Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: Having coached track and field at Wahkiakum High School from 1966 to 2001, one of my responsibilities was to keep accurate records; keeping in mind what is required to make records valid, e.g., two clocks on running events, wind aided (on sprints) etc. There are several records on the board in the high school gym. These records (available on www.waheagle.com) are correct. Also, I would like to see the track trophies in a display case in the hall instead of gathering dust in some closest. Terry Bonny Cathlamet Compiled by Terry Bon...
Thirteen folks marched the sidewalks of Cathlamet on St. Patrick's Day with seven Irish Wolfhounds. Above, Terrance Maloney with Brawn's Misty River Drifter. Photos were taken by Jean Kelsey. Above: Pam Hanson and Howard Drifter. Right: George and Shawna Stone walked a couple big dogs....
WET--I wish the forecast had been wrong and our Spring weather had shown up with more sun than rain, but it was pretty wet off and on this past Saturday. I hate to complain about it much though as many areas of our country were dealing with tornadoes and snow storms and were experiencing much worse conditions than we were. Currently our forecast calls for a couple of dry days on Friday and Saturday, so we hope that forecast holds! NOT SO GREAT--My cousin in Australia, Pam Everest, was showing me pictures of the massive amount of flooding in...
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 County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: March 14 — 7:17 p.m. Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance at a Cathlamet home and took an individual into custody after a caller reported that she had been assaulted by her ex-boyfriend. 8:29 p.m. A caller reported that two people in a Cathlamet apartment were yelling and physically fighting. Deputies responded. March 15 — 1:25 a.m. An alarm was activated at a Rosedale address. The owner was con...
Ellen Helmey Danker, 97, died March 19, 2021 at Effingham Hospital in Georgia. The Effingham County native was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and was a retired Postmaster. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ward Leroy Helmey and Emma Fetzer Helmey; husband, Eugene Vernon Danker; siblings, Leroy, Ralph, Harley, Walton, George, Jack, Clifford, Hilda, and Minnie Lee. Survivors include her children, Anthony Danker of Cathlamet, Lucille Leckman of Duluth, MN, and Vernon Danker of Guyton, GA; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren;...
Chance Cothren is a self-described sports person. "After school is done, I usually go play sports," Chance said. "There is nothing else I've really done. It's been sports, sports all year around. I've always been competitive. I don't like to lose." Last year was tough for this athlete, who broke his foot in the second quarter of the second football game, and then broke it again when basketball season rolled around. His favorite sport is baseball, and while he and his foot may have been ready to...
By Diana Zimmerman Brenden Pope made a personal decision last year to transfer to Wahkiakum High School because he valued his education and wanted to feel not just valued, but seen in the classroom, something he said he had never felt during his time in the Longview School District. "They were letting me slip through the cracks," Brenden said. "They were just pushing me through the system. It's way better here." Brenden still lives in Longview, making the drive to Cathlamet each day. "People are...
By Diana Zimmerman Evangeline Davidson has been celebrating her birthday since she was 12 for unusual reasons. It's the anniversary of the day she and her mom moved to Cathlamet, an end to a year of homelessness. The pair put nearly everything they owned in storage at the beginning of that year, except the things they needed. Those things were packed into a Suburban, which they lived in when they weren't staying in hotels. "So, that was fun," Evangeline said facetiously. "I saw a lot of people....
The Cathlamet Town Council met on Monday to discuss and vote on three updated ordinances reviewed by Code Publishing which has been performing an external review of outdated municipal codes. Mayor Dale Jacobson was in attendance after missing several consecutive meetings and commended Council Members David Olson and Robert Stowe for filling in as pro tem. The newest council member CeCe Raglin excused herself from the meeting and was not in attendance. Wahkiakum County Commissioner Lee Tischer spoke during the public comment portion of the...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday to listen to reports and continue their discussion about the general manager search. Commissioner Dennis Reid expressed concern about federal money that had been given to outside companies to provide broadband to areas in Skamokawa and on Puget Island. “That is going to take away our ability to do anything down there,” he said. “If they’ve got funds on a 10 year project, we won’t be able to get funds for that same area.” Commissione...
With no new covid-19 cases in the last week, Wahkiakum County’s cumulative number remained at 104. According to the Washington Department of Health, 1,554 tests have been conducted in the county so far. In Cowlitz County, 4,402 people have tested positive for covid-19, and 59 have died. Pacific County is reporting their 816th case, with 10 deaths. Across the river in Columbia County, there have been 1,298 confirmed cases, and 23 deaths attributed to covid-19. “The downward trend con...
