Local STEM girls honored in Garfield

A group of local girls and young women in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) were honored at the September meeting of the American Association of University Women Palouse-Garfield Branch, at the home of Yvonne Berliner in Garfield Sept. 11.

Laynie Southern, who attended with her mother Tami Southern, was one of the six girls sent by the Palouse-Garfield AAUW to this July's Tech Trek camp at Eastern Washington University.

Tech Trek camps are sponsored by AAUW and are designed to give girls between the seventh and eighth grades a hands-on experience in STEM fields.

Besides L...