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POMEROY–The Pomeroy Spinners Club's 17th annual Easter egg hunt was held at Lybecker Field and Crystal Springs Golf Course on Saturday, March 30. Thanks to donations from the community that totaled $9,000, the hunt consisted of 7,000 eggs that were redeemed for prizes, including Easter baskets, games, sports balls, and scooters. Each age group had a single golden egg that was redeemed for the grand prize of a bicycle. Twisted Wire Café and the Innovia Foundation provided free cookies, co...
POMEROY––The Raise the Blues endowment campaign held an informational meeting regarding two major fundraising efforts on March 27. Raise the Blues is partnering with the Innovia Foundation in the scholarship fund program Launch NW, to provide Garfield County graduating seniors with scholarships. The program's long term goal is to have two million dollars set aside for the scholarships, and they are currently at $224,000. The scholarship opportunities are available to graduating seniors from Pom...
Ten Years Ago April 2, 2014 Supporters of David Webb's plan to install neon signs in the downtown area will present a request for a variance of the city's sign ordinance to Pomeroy city council at its meeting Tuesday. Cody Jones, who will represent David at the meeting because "I'm not a politician," David said, will present a petition with signatures of business and property owners asking for variances to sections of the ordinance relating to prohibited signs, construction and design standards,...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) appointed County Road Crew Superintendent Steve Gormsen to supervise the Road Crew and discussed jury system quotes at their meeting on March 25. Due to the vacancy of the county engineer position, the BOCC passed resolution 2024-07, appointing Superintendent Gormsen as supervisor for the County Road Crew. Gormsen will be responsible for the non-engineering parts of the county engineer role. The commissioners discussed quotes received f...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) met with representatives from the United States Forest Service, discussed a bid on the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum parking lot paving project, and discussed removal of the grandstand bleachers at the Garfield County Fairgrounds at their meeting on March 18. Eric Watrud, USFS Forest Supervisor for the Umatilla National Forest, informed the board of changes that have been made to the forest plan including the creation of the B...
Ten Years Ago March 26, 2014 Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce honored its 2014 Hometown Heroes at the annual banquet and program Saturday at Spinners maple Hall. Dick Martin received the Lifetime Achievement award, recognizing him for more than three decades involvement with the Spinners Club, and with the JCCs prior to that, and serving with the Shrine Club. The retired captain with the Garfield County Fire Department was honored for his decades of service w2ith the department, as well as for his...
Continuing... Sam Morgant dismounted in front of his barn and sighed heavily. The adrenaline and excitement that had buoyed him through trapping the horse thieves had burned out, leaving him feeling drained. He unsaddled and stepped into the barn for a brush, wrinkling his nose. It still smelled like garlic. The trial was over, the three Casady brothers had been found guilty and sentenced to prison. The horses had been returned to their rightful owners and Sam had nothing more to do. He sighed...
POMEROY–The City Council heard presentations on the Garfield County Hospital District's imaging suite, water meters, and Naslund Disposal's Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission program and discussed a new Environmental Protection Agency requirement regarding lead pipe at their meeting on March 5. The council authorized a letter of support for the GCHD 3.5 million imaging suite project that will include a CT scanner and an upgraded X-ray machine. GCHD is seeking congressionally d...
Ten Years Ago March 19, 2014 Ann Stevenson and her family tried for more than seven years to get her daughter Stephanie Blachly to move back to Texas from Pomeroy. Stephanie had moved here after marrying, started a family, and wasn't going to return to the Lone Star State. So Ann and her family decided that if they couldn't get Stephanie back with them, they'd go to her. As a result, the city will have a new restaurant, featuring genuine Tex-Mex cooking, in the former Steak House building. The...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Hospital District Board of Commissioners (GCHD) discussed an imaging suite project, a cybersecurity incident, and their dialysis program at their meeting on March 4. The proposed imaging suite project would place a suite where the rose garden is now that would be used for CT scanning, x-rays, and ultrasounds. Garfield County Memorial Hospital is the only hospital in Washington State that does not have a CT scanner. The CT scan is important for treating stokes, c...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) passed a resolution to support an imaging suite at the Garfield County Memorial Hospital and discussed spring work in the Public Works department. To accompany a letter approved last week, the board passed resolution 2024-06, stating their support for the Garfield County Hospital District's efforts to find funding to build an imaging suite at the Hospital. The resolution states the suite will "enhance the hospital's ability to care for p...
Ten Years Ago March 16, 2014 A disappointed Pomeroy Pirate boys' basketball team held the 2014 State 1B 2nd-place trophy after a 59-46 loss to Colton in the championship game. The Pirates reached the title game by defeating Wellpinit 62-38 in the opening round Thursday, and downing Neah Bay 59-50 in the semi-final game Friday. Head coach Brian Koller called the post-season "a pretty good run the last month to get to the title game, pretty exciting for players, coaches and fans." Twenty-Five...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County Commissioners (Port) approved a letter withdrawing support for the Appaloosa Solar Project and discussed a leaking roof at their meeting on February 20. The Port approved a letter to Puget Sound Energy, withdrawing the support letter that was sent in 2021 due to concern over a the amount of land being leased for the project, out-of-county mandating, and a lack of communication over the project. The commissioners also stated a concern that the solar energy p...
