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My wife and I were alarmed at the conclusion of a church conference when a Pastor took off for home, forgetting his wife. He left her stranded in the church yard. She calmly stated that he often forgot her. She said that he would eventually remember and return for her. It's hard to imagine that kind of forgetfulness. The Bible tells of a woman who forgot. She was so taken by Jesus' words of living water that she went to tell others "leaving her water jar". She forgot her valuable and needed wate...
Judson Hall, son of Curtis and Siera Hall of Dayton, exhibited the Grand Champion Market Steer at the Walla Walla Fair last week. Judson's Charolais Cross steer came in a 1,394 lbs. He is a member of the Columbia County Corrals 4-H Club. -Submitted photo...
Meg 2: the Trench–Dive into uncharted waters with Jason Statham and global action icon Wu Jing as they lead a daring research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Pitted against colossal Megs and relentless environmental plunderers, our heroes must outrun, outsmart, and outswim their merciless predators in a p...
POMEROY–The Pataha Flour Mill held their 26th annual Hometown Revival Sing on August 27. The program consisted of gospel songs and hymns from local and out-of-town talent, along with prayers for healing and salvation. About 80 people attended the sing, and brought food for a share-a-meal dinner afterward. Visitors came from as near as Starbuck and as far as Milton-Freewater. -Naomi Scoggin...
POMEROY–The Club Championship sported two fine winners, Jon Eaton, right, winning the Club Championship award and Tom Meyers, left, winner of the Senior Division. -Submitted photo...
Ten years ago September 4, 2013 Blue Mountain Artisan Group's Art Center at 745 Main St. has the new "Autumn Colors" show hung. According to art group presidents Mary Flerchinger, "We have new steam punk from Paula Lahti, new fabric art from Jen Witted and a fabulous collection of water colors from Shirley Erlandsen of Spokane Valley. Mary said the center's display has a good assortment of greeting cards of original art work, photography, and craft cards. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 2, 1998...
“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them...well, I have others.” – Groucho Marx...
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Southwest wind around 10 mph. Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers...
Valerie Ellen Powers February 14, 1957–August 23, 2023 Valerie Ellen Powers left us on the morning of August 23, 2023. Valerie was born in the old Dayton Hospital on February 14, 1957, to Eldred and Ellen (Moon) Want. She attended Dayton, Waitsburg and Prescott schools, and graduated from Prescott High School. She entered the U.S. Army. After her service, she lived in Prescott, Waitsburg, and Milton-Freewater. She enjoyed a lifelong love of her horses, hours spent with her grandchildren, and w...
Recently an airline pilot made national news as a video recorded him taking an ax to a mechanical crossing arm that kept him from driving into a special part of the airport. As he struck with the ax again and again, he was expressing the frustration we often face when we are forced to wait, and we see no reason for it. Being patient while waiting can be difficult. There's nothing special about having to wait. We all must wait, whether it is in a doctor's office, grocery checkout line, or at a...
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” – Leo Tolstoy... Full story
Thursday: Widespread haze before 8am. Sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Northeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light north after midnight. Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 92. Saturday Night: Mostly clear,...
Ten Years Ago August 28, 2013 A tradition spanning two generations and over three decades will come to an end when Vickie Shelton closes the doors of The Victorian Rose & Collectibles for the final time at the end of August. Vickie bought The Flower Basket in June, 1994, from her mother Sue Deveney, who had purchased the shop in 1982. "Now, due to some health issues, I need to slow down and take care of myself," Vickie said of her decision to close the shop. Twenty Five Years Ago August 26, 1998...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild (BMAG) will present the "Man Cave Show" again this year, along with sponsor Meyers Hardware, for two months beginning September 1. A reception is planned September 7 at 5-7 p.m. Here is the call to let all men know that the BMAG is having the-now annual, "Man Cave Show." Men of all ages who would like to bring their art, crafts, hobbies, talents, etc. to this event are asked to do so at the end of August. A reception highlighting the artists in this e...
