Articles from the July 2, 2020 edition
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Dixon named SBLive 1B Senior Athlete of the year
POMEROY–High School graduate Maddy Dixon has signed to play basketball at the University of Providence in Montana. In addition, she was named Score Book Live's Senior Girl Athlete of the Year in 1B a...
Fire Marshal urges caution with fireworks
OLYMPIA–Throughout Washington State residents have celebrated Independence Day with community events that feature food, music, entertainment, and public fireworks displays. These displays are a s...
By Garfield County Fire District makes an offer for Fire Chief
POMEROY–The Board of Commissioners for the Garfield County Fire District (GCFD) met in executive session to discuss offering the position of Fire Chief to James Cleveland, Jr. during a special meeting on June 24, 2020. A motion was made to offer h...
Kyson Fruh steps in to cover short-fall
POMEROY–Firefighter, EMT and Walla Walla Community College Fire Science student Kyson Fruh, has been working for the Garfield County Fire District (GCFD) full time since April 27, 2020 extending t...
Trio of teachers retire this year
POMEROY–Sanford Bates has retired from a 37-year career in teaching, with 34 years spent with the Pomeroy School District, teaching Chemistry and Physical Science, but mostly Biology and Spanish. B...
Trio of teachers retire this year
POMEROY–Local elementary teacher Sandra Bates, has retired after a 21-year career. Her former students, parents, staff and administration here will miss her invaluable service. She will be most r...
Trio of teachers retire this year
POMEROY–Music teacher Marcus Pedersen has spent 35 of his 38-year career here at the local School District and loved every minute of it. He says what he will miss the most is spending time with the k...
Quote of the Week
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor E. Frankl...
OPINION
With the state’s budget outlook in the news, discussion of a capital gains tax is occurring with greater frequency. There is one piece of information that is consistently left out, however: the fact that a capital gains tax is an income tax. This imp...
On the Edge of Common Sense
Many years ago this month, I was invited to the 75th Annual Southwestern Saskatchewan Sheep and Woolgrowers/Stockdog Trials in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. The night before the big do, I sat in Bernice’s kitchen as she cut leg o’lamb into one-inch squa...
Hospital Update
This is the second half of a two-part series on the history of healthcare in Garfield County with this week's focus on the Pomeroy Medical Clinic (PMC). The origins of the PMC have ties to several...
A Teen's Take
POMEROY–Working takes much of my time which limits getting together with my friends harder. I am trying to be responsible, but I also want to be with my friends. You can’t always do both. I like wha...
BMCF pivots to general operating discretionary grants for 2020
WALLA WALLA–Blue Mountain Community Foundation have made general operating grants available for charities and nonprofit organizations affected by the Covid-19 pandemic through a streamlined process beginning July 1, 2020. Organizations addressing f...
Bank of Eastern Oregon among 200 top performing banks
NEW YORK–American Banker magazine has ranked five Oregon and eleven Washington banks among the top 200 community banks in the country. The magazine named BEO Bancorp of Heppner, Ore. to the list based on average return of shareholder equity b...
Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago June 30, 2010 Johnny Capwell’s push to resurrect the white “P” on Volcano Hill has resulted in the return of the large letter that had traditionally decorated the hill for decades until recent years. With help from Grant Morgan this...
