Palouse Grain Growers will celebrate 80th year

Standing in the dusty, shadowed driveway of the crib elevator for Palouse Grain Growers, it is easy to feel the years in the place.

With a worn wooden floor and the thick film of grain dust that blankets everything in sight, this elevator bares the visible stamp of time as Palouse Grain Growers co-op celebrates its 80th anniversary.

Assistant manager Rick Wekenman rides up in the manlift. The manlift can shoot 70 feet up to the rafters of the Palouse Grain Grower’s crib elevator.

A celebration will be Saturday, Sept. 18, of Palouse Days to honor one of the longest standing independent, small c...