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Ten years ago October 17, 2012 Tom Sherry brought Tom’s Tailgate Weather Forecast to Pomeroy for the Pomeroy-Garfield Palouse football game. Viewers voted for him to attend this game rather than the Colville at Clarkston game the same night. The Pirates-Vikings game received 3,636 votes, 54%, to 3,241 for the game at Clarkston. Sherry’s weather forecasts on KREM 2 News at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. were presented with the backdrop of boisterous Pirate backers, and the TV celebrity also presented the two...
POMEROY-The City Council approved a vendor agreement; discussed the progress of the Dollar General store on Highway 12; approved a final binding site plan; and held a public hearing on the city's six-year transportation improvement plan according to the minutes of their meeting on October 4. The Dollar General store building, located on the east side of Highway 12 in Pomeroy, is scheduled to open near the end of October, if all comes together on time. The asphalt of the parking lot is complete...
POMEROY-The Port of Garfield County commissioners approved a proof of property loss claim; an interlocal agreement to lease the ballfields; and changes to the rental rates for the fiber point of presence at their meeting on October 4. The proof of property loss claim is through Enduris for warehouse 3. The claim will be for $44,557 for the demolition of the building, which will cost more than $60,000, leaving the Port with a little more than $15,000 to pay out of pocket. The commissioners author...
POMEROY–Operation Christmas Child boxes will be filled with seasonal delights by the First Christian Church and residents of the Garfield County Memorial Hospital again this year. The First Christian Church will be holding a packing party on Sunday, October 23, after worship service. Last year they packed around 40 boxes and hope to have a similar amount this year. Shirley Fisher stated that residents of the Garfield County Memorial Hospital will also be packing boxes. They will pack six s...
Ten years ago October 10, 2012 Caroline Wendt, who was serving Pomeroy Post Office as officer-in-charge since August during the transition after Bill Chandler’s retirement, will be at the facility on a permanent basis. The friendly, energetic manager received her official appointment to the position on Oct. 1 as the office’s postmaster. In her career with the Postal Service that started in 1990 in Endicott, Caroline has served as postmaster in that city as well as in Starbuck and Waitsburg. Fri...
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) approved the physical transfer of Equipment Rental and Revolving funds, decided to advertise for 4H Coordinator, and discussed new American Rescue Plan funds at their meeting on October 3. The transfer of funds from ERR Transportation to ERR General, which was prepared for with the passing of a supplemental budget last week, was passed by resolution. The total amount transferred is $43,190.07. The ERR Transportation fund will be closed d...
POMEROY-––The Pony Punchers held their final play-day of the 2022 season at the Garfield County Fairgrounds rodeo arena on October 3. The Pony Punchers' play-day at the fairground arena included a costume contest, broomstick polo, ending the night's event with season cumulative point awards. Lead-line champion was Katie Rose Burnstad, reserve Kevin Burnstad; 6-8 champion was Evelyn Burnstad; 9-12 champion was Karl Burnstad, reserve Peyton Newberg; 13-15 champion Sadie Klaveano; 16-18 cha...
POMEROY––Hidden in Plain Sight, a program based out of the Tri-Cities, was presented to a group of Pomeroy parents at the Seeley Theater on September 28. The program began with a walk-through of a typical teenage girl's bedroom, including bed, headboard, desk, bookshelf, laundry basket and waste basket, which was set up on the stage. Over 100 indicators of risky or problem behavior were hidden throughout the room, including logos, patterned shoes and clothes, cubby hole books with items hid...
Ten years ago October 3, 2012 Making sure that district patrons are aware of the website www.psd.wednet.edu and how it can make connecting with the district more easily is important to Marcus Pederson, school district music director and the technical coordinator. Pederson helped develop the website through a contract with Educational Service District 123. The project started in 2011 and was completed at the end of the year, with Pederson training on the “Joomla!” site-builder software. The mos...
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) tentatively chose a recording systems vendor to accept, adopted Eastern Washington Council of Governments articles of association and bylaws, passed a supplemental budget for Equipment Rental and Revolving Transportation fund, and passed insurance renewal paperwork at their meetings on September 19 and 26. The BOCC passed Resolution 2022-19 to support and adopt the articles of association and bylaws of the Eastern Washington Council of G...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County commissioners approved a quote for duct cleaning, a change to the insurance policy, and discussed a fiber point-of-presence tenant at their meeting on September 20. The Port’s insurance policy, through the state entity pool Enduris, was updated to include $165,000 coverage for the Port fiber network. The annual fee will increase by $775. A quote from B&F PowerVac to clean the ducts in the United States Forest Service building was approved for $5,537. The sys...
Ten years ago September 26, 2012 Toni Cloud and Katelin Turner each won $50 as winners in the teen summer reading program at the Denny Ashby Library. The tow participated in the “Own the Night” program. Participants submitted short book reviews for each book read and these two lucky readers had their reviews drawn by library board members. Toni said her favorite book read this summer was Divergent by Veronica Roth. Katelin said her favorite was The Beetle and Me by Karen Romano Young. It mig...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fire District board of commissioners (GCFD) announced the reception of a grant and change of backup engine according to the minutes of their September 13 meeting. The Fire District received an Assistance to Firefighter Grant for $147,619, which requires a $7,381 match from the district. The total amount, $154,999, will be used to purchase new breathing apparatus for the district. The district will have emergency medical service (EMS) at the fairgrounds for 10-12 h...
