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POMEROY–The Pomeroy City Council granted a variance, authorized inter-local agreement, and $56,370 for pump project. The council authorized use of $56,370 of American Rescue Plan funds for a booster pump station project. Josh Mayfield’s variance request for more lot coverage on his Columbia Street property was granted. The coverage will increase from 40% to 60%. In addition, the council voted to authorize an inter-local agreement with Dayton for street cleaning services. The council decided to...
Pomeroy Pirate seniors Trevin Kimble (43) and Trent Gwinn (13) do a high chest bump following Kimble's punt-return touchdown with time expired, closing out the Pirates' phenomenal 10-1 season with a play-off ending loss. Kimble's score came as the Naselle Comets punted with seven seconds remaining, with the score 72-36, and the ball in play as the closing horn sounded. Kimble picked up the punted ball that Naselle failed to down and jogged unmolested 43 yards to the end zone, scoring one last...
POMEROY–The Garfield County board of commissioners (BOCC) approved resolutions 2021-20 and 2021-21 which increases the tax levy rate by 1% at the November 22 meeting. Resolution 2021-20 applied to the general levy and increased by $7,872.79 for a total of $801,403.86 to be collected. Resolution 2021-21 applied to Garfield County Road District and increased by $8,653.05 for a total of $897,502.35 to be collected. The BOCC also adopted Juneteenth as an official holiday. The decision was based o...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County Board of Commissioners announced the United States Forest Service paused the vaccine requirements on entry into the building at their meeting on November 16. Installation of the new blinds and flooring that had been obstructed by the requirements will be done as soon as possible. The Public Works grant for funds to place fiber internet in northeastern Garfield County has progressed to round two applications. The grant is for $3,500,000. The Port only has a f...
POMEROY–Local high school senior Braedyn White qualified for the Ote Berry Junior Steer Wrestling World Championship (OBJSWWC) in Las Vegas, Nev., this coming December 7–11. White not only tears it up on the football field and wrestling mat, but also as a cowboy in the rodeo arena. He takes his place as a participant at the OBJSWWC steer wrestling competition, scheduled in December at the Wrangler Rodeo Arena in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, after accumulating enough poi...
POMEROY–Local FFA members attended FFA Land Evaluation Career Development events held nearby this fall, which lead up to the State contest November 3. The State contest for FFA members was held in Columbia County on November 3. Twenty-six teams from around the State competed in this event. While Pomeroy was not one of the top eight teams at the State Event, the members gained a lot of valuable knowledge that they plan to apply in the contests next year. The Soils and Land Evaluation CDE helps s...
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PENDLETON–Personal-use firewood cutting on the Umatilla National Forest will end Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Firewood permits will not be available again until May 2022. The public is asked to take additional precautions when cutting firewood late in the fall when road and soil conditions become slick, soggy and saturated. Firewood cutters should be prepared for winter weather conditions. Mountain travel will require extreme care to avoid getting stuck in the mud or snow and causing resource damage to the land and vegetation. Another concern is t...
Most would admit it was an unusual location to put a chain in the first place. Not that it didn’t look at home amongst the rotting posts and rusty headgate, but there it was. Miles and his wife decided their little place could carry a few more cows. It was a good year on the Montana high line but bred heifers were high. So they agreed that buyin’ yearlin’ heifers would be the ticket. They could select a good sire, synchronize the heat cycle and breed them artificially. They bought forty head...
POMEROY– Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum (EWAM) Board accepted new museum pieces, estimates of donated item values, reviewed work day and potluck, and discussed plans for a third building at the October 17 meeting. The EWAM received several museum pieces recently through generous donations. The new pieces are the stained–glass picture is an artistic piece by Vickie Fitzsimmons Brenner, donated by her daughter Jennifer Niebel; a Dekalb Corn Sack from Iowa and the history of Dekalb Cor...
POMEROY–The Annual Sausage Shoot is back on Sunday, December 12, after a one-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trap shooting events and winter league are rapidly approaching, and with the return of the Annual Sausage Shoot, a major fundraising event for the Pomeroy Gun Club, we will be needing all the help we can muster to have a successful shoot. The plan is to make sausage at the Travis Ledgerwood shop on the December 10 and wrap the meat on Saturday, December 11 at the Club. (See a...
Roger Williams October 13, 1939–October 3, 2021 Roger Williams, 81, of College Place, passed away on Sunday, October 3, 2021. Roger was born in Pomeroy, Wash, on October 13, 1939 to Gene and Marguerite Williams. He grew up in Pomeroy where his family owned a farm. After graduating college, Roger went on to be ordained an Episcopal Priest. He was a priest in various locations around the northwest including Walla Walla and Okinawa, Japan. At one point, Roger returned to Pomeroy for many years l...
Damian's Pumpkin Pie Damian DeBord: Age 6 Ingredients 2 yellow apples 1 little pumpkin 10 raspberries 8 pinches of flour 5 spoonfuls of sugar 10 pie crust Directions: First you are going to cut up the apples and the pumpkin up. Then you are going to put them in a small bowl and add the sugar but only some pinches of sugar. Then you put the piecrust in the round thing and dump the bowl on the crust. Then add the raspberries and flour to the top. Put it in the oven at 60 degrees for 80 minutes....
Ten years ago November 23, 2011 It is difficult to play defense when you’re looking at the numbers on the back of an opponent’s uniform. In Pomeroy’s 68-24 thumping of Wellpinit in Pasco on Saturday, Pirate senior running back Tory Knebel showed his number 9 to the Redskins’ defense six times as he crossed the goal line. Twenty-five years ago November 27, 1996 A 1996 graduate of Pomeroy High School has been accepted into Washington State University’s Honor Program beginning with the fall 1996...
POMEROY––The Naselle Comets had enough of a defensive edge and offensive fire power to hand the Pirates its first loss of the season and knock them out of further post-season action by a 72-42 margin in the second round of the B1 8-Man football playoffs here Saturday. Naselle outscored the Pirates three touchdowns to two in both the second and third quarters then tacked on three more scores in the fourth stanza to put an exclamation point on a game where the Pirates' usual weapons either mis...