WSU 5K Rabies Run registration now open
The Washington State University Student American Veterinary Medical Association has opened registration for the annual 5K Rabies Run. Registration costs $20 and is open until Oct. 20 and can be done online at bit.ly/3RWyLYD. The run is scheduled for 10 a.m. Oct. 21 in front of Bustad Hall on the WSU campus in Pullman.
All proceeds will go toward the WSU Rabies Free Africa campaign. Participants will race through a 1-mile loop where zombies will attempt to steal flags from the participants. There will be a prize drawing at the end of the event and each participant will receive a ticket for participating. Runners with costumes will receive an additional ticket. Those interested in volunteering can email Meg Knox at margaret.knox@wsu.edu or Claire Colombini at claire.colombini@wsu.edu.
Episcopal church to have bishop visit Sunday
Episcopal Bishop Gretchen Rehberg will preach at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the church at 111 S. Jefferson St., in Moscow. The service will include eucharist and confirmation; and the public is invited. After the service there will be a reception for questions and an informal forum.
Rehberg grew up on a farm near Pullman. She was a professor of organic chemistry at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and worked as an EMT and firefighter before entering ministry. She received a master of divinity degree from General Theological Seminary in New York, a doctor of ministry from Wesley Seminary in Washington, D.C. and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Minnesota.
She served as the rector of the Epicopal Church of the Nativity in Lewiston from 2006 to 2017 before being elected as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane in 2016.
Fall Flash of the Palouse race scheduled
The Palouse Road Runners will host their annual Fall Flash of the Palouse race Nov. 4, and registration is open until Nov. 2. Registration can be done online at ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=109031. Registration costs $25 and children are free with an adult registration. The race will take place at Mountain View Park in Moscow.
There will be a 10K, 5K and a 1-mile children’s run. The 5K and 10K will start at 10 a.m. and the children’s run will start at 11:15 a.m. Runners are encouraged to wear their most colorful running attire to celebrate fall.
Moscow announces fall burning season
The city of Moscow has announced the 2023 fall burning season will run from Sunday through Dec. 15 for garden waste, tree trimmings and brush only. All burning should be done at least 25 feet from any building, structure or other combustible material for piles three feet or less in diameter and two feet or less in height. Any piles larger should be 50 feet from a structure, building or other combustible.
Burning is not allowed on public land and after dark. Anyone burning should have a garden hose with water or other fire extinguisher on hand during burning and piles cannot be left unattended during burning. No construction material, leaves, grass trimmings or garbage containing paper products is allowed. Burning will be ordered to stop if the fire chief or designee on duty determines the smoke emissions are offensive or is hazardous or the air quality forecast determines a ban.
