The Wahkiakum County Eagle - Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891

To The Eagle:

Two men were quoted in the Daily News of Longview on May 3 as saying they didn't think they had broken any laws when they sprayed septic sludge on a Grays River Valley farm on April 30.

They may not have broken any laws, but it seems to me that the farm owner knew that an ordinance would soon be passed, and so they intentionally went against the wishes of most of the people who live in the Westend. They knowingly put those same people, myself included, at risk from as yet unknown health effects of long term exposure to the septic sludge seeping into the soil and then washing into the Grays River during our yearly flood events.

It is my opinion that the men violated the ordinance and should be prosecuted. They both owe the citizens of this community an apology and compensation when we start suffering the effects of being exposed to these toxins.

I hope that our elected officials will take the proper steps to insure that violators are punished and that the citizens of the Westend are not victimized again.

Penny Gregory

Rosburg