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Ten Years Ago June 22, 2011 A re-dedication ceremony and reception for the Garfield County Courthouse, after a year-long renovation project, will be held on June 24. Garfield County Hospital District will again sponsor the annual Fourth of July Celebration in the city park, with a parade, food vendors, kids’ games, a pie-eating contest and Bingo, plus free swimming at the pool. Twenty-Five Years Ago June, 26, 1996 Dave Howell, a 1971 graduate of Pomeroy High School and who ran an aerial spraying business based in Garfield County, died last T...
POMEROY–Perfect weather conditions greeted those attending the old-fashioned ice cream social at the Pataha Flour Mill on June 12, put on to honor Pioneer Day, which is normally held on the second Saturday of June. Reminiscent of past years when the celebration was staged outside at the city park, the crowd gathered at the gazebo next to the mill. Like socials of earlier times, the festive afternoon included music and oratory as well as the delicious dessert. Muriel Bott opened the program playing a delightful repertoire of piano music, after w...
Ten Years Ago June 15, 2011 After last week’s election filing period, it appears Pomeroy will have a new mayor next year, as Paul Miller was the only candidate to file. Incumbent Alan Gould did not file for re-election. Garfield County will hold an open house at the newly renovated Courthouse on June 24. County offices are set to open for business next week in their regular locations in the building. Twenty-Five Years Ago June 19, 1996 Pomeroy will see an influx of between 1,000 and 2,000 visitors over the next couple of weeks when Pacific R...
Ten Years Ago June 8, 2011 Activities on Friday kicking off the weekend of Pioneer Day and the Tumbleweed Festival include an all-class reunion at the Pataha Flour Mill, afternoon car show and annual Wine & Stein in the evening. Honored Pioneers in Saturday’s Pioneer Parade are Barbara Burt and Muriel Bott. Temporary quarters and a four-period school day are planned for next fall during renovation of the high school building. Twenty-Five Years Ago June 12, 1996 Mayor Don Stellwagon announced at Tuesday’s City Council meeting he had ini...
By Dotty Van Vogt POMEROY–A moving tribute to the fallen veterans of Garfield County culminated in two flyovers by members of the "Hangar 180" group out of Lewiston, Idaho on Saturday May 29 at 12 p.m. Marc Pedersen, former music teacher at Pomeroy High School (PHS), opened the ceremony playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" and as he finished, three vintage World War II military planes flew over the cemetery in formation. A brief history of Memorial Day was presented. Originally known as D...
Ten Years Ago June 1, 2011 Pomeroy High School will graduate 20 members of the Class of 2011 in its 120th commencement ceremony. State 1B championships were won by the Pirate boys’ 4x100 relay team and pole vaulter Brielle Hocking, who cleared 9’6” with room to spare. Twenty-Five Years Ago June 5, 1996 A fire last week at the Falling Springs Rd. clean-up site caused the destruction of a John Deere 892 track-type backhoe-excavator valued at an estimated $230,000. Pioneer Days will feature a Kid’s Parade, old cars, horse-drawn equipment and old...
POMEROY–A dedication service for the Fallen Veteran's Memorial located at the east entrance of the Pomeroy City Cemetery will be held on Saturday, May 29, 2021, at 12 p.m. Prior to the ceremony, the Garfield County Fire District will place flags on the headstones of all veterans as well as those of the women's auxiliary. Volunteers are welcome to help place the flags for this annual Memorial Day activity Saturday morning at 8 a.m. The monument was in place prior to Memorial Day last year, but n...
POMEROY–The traditional Pioneer Breakfast will not be happening again this year. Garfield County Fair Board president Sara Lunsford said the breakfast event usually held to raise money for the fair is not going to happen this year and asked the group for other fundraising ideas. Jamie Hames suggested a pre-sale of fair-related tee shirts with a design not dated by a specific year or theme. She is already working on a design with another person and hopes it will be ready by the next meeting. R...
