Ice Age group books three lectures, fall tour to Staircase Rapids

Palouse Falls Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute has booked presentations for Sept. 7 in Ritzville and Sept. 14 in Colfax and LaCrosse. The presentation in Ritzville will be at the Ritzville Public Library from 7 to 8 p.m. The Colfax lecture will be from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Colfax library, and the LaCrosse presentation will follow from 7 to 8 p.m. at The Gathering Place.

The lecture, titled “Changing the Course of the Palouse River,” will tell how stream capture during the Ice Age Floods diverted the Palouse River from the Washtucna Coulee to its present day location. It will be presented...