Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: Attention Wahkiakum County home and property owners: Some info for thought! If you are dissatisfied with your new home appraisals like I was, then you should file an appeal like I did. It’s easy to do to find comparison properties, then send the info to the Wahkiakum County Board of Equalization. Sometimes your figures stay the same, or sometimes they are lowered. It does not cost a fee, just a little paperwork. Get the paperwork from Bill at his office. I did this and my assessed fee was lowered $96,200! Well worth the p...
Companies in and around Wahkiakum County are invited to host a table at the Wahkiakum Career Day on March 29. The event will help 9th through 12th grade students learn about the area’s companies, industries and career opportunities. Employers from all industries, including health care, manufacturing, technology, construction, finance, hospitality, retail, apprenticeship and transportation are encouraged to participate. Table space is free. Companies should reserve their spot by March 22. To reserve a table or for more information contact A...
MUCH DIFFERENT--This past weekend we saw some sunshine and much more pleasant conditions than the last one. No white stuff, yeah! It was nice to catch a break after all the snow and rain, which led to road closures and tons of trees coming down, so a huge relief there. Many parts of the county still have plenty of water standing around however, so I'm pretty sure they are not looking for the rains to return, which should be by the time you read this. Let's hope it's not much. As this work week begins however, it's clear skies and sunshine, but...
THURSDAY Community Center at Cathlamet, 9 a.m. - Noon. Grief Recovery, Community Center, Cathlamet, 1 p.m. Rosburg Community Club, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, Ambulance Training, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past two weeks, including: February 6--4 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance, law officers and District 4 fire department responded to a vehicle that had rolled over along SR 4 east of Cathlamet; no one was injured. February 7--12:20 a.m. A caller reported someone was revving an engine near a house west of Cathlamet. 10:46 a.m. A Rosedale resident reported a child was posting weird things on Facebook; an officer investigated. 4:28 p.m. A...
Margie Lucille Moore passed away suddenly February 8, 2017. She was born January 26, 1936 in Bellingham Washington. She was preceded in death by her parents Albert Hisle, Shadow and Boots Burdick, brother Travis Burdick and son-in-law Steve Stamper. She is survived by her partner of 41 years Bob Hendrickson; her children Cheryl Stamper and Wayne (Nancy) Moore; Bob's children, Ron (Linda) Hendrickson, Dave (Sandy) Hendrickson, Larry (Sandy) Hendrickson, Joan (Dirk) Zeller, Heidi (Tom) Aasen, Caro...
Jimmy (Jim) C. Sanders, 72, of Cathlamet, died February 5 at Providence St. Vincent Hospital in Portland. He was born December 19, 1944 in North Carolina to Luther and Katherine (Ledbetter) Sanders. His family moved to SW Washington and he moved to Cathlamet in 2005. Jim met Dixie Willette in 1993 and they married on October 29, 1994. Jim was retired from the Air Force, where he served 22 years. Survivors include his wife Dixie; brother Wayne; sister Jenny (Ronald) Johnson; sons Steve...
Korben James Barth was born January 24, 2017 in Longview, to Nicholas James Barth and Rebecka Lee Barth of Cathlamet. Paternal grandparents are Jeff and Linda Barth of Cathlamet. Maternal grandparents are Fred and Darlene Hoven of Cathlamet and great grandmother is Shirley Patterson. Photo courtsey of Rebecka Barth....
The Community Center in Cathlamet has announced that they will hold a Grand “Re-Opening” Open House on Saturday, February 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Paige Lake from the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce will start it off with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Join them to learn more about the Community Center and the opportunities it provides. They have several clubs and activities, such as Book Club, Bunco, The Walking Group, The Brown Bag Lunch Group, Woodcarving, Wahkiakum Acoustic Guitar Society and Free Friday Movie Night. There are groups tha...
According to Mike Crouse, this story has been told a hundred times. There is a siren song on the river. Crouse heard it when he was a child in Skamokawa. In a home separated from the Columbia River by a white-tailed deer refuge, he knew when the commercial fishermen went out, because he could hear the music of their boats, even from that distance. These days he can name the gillnetters from the distinct rhythm and melody of their motors. What he hears is a call. "I gotta get out there," he...
To The Eagle: What a heartening and reassuring collection of opinions on page 2 of the February 2 Eagle! Beginning with the thoughtful and reasoned editorial by Rick Nelson, I was reminded again of how fortunate we are to have him in charge of our local newspaper. Rick has consistently offered thought-provoking opinions and “real news” to the residents of Wahkiakum County and beyond. Thanks Rick! I also appreciated the articles shared by Ms. Bucklin regarding the dangers of the methanol project in Kalama, the importance of the media art...
To the Eagle: It was fine to see the front page of the Ground Hog's Day edition dominated by literary matters. Diana Zimmerman did a fine job reporting on poetry and libraries in the county, as she does on so many stories. We are very fortunate to have her on your staff. As to the poetry, I was frustrated to read the announcement of the state's new poet laureate, Tod Marshall, reading in Cathlamet only on the very day of the event the previous week, and then to read in Diana's report that the audience was small. I might have missed it in an...
