Palouse kids rack up miles

Top left to right: Berlyn Hegg, Caleb Zehm, Kaleb Gibler, Macy Brantner, Lexi Brantner, Ethan Cook. Bottom left to right: Alexa Rojas, Kennedy Cook, Kodi Mae Gibler, Lionardo Rojas, Jazmyne Beard, Mason Parzuchowski. Not pictured: Calvin Heusser, Dane Syke, and Cameron Merrill.

From March to May, students from Palouse Elementary School participated in a new after-school running program.

Lead by physical education teacher Amy Heusser, a group of 16 kindergartners through fifth-graders participated in the program, in conjunction with the Bloomsday Association, which puts on the annual Bloomsday...