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Ten Years Ago October 12, 2011 Former Pomeroy High School history teacher Dr. Herman Ronnenberg will present a program and book-signing at Denny Ashby Library October 20 and he is looking forward to seeing former peers and students. “Pen and the Tin,” a song by Shane Herrell, 2000 graduate of PHS, and his Seattle band “First Times”, was featured on the ABC hit series “Revenge.” Twenty-Five Years Ago October 16, 1996 Rob Cameron, fired last April as the City’s Director of Public Works, appeared before the Council last week asking why a letter...
Ten Years Ago October 5, 2011 The Peola Road Project is about 70% complete and the road between just south of the city limits and Dutch Flat Road is expected to re-open around Nov. 1. The $4 million construction project started the middle of June and is the biggest road project ever for the county, in terms of cost and the more than six miles of road. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 9, 1996 Two hundred roof trusses are being put in place this week as part of the Pomeroy Retirement Center project. During her 30 years employment with the Garfield...
Ten Years Ago September 28, 2011 Temporary stop signs were installed on Columbia St. at 9th St., eastbound and westbound and will remain in place through the high school construction. Flashing lights on signs on Main St. east and west of 10th St., will operate before school and after school, indicating a speed limit of 20 mph. Operations team for the Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project will begin occupying the new operations and maintenance building at 39 Falling Springs Road on October 1. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 2, 1996 Three men in...
POMEROY–A the City Council held a public hearing on September 7 on a carport variance reducing the building setback from the alley from 25 feet to 15 feet requested previously by Joe and Elizabeth Walder preceded the meeting. The variance was approved. Sheriff Drew Hyer presented his monthly report to the council via teleconference, including 145 calls to service in August, twenty-eight city infractions, six criminal citations and 3,213 total miles driven in the city. Two deputies are still training with one of them patrolling on her own. T...
Ten Years Ago September 14, 2011 This year’s fair will feature a sanctioned regional competition of Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association members in the rodeo arena. The meet is the result of efforts by Ed and Debbie Bishop, members of the High Lonesome .45s chapter in Lewiston. Competitors are required to wear authentic appearing western clothing, although the firearms are shooting blanks. The Inland Northwest Region Porsche Club of America’s first Fall Show ‘n’ Shine will be in Pomeroy at the city park on Saturday with 50 or more cars expecte...
Ten Years Ago September 7, 2011 The record-breaking harvest of 2011 is bringing sights to grain elevators that haven’t been seen in recent memory. Last week, a wheat pile was started behind the Green Berry elevators. Warehouse foreman Larry Bunch said the last time this was done was probably in the 1970s. For the first time in more than a dozen years the “868” elevator in the southeast corner of the facility was cleaned and prepped for storage. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 11, 1996 Dye Seed Ranch staff, grass seed producer, local busin...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Pioneer Association met on Tuesday, August 24, to discuss finalizing plans for the upcoming Fall Bus Tour of the Mayview area scheduled for Saturday, September 25, 2021. Because the Mayview district is so rich with pioneer history, the tour will be done in two parts. The September tour will include sites such as the original trail from Gould City (known as the “Forks of the Deadman” in early days), McGrann Hill Road, the Lynn schoolhouse, to the top of Shepherd Hill and down into Mayview, circling into the Victo...
POMEROY–The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline contact number will change to the “988” dialing system be changing in the near future, according to information provided by Scott Zaval of the Garfield County Sheriff’s Department. Currently, 1-800-273-8255 is the crisis number, and veterans should Press 1 to be connected with the Veterans Crisis Line. This hotline provides suicide prevention and mental health crisis assistance via phone and online chats. Veterans can also get help at veteranscrisisline.net. The FCC adopted rules on July 16, 202...
Ten Years Ago August 31, 2011 A lot of Garfield County residents spent a hectic Sunday night helping neighbors and friends in the north part of the county put out fires after a short but severe lightning storm passed through the county. The fire burned right up to metal buildings at Dye Seed on Bell Plain Rd. as well as up to a couple of homes. Approximately 5,000 to 6,000 acres were burned as of Monday morning. The Pomeroy swim team won its fifth straight league championship last week at Colfax, defeating six other teams competing for the...
POMEROY–A couple of years ago, local artist Mary Cook discovered "The Sketchbook Project" online which is "an independent company that organizes collaborative art projects and tours" and exhibits the efforts of artists–famous or unknown–from around the world via the Brooklyn Art Library. Begun in 2006, the nonprofit Sketchbook Project includes more than 55,000 books from over 30,000 "creative people" in its regular library. It also has a mobile library that travels to cities and towns across the...
Ten Years Ago August 24, 2011 With about half the 2011 harvest completed in Garfield County, it’s shaping up as an outstanding year for producers. In the past five years to six years, the county has seen an increase in hard red wheat planting, but PGG general manager Bob Cox thinks there will be movement back to more white wheat plantings. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 28, 1996 Neighbors assisting with tractors and discs once again received praise for keeping a field fire last week from getting out of control when an electrical short in a c...
POMEROY–The City Council approved a continuance of the August 7 meeting to August 24, 2021 at 7 p.m., to better address funding opportunities and meet grant deadlines. Mayor Paul Miller stated the need to have such meetings organized in a critical form and indicated the council can firm up anything else at that time. In addition, the City received Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Finds of $194,706 July 27, 2021. Information about the American Rescue Plan Act Spending Guidelines was given to Mayor Paul Miller and Council. The Treasury Departmen...
Ten Years Ago August 17, 2011 Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2351 donated the 25-foot by 15-foot flag displayed in the high school gym to the Pomeroy School District “to leave a mark” regarding the Post’s contributions to the community over the years. Winning bid for general construction contract for the Pomeroy Junior-Senior High Modernization project was $7,537,255.00 by Leone and Keeble, Inc., of Spokane. The high school gym will be able to be used for the fall and winter sports. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 21, 1996 Poachers are at work...
