Swim season finale will mark 50th

Swimmers from around the area are again expected to roll to Colfax Saturday for the all league meet for novice swimmers. The swim meet is expected to draw between 200 and 300 swimmers to compete in age divisions from eight and under through high school.

This year’s edition of the giant meet is believed to be the 50-year edition of what has become the Knights of Columbus Jerry Cluckey Memorial Swim Meet.

Mr. Cluckey, who died in 1974, was credited with starting summer swim competition in the county as a result of his employment with the Whitman County Health Department. While making rounds of i...