DRIPPY START--As this week begins, it's a drippy kind of Sunday, but I'm told we'll have some dry days between now and when you get this paper, so I hope you were able to enjoy them like we all did last week, as those sunny days were certainly uplifting. I have to say though, my biggest surprise came on Monday morning when I woke up to snow; I did not see that coming! Luckily it was all gone by noon but just as I was getting ready to enjoy some blue skies, another big, black cloud came over and dumped some hail on us; what a day! For now, it...
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, Tues., 3/23, 8:30 a.m....
ACCIDENT: It's a snowy Monday morning in Grays River. Hard to recognize snow in mid-March after a few days of nice weather. Am recovering from an accident in my Kia last Saturday. It was the first time I've been in a serious accident in my 75 years. It was on SR 101 out of Chinook at the Springtown intersection. I expected heavy traffic on a nice Saturday, but I had no idea what that would mean on that road at noon. The intersection would indicate folks will be turning, but there is no slow...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: March 7 — 8:15 p.m. A deputy and the Cathlamet ambulance responded when a Cathlamet resident needed assistance. 9:46 p.m. A caller reported that he almost struck a horse that was loose on West Birnie Slough Road. Deputies attempted to contact the owner. It was noted that this was an ongoing problem. 10:44 p.m. The District 4 Fire Department responded to an Elochoman Valley home after the owner reported a c...
Cathlamet Public Library patrons now have access to LinkedIn Learning for Library. This program provides public library patrons with unlimited, cost-effective access to learn the latest software, creative, and business skills from Lynda.com plus courses offered in seven languages—onsite or offsite. Users of any skill level can choose bite-size tutorials, or comprehensive courses, on hundreds of topics, including: Leadership, Project Management, Excel, Sales, Job Hunting, Digital Marketing, Python, Photography, Videography, 3D and Animation, C...
When William Guitron gets his high school diploma in a few months, it won't recognize the education he has gotten working all these years in the family business. William, who is the third of four brothers, moved to Wahkiakum County with his family from another southwest Washington community about seven years ago. They opened Maria's Place, and over the years, William has gotten a front row seat to all the angles of running a small business, having participated in most aspects of it. He spends...
MIXED BAG--Saturday was a mix of weather from clouds to sunshine to rain and then repeated over and over, so the walk to the mailbox may have started out dry but by the time you came back up the driveway, it was raining! While not ideal, it sure beats the steady downpours that wind up causing us to flood, so I'll take the "sometimes wet" routine any day! On Sunday, depending on where you were, you may have been in the middle of a huge hail storm, as those in Astoria were sending out some fantastic pictures of the "white" area; it looked like a...
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. Great Rivers BHO Governing Board, Fri., March 12, 1 p.m. online meeting log in: www.gr...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 28 — 9:57 p.m. A caller witnessed someone in a silver car dump kittens in front of a home on SR 4 near Risk Road. The caller said that the kittens were getting run over. March 1 — 8:35 a.m. A caller reported that someone in a tan sedan had dumped seven to eight cats in front of her home on SR 4. 10:51 a.m. An East Sunny Sands resident said he had wired $43,000 to a company to purchase a mot...
The Misty Rivers Irish wolfhounds will host the annual St Patrick’s Day Parade on Wednesday, March 17. The sidewalk parade will gather across the street from the Butler Street Park at noon and commence down the east side of Main Street, cross in front of Cathlamet Market and proceed up the west side, ending with a photo op in front of the courthouse. The parade will be at a leisurely pace, widely spaced in deference to Covid protocols, with pauses along the way to pet the dogs. The parade was started in the mid-ninety’s with one Irish wol...
Submitted by Bill Tawater, VFW Post 5297 On March 2 at the monthly VFW Wahkiakum Post 5297 meeting, eight local businesses were recognized by the Veterans of Foreign Wars for their support in the Buddy Poppy Program. Two businesses, the Cathlamet Market and Cathlamet Mini Mart (formerly Gragg's General Store), have been supporting the local Wahkiakum Post 5297 with in-person booths outside their businesses during Memorial Day and Veterans Day Poppy drives for several years. Last year, because...
Brody Carlson is a natural athlete who enjoys whatever sport he happens to be playing at any given time. Right now it happens to be football in March. "It's freezing in this weather," he said, remarking on one of the adjustments high school athletes have made during the pandemic, with shortened seasons starting late in the academic year, and out of order. Brody is the quarterback for the Mule football team. In two weeks he'll be playing shortstop for the baseball team, and in late April, he'll...
Last month, one of the Wahkiakum County PUD’s water systems was showing a substantial loss in distribution, General Manager Dave Tramblie told the board of commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday. The water crew looked for a leak but wasn't able to track it down. When they revisited the data this month, the losses were much smaller. Tramblie said he had considered installing bypass meters as a possible solution, making it easier to find and address large leaks when they happen, but u...