Ten Years Ago May 25, 2011 Pomeroy will take nineteen athletes to State 1B track meet next week. Two Pirate golfers and one alternate will attend the state golf tournament. Memorial Day holiday activities this year in the Umatilla National Forest could be difficult or impossible as access to many sites is limited due to mountain snowpack and flood damage earlier in the year. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 29, 1996 Garfield County Community Action Development Team is turning to the community to help bring back the mural of the county on a grain...
Ten Years Ago May 11, 2011 Inspired by her family and motivated to return to her job as Pomeroy Elementary School secretary, Lynn Shawley survived a near-death experience with sepsis. “I just wasn’t ready to quit,” she says. Revelation members Jerry Bartlow, Mike Field, Bill Van Vogt and Stan Warren will perform a concert this weekend marking their 29th year as a quartet. Pomeroy Community Center received a $1,500 grant from Sterling Savings to fund the installation of a greenhouse. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 22, 1996 Pomeroy will send its P...
POMEROY–The City Council approved the signing of Ordinance No. 922, vacating a portion of Arlington and Tenth Streets by Mayor Paul Miller at a special meeting May 5. Details about the vacation process were discussed at the City Council meeting prior to taking a vote on the issue. Councilwoman Susie Bowles made a motion to authorize the Mayor to sign Ordinance No. 922, vacating a portion of Arlington and Tenth Streets and Cassetto seconded. Voting in favor were Bowles and Cassetto; voting opposed was Fuchs. The motion passed by a majority v...
POMEROY–The City Council approved the use of the City Park for the Farmer’s Market. Danielle Evans spoke to the Council regarding a Farmer’s Market at the city park. She has been working with the Chamber of Commerce and plans are to have the market open from 4–7 p.m. on days that are still to be determined. Expectations are to have the market run for eight weeks, from mid-June to mid-August, when business usually drops off due to harvest. Vendors will be approved by the health department and must follow its requirements. Mayor Paul Miller...
POMEROY–About forty people gathered around the flagpole on the courthouse lawn at noon in observance of the nationwide National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 6. Entities which affect life in our country were prayed for by representatives from Garfield County’s churches. These things include the family, the church, schools and education, the military, the media, arts and entertainment, government and the workplace. Music was provided by the Scoggin family and various members of the community took turns giving the prayers....
Ten Years Ago May 11, 2011 EIghteen wind turbines completed as of last week for the Puget Sound Energy project are scheduled to begin operation in the first quarter of 2012. Garfield County Information & Assistance will hold a yard clean-up day for senior and disabled residents. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 15, 1996 The Garfield County Health Foundation made a $3,500 contribution toward the purchase of a new ultrasound machine for Garfield County Memorial Hospital’s physical therapy department. School superintendent Terry Brandon believes ...
Ten Years Ago May 4, 2011 Garfield County Sheriff’s deputies responded Sunday afternoon to 911 calls from fishermen who found a body on the shore of the Snake River between Willow Landing and Central Ferry. There was no identification on the body. Idaho State Police have taken over the investigation because that department is investigating two missing person’s cases, and this could match the identity of one of those cases. Lonnie and Inez Cannon of Pomeroy won KHQ-TV and The Davenport Hotel’s “Marital Moments” photo contest held during the mont...
POMEROY–To hold the annual Pancake Breakfast or not to hold the event which coincides with the already canceled Pioneer Day Parade and activities, is the question for board members of the during the recent Garfield County Fair Board meeting April 21. The pros and cons of trying to hold the Pancake Breakfast were debated due to the postponement again this year of Pioneer Day activities on the second weekend in June, which include the Pioneer Parade and program, Food Fair and other events that t...
Ten Years Ago April 27, 2011 Combined consequences of the state budget deficit and lower long-term care resident census have started to affect operations at Garfield County Memorial Hospital. Immediate reductions in nursing home rates, part of state budget cuts, will have approximately $70,000 direct fiscal impact. Residents of the long-term care unit and students from the LEEP Daycare Center were treated to a visit by a 1-month-old lamb, brought by Jim McKeirnan. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 1, 1996 Members of Pomeroy City Council are upset...
