Colfax grad in Botswana

A 2000 Colfax High School graduate made the cover of Eastern Washington University’s winter alumni magazine for his Peace Corps work in Botswana. Joe Lockridge, who graduated from EWU in 2005, is shown on the cover comforting an infant. Lockridge left Colfax for Cheney after high school and majored in social work. According to the story, written by Eastern staffer Kandi Carper, the 28-year-old left for Botswana in 2007 to work on educating the people on HIV, which has taken a high toll in Botswana and other African countries. Lockridge’s mother, Nancy, now resides in Spokane....