Ten Years Ago August 10, 2011 Bank of Whitman’s Pomeroy branch, along with twelve other locations, was closed Friday, August 5, by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions. Eight other branches were assumed by Columbia State Bank, including an office in Clarkston. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 14, 1996 Takuya Maegawa, 16, a member of LABO cultural exchange group (Japanese equivalent to 4-H), is a guest of his host brother, Jonathan Bragg and family for several weeks. Pomeroy Fire Department was kept busy last week and over t...
Ten Years Ago August 3, 2011 Leslie McManus, editor of 40,000-subscriber “Farm Collector” magazine, was a guest of David and Nancy Ruark at the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum last week. Rocky Heath of CEP Recycle, Walla Walla, collected eight bins of electronic recyclables, mostly old television sets, during Garfield County’s E-cycle Day. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 7, 1996 Pomeroy will be the site of one of the six public hearings scheduled by the state Department of Ecology on its proposal to substantially reduce grass field burni...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Fair Board approved a contract with Harvest Host to allow free one dry camp overnight stay dry at the fairground RV facility at the meeting July 20. Harvest Host is a 160,000 member Texas based RV club that promotes local museums and other attractions throughout the country. The contract allows members to dry camp at an RV site one overnight stay a year at a given location. Reservations are recommended and members who stay longer or use hookups would pay for the a...
Ten Years Ago July 27, 2011 About 20 interested parties attended the pre-bid walk-through last week for the Pomeroy High School modernization project. Garfield County’s 9th annual National Night Out Against Crime is set for Tuesday in the City Park. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 31, 1996 The Dick Baker residence on Arlington was heavily damaged by fire last week that occupied firefighters for four-and-a-half hours. Three tractors and discs handled a fire that started on the rear of a combine last week on Dan McGreevy land on Wildhorse Road b...
Ten Years Ago July 20, 2011 With the concrete pour last week and work done in the previous month, Pioneer Plaza moved from just a vacant lot to the public park that will encourage local residents and travelers alike to stop for a few restful minutes. The fee for a new or renewed commercial driver license will increase from $30 to $61 this month. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 24, 1996 Ground was broken Monday at the corner of 11th and Columbia for Pomeroy Retirement Center, what is hoped will be the culmination of a six-year dream of having a...
POMEROY–Jack Peasley of Southeast Washington Economic Development Association (SEWEDA) advised the Council that Tracy Murray with Evergreen Rural Water will give Pomeroy "one more shot" at the Low-to-Moderate Income Survey to see if a qualifying percentage can be reached. He asked the Council for a date or time of day to do the survey. Peasley said it would involve homes on Columbia Street and State Street. The last time the survey was done at 2 p.m.; this time the group recommended beginning a...
Ten Years Ago July 13, 2011 Now, even Pomeroy can boast of having a food truck, thanks to residents Mike and Gloria Moses, owners of La Gloria Mexican Food, parked near the corner of 18th St. and Hwy. 12. The first of two portable classroom units has arrived at the Pomeroy High School parking lot. Six boys from Pomeroy Boy Scout Troop 281 attended Camp Grizzly last week. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 17, 1996 Problems with swimmers injuring the soles of their feet on the rough bottom of the city pool has led to the closure and draining of the...
Ten Years Ago July 6, 2011 A series of workshops to help senior citizens with chronic conditions gain self-confidence and take control of their health will be held this summer. Pomeroy Swim Team needs volunteers for two home meets and helping at the meets is a “perfect opportunity for high school students looking for community service hours.” Twenty-Five Years Ago July 10, 1996 Pomeroy Babe Ruth will sponsor tonight’s Wenatchee Youth Circus performance at the fairgrounds. The event is the first visit to Pomeroy by the troupe since 1992 and feat...
Ten Years Ago June 29, 2011 Contributors to the courthouse renovation project recognized for their support included Pomeroy native and architect Rich Cardwell, Shepherd Foundation representative Gary Houser, County Commissioner Dean Burton and Bill Clemens, Pacific Power Regional Community Manager. The 32nd Annual Fourth of July Picnic in Pataha will take place in the Pataha Prayer Garden. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 3, 1996 More than 1,000 participants, re-creating the life of mountain men, set up 450 camps at 1996 Pacific Primitive Rendezvous...
POMEROY–The Class of 1946 celebrated their 75-year reunion at the Tomato Brothers restaurant in Clarkston, Wash., June 24, 2021. The seven of the twelve remaining members of the Pomeroy High School Class of 1946 enjoyed lots of laughter, memories and stories of good times together when they gathered at the Tomato Brothers Restaurant last Saturday. There are twelve persons still living out of the class of thirty-five students (two others also received their diplomas that year but did not a...
POMEROY–Tandem cyclists Mark and Sherri Kreider, of Arvada, Colo., stopped in Pomeroy overnight on Wednesday, June 16, setting up camp in the city park, on their cross-country journey across the northern United States. Calling it the "Portland to Portland" adventure, the couple began their trek at Fort Stevens, Ore., on the Pacific coast. They traveled the Lewis and Clark trail through Portland and headed east along the Columbia River for almost 300 miles. Leaving Oregon they entered W...
POMEROY–The Garfield County Pioneer Association met for the first time since February of 2020 to discuss plans and activities that were put on hold over the past sixteen months. The main purpose of the meeting was to determine how the group wanted to handle the historical visit to the Mayview area which had been intended to be held as the Pioneer Association’s Spring 2020 Bus Tour but was postponed due to COVID-19. It was decided to divide the trip into two parts; the first segment scheduled this fall on Saturday, September 25, 2021 and the...