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Dayton native Bobby Gene Thomas, 86, Yakima, died June 16, 2023 at Memorial Hospital. Brookside Funeral Home, Moxie, Wash., is assisting the family....
“She’s ported and relieved and she’s stroked and bored. She’ll do a hundred and forty with the top end floored.” – Little Deuce Coupe, The Beach Boys... Full story
In past years the pump section of certain church pump organs was behind a partition. While the musician was playing the keys, there was an unseen, often unnamed person vigorously pumping the bellows, building up the air pressure for the musician to make music. On one occasion, after the crowd honored the musician for beautiful playing, the pump assistant was offended because he felt unappreciated. He stopped pumping. The musician was helpless to continue. Try as he might, he had nothing to...
DAYTON–Volunteers are needed to help with the operation of the Dayton Dog Park, and a meeting for potential volunteers has been set for 6 p.m., Thursday, June 22, at Chief Spring’s Brewpub. The Friends of the Dayton Dog Park works with the City of Dayton and serves dog-park users by paying for maintenance and upkeep, garbage disposal and other aspects of its operation, says Candy Jones, a Friends of the Dayton Dog Park officers. The park, located south of the fishing pond in the vicinity of the Little League fields, has fenced enclosures for...
Ten Years Ago June 26, 2013 By Doris Ann Landkammer Todd-Fifty years ago, in 1963, Alvin Landkammer talked to the VFW post about giving a scholarship to some of the graduating seniors to help pay some college expenses. The VFW officers asked Alvin how he would fund this scholarship and he smiled and told them he thought the VFW should have a fireworks stand. It was a patriotic project, celebrating the freedom of our country, plus Alvin always loved to make a little noise and blow things up....
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan (BMAG) young student summer classes begin Tuesday June 27 and will continue each Tuesday, July 11, 18, and 25 at 10-11 a.m. and again at 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The BMAG young student art classes begin June 27 and will continue each Tuesday, July 11, 18, and 25. Two class times will be available; one starting at 10 a.m. and the next at 11:30 a.m. A list of scheduled art projects is available at the art building. There is no early registration, sign in on the d...
Ten Years Ago June 17, 2013 Construction of the Artisan Food Center at Blue Mountain Station is underway with the foundation complete and the plumbing needs to be addressed. A receipt of $109,000 in grant funds and $109,000 in loan funds at 2.55 interest over 10 years from the Community Economic Revitalization Board. Dayton City Council learned 25,354 people visited the Dayton Memorial Library and Delany Room in 2012. The 19th All Wheels Weekend was enjoyed under sunny skies by a decent crowd an...
“Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.”” – Barry Goldwater...
POMEROY–Over a hundred people gathered to celebrate the Pataha Flour Mill's 25 years of operation as a ministry and restaurant on May 20. The celebration began with one of the Mill's well-known meals and ended with a praise gathering, during which many people sang hymns and told memories of the Mill. The Mill was originally built in 1878, and was in use as a flour mill until the 1940s. Jon and Louise Van Vogt purchased the Mill in 1998. In the past 25 years, the Van Vogts have restored the P...
POMEROY-The Pomeroy Jr/Sr High School drama club performed their first production, It's All in Your Head by Frannie Dove at the PHS cafetorium on June 6. The twenty-minute, one-act play featured Andrew Robinson as Drew Peterson, Elisabeth Carroll as Planning, Kimberly Tuck as Focus, Kaylee Hines as Impulse, Josephine Watson as Judgment, Gabriel Gephart as Insight, Lylly Winslow as Empathy, Olivia Wallace as Emotion, Emily Boyd as Kendra/Caroline, and PHS teacher Jessica Wolf as Miss Treble....
A cafeteria worker shared a secret for instilling in her customers a deeper appreciation for her food. She whispered to me, "I make them smell it for a while before I serve it. It makes them hungrier and more appreciative." I don't know how many tricks she had, but she definitely understood how important it was for hunger to be stimulated. The Lord appreciates a deep hunger for Him. His Word says, "Blessed (meaning "happy") are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be...
Spider-Man across the Multiverse - Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga. This is an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered. According to the Rotten Tomatoes website, this movie is well liked by both critics and audiences, with 96% favorable from both. The critic's consensus was "Just...
