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POMEROY–The Pomeroy Spinners hosted the 38th annual St. Patrick's Day broomstick pool tournament at the Maple Hall on March 17 and 18. A total of 55 teams played in the tournament. Seven were eliminated on Friday, and 48 played on Saturday. The winners of the tournament were Ritchie Vecchio and Ray Luther, in first place; Dave and Heath Shelton, in second place; Nick Herres and Scott Young in third place; Teresa Summers and Justin Malheur in fourth; Chris Rardin and Drew Zorza in fifth; and L...
Ten Years Ago March 27, 2013 Eero Kovero brought his seventh group since 2010 to the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum at the Garfield County Fairgrounds on Sunday. The farmer and tour leader from Finland brought 10 other farmers from the south of that county to Washington state, landing in Seattle on Monday. The farmers worked their way east with stops at Coulee Dam and the Genesee area, and a jet-boat ride on the Snake River. They were headed back west and will travel through the Yakima...
There are a number of unidentified portraits in the archives of the Garfield County Musuem...and their identities are unknown. If you know the names of the people in this photo, please contact the East Washingtonian. 509-843-1313, or email Charlotte Baker, [email protected]. ––Photo provided by the Garfield County Museum...
“The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.” – George Bernard Shaw...
Ten Years Ago March 20, 2013 Pomeroy School Board proposed administration restructuring got mixed reviews from the audience. Chairman Bart Gingerich said the board had "worked a few months on this" plan, which called for one full-time administrator and utilizing a "lead teacher" in each building with assigned administrative duties and responsibilities. Presently the superintendent serves as the elementary school principal and the high school has a full-time principal. Twelve members of the Holy...
“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.” – Horace Walpole...
Ten Years Ago March 13, 2013 Jim McKeirnan brought a one-week-old lamb to Garfield County Memorial Hospital's long-term care wing to the delight of residents and staff alike. Jim said the lamb would lose its black coat and turn white. A number of the residents talked about raising lambs on their ranches, and it was pretty evenly split among staff and residents whether lamb was tasty or not. Elizabeth Ortega-Santos and Will Entrup were winners of bikes in Pomeroy Evening Star Lodge No. 30 F&AM's...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transit Authority (GCTA) will offer transportation to the Louise Munday 100th Birthday party happening on March 11 at 1 p.m. Contact GCTA at 509-843-0200 to reserve your seat early....
“I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.” – Thomas Jefferson...
Since moving to Pomeroy, I have finally had space to create a garden. Over the last few years, I have slowly expanded what I have done. At first, I grew a few crops in various places in the yard. Most (like the corn) didn't turn out well because the soil was not well suited for what I was trying to do. Last year I expanded to the creation of raised beds. I grew about twice as many crops, most of which were more successful. I had more corn than I knew what to do with. I gave a way a ton of crops...
Ten Years Ago March 6, 2013 Kindall Cooper, last year's Garfield County Fair & Rodeo queen, and a 2012 graduate of Pomeroy High School, was crowned the 2013 Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Rodeo Queen. She was selected to the court in October 2012 and the three girls selected for this year royalty have been attending local community events as well as regional events representing The Walla Walla Fair for the past four months. Queen Kindall will be accompanied by two princesses, Beka Adams...
“The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
Ten Years Ago February 27, 2013 At the Senior Center's annual Valentine's Day program, a new King and Queen are crowned who will represent the Senior Center for the current year. Richard and Bea Fuchs will be the 2013 royal couple and ride in the Pioneer Day parade representing the Senior Center. In addition, the program featured singing by the Golden Girls, a piano selection by Carmen Gingerich, Stephanie Reisdorph on the violin, and Crystal Gordon singing. Who can give you the address of...
James E. Delp December 16, 1936–February 6, 2023 James (Jim) Elford Delp of Pomeroy, Wash., passed away at Garfield County Memorial Hospital on Monday, February 6, 2023 at the age of 86. James was born in Marcus, Wash., to Glenn and Julia Delp of Boyds, Wash., on December 16, 1936. Jim was from a family of 13 children. He worked in the woods as a logger, in sawmills, fought fires, worked for farmers around Colville, Boyds, Kettle Falls, and Pomeroy, Wash. He worked in construction for many years...
Eugenia DeBow POULSBO–Eugenia DeBow, 74, died Sunday January 29, 2023. In the care of Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, Wash....
“Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.” – Leo Buscaglia...
Garfield County Hospital District is proud to announce December's Employee of the Month, Helen Bragg, Environmental Services. Helen was nominated by her co-workers who state, "She is always friendly and goes above and beyond in her job." She was born and raised in England, in the beautiful southwestern rural town of Avebury Coe nestled in Wiltshire County. The population, Helen estimates, has eight homes, one pub and one church, located six miles outside of Marlborough. Helen's family ran and...
Ten Years Ago February 20, 2013 Pomeroy Pirate wrestlers Wyatt Jenkins, Ryan Smith, and Austin Reisdorph won class championships at the State B wrestling tournament at the Tacoma Dome on Friday and Saturday. Jenkins won the 170-lb title, Smith earned the 160-lb championship, and Reisdorph claimed first in the 220-lb class. With teammate Clayton King contributing, the Pirate team placed third in the team standings. Four Pomeroy High School graduates were named to Washington State University's...
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” – Zora Neale Hurston...
Many organizations have helped Garfield County Hospital District over the past several years but none as much as the hospital auxiliary group, HUGS, which stands for Helpers United Giving Support. What is HUGS? Their motto says it all— “Caring Hearts. Caring Hands.” Accompanying their motto is their logo which displays a pair of hands gently holding a single heart, honoring patients that have chosen to make our hospital their home. This group of individuals focuses on patient well-being for t...
Eugenia DeBow, 74, of Poulsbo, Wash., died January 29, 2023....
Ten Years Ago February 13, 2013 Seventy years ago to this day, on Feb. 13, 1943, Pomeroy residents Marjorie Robertson and Marston Fitzsimmons were married in the Methodist Church here. The couple will celebrate their 70th anniversary with a family celebration. Marston and Marjorie were in Pomeroy High School's Class of 1940. Marjorie sang in the school glee club and that's where Marston first noticed her. "She sang in an operetta and I played violin in the school orchestra," he recalled. During...
Sally Ann Peters June 4, 1940–February 1, 2023 Sally Ann (Wade) Peters, devoted mother and grandmother, died Wednesday Feb. 1, 2023, at Willowbrook Terrace in Pendleton, Ore., with her family by her side. She was 82 years old. Sally Ann was born June 4, 1940, to Lewis A. "Bud" and Jennie Rae Wade in Pomeroy, Washington, where she was raised and educated. She graduated Pomeroy High School and went on to graduate from Kelsey Baird Secretarial School in Spokane, Washington. She married Samuel J. W...
Virginia Rose Worthington Beckwith March 18, 1929 – January 21, 2023 Virginia Beckwith, 93, left to be with our Lord at 3:18 early Saturday morning. Virginia Rose Worthington was born to Matilda (Tillie) Richmond Worthington and William (Bill) Worthington in Cle Elum, Wash., the youngest of four children. The family moved to Yakima during Virginia's freshman year of high school. She graduated from Yakima's Davis High School in 1947 and attended Yakima Business School where the US Reclamation B...
Bikes for Books winners, Robbie Wolf and Jordyn Hames were presented bicycles as an award for excellence in the Bikes for Books program in January, presented by Steve Kazda, secretary of Evening Star Lodge No. 30. Wolf, a fifth grader, is the son of Bob and Jessica Wolf, and Hames, a Kindergartener, daughter of Josh and Jamie Hames....