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POMEROY–Wind gusts of up to 50 m.p.h. downed a spruce tree in Julie and Kent Dunkle's High Street home's front yard last Friday afternoon January 7, 2022. Unusually high wind gusts last Friday, coupled with wet ground conditions from recent snow melt, created the right condition for the 150-year-old spruce tree in the Dunkle front yard to fall diagonally across 2nd and High Streets, stopping traffic. The tree measuring well over 90 feet, missed surrounding buildings and avoided injuring any h...
POMEROY–High speed winds caused damage to several businesses and homes in Pomeroy on Friday, January 7, 2022. The old Cardwell store lost a window, and both the Pomeroy Food Bank and The Community Trunk suffered severe water damage from a roof leak. A piece of roofing was found in front of the East Washingtonian office. Small bits of concrete can be found on the sidewalk up and down Main Street....
POMEROY–A new main street handcrafted eatery and coffee spot, The Bakers Table, is planning a grand opening on Saturday, January 15 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Bakers Table, family owned and operated by Katrina and Greg Sharp, specializes in sandwiches made with handcrafted bread, soups, salads, and pastries. They will also accommodate special orders for cupcakes, cookies, cinnamon rolls, pastries and cakes. The Sharps grew up in the Pomeroy and Clarkston area. Now that they have two college aged...
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” – Thomas Aquinas...
Local businesses, members, and the community were shocked with the news that a branch of one of the area’s prevalent financial institutions, Lewis Clark Credit Union, better known as LCCU, is planning to close its doors in Pomeroy. I know I was a bit taken aback to be informed that the institution on which my business relies has decided to leave us due to financial consideration! Well, believe it or not, most of the country is in dire straits, especially those who were not able to take advantage of government grants, loans, or stimulus. We h...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy City Council swore in James Harris, approved Resolution 2022-1 and discussed 5th Street improvements at their meeting on January 4. Harris, who held the City Council position last term and voted into another term, accepted the position, again, and took the oath of office. The council also approved the hiring of Lon Conahan to allow their snowplows to run day and night. The council passed Resolution 2022-1 to re-certify their levy amount at $187,742.47, one dollar less than t...
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) approved Pomeroy Assist’s request for first quarter funding at their meeting on January 10. The money will come out of the Homeless Housing fund and is a quarter of the total funding budgeted. The BOCC also passed resolution 2022-02 to re-certify the levies for all taxing districts to include the City of Pomeroy’s levy. In addition, the commissioners read a letter received from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in respo...
To the editor, I have enjoyed the letters to the editor from Eric McKiernan including the most recent in the 1st edition of 2022. There are few who are brave enough to stand up publicly for conservatism, morals and freedom by word or actions. I’m certain there is an audience ready and waiting for one of their own to say what they know to be true, and to give them courage to do the same here in our community and in other communities where subscribers (former Garfield County residents and friends) are reading this paper. Appreciate you, Eric. A...
POMEROY–The Manager of Columbia Grain International (CGI) at Central Ferry grain terminal Ted Lowe presented an undisclosed monetary donation to Susie Bowles for the Garfield County Food Bank, in behalf of the Garfield County farmers who deliver grain to the Central Ferry facility. "Columbia Grain International cultivates growth across its broad footprint, which spans the northwestern tier of the U.S., including Washington, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota. However, we've chosen to focus our phi...
POMEROY– The United States Forest Service building suffered a fire on January 2, which was extinguished in an hour. There was damage to the lighting, walls, and carpet. The wall and carpet have been fixed and are now in the process of being cleaned. There was minimal soot damage. The building is in working condition. The Port of Garfield County signed an inter-local agreement with Petrachor at their meeting on January 4. The agreement is for engineering services on both the Pataha and N...
