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Ten Years Ago July 24, 2013 Stephanie West Renfro, PHS Class of 2008, broke the American National Powerlifting junior women's record in the deadlift Saturday with a lift of 380.25 lbs. The previous record was 374.50 lbs. Stephanie placed second in her division at National Powerlifting Championship in Orlando, Fla. LCSC's Tennis Center, working with Otti Miller of Pomeroy, has provided two tennis racquets, six balls, and a racquet bag for use at Pomeroy's City Park courts. Twenty-Five Years Ago...
POMEROY–The Knights of Columbus held their annual pancake and sausage breakfast on Sunday morning, July 16, at the Holy Rosary Catholic School. The proceeds will benefit the Pomeroy Swim Team. Pomeroy Partners for Healthy Families sponsored water bottles that were given away at the event. Swim Team members sold tickets in the weeks prior to the event, and volunteered as servers during the breakfast....
Ten Years Ago July 17, 2013 Dayton General Hospital is upgrading its CT scanner. When Providence St. Mary's Hospital was upgrading, they arranged for Dayton General to get their retiring Seimens unit. The new installation is four times faster in its scanning operation and there are improved software capabilities. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 15, 1998 The Tri-Cities Classic Model Horse Show was held at the Masonic Temple in Dayton. Collectors gathered from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Illinois and...
“We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.” – Stewart Udall...
DAYTON–Two Dayton High School Alumni from the early Fifties will marshal the 2023 Dayton High School Alumni Parade, 10 a.m. this Saturday. Janice Hall Davis, Class of 1952, and Betty Eaton Keller, Class of '53, share the honors this year in recognition of their longevity and contributions to the association. It has been 71 years since Davis's class graduated, and Keller's class has been out of high school 70 years. There are about three members of Davis's Class of 1952 living locally and in 2...
Ten Years Ago July 17, 2013 Pomeroy Spinners recognized business owners Mark and Leslie Schmidt for their support by the Schmidt's Pomeroy Foods and PF Express. "Pomeroy Foods annually donates eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt, allows us to store the eggs in their cooler, and provides supplies for the Fair booth." said Spinners president Larry Ledgerwood. The Schmidt's were one of the first business owners to sponsor the Spinners' 'Pirate SHIP' campaign to raise money for new football helmets....
We say "farewell" at partings to wish others a good journey from here. It is a form of blessing" "May you fare well in the days ahead." We might also say, "Godspeed" or "God bless" or "Goodbye" in the same way. That you fare well is my wish and prayer for all of you. This will be my last column for the East Washingtonian. Seasons cycle ahead, and my family and I will be moving to the next one. I have learned and grown much in my years here in Pomeroy. The town has a great strength: that of...
Jo Todd Jo Todd passed peacefully in her sleep on July 3, 2023. She was either 93 or 95 years old (a point of much humorous debate). Her longtime caregiver and close friend, Tammy Vecchio, was with her. Jo and Walt Todd, her husband of 57 years, who predeceased her in 2012, moved to Pomeroy from Louisiana in 1959. They purchased a 440-acre farm in 1964, loved it, and worked it for decades until Jo went to work as the Pomeroy City Treasurer. One of her proudest accomplishments was being instrumental in the Polio Clinic in Pomeroy. She also...
“If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.” – Johnny Carson...
POMEROY-David Manring and Patricia Nicholson will exchange vows at a wedding staged at 36 Fairgrounds Road on July 17. A potluck reception will follow at the Garfield County Fairgrounds....
WAITSBURG–The Christian Women’s’ Luncheon featuring “The Treasure Box” presented by speaker Cora Brantner, is scheduled to meet at the Waitsburg Town Hall on July 12 at 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The Christian Women’s Luncheon at the Waitsburg Town Hall on July 12 at 11:30 a.m. will feature Maple Valley, Wash., author, editor, speaker, vocal soloist, and children’s book illustrator Cora Brantner. In addition, Dixie Ferguson from Walla Walla, representing the Doughnut Dollies, will be the special feature. Music will be by Davi Ann Gannon from W...
POMEROY–WSU Whitman County Extension will offer a Robotics 4-H camp for ages 8-14 at the Elementary School from July 18-20 at 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Forms available at the Garfield County Extension Office. Youth from Pomeroy, ages 8 through 14, are invited to register for the upcoming Introduction to Robotics 4-H Camp from July 18-20, 2023. The camp runs from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. at the Pomeroy Elementary School, located at 121 S. 10th Street, Pomeroy, Wash. The registration deadline for the camp is Frida...
