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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... Full story
POMEROY–The past couple of years have been a health challenge for many Pomeroy and Garfield County citizens…and the world. During this time, so many of the local medical and health organizations have really stepped up to the front to care for those in need. In celebration of these entities, we invite you to thumb through our first annual Health and Wellness guide included in this week’s edition, and hope you find much useful information in this special section. We are here to help build a healthy, happy community. You can let me know how you l...
The Pomeroy Gun Club's 2022 Winter League season culminated last Sunday with its Annual Fun Day, which included a potluck barbecue and business meeting, plus presentations of the annual awards for top Youth and Adult shooters in several categories. Having some fun shootin' clays that afternoon were, from left: Bryan McKeirnan, Mason Blachly, Buck Geiger and Luke Ledgerwood. See Page 6 for more Gun Club photos and story by Larry Bunch....
“Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.... Full story
OLYMPIA–Rep. Mary Dye and Rep. Mark Klicker say Gov. Jay Inslee’s veto of significant sections in a clean energy facility siting measure Friday will have devastating consequences on the future landscape of Eastern Washington communities and farmland. House Bill 1812, signed late Friday afternoon by Inslee, establishes the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) as an independent agency separate from the Utilities and Transportation Commission. However, the governor vetoed sections 19, 20, 21 and 22–provisions Dye and Klicker were able...
Gray wolves are thriving in Washington state and their numbers have consistently increased year-over-year. Yet, we are continuing to have discussions about the need to preserve their growth. The Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) is currently seeking comments on rule changes to make use of all non-lethal deterrents mandatory in certain parts of the state before wolves proven to be depredating livestock can be lethally removed and language that would formalize the current response process in cases of depredations. The need to...
Today ends national Agriculture Week. For a large part of Washington state, that means a great deal. In Washington state, agriculture generates more than $20 billion in revenue for the state annually and employed an estimated 200,000 people in 2020. We lead the nation in the production of apples, blueberries, sweet cherries, hops, pears, and spearmint oil. Washington’s producers are second in the nation in the production of apricots, asparagus, grapes, potatoes, and raspberries. We are also the second-largest wine producing state in the U.S. a...
Letter to the editor, Recently, Chris Cargill, Eastern Washington director of right-wing Washington Policy Center, advocated for a parents’ bill of rights to improve our educational system. But how would that help? Shouldn’t students themselves, especially at high school level, have at least equal voice to their parents since their education most strongly affects their own lives? Maybe Cargill thinks students and their parents agree on what would improve their education, but is there evidence of that? Polls show considerable disagreement bet...
POMEROY–Spring Farming Days, a locally sponsored event, is scheduled at the Garfield County Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday April 2 and 3 at 9 a.m.–4 p.m. The annual events will feature plowing through seeding, exhibits at the Ag Museum, display and operating antique tractors, engines, tools and equipment; exhibit antique vehicles, and a Blue Mountain Artisan Guild exhibition. In addition, attendees may bring their old/antique agricultural items to sell at the Treasure Trailer. Many come to...
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...
POMEROY–The local FFA Agronomy team competed in the State Contest in Pullman, Wash on March 23 where they place eighth. Agronomy CDE participants competed in all facets of the agronomic industry, including crop and weed identification, commodity evaluation, identification of machinery, a general knowledge test, and integrated pest management which is comprised of both insects and disorders. Skills in soil identification and analysis including the ability to make sound managerial decisions are a...
POMEROY–The Elementary Schools kicked-off the first annual "Pig Out on Books" reading challenge for one week which started last Friday, March 25. The goal for each student is to read 200 minutes in one week, with an elementary school goal of 40,000 minutes. Each student will keep track of their own reading time. At the end of the challenge, prizes will be awarded passed on total minutes. For 30 minutes a piggie eraser; 60 minutes pig-themed water bottle sticker and for 120 minutes a pig spat b...
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...
Sharon Rose Jensen August 25, 1941–March 18, 2022 A bell rang in heaven on March 18, 2022 and Sharon Rose Jensen, 80, of Pomeroy, Wash., passed away peacefully at Garfield County Memorial Hospital in Pomeroy, Wash. She was surrounded by her husband Bruce Jensen, two sisters and a brother at the time of her death. Her life on earth has ended and she has begun her time in eternity with family, friends and her Lord and Savior. Sharon was born August 25, 1941, in Raymond, Wash. to Earl Jay J...
POMEROY–Local Gun Club members culminated their 2022 Winter League season with their Annual Fun Day, potluck barbecue and business meeting along with the annual awards for top Youth and Adult shooters in several categories. Beautiful Spring weather blessed the day on Sunday March 27. The Junior shooters started the day with fun and shooting games on one of the two Trap Fields and the Adults shot 50 16–yard targets on the other Trap Field. The Adults are classed based on their 10-week averages an...
COLFAX–The McGregor Company and Pendleton Grain Growers are joining forces to expand access to seed varieties for Pacific Northwest growers. The addition of PGG Seed to the McGregor Seed Division in late July brought a seasoned staff with a combined 90 years of experience as well as a long-standing history of commitment and quality; traits that align with the McGregor Company’s dedication to farm families, the environment, and the communities they serve. “The McGregor Company has a long commitment to growers in the Pacific Northwest and in Or...
KOOSKIA–The Pirate nine finished as runner-up in this year’s Southfork Slugfest here, dropping the championship game to North Star after defeating Clearwater Valley 4-3 and Clarkston JV 10-0. North Star rode big fourth and seventh innings to the 20-9 win. The Pirates split the season-opener versus Touchet, dropping the first game 6-0 and winning the second 10-0. Play continues this week against Liberty and Prairie, wrapping up with a twin bill at Liberty Christian Saturday, April 2 and an April 5 single with Asotin. North Star 20, Pomeroy 9 ...
POMEROY–Pirate Golf hosted St. John on its home golf course on Wednesday, March 23, and with only one veteran player taking part, the match game Pomeroy’s less experienced players a taste of what it is like to compete on the links. Jett Slusser was the boys’ medalist with a good nine-hole score of 41. Eighth grader Grayson Slaybaugh was second with 49. Reggie Ott was third with 54. On the girls’ side, freshman Kiersten Bartels collected the second-place medal carding a 53. Other Pomeroy participants were: Cesar Morfin-56, Boone Schmitt...
CLARKSTON–Pirate Track and Field launched the spring campaign with a good showing at the Southern NE 2B meet here March 23. The Pomeroy Boys were third behind second-place Asotin and Davenport, and the Pirate Girls were fourth, with Davenport in third, Garfield-Palouse in second and Clarkston taking top honors among the nine schools competing. The season will resume after Spring Break with a Tuesday, April 12 meet at Lybecker Field. Colton Slaybaugh commences his fourth year as a Pirate pole vaulter, and he cleared 14-0 for first place. Juniors...
PALOUSE–The Lady Buccaneers split a double header with the Garfield-Palouse Lady Vikings last weekend, losing the opener 10-3 then rallying in the nightcap with a big sixth inning for a 10-9 win. Pomeroy faces Liberty and Prairie this week and rounds off the pre-Spring Break schedule with a Saturday double header at Liberty Christian. Play resumes April 12 at DeSales. “In the first game, we fought hard and came up short,” said Head Coach Sonia Hevener of the opener at Gar-Pal. “We made some crucial errors that cost us the game. But the Lady Pi...