Articles from the October 22, 2020 edition
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Street vacation still awaiting approval
POMEROY–Landowners, vehicle accessibility, purchase prices and taxes owed will determine how and when the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will proceed on the petition to vacate a...
EWAM considering new acquisitions
POMEROY–The Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum is working on acquisitions. Marvin Gortsema has a listing of available items from a local collection. Wayne Davis has a line on an older, w...
New Fire Chief identifies areas of need
POMEROY-Garfield County Fire Chief James Cleveland advises the Garfield County Fire Department (GCFD) Board of Commissioners of the upcoming Washington State Survey and Rating Bureau assessment, the S...
Summer Reading Bingo Challenge winners named
By Lillian Heytvelt POMEROY–Natalie Fuchs and Janessa Klaveano each won $100 Amazon gift cards as winners in the 2020 Summer Reading Bingo Challenge at the Denny Ashby Library. Participants c...
Guest Commentary
Every election is important. This one is off the charts. I cannot lie; I was utterly dismayed by the first presidential debate. It was ugly and discouraging. The tendency is to blame the candidates, but in truth we are to blame. The fact that we have...
On the Edge of Common Sense
He rose in the class, hand over his heart And spoke of his future career “The political ring’s where I’ll throw my hat I love the applause and the cheers.” “I’ll learn all the buzzwords, and then ma...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor. Marinella would make a great judge. I hired G. Scott Marinella to join me in my Dayton law firm in 1983. I realized within a few weeks he was a very able, smart, young lawyer who would fit very well into our community. In the many year...
HOSPITAL UPDATE
POMEROY–Garfield County Hospital District is proud to announce September's Employee of the Month, Cathy Herres, RN, BS, Quality Assurance. She was nominated by her co-workers who state, "She is a g...
Census Bureau ends data collection on 2020 Census
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Self-response and field-data-collection operations for the 2020 Census concluded on October 15, 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau announced October 13. As of that date, well over 99.9% of housing units have been accounted for in the 2...
Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago October 20, 2010 A FUNdraising event sponsored by Sterling Savings and part of the Pomeroy Community Center-Seeley Theatre project to restore the building, will include the movie “Hocus Pocus”, and a Halloween costume contest with prize...
Obituary
Vicki Brenner August 3, 1949-October 10, 2020 POMEROY––Vicki Adair Fitzsimmons Brenner, 71, died October 10, 2020 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lewiston. She was born August 3, 1949, to Marcus C. and Mar...
