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Ten years ago April 17, 2012 The production of “The Pied Piper” by Pomeroy School District and Missoula Children’s Theatre entertained the community last week Friday in the elementary school gym. A grant from the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation provides for the annual week-long residency by a director team from MCT, this year by Chris Kelly and Kari Gatlin Kelly. Garfield County Fair Board president Linda McKeirnan said organizers have received notice that funding for fairs will remai...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy City Council held a continued meeting on March 29 to approve paying two invoices accrued for the "Complete Streets project; one from Flynn's Electric and the other to Knox Concrete. Invoices were paid to cover costs accrued from the last work done on the "Complete Streets" project. Tasks included rewiring light poles on Main Street, fixing drainage and bus crossing at the Pomeroy High School, and sidewalk repair at the Denny Ashby Library and around town. The total cost of t...
POMEROY–It wasn't too windy to plow as the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum (EWAM) held its Spring Farming Days on April 2 and 3. Six teams of horses and mules–also called hitches–pulled plows, harrows, and seed drills on the field at the Garfield County Fairgrounds. The weather was blustery and cold on Friday, with a bit of rain. Lunch was provided for sale by The Baker's Table. The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild had a small show at the Dick Brown building, featuring wood art, potte...
POMEROY–County Engineer Grant Morgan reported the start date for the pavement sealing project on the upper Deadman at the Garfield County Commissioners meeting on April 4. The project will begin on April 25, and the County Road Crew is currently working on widening shoulders of the road in preparation. Nine miles will be sealed with a varying depth of two to four inches of pavement. The changes of depth will help to level the road. Prices for road paint have dramatically increased. The b...
Ten years ago April 11 2012 With a beautiful sunny afternoon the day before Easter, the Spinners Club’s annual Easter Egg Hunt drew hundreds of kids ready to find a total of more than 1,500 hard-boiled and toy eggs. The hunt’s new location at the City Park drew praise for its convenience and advantages for organizers and participants. Spinners president Larry Ledgerwood told the crowd that the contributions by dozens of local businesses and individuals to support the egg hunt made it pos...
POMEROY–It was announced at a City Council meeting in March that Diane Taylor will be the new City Clerk and Treasurer. She will begin work in Pomeroy on April 1, succeeding Shaun Martin, who is retiring. Taylor graduated Pomeroy High School in 1982, and received an associate's degree in accounting from Spokane Falls. She spent 10 years working as an accountant, after which she took general and science courses from Lewis Clark Community College for three years. Taylor said she is looking f...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) receives a grant from Washington State Fair Capital Grant fund, and approved Resolutions 2022-10 and 2022-11 at their meeting March 28. It was announced the county received a Washington State Fair Capital Grant for $81,100, half of the $162,000 to complete the fairground irrigation and electrical. The county will provide a matching amount to cover the $162,200. Some of the funds used by the county will be American Rescue Plan Act f...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy City Council approved a contract with Arrow Concrete and Asphalt at their meeting on Maarch 21. The contract is for $35,000 to refurbish the tennis courts at the City Park. The plan proposed will create pickle ball, tennis, and basketball courts, and better lighting. The money will come from a Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation grant, a Northwest Credit grant, and money left from the Gazebo project. The council also voted to commit the city as the agency to fund $450,000 a...
POMEROY–Twelve members of the Pomeroy chapter of the National FFA Organization qualified to compete at the Washington State Competition at the District competition in Asotin on March 24. Jillian Herres, Trevin Kimble, Katie Boyer, KayLee Schmidt, Kendall Dixon and Chase Caruso competed as a Parliamentary Procedure team. Jett Slusser, Izzy Field, Eva Maconnell, Boone Schmidt, Laynee Herres and Taylor Gilbert competed as a Conduct of Chapter Meeting team. Both teams placed fourth, and will c...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy School District board of directors (PSD) hired Nikki Halbert and Jonathan Davis at their meeting on March 22. Halbert and Davis will be assistant track coaches for the 2022 season. The PSD directors approved calendar negotiations from the Garfield County Education Association, and have set the 2022-23 school year calendar. It will have the required 180 school days and 1027 instructional hours. An aviation curriculum for 8 and 11 grades is being considered for next year. T...
