January 22, 2016
CapitalPress.com
Discount tickets still
available for 2016 Expo
Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest
Farm Forum are again offering discount tick-
ets for the 2016 show that are available at all
of the North 40 Outfitters store locations in
Washington and Idaho.
Tickets are $8 and good for all three days
of the show — a savings of $4.
They are available now through the show
at the North 40 Outfitters locations in Spo-
Courtesy of Spokane Ag Expo
Students receive information about agricultural jobs during the Career Fair at the Spokane Ag Expo
and Pacific Northwest Farm Forum. The fair begins at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4.
Career Fair spotlights
opportunities for youth
Event brings
together potential
employers,
employees
By MATTHEW WEAVER
Capital Press
Students will get a chance
to check out the many op-
portunities awaiting them in
the future during the annual
Career Fair at the Spokane
Ag Expo and Pacific North-
west Farm Forum.
The event informs high
school students about pos-
sible jobs, said Myrna
O’Leary, manager of the
Expo.
“Kids are our future,”
she said. “A lot of them are
looking for careers in agri-
culture. A lot of them are just
oblivious to the many, many
career opportunities that are
available in the ag industry.”
Presenters at the event
include representatives of
fields ranging from die-
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Matthew Weaver/Capital Press
Melissa Durfee and Janet Boen of Washington Tractor hand out
information to high school students during the Career Fair at the
Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest Farm Forum. The fair
begins at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4.
sel mechanics to banking,
O’Leary said.
“A lot of them are grab-
bing kids before they even
finish
school,
because
they’re in such dire need,”
she said.
The Career Fair affords
potential employers a chance
to meet one-on-one with the
students, O’Leary said.
“It gives them both a leg
up, one on employment, the
other for an employee,” she
said.
O’Leary expects more
than 250 students to attend
the event. The Career Fair
follows the FFA presentation
at the Expo.
kane, Wash.; Mead, Wash.; Colville, Wash.;
Omak, Wash.; Moses Lake, Wash.; Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho; Ponderay, Idaho; and Lew-
iston, Idaho, through Feb. 4.