Fund drive tops $20,000 with Kiss the Pig finale

Josh Paparazzo, who represents the Boy Scouts on the Colfax and Community Fund Drive board, holds up a pig for Commissioner Michael Largent to kiss at the Palouse Empire Fair. Largent presented the pig with flowers prior to the big smooch and gave it a pep talk, too. Largent won the Kiss the Pig contest after $287.46 was donated to his jars around Colfax.

Colfax and Community Fund Drive concluded a year-long fund drive at the Palouse Empire Fair Friday with its Kiss the Pig finale.

The annual fund drive totaled $20,088 with the Kiss the Pig contest adding $650.98.

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