Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: Good news from D.C.; Supreme Court on the integrity of elections, no votes by the dead. The economy at 3.9 growth, low unemployment [local Norpac hiring more because of DOJ supported lawsuit] [re. Newsprint from the dumping Canadian businesses]. And now, the beginnings of a path to peace on the Korean peninsula. All of my lifetime there has been an unfinished war. Our west coast has been in the crosshairs. Thank you Mr. President, Donald J. Trump. Peace. Mike Swift Cathlamet...
To The Eagle: Thank you very much for the prize money (Wahkiakum County Eagle photo contest.) I donated it to the Veterans of Foreign Wars here in Cathlamet. I have been a member of this organization for several years. I have also witnessed the good they do for our community. Most of which goes unnoticed by the majority of people in our county. Their goal is to help veterans and their families who are in need. They are also involved with educating students of the importance of acknowledging the sacrifices that men and women in uniform make and...
MUCH WETTER--Compared to the week before, this past weekend was much wetter. In spite of some sunny times, the rainy times definitely made their presence known, as it would absolutely come down in buckets, which pretty much destroyed what flowers I had left out there. Oh well, I got to enjoy them longer than usual, as it often pours just before Memorial Day. With our parched lawns, fields and forests, it was actually a good thing to have them watered down a bit. SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from June 14-20 are Mike McLaughlin,...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-9 p.m. Girl Scouts, Community Center, Cathlamet, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Learn to knit, crochet and mend, Susan Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Food Addicts Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 5:30-7 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m....
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 3 — 8:23 a.m. A driver was cited for speed. 10:40 a.m. An alarm was activated at a Rosedale home. A deputy investigated and found everything secure. 11:13 a.m. A driver was cited for speed. 2:59 p.m. A driver was cited for speed. 3:28 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided an individual in Cathlamet who was complaining of chest pain and dizziness. The Grays River Fire Department also responded. 3:33 p.m. A...
Three local fire fighters recently graduated from the Washington State Fire Fighting Academy. They are, l-r, Jack Leavitt and Alex Peachy, District 4 department, and Paul Tillman, Cathlamet Fire Department. Courtesy photos....
You can find our calendar of events online https://www.facebook.com/Wahkiakum.Community.Center Wahkiakum Outdoors presents Pike Minnow Reward Program at the River Street Meeting room at 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wed June 20. S.A.I.L (Stay Active and Independent for Life) every Thursday starting at 12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m., Hope Center. Contact: Sharon at 360-849-4956. 7 p.m. Friday Night Movie is rated PG-13 and is family friendly. This movie came out in 1996. Some aliens come to Earth, while the world tries to see if they truly “come in peace,” but a dea...
Community Vacation Bible School will be held this year at Heritage Bible Church, June 18-22, 9 a.m. – Noon with check-in beginning at 8:45 a.m. It is for children entering Kindergarten through 5th grade. At “BugZone: Transformed by our BIG God!” kids will sing songs, do crafts, hear Bible stories, eat snacks, play games, and more. Registration is available online at www.vbsmate.com/wahkiakum or forms may be picked up at St. James Family Center, The Wahkiakum County Eagle or the following participating churches: Heritage Bible, River of Life,...
Young readers will explore all things related to music this summer as Cathlamet Public Library presents “Libraries Rock!” during their summer library program. Activities may include music demonstrations, playing simple musical instruments, constructing their own instruments, sound experiments, singing silly songs, games and more. The 2018 Summer Reading Program is open to children and young teens, ages 5 to 15, with programs, prize drawings, story times, reading incentives, and more. Families are invited to join the Read-to-Me portion of the...
Pool staff supervisor Duncan Cruickshank is certain that the Julia Butler Hansen Municipal Pool will open on Monday but suggests there might be a chance that doors will open this Saturday in time for open swim. The weather is supposed to be hot, so check the Cathlamet Swimming Pool Facebook page for more concrete information on the potential Saturday opening. New and seasoned lifeguards have been training for the coming summer season using the StarGuard program, implemented last year. The...
Live Music on Saturday, June 16 at River Mile 38 Brewing Co. Farmer Rob, guitar and vocalist, 5-8 p.m., on the Crow's Nest Stage, 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
To The Eagle: Plans are underway to offer free sack lunches to youth in our community this summer. Lunch on Us is a grass roots effort designed to help our local kids have a healthier summer. According to Feeding America, 1 in 7 people in the U.S. face hunger every year. The rates of hunger in children are even higher, with about 1 in 5 lacking proper access to food at some point during the year. The realities of food insecurity often mean that kids especially lack food access in summer months — a time when families can't rely on free or r...
To The Eagle: I came to this area in 2003. I learned a lot in my first years as a newcomer, so I thought I’d share a few things with any new folks who have moved here recently. First, it’s important to realize you’ve come into a Scandinavian culture with Finnish folks in Naselle, Swedish and Finnish in Grays River, and Norwegian on Puget Island. There are other heritages as well, of course, but the Scandinavian heritage is very strong here. These are hardworking, honest, kind and intelligent folk who may not appear overly friendly at first...