To The Eagle: When you protest something you are validating its existence. You might not believe it, but the best thing to do is quietly ignore what you would have protested and get very very busy doing things that make conditions better all across the board. Ben Elkinton Cathlamet...
NOT NICE--The weekend began with lots of rain and temps in the 40s, so when I went to bed on Saturday night to pouring rain and 45 degree temps, I didn't think much of it, other than I knew I'd wake up to a "lake" Sunday morning. Well, I did wake up to a "lake" in our field, but it was also surrounded by a whole lot of snow; yikes! The late night forecast said that snow would not be arriving until later Sunday, so that was off just a wee bit. With some folks getting three inches and others up to six, or even close to a foot, we were certainly h...
Wahkiakum County commissioners handled a variety of business at their Tuesday meeting, with topics ranging from vacancies on various boards to a report on the county's economics. Puget Island resident Sylvia Costich addressed Commissioners Blair Brady and Mike Backman (Commissioner Dan Cothren was in Olympia at a meeting of the state Board of Natural Resources), commenting that it would help their decision making to become aware of the county's demographics and economics. "Many of your agenda item discussions address the welfare of the citizens...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Community Center, 9 a.m. - Noon. Grief Recovery, Cathlamet Community Center, 1 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No. 1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District, No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights Adv...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past two weeks, including: January 30 — 1:40 p.m. A caller reported that someone had placed an “ISIS Hunting permit” sticker on her vehicle while it was parked at a Rosedale business. 11:14 p.m. A caller reported that a woman was screaming while standing in the middle of a Puget Island road. A deputy was unable to locate the individual. January 31 — 3:03 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a Skamokawa resident who may have suffere...
Joyce R. Cothren, 82, of Cathlamet, died on January 29 at home. She was born to Frank and Roberta (Jones) Lilly in Newport, Washington on December 13, 1934. She graduated from Winlock High School in 1953 and married GL Cothren on June 12 the same year. Joyce loved reading, camping, clam digging, playing cards and sending cards to everyone for birthdays, anniversaries and sympathy. She was a caring, loving person. She was a supporter of the Columbia Theater in Longview and enjoyed performances there. She and GL were avid Mules fans and she was...
Last Thursday, Tod Marshall, the 2016-2018 Washington State Poet Laureate, stopped by the Cathlamet Library to talk about his duties and experiences and share some poetry and ideas. Marshall was raised in Kansas and is a proud Jayhawk; through a soccer scholarship, he began a rather lengthy education, first at an undergraduate school in Michigan. He still plays soccer today, though he admits more slowly and less skillfully. He studied English and philosophy before continuing on to earn a...
To The Eagle: In regard to last week’s excellent article about journalism’s value, I thought the writer’s perspective that media plays an important role for all of us was spot on - regardless of our political slant. Being a democracy, it is crucial that all of us are as educated and informed as possible when we vote. If everyone spent just 20 minutes or so a day reading a variety of news sources about domestic and world events, political decisions, local events, etc., we wouldn’t need to worry about fake or biased news. This is because we’d be...
To The Eagle: The PTO would like to thank everyone in the community for your continued support and help in all of the school activities that we work on. From the Fall Fundraisers, Book Fairs, Christmas Shop, everything. It's because of students, parents, and community that all of these events do well! We have another fun activity coming up in February. It's our annual Box Top for Education Drive. Our next submission date is February 27 and we want this one to be the biggest our school has ever turned in! For every one of those little pink Box...
MILDER/THEN COLD?--We had a few days of warmer temperatures around here but still had some freezing mornings in West Valley, so it hasn't exactly been a heat wave! Still, it's certainly better than the massive flooding, snowfalls and freezing rain episodes that were happening in other parts of our country. I am hoping that my weather app is really wrong, as it says we could get a little more snow by the time you read this, but just in case it's right, take it easy out there! INTERNET WOES--It seems like whenever it's time to turn in my column,...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Community Center, 9 a.m. - Noon. Grief Recovery, Cathlamet Community Center, 1 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet Fire Department, 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. Cathlamet Public Library Board of Trustees, 12:45 p.m. Westside Play &...
Hope everyone had a wonderful January. Wow! Time is flying; this Saturday, February 4 is the Valentine's Diamond Dinner. It will be held at the Skamokawa Grange from 6-8 p.m. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased from Fair Board Members, the Bank of Pacific in Cathlamet and Naselle or the Duck Inn. If you would like to see the Diamond Ring it will be posted on the fair's facebook page. Hope to see everyone there. The next event the fair will hold is its monthly Flea Market on Feb. 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Also that day the fair will be...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past two weeks, including: January 23 — 12:34 p.m. A caller reported that a juvenile was “out of control” at a Rosedale home. 6:20 p.m. A caller reported a burglary at a Puget Island home. January 24 — 8:31 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided a Skamokawa resident who had an allergic reaction. 9:09 a.m. A Rosedale resident requested assistance after getting locked out of a vehicle while the engine was running. 10:59 a.m. A Puget Isla...
