Ten years ago

March 7, 2012

The modernization project at Pomeroy High School has required a lot of creativity in dealing with the inconvenience of completely moving out of the building, including the cafetorium. But kitchen manager Marcia Ruchert perhaps had to utilize the most creativity to provide hungry students breakfast before school and the noon meal, all without the benefit of a kitchen. Marcia, with the help of Gin Jenkins and Rose Scoggin, provides about 35 breakfasts and 215 lunches using the kitchen at the Christian Church. Elementary students eat lunch in their classrooms, and high school students eat in the Nazarene Church dining room.

A portion of Phase I “Let’s Get the Lights On” at the Seeley Theatre was completed in November, 2011, with the installation of the electrical panels, meter, and hook-up to the transformer.

Twenty-five years ago

March 5, 1997

The Main Street Mural Project Committee continues toward its goal of erecting a permanent, painted mural on the street from between Berglund’s Food City and Lighthouse Insurance. Rick Erickson, an artist from Lewiston, has been commissioned by the project committee to design and paint the mural, according to project chairwoman Toots Farrell of Pomeroy.

Duane Bartels and David Ruark of Pomeroy attended one of North America’s bigger zero-till conferences in Brandon, Manitoba. They accompanied 31 other Northwest farmers and Conservation District personnel who flew to Minot, N.D., then were driven to Brandon. Other than the minus 30 degree Fahrenheit temperatures, they said the trip was very enjoyable.

Fifty years ago

March 2, 1972

The Garfield County farmers being sued by the Bonneville Power Administration will defend their objections to condemnation and immediate possession sought by BPA in a hearing in U.S. District Court in Spokane March 16, according to David Gnagey, attorney for the farmers. Bonneville is seeking condemnation of a strip of land to construct the Little Goose-Lower Granite intertie.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Meyers left Monday by car for San Francisco where they will fly to the Orient. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers will fly TWA and plan to visit possibly in Hong Kong, Japan and Bangkok, Thailand during their month’s stay.

Seventy-five years ago

March 6, 1947

With the appearance of more nylons in the stores and the promise of more sugar and all the tires we have money to pay for, there just doesn’t seem anything else that we can think of at the moment of which we can legitimately complain.

We, too, have run out of suggestions as to what should be done with the Russians. As we see it the Russians have made up their minds that they are not going to be satisfied with anything less than the best of the deal. Whenever the Russians discover that they are becoming agreeable they get suspicious and go into a huddle for the purpose of working out another squeeze play. The Russians appear to be unwilling to trust anyone else and are afraid to trust themselves.

One hundred years ago

March 4, 1922

Arrangements have been practically made by which the Saddle Butte road will be completed by the government, even to the last mile, which has been partly improved by the settlers of Grouse flat, and the further improvement of which, by federal aid, has been doubtful. This is the statement made by G.W. Jewett, before the commercial club, at the luncheon held in the Pomeroy hotel Monday noon.

Last Friday night the Pomeroy high school basketball team was defeated by Anatone high in one of the fastest and hardest fought games ever played on the local floor. Much credit is due Hubert Armstrong for keeping the ball in play and the game free from rough play. It was especially a clean game for the amount of speed.