Long careers close at Garfield, Palouse

A number of veteran teachers around the county retired last week at the conclusion of the school year, including four 30-year faculty members at Garfield/Palouse.

In the summer of 1979, Jim Stewart and Ross Swan of Colfax High were farmhands on county land owned by Stewart's father-in-law. In 2018, they both retired after long careers as teachers.

Stewart retired from Garfield/Palouse High School after 32 years as a math teacher and longtime baseball coach. Raised in Clarkston, he was the first member of his family to go to college. Stewart got a degree in social studies with a math minor.

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