Week of July 25, 2024
Week of July 25, 2024
POMEROY––Wildfire season is here. A fire dubbed the Cougar Creek Fire, located about a mile west of Highway 129 and the Grand Ronde River intersection has grown to 10,766 acres and is 23% contained, according to the Washington Department of Natural Resources Southeast Region. There's another small fire across the state line in Idaho, the Billy Creek Fire, which was first reported July 3 along the banks of the Snake River. Containment advanced to 74% by July 10. There is a big one-the Battle...
POMEROY–A public hearing regarding QCells' conditional use permit (CUP) application for the Appaloosa Solar Project was held in the elevated seating area at Pomeroy Jr/Sr High School on June 24. The hearings examiner, Andrew Kottkamp of Kottkamp, Yedinak & Esworthy P.L.L.C., out of Wenatchee, heard testimony regarding the project's compliance or otherwise to the Garfield County comprehensive plan as well as evaluate what he called the "voluminous materials" provided in writing. Project...
POMEROY–Thirty-eight young girls participated in the Distinguished Young Women (DYW) Girl Camp annual fundraiser held at the Methodist Church on July 8. Thirty-eight girls joined in activities where they learned ways to build confidence through awareness; accountability to themselves by journaling, exercise, and meditation; entertainment and social skills by building a charcuterie; and personal appearance and presentation through the art of make-up. The event was an annual fundraiser for the...
Captain, an Alsatian dog, similar to a large Husky, slept loyally by his master's grave for 14 years before passing away. He disappeared after his master died but was found several months later when the family visited the cemetery. Captain had never been to the cemetery before. Cemetery neighbors fed him daily once they realized he slept at the grave of his master. The cemetery director said that when Captain showed up, all on his own, he wandered around until he eventually found his master's...
Ten Years Ago July 30, 2014 The Harold and Helen Shepherd Foundation has awarded the Pomeroy City Walk project a $2,000 grant. Project creator David Webb's goal is eventually to place about 40 vintage neon signs in downtown Pomeroy. Though the City of Pomeroy waived permit fees for installation of the signs, the project will incur additional expense of about $200 per sign for state permits and required electrical items. David said he will continue with his original commitment to provide the...
POMEROY–The Blue Mountain Artisan Guild held the opening of their 'Once Upon a Time' show on July 11. The show features 12 local authors from Pomeroy and surrounding areas: Gretchen Heytvelt; Diana Schmidt; Cosette Moore, Bruce Crossfield; Dawn Desjardin; Naomi Scoggin; Gary Bye; Sanford Bates; Fred Mensik; Elton Buller; Thann Shira; and Audrey Renaud. Their work includes novels, non-fiction, short stories, children's books, and poetry, with many styles and genres. "The show for authors will...
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Thursday Nighty: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. South wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Friday Nighty: Clear, with a low around 54. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Saturday Nighty: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Sunday Nighty: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Monday: Sunny, with a high near 91....
By Loyal and Charlotte Baker DAYTON–We got out of Algebra II to watch the Watergate Hearings in the spring of 1974 (fifty years ago!) but were more concerned with other things as sixteen-year olds. Later in August, my vacationing aunt and uncle and cousins paid a visit to me on the job at the Green Giant Cannery, mentioning, oh, by the way, Nixon resigned. Except for it being my birthday, which was usually celebrated in the harvest field with birthday buddy Wincel Abel, August 9 was not that momentous to me that summer of 1974. I heard...
