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Ten years ago April 4, 2012 It will be Pirates on donkeys Monday, April 9, in the Elementary School gym, when Pomeroy High School Associated Student Body sponsors a fundraiser with a donkey basketball tournament. According to senior Haylee Koller, each high school class will have a team, and each team will have two teachers participating. The tournament comprises four games “filled with laughs,” Haylee promised. A group of agriculturally connected residents of Finland is the fifth led to eas...
Sharon Rose Jensen August 25, 1941–March 18, 2022 A bell rang in heaven on March 18, 2022 and Sharon Rose Jensen, 80, of Pomeroy, Wash., passed away peacefully at Garfield County Memorial Hospital in Pomeroy, Wash. She was surrounded by her husband Bruce Jensen, two sisters and a brother at the time of her death. Her life on earth has ended and she has begun her time in eternity with family, friends and her Lord and Savior. Sharon was born August 25, 1941, in Raymond, Wash. to Earl Jay J...
POMEROY–Local Gun Club members culminated their 2022 Winter League season with their Annual Fun Day, potluck barbecue and business meeting along with the annual awards for top Youth and Adult shooters in several categories. Beautiful Spring weather blessed the day on Sunday March 27. The Junior shooters started the day with fun and shooting games on one of the two Trap Fields and the Adults shot 50 16–yard targets on the other Trap Field. The Adults are classed based on their 10-week averages an...
Welcome to the East Washingtonian’s first special section, Health and Wellness.” In this special publication of your local community newspaper, we spotlight information from local businesses and organizations pertaining to your physical and emotional well being. “Wellness” encompasses nearly every facet of a person’s life, and being physically healthy is intertwined with good mental health as well as other facets such as social, spiritual, occupational and others. It’s a two-way street: the benefits or negative impacts go both ways. For t...
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) released a new report recently with data reporting on the quality of care in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. These facts highlight the commitment of dedicated caregivers to raising the standard of care for the benefit of nursing home residents during a public health crisis. The report follows data issued by AHCA/NCAL highlighting quality improvements over the last decade. Key findings from today’s report include: • Long-...
POMEROY––The Southeast Washington Alliance for Health (SEWAAH), the nonprofit created in January of 2020 with a focus on assisting Garfield, Asotin, and Columbia counties with health-related initiatives, has contributed over $23,000 to health needs in Garfield County and over $88,000 across all three counties. Activities include community health assessments, COVID19 cross-county partnerships, and the Alliance has recently received a $740,000 health-focused grant to be utilized across all three counties. For Garfield County residents, one ben...
POMEROY–Free “Stay Active and Independent for Life” (SAIL) classes began at the Senior Center, 695 Main St., on Tuesday, March 22 at 1:15-2:30 p.m. for the next 10 weeks. SAIL is a strength, balance and fitness program for adults 65 and older. Performing exercises that improve strength, balance and fitness are the single most important activity all adults can do to stay active and reduce their chance of falling. To sign up call 843-3412....
OLYMPIA–Results from the 2021 Healthy Youth Survey (HYS), a statewide survey of young people focused on their health behaviors, are now available. Data suggest mental health concerns remain with some signs of improved health behaviors, including a decrease in substance use. While the full impact of the pandemic is not yet fully understood, the results of the HYS will help in identifying the needs of students now and moving forward. HYS data underscores the importance of a continued focus on e...
Among 10th grade participants: • 8% reported using alcohol within the last 30 days, down from 19% in 2018 • 7% reported using marijuana within the last 30 days, down from 18% in 2018 • 2% reported smoking cigarettes in the last 30 days, down from 5% in 2018 • 8% reported vaping in the last 30 days, down from 21% in 2018 OLYMPIA–Results from the 2021 Healthy Youth Survey (HYS), a statewide survey of young people focused on their health behaviors, are now available. Data suggest mental health concerns remain with some signs of improved health beh...
By Bryan Boyle WSU Foundation SPOKANE–A $2.2 million gift to Washington State University’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPPS) will increase opportunities for PharmD students to focus on the health care needs of residents in rural Washington. This extraordinary anonymous gift has helped to launch CPPS’ Rural Health Initiative (RHI) to improve access to health care in the rural communities of Washington. Started in the fall of 2021, RHI is an ambitious 10-year plan to create opportunities for student pharmacists and post-gradu...
