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Wahkiakum County voters have a choice of two experienced officers for election as county sheriff. Mike Balch has 29 years of experience in the department and serves as the department’s detective. Tukwila Police Department officer Mark Howie joined the department several years ago as undersheriff under Sheriff Jon Dearmore and was appointed to be sheriff almost a year ago upon Dearmore’s death. Both candidates have appeared at community forums; here is another look at them. Mark Howie Mark How...
No. 13-116 FILING OF PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS OCTOBER 21, 2013 AND NOVEMBER 18, 2013 TOWN OF CATHLAMET 2014 PRELIMINARY BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Preliminary Budget for 2013 has been filed with the Clerk/Treasurer. A copy thereof is available for viewing in the Town Hall Office, 102 Main Street, Suite 203, Cathlamet, WA 98612. The council for the Town of Cathlamet will hold Public Hearings on the 2013 Preliminary Budget at the regularly scheduled meetings on October 21, 2013 at 7:00 pm and November...
No. 13-115 NOTICE OF TOWN OF CATHLAMET BUDGET WORKSHOP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of Cathlamet will hold a Budget Workshop for the Town’s 2014 Budget. This workshop will be held October 15, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. at the DeBriae Meeting Room, 255 2nd St., Cathlamet, WA 98612. By order of the Council for the Town of Cathlamet. Tina Schubert Clerk/Treasurer Town of Cathlamet Publish October 10, 2013...
No. 13-114 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Wahkiakum County Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, October 24, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room on the 3rd floor of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street, Cathlamet, WA 98612. Agenda items are: · Shoreline Substantial Development/Conditional Use Permit No. 2013-2-4, Doug and Stephanie Olsen - Placement of a floating home, dock, ramp and walkway within Birnie Slough. · Shoreline Substantial Development/Conditional...
SUPER NICE--What a difference a week makes, as this weekend we had absolutely gorgeous weather, compared to the soaking we had the week before, so it was really great. The night-time temperatures were in the low 40s in West Valley, with lots of fog in the morning hours, but the sunshine that followed made it all worthwhile. With more rain due at the beginning of the work week, we can only hope that it clears up some by mid-week like they say it's going to, at least for a couple of days. SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from Oct. 10-16...
In the Sheriff’s race portion of the Candidate Forum in Grays River Tuesday night, moderator Krist Novoselic opened up the event by fielding questions from the crowd. Here are some questions put to candidates Mike Balch and Mark Howie. Question: Mike, you mentioned our dependence on volunteers in the county. I’m recalling back when Jon Dearmore was the undersheriff and he asked me to be recruited into the CERT program. The Civilian Emergency Response Training program. We still don’t have CERT...
To The Eagle: Kudos to the Cathlamet Woman’s Club and The Eagle for hosting the September 23, 2013 forum where the voters could listen to the responses of Wahkiakum County Sheriff candidates Mark Howie and Mike Balch to questions about their qualifications, preparedness, and approach to the job of Sheriff. September 17-23 is National U.S. Constitution Week, and I cannot think of a better way to honor the legacy of our Founding Fathers than helping citizens inform themselves about choices facing them on November 5, Election Day. After t...
To The Eagle: What are the people running this country and the world doing? I have coined a term, “Democanunist.” If it is not readily apparent, this is a blend of Democrat, Republican and Communist. They are all involved in the political arena and appear to be feathering their own nests with no regard to the results and consequences of their actions. Please note: I acknowledge there may yet be people who are still trying to abide by the US Constitution and Bill of Rights; people who are trying to live honest and straight. It appears the ord...
No. 13-112 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, a political subdivision and duly organized and existing County of the State of Washington, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 13-2-00061-9 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR JUDGMENT FORECLOSING TAX LIENS AND SUMMONS FOR DELINQUENT TAXES EACH AND EVERY LOT, TRACT, PART, PARCEL AND PORTION OF THE VARIOUS PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN CERTIFICATE OF DELINQUENCY FOR DELINQUENT TAX from 2010 and OTHER YEARS; AND ALL PERSONS KNOWN OR UNKNOWN HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT,...
Leonard William Quigley III, 70, of Cathlamet, died September 26, 2013 in Longview. He was born April 21, 1943 in Cathlamet, to Leonard and Betty (Hutton) Quigley and lived his entire life in the local area. He graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1961 and served in the US Navy. He was a commercial fisherman and belonged to the Longview Eagles and Heritage Bible Church on Puget Island. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was an avid sports fan. Larry was outgoing, fun loving and high spirited. He was the “communication hub” in Cathlamet. He...
Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services (H&HS) is ready to help people without health insurance tackle the new health insurance exchanges which opened Tuesday. Department administrators reported to the county board of commissioners that they and their staff have completed training and are prepared to help people go through the process. In other business before the board of commissioners on Tuesday, commissioners agreed to lobby for removal of a sunken steel vessel blocking a dock on Deep River. H&HS Director Sue Cameron and Human Services co...
Voters who have trouble with the now common vote-by-mail system may vote in the Wahkiakum and Cowlitz county auditor's offices by using a voting machine. The AutoMARK is a ballot marking machine equipped with audio and visual technology that allows voters with vision, reading, and mobility issues who cannot mark their ballot in the usual way, vote privately and independently. According to information from the Wahkiakum County Auditor's Office, the AutoMARK is easy to use, magnifies ballots, reads ballots, marks ballots, and is accurate and...
