Threshing Bee back again at fairgrounds

Event will kick off at 10 a.m., Sept. 1

Teresa Simpson, Whitman County Gazette | Aug 29, 20240

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Alexia VandeKamp drives a team of horses during the April 20 Plowing Bee near the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds. The wheat planted will be harvested during the September 1 Threshing Bee.

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COLFAX - The annual Palouse Threshing Bee is coming back another round of harvesting, featuring new and old machines to celebrate farming history.

The Threshing Bee is taking place the weekend before the fair, Sunday, Sept. 1.

"The Threshing should be up and running about 10 a.m.," said Co-Organizer Eric Reiber.

Reiber said a no-host lunch of shredded roast beef sandwiches, pasta salad, baked beans and cookies which will take place at the community building at the fairgrounds.

"We'll stop around noon for lunch, and then go into the afternoon to get it done," Reiber said.

Reiber said attendees...