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POMEROY-U.S. Bank customers received notice in March that the local U. S. Bank housed in the Old National Bank location, a mainstay on Main Street, will close June 16, 2020. There are no clear indications, at this time, what will be done with the building, which is currently leased by U.S. Bank. Communications Manager for U.S. Bank in Minneapolis, Minn., Boua Xiong indicated that the decision to close the Pomeroy bank was not an easy one, but based on customers utilizing online and mobile banking, it seemed the most practical path to choose....
POMEROY- Garfield County Auditor's Office, Donna Deal has officially retired after 37 years of service on April 30, 2020. She began her career as the Licensing and Recording Deputy, then moved up to the position of Chief Deputy, eventually being appointed in 1991, and ultimately elected to the position of County Auditor, where she served for the past 30 years. She was re-elected every four years, through a total of eight election cycles, but was opposed only once. Deal is a native of Grangeville...
By Connie Boyer East Washingtonian Reporter POMEROY-McKenzie Uto Lueck has been appointed and sworn in as Garfield County Auditor on Monday, May 4, 2020, to complete retiring auditor Donna Deal's term effective April 30, 2020. Lueck has been the Deputy Auditor since December, 2017. Lueck is a native of Pomeroy, and graduated from Pomeroy High School in 2014. She continued her education at Lewis Clark State College, graduating in May, 2017, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business...
POMEROY–Antonich reported five bids for the 5th to 6th Streets project were received and came in and recommended Nelson Construction’s bid of $288,777.11. Antonich stated the budget for construction is $530,000.00. The cost of engineering is calculated as thirty percent of the construction bid, $86,633.00, of which $70,000 has already been paid for in the design phase leaving a balance of $16,633.00 for engineering. Due to COVID-19, TIB has reduced financing to state agencies and is reluctant toprovide additional funds because of cutbacks. Not...
POMEROY-Superintendent Rachel Gwinn introduced an instructional plan which maintains the number of staff employed for the 2020-21 school year and a new transitional Kindergarten (TK) program. The District will maintain the state required ratio of 17 students to one teacher in K-3 grades, which is also the same average used across all grade levels. During the school board meeting April 27, Gwinn discussed the possibility of establishing a new TK class. According to a description issued by the...
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein...
POMEROY–Mayor G. Paul Miller signed the Notice of Award to Nelson Construction Corporation during the City Council meeting May 6. Mayor Miller said it appeared that the only monetary solution is to use funds from the Complete Streets fund. The maximum it can use is limited to $20,000 per the Transportation Improvement Board (TIB), which would bring the total available to $47,331.00. Any additional costs would have to be borne by TD&H. “We don’t wish to take it out of the Complete Streets fund,” said Miller. “Either this or throw out the bids....
Behind those eyes there shines a light That’s guided me from my first step Down life’s highway through thick and thin So I could tell the wrong from right. Behind those eyes there beats a heart That taught me love is what you feel And to be taken as it is And not something you take apart. Behind those eyes there lives a soul That speaks to me from deep within And warns me I must not despair Those things in life I can’t control. Behind those eyes there is a love That never lets me out of sight...
Garfield County Hospital District is proud to announce April's Employee of the Month, Anna Wessels, Environmental Services. She was nominated by her co-workers who state, "She is always willing to help out whenever she can," remarked her co-workers. Anna is originally from Pomeroy, Washington. When she was a year old, she moved to the neighboring community of Dayton, Wash. She attended grade school in Dayton Elementary and then in 2010, her family relocated back to Garfield County where her moth...
POMEROY–As a teenager, Mother’s Day is a lot harder than when I was little. Now, nobody takes me shopping to find that perfect gift and I have to wrap whatever I get myself. That’s tough stuff right there–just kidding! I actually look forward to Mother’s Day because it’s a chance for me to spoil my mom the way she spoils me. This year, with having the Stay-at-Home order and since I don’t have a driver’s license yet, it was nearly impossible to get over the hill to shop for my mom. Ingenuity...
SPOKANE—Innovia Foundation announced a second round of grant funding available to community-based organizations engaged in COVID-19 response and recovery efforts in eastern Washington and North Idaho. Applications for funding are being accepted through May 26, and grant recipients will be announced by June 12. Approximately $800,000 will be awarded throughout the 20 counties Innovia serves. Funding will be prioritized for organizations addressing the health and economic needs of those most likely to be disproportionately impacted by C...
Ten Years Ago May 12, 2010 Garfield County Courthouse will close at noon on Thursday so county personnel can begin the process of relocating to Pomeroy Elementary School for the next year. In an effort to assist economic development in Garfield County, the Community Planning Task Force Business/Services Committee will conduct a survey to assess shopping habits of county consumers and identify gaps in the businesses and services offered locally. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 17, 1995 Pioneer Day planning discussed possible events to replace the...
"Sometimes it takes more faith when there is no miracle." -Author unknown Whitney M. Baker March 26, 1985- May 7, 2020 SPOKANE–Former Waitsburg resident Whitney Marie Baker, 35, of Spokane Valley, died May 7, 2020, at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. She was born March 26, 1985, in Walla Walla, to Loyal and Kathy (Berry) Baker. Her first days involved hospitalization at Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle due to medical complications following her birth. She was later diagnosed w...
Erma Louise Oldenburg Ward August 2, 1928– May 4, 2020 Erma Louise Oldenburg Ward died at the age of 91 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Monday, May 4, 2020. She was born the first of three children to Virgie Mae (Koller) and Leo Otto Herman Oldenburg in Pomeroy Wash., August 2, 1928. The family lived on a Snake River farm on the Wawawai Grade Road in Garfield County. Erma and her sister Maxine walked two miles to attend the one room Long Glen School House, until she completed the fifth grade. The h...
Joan Elsensohn Herr February 10, 1930 – April 14, 2020 Joan Elsensohn Herr, age 90, of Dublin and Upper Arlington, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, after a short battle with leukemia. Born on February 10, 1930 in Pomeroy, Wash., she moved to Columbus after marrying Donald E. Herr in 1954. Both were professors at The Ohio State University. Joan, a graduate of Washington State University and The Ohio State University, had a long career as a Registered Dietician and a p...
Aurelia Fanning Campbell October 16, 1931- March 14, 2020 Aurelia Fanning Campbell, 88, died at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona on March 14, 2020. She suffered a bleeding internal hemorrhage of the brain. She died three days after surgery. Aurelia was born in Pomeroy to Edgar and Madelyn Fanning on October 16, 1931. She attended Pomeroy schools graduating in 1949. In the fall of that year she attended Kinman Business College at Spokane, Wash., then worked for an insurance company...
POMEROY–For avid mushroom pickers, spring truly begins when friendly fungi return to the forest. Personal-use mushroom picking is free and does not require a permit or payment under the legal limits, which authorizes an individual to harvest, possess, or transport less than a gallon in Oregon and less than five gallons in Washington. These free mushrooms are only available for personal consumption and cannot be sold, bartered or given away. Those seeking to pick more than the free personal-use limit are considered commercial gatherers. To help...
POMEROY–Garfield County Commissioner Justin Dixon updated the East Washingtonian about the May 8approval letter from Secretary of Health John Leseman which informed Garfield County that it is among the five out of ten counties to re-open in Phase 2. “We appreciate the efforts by everyone in Garfield County who adhered to the Stay-at-Home order to maintain an element of safety and would like to see this practice continue,” Dixon said. Governor Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 “Stay-at-Home” orders have been in effect since March 11, 2020, which offic...