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POMEROY–The Garfield County Pioneer Association will celebrate over 100 years of community heritage Friday and Saturday June 10 and 11. The featured events for this year’s observance are Wine and Stein, the annual Garfield County Pioneer Association meeting and Pioneer Celebration Day, tribute to the Balchly family as Honored Pioneer, 76–78-year high school reunion grads, parades, and a food fair. To get the weekend celebration started, the Wine and Stein, a Pomeroy Community Center and Seeley Theatre sponsored event, will be held at Spinn...
By Connie Harris POMEROY–The Holy Rosary Church Faith Formation children raised $3,220 for the Ukraine Solidarity Fund which help war refugees with personal needs. The Holy Rosary Church Faith Formation children in Connie Harris and Bob Wolf's class decided to raise money to help the Ukraine refugees by making posters and appealing for money from the church parishioners. The class collected $1,610 in two weeks and the local Knights of Columbus Charity matched this money with $1,610 for a t...
POMEROY–The local Chamber of Commerce is playing "catch up" and will celebrate the winners of the 2020 and 2021 Hometown Heroes Community Awards at several locations on June 10–11. To celebrate two years of awards, the Chamber chose to recognize winners of the Hometown Heroes Community Awards through a series of open houses beginning at the Bank of Eastern Washington on Friday, June 10 from 1-4 p.m. The next open house will take place at the Mall on Main on Saturday, June 11 from 4:30-6:30 p.m...
POMEROY––Filing week is concluded and there will be a race for the office of county sheriff with incumbent Drew W. Hyer filing to run for re-election with a challenger Kurt Miller filing as a candidate. Both Hyer and Miller filed as Republicans. In other county offices, incumbents filed for re-election with no challengers. Justin E. Dixon will seek another term as County Commissioner 3 on the Republican ticket. Auditor McKenzie Lueck filed to run for a four-year term and states no party preference. Brian S. Bartels will be on the ballot as an u...
Lifetime Achievement for 2020 goes to Dave and Nancy Ruark who are celebrated for their achievements with the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum....
“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” – Voltaire...
Editor’s note: Jack Peasley contacted Doug Griffiths, MBA, with Kelly Clemmer, the author of “13 Ways to Kill Your Community,” published by Friesen Press, who graciously gave permission to reprint the first chapter of his book-East Washingtonian. What follows is part two of five segments of Chapter 1, “Forget the Water.” (Continued from May 19 edition.) The quality of water we expect has gone far beyond only what we drink, however. Very few people in North America are willing to buy a house with water stains running down the tub or around th...
To the editor, Ronald Reagan once said something like, “isn’t it interesting that the people who are pro-abortion are people who had the opportunity to be born?” When President Donald Trump addressed Congress during his term, he gave a most moving and impressive speech. He reinforced in his address his commitment to protect the most innocent of our population, the unborn. When he said that, a little over half the room burst into a standing ovation. The left of humanity sat with their arms folded across their chests and had anger in their expre...
WALLA WALLA–The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will place a ban on all alcohol at the Granite Point recreation site on Lower Granite Lake on May 27. Granite Point is a well-used recreation spot and has several natural and commercial dangers. Due to barge traffic, cliff jumping and swimming the narrow canyon channel are all prohibited. These activities become a greater risk when combined with alcohol. Prohibiting alcohol is designed to enhance public safety and increase the overall recreation quality of the site. For more information contact t...
DAYTON–The 2022 Dayton Days-Columbia County Fair Jackpot Rodeo is Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28. Two days of exciting rodeo action are planned, the first evening’s events kicking off at 6 p.m. Friday, with Saturday’s action getting under way at 4 p.m. at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. Dayton Days, the community’s long-time organization which put on the annual horse-racing weekend, is teaming up with the Columbia County Fair Association to put on the two-day rodeo. Remember Saturday’s Dayton Days Parade, courtesy of the Dayton Chamber o...
