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Carlene Mae Pawlik November 1, 2022 Carlene Mae (Swanson) Pawlik, age 98, passed away peacefully November 1, 2022 at Memory Manor in Pomeroy, Wash., surrounded by loving family. She will be deeply missed and fondly remembered for her sweet smile and positive outlook. Carlene was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Hugo and sons Jerry and Christopher. She is survived by daughters, Kathy (Ron) Dixon, Susan (Bill) Thurmond, Carla (Keith) Danielson, and Marti (Neil) Natwick. A Celebration...
POMEROY–The annual “50¢ Christmas Sale” is planned at the United Methodist Church on Saturday, December 3 at 9–11 a.m. The much anticipated “50¢ Christmas Sale” at the Pomeroy Methodist Church on 796 Columbia St, 8th Street entrance, will help mark off much of your holiday shopping list. This year, as in the past, children shop first from 9–9:30 a.m., with free wrapping of each precious gift. The Fireside is open and available to adults who are waiting for their shopping time at 9:30-10:30 a.m. During the last half hour, 10:30–11 a.m.,...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild opened their winter show on November 11. The show was sponsored by JD Brown Studio and featured artists Linda McKeirnan and Laurel King. Junior featured artists were Maureen Scoggin's art class from Pomeroy Elementary School. The winter show includes lots of art available for Christmas shopping....
Mrs. Waldher's Kindergarten recipes SIlja's Apple Pie Silja Severson: Age 5 Ingredients 1 bag of sugar 1 case of water 5 red apples 10 blueberries 1 Tbsp. milk Directions First we make the dough. Put some water, flour a little bit of sugar in a bowl by the stove for 10 minutes. When it is done you can put it in the baking bowl to let it bake. Put the apples in bowl after the dough and then get a fork. Let the apples air out a little bit. Bake the pie for 16 hours at 10 degrees. When it is out, l...
Mrs. Lovgren's Kindergarten class recipes Joanna's Chicken Joanna Yount: Age 5 Ingredients 1 cup of spice 3 cups of seasoning 1 whole chicken Directions Get the chicken from the store. Then you are going to put the chicken in the stove. Then you put the spice on it. Then you put the seasoning on it. Bake it at 10 degrees for 1 hour. Take it out of the stove and eat it. Lilah's Apple Pie Lilah Blickenstaff: Age 6 Ingredients 2 cups sugar 6 red/yellow apples 3 cups of powder 4 cups of cinnamon...
“I want to put a ding in the universe.” – Steve Jobs...
POMEROY–The Denny Ashby Library will present two different community presentations at the Senior Center on November 9; “The importance of maintaining historical objects by Muriel Bott at 12:45 p.m. and Glory Grove by Author Gary Bye at 6:30 p.m. The first of the two presentations: “The importance of maintaining historical objects” is where Pomeroy Museum curator Muriel Bott explains the importance of documenting an era through its artifacts and how to preserve them for the future. “Muriel and other volunteers are instrumental in maintaining, or...
Sometimes Thanksgiving feels a little like the awkward middle child. It sits evenly between Halloween and Christmas. Those holidays get all the attention and excitement because they are big commercial holidays. They sell all the candy- they have all the decorations- they get all the movies made about them. When was the last time you gathered the kids around to watch a Thanksgiving movie? Have you been planning to listen to Thanksgiving songs this month? Did you go all out to put up Thanksgiving...
POMEROY–The Spinners 6th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner is scheduled at Maple Hall on November 24 from 12-1:30 p.m. The Spinners organization will host its 6th annual Thanksgiving Dinner at Maple Hall on November 24. Dinner will be served from 12-1:30 p.m. Deliveries are available for homebound, sick, and quarantined people, and to-go meals are also available. The dinner is free to any and all, but donations are accepted. Please RSVP by contacting Joe Cox by email: [email protected]; p...
Ten years ago November 7, 2012 The Case of the Bug-Eating Cougs-Students of Washington State University professor Richard Zack's "Insects and People" course, as well as the public, will have a chance to put their gag reflex to the test during the annual insect-eating lunch at Ensminger Pavilion. On the menu will be cricket chili, mealworm tacos and various pastries sweetened with honey, an insect byproduct. Those attending also can sample comb honey, wax and all. Pomeroy Community Center...
