Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Cathlamet Woman's Club presented Charlene Jeffers with a Golden Pie Plate for her service as the Pie Social Chair from 2002-2020 at their annual Pie Social at Tsuga Gallery on Friday. Jeffers spoke about how she had grown personally as a member of the club, and how the club had historically served the community, including raising money at pie socials throughout the years to help local people in need. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
To The Eagle: We need to understand the propaganda of the “woke” Socialists/Communists for what it is. Their effort is to divide Americans, weaken our economy, release violent criminals back into the streets, demoralize good law enforcement officers making the nation unsure and less safe, destroy capitalism- and relieve us of our right to bear arms. Every civilization before us that lost the right to bear arms, lost their freedom overnight. Yet, amazingly, I have been reading in The Eagle letters stating things like, “Guns in private hands...
To The Eagle: About three weeks ago I received a letter from Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler. To make it short, she stated that the talk in Olympia is surrounding new taxes, even a state income tax. She wrote to Inslee requesting to oppose all new taxes including state income tax. Let’s see if he listened to her. Also how in hells bells would Inslee and Brown allow BLM and Antifa Activists to have its own headquarters in Portland and Seattle terrorizing people and vandalizing properties? We need law and order. The legislators should be talk...
To The Eagle: One of our PUD commissioners has started a crusade to bring city water to the folks in Deep River, and wants to dig into the two million dollar reserve fund to get the project going. Manager Dave Tramblie valiantly dug in his heels, gently pointing out that completing the project would be prohibitively expensive. He at least slowed them down to the point of deciding to discuss the matter further, but he’s a short-timer, soon to retire and be replaced by someone unaware of our rich history of water/sewer misadventures. Years a...
Photo by Rick Nelson....
NOT BAD--It looks like this is going to be a pretty decent week for weather, with mostly sunny and mild temperatures, so I hope you've been enjoying it as it appears the rains will return in a few days, so we have to enjoy these nice days while we have them. At the moment, it may not be super sunny but at least it's not pouring down rain like it was at times this past weekend, so we'll take all the dry spells we can get, cloudy or not! SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from May 13-19 are Christeena Bassi, Bryce McClain, Tayler...
Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, meetings and events usually listed here have been canceled or changed to online participation until further notice. The Eagle was advised of the following events: Online Recovery Meeting, Lower Columbia River Refuge Recovery. Mondays 6:30 p.m. Zoom ID 960 8413 9102. Community Center, Mon. 9-12 & 1-5. Tues-Thurs. 9-1. Friday by appointment. Cathlamet Library T-F 2-5 p.m. Covid restrictions enforced. Johnson Park, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Great Rivers BHO Governing Board, Fri., May 14...
It's Tuesday and what a glorious day it is! Had coffee on the "west" deck so I could look at the "Naselle" rhododendron that's finally blooming. I see them in Naselle and tried to find one that was the right color to plant in my yard. It's taken that plant several years to bloom, but it's opening now and looks so lovely. Naselle always blooms ahead of us in Grays River. Reminder: Lori Sharrow, family nurse practitioner NP for the Wellness Center, is taking new patients at this time. They take...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: May 2 — 2:28 p.m. A welfare check was requested after a medical alarm was activated at a Cathlamet residence. A deputy responded and determined there was no medical issue. 2:31 p.m. A caller requested a welfare check on a Cathlamet resident who had newspapers piled up on her porch and did not respond when a neighbor knocked on her door. A deputy responded; the resident was fine. 5:17 p.m. A caller said a d...
Former Cathlamet resident John Marley, Jr. (Jack) was born in South Gate, California on 12-21-1934 to Louretta and John Marley, Sr. He died at home on Friday 04-23-21 with his wife, Mae, by his side. Jack joined the Marine Corps and served three years active duty and five years in the Marine Corps Reserve. He was in law enforcement in California for 25 years serving as a deputy sheriff, police officer and detective. He retired from the Palm Springs Police Department in 1977. He is survived by hi...
Dorothy May (Dring) Collier died April 24, 2021. She was born September 8, 1924 in Los Angeles, California to Morris and Elizebeth (Doucette) Dring. She took secretarial courses at Pasadena JC. She married William Collier and had one son, Michael. Dorothy liked to fish and travel. After she retired she volunteered at the senior center in Healdsburg, California where she was living at that time. She moved to Cathlamet about 2005. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband “Bill” and survived by her sister Marion Green. She will be buried nex...
The filing period for candidates for positions on this year's election ballot runs next Monday through Friday. Positions on the ballot are listed above; they include four positions on the Naselle/Gray's River Valley School District board of directors; three positions on the Wahkiakum School District board of directors; the mayor and three positions on the Cathlamet Town Council; two positions on the Port District 2 board of commissioners, and one position on the Port District 1 board of directors. Town Council Member Robert Stowe on Monday...
The 2021 Great White-tail Run will be a virtual, anywhere goes event held May 15-22. This is a virtual walk or run 2 mile, 5K, or 10K event to raise money for Wahkiakum 4-H. Participants can complete their run/walk May 15--22. All registered participants will receive a runner's head buff in the mail. Organizers encourage canine participants with their owners and they urge participants to take canine family members with them on their run/walk. This race is traditionally held in Skamokawa around the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge,...
