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POMEROY–The Pomeroy Gun Club members were blessed with better shooting conditions during the second week of the Camas Prairie Telephonic shoot, and better scores were the result. The Junior shooters posted most of their scores on Saturday January 15. In the 12-year-old and younger Division Carter Barron posted the best singles score with an 18 of 25 effort. Magnus Edwards was close behind with a score of 17. In the Handicap effort Edwards posted an 18 for the top score in the Division. Ollie Sievers paced the Sub Junior division with a 22 in s...
POMEROY–The November 2021 Student of the Month, sponsored by Pomeroy Partners, is Nadine Ross. Nadine was nominated by Joanne Pederson and Lynette Cochran because she inspires positivity through her kind heart and compassion for others. Nadine brings PRIDE to the Pomeroy High School through an attitude and behavior of selflessness especially as she works in the lunch line. She willingly gives of herself and of her time, to help out as a server each day. She accomplishes so much each day, w...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fire District No.1 board of commissioners announced at their meeting on January 11, that the new fire engine is at the station. The commissioners went on to approved Resolution 2022-02 to bid $41,300 for a water tender. They also voted to approve the bidding process for building a brush truck. The bids will be opened at the next regular meeting, February 15 by ZOOM at 5 p.m....
Rep. Mary Dye introduces bills in support of Republican ORCA (Outdoor Recreation and Climate Adaptation) Plan OLYMPIA–Rep. Mary Dye has introduced legislation as part of the House Republican ORCA (Outdoor Recreation and Climate Adaptation) Plan that provides a roadmap toward cleanup of Puget Sound, expands funding for outdoor recreation, addresses climate issues, and eliminates state parks fees, including the Discover Pass. For more information visit: https://houserepublicans.wa.gov/2021/12/01/real-solutions-for-wa-environment/ Senate passes b...
“You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” – George Burns...
By Sen. Mark Schoesler, Rep. Joe Schmick, and Rep. Mary Dye OLYMPIA–The 2022 legislative session kicked off Jan. 10 much like last year’s with very few legislators and staff in attendance. While the House and Senate have slightly different operating plans for the year, much is the same: remote committees, online voting, and very little in-person involvement from the public. In fact, much of this session’s work will be to undo, fix, or “tweak” legislation that passed last year. It’s now very apparent that when you shut down in-person t...
A bill scheduled for a public hearing next week (HB 1727) would ban citizen ballot measures in odd years, but still allow local governments to call special elections to increase taxes. A similar bill was proposed in 2020. Former Secretary of State Kim Wyman testified against the idea of banning odd year ballot measures in 2020. Secretary Wyman noted these types of proposals would limit the people’s right of initiative and referendum and could add to voter fatigue by causing exceedingly long ballots. Though the claim is being made that, initiati...
The East Washingtonian continues its annual look back at the year just completed, 2021, in this second installment of the Year In Review. Our hope to our readers is that these short snippets of events from last year bring back fond memories. Charlotte Baker Editor and Publisher July 22) The Pomeroy Ranger District announced closure of all USFS land, roads and trails in the Umatilla National Forest, as well as several Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife units including W.T. Wooten, 4-0 Ranch, Grouse Flats, Asotin Creek and Weatherly...
Ten years ago January 18, 2012 The Pacific Power Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum (EWAM) to help support the construction of a critically needed building at the Garfield County Fairgrounds. The museum has been preserving the history of agriculture in the northwest since its inception. The EWAM committee has been receiving, restoring historical farm equipment and has simply run out of room in the existing building. Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce is...
May 22, 1926–November 4, 2021 Laurel Helen Feider, 95, passed away at her daughter’s home in Dayton on November 4, 2021. Laurel was born to George W. Bowles and Christle Darland in Pomeroy, Wash., on May 22, 1926. Laurel married Raymond Feider on Novermber 28, 1953; he passed away September 1987. She belonged to the Holy Rosary Catholic Church and a member of the Atlar Society. Laurel is survived by her four children: Margaret of Dayton, George, and Wayne of Pomeroy; Linda (Joe) of Billings, Mont.; six grandchildren: Jory (Jaqie), Hailey (Iv...
POMEROY––The Lady Pirates are amid a trio of non-league games before resuming the home stretch of the 2021-22 season, chalking up wins over Tekoa-Rosalia and Touchet. Touchet was a two-time victim of the Lady Bucs on January 11 and 15, and Pomeroy easily overwhelmed TR 45-5 last Friday. Non-league games were against Liberty Christian last Tuesday, at Asotin on Wednesday, then coming up are Friday's and Saturday's league games with Garfield-Palouse and at St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse. Overall the...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Just when the Pomeroy Pirates would build a comfy lead, the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves would creep back into the game, and when the nice, 10-point, fourth-quarter lead got pared down to just two points, the Pirates were able to hit clutch buckets and keep the T-wolves at bay. When the dust had settled, Pomeroy won the league counter 62-60. The Pirates are 7-3 overall and 4-0 in league play. They hosted Liberty Christian and visited Asotin in a pair of mid-week non-league...
RITZVILLE–The Ritzville Invitational was diluted by teams that dropped out last Saturday, scaling back to a five-team match where three Pirate wrestlers–Walker Flynn, Curtis Winona and Braedyn White–went undefeated in three matches. At the first league match at Liberty-Spangle on January 13, Flynn and Winona wrestled well, going undefeated. Coming up for the Pirate wrestling team is a league match today in Davenport, followed by the Kittitas Invitational on Saturday. A league meet in Colfax will be held January 25. “Due to a bunch of teams d...