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POMEROY–Firefighting units from Garfield County Fire District 1, Columbia County Fire Districts 1, and 3; and Columbia/Walla Walla joint District 2, responded to a barn fire at the Robert and Ruth Yutzy place at 410 Emerson Road here, late Monday morning, March 20, 2023. The Yutzy's large stock barn and a single-wide mobile home trailer were totally destroyed. "Three 4-H steers were badly injured, some goats sustained burns, and one milk cow escaped with singed hair," said Ruth Yutzy. The b...
POMEROY–Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, WA-05, hosted three town hall events in Colfax, Clarkston, and Pomeroy on March 13. The congresswoman heard from eastern Washington farmers, ranchers and other constituents. McMorris Rodgers finished the day with a "Conversations with Cathy" town hall event at Pomeroy High School. The event was well-attended by many constituents, including many students who brought attention to topics such as protecting Lower Snake River dams, t...
POMEROY–Homeschool winners of the Pi Day Challenge and Oscar Dispenza, Josephine Watson, and Allen Dispenza. The Pomeroy Homeschoolers held their annual Pi Day Challenge on March 14, also known as 3.14, the first three digits of Pi. Students gather to eat pie and compete to see who has memorized the most digits of the irrational number Pi. This year's first place winner was Oscar Dispenza memorizing a phenomenal 432 digits. Josephine Watson placed second with 67 digits memorized and Allen D...
“Ask five economists and you’ll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.” – Edgar Fiedler...
OLYMPIA–In my 30 years as a state legislator, there have been times when I have correctly predicted that something Olympia did would turn out badly for Washingtonians. The "cap-and-tax" program recently created by the Democrat majorities in the Legislature certainly looks like it should be added to this dubious list. Earlier this month, the state Department of Ecology announced the results from the state's first carbon-allowance auction, which was created by the Climate Commitment Act passed b...
It is Sunshine Week–a national observance of transparency in government. It is fitting, then, that I got the first installment of public records requested from the Governor’s office regarding the buffer bills of the last two years late last week. In reviewing the documents sent my way–primarily calendar items and correspondence from folks interested in removal of the Lower Snake River Dams, support and opposition for HB 1838, and various other salmon-related interests–something struck a chord. In all the records, nearly 3,000 of them, what wa...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transportation Authority (CTA) signed paperwork from a previous agreement and discussed an in-progress audit at their meeting on March 20. A Washington State Department of Transportation grant amendment, incorporating and extra allocation of $9,823, was discussed at a previous CTA meeting. The money was allocated and used to purchase the new transit van. The paperwork for the amendment was delayed and finally came through. An accountability audit from Washington S...
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) tentatively approved a letter, and discussed a bid for a belly dump trailer at their meeting on March 20. The BOCC approved the signing of a letter of approval, pending viewing by Garfield County Prosecutor Matt Newberg. The letter is from Pac Soleil, requesting approval of reassignment of their rights, title, and interest to Appaloosa Solar Project, in regards to a staffing and cost reimbursement agreement with the county that was s...
OLYMPIA–The state House of Representatives voted Wednesday, 97-0, to approve legislation authored by Rep. Mary Dye that would allow local fire departments who use aviation suppression efforts on the initial attack of brush, timber, and grass fires to be reimbursed by the state for those expenses. The so-called "Aviation Assurance Funding" measure, House Bill 1498, was one of the final bills to be released to the House floor on Wednesday for a vote before 5 p.m. deadline, in which legislation h...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Spinners hosted the 38th annual St. Patrick's Day broomstick pool tournament at the Maple Hall on March 17 and 18. A total of 55 teams played in the tournament. Seven were eliminated on Friday, and 48 played on Saturday. The winners of the tournament were Ritchie Vecchio and Ray Luther, in first place; Dave and Heath Shelton, in second place; Nick Herres and Scott Young in third place; Teresa Summers and Justin Malheur in fourth; Chris Rardin and Drew Zorza in fifth; and L...
Ten Years Ago March 27, 2013 Eero Kovero brought his seventh group since 2010 to the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum at the Garfield County Fairgrounds on Sunday. The farmer and tour leader from Finland brought 10 other farmers from the south of that county to Washington state, landing in Seattle on Monday. The farmers worked their way east with stops at Coulee Dam and the Genesee area, and a jet-boat ride on the Snake River. They were headed back west and will travel through the Yakima...
There are a number of unidentified portraits in the archives of the Garfield County Musuem...and their identities are unknown. If you know the names of the people in this photo, please contact the East Washingtonian. 509-843-1313, or email Charlotte Baker, [email protected]. ––Photo provided by the Garfield County Museum...
POMEROY––Young Pirate pitchers got a chance to test their talents in the season's opening double header here March 14, with Liberty-Spangle taking a 19-3 win in the opener then Pomeroy winning the nightcap 13-0. The Buccoes tied Asotin JV 3-3 on March 16 and fell to Clarkston JVs 15-5 on March 18. Pomeroy had Prairie on the schedule last Tuesday at Shepherd Field, and will visit Sunnyside Christian Saturday. They wrap the pre-Spring Break schedule at home against Liberty Christian on March 31....
WALLA WALLA–Pomeroy senior Chase Caruso shot a 92 at the Walla Walla High School Invitational golf match March 15, finishing in fifth place among 25 girls from some of the biggest schools in Washington and Oregon. Brady Bott, also a senior, came in at 90 and in the middle of the pack of 23 boys. Sophomore Kiersten Bartels finished at 126. "The conditions were not very pleasant at Veterans Memorial Golf Club," commented Head Coach Al Damron, "with cold, windy and cloudy weather. "All in all I w...
POMEROY–The Liberty Lady Lancers made quick work of the Lady Pirates in the season opener, and the local nine rebounded with more hits and runs in the night cap, but still was behind after six innings. Liberty downed Pomeroy 19-0 in the first game and 25-12 in the second game. Prairie is scheduled for a visiting double header March 21, and travels to Sunnyside Christian on Saturday. Dayton-Waitsburg visits March 28 as does Liberty Christian on March 31. "The season opener game was a good o...
WALLA WALLA–The 2023 Camas Prairie Trap Shoot held at the gun club here, had over 300 shooters including 10 members of the Pomeroy Gun Club participate in the four-day event, March 16-19. Members of the Pomeroy Gun Club participated in all or part of the 2023 Camas Prairie Trap Shoot over four days, March 16–19, at Walla Walla Gun Club. Over 300 shooters from the 24 member Clubs of the Camas Prairie Association and from other locations over several States took advantage of beautiful weather to...