Thursday, five on Monday, and seven on Tuesday, for a total of 236. Of those cases, 29 are considered active. Of the 12 cases reported on Monday and Tuesday, eight were female, and four were male. The youngest was under the age of one, and the oldest was 64. Wahkiakum Health and Human Services (WHHS) Director Chris Bischoff said the county was not tracking whether these cases...
To The Eagle: In regard to Bill Wainright’s letter to the editor about people rejecting free vaccine to help them stay alive; I can think of two reasons why people rejected. One, the vaccine is still an experimental drug. The government and CDC are not on the same page anymore when spewing out information and statistics. Big media, big tech and big government want you to only read their narrative and so they banned and censored many conservatives and doctors websites, yet they allow terrorists like ISIS, BLM, Taliban, etc., to have their w...
Longtime Cathlamet resident Lois Nelson, 94, died Oct. 3 in Longview from a covid-19 viral infection. The daughter of Sheldon (Chuck) Pride and Vera Marie Nutting, she was born May 22, 1927, in Rupert, ID. As a child, she lived in Rupert and Los Angeles. She graduated from Rupert High School, attended business college in Los Angeles, and began working as a clerk in the Minidoka County Sheriff's Office. There she met a young reporter, Bob Nelson, and they were married in January, 1948. They had t...
Local 4-H members are showcasing their projects and awards in the front window of Jabber Shack on Main Street in Cathlamet, in celebration of National 4-H Week, October 3-10. Susan Zabel invited 4-H members to display their talents and awards in her shop to help celebrate their achievements, considering the traditional 4-H Covered Bridge Dinner was canceled this year due to rising Covid numbers. Zabel and Laurel Waller of Hotel Cathlamet also generously offered their space for a silent auction...
WET BEGINNING--As I begin this column, it's a very drippy Sunday morning. However, we all know how quickly these forecasts can change. The "mostly dry" week has now changed and so there's only a couple of dry looking days in the current weather forecast. We'll see how that turns out. With a little luck those wet days will turn into mostly dry days but I guess we'll have to wait and see. BURN BAN WAS LIFTED--The burn ban in our area has been lifted, so all the tree branch burners were happy to be rid of their piles of brush this past weekend....
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. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, work night, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Food Addicts Meeting, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible...
Sad News: Lois Nelson, mother of Eagle Publisher, Rick Nelson, passed away just a couple days ago. Wife of former publisher, Bob Nelson, she worked in The Eagle office for many years. She and Bob were the kindest couple who greeted me as a newcomer with warmth and smiles. Bob and Lois were loving parents to Rick and he carries The Eagle forward no matter what else is going on in his life. May God be with this family. Lois died of Covid. Another one lost. Photo of the Week: In the photo,...
A Cathlamet landmark is gone: Eagle Cliff Northwest, LLC, new owners of the Wrights Furniture and Hardware Store property on Broadway Street, brought in an excavator this past week to demolish the building. Photo by Jamie Nelson....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: September 26 — 3:46 a.m. A Puget Island resident said four of her cats were missing, and she believed a neighbor might have something to do with it after finding one of her cats in a trap he had set. A deputy spoke with the neighbor, who said he was trying to capture an aggressive nutria. He said he had cats of his own and would not intentionally harm one. 8:34 a.m. An east county resident who had called a...
Last Thursday, the majority of the Wahkiakum County Planning Commission voted to deny a permit application for a project to build a fish trap on the Columbia River near the Elochoman River mouth, with only one person voting in favor. They were there to review an application for conformance to the Shoreline Management Master Program prior to submitting a recommendation to the Wahkiakum County commissioners, but it wasn't clear if their vote was addressing conformance or the project itself. Aaron...
Following Wahkiakum County Planning Commission's rejection last Thursday of a permit to build a pound net fish trap in the Columbia below Cathlamet, applicant Blair Peterson had a request for the county board of commissioners: "Please make your decision based on facts and law," Peterson asked the county board on Tuesday. Cathlamet resident Peterson and Kurt Beardslee of the Wild Fish Conservancy are listed as applicants for a shoreline management permit to construct the trap along Hunting Island downriver from Cathlamet. Peterson has already...
Thursday morning update: Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services (WHHS) has received positive test result notifications for three additional COVID-19 cases in Wahkiakum County residents. This brings Wahkiakum to a cumulative total of 224 cases with 27 of those potentially active** and five fatalities. Fifteen cases have been reported this week. Following is the report as The Eagle went to press on Wednesday: Wahkiakum Health and Human Services reported 12 more cases of covid-19 in the county this week, with five on Monday, and seven more on...
To The Eagle: Bad enough we have issues with political realities, people rejecting free vaccine to help them stay alive, etc, but now, in our small, supposedly tight knit community, Robert Stowe signs continue to get vandalized. I thought I left all this stuff behind in Portland. Bill Wainwright Cathlamet...
To The Eagle: My sign on Columbia was deliberately hit by a truck on Saturday. There were witnesses that saw what happened but did not recognise who was driving or the truck itself. This is an on-going problem whenever there is an election. Apparently there is a group of people in Wahkiakum County who think it's okay to trash signs, steal signs, and deface signs. While it may seem like fun, it is a direct attack on the political process and our way of life. Please stop! Robert Stowe Cathlamet...
DAMP--As this week begins, it's just a tadbit cloudy and it's looking like rain will be arriving before long. It looks to be quite wet in the coming days, so I hope you've got your boots and umbrellas by the door as I think you're going to need them. The forecast says I won't be watering any plants for the next couple of days but we should have a decent weekend, so we'll hope that holds true. Hello, Fall! This means many holidays are coming up: Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, and usually there is an extra need for food items for those...
The Eagle urges all organizations to inform us of any changes in your schedule since the covid restrictions. THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS, Community Center, Cathlamet, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. AA Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Grays River Fire Department, open meeting, 7 p.m. Helping Hand Food Bank, Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3 Fern Hill Rd., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park,...
We are now half way through this year's Silver Buckle Series. It was nice to see two new riders in the lead line class; they are our future gamers. This week in the lead line class we had newcomers Eleana Soka and Madi De Moss and returning rider Sawyer Peek. If you have never watched a lead line class, you should come out this Saturday and watch these little riders. In the 12-18 year old class: 1. Adri Cram, Winlock; 2. Maddie Thoreson, Cathlamet; 3. Hannah Larsen, Longview; 4. Kat Hammill, Castle Rock. In the 19-35 year old class the winners...
Maxine Theresa McCormack Robeson, 91, former resident of Cathlamet and member of St Catherine Catholic Church, died September 9, 2021 at St. Joseph's Long Term Care Center in Spokane. Maxine was born October 11, 1929 in Colville to Patrick Francis and Marguerite (Reeder) McCormack of Chewelah. She was christened on October 30, 1929 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Chewelah. At age 91, Maxine was the last surviving child of Frank and Marguerite, her brother Joseph Francis McCormack and sister...