Randall Ecklund discovered a passion for one science while studying another. While he enjoyed most of the subjects he studied in school, except perhaps for higher level math, Randall lit up when he started talking about one particular segment of his biology class, when they turned their focus to the chemistry of biology. “It was only about a month of chemistry, but it was always something to look forward to every day,” Randall said. “That class made me want to be a chemist for a while. I had h...
When you love learning as much as Nalani Schultz does, picking a favorite teacher can be hard to do. "I really did love all of my teachers, but I especially enjoyed talking about philosophy and politics with Mr. Cox because it's always exciting and stimulating," Nalani said. "Mr. Stetzer is really funny and unconventional, so that is always fun, and he's kind of awkward. It's hilarious. I really appreciate him because he told me that he saw me being a physics teacher in a brick building and now...
Another Wahkiakum County resident tested positive for covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 115. Nine of those cases are potentially active. Cowlitz County is reporting 5,379 total cases, with 160 considered active. They have had 70 deaths attributed to covid-19. As of Friday, Pacific County had 966 cases, with 25 considered active, and 11 deaths. Across the river, Columbia County is reporting 1,671 cases and 26 deaths, and Clatsop County has had 961 cases and eight...
To The Eagle: The constant unceasing denigration of our country continues apace. The self-anointed holy among us decry our allegiance to basic American values. They want us to disarm and beg forgiveness from the hateful Left. We Americans are guilty of racism, sexism, and our syrupy America-First beliefs. Did you ever stop to think why so many people hate their own country and a good half of its people? The virtue-signaling gun control cries from a few of our locals and the publisher of this newspaper clearly shows their disregard for our...
HERE WE GO!--We're almost a week into another new month, and I have to tell you that I'm sure somebody has sped up the ole time machine, as these days are flying by! Our last weekend was mostly just cloudy on Saturday after rain on Friday night and Sunday was a bit cool and foggy in some areas in the early morning hours but it got nice and sunny and made for a great afternoon outside. I heard we may be in for a damp weekend, which is kind of the pits, but we really do need the rain. You really notice this if you're trying to just "pull" weeds,...
Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, meetings and events usually listed here have been canceled or changed to online participation until further notice. The Eagle was advised of the following events: Online Recovery Meeting, Lower Columbia River Refuge Recovery. Mondays 6:30 p.m. Zoom ID 960 8413 9102. Community Center, Mon. 9-12 & 1-5. Tues-Thurs. 9-1. Friday by appointment. Cathlamet Library T-F 2-5 p.m. Covid restrictions enforced. Wahkiakum PUD, Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Johnson Park, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10 a.m.- 4...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: April 25 — 10:06 p.m. The Grays River ambulance and the Grays River Fire Department responded to a Grays River resident who was unconscious following a possible stroke. April 26 — 7:33 a.m. A caller reported that a deceased sea lion had washed ashore near the marina. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife was notified. 8:19 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance and the Puget Island Fire Department provided a l...
The 2021 Great White-tail Run will be a virtual, anywhere goes event held May 15-22. This is a virtual walk or run 2 mile, 5K, or 10K event to raise money for Wahkiakum 4-H. Participants can complete their run/walk May 15--22. All registered participants will receive a runner's head buff in the mail. Organizers encourage canine participants with their owners and they urge participants to take canine family members with them on their run/walk. This race is traditionally held in Skamokawa around the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge,...
Virginia Beth Shofner “Ginny,” 38, of Portland, formerly of Cathlamet, died March 6, 2021 in a Portland Hospital. She was born October 11, 1982 to Tom and Lou (Evans) Shofner in Salem, Oregon. Ginny was raised in the mountains of Colorado and was an active 4-H member and officer. She loved her horses and trail rides. As an adult she worked in landscaping and enjoyed creating beautiful outdoor spaces. She liked to sew and quilt and made her children’s Halloween costumes. She loved cooking with her children and was so proud of them. Ginny is su...
The Cathlamet Public (Blanche Bradley Memorial) Library has been closed to public entry since December 1, 2020 due to COVID-19. According to Librarian Carol Blix, patrons have been able to check out materials for curbside pickup, but not enter to browse for items on their own. People have been donating books to the library for the biannual book sales held by the Library Foundation in support of the library and its programs. The closure caused the cancellation of the 2020 sales so the books have been accumulating since the last sale in October o...
Organizers of the Wahkiakum Summer Lunch Program are inviting the public to offer suggestions and to participate in the process. The countywide program provides lunches to children and households June 21 – July 29, Monday - Thursday. Last summer the unexpected challenges of COVID-19 created an increase in food insecurity for Wahkiakum County households. "With financial support from our Board of County Commissioners, an amazing army of volunteers donated their time for 11 weeks to prepare and distribute 5,334 lunches across the county," reported...
Alex Tantum knows there is a bigger world out there. He came to Cathlamet two or three years ago, when his stepfather found a job opportunity, but he was born in Florida, and lived in Tennessee and California before coming to the Pacific Northwest. "It's pretty good," he says. "It's really expensive to live in California." Living in different places is one kind of education, but Alex has discovered another way to travel and get to know people--foreign films. Foreign everything. He's hooked. So...
