Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: My, how quickly things change. For the past four years, McConnell, Graham, Cruz and many other politicos have been waxing poetic about Donald Trump. Of a sudden it seems, fueled by what appears to have been a botched coup attempt or at best a rebellious bunch of spoiled children trying for insurrection, the game changed. The gentlemen mentioned above turned around so quickly that if they were tigers, their black stripes would be lying in the dust behind them leaving their true color. American politics are a barrel of laughs for a...
To The Eagle: There is goodness and beauty all around us, yet we grow accustomed to it and sometimes fail to notice or feel gratitude. That is why I wish to extend my thanks to The Wahkiakum County Eagle for setting aside a full page each January to share poetry written by the residents of this community. The annual poetry corner invites all of us to take a break from the discord and unrest in the world and redirect our focus. It gives us an opportunity to find commonality, to see that we are not that different from each other. It lifted my...
Local restaurant owners are eager to reopen and are developing outdoor solutions, but the question remains whether outdoor dining will happen in Wahkiakum County. Abiding by state and local guidelines proves difficult both financially and logistically. Under regional reopening the county is at the mercy of its neighbors Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania, and Klickitat. The uncertain future of the county unsurprisingly forces restaurant owners to make difficult business decisions to ensure their...
NICE, THEN SOGGY--It was certainly nice to enjoy some sunshine this last Friday and Saturday, as it was a much needed break that gave the high waters time to recede and gave all the outdoor lovers a time to stroll or bike in some dry conditions, awesome! I think we often take nice days for granted, so when they show up after a week of steady rains and nothing but dark gloomy skies, those bright, clear skies and sunshine are really appreciated that much more! The coming week looks a bit wet, with even some blustery winds and minor flooding, but...
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....
Rain and Boredom Wahkiakum County is one of the rainiest places in the nation with an annual accumulation of over 94 inches compared with the national average of 38 inches of rain annually. There are on average 126 sunny days per year in Wahkiakum County. With that in mind the question I have been periodically asked by newcomers is what one can do when it is raining all the time. For many of the area farmers nothing really changes except everything including the cows get wet. The local businesses that are open get busy, yet some who are older...
January 3 — 10:32 a.m. A caller reported that a man in a trench coat was holding two men at gunpoint at an address on Altoona/Pillar Rock Road. Deputies, state patrol, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officers responded. An individual was taken into custody. A search warrant was issued for the house and a firearm was located. 4:46 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a Cathlamet resident with a blood pressure issue. January 4 — 7:11 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided an ailing Rosedale resident. 7:57 a.m. A caller reported a sus...
Each year, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United State selects emergency medical technicians, law enforcement and firefighter personnel to receive Public Servant Awards. Local VFW Posts submit a winner from each category to their State VFW Department Headquarters. The department then selects a single winner for each of the three awards and submit those to VFW National Headquarters. The VFW National Emergency Medical Technician Public Servant Award applies to any individual, who actively gives...
Washington State Library (WSL) announced that Cathlamet Public Library was selected to receive a $2,000 grant to advance digital equity in Wahkiakum County. Provided by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the funding will be used by the library to provide patron access to the internet away from library facilities and help close the digital divide, by making five mobile hotspots available for checkout. The hotspots will allow patrons to complete tasks that require internet access such as completion...
Betty Lou Brons, longtime Cathlamet resident, died in Yuma AZ on January 1, 2021. Betty was born in Rutherfordton NC on February 5, 1938 to Benjamin and Effie (Hayes) Crawford. In 1959 she moved to Cathlamet. She and her first husband had five children and were later divorced. Betty married Bob Brons on June 28, 1975 and Bob preceded her in February of 2020. Betty worked at the Columbia View Care Center and owned Betty B’s Deli from 1977-1979. She enjoyed cooking and entertaining, visiting with family, reading and travelling with Bob. They e...
Jim Coffee was recently announced as the next Chief Executive Officer for the Cowlitz Family Health Center, which operates the clinic in Cathlamet. He has been the deputy director and chief operations officer at CFHC and will replace CEO Dian Cooper following her retirement. Cooper was the CFHC founder and served as CEO for 38 years. “[Cooper’s] vision and leadership has established CFHC as one of the finest, most successful Family Health Centers in the state of Washington,” a press release from the CFHC Board of Directors stated, “with...
Life can turn on a dime, it's said. I heard this story on a Wednesday morning. Before the day was over, it had taken a surprising and brighter turn, I'm pleased to say. Let's start at the beginning. If you've been lucky enough to catch some Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball in the last few years, you know about the Watkins twins, Alexzandria and Kimberlee. The two are juniors this year, 17 years old, and have been on the varsity team since they were in eighth grade. It's been a hard year for many...
