Food drive collects 1,800 pounds

On Saturday morning, 50 volunteers gathered 1,800 pounds of food throughout Colfax for the second annual Palouse Cares Food Drive.

Whitney Mueller, left, event organizer, greets volunteers Saturday in Colfax as Chamber of Commerce Secretary Kathy Clark, center, signed in volunteers at the Palouse Cares Food Drive Saturday morning at Rosauers. About 50 people gathered food for the drive.

Santa showed up to cheer on the volunteers and gave candy canes to boys and girls as volunteers met in the Rosauers parking lot.

Whitney Mueller, who helped organize the Colfax drive, said they also received ab...