POMEROY-The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) approved funding for initial advertising for a childcare navigator; approved a bid for sidewalk construction; and passed a resolution rescinding a temporary overtime policy at their meeting on March 3. The BOCC approved funding initial advertising for a childcare navigator position, who will do the legwork of creating a daycare system under supervision of a committee consisting of Garfield County Public Health District (GCPHD)...
...Continuing-Part 7. The posse thundered down the hill, led by Orville Wilkins' hunting dog, heading for the three men who were saddling in the bottom of the draw. The Casady brothers abandoned their half-saddled horses, turning instead to run to the shelter of brush and trees, firing their pistols as they went. Sam Morgant gestured to the men riding with him and they split. They hung back out of accurate pistol range and moved to surround the small hollow where the Casadys made their stand....
Ten Years Ago March 5, 2014 Volunteers from Holy Rosary Catholic Church's parish removed pews from the church Sunday morning in preparation for taking up the old carpeting. The new carpet will be part of the remodeling project that will include new paint. The parish will hold Mass in the school hall until the work is completed, just around Easter. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 3, 1999 Pomeroy members of the Mt. Misery Snowdrifters Snowmobile Club rescued a Lewiston man who got his snowmobile...
POMEROY-The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) discussed the grandstand replacement project, a grant for sidewalk re-concreting, and a swap meet at the Garfield County Fairgrounds at the meeting on February 20. Deconstruction of the current grandstands at the Fairgrounds has begun. Most of the planks and angle irons will be repurposed by the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum for a sawmill display. The arrangement will lower costs of the deconstruction part of the project....
POMEROY-The Missoula Children's Theater production of Beauty Lou and the Country Beast on February 3 was comprised of a cast of 57 of Pomeroy's children. After an audition on Monday, January 29, the kids practiced in the afternoon after school hours until their performances on Friday. The Missoula Children's Theater began in the summer of 1970 when an unemployed actor, Jim Caron's Volkswagen van broke down near Missoula, Mont. While waiting for his car repair, he auditions for Men of La Mancha...
Ten Years Ago February 26, 2014 Pomeroy resident and neon sign expert David Webb is offering the city a gift that he believes will attract tourists, turn downtown into a desirable movie set, and bring in new business. He wants to hang possibly a dozen vintage neon signs, all of them built pre-World War II, restored and functioning, in downtown Pomeroy. He will loan building owners the signs at no cost, and install them at no cost. David is calling his project "Pomeroy City Walk." Twenty-Five...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Church of the Nazarene welcomes Rev. Stan Christopherson to the pulpit and community. Christopherson comes to Pomeroy fresh off the mission field of Zagreb, Croatia. He was born and raised in Fort Worth, Tex. and graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. In 2004 he graduated seminary with a master's degree and moved to Bonner's Ferry, where he pastored for 17 years as well as teaching science in both public and private schools. During this...
POMEROY–The City Council decided to surplus property, discussed the tennis court retrofit project, and the booster pump project at its meeting February 6. The council passed Resolution 2024-01, declaring surplus the property at the west end of Pomeroy that includes the lot where the billboard stands as well as a vacated alley behind it. The lot with the billboard was donated to the City by the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation. The property is valued at $22,000 and the council determined i...
Ten Years Ago February 19, 2014 Stephanie Reisdorph was the featured soloist at Friday's Valentine's Day program at the Senior Center. She entertained an audience of about 50 luncheon guests. The Golden Girls led a sing-along of popular sweetheart songs from the past. Members are LaDonna Stallcop, Barbara McClanahan, Kathleen Fitzsimmons, Hazel Crawford, Jennie Odell, and Carla Heytvelt. Juyne Bowles played accompaniment on the piano. Twenty-Five Years Ago February 17, 1999 In her first year on...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) appointed Rebecca Freelin to the Civil Service board, authorized a request for funding a review of the county's annual report, and voted to send a letter supporting House Bill 1835 at their meeting on February 12. Freelin was appointed to the vacant Position No. 3 position on the Civil Service board. The position has been named, and is a six-year term. The BOCC authorized funding of nearly $3,000 for a review of the annual report by a C...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Hospital District Board of Commissioners discussed their tele-nephrology and dialysis programs, construction on the electrical project, and a dietary freezer installation that was funded by the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation at their meeting on February 5. The tele-nephrology and dialysis programs are scheduled to begin on March 1. They will be marketed regionally, to a wider customer base than previous marketing programs. Work on the electrical project p...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) presented a certificate of appreciation to Charles Thomas Millspaugh, signed a contract for jail services, and listened to presentations from Greater Columbia Basin Health and Quality Behavioral Health (QBH) at their meeting on February 5. Recognizing his years of service to the county, the commissioners presented Tom Millspaugh with a certificate of appreciation. Millspaugh served many years on the Civil Service board, including years a...