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77. West wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. West wind around 7 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. SaturdayMostly sunny, with a high near 79. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Sunday: A slight chance of showers after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Sunday Night: A chance of...
Ten Years Ago June 19, 2013 The first office of McGregor Risk Management Services, a limited liability corporation formed almost a year ago by equal partners McGregor Company and Stonebraker McQuary Insurance, opened May 1 in Pomeroy. Office manager Jennie Byington is an insurance veteran in Garfield County, working 15 years as an agent at Obenland & Low Agency. The Pomeroy native also worked as a legal secretary in town and in Lewiston. US Army Corps of Engineers at Lower Granite Project is...
Ten Years Ago June 12, 2013 Portland General Electric Company has signed an asset purchase agreement with Puget Sound Energy to acquire the development rights to Phase II of the Lower Snake River Wind Farm. PGE plans to proceed with construction of 116 wind towers at a cost projected of between $520 million to $535 million, excluding allowance for funds used during construction. Chuck James got an extra special birthday surprise from his wife, Peggy, for his 70th birthday-a 1916 Model T Ford...
Johanna Ellen Dorr July 13,1952 - May 16, 2023 Johanna Ellen Dorr, 70, adoring wife and loving mother of five children and "Grammy" to ten grandchildren, went to be with Jesus on May 16, 2023 in Albany, Ore., after a six-year courageous journey with glioblastoma brain cancer. Johanna, name meaning "God is Gracious", was born to Charles V. Olson and Patricia A. (Palmer) Olson on July 13, 1952 in San Francisco and grew up in Las Vegas and Seattle. She was the oldest of six children. She met Mark...
POMEROY–To create a safe environment for youths, the Pomeroy Partners Coalition have a new initiative to build a drug-, alcohol-, and other hazards-free space for young people in which to grow and thrive. The Pomeroy Safe Homes Pledge is a new initiative from the Pomeroy Partners Coalition to create a safe environment for youth. Households which take the Safe Homes Pledge will be mailed a window cling for their home, a fridge magnet, a certificate, as well as optional free gun locks, sharps c...
POMEROY–Garfield County Hospital District is proud to announce April's Employee of the Month, Nic Bartlow. He was nominated by his co-workers who state, "Nic has a great positive attitude and an optimistic outlook." Nic is a native of Pomeroy and has a rich family heritage spanning over four generations in Garfield County. He graduated from Pomeroy High School in 2006. His first work experience began in the summer months of high school where he drove harvest truck for two local farmers. After g...
POMEROY–The Quality Behavioral Health organization Summer Youth Program is now open for registrations. The QBH Summer Youth Program is for teens entering 7th, 8th, and 9th grade, with youth leadership options for high school students. Youth will meet every Wednesday at the Pomeroy High School to be bused to the LC Valley for fun activities, food, and educational lessons from community leaders. To get a registration packet, contact Melody Darby at the office at 856 Main Street, or go online a...
“Life appears to me too short to be spent nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.” – Charlotte Bronte... Full story
It sure is beautiful outside. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and the birds and bees are singing and humming. It's quite relaxing when you think about it. Too bad I have to avoid it like the plague. Literally. I must wear a mask every time I go outside right now. I have allergies. Some years they are not so bad, and some years they are horrible. This is one of the horrible years. Why? Why should my body react to tree, grass, and weed pollen like some kind of horrific disease that...
Book Club: The Next Chapter is the sequel that follows four best friends as they take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip, they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure. The cast includes: Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Giancarlo Giannini, Don Johnson, Craig T. Nelson. Rotten Tomatoes website critics did not care for this movie, as they...
DAYTON–Graduating the Class of 2023 has signaled the close of their reign as seniors and the end of high school for them, as they move on to new endeavors. Now, it is traditional for the junior class to take their place as the new seniors, and be dubbed the Senior Class of 2024. For many students, making this transition sparks excitement, fear, changing emotions, yet all are ready to graduate. Some things these new seniors are looking forward to is the new sports program, working, building memor...
Jesus spoke of a rich man who thought he could look forward to many years of comfort and wealth. Jesus said, "The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." "But God...
Thursday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Friday: A chance...