POMEROY-The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild hosted the opening of their spring Flowers and Abstracts show on May 5. The show was sponsored by RPW Structural Engineering. Featured adult artist for the show is Boopie Inez Cannon and the junior artists are Pomeroy Homeschoolers students. The Pomeroy Homeschoolers is a group that gathers families who are homeschooling and provides them with a place to encourage each other, share strategies, and show what they have been learning....
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) signed inter-agency IT agreement, discussed July 4 fireworks and possible commercial policies for Fairgrounds RV sites at their meeting on May 23. The commissioners signed an inter-agency agreement with Inter Mountain Educational Service District for 2022-23 IT support. The cost of the services is $42,518, an increase of 25% from the 2021-22 cost of $32,567. Part of the rise in cost is due to added cybersecurity support services, and p...
POMEROY-The Garfield County Fire Department board of commissioners discussed the completion of their new emergency communications repeater at their meeting on May 10. The repeater on Richardson land is expected to be finished and working in June. The board also discussed the possibility of using cards for purchasing supplies and other necessities that may come up. They decided to continue research in the type of card that would best fit their needs....
WALLA WALLA– The Walla Walla Community College Foundation is pleased to announce the Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation scholarship recipients for 2022‐2023. The scholarships honor the generosity of Harold and Helen Shepherd who were active civic leaders in Garfield County. These scholarships will provide five Pomeroy residents the opportunity to pursue their educational dreams at Walla Walla Community College this fall. Awardees are: Victoria Bly, Cindy Everhart, Justus Harris, Heidi Heytvelt, Gustavo Alvarez Tornez. The Harold and Hel...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County commissioners approved the purchase of a new heater and heard reports on fiber internet project progress and Columbia Pulp receivership at their meeting on May 17. The heater in the Pataha Creek RV Park laundry room has gone out and will be replaced. The commissioners approved the cost of $800, which includes installation fees. All the parts for the Pataha fiber project have arrived. The project is waiting on a few more forms to be signed and then will be r...
Ten years ago May 30, 2012 With the recent presence of wildlife in the city, Department of Fish and Wildlife officer Jim Nelson has a simple recommendation: Call the Sheriff’s office and then just stay away. The moose that roamed around the west side of the city on May 17 killed a dog after the moose was spooked by sight-seers, Jim said. The wildlife officer said that wild animals can usually be ushered out of town if they aren’t threatened by crowds. About a week later, a black bear was spottin...
Charleen Jackson contributed this photo that includes her grandfather Ralph Woody as one of the Pomeroy baseball players. The identities of the men from what appears to be a Pomeroy town baseball team from some unknown period of time are not known. 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]....
For the fourth consecutive meet both Pomeroy Junior High boys and girls track teams won the meet by points. The boys scored a season-high 162 points (2nd place Asotin scored 100) and the girls also scored a season-high 143½ points (2nd place Gar/Pal scored 118½). “This is the third consecutive week that we have scored more points than the previous week,” said Coach Adam VanVogt. “To win both the boy’s and girl’s title at a meet is a very difficult accomplishment. To do it four meets in a row is an achievement I don’t remember any junior high t...
LIBERTY LAKE–The Pomeroy Boys ran, jumped and vaulted their way to the regional championship here last week, tallying 104 points to easily outdistance St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse for team honors as some 18 Pirate thinclads are bound for state at EWU this weekend. Leading the charge for the Pirates will be Colton Slaybaugh, Katie Boyer and Sidney Bales, all champions in their respective events. "We scored 104 points to win the meet," said Head Coach Adam VanVogt, "which had 22 teams competing. S...
DEER PARK–As this edition goes to press, Pomeroy's Golf Team will be on the links, competing-State Golf Tournament at Ridgefield Golf Course here on May 24-25. "There is always the potential for success," commented Head Coach Al Damron. "Chase should place high and both boys have been playing better lately, so we are hopeful." District Champion Chase Caruso headed to the first state match since 2019 earlier this week with a string of match victories to her name. Last year, Caruso finished a...