Articles from the December 3, 2020 edition
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Twinkle Light Christmas promotion next week
POMEROY––"The show will go on" might be a theme here this December as some holiday events will occur, with modifications, while other traditional events will be forsaken due to the concern sur...
Child safety primary reason for proposed vacation of Pataha Street; BOCC decision postponed a week
POMEROY–The public hearing for vacating portions of street and unincorporated town of Pataha, Resolution No. 2020-12, was opened to public comment on November 30 at 10 a.m. Garfield County C...
Kenny Landkammer to retire December 30
Will the real Kenny Landkammer, please stand up? Last week the Pomeroy City Council accepted the retirement request from City Public Works Director Kenny Landkammer, who will have more time for...
Harold and Helen Shepherd Scholarships award 14 Pomeroy students
WALLA WALLA–Fourteen Pomeroy students are recipients of the Harold and Helen Shepherd 2020-21 Scholarship. The Walla Walla Community College Foundation expressed through the generosity of Harold and Helen Shepherd, these students: Julie Alicea; G...
Quote of the Week
“True friendship is in that moment when the silence between two people is comfortable.” – Anonymous...
Commentary
I was reading through an obituary for a local woman the other day and read how involved she was during her life. She was a farm wife. She had a career. She went to Kinman Business University and was a secretary. But she was involved in so many...
On the Edge of Common Sense
Yeah, he wished he was a cowboy but just at times like this (Yup, he’s glad that he’s a cowboy but there’s times on days like this) When he spent the day ahorseback and had time to reminisce (When...
OPINION
On Sunday morning Governor Jay Inslee announced additional restrictions on businesses in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The majority of the restrictions go into effect midnight on...
Recreation planning meeting rescheduled
OLYMPIA–Washington State Parks invites the public to a rescheduled virtual Classification and Management Plan (CAMP) meeting to learn more about ongoing recreation planning for Palouse Falls, Lyons Ferry and Lewis and Clark Trail state parks on T...
On-line pesticide recertification program offered
POMEROY–WSU Extension is hosting a ZOOM “Last Chance” Virtual Pesticide ReCertification Credit Seminar on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 from 8:45 a.m.–2 p.m. There is no charge to parti.cipate in the seminar. Four Washington and Oregon recerti...
A Teen's Take
POMEROY–Being brave is probably the one thing I should have been advised about because it is such a double-edged sword. Being brave can create regret because you take chances, sometime big chances. I...
Local woman injured in rollover
POMEROY––A Pomeroy woman received injuries and was transported to a hospital in Lewiston following a single-vehicle rollover accident nine miles east of here Thursday, November 26. Vanessa S. Mauhar, 39, of Pomeroy, was westbound at 6:16 p.m. on Sta...
Public invited to review Hazard Plan Update
POMEROY–Garfield County Emergency Management announced the beginning of a public review and comment period for the final draft of the updated Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. Starting on December 7, 2020, the draft can be viewed online on the G...
Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago December 1, 2010 Pomeroy High School Senior Project students are raffling off a Susan G. Komen Pink Christmas Tree as a fundraiser. Pomeroy Spinners Club will once again have a special box for letters to Santa in the Pomeroy Post...
OBITUARY
Orle Hannas, Jr. March 30, 1934–November 23, 2020 Orle Hannas Jr, longtime St. John area resident, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020 in Colfax at the age of 86. Orle was born at the home of his g...
OBITUARY
Michael D. Keizer December 15, 1950–November 17, 2020 Michael D. Keizer passed away in Spokane, Wash., on November 17, 2020. He was born on December 15, 1950, in Wilbur, Wash., to Lester and Thelma K...