Ten Years Ago August 21, 2013 When students return to the classroom Monday, Aug 26, after summer vacation, Pomeroy School District will have a new superintendent and a new administrative format. Doug LaMunyan, the new superintendent and the former junior-senior high school principal, will lead an administration that doesn't have many role models. Mr. LaMunyan will be the only full-time administrator, in fact, the only administrator in the district and he will have two "lead teachers," Rachel...
“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.” – Michelangelo...
Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 104. South wind 7 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Breezy. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers....
WAITSBURG–"Not too many kids from Prescott are able to say they spent their nineteenth birthday in Tokyo, Japan," Jack McCaw, 96, said recently in recalling where he was and what he was doing during those events at the conclusion of World War II in August, 1945. McCaw joined the service upon reaching his eighteenth birthday in March, 1945, and found himself aboard an LSM (landing ship, medium), in the Pacific Theater. He and a couple classmates from the Prescott High School Class of 1945 missed...
LYONS FERRY–The tenth annual SWIM the SNAKE event will be held at the Lyons Ferry Marina and Lyons Ferry State Park on Saturday, August 12, 2023, beginning at 11 a.m. Online registration is open. The non-competitive, open-water swim will commence ten minutes after the last "paired swimmer" leaves the State Park. Better swimmers may return to the State Park upon arrival at the Marina and transportation will be provided for those who wish only to swim the channel, 0.7 mile. All participants are ex...
Ten Years Ago August 14, 2013 Pomeroy swimmers dominated at the Tri-County Knights of Columbus Jerry Cluckey Memorial Swim Meet in Colfax Saturday August 3, and took home the championship trophy for the seventh consecutive year. The Pullman Barracudas took second with 281 points, but fell well short of Pomeroy’s whopping 497.5 points. Shelly Slaybaugh has been coaching the team for about 15 years, and recalls having about 20-25 swimmers in the beginning. That number has grown to over 70 s...
POMEROY–The 2nd Harvest Mobile Market has extended monthly, distribution dates at the First Christian Church, 310 S. 8th St. location, through March of next year. Back to school is around the corner and the 2nd Harvest Mobile Market, sponsored by Garfield County Public Health and Southeast Washington Alliance for Health, have extended free food distribution opportunities through March, omitting December, of next year. Families finding themselves with a shortfall by the end of the month can receive free food without appointment or d...
This photo, published in the East Washingtonian on March 11, 2021, was recently responded to by Bonnie Landkammer. The couple pictured are George Edgar Clayton and Zelpha Mae Foster, married July 20, 1898 in Pomeroy, according to Landkammer. Clayton was born January 3, 1875 and died January 19, 1045 in Clarkston. Zelpha was born November 17, 1877 in Salem, Ore., and died in Spokane on June 22, 1959. -Photo courtesy of Garfield County Historical Assoc....
POMEROY–Bank of Eastern Washington (BEW) school supply collection program has kicked off at the local branch here through Monday, August 21.A drawing will be held August 24. The 2023-24 school year will begin August 24. To help students with needed supplies, the BEW is collecting school supplies for local elementary pupils at its Pomeroy branch through August 21, then distributed to local schools in August. “If you would like to help, please drop your school supply donations at the Pomeroy branch of Bank of Eastern Washington,” says Becky...
DAYTON–The works of art created by local fine art painter Steve Henderson was the topic of a ten-minute segment on "Everyday Northwest" hosted by Staci Nelson, broadcast by KSPS-Spokane last May. The award-winning artist and his wife Carolyn, an author and business partner with Steve, make their home a few miles out of Dayton where Steve paints in his farmstead studio. The first thing viewers of the program see is Nelson with the venerable Columbia County Courthouse in the background as she i...
POMEROY––The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild's artist receptions enjoy the support of a local sponsor, and that can be either a business or an individual, says Linda McKeirnan, vice president of the BMAG. "There is no real requirement other than expressing that they would love to sponsor a show," she added. Usually, the sponsor provides a monetary prize or gift of their choosing to honor the featured adult and youth artists. Many also give something to an individual they enjoy what has been dis...