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POMEROY–Garfield County will host a free Chipper day for country residents at the old rock pit located off Gould City-Mayview Road on Saturday, April 13, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Each year, the county hosts a free chipper day for country residents where they can discard waste from outdoor spring cleaning such as clean yard and garden debris, pine needles, leaves, limbs, and small logs (up to 15 inches). Loads that contain a lot of dirt, rocks, root balls or anything over 15 inches in diameter will be turned away. If you are bringing leaves and p...
POMEROY–Pomeroy Partners for Health Families and the Garfield County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) will sponsor a Prescription Drug Take Back Day located at the Courthouse lawn on April 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The GCSO will take any unused or expired medications for proper disposal. The Garfield County Public Health and County Hospital Districts will offer free medication lock boxes, Deterra bag and sharps containers. In addition, the Coalition will take this opportunity to showcase the resources a...
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING GARFIELD COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 GARFIELD COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE is hereby given that the Commission of Garfield County Hospital District No. 1, Garfield County, Washington (the “District”) will hold a Special Board Meeting on Monday, April 15, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at 66 N. Sixth Street, Pomeroy, WA 99347. The meeting is called for the purpose of: • Executive Session GARFIELD COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 GARFIELD COUNTY, WASHINGTON /s/ Mat Slaybaugh Mat Slaybaugh, Super...
POMEROY––The Raise the Blues endowment campaign held an informational meeting regarding two major fundraising efforts on March 27. Raise the Blues is partnering with the Innovia Foundation in the scholarship fund program Launch NW, to provide Garfield County graduating seniors with scholarships. The program's long term goal is to have two million dollars set aside for the scholarships, and they are currently at $224,000. The scholarship opportunities are available to graduating seniors from Pom...
POMEROY–Innovia Foundation will partner with the Pomeroy Spinners and Twisted Wire Coffee to bring the Annual Easter Egg Hunt to the community at the Crystal Springs Golf Course and Lybecker Football Field on March 30 at 3 p.m. The award comes in the form of refreshments for those attending the event, and an eventual kitchen remodel. As a volunteer-driven service organization, the Pomeroy Spinners has held and promoted community events since the 1970s, highlighting needs, community services, a...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) appointed County Road Crew Superintendent Steve Gormsen to supervise the Road Crew and discussed jury system quotes at their meeting on March 25. Due to the vacancy of the county engineer position, the BOCC passed resolution 2024-07, appointing Superintendent Gormsen as supervisor for the County Road Crew. Gormsen will be responsible for the non-engineering parts of the county engineer role. The commissioners discussed quotes received f...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) met with representatives from the United States Forest Service, discussed a bid on the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum parking lot paving project, and discussed removal of the grandstand bleachers at the Garfield County Fairgrounds at their meeting on March 18. Eric Watrud, USFS Forest Supervisor for the Umatilla National Forest, informed the board of changes that have been made to the forest plan including the creation of the B...
Ten Years Ago March 26, 2014 Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce honored its 2014 Hometown Heroes at the annual banquet and program Saturday at Spinners maple Hall. Dick Martin received the Lifetime Achievement award, recognizing him for more than three decades involvement with the Spinners Club, and with the JCCs prior to that, and serving with the Shrine Club. The retired captain with the Garfield County Fire Department was honored for his decades of service w2ith the department, as well as for his...
The community of Pomeroy and Garfield County bid farewell to Louise Munday on a bright and sunny almost-Spring day last week, March 14, which would have been her 101st birthday, with a well-attended funeral service at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, a graveside service at the Pomeroy City Cemetery, and a luncheon reception following. The deep blue sky was cloudless and sunshine warmed those who attended the brief graveside service, officiated by Fr. Steve Werner, where Louise was once again united...
POMEROY–The City Council heard presentations on the Garfield County Hospital District's imaging suite, water meters, and Naslund Disposal's Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission program and discussed a new Environmental Protection Agency requirement regarding lead pipe at their meeting on March 5. The council authorized a letter of support for the GCHD 3.5 million imaging suite project that will include a CT scanner and an upgraded X-ray machine. GCHD is seeking congressionally d...
Ann Heitstuman March 15, 1934–March 12, 2024 Ann (Schultheis) Heitstuman, 89, died peacefully at Riverview Memory Care in Spokane, Wash., on March 12, 2024, just three days shy of her 90th birthday. Born March 15, 1934 in Uniontown, Wash. to Jacob and Frances (Haupt) Schultheis, Ann was the second of five children. She grew up on the farm where there was a lot of hard work but also fun. After attending Catholic School in Uniontown for 11 years, she graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Colton i...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Hospital District Board of Commissioners (GCHD) discussed an imaging suite project, a cybersecurity incident, and their dialysis program at their meeting on March 4. The proposed imaging suite project would place a suite where the rose garden is now that would be used for CT scanning, x-rays, and ultrasounds. Garfield County Memorial Hospital is the only hospital in Washington State that does not have a CT scanner. The CT scan is important for treating stokes, c...
