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Following discussion at their Feb. 26 meeting, Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to boost funding for the manager of the Wahkiakum County Fair. In other business, commissioners approved a new position for the Department of Health and Human Services; they approved adjustments to county ferry fares, and they heard a variety of reports. Members of the Wahkiakum County Fair Board last week asked that the board restore or increase the funding for the fair manager's work hours. County...
PARIS, France (March 3) -- Cathlamet resident Jim Kolberg encountered some of the turmoil in France last weekend as he visited Paris. He offered this report and photo: "I was listening to ‘Bassam,’ an old friend and bar owner in Paris, tell me a story. His 92-year-old father had died in October, and Bassam went to visit his family. He flew to Beirut, Lebanon then hired a taxi for US $350 to drive him to Damascus, Syria. As he was describing the five major security stops on the route to Dam...
A Lady Mule basketball player was incorrectly identified in photo cutline in last week's edition. The player driving to the basket was Alex Watkins, not her twin sister Kimberlee....
• Lawmakers seek to eliminate bullying in public schools • Law would protect transgender students OLYMPIA (Feb. 28, 2019) —State senators passed a bill with a 29-20 vote to prohibit harassment, intimidation, bullying and discrimination based on gender identity in public schools. The vote followed party lines, with the exception of Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, voting with the Democrats, and Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, siding with the Republicans. The bill will move to the House now for consideration. Substitute Senate Bill 5689 aims to elimi...
OLYMPIA – A bipartisan bill to enable public utility districts to sell and distribute hydrogen fuel and sponsored by 33 senators — well over half the state Senate — unanimously passed the chamber and is now in the House of Representatives for consideration. Senate Bill 5588 would authorize public utility districts to sell renewable hydrogen to consumers via pipeline or shippable pressurized containers. “If you take H2O and you separate the ‘O,’ you end up with H2, which is hydrogen,” said Sen. Brad Hawkins, R-East Wenatchee, prime sponsor...
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...
OLYMPIA (March 1, 2019) — Gov. Jay Inslee announced he is seeking the presidency of the United States in a video focused on climate change posted on his Facebook page early Friday. Inslee joins 14 other Democrats and one Republican, former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, who will challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Inslee is the only Democrat with gubernatorial experience to enter the race so far. “We’re the first generation to feel the sting of climate change. And we’re the last that can do something about it.” he said i...
Debra Lawson-Bean, owner of Angel Wings Pet Sanctuary on Puget Island has been charged on eight counts of improper care of animals. Lawson was charged with 1) failure to provide suitable food; 2) failure to provide facilities for animal waste disposal so as to minimize odors; 3) failure to tag each dog or cat with a unique identifying number; 4) failure to provide indoor facilities adequately ventilated to remove foul odors; 5) failure to provide outdoor facilities with sufficient space for the...
On February 13, the members of the Cathlamet Town Council held a workshop to consider a December 2018 Department of Ecology report on 58 Main Street, which belongs to Bank of the Pacific, and 20 Butler Street, which now belongs to to the town. The lot was once the site of a gas station and auto repair business. It closed after down slope neighbors noticed gasoline coming out of the ground, indicating that an undergound storage tank was leaking. The site was later cleaned up at the direction of...
Wahkiakum County fair board members visited the county board of commissioners Tuesday to press for adjustments to their 2019 budget. The 2019 budget allocation reduced the number of hours the fair manager may work, and this hampers fair operations, said fair board member Becky Thacker. There are other issues to address, Thacker and Kay Walters said. The small heaters in the office are inadequate in the recent cold weather, they said, and utility expenses are far beyond what was expected when the budget was set. Wahkiakum PUD acquired the West...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 21) — A proposed bill would eliminate the philosophical or personal objection used to exempt children from vaccines required to attend schools in Washington state. Senate Bill 5841 is co-sponsored by a group of 10 Democratic senators and introduced by Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver. There is a current measles outbreak in Clark County with 62 confirmed cases, Cleveland said. Gov. Jay Inslee declared a public health emergency in Clark County on Jan. 18. [The total reached 65 on Sunday in Clark County; a total of 66 in the s...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 22) -- Washington State may impose restrictions on law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology. House Bill 1654 would require state and local government agencies to have a warrant if they are monitoring public footage, and states that agencies cannot use facial recognition to analyze footage obtained from a police-worn body camera. Any facial recognition data obtained by agencies could not be used as evidence in court. It also requires the Legislature to conduct a report on the accuracy of facial recognition systems w...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 21) -- School districts would be required to use excess career and technical education funding for specific purposes under proposed legislation. This bill sends an important message that sending money for career and technical education is important and the money should equate to program availability for student, said Sponsor District 18 Senator Ann Rivers R- La Center. The bill is an effort to create boundaries in how money left over after funding education programs, earmarked for career and technical education, formerly known as...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 26) -- Lawmakers aim to reduce pollution from plastic bags by establishing higher standards for the use of bags at retail establishments. Substitute House Bill 1205 is co-sponsored by 16 Democratic representatives and introduced by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds. The legislation restricts the provision of single-use plastic carryout bags in grocery and retail stores across Washington state. Plastic bags are made of nonrenewable resources and never biodegrade, posing a threat to animal life and the food chain, the bill states....
