Dusty school building gets approval for fair site

Whitman County’s board of adjustment unanimously approved a plan to move the former Jones Schoolhouse from Dusty to the Palouse Empire Fairground at Mockonema.

The 24 X 48 foot schoolhouse was donated to the fair by the Repp family, which purchased the school from the Dusty rural fire district.

Bob Reynolds, fair manager, said Catlow Structural Lifting of Spokane has been contacted to move the building. Costs of the move are expected to come from the fair foundation.

Changes in buildings for the fairground at Mockonema are required to go through the board of adjustment because the fair is loca...