LEWISTON–CLARKSTON–The Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation 2022 Fast-Track Grant season is now open. The Fast-Track Grant is a quick turnaround grant of $2,500 to $10,000 to support efforts and organizations that promote the health, wellness, or disease prevention of persons in the Foundation’s Service Area. The Foundation’s Service Area includes nine counties: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis and Nez Perce in Idaho; Asotin, Garfield and Whitman in Washington; and Wallowa in Oregon. Fast-Track grants are intended for small, health and wel...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Transportation Authority (CTA) voted to hire a structural consultant at their meeting on March 21. The proposed building the CTA will share with Garfield County Public Works has specific structural needs that the consultant will be able to address. The money allotted to the hiring is not to exceed $20,000. The CTA will have an open house on March 24 at the Senior Center to discuss the Human Services Plan with any member of the community who comes. It will begin at 1...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) awarded three bids, one for supplying material for the sprinkler system project, another for wood and waste removal, and a third for the rock crushing contract at their meeting on March 21. A bid to supply materials only for the Garfield County Fairgrounds sprinkler system project from SiteOne Landscape Supply was approved for $28,294.19. Ironsides Custom Grinding’s bid to grind and remove the wood and yard waste at the Airport rock pit...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fire District No. 1 commissioners held a special meeting to discuss repairs to the Medic 30 ambulance on March 15. The ambulance has had diagnostics run and is believed to have a cracked head. Any further diagnostics would require an engine tear down, which could cost upwards of $7,000. The commissioners decided to bring Medic 30 back to the GCFD garage and use it as the backup third ambulance, only using it in Pomeroy city limits. The process of getting a new a...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy City Council announced the retirement of Shaun Martin as City Clerk and Treasurer, and the Complete Streets project update at the meeting on March 8. Martin will retire in June and Diane Taylor will become the new City Clerk and Treasurer. The Complete Streets Project has begun work on the Denny Ashby Library sidewalk. The contractors, Knox Concrete, will also replace other problem sidewalk areas. Also included in the project is fixing wiring on the light posts on Main S...
POMEROY–The Port of Garfield County commissioners passed a resolution to clarify an RV Park rule at their meeting on March 15. Resolution 2022- No. 3 states that a camper who is not living at the Pataha Creek RV Park may camp for four weeks every 120 days. The commissioners also created a role of camp host for the RV Park, to help residents and be a present at the park in return for a park space. The host would facilitate help with hookups for new residents, and alert the manager of d...
By Charlotte Baker and Naomi Scoggin Tanner Cranor, Spinners President, lines up a shot during the Spinners Broomstick tournament event this last weekend. The number are participants have grown since the conception of the Pomeroy tradition in the 1980s and is a major fundraiser for the Spinners organization. The exciting results for the Broomstick tournament teams are: first place is Pat and Larry Ledgerwood; second place Al Damron and Steve Slaybaugh; third place Jim and Don Ledgerwood; fourth...
POMEROY–Volunteers are needed for the Garfield County Aging and Disability Annual Yard Clean-up scheduled to help the aging and disabled community on April 9. Spring is upon us and for people who are unable and/or need help with their spring yard clean-up, Aging and Disability is asking for volunteers to help provide assistance with this task. The day will begin at 9 a.m. on April 9 where volunteers will meet at the Senior Center to receive their assignments. Volunteers are asked to provide their own tools (rakes, hoes, brooms, shovels, e...
“Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.” – Margaret Thatcher...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Health District approved amendments to the Department of Health consolidated contract at their meeting on March 21. The contract is valid from 2022 until 2024, and funding comes through the form of amendments. Resolution 2022-05 amends the contract by placing the maximum amount at $1,352,897. Resolution 2022-06 amends the contract again by raising the maximum amount by $305,943. The maximum funding for the consolidated contract currently stands at $1,658,540 The H...
MOSCOW, IDAHO–Registration for the Palouse Writers annual one-day writers’ festival happening at the 1912 Center in Moscow, Idaho on Saturday, June 18, 2022, is now open. The Palouse Writers Festival scheduled at the 1912 Center in Moscow, Idaho on June 18. A variety of workshops and panel discussions will be offered throughout the day. The event will close by opening its doors to the public for Books & Brews that evening. Books & Brews is a free, family-friendly event where participating authors will be on hand to meet with the public and aut...
POMEROY–The 11th annual Easter Egg Hunt, a Pomeroy Spinners event, will again happen at the Lybecker Football Field on Saturday, April 16 at 1 p.m. The Pomeroy Spinners members are excited to continue the annual Easter Egg Hunt for the eleventh time, and will stage the festivities at the Lybecker Football Field located at1651 Arlington Street, Pomeroy for the 0–2 age group and the other age groups will meet at their designated times at the Crystal Springs Golf Course in the same manner it was presented in 2021. The hunt will begin at 1 p.m...