Ten years ago September 19, 2012 Delbert Niebel retired from bringing bids at Fair market sale. He received a plaque from the Garfield County Market Sale Committee recognizing the auctioneer’s 30 years of service to the Fair’s livestock market sale. After calling the first Grand Champion of the sale, Delbert was brought into the arena that is named after him and honored by the Market Sale Committee and an appreciative audience. He then took a seat in the stands, winding up three decades beh...
POMEROY-Garfield County Engineer Grant Morgan submitted his resignation to the Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) at their meeting on September 6, and the board accepted a quote for a meeting manager program at their September 12 meeting. Morgan's last day as Garfield County's engineer will be October 31. He will be taking the position of Columbia County Engineer, but remaining a Garfield County resident. The commissioners expressed their sorrow at his leaving and their hope for his...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County board of commissioners accepted the low bidder for the Pataha Fiber-To-The-Home project construction at their meeting on September 6. ZeroDB bid $194,762, which fell within the budget planned for the project and was lower than the estimated cost. The bid will be reviewed to be sure that it contains all the needed elements and will be accepted if it does. The Port is negotiating a baseball field lease with the school district, but terms have not yet been d...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy City Council approved an inter-fund loan and a street closure request at their meeting on September 6. The council approved a loan from the city’s solid waste fund to the sewer fund for $9,900. The loan is to cover wastewater treatment service from S&J Environmental through the end of 2022, approved at the August 9 meeting. The loan will be repaid to solid waste fund with interest. The Chamber of Commerce sent a thank you note for a donation to the signage project. Sev...
POMEROY-The Man Cave show opening at the Blue Mountain Artisan Guild on September 8 featured exhibits such as knives, taxidermy, restored cars, engineering projects, wood, metal, and clay working, and painting. The show is sponsored by Jarillynn Farms, and the featured artists are the men who exhibited their work. The junior featured artists are Nick Hastings, Conrad, Corbin, and Colyer Nelson....
Ten years ago September 12, 2012 The 2012 Garfield County Market Sale will showcase 67 exhibitors with market animals to sell. The 67 animals consist of four lambs, 23 steers, and 40 hogs. The sale begins a 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 15. Larry Ledgerwood of the market sale committee said these 4-H and FFA members "have worked over the summer to care for their animals and will work hard throughout the fair preparing and showing them prior to the sale." The market sale committee invites...
POMEROY–The School District has recently hired a new Jr./Sr. High School principal, Dan Wendt. The new principal for Pomeroy Jr./Sr. High School, Dan Wendt, is from Columbia Falls in northwest Montana and has been working in school administration for 14 years. He received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration Accounting from Montana Tech, a Business Education degree from University of Montana, and a Masters in School Leadership from Montana State University. He is a former high s...
Ten years ago September 5, 2012 For the first time since 2005, Deb Waldher won’t be in the kindergarten classroom when the first day of the school year, and the first day of school ever for these students, comes today in the Pomeroy School District. Deb retired from teaching at the end of the 2011-12 school year. Attorney General Rob McKenna, Republican candidate for governor of Washington, will be in Pomeroy on Friday, Sept. 7. Twenty-five years ago September 10, 1997 With Labor Day falling o...
POMEROY––The local grocery store, Pomeroy Foods, previously owned and operated for 34 years by Mark Schmidt, was recently purchased by Dave Swearingen and Jason Hill of Entiat, Wash. The store will have a new name: Pomeroy Food Center. The new owners are a father and son team. Swearingen is not new to the grocery retail trade: his father went into the grocery business in 1984 when he bought a store in Entiat. In 2004, Swearingen and his wife Renee went into business with his parents in the Ent...
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) discussed weed growth and wind damage repair at their meeting on August 29. Ditch repair on the Lewis Road that was done earlier in the year has overgrown with weeds and the commissioners discussed possible strategies to deal with them with County Road Crew Chief Rod Norland. Cutting weeds with a grader, spraying, rogueing, and seeding grass were discussed. An electrical support at the Garfield County Fairgrounds was damaged, likely by w...
Ten years ago August 29, 2012 With the 2012 harvest in Garfield County just about done, Pomeroy Grain Growers general manager Bob Cox’s evaluation is that it’s “another good year” for county farmers. Bob estimated that 85% of the fields had been harvested as of last week and that everything should be “in the bin” by Labor Day. Though 2012’s yields are “not quite as good” as the record yields of 2011, they’re still above average. And prices are $2.00 higher this year, and the $9.00 Portland quot...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transportation Authority (CTA) passed a transit development plan, a zero fare policy, and signed a memorandum of understanding for Quality Behavioral Health’s recovery navigator program at their meeting on August 22. The transit development plan is a six-year plan that outlines CTA’s goals for the next six years. A plan is submitted yearly. This year’s plan includes building a maintenance facility. It is on file at the CTA office and will be submitted to the Washing...