Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

COLFAX — With summer officially underway, many local towns in Whitman County have begun their summer swim season.

Areas like Colfax, Palouse, Oakesdale, St. John-Endicott, and Pullman all have swim teams for the summer.

One swim team this year is GPOP. This is a combined team, with athletes competing from Garfield, Palouse, Oakesdale and Plummer.

There is also a SELW team, which consists of athletes from St. John, Endicott, LaCrosse, and Washtucna.

For Colfax, their swim team began June 5, as they had their first official parents meeting and registration. They had 48 kids register for t...