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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Are you or someone you know experiencing homelessness? We would like to invite you to join us at the community center Thursday, Jan. 24th from 12-5 for our annual Point In Time count. We will have hot soup, internet access, coffee, giveaways and staff here to help connect you with services. Ending homelessness in our county is a priority, and we look forward to helping you. If you have any questions contact Julie Johnston @ 360-795-8630. Also, this Tuesday January 22nd @ 6:30 Michael Martin will be here to speak on historic Native American...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners approved a resolution to request membership in the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments and listened to reports from the general manager and auditor at their first meeting of the new year last Wednesday. General Manager Dave Tramblie reported that the PUD took advantage of some recent foggy, cold weather to pull out a rarely used infrared camera to inspect substations at both ends of the county as well as their main feeders. They found no...
Wahkiakum County commissioners stepped back from selling a house in Cathlamet and explored issues regarding burgeoning technology costs when they met Tuesday. In a public hearing about the board's proposal to declare the Johnson House surplus and put it up for sale, commissioners heard comments that caused them to reconsider the sale. The house had been used by Health and Human Services until the county acquired the former United Church of Christ building, now called the Hope House. Commissioners had suggested the county would be better off to...
When representatives of local governmental and public service entities got together Tuesday, they covered a lot of ground ranging from economic development plans to the recall effort of members of the Cathlamet Town Council. The representatives get together every three months in forums sponsored by the Cowlitz/Wahkiakum Council of Governments (COG). While most speakers had positive news to share, Council Member Sue Cameron reported town government is under a lot of strain. The clerk/treasurer is ill and unable to work, so an interim...
To The Eagle: As librarian I must regretfully announce that it has become necessary to increase fees for out-of-town library cards at Cathlamet Public Library. Half of our patrons live outside the town limits, but the county has declined to add support for the library to their budget for 2018 or 2019. The Library Board of Trustees voted at their January 3rd meeting to raise the cost of an out-of-town children's card to $6, an adult card to $15, and a family card to $23. These fees are still below what other libraries of similar size but with...
WET/COLD--We ended one year and began another with a couple of things in common: they were both freezing cold and they both delivered outstanding sunrises and sunsets, and I mean just extrodinarily gorgeous ones! I was happy to see the 20 degree temperatures go away, but I was wishing that the warmer temperatures didn't come with quite so much rain, but that's the way it goes around here. Of course, as we started this work week, we began with some heavy sleet in some areas, which caused school to open a little late, and caused some very dicey...
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, 6-7:15 p.m. Food Addicts, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30-Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7...
Wahkiakum Food and Farm Network is seeking information on food products grown and made across Wahkiakum County, as well as what kind of support they could use to help them be successful. With support from WSU Wahkiakum County Extension, the group developed an online survey that producers can take easily and free of charge, via the link: https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7ZK3lHp2rDg03nT. Producers can also use their smart phones to access the survey with this link or the QR Code included as a picture with this article. Finally,...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 31 — 4:58 a.m. The Department of Ecology and Georgia Pacific responded after a crane spilled oil onto a barge at Wauna Mill. 5:50 a.m. People were inside a home that caught fire in the Rosedale area. The Cathlamet Fire Department, the Cathlamet ambulance, and the PUD responded. A fire investigator and the Red Cross were notified. 9:52 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a Puget Island resident who h...
Above, left, members of a local youth basketball team warm up before competing in a tournament last weekend at Thomas Middle School. Coach Garrett Miller filed this report: This last weekend's fourth grade girls basketball tournament was a great success. With close to 100 in attendance both days, and officiated by our top ranked Mule girls basketball team, the fourth grade girls on all teams played their hearts out. After day one action concluded Wahkiakum had gone 3-0 and had earned to top...
Marilyn (Lynn) H. Wilson nee House died January 1, 2019 at the age of 86 in Coronado, Calif., from colon cancer. Lynn was born August 30, 1932 to Millard B. House and Hildur C. House. She grew up in St. Paul, Minn., and married her first husband Thomas P. Rose. They built a home on the St. Croix River in St. Mary's Point, Minn. She owned and operated a chain of women's dress stores, Lynn Rose Fashions, for 26 years in the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin. During that time she was married to Robert T. Wilson. They retired initially to...
Nancy C. Owen, 84, of Castle Rock, died January 2, 2019 at Community Hospice. She was born in Wolf Creek, N. Carolina on August 27, 1934 to John and Etta Shelton. She received a basic education in a one-room schoolhouse and was raised in the Baptist Church. She married Bill Owen on October 11, 1952. In 1961 they moved to Cathlamet where they lived until 1992. While living in Cathlamet, Nancy was a caregiver for many local children and is lovingly remembered by them as a great cook and baker who...
Community Center 101 Main Street Cathlamet 360.795.7870 Monday through Wednesday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Friday 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. (2nd Friday book club) Brown Bag Lunch at 11 a.m. After a long and joyous holiday season, our town is coming together to co-create a beautiful 2019 filled with meaningful activities for people of all ages! The center is available to you, so if that means getting involved, challenging yourself to meet new people or learning something new, come and see what is going on. -On January 15th SHIBA...
