City council endorses plan for cyclocross races

A plan for bicycle races at Schmuck Park and the N. Palouse flood control levee Sept. 26 advanced Monday night when city council members approved a preliminary proposal from Joel Jones of Colfax. The race will include roped off areas of Schmuck Park with a long run along the levee next to the park.

Jones said the date of the race will be the weekend before the start of a 10-event Inland Northwest Cyclocross series which will include stops in Spokane, Walla Walla, Coeur d’Alene, Ephrata, Liberty Lake and Moscow, a new stop on the race series this year.

The scheduling should make the Colfax race...