The Pomeroy Community was "alive" on Halloween with not only the walking ghouls and goblins, but princesses, puppies, Cruellas cops and more. To see more photos, click on PHOTOS above, and select October 31, 2022, from the drop-down menu....
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin...
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, Nov. 5 from 8 a.m.–2 p.m. What can you bring? 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 pine needles in garbage bags, that’s fine, but you will be asked to empty the bags and take the plastic home with you. For m...
POMEROY–The School District's Annual Veteran's Day program is scheduled in the high school gymnasium on November 14, at 9 a.m. It is open to the public. Veteran photos due by November 4. Each year, Pomeroy School District hosts this public event, welcoming community members to join in celebrating our local honored veterans and those we have lost. Elementary students will sing patriotic songs, a slide presentation of local military honorees will be made and at least five local veterans will r...
POMEROY–The WSU/Garfield County Extension begins the 4-H leader and volunteer recruitment for the 2022-23 year starting October 1. Several leaders have retired and the anticipated increase in the number of new 4-H members, requires replacement and additions of leaders and volunteers. The Family Living project areas of cooking, sewing, and crafting are especially in need of volunteers. Creative Kids group has 25 members and for a greater learning experience, we are looking to split in to two o...
Ten years ago October 31, 2012 Eero Kovero, Finnish farmer and tour leader, brought his sixth group to Pomeroy's Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum on October 21. Eero (pronounced "arrow") and his group of 10 Finnish farmers from the south of the county spent 12 days in Washington state, landing in Seattle and working eastward in the northern part of the state. The stop in Garfield County is in about the middle of the rip, before the tour turns west and makes its final stop in the Yakima...
Barbara Joan McKeirnan Kimble November 1, 1934–October 28, 2022 Barbara Joan McKeirnan Kimble was born November 1, 1934 and passed away October 28, 2022 just short of her 88th birthday. Barbara was born to John J. and Florence Wilhelm McKeirnan on the family farm just east of Pomeroy in the family home. Barbara grew up riding horses, tending the vegetable and rose gardens. Every fall she and her friends would make apple cider. Graduating from Pomeroy High School Barbara was active in school a...
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” – Jonas Salk...
Ten years ago October 24, 2012 The 2012 football season has special significance since it was exactly a century ago that the young men of PHS took up the sport of football. It was on November 16, 1912, when Wagner Mast, Pomeroy’s quarterback, trotted onto the scrap of Garfield County pasture that had been crudely fashioned into gridiron playing field. Most of the Pomeroy players on the field were farm boys who had spent their lives close to home in Garfield County. Thirty-eight people met in t...
“When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.” – Saul Bellow...
Paul Ernest Kimble, Sr. June 8, 1934–October 14, 2022 Paul Ernest Kimble, Sr. passed away on October 14, 2022. Paul Ernest Kimble Sr. was born to Max and Delora Kimble on June 8, 1934. They raised their son Paul on a farm south of Pomeroy. Paul's first memories were of an Elk carcass hanging in the attic in the winter and his dad going up to cut meat off for the evening meal. Early in his life the family moved to a farm just outside of Pomeroy where he attended elementary and high school. In h...
Ten years ago October 17, 2012 Tom Sherry brought Tom’s Tailgate Weather Forecast to Pomeroy for the Pomeroy-Garfield Palouse football game. Viewers voted for him to attend this game rather than the Colville at Clarkston game the same night. The Pirates-Vikings game received 3,636 votes, 54%, to 3,241 for the game at Clarkston. Sherry’s weather forecasts on KREM 2 News at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. were presented with the backdrop of boisterous Pirate backers, and the TV celebrity also presented the two...
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” – John Donne...
It's been a while since we sent out a hospital update and we wanted to share our latest information. The project to improve the electrical infrastructure in the original hospital building is still moving forward. We are preparing to order all the electrical equipment soon so that it will be here in time for construction; however, the generator may be delayed for 65 weeks, and the rest of the equipment could be delayed for 32-45 weeks which may push the completion of construction out to 2024....
POMEROY–Don Richardson Memorial Service will be held at the Richardson Brown Funeral Home, Saturday, October 15 at 10 a.m. A lunch will follow at the First Christian Church....