A winner for Earth

Loepp’s Furniture employee Alan Rizzonelli talks with Cheryl Grunlose, the winner of the highlighted raffle prize, a refrigerator supplied by the store for the Colville Tribes Earth Day celebration Monday at the Nespelem Celebration Grounds. The event attracted about 1,600 participants, according to organizer Joaquin Bustamante, and focused on environmental initiatives, including creative recycling. The playhouse at right is made of eight used pallets, and the electric cart on the left from recycled parts from the tribal recycling program. — Scott Hunter photo