Baldwin rite set Saturday at Gar/Pal

A memorial service will be Saturday, Dec. 9, for Bruce Baldwin, former Palouse mayor and longtime manager of Palouse Grain Growers. He died Nov. 19 in Seattle of complications from a bone marrow transplant. He was 59.

The service will be at the Garfield/Palouse High School gym at 2 p.m.

The City of Palouse flew its flag at half-staff outside city hall the week Baldwin died in honor of the town's mayor from 1996 – 1999. He served on city council from 1992-95.

Soon after Baldwin was sworn in as mayor, the flood of 1996 hit Palouse.

“Bruce was just a very good leader,” said Palouse mayor Michael...