POMEROY–Debbie Keatts retired from her position with Pomeroy Grain Growers Agronomy after 11 years. She graduated from the Kelsey Baird Secretarial School in Spokane worked as a billing clerk for Consolidated Supply. When she married Tom Keatts she moved back to Pomeroy and worked as a bank clerk. In August of 2010 she began bookkeeping for PGG. She enjoyed working grower meetings, as well as meeting chemical representatives, and learning about farming and agriculture industry. She also e...
Ten years ago January 11, 2012 Eastern Washington University has announced that a Pomeroy High School graduate has been named to the Dean’s List for the university’s fall 2011 quarter. Tyler Reisdorph was named to the academic honor. Eligibility is based on an undergraduate student earning 12 quality hours and receiving a grade-point average of 3.5 or better. Thanks to the generosity of the Libri Foundation and Puget Sound Energy, Denny Ashby Library recently added 81 new books with a total ret...
The East Washingtonian continues its annual look back at the year just completed, 2021, in this second installment of the Year In Review. Our hope to our readers is that these short snippets of events from last year bring back fond memories. Charlotte Baker Editor and Publisher June 24) Pomeroy High School Junior Braedyn White wrestled a steer in the Washington State High School Rodeo, winning first place, which gave him enough points to qualify for the nationals in Nebraska next month. JULY 1) It’s Hot—An upper-level ridge with easterly win...
POMEROY–Local Gun Club members were tested by winter conditions during the first week of the 2022 Camas Prairie 10–week competition, and scores were disappointing as a result. The Youth shooters did have a few bright spots on Saturday January 8. In the 16-yard singles event Carter Barron and Magnus Edwards led the 12-year-old and younger division with scores of 14 X 25. In the Sub Junior division Gunner Magill and Braxton McKeirnan posted respectable scores of 21. The Juniors were led by the scores of 22 put up by Junior Magill and Troy Ste...
Marcus Eugene Flerchinger May 28, 1932–December 31, 2021 Marcus Eugene Flerchinger, 89, went home with the angels Friday, December 31, 2021, of natural causes at his home in Clarkston. Marcus was born in Pomeroy to parents, Orville and Alice (Hooley) Flerchinger on May 28, 1932. He was a state boxing champion in his high school years at Pomeroy High School, where he graduated in 1950. He went on to serve four years in the United States Navy from January, 1951, to December, 1954, when he was h...
We would like to give our sincerest thanks to our local fire department and all the friends, family, and neighbors that came and helped us with our recent hay fire. We are so blessed to live in such a supportive community. The dedication to help those in need even on Christmas eve and day, shows all how lucky we each are to live in Garfield county. Sincerely, The John and Laura Dixon Family...
COLBERT–Pirate wrestling went away from the Crusader Classic here last Saturday with a pair of firsts, two seconds and a third, with the unusual occurrence of two teammates–Braedyn White and Curtis Winona–going head-to-head for the championship of the 182-lb division. The Pirate team finished fifth out of 13 teams competing in the tournament. Coming up for Pirate wrestlers, Thursday, January 13, the second league meet has been moved from Ritzville to Liberty-Spangle, and starts at 5 p.m. Satur...
POMEROY–The combination of Christmas Break and weather preventing some practices through the holiday vacation played a role but not a leading role for the Lady Pirates, who relied on composure, patience and free throws down the stretch to pull off a 35-31 win over DeSales here January 4. The Lady Pirates hosted Touchet here last Tuesday, then Tekoa-Rosalia will visit on Friday for a league game. The team travels to Touchet Saturday for a non-conference game. Last Friday’s game at Oakesdale was postponed due to the host team members testing pos...
POMEROY–The DeSales Fightin’ Irish defended well in this non-conference matchup January 4, where they held the Pirate offense to single digits in the second through fourth quarters for a 46-28 win. The Buccaneers hosted Touchet last Tuesday and Tekoa-Rosalia visits Pomeroy on Friday with Saturday’s game the reciprocal game at Touchet, the first of three non-league games. Last weekend’s league counter at Oakesdale was canceled due to Nighthawk athletes–both boys’ and girls’ teams–testing positive for COVID-19, according to Toddette McGree...