PROSSER - Another benefactor has stepped forward to reward the Prosser School District and another organization for their refusal of a $14,000 donation from a marijuana grower.

Rich Gerlitz, a Richland resident and 1971 graduate of Prosser High School, and his wife, Jan, recently gave $7,000 checks to the district and the Prosser branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton & Franklin Counties after both turned down money from Randy Williams, owner of Fireweed Farms just north of town.

Williams approached the district about donating some money after he made about $600,000 during a Nov. 15 marijuana auction. Superintendent Ray Tolcacher and the Prosser School Board turned it down, saying it could send mixed signals to students about marijuana.

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