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POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild will present the "Man Cave" show in September featuring art from men and boys, specifically. The BMAG is giving all men and boys with an artistic aptitude and talent a heads up to this very special show, and giving those who wish to participate time to prepare, organize, and finish their pieces by August 31. Crafts can be in leather, wood, painting, photography, metal, weaving, sewing/knitting/crochet/embroidery, taxidermy, car or furniture restoration. T...
“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.” – J.P. Morgan...
OLYMPIA–The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has issued an update on how to connect with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL) by using 988. The DOH advises as of July 16, 2022, a person may call, text or chat 988 to be connected to the NSPL. It will be confidential, free and available twenty-four hours every day of the week, year around. Services will be available in Spanish, along with interpretation services in over 250 languages. For people who are deaf, hard of hearing, and TTY users: Use your preferred relay s...
Ten years ago July 18, 2012 Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum’s second building on the Garfield County Fairgrounds is on schedule, with the crew from Mike’s Pole Barns, Clarkston completing installation of roof trusses last week. William Woehler of Mike’s said that the contractor is working to meet the Sept. 1 deadline and expects completion on schedule. Installing the roof panels is next, with the pouring of the concrete floor following sometime this week, Woehler said. Even today, when...
“The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.” – Francesco Guicciardini...
POMEROY-The Alvin Landkammer Fireworks show was presented at the Garfield County Fairgrounds last week on Tuesday, July 5. Community members gathered at the Garfield County Fairgrounds to watch the Alvin Landkammer Fireworks show the day after the traditional Fourth of July observance. Fireworks was not the only spectacular event of the evening, before the first rocket was lit, an announcement was made of two scholarship recipients Kyler Denny and Jordan Tucker. The show lasted an hour and a...
Ten Years Ago July 11, 2012 Pomeroy residents and visitors enjoyed a pleasant, not-too-warm afternoon in the City Park for the annual community celebration of Independence Day. Coordinated by Garfield County Hospital District personnel, the parade and the music, games, and food in the park marked a traditional day for gathering in Pomeroy. Former Pomeroy resident Doug Boyer graduated May 4, 2012, from Grand Canyon University with a Doctorate of Education in Business and Education Organizational...
POMEROY–Evening Star Lodge No. 30 representative Steve Kazada awards two bikes for the June Bikes for Books program winners Dutch Jones and Aurora Reed. Students Dutch Jones, a fourth grader and the son of Cody and Missy Jones; and Aurora Reed, a kindergartener and the daughter of Jason Reed and Brandee Terlson, were the recipients of a bike each for completing 100 minutes reading required to enter the drawing in the Bikes for Books program. Students who complete the required reading minutes a...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild (BMAG) is welcoming the next art show “Summer Sun” featuring adult artist Wendi Watson and the summer art class students at a reception in the gallery on July 7 at 5 p.m. The “Summer Sun” art show is sponsored by Meagan Tennant with her Farmhouse Faith Design. Summer students will exhibit their various creations, changing them out over the next two months as they use different mediums. Summer classes have been going very well working with as many as 49 eager student artists. “It is great to see so much...
POMEROY–December 2021 Student of the Month Emily Boyd, pictured right, has been stepping outside her box this year and trying new things not only in the classroom, but outside the classroom with FBLA. She has amazed not only me, but herself as well. Emily is taking two classes with me, and in these classes as well as FBLA, she has been going above and beyond expectations with individual and group work. She has even stepped up to the plate and willingly taken over three group projects to get t...
“There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.” – Robert Quillen...
In May Charleen Jackson contributed this picture of a Pomeroy baseball team from the past and was able to identify her grandfather, Ralph Woody, as being in the photo. Then Lee Koller identified the man wearing the fedora as his grandfather, Harry Kraemer. Then the Garfield County Museum weighed in, also possessing a copy of the photo and the names. Now East Washingtonian subscriber Donner Buchet of Rockville, Md., has contributed a clipping from the Sunday, September 3, 1961, Walla Walla...
July in known for Independence Day- a celebration of the birth of this nation. It’s an odd concept we champion in America: independence. Recently, I have been reading the Book of Ezra. This account is a celebration too, of what we might call Dependence Day. The record of Ezra documents the return of the Israelites when the time of Exile in Babylon ended. The nation had refused to acknowledge its dependence on God and His generosity, and they lost everything they had. After an entire lifetime, God acted on His prior promise, and the People of G...