Ten years ago April 4, 2012 It will be Pirates on donkeys Monday, April 9, in the Elementary School gym, when Pomeroy High School Associated Student Body sponsors a fundraiser with a donkey basketball tournament. According to senior Haylee Koller, each high school class will have a team, and each team will have two teachers participating. The tournament comprises four games “filled with laughs,” Haylee promised. A group of agriculturally connected residents of Finland is the fifth led to eas...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy High School Lady Pirate basketball awards were presented to the team at the ESA in the school cafeteria last Monday March 21. Keely Maves was awarded Most Valuable Player, rebounding award and the captain's award. Other awards handed out were to Izzy Field for the Most Inspirational; Jadence Gingerich as the Most Dedicated; Hailee Brewer as the Finisher; Chase Caruso for Defense; Elizabeth Ruchert for the Most Improved; and the Coach's Award went to Jillian H...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transportation Authority (CTA) voted to hire a structural consultant at their meeting on March 21. The proposed building the CTA will share with Garfield County Public Works has specific structural needs that the consultant will be able to address. The money allotted to the hiring is not to exceed $20,000. The CTA will have an open house on March 24 at the Senior Center to discuss the Human Services Plan with any member of the community who comes. It will begin at 1...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) awarded three bids, one for supplying material for the sprinkler system project, another for wood and waste removal, and a third for the rock crushing contract at their meeting on March 21. A bid to supply materials only for the Garfield County Fairgrounds sprinkler system project from SiteOne Landscape Supply was approved for $28,294.19. Ironsides Custom Grinding’s bid to grind and remove the wood and yard waste at the Airport rock pit...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fire District No. 1 commissioners held a special meeting to discuss repairs to the Medic 30 ambulance on March 15. The ambulance has had diagnostics run and is believed to have a cracked head. Any further diagnostics would require an engine tear down, which could cost upwards of $7,000. The commissioners decided to bring Medic 30 back to the GCFD garage and use it as the backup third ambulance, only using it in Pomeroy city limits. The process of getting a new a...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy City Council announced the retirement of Shaun Martin as City Clerk and Treasurer, and the Complete Streets project update at the meeting on March 8. Martin will retire in June and Diane Taylor will become the new City Clerk and Treasurer. The Complete Streets Project has begun work on the Denny Ashby Library sidewalk. The contractors, Knox Concrete, will also replace other problem sidewalk areas. Also included in the project is fixing wiring on the light posts on Main S...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County commissioners passed a resolution to clarify an RV Park rule at their meeting on March 15. Resolution 2022- No. 3 states that a camper who is not living at the Pataha Creek RV Park may camp for four weeks every 120 days. The commissioners also created a role of camp host for the RV Park, to help residents and be a present at the park in return for a park space. The host would facilitate help with hookups for new residents, and alert the manager of d...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Health District approved amendments to the Department of Health consolidated contract at their meeting on March 21. The contract is valid from 2022 until 2024, and funding comes through the form of amendments. Resolution 2022-05 amends the contract by placing the maximum amount at $1,352,897. Resolution 2022-06 amends the contract again by raising the maximum amount by $305,943. The maximum funding for the consolidated contract currently stands at $1,658,540 The H...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Hospital District Board of Commissioners passed Resolution 22-04, funding for the hospital electrical upgrade; renewal of medical privileges, and Resolutions 22-02 and 22-03 at the meeting on March 7. The resolution approves funding for upgrading the electrical system at the Garfield County Memorial Hospital which has a total expected cost of $1,400,000. The project will be funded by a grant from the Unites States Department of Agriculture for $1,000,000, $250,000 f...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) signed Emergency Management Grant Agreement E19-181; approved Resolution 2022-09 and accepted a signed lease with Pacificorp at the meeting on March 14. The Emergency Management Grant Agreement E19-181 agreement is with the Washington State Military Department and extends an existing project deadline for the Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation Plan from March of 2022 to March of 2023. The extension is to allow time for the plan to b...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fire District No. 1 board of commissioners discussed replacing the radio repeater at Dodge at their meeting on March 8. There is no estimate yet for the cost of it, and the repeater is planned to be placed in the same building as is being used now. Fire Chief James Cleveland announced the new engine has more rust than was expected, although still functionally sound. The crew is running training exercises with it. The brush truck is in the designing process. The b...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County commissioners affirmed arrival of fiber optic supplies, approved monthly cell line charge and heard other business during the meeting March 1. The commissioners stated that the majority of supplies for the Pataha fiber for the home project have been received at their meeting on March 1. The project is still on its schedule to be completed in 2022. The Northeast Garfield County fiber project does not have a completion date yet, as the supplies have not been r...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) approved Resolution 2022-08 for equipment rental rates, and surplus Garfield County Transportation Authority items at the meeting March 7. The BOCC approved Resolution 2022-08 which set the rates, generated by County Engineer Grant Morgan, which are based on the life cycle of the specific piece of equipment, the replacement cost, and cost of operation, including fuel. The rates are retroactive to January of 2022 and will continue as s...
Ten years ago March 14, 2012 The public is invited to a program about the American West, featuring Nevada Slim and Cimarron Sue, is sponsored by Humanities Washington through its state-wide Speakers Bureau. The theme of the series is “Lasso Our Heritage: Cowboys and Cowgirls in Story and Song”. Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce recognized the achievements and efforts of three organizations at the annual awards banquet Saturday at Spinners Maple Hall. Twenty-five years ago March 12, 1997 Sup...
POMEROY–The School Board approved the end of required masking for students and personnel as March 21 during the meeting February 22. The Pomeroy School District (PSD) board of directors determined an end date for the mask mandate in both high and elementary schools at their meeting on February 22. Masks will not be required after March 21. The board also discussed an update to the coaches’ renewal policy. Coaching contracts will become yearly, with the position opened every three years. Cur...