POMEROY–The traditional June Pioneer Day celebration and May Spring Bus Tour are canceled due to COVID–19 Phase 3 limitation. The COVID-19 virus has caused the postponement of one of the oldest community events in Garfield County for another year. According to current Pioneer Association president Jim Ruchert, “Since all of our activities are geared around a lot of people, we think it prudent to postpone events this spring and wait and see what the future brings. We have not forgotten about our mission and plan to continue as soon as possi...
Ten Years Ago April 21, 2011 A classical Tea was enjoyed by forty-nine guests and members of the P.E.O. Club from Pomeroy, Clarkston, Lewiston and Dayton. Three 500kv transformers for the Bonneville Power Administration substation arrived at Central Ferry. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 24, 1996 A recent traffic stop in Pomeroy eventually led to an arrest on drug charges and confiscation of marijuana plants, growing equipment and firearms from a home in the city. The sheriff said the incident was the fifth in ten days involving drugs in the...
POMEROY–The City Council heard Jack Peasley of Southeast Washington Economic Development Association (SEWEDA) speak about the Low-to-Moderate Income (LMI) proposal to have Evergreen Rural Water of Washington (ERWoW) conduct another survey, funded by the City of Pomeroy, Garfield County, the Port of Garfield and SEWEDA. The last time a survey was done it was not a “full-blown” survey and the city fell below the percentage of the population qualifying as LMI needed to be eligible for state and federal grants. Peasley indicated if Pomeroy gets...
Ten Years Ago April 13, 2011 Ground-breaking started last week at the site of the 32-unit Pataha Creek RV Park on Port Way, on the south side of the creek behind the Pomeroy Ranger District’s office. Twenty spaces will accommodate RVs up to 50 feet long, and 12 spaces will serve smaller rigs. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 17, 1996 An emergency grass-field burning ban ruling by the state Department of Ecology and approved by Democrat Governor Mike Lowry could mean Dye Seed Ranch, a major bluegrass seed processor and the biggest private employer i...
Ten Years Ago March 30, 2011 A group of agriculturalists from Finland spent Sunday in Garfield County, touring the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum and Pataha Flour Mills. The fourth grade class held a “potlatch” last week demonstrating history, culture, traditions, and geography of various Native America tribes they have been studying and writing about for the past month. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 3, 1996 County voters, for the second time, failed to pass the hospital district’s request for a $495,000 capital improvement bond, 446 yes...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fair Board approved newly elected Susie Bowles as board vice-president. Fair entry forms and demonstrations were discussed. Larry Ledgerwood advised the group of three different programs available for online entries, “Show Works,” “A Fair Entry,” and “Blue Ribbon”, describing the pros, cons and costs of each one as they apply to our fair and livestock show, especially in regards to 4-H entries. Katie Magill said her main concern was cost, and that former treasurer Lisbeth Randall felt upgrading the computer was...
POMEROY–The "City Crew" welcomes another friendly face with the addition of Brian Lewis, the newest member of the department. Lewis grew up in Dayton, graduating from Dayton High School in 2008. After high school Lewis moved to the Tri-Cities and worked in construction. He later spent some time in North Dakota in the oil fields but wanted to live closer to home and worked at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla on returning to this area. Lewis left there and drove a tow truck for a year. He w...
Ten Years Ago March, 2011 Pomeroy’s Little Guy Wrestling tournament packed the high school gym with 319 wrestlers competing from 11 different cities in the area. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 27, 1996 A complaint for damages has been filed in Garfield County Superior Court against the City of Pomeroy, alleging the city’s refusal to hire an applicant for the public works director position in January 1995 was because of “handicap discrimination” and in violation of the State of Washington Human Rights Statute. Debbie and Kenny Ledgerwood, owners...