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Angie Whitehead has opened a little shop on Main Street in Cathlamet, where she sells lovely and fun handmade decorative items. Whitehead and her two sisters, Daria and Donna, have filled the shop with their creations, handmade and re-purposed from items they find at auctions and thrift shops. "I think mom had a master degree in home economics," Whitehead said, "she did costuming for a theatre in Portland. This kind of creativity was always around. My oldest sister does all the sewing, she's a...
• Some Sheriffs, including Wahkiakum’s Mark Howie, feel I-1639 violates 2nd Amendment • Refuse to enforce the law unless federal court upholds it By RaeLynn Ricarte Colville Statesman-Examiner The number of Washington law enforcement and government leaders balking at upholding gun control measures approved by voters in November, is growing. Stevens County Sheriff Brad Manke said his deputies will not actively seek out violators unless there is an imminent threat to public safety. “I took an oath to defend the Constitution and uphold the laws of...
Kylie Thacker is designing her life, one bag at a time, with her leather smithing business, Truant Leather Co. And as she says herself, "what brought me here is not a perfect line, it's a web of all these different things." Pain is not a nice way to start a story, but this story, like many, can't be told without a little of it. Thacker, a 2002 Wahkiakum High School alum, first learned about loss at the age of 11 when her older brother, Wes, was struck and killed by a motorhome while riding his...
• Bill to prepare public schools for catastrophic emergencies • Plan may provide more resources to schools in the case of an emergency A plan may go into effect to better prepare Washington state public schools for natural or human-caused catastrophic incidents, by request of the state Military Department. House Bill 1200 was co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of 10 representatives and introduced by Rep. Laurie Dolan, D-Thurston. “Everyday, 1.1 million of our kids spend most of their waking hours in school buildings,” said Dolan during a publi...
Wahkiakum Superior Court Judge Donald J. Richter on Friday ruled that charges to recall Cathlamet's mayor and three council members were legally insufficient to proceed toward election. Cathlamet resident Bill Wainwright had filed the charges alleging misfeasance and malfeasance and violation of oath of office against Mayor Dale Jacobson and Council Members Sue Cameron, Jean Burnham and Ryan Smith. The charges alleged that all four participated in the purchase of a vacant lot contaminated with gasoline at an exorbitant price that benefitted a...
The Town of Cathlamet came away with two recommendations after a Washington State Auditor's Office audit in late fall. Overall, the auditors said they found no problems with the town's numbers. However, they pointed out that the town clerical staff has only one person who can monitor cash receipting and disbursements. According to the management letter sent to the town: "• Funds were transferred between the Deputy Clerk and Clerk/Treasurer without evidence to document the custody transfer. "• The Mayor’s and Clerk/Treasurer’s signatu...
On Saturday, Puget Island Fire Department volunteers Jared Vik (left) and Sherrill Bollen (not pictured) collected donations from drivers crossing the Birnie Slough bridge in the annual Fill the Boot fundraiser for Doernbecher's Children's Hospital....
And still another poem got lost in our email files and was inadvertently omitted from publication in our Second Poetry Corner published Jan. 3. Enjoy! One Less Plate © Paul Schreiber Well, another year has gone by as we gather with the living to celebrate with food and drink, another family Thanksgiving. So call it misfortune, bad luck or fate that we are sitting ‘round our table with one less plate. I look forward to the holiday, I know they're to be enjoyed, but how do we overcome what is truly a great void? Somehow, I guess this day will pa...
• Bill would prohibit aggregation of personal information of the DOL • Initiative 1639 passed last year widened scope of background checks By Emma Scher WNPA Olympia News Bureau OLYMPIA (Jan. 24) — The public last week weighed in on a proposed law that would prohibit the state from accumulating pistol transfer applications containing personal information. House Bill 1024 would prohibit the state Department of Licensing from storing records related to pistol sales and ownership transfers in its online database. Under the bill, Firearms deale...
After nearly 12 years of serving at the River of Life Assembly of God in Cathlamet, Pastor Mark Phillips has retired. "My plans were to pastor this church until I was 72," Phillips said, "but the pain caught up with me." He is 63 and for the past 10 years, he has been living with something called New Daily Persistent Headache. "The easiest way to explain it is that you wake up one day with a headache that never goes away," Phillips said. "It's usually people that have little to no history of...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-Noon. TOPS, Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30-Noon. S.A.I.L., Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Book Club, Community Center, Cathlamet, 11 a.m. AA Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Grays River Fire Department, open meeting, 7 p.m. Helping...
• Democrat bill would penalize companies who are not using 100 percent renewable sources by 2045 • Republicans would create incentives to transition Democrats and Republicans both want to turn Washington into a clean energy state, but they just don’t agree on how to do it. House Bill 1211, proposed by Representative Gael Tarleton, D-Seattle, would require public utilities to provide all energy through non-emitting, renewable resources by 2045, or else face penalties. House Bill 1266, proposed by Representative Richard DeBolt, R-Chehalis, would...
For years, state and federal civil rights law has prohibited the targeting of individuals by law enforcement based on their look and appearance. But motorcyclists are not afforded any legal avenues under those anti-profiling laws. On Friday, bikers from across the state rolled into Olympia hoping to change that. They expressed support for House Bill 1152, which would prohibit a law enforcement officer or agency from engaging in motorcycle profiling and give bikers legal recourse if they are the brunt of profiling. Of the 34 people who signed...
