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Wachters donate $250,000 to fair project

Barb and Ron Wachter at the Fair Foundation Dinner.

Ron and Barb Wachter of Pullman donated $250,000 to the Palouse Empire Fair Foundation to help fund the remodeling of the community building which is now underway at the fairgrounds. The donation was announced at the foundation’s annual banquet and auction Sunday at the fairgrounds.

Ron Wachter in his short talk said Whitman County has been good to them over the years and the donation is a way of giving back. He encouraged others to help with the project.

“It’s really a heart donation,” Barb Wachter said this week. “It’s put in the right plac...

 

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