James Edward DeShirley July 11, 1947–June 22, 2022 With great sadness, the family of James DeShirley announces his passing on June 22, 2022, at the age of 74. Jim was born in Hood River, Ore., to Claude and RuthAnn DeShirley. He spent his childhood in Pomeroy, Wash., and graduated from Pomeroy High School in 1965. He served in the US Air Force and married Barbara Feider in 1970. He is a graduate of Washington State University (1979) and worked for 25 years for the Bonneville Power A...
Ten years ago July 4, 2012 The Pomeroy men’s scramble league ended two weeks ago, and the championship went to a three-way playoff before winners were decided. Winning the 9-hole playoff was the team of Lee Koller, Jack Peasley, and Bob Peasley. The second-place team was Del Groat, John Henry, and Clay Barr; and the third-place team was Jay Henry, Sonny Harper, and Otto Krause. Coordinator Georgy Feider said that after a harsh start with the weather, things brightened up for the remainder of t...
A heartfelt thanks to the Pioneer Association for recognizing our family as Pioneers of the year, and implementing a wonderful weekend highlighting our family history. What a great community! Blachly Family...
POMEROY-Bicycle Rides Northwest, a nonprofit bike tour organization, brought hundreds of bikers to Pomeroy on June 23. The bikers spent the night in tents set up on the Lybecker football field, and BRNW set up 'camp central' in the Pomeroy City Park. Their crew set up a bike repair tent, first aid station, portable showers and restrooms, a snack bar and food trucks, and a phone charging station, all under the management of Erin Biskup, Director of Camp Central. The tour began in Walla Walla and...
“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson...
The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild kicked off its summer children's art classes on June 21. About 15 kids created clay projects, which were fired and will be glazed at the next class....
The Lord spoke to the heavy hearts that stood with hats in hand “Your sadness pains me deeply and I know you’ll miss this man But, it’s true what you’ve been hearing, Heaven is a real place. That’s no small consolation. You should use that fact to face The emptiness his parting left that seeps into your bones And draw on it to ease your pain. For he is not alone. You see, all his friends are up here and all his loved ones, too, ’Cause it wouldn’t be a heaven without each one of you. And heav...
NEZ PERCE–Four members of Pomeroy Gun Club Steve and Holly Ledgerwood, Jim Adams, and Larry Bunch, participated in the Nez Perce Idaho Father’s Day shoot June 18–19, bringing home some trophies. The Club threw 200 singles targets and Holly Ledgerwood broke a pair of 92s and her score of 184 was good enough for High Lady honors on Saturday. Jim Adams broke a 98 and 95 for a score of 193; also broke a 91 in Handicap on Saturday. Adams broke a 99 in singles and Larry Bunch shot a 98 in the 100-target event on Sunday. Adams tied for Champion but d...
POMEROY–Friends of Denny Ashby Library and Denny Ashby Library invite the community to a free presentation of Magician Jeff Evans is coming to the Seeley Theater on July 6 at 6 p.m. The free event, sponsored through the help of the Shepherd Foundation grant, brings attention to the Jeff Evens motivational Reading Magic assembly program. Students help Jeff return an overdue book and see what a library card like a magic wand. Curious George appears to perform the “World Famous Banana Trick.” In addition, Jeff shows how reading helps solve the p...
POMEROY–The Alvin Landkammer Fireworks, in memory of Isaac Roosevelt and Independence Day for our nation is scheduled to blast-off at the Garfield County Fairgrounds Tuesday, July 5 at dusk. The Landkammer family will once again put on a fantastic firework display at the fairgrounds Tuesday evening. As in the past, observers have made this a traditional family affair bringing a blanket to spread on the ground to hold a picnic basket full of goodies to enjoy before the big event. Those who sit in the stands, bring a blanket as well to ward of t...
Ten years ago June 27, 2012 A long line of people in pink swept up Main St. during last week Wednesday’s The Color is Pink Walk. The event in sin conjunction with the annual Susan G. Komen Foundation campaign to create awareness and attention to breast cancer and its prevention. Garfield County Health District reported over 130 participated in the walk and later enjoyed a hamburger barbecue at the city park. The Bike for Books program sponsored by the local Masonic Lodge continued this spring at Pomeroy Elementary School. Winners receiving b...