Elementary school assists with freezer outage

COLFAX — Jennings Elementary School is temporarily housing $10,000 worth of frozen meat in their freezer for Council on Aging after their big freezer broke down on Tuesday, July 23.

According to Badger, the freezer housed all of the frozen senior meal products and food that is distributed to the 13 Whitman County Pantry locations.

“There is probably about 400 to 500 pounds worth of frozen food for our senior meals and our pantry give outs that had to be moved,” said Badger.

Council on Aging Nutrition Coordinator Terri Badger said that the food pantry freezer is approximately 12 years old and j...