Letters to the Editor

Open letter to the Port of Ilwaco Commissioners (Butch Smith, chair; Steve Newell; and Alan Bennett regarding public comment times for the Port of Ilwaco Commissioners’ meetings:

Thanks to our county assessor (Observer Jan. 12, 2022) for a timely reprint of the article explaining "Oceanfront ownership differences." Credit is given to Charlie Mills' overview of the hist…

The family of Ron Oakes, long-time resident of the Long Beach peninsula appreciates everyone’s support and kindness with his passing on Dec. 29, 2021. Cards can be sent to P.O. Box 884, Ilwaco…

The Ocean Park Food Bank is very grateful for the phenomenal response to the Corder Foundation matching program this year. Our community always rises to the need. Thank you to Chuck Mikkola an…

Dale Hill has penned another word-twisting ramble full of opinion and rhetoric but offered no relevant facts.

I don’t dislike you because we have differences of opinion about national policy or because you vote Republican and I vote Democrat.

Tuesday, Dec. 21, brought light and warmth to Ocean Park Lutheran Church on the longest night of 2021. A great many people helped this year’s Blue Christmas service to be welcoming, warm, and …

Ilwaco's leadership:

Long Beach has now completed the renovation of both Idaho and Washington avenues south.

We want to thank Patrick Webb for his upbeat positive spin on both the last couple years and the future. He is an inspiration and we are lucky to have him in our community and on our wonderful…

In response to the letter written by Pacific County Immigration Support, we would like to say that it’s ironic that PCIS chooses to victimize people who have broken the law while vilifying tho…

A few months ago I was out working in my garden when the tsunami siren went off.

On behalf of the Oysterville Community and the Oysterville Restoration Foundation, we would like to pay special tribute to Chuck Messing, our friend and neighbor, who died on Dec. 27, 2021.

Amidst the all the hatred spewed by occasionally sensible people, I offer my gentle plea for kindness.

The Ocean Park Area Chamber receives calls and emails regarding what to do about the increasing problem of derelict vehicles and illegal encampments in our area. When I read the recent letter …

Pacific County Immigrant Support believes the hiring of Long Beach Police Officer Duane Goodman is an insult to our immigrant community and all fair-minded people, creating a climate of fear r…

Regarding Holly Smith's Dec. 15 Letter to the Editor regarding Critical Race Theory:

I’m writing on behalf of a large number of people living on the Peninsula. It's been an ongoing problem with abandoned vehicles, trailers, motor homes left on the side of the road.

Scot Calhoun’s letter dated Nov. 24 is titled “The Actual Facts are Undeniable.” Therein, Scot reports that I do not deny: “…that Trump’s lies and ineptness are shown to account for around 40%…

A great big thank you to Sid’s Market for donating 100 turkeys (valued at over $1,800) to the SVdP Ilwaco Food Bank to give our clients for Thanksgiving dinners. We ordered turkeys from them b…

In reference to Anna Haugen's Nov. 17 letter to the editor:

I am an American citizen nearly 75 years young. I remember as a child during the decade of the 1950s a nationwide epidemic of polio, also known as infantile paralysis. It was raging across thi…

I would like to thank the nice young couple who stopped to help my husband after he fell at the Ocean Park Post Office on Saturday, Nov. 20. They stayed with us until the EMTs arrived. I am so…

Late one winter afternoon many years ago, I caught a military hop to get home for the holidays. It was only a couple of weeks after the Kennedy Assassination and the mood of the aircrew and th…

Thank you to all who attended and supported the Bayside Singers performance last Saturday! It was greatly appreciated after our long hiatus. Also many thanks to Oman’s and Raymond Federal for …

Well, we are into week #3 of the Food Bank Challenge and it looks like they might be leaving some match money on the table.

So, Superintendent Amy Huntley says the high school will look different than it is right now in regard to student behavior, teaching strategies, curriculum, classroom engagement and parent inv…

On my way to my car after the Bayside Singers program, I was approached by two people — one a young man. They handed me a Christmas wreath, and said they wanted to present this to me. After st…

Schools get the vast majority of my property tax dollar. I have never had kids in school, but I get to pay for those folks who do.

I am troubled by recent comparisons between the Carter and Biden administrations. Yes, both administrations had huge increases in gasoline prices. Yes, both had a troubled economy. Yes, both h…

I am writing about my concerns regarding the hiring of Duane Goodman by the Long Beach Police Department.

To keep everyone informed how donations are coming, I’ve gotten some verbal reports and it’s not looking good in reaching the goal of $12,000 per food bank.

In regards to proposals to relocate elementary schools to a single site in Ilwaco, I would suggest that tsunami protection is not greatly enhanced by the construction of a single new school on…

We would like to thank everyone for the cards, messages and well wishes following the death of our beloved Karen Stigall.

Please consider a tax deductible donation to one of our peninsula food banks. The Loren C. Corder Foundation will match any donation received before Dec. 21.

As of Monday, Nov. 29, we’re waiting to see how much or how little damage the Omicron variant of covid-19 will do.

The food bank challenge is a perfect opportunity to be selfish. When you donate to the food banks you will feel good about yourself, without remorse or having to think was it the right gift, o…

Regarding Daniel Schenk's guilty plea:

I have now been attending the Ilwaco City Council meetings for a few months. I was very interested this last week to see that there was a proposal to restrict or ban fireworks from being sold …

We all enjoy the change of seasons differently. I appreciate winter birds moving in, especially colorful ducks using the area to rest after a long flight, exhausted, needing nourishment.

I've expressed my dismay with Dale Hill's desire to attack me personally rather than debate the content of my ”Stop the Stupid” letter. Now comes Bob Bonney to continue the attack with praise …

Thank you to Willapa Behavior Health Crisis Team, especially Mr. Harrison, Paul, and a lady named Jana, who saved my life this weekend due to the new prescriber withholding my medication. I wa…

I would like to recognize the Loren H. Corder Foundation, which has matched donated funds to the three local food banks for several years. Each year, several individuals and clubs donate funds…

I’d like to commend Dale Hill for his recent letter “Abandon partisan politics, embrace compromise.” The message there was largely in response to Scott Calhoun brazenly calling everyone stupid…

Our nation has a problem with policing in which violent, bigoted, hate-filled cops brutalize and sometimes kill people who have the misfortune to encounter them in the course of their day. Suc…

Speakers at a recent Veterans Day remembrance stirred old memories.

It's a miracle. It seems like just when life seems to be flowing along smoothly, something can happen that changes your life forever.

The Bayside Singers group is ready to perform again.

After reading the Oct. 6 article about the Long Beach Police Department hiring an officer fired from the Seattle Police Department, I feel compelled to comment on this decision.

Open letter to Commissioners Wolfe, Olsen and Runyon:

I am writing in support of Raymond public schools. Vaccination accommodations are not illegal as some have asserted. They are required by the Washington State Board of Education and are by aut…

I would like to thank Pacific County PUD #2 for a job well done after the bomb cyclone. We were out of power for about 18 hours but PUD kept their phone line updated and got the power back on …