Soiree raises $50,000 for The Center

Left to right: John Aune of Colfax, former library trustee; Rueben Mayes of Pullman, development director for Pullman Regional Hospital and friend of Bettie Steiger; and Diana Hall of Friends of the library look over the auction items.

Soiree for the Center, a fundraising event benefitting The Bettie Steiger Community Enrichment Center, raised more than $50,000 to be used for renovations on the facility Sunday, Oct. 18, in The Center, an annex of the Colfax Library. The event sold out with 110 attending, including Bettie Steiger's family. International Champion Auctioneer Butch Booker and his...