Block's 'Ever Green' on exhibit at library

“Ever Green”, a sampling of Herb Block’s powerful cartoons about the environment, are on exhibit now through Oct. 21 at the Colfax Branch of Whitman County Library. Also known as Herblock, the cartoonist cared deeply about the environment. His work on issues about wildlife, wilderness and natural resources are as relevant today as they were in the past. Many of his cartoons on the world’s most fragile and precious treasures were produced shortly before his death at age 91 in Sept., 2001.

The exhibit is on loan from the Herblock Foundation, whose mission is to defend the basic freedoms guarante...