OLYMPIA (Feb. 14) -- A proposed bill would require public schools to provide comprehensive sexual health education as a part of their curriculum. Senate Bill 5395 is co-sponsored by 17 Democratic representatives and introduced by Sen. Claire Wilson, D-Federal Way. The bill was requested by Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal. The legislation aims to use curriculum that is evidence-informed, medically and scientifically accurate, age-appropriate and inclusive of all students. SB 5395 seeks to educate students on abstinence as...
• Initiative would reduce car tabs to a flat rate • Opponents say it would harm transportation funding OLYMPIA (Feb. 260 -- The Senate and House transportation committees heard public testimony Tuesday on Tim Eyman’s “Bring Back Our $30 Car Tabs” initiative. The legislature has the option to propose an alternative to the initiative which would appear alongside the initiative on the 2019 ballot. Eyman was the only person to testify in support of Initiative 976, in both the House and Senate. “I think that the fact that the voters have voted for i...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7-15 p.m. Sandra Sews, 10:30-Noon. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7 p.m. Food Addicts Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd & Mapl...
The Good Partner sparkles in the winter sun at the Elochoman Slough Marina. Photo by Rick Nelson....
The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce held its annual crab and oyster feed last Saturday at the Norse Hall on Puget Island to raise funds for the Bald Eagle Festival and Fireworks Show. The three seatings were filled with enthusiastic diners, including Jay Rockford, below, left, who heated his oysters to his personal taste. Right, Mark Howie, left, and Duncan Cruickshank were happy to serve. Lower right, a happy raffle winner displays her winnings. Photos courtesy of Megan Blackb...
Burglaries along the SR 4 corridor seem to be on the rise, according to Wahkiakum County Sheriff Mark Howie. One night last week, the Hancock Forest Industries office was burglarized, a specially equipped wheelchair van was stolen from a Skamokawa parking lot, and a car temporarily left on KM was broken into and items stolen. “We’ve seen a spike in thefts and burglaries up and down our SR 4 corridor in the last three month period,” Howie said. “They seem to know what they want to hit. They kn...
Line Foreman Shane Pfenniger stopped by the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners meeting to recount the two hour county wide power outage event that took place last week and explain how the crew responded. “The power went out at my house,” Pfenniger said. “Immediately I got text messages and phone calls from all the employees here. That indicated that it was a county wide outage. I called the crew in, we made our way to the substation and we called the dispatcher from BPA.” Normally, Pfen...
Commissioners of Wahkiakum County Port District No. 1 expressed great interest in River Mile 38 Brewery owners’ possible plans for expansion on port property at their meeting last Thursday. Rex Czuba, one of the new owners of the brewery, approached the board about their hopes to erect a second building closer to the river before going over a prepared analysis of the projected impact of the potential project. The brewery has become a favorite amongst local residents, and on a summer day v...
Wahkiakum County should begin preparing for the 2020 US Census, county officials were told Tuesday. US Bureau Partnership Specialist Lorraine Ralston introduced the county board of commissioners to the process and suggested the county form a local group called a "complete count committee" to support local efforts. Census data has important uses, she said, including becoming a deciding factor in funding appropriations ranging from Medicaid to highway construction. It is also used to redistrict the seats in the US House of Representatives. To opt...
After reviewing a self assessment during a special session, the Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors moved into their regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Debbie McClain, a special education teacher at the school since 1981, gave an overview of the program as it is now, and how it has changed over the years. “Special ed funding is based on 13.5 percent of your special ed student population,” McClain said. “WSD is at 19 percent. Anything above the 13.5 percent is not funded by the sta...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council addressed a variety of issues when they met Tuesday. --The council voted 4-0 to contract with John Morgan and his Morgan CPS consulting firm to develop a long-term strategic plan. Councilor Jean Burnham commented that the $20,000 price seemed expensive. Colleagues Sue Cameron and Laurel Waller countered that the planning would give the council and staff a basis for making decisions. "I think it will be much more integral to getting us to the future we want," Waller said. --Councilors and members of the...