As of Wednesday morning, the number of Wahkiakum County residents to test positive since March for the covid-19 virus had grown to 60. Wahkiakum Health and Human Services considers 14 of those cases to be active. “Recovered is more of a math issue,” WHHS Director Chris Bischoff said on Monday. “We are not doing tests for people that recover, so if you haven’t had any symptoms for 10 days, you’re recovered. That’s CDC guidance.” Because of privacy issues that arise in small populations,...
To The Eagle: Enough! If anyone wrote a book five years ago about a political scene as exists now, no one would publish it as it would be considered unbelievable. Plus today all parties have a different view of what is happening. We just had an an election, so let’s concentrate locally to change our quality of living in Wahkiakum County. Wahkiakum is not getting the support for a small rural county it deserves. And this includes all parties at all levels. Wahkiakum County needs to work ardently to change this. The county is beautiful and f...
IT'S A NEW YEAR--It's my first column of 2021, wow, we made it! We may be into a new year, but we still have the same ole weather, wet and wild! We even ended the first Saturday in January with a heck of a rain event, which also came along with some strong winds, of course that depended on where you live, as some areas got hit harder than others. I think the first tree casuality happened on the west end, as a tree came down across Altoona Road in the early evening hours, so that set the tone for the rest of the evening. By the time I headed to...
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 Behavioral Health Governing Board via web/phone call, 1 (872) 242-7644, PIN # 58337, Fri.,...
December 28 — 10:03 a.m. A caller reported a lost wallet. 10:29 a.m. A caller reported that the bathrooms at Vista Park had been vandalized with spray paint. 10:36 a.m. A child alleged that a stepparent had spanked her with a flip flop at a Longview home and said she did not want to return, a caller reported. A deputy advised the caller to contact authorities in Longview. 11:30 a.m. A caller reported that someone had started a campfire on Steamboat Slough in the parking lot past Hornstra Beach. 4:34 p.m. An Alger Creek resident asked to s...
On Tuesday, during a special Cathlamet Town Council meeting, the mayor’s tie breaking vote passed a motion allowing The Spar to work with town staff on a right-of-way permit for outdoor dining. The town invited the public to express thoughts on outdoor dining structures that would take up parking spaces in front of restaurants that wanted to opt-in for a right-of-way permit. The Spar owner, Stephanie Vossen, proposed a temporary structure in front of her venue that would take up two parking spots but allow The Spar to offer dine-in services. C...
Cathlamet and its surrounding area did the town proud, as it decked the halls with twinkling lights, blowup santas, angels and reindeer, dragons and even minions in the Inaugural Cathlamet Holiday Lights Competition. Sponsored by Cathlamet Town Councilman Robert Stowe and his wife, Elizabeth, and with generous support from The Wahkiakum County Eagle, the two spent Saturday evening pouring through the ballots ensuring there were no hanging chads, no ballots from life-challenged voters and no...
Aerial photograph of the Town of Cathlamet’s timberland near Abe Creek. Harvesting will begin this month. The projected amount of revenue from the timber harvest would increase the town’s reserve fund to $490,000, which would go towards capital expenditures, improvements, and emergencies. The $300,000 from the harvest is projected in the 2021 budget. Photographs by Todd Souvenir....
To The Eagle: I recently read about our government slush fund. I don't know how many of your readers know about this so I thought I'd enlighten them. Here is where some of our money is going: 10 m. to Pakistan for gender studies; 300 m. to the carribean to study how many fish are in the sea; 506 m. to Central America for corruption (don't know if that’s for or against it); 500 m. to build a wall between Jordan and Syria; 1.3 billion to Egypt to buy weapons. These are pretty hard core. Now for some–levity? 1.3 m. to study if Americans would eat...
To The Eagle: Shall we take a step back in history when a certain Roman emperor fiddled while Rome burned? Nah...what could we possibly learn from that! James Roberts Cathlamet...
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: December 18 ¾ 4:39 p.m. A caller complained about a neighbor’s pigs, which were screaming and had no shelter or water. The caller said he didn’t know who was taking care of them, the owner was out of state. 4:51 p.m. A caller reported seeing a brush fire up in the hills toward Skamokawa. The Cathlamet Fire Department responded but were told to stand down when they learned it was a slash burn conducted for...
Top: Stephanie Leitz, left, was the emcee for a Wahkiakum Lions Club "Night Out Wahkiakum" holiday program which was streamed online last week and highlighted local talents like musicians Kyleen Austin and Andrew Emlen, right, and Robert Michael Pyle, who maintained his traditional reading of "The Night Before Christmas." Right: Cathlamet librarian Carol Blix read a story during Night Out Wahkiakum, and the Wahkiakum High School Dance Club performed a routine to a Christmas tune. Screenshots by...