The Cathlamet Public Library has just received the popular LEGO Mindstorms kit http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms for youth patrons to use for a limited time. The Mindstorms kits are designed to teach robotics to middle school students and above. Each kit will come with the following equipment: • LEGO Mindstorms Education EV3 Core Set • Laptops with licenses Lego EV3 software • Projector • IR Sensor and IR Beacon/Remote • Extra Ultrasonic Sensor • Assorted extra LEGO accessories and parts. The kit will stay at the library until Saturday, J...
A group of Cathlamet residents have filed petitions to hold recall elections for Mayor Dale Jacobson and Council Members Sue Cameron, Jean Burnham and Ryan Smith. Under Washington law, elected officials may be recalled for misfeasance or malfeasance in office. A recall petition is submitted to the county prosecuting attorney for drafting a ballot title and synopsis, which are delivered to the officers subject to recall and also to the superior court, where a judge will review the petitions to approve the synopsis and to determine the...
To The Eagle: Just saw the latest news that there were over 40,000 deaths last year from guns, more than half were suicides. And this is not an epidemic? Clearly we have to do something to protect our population. Our county commissioners want to try to turn back the referendum that our state recently passed. What do they intend to accomplish with this effort? Is it a good idea just as we see that gun deaths have reached a 40 year high? At the same time as the commissioners tell us they should not make any effort to take steps to combat this...
To The Eagle: Some years ago I heard that there was a baseball player whose annual pay was more than the combined pay of all our U.S. congressmen and senators. At the time I thought that was a terrible comment on our nation’s value system. Now after observing the behavior of our senators and congressmen and many other federal employees for the last couple years, I don’t believe their combined pay should be as high as a second baseman’s. Gilbert Vik Cathlamet...
An equipment failure at a CenturyLink facility Thursday evening in Colorado caused local and nationwide outages to 9-1-1 dispatch centers, long distance telephone service and internet connections. CenturyLink reported the outage about 8:18 p.m. Thursday, and Beau Renfro, Wahkiakum County Emergency Services (EMS) soon joined a nationwide telephone conference call that continued none stop into Friday morning. When it became clear the outage would last some time, EMS personnel sent text and reverse 9-1-1 telephone messages to county residents to...
FIRST COLUMN--Here we are already, writing the first column of a new year! Funny, but it seems like yesterday that I said the same thing, but nope, the year just really flew by and it's already 2019; wow! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Years Eve/Day as well. Beings we had really early deadlines for this week's column, (Dec. 28), I won't know how things truly ended for the next few days, but hopefully, all went well for you and yours! I'll try to catch up with all those happenings next week. FOGGY--I know one thing, it's...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. 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 Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Cathlamet Public...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 24 — 9:50 a.m. A deputy followed up on a report of abuse at a Cathlamet home. A youth had informed Child Protective Services that his mother had hit him so hard it had left a mark. The child admitted to the deputy that he had lied; the bruise was a result of sports. He had lied because he no longer wished to live at home. The deputy advised the youth of the consequences of making a false statement. 1...
Hobart Leroy Thacker, "Hoby" died at 95, on December 22, 2018 in Longview. He was born on October 30, 1923 in Chandler, Oklahoma to Garrett and Fannie (Leffler) Thacker. He graduated from Barnsdall, Okla. High School in 1942 and attended Community College before joining the US Navy in 1943. He met Clara Doane in Anacortes, WA while serving in the Navy there and they married in December 1944. After his discharge in 1946, they lived in various places before settling in Skamokawa in 1951. He had...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 17 — 8:48 a.m. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife was notified after a caller found tracks leading to two deceased deer on Puget Island. 9:59 a.m. A driver was cited for speed. 10:16 a.m. A caller requested a step stool when a person needed assistance getting into a tow truck in Cathlamet. 11:03 a.m. A youth was caught igniting toilet paper at a Cathlamet school. A deputy spoke with the s...
Wahkiakum County commissioners will hold a public hearing Jan. 8 to consider declaring the Johnson House surplus and putting it up for sale. The two-story building, at 80 Division Street, had been used as an extension of Health and Human Services programs. Those programs have moved to the Hope Center, leaving the house unused. Commissioners will decide whether to put the house to other use or to put it up for sale. The public is invited to comment at the hearing, scheduled to start at 10 a.m....
Tickets are on sale for the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce's 34th annual crab and oyster feed. The event will be held February 16 at the Norse Hall, 444 SR409, on Puget Island. The feed has seatings at 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person and are on sale at the Bank of the Pacific, Cathlamet Branch. If paying by check, make them payable to Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce, and in the memo write “crab & oyster feed” and which seating is requested. One may also mail payment to The Bank of the Pacific at PO Box 337, Cathlamet, WA 986...
