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POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) authorized contracts, opened bids, and met with Unites States Forest Service officials at their meeting on June 27. Two contracts with the Washington State Military Department regarding Garfield County’s emergency management operations were signed. Contract E23-012 contracts for basic service operations for the 2023 fiscal year and provides $572,991 for Garfield County’s emergency management. Contract E22-300 is an equipment contr...
POMEROY–Retired City Clerk and Treasurer Shaun Martin, has been at her post with the City for 22 years, and celebrated her retirement with council members, family, and friends on June 28. The City Council presented her with a beautiful photograph of Pomeroy to commemorate her years of dedicated work. Martin's future plans are to enjoy her grandchildren, travel, finish projects at home, and to enjoy life. Martin acknowledged the community for their support during her 22 years as City Clerk. I w...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild (BMAG) is welcoming the next art show “Summer Sun” featuring adult artist Wendi Watson and the summer art class students at a reception in the gallery on July 7 at 5 p.m. The “Summer Sun” art show is sponsored by Meagan Tennant with her Farmhouse Faith Design. Summer students will exhibit their various creations, changing them out over the next two months as they use different mediums. Summer classes have been going very well working with as many as 49 eager student artists. “It is great to see so much...
POMEROY–December 2021 Student of the Month Emily Boyd, pictured right, has been stepping outside her box this year and trying new things not only in the classroom, but outside the classroom with FBLA. She has amazed not only me, but herself as well. Emily is taking two classes with me, and in these classes as well as FBLA, she has been going above and beyond expectations with individual and group work. She has even stepped up to the plate and willingly taken over three group projects to get t...
“There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.” – Robert Quillen...
In May Charleen Jackson contributed this picture of a Pomeroy baseball team from the past and was able to identify her grandfather, Ralph Woody, as being in the photo. Then Lee Koller identified the man wearing the fedora as his grandfather, Harry Kraemer. Then the Garfield County Museum weighed in, also possessing a copy of the photo and the names. Now East Washingtonian subscriber Donner Buchet of Rockville, Md., has contributed a clipping from the Sunday, September 3, 1961, Walla Walla...
The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation has opened the large Impact Grant Season. Large Impact Grants are intended for requests of $25,000 to $100,000. The large Impact Grant application is available on the Foundation’s website at lewisclarkhealth.org and are due by July 31. Priority for these grants are given to nonprofit or government agency applicants that demonstrate a commitment to long-term vision and projects that address the root causes that affect health, improve wellness, and help prevent disease. Grant applications can be for ca...
July in known for Independence Day- a celebration of the birth of this nation. It’s an odd concept we champion in America: independence. Recently, I have been reading the Book of Ezra. This account is a celebration too, of what we might call Dependence Day. The record of Ezra documents the return of the Israelites when the time of Exile in Babylon ended. The nation had refused to acknowledge its dependence on God and His generosity, and they lost everything they had. After an entire lifetime, God acted on His prior promise, and the People of G...
James Edward DeShirley July 11, 1947–June 22, 2022 With great sadness, the family of James DeShirley announces his passing on June 22, 2022, at the age of 74. Jim was born in Hood River, Ore., to Claude and RuthAnn DeShirley. He spent his childhood in Pomeroy, Wash., and graduated from Pomeroy High School in 1965. He served in the US Air Force and married Barbara Feider in 1970. He is a graduate of Washington State University (1979) and worked for 25 years for the Bonneville Power A...
Ten years ago July 4, 2012 The Pomeroy men’s scramble league ended two weeks ago, and the championship went to a three-way playoff before winners were decided. Winning the 9-hole playoff was the team of Lee Koller, Jack Peasley, and Bob Peasley. The second-place team was Del Groat, John Henry, and Clay Barr; and the third-place team was Jay Henry, Sonny Harper, and Otto Krause. Coordinator Georgy Feider said that after a harsh start with the weather, things brightened up for the remainder of t...
A heartfelt thanks to the Pioneer Association for recognizing our family as Pioneers of the year, and implementing a wonderful weekend highlighting our family history. What a great community! Blachly Family...