Horse power is still going strong in Napa County.

Ceramics students at Napa Valley College are longer throwing pots in a pinched space, thanks to the official opening last month of the new Ceramics Building. The spacious $1.2 million facility was built with funds from Measure N, a 2002 bond measure that provided $133.8 million for the renewal and expansion of Napa Valley College facilities.

Forget that he’s one of the top distance runners in the United States — it’s still impossible not to put Kurt Ruegg in a class by himself.