Opioid overdose medication could become more readily available for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education in Washington state if a proposed bill passes. “Anyone can resuscitate someone with Narcan. It is incredibly easy,” said Rep. Gerry Pollet, D-Seattle. Narcan is the brand name of Naloxone, a type of nasal spray that treats opioid overdoses in an emergency situation. The medication can be purchased at most retail pharmacies without a prescription, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. House Bill 1039 is co-...
Despite a bus cancellation, a group of students from Kirkland’s Lake Washington High School made it to Olympia on Thursday to express support for a statewide ban on single-use plastic straws. The idea for Senate Bill 5077 was originally conceived in the students’ Advanced Placement Government class, taught by Michael Dawson. It was one of two bill ideas prime sponsor Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, agreed to work on and propose to the legislature this session. Effective July 1 Seattle banned food service businesses from providing dis...
The House public safety committee heard public testimony Tuesday on two bills that address the statute of limitations in certain felony sex offenses as well as another bill that would establish best practices for storing and processing of sexual assault kits. Both bills are sponsored by Mason County District 35 Rep. Dan Griffey, R-Allyn, who has been working for many years to get the statute of limitation changed for sex offences. House Bill 1231 would add child molestation in the first degree and rape of a child in the first degree to the list...
Differences in water usage best practices during a drought and homeowners’ association landscaping requirements are the target of new legislation. The goal of House Bill 1165, introduced by District 34 Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, is to require HOAs’ landscaping guidelines to align with water conservation guidelines during a drought. Many HOAs or condominium associations have requirements on the type of landscaping allowed – which often excludes fire resistant or low-water plants. The bill would prohibit HOAs from fining residents for emplo...
Wahkiakum Superior Court Judge Donald J. Richter on Friday ruled that charges to recall Cathlamet's mayor and three council members were legally insufficient to proceed toward election. Cathlamet resident Bill Wainwright had filed the charges alleging misfeasance and malfeasance and violation of oath of office against Mayor Dale Jacobson and Council Members Sue Cameron, Jean Burnham and Ryan Smith. The charges alleged that all four participated in the purchase of a vacant lot contaminated with gasoline at an exorbitant price that benefitted a...
• Small businesses sales would be taxed Jan. 17, 2019--People representing small business owners and low income workers had plenty to say at a public hearing Jan. 16 on Gov. Jay Inslee’s proposal to impose a state capital gains tax. Thirty-three individuals testified before the Senate Ways & Means Committee. Those in favor of the tax noted that Washington’s current state tax system unfairly and disproportionately strains the budgets of low-income wage earners. Others were concerned that taxing proceeds from selling off a small business to fu...
(OLYMPIA) Jan. 18, 2019--Former California Governor Jerry Brown was in Olympia late Jan. 17 to support Governor Jay Inslee’s climate change proposals. Just hours earlier, the state Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee held a hearing on one of the largest bills in Inslee’s climate package. If Senate Bill 5115 is passed, Washington State would transition to a completely renewable energy economy by 2045. California passed a similar bill last year. “Virtually everything that we have p...
(OLYMPIA) Jan. 16, 2019--Washington may become the first state to designate an official state clam, according to a law co-sponsored by Rep. Brian Blake, D-Aberdeen and Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen. The bipartisan partnership of HB 1061 was scheduled for a public hearing in the House Committee on State Government and Tribal Relations on Jan. 16. “I think it is common knowledge that the razor clam is the most important clam in the state,” said Blake at the hearing. The bill finds that the Pacific razor clam, otherwise known as Siliqua patula, is...
• Wide rural and tribal support (OLYMPIA) Jan. 16, 2019--The creation of a Statewide Broadband Office and an initial investment of $25 million into getting broadband into “every nook and cranny” was announced by Governor Jay Inslee on Jan. 16. “We know the reality on the ground is that there are just too many places that do not have access,” said Inslee. “So, we know that fundamentally the digital divide should not and will not be able to divide those haves and have nots when it comes to digital and broadband access.” Inslee’s proposal target...
By Emma Scher WNPA Olympia News Bureau OLYMPIA— In his State of the State address Jan. 15, Governor Jay Inslee emphasized his program requests but was criticized by Republicans for fueling partisanship. House minority leader J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, said he believes the governor “dissipated” feelings of unification after Monday’s speech by Speaker Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, at the House swearing-in ceremony. Inslee’s stance on gun control drew a clear line on the floor between Democrats, who gave a standing ovation, and Republicans, who remained...
(Olympia) Jan. 16, 2019--Gov. Jay Inslee introduced an executive order last year establishing the Southern Resident Orca Task Force, directing state agencies to develop a long-term plan for recovering the species. After months of deliberation and input from the public, the task force developed 36 recommendations aimed at increasing the local population from 74 to 84 orcas over the next decade. Also included in the proposal is $1.1 billion to fund orca and Chinook conservation in the state budgets. Resident orcas are one of three main types of...
Vote by mail could become postage-free in Washington state • Could increase voter participation (OLYMPIA) Jan. 17, 2019--A proposed law requested by Gov. Jay Inslee would provide prepaid postage for all election ballots in the state of Washington. Since 2011, all elections in the state have been conducted by mail, leaving voters responsible for paying return postage. Senate Bill 5063, co-sponsored by Sen. Joe Nguyen, D-White Center, and Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Beacon Hill, would eliminate that cost. Inslee and Secretary of State Kim Wyman c...