Ten Years Ago July 10, 2013 The musical Hubbard Family from Tyler, Texas, will return to Pataha Flour Mill for the fourth consecutive year on Saturday, July 13. The country Gospel musicians consist of parents Jerry and Debbie, and their three daughters, Emmy Lou, Lori Anne, and Jeri Lynn. Along with vocals, the family plays a variety of instrumentals, including guitar, bass, mandolin, and drums. Washington State University's Board of Regents on Monday, July 1, voted to rescind a two percent...
The Friends of the Denny Ashby Library are accepting donations of books in good condition (hardcover/paperback) for their annual Book Sale at the Garfield County Fair in September. Donations may be brought to the Denny Ashby Library. (Please, no encyclopedia sets, textbooks, or magazines.) For more information, contact the Denny Ashby Library at 509-843-3710. The Friends of the Denny Ashby Library support the library in many ways and welcome new members. Their fundraising efforts, the biggest...
Virginia Morgan September 10, 1936–June 21, 2023 Virginia Morgan was born September 10, 1936, in Pomeroy, Wash., to Albert and Velma Oldenburg and entered heaven on June 21, 2023. Virginia spent her youth growing up on the family farm and attended schools in Pomeroy where she met her future husband Harold Morgan, Jr. (nicknamed Eugene by his family.) They were married in 1954 in Pomeroy and began their family shortly after. In 1968, they moved to Tekoa and settled there for the remainder of t...
The Feathered Friends 4-H Club held a goodie sale to fund new feeder cups for the avian area of the Garfield County Fair...
Ten Years Ago July 3, 2013 Interviews were held for two vacant City Council positions with Mike Paris and Byron Kaczmarski. They both expressed support of employment opportunities for residents and the opportunity to give back to the community as reasons for their interest in the open positions. Both were appointed. Twenty-Five Years Ago July1, 1998 Lifelong Dayton resident, Maxine Knox Jackson, has been chosen by the Dayton Alumni Association to preside as Grand Marshal over this year's Depot...
A young lady answering the knock at the door heard the voice of a prisoner she and others had been praying for on the outside of the door. Instead of opening the door she excitedly ran back to the prayer group and said, "Peter is at the door." Though they had been praying for his release, they said, "you are out of your mind!" Peter kept knocking until they finally opened the door. They saw him and were astonished" Acts. 12:12-16. Peter went on to tell them the miracle of his prison release. Sad...
“If you would know strength and patience, welcome to the company of trees.” – Hal Borland...
Gary experienced hardship in life. He was molested at age 7. At age 11 he was afflicted with spinal meningitis which crippled him for three years. After becoming an award-winning music producer, (working with the Association, Paul Revere and the Raiders, among many others) he was shot three times by hitmen, nearly ending his life. Gary recognized his need for God and asked Jesus Christ into his life. Following that decision, he spent the rest of his life using his talents in Gospel music. Gary...
Worlds collide in "The Flash" when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian... albeit not the one he's looking for. Ultimately,...
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 93. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 62. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south in the evening. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 96. Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 63. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 92. Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 57. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 58. Monday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Monday Night: Clear, with a low...
Ten Years Ago July 3, 2013 Garfield County Road Department Project Manager Rod Norland received the Washington State County Engineers Association's Program/Project Manager of the Year award at the association's annual banquet. County Engineer Grant Morgan said Rod is the first recipient of this award, which was created by the association this year, to recognize the outstanding achievements of Washington State's County Program/Project Managers. Bret Greene, owner of the building that formerly...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild presents the Wood/Metal art show and reception at the Main St. gallery on July 6 at 5 p.m. Adult artist John Lawson and Doug Maxey, two very talented wood workers, will be featured at the Wood/Metal art show sponsored by Mary and Steve Flerchinger, through July. In addition, the very talented young Merritt Scoggin will join them as the show's featured junior artist. A reception highlighting the artist and their work is planned in the main space of the B...
Ten Years Ago June 26, 2013 Wesley Hoskins, who graduated from Dayton High School in 1940, went off to college then served in the military in WWII, became a practicing physician and surgeon then retired. Hoskins wrote a book "An Organic Childhood," set in the roaring Twenties, the market crash and the Great Depression, describing how it was growing up before indoor plumbing, electric lights, and other modern conveniences and growing the majority of all foods on the Whetstone family farm....