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POMEROY–The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has issued official guidance for reopening Washington schools for the 2020-2021 school year, specifying employee and student safety requirements for reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic which mandates school boards to adopt and submit reopening plans” for the fall. “My goal is to bring all students and staff back into our classrooms so we can get back to teaching and learning while staying safe,” Supt. Rachel Gwinn said. She would be posting the reopening plan an...
POMEROY–A memorial was installed at the cemetery just prior to Memorial Day in mid-May, dedicated to Garfield County military or related support personnel who served our country but did not make it home. The monument was designed by Garlinghouse Memorials in Lewiston, with multiple plaques listing casualties from the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Middle East conflicts. (Civil War casualties are not included since Garfield County did not exist at that t...
POMEROY–School District Business Manager Kelly McKeirnan presented the 2020-21 school budget of $5,588,119, based on projected enrollment of 290 students, which was approved by the School Board following the public hearing July 27. In addition, student registration is set for the week of August 17, 2020, two weeks prior to the planned first day of school on August 31, 2020. The Pomeroy School District (PSD) 2020-21 year will start with an expected revenue of $5,588,119, which is an increase of $9,890 from the 2019-20 budget. Also, $5,704,241 i...
POMEROY–The WIAA Executive Board voted to allow some alternate seasons for sports based on the Safe Start Phase protocols and new season descriptions recently. Superintendent Rachel Gwinn and Athletic Directors Toddette McGreevy, Nettie Severs and Fred Knebel have reviewed and will comply with the plan set forth by the WIAA in order to bring all sports into play during the 2020-21 seasons. "We support the WIAA in their efforts to provide all athletics for Washington's student-athletes as our s...
“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” – Steve Jobs...
Here is a community update outlining the Garfield County Hospital District (GCHD) operation since March 2020 to the present. There was a decrease in patient volumes at the clinic, lab, and outpatient physical therapy starting in March with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and at the beginning of quarantine orders. It is with pleasure to report volumes started to pick back up towards the end of May and are back to or in some areas, exceeding pre-COVID numbers. The district was fortunate that during our slow months for outpatient services...
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June 24 Garfield County District Court–Judge Tom Cox: Rickelle W. Ladd, of Walla Walla, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor of Introducing Contraband 3rd Degree. Ladd was sentenced to two days jail; must pay $143; and will be on unsupervised probation for 12 months. Mitchell E. Smead-Darst, of Clarkston, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct. Smead-Darst was ordered to: complete 16 hours of community service; pay $43; and was placed on unsupervised probation for 12 months. July 29 Garfield County District Court–Judge Tom Cox: Gav...
“The farmer has always been a peasant.” – Richard Blinco Idaho When the market crashed in 1975, Richard had a ranch, feedlot, dairy, potatoes, alfalfa and a packing house. Here we sit 45 years later and not much has changed. Today less than 1.3% of the American population, (and 7% in Canada), is involved in production agriculture. We, who are left with the responsibility of feeding the ever-growing population that now stands at 331 million people. We do it. It is lots of work. We have an enorm...
Ten Years Ago August 4, 2010 After 14 years in Pomeroy, Pastor Frank Musgrave of Pomeroy Christian Church, and his wife Virginia, are retiring and moving to Turner, Ore. County Commissioners accepted the low bid of $1,254,900 submitted by Wellens Farwell, Inc. for the initial work on the renovation of Courthouse. Fire crews were kept busy last week, responding to a harvest field fire, two lightning-caused field fires and a hay-truck fire believed to have been started by the truck exhaust as it pulled the 20-ton load up the steep Columbia...
POMEROY–The art of personal conversation has dwindled since the isolation mandates of COVID-19. Instead, in its place is texting, Facebook posting, emailing and other electronic ways of communication. Not only have we lost the one-on-one conversation, we have lost our conversational manners. I think the biggest thing we’ve all missed out on during Covid-19 is the social aspect of life. A lot of my friends are fairly quiet, shy people and I am not going to lie, quarantine has not been great for...
JOHN DAY, PENDLETON, BAKER CITY, LA GRANDE, PRINEVILLE, Ore. - Fire crews in northeast Oregon and southeast Washington are responding to multiple reports of smoke and fire following passing thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and overnight. Approximately 34 confirmed incidents have been reported to the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch Center, John Day Interagency Dispatch Center and Burns Interagency Communication Center. Of these confirmed incidents, most of them are staffed and being actively...