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POMEROY–Landowners, vehicle accessibility, purchase prices and taxes owed will determine how and when the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will proceed on the petition to vacate a street in Pataha. The BOCC heard discussion over a petition received to vacate a street in Pataha during the meeting October 13. Grant Morgan, Garfield County Public Works Director, stated that according to regulations, whenever vacating streets, the first responsibility is to ensure no l...
POMEROY–The Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum is working on acquisitions. Marvin Gortsema has a listing of available items from a local collection. Wayne Davis has a line on an older, wooden-frame grain drill, and James Payne offered an apple/grape press, but was declined since the museum has one. Also, items from the Bill Lauby farm in Nez Perce, Id., are presently being considered. The Farmall tractor trade with Everet Martin is still in the process. Gary C. has a potential home for t...
POMEROY-Garfield County Fire Chief James Cleveland advises the Garfield County Fire Department (GCFD) Board of Commissioners of the upcoming Washington State Survey and Rating Bureau assessment, the State Audit, a change of EMS reporting protocol, and identifies needed essential equipment upgrades and repairs, during the meeting on October 13. The Washington State Survey and Rating Bureau will be here sometime next year to assess the town for the purpose of setting a rating for fire insurance pr...
By Lillian Heytvelt POMEROY–Natalie Fuchs and Janessa Klaveano each won $100 Amazon gift cards as winners in the 2020 Summer Reading Bingo Challenge at the Denny Ashby Library. Participants completed reading challenges on their Bingo card and these two lucky readers had their entries drawn by library board members. Natalie, our teen winner, said her favorite book read this summer was Ambush at Shiprock, by Bruce Crossfield. Janessa, our adult winner, said her favorite book read was The Little B...
“I know not age, nor weariness, nor defeat.” – Rose Kennedy... Full story
Every election is important. This one is off the charts. I cannot lie; I was utterly dismayed by the first presidential debate. It was ugly and discouraging. The tendency is to blame the candidates, but in truth we are to blame. The fact that we have put ourselves in a position as a nation that we are choosing between two highly inadequate candidates, is our sole responsibility. So, here we are. What do we do now? The choice between these highly flawed candidates is much clearer than one might think. The challenge is seeing through all the smok...
A. F. Branco...
He rose in the class, hand over his heart And spoke of his future career “The political ring’s where I’ll throw my hat I love the applause and the cheers.” “I’ll learn all the buzzwords, and then make some up Like mandate and flexible goals. Ecoelastic alternative tax With built-in confusing loopholes. “Inflation, deflation, reliable source I’ll climb the political rungs And dazzle the voters with rhetorical quotes And the art of speaking in tongues. I’ll master the impasse and walk on the f...
To the editor. Marinella would make a great judge. I hired G. Scott Marinella to join me in my Dayton law firm in 1983. I realized within a few weeks he was a very able, smart, young lawyer who would fit very well into our community. In the many years we practiced together he has proven this to be true. He was deputy prosecutor while I was the Columbia County Prosecutor for 16 years. In addition, we had a very diversified practice which, included family law, court cases involving many issues, real estate closings, farm leases and estate plannin...
POMEROY–Garfield County Hospital District is proud to announce September's Employee of the Month, Cathy Herres, RN, BS, Quality Assurance. She was nominated by her co-workers who state, "She is a great asset to the nursing staff team." Born and raised in Pomeroy, Cathy's family has been here for three generations starting with her grandfather, Michael Herres, who settled in Garfield County to homestead the family farm that is still in operation today. Cathy's introduction to the medical field b...
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Self-response and field-data-collection operations for the 2020 Census concluded on October 15, 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau announced October 13. As of that date, well over 99.9% of housing units have been accounted for in the 2020 Census. Garfield County’s response was 60.4%, according to Cindy Widmer of the Blue Mountain Complete Count Committee, responsible for conducting census operations for Garfield, Columbia and Walla Walla counties. Columbia County checked in at 58.7% and Walla Walla County responses were at 71%, she...
Ten Years Ago October 20, 2010 A FUNdraising event sponsored by Sterling Savings and part of the Pomeroy Community Center-Seeley Theatre project to restore the building, will include the movie “Hocus Pocus”, and a Halloween costume contest with prizes for winners. A fund has been established at the Bank of Whitman for the purpose of paying off the $74,000 balance on the Seeley Theater’s mortgage by October 2013, the theater’s 100th birthday. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 25, 1995 Pomeroy firefighters responded to a fire on Lynn Gulch, started b...
Vicki Brenner August 3, 1949-October 10, 2020 POMEROY––Vicki Adair Fitzsimmons Brenner, 71, died October 10, 2020 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lewiston. She was born August 3, 1949, to Marcus C. and Marion K. (McCarty) Fitzsimmons in Pomeroy. She grew up in Pomeroy, attending schools here and graduating from Pomeroy High School in 1967. On October 28, 1967, she married Gilbert E. Brenner. She and her husband farmed from 1979 until his death in 1997, and she continued until 1997. She worked for N.O... Full story