Giant student art project: Colfax fence fish count now stands at 1,269

Five Colfax Arts Council members April 28 assembled boxes of plastic fish and art supplies for Colfax school students who will be asked to paint the fish which will be mounted along the fence next to the flood channel of the South Fork of the Palouse River.

A total of 1,269 fish have been cut out and are ready for painting by Colfax students in kindergarten through eighth grade and high school students in two art classes. Painting is expected to begin in the middle of May.

Thirty-nine different fish patterns have been prepared for the project. The fish, acrylic paint, brushes and other supplie...