To The Eagle: Well I read the letter to the editor last week where your typical liberal takes his time to try and explain what a conservative is, of course he was way off the mark and the explanation was the funniest thing I ever heard, no wait, this old Army Sergeant has to say a Marine that knits, now that's funnier. The next topic was about the gut wrenching decision a woman has to make to abort a baby, a less gut wrenching decision would be that if you don't want a baby (rape and a mother’s life being exceptions) how about a much less gut w...
HALF TERRIFIC--This past weekend we got one perfect day, and one "so-so" day. With some of our states experiencing wildfires already, I have to say, the raindrops that started on Sunday afternoon, were really a blessing I thought, as were the ones that fell on Monday, as we've had an extremely dry May, which is pretty rare for us, and so things are already quite dry. WRAPPING IT UP.--The "perfect day" was this last Saturday, which was the day of the last Wahkiakum Dollars For Scholars Rods and Reels Rod Run (car show) so for that, we were...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS, Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-9 p.m. Girl Scouts, Community Center, Cathlamet, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Dept., 7 p.m. 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. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. Helping Hand Food Bank, Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3 Fern Hill Rd., 10 a.m.-3...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: May 28 — 6:47 a.m. A caller was concerned that a man walking along the white-line of SR 4 near Nassa Point might get hit. 12:46 p.m. A driver was cited for speed. 2:07 p.m. District 4 Fire Department sent a tender to a structure fire in Cowlitz County. 2:24 p.m. The sheriff’s office was asked to respond to County Line Park when a state patrol officer handling stolen plates did not answer. A few minutes lat...
Wahkiakum Community Center, 100 Main Street, Cathlamet 360.795.7870. Women’s Peer Led Support Group every Wednesday starting this Wed, June 6th 4-6 p.m., contact info: Andrea (360) 849-9106. Sandra Sews Thursdays 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. TOPS (taking off pounds sensibly) Thursdays at 6 p.m. Wahkiakum Outdoors: organized by WCC’s flex-host & volunteer, Mike Passmore. • Gardening with Kids June 9th 10-11 a.m., with Robin Westphal at the Elementary School Garden. • Pikeminnow Reward Program June 20th 6:30-8 p.m. The River Street Meeting Room. WDFW...
Sept. 5, 1951 - June 1, 2018 Teresa Lee Brusco passed away in her husband's arms, surrounded by friends and family on June 1, 2018, at the age of 66. She was born Sept. 5, 1951, in Hood River, Ore., to Chester and Florence "Billie" Wellenbrock. Her early years were spent at the foot of Mt. Adams at logging Camp Draper in Glenwood, Wash. Her father, Chester was tragically killed in a logging accident when Terri was 12 years old. Terri moved with her family to Cathlamet, where she started the...
James R. Miller, AKA Jim JR and Jimmy depending on the relationship with him, died May 25, 2018 as a result of congestive heart failure. He was 86 years old. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Linda, his daughters Lisa Fisher (Randy), Shelley Seidenverg (Mark) and sons Michael (Cheryl) and Stephen (Cindy) along with several grand- and great-grandchildren. Jim graduated from Clover Park High School only to be drafted into the Korean War by the U.S. Marine Corps that summer. Fortunately he was posted to the Marine band after boot camp....
Wahkiakum students have been working on an exciting new exhibit entitled "Welcome Home: A Sunnier Historical Perspective of Wahkiakum County!" opened at the River Life Interpretive Center at Redmen Hall in Skamokawa last weekend. Wahkiakum High School art teacher Sue Garn, Darla Mead, who teaches music to middle school and high school students, and Paul Lawrence, the middle school architecture teacher were the driving force behind this immense creative project. The exhibit "reflects the joy of...
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce invites the public to a tourism summit to be held Friday, June 8, 3 p.m., at the River Street Meeting Room in Cathlamet. This is an opportunity to discuss the following issues: · Why should our community invest in tourism? · Isn’t it just low paying jobs? · What do we have to offer? · How can this help our community? The chamber is seeking input and ideas from the public. Tourism Director of Tillamook County, Nan Devlin will speak about the issues....
By Diana Zimmerman Photos by Rick Nelson On May 23, five candidates for US Representative for District 3 answered questions in a bipartisan forum in front of a full house at the Pioneer Community Center. Jaime Herrera Beutler was invited but did not attend. Carolyn Long was invited as well, but had a prior engagement. A representative spoke briefly in her stead. Wahkiakum High School Principal Stephanie Leitz introduced the candidates with a brief bio and then each person was allowed a couple...
Wahkiakum students have been working on an exciting new exhibit entitled “Welcome Home: A Sunnier Historical Perspective of Wahkiakum County!” set to open at the River Life Interpretive Center at Redmen Hall in Skamokawa this weekend. Wahkiakum High School art teacher Sue Garn, Darla Mead, who teaches music to middle school and high school students, and Paul Lawrence, the middle school architecture teacher were the driving force behind this immense creative project. The exhibit “reflects the joy...
To The Eagle: After attending the candidates forum last week, I came away with the lingering questions I always have after someone claims to be a conservative. What is conservative about being concerned about some woman making the wrenching personal decision in regard to whether or not to carry a fetus to term as opposed to getting an abortion? When some old guy stands in front of a crowd and proudly announces that he is ‘pro-life', it does remind me of the whiney little tattletale kid on the second grade playground. It makes me wonder why s...