POMEROY–Innovia Foundation will partner with the Pomeroy Spinners and Twisted Wire Coffee to bring the Annual Easter Egg Hunt to the community at the Crystal Springs Golf Course and Lybecker Football Field on March 30 at 3 p.m. The award comes in the form of refreshments for those attending the event, and an eventual kitchen remodel. As a volunteer-driven service organization, the Pomeroy Spinners has held and promoted community events since the 1970s highlighting needs, community services, and...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Partners Coalition and the Garfield County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) will sponsor Take Back Day on the Courthouse lawn, 789 Main St, Friday, April 26 at 11a.m.-2 p.m. Take Back Day is an event offering a place for area residents to dispose of unused and expired medicines. The Garfield County Health District and Garfield County Hospital District make available free medication lock boxes., Deterra bags, and sharps containers. We, Pomeroy Partners Coalition, Garfield County S...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) passed a resolution to support an imaging suite at the Garfield County Memorial Hospital and discussed spring work in the Public Works department. To accompany a letter approved last week, the board passed resolution 2024-06, stating their support for the Garfield County Hospital District's efforts to find funding to build an imaging suite at the Hospital. The resolution states the suite will "enhance the hospital's ability to care for p...
Marianna Louisa (Louise) Munday March 14, 1923–March 3, 2024 Louise Munday died at the Garfield County Memorial Hospital in Pomeroy, on March 3, 2024, just 11 days shy of her 101st birthday Louise was born Marianna Louisa Schuelke to Albert and Gertrude (Purcell) Schuelke at the Schuelke farm up Rickman Gulch on March 14, 1923. She attended the first five grades of school at Pataha, grade six through eight at Holy Rosary Catholic School and high school at Pomeroy High School, graduating 1941. S...
Ten Years Ago March 16, 2014 A disappointed Pomeroy Pirate boys' basketball team held the 2014 State 1B 2nd-place trophy after a 59-46 loss to Colton in the championship game. The Pirates reached the title game by defeating Wellpinit 62-38 in the opening round Thursday, and downing Neah Bay 59-50 in the semi-final game Friday. Head coach Brian Koller called the post-season "a pretty good run the last month to get to the title game, pretty exciting for players, coaches and fans." Twenty-Five...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County Commissioners (Port) approved a letter withdrawing support for the Appaloosa Solar Project and discussed a leaking roof at their meeting on February 20. The Port approved a letter to Puget Sound Energy, withdrawing the support letter that was sent in 2021 due to concern over a the amount of land being leased for the project, out-of-county mandating, and a lack of communication over the project. The commissioners also stated a concern that the solar energy p...
POMEROY-The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) approved funding for initial advertising for a childcare navigator; approved a bid for sidewalk construction; and passed a resolution rescinding a temporary overtime policy at their meeting on March 3. The BOCC approved funding initial advertising for a childcare navigator position, who will do the legwork of creating a daycare system under supervision of a committee consisting of Garfield County Public Health District (GCPHD)...
POMEROY–Donations to the Garfield County Forever-Raise the Blues drive were overwhelmingly positive, generating funds for promise scholarships to be awarded this spring for Pomeroy High School’s Class of 2024. Raise the Blues is an endowment campaign through the Blue Mountain Community Foundation, in partnership with Launch NW, the Blue Mountain Community Foundation and Innovia. The generosity shown in December for the Launch NW’s promise scholarship endowment was amazing, a recent news release indicated. A $100,000 match was exceeded with over...
POMEROY–Our Fair City and Garfield County boast many excellent characteristics as a wonderful community in which to live and work and raise a family. It's also a great place for people to make their homes in their retirement years. The East Washingtonian recognizes that fact and has assembled a special section on the subject of "Senior Connections" for our friends and neighbors in Pomeroy and Garfield County. There are a plethora of organizations and businesses ready, willing and able to s...
Garfield County Fire District No. 1 responded to a report of a barn fire at 410 Emerson Road at 2:43 on Friday, February 16, discovering that a livestock barn at the Robert and Ruth Yutzy place was burning and already on the ground, said Fire Chief James Cleveland. Four Garfield County units and several mutual-aid units from Columbia County Fire District No. 3 were at the scene, Cleveland said, and firefighters remained to ensure the fire did not spread to other structures. The cause is...
Ten Years Ago March 5, 2014 Volunteers from Holy Rosary Catholic Church's parish removed pews from the church Sunday morning in preparation for taking up the old carpeting. The new carpet will be part of the remodeling project that will include new paint. The parish will hold Mass in the school hall until the work is completed, just around Easter. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 3, 1999 Pomeroy members of the Mt. Misery Snowdrifters Snowmobile Club rescued a Lewiston man who got his snowmobile...
William Boyd Ruchert April 16, 1954-February 12, 2024 William Boyd Ruchert, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on February 12, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on April 16, 1954, to Dorothy and Boyd Ruchert. William, known to his friends and family as Bill, was a dedicated family man who cherished spending time with his loved ones. He is survived by his devoted wife, Marcia, and his daughters Trisha (Brian), Rachel (Jacob), and Katie (Jim). He was...
POMEROY-The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) discussed the grandstand replacement project, a grant for sidewalk re-concreting, and a swap meet at the Garfield County Fairgrounds at the meeting on February 20. Deconstruction of the current grandstands at the Fairgrounds has begun. Most of the planks and angle irons will be repurposed by the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum for a sawmill display. The arrangement will lower costs of the deconstruction part of the project....