Cathlamet Mayor George Wehrfritz and Public Works Superintendent Duncan Cruickshank offered the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners a chance to renegotiate the current water contract with the town at the bi-monthly PUD meeting Tuesday morning. “What we want to do is get to the point where we can get a new contract and move on and stop talking about this,” Cruickshank said. “What we are looking for is the PUD to take a share of the cost of our financing for when we buy large items. "You...
To The Eagle: October 1st marks the first day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This month is nationally recognized as a time to mourn those who have lost their lives, celebrate those who have survived and connect all of us so we can work together to end violence. The unfortunate fact is that so many of us know someone who has been affected by domestic violence – a friend whose creepy boyfriend we never really liked, or a family member who, years later, reveals surviving abuse no one ever knew about, or a family friend whose...
WET WEEKEND--Fall officially began last weekend and what a wet one it was. Sunday was especially soggy and blustery and it certainly brought home the realization that our summer is over, but at least it wasn't as bad here as it was other places, which had multiple trees down and major power outages, so I'm sure we were all happy about that. Beings I never seem to get all those sunny day chores done before the rains begin, I'm hoping for a few nice fall days so that I might get caught up. However hard it is to believe, we are going into October...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: September 16--10:13 a.m. A deputy and a mental health professional responded to aid a Cathlamet resident who was very upset. 2:41 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Rosedale woman injured in a fall. 9:19 p.m. A Rosedale resident said a neighbor's dangerous dog was on top of a car; the caller later reported the situation was resolved. September 17--10:53 a.m. An East Valley resident complained...
The Cathlamet Town Council last Friday voted 3-1 to approve an agreement with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to set up net pens at the Broadway Street dock for nurturing juvenile spring chinook this winter. Council members had reconvened a meeting recessed from September 15 on Friday. They had discussed the issue earlier but delayed action to have a clean, formal agreement to consider. At that Monday meeting, Aaron Roberts, WDFW regional hatchery manager, explained that the department wanted to test the feasibility of having...
Candidates for sheriff, Mike Balch and Mark Howie, met for a debate on Monday night in front of a crowd in the Pioneer Church. The event was sponsored by the Woman’s Club and moderated by The Wahkiakum County Eagle Publisher Rick Nelson. Below is a truncated version of the evening’s conversation. Rick Nelson: The format tonight will be a debate style program where I’ll ask a question and one candidate will have an opportunity to respond, the next candidate can respond, and then if they would...
MIXED BAG--Well, this past week we've certainly had a variety of weather and some of it was great. Then came Sunday! Wow, that was quite an impressive thunder event we had and if you add a touch of lightning and a brief power outage, along with some heavy rains, it made for quite an interesting day! Looks like we're in for some cooler weather with fairly moderate temperatures for most of this week, except for Thursday (today), when temperatures are back in the summer time range. I guess we may need to keep the fans and AC units going just a...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: September 9—7:55 p.m. A motorist reportedhitting a deer in the Grays River area; state patrol was notified. September 10—8:40 a.m. A Rosedale resident reported a theft. 1:30 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid an Elochoman Valley resident who had injured a leg in a fall. 1:54 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a residence in Elochoman Valley where an overdose was reported. 4:41...
Dana Kay LaFavor died on September 17, 2013, in Las Vegas. Graveside service pending at Greenwood Cemetery in Cathlamet. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Cathlamet Town Council Member Dick Swart, standing in for Mayor Wehrfritz, who had a scheduling conflict, last Thursday presented commissioners of Port District 1 an opportunity to take the lead in the development of the lagoon, the current site of the city sewer ponds. Swart spoke of the many years of work that has gone into relocating the town’s wastewater treatment facility away from the waterfront so that “this precious resource can be used for something more up to date and for the bet...
The Cathlamet Town Council is offering a proposed compromise to Wahkiakum PUD to resolve their dispute over the contract to provide water to the Puget Island Water System. Town officials feel the contract doesn't include costs for system expansion and water loss, and PUD officials haven't agreed to pick up a share of those costs, which, in the future, would include upgrades to the water plant's raw water intake and the implementation of a second source of water for the town's water system. At their meeting in July, council members agreed that...
Commissioner Eugene Healy addressed the termination of Wahkiakum PUD's current water contract with the Town of Cathlamet in 2037 during Tuesday’s PUD commissioner meeting. “I came away with the idea, ”Healy said, “that we all agree that currently the contract that we have is satisfactory to both parties, we may not like the contract, either side, but it is being administered properly and legally." Speaking to the commissioners’ desire to move forward, Robert Jungers said, “For a specific ta...
No. 13-101 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Wahkiakum County Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, September 26, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room on the 3rd floor of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street, Cathlamet, WA 98612. Agenda items are: · Shoreline Substantial Development/Conditional Use Permit No. 2013-2-4, Doug and Stephanie Olsen - Placement of a floating home, dock, ramp and walkway within Birnie Slough. · Current Use/Open Space Procedures. Secretary...
