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Dusty Phyllis and David Stueckle, Steve and Dianne Appel and Peter Appel attended the Washington State Farm Bureau Convention in Yakima last week from Tuesday through Thursday. Homestead Ministries met with the St. Patrick's Youth Group last Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the parish hall of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Colfax. They bagged 600 soup packages which will be distributed to Whitman County food banks. Last Thursday they met with Chi Omega and the ASWSU GIVE organizations for WSU Poverty Awareness Week where they put together 800 p...
Dusty Last week Wednesday on Veteran’s Day, the Dusty B.B. Club met at the home of Diane Monson, co-hostess was Fran Maki, to fill care packages to be sent to our troops stationed overseas. Eight members filled more than 10 boxes with snacks, personal items, games, puzzles, and condiments, donated by McDonald’s on Bishop Ave. in Pullman and Taco Time and Arby’s in Colfax, to enhance the taste of the troops’ M.R.E.’s. Dr. Robert Smith, D.D.S., donated dental hygiene products for the boxes. Our thanks go to these local businesses for their con...
Dusty Homestead Ministries, led by Tom Riedner of Dusty and Greg Nolan of Colfax, met in Spokane last week with the “Feed Spokane” group and volunteers from Fairchild Air Force Base to make 30 meal packets for Spokane soup kitchens from 13,500 lbs. of supplies. Eight Whitman County residents went along to help with the process. David and Phyllis Stueckle; Goldie Foss, Colfax and Rueben and Judy Stueckle, Puyallup, recently spent a week at Seaside, Ore. They also took in a side trip to Tillamook for the ice cream and cheese....
Dusty Methodist Women’s group of LaCrosse will serve their annual turkey dinner Nov. 4 at the church in LaCrosse. They will begin serving at 5:30 and continue until either people stop coming or they run out of food. The menu consists of roast turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, dressing, green beans, cranberry sauce, rolls and home-made pumpkin pie. Prices for the dinners are: $25 for a family (all living at home), $10 for adults and $5 for youngsters from the age of 6 to 10. Sarah Appel, daughter of Eric and Shannon Appel, is currently in L...
Dusty Hunters have been camping out at a couple of locations along Green Spot Road. Steve and Becky Camp had six hunters from western Washington using their place as a base. They bagged one deer during their stay. Part of the group went home Monday. The rest left later. Oscar Broeckel’s place was base for his nephew John Allyn Murray from Bellingham who arrived last week Wednesday. He’s still trying to bag his deer at the time of this writing. Dick and Helen Apple returned from a trip to Tennessee to see Dick’s brother Fred. They enjoyed the b...
Dusty Harm and Jan Smith were in Yakima a few days last week to attend Grandparents Day at Riverside Christian School where grandson Micah is a second grader. They were successful playing Four Square during recess and during Math Flashcard Drills. Another day, they attended the Jog-a-Thon school fund raiser to watch Micah. Guests of Dale and Vicki Broeckel were Frank and Jowana Gibson of Spokane who recently moved there from Endicott. They attended the potluck dinner on Sunday at Country Bible Church. Many from the Dusty area attended the...
Dusty Tom and Doreen Riedner left last Wednesday for Meridian, Idaho, with Homestead Ministries for “Feed the Need” at The Ambrose School. Thursday, Greg and Gwen Nolan brought a trailer with the ingredients for the soup packets and Becky and Steve Camp, Brian and Debi Largent, Gary Largent, Jon Webster, Audrey Largent and Jody Conrad arrived in the Onecho bus. With the aid of the Homestead Ministries helpers, the school students and some parents bagged 10,800 soup packets that were donated to the Boise Rescue Mission. The session was even vis...
Dusty Relatives of Fran Jones gathered the weekend of September 12, for a surprise celebration of her 90th year. Her actual birthday isn’t until December so it was indeed a great surprise. Fran’s children organized the bash: Bryan Jones of Dusty, Bruce and Hanna Jones from Vermont, Warren and Julie Jones from Hayden, Regena Jones and Mario Maero from Italy along with cousin Sharon Urtaza from New Mexico. Emelie, Annie and Abel Jones, along with Meggie and Damien Perron were also all present at the event. When asked which of the guests were the...
Dusty Lucky and Joan Myrick hosted their annual Myrick/Brink get-together this weekend. Arriving at the Myrick home Friday were son Rich Myrick and Jannetta, Moses Lake; Rich’s daughter Deanna, Spanaway; Jannetta’s daughter, Kierstyn Johnson, Puyallup; son Mike Myrick and friend Rhonda Cluff, Spanaway and Mike’s son Michael, Yelm. Arriving at the Brink home Friday were Kevin and Amber Brink, Kennewick, with their children Ashley, Kloey, Ellie and Nick; Amber’s brother and his family, Robert and Sarah Hrabak and Rayna, Katelynn, Allison and Rob...
Dusty Tarri Steiger spent a week on vacation in North Dakota with her sister Traci and brother-in-law Darren from the Seattle area. They went through Yellowstone National Park and visited Mt. Rushmore. The purpose of the trip was to bury their father’s ashes alongside their mother’s at the little family cemetery in Overly, N. D., where their father was raised. His brother, their uncle, who retired from farming, still lives in Overly. The burial took place Sept. 2 which would have been their parents’ 59th wedding anniversary. Dick and Helen...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager flew to Newberg, Ore., last Friday and spent the night with Colene’s brother and his wife, Bob and Judy Records. The next day, they flew on to Independence, Ore., to attend an Oregon Flying Farmers gathering. Late in the afternoon, they flew to Sun River, Ore., to spend time with their daughter, Gaylene and Don Manning and grandchild Hannah. Sunday, they attended LaPine Community Church where their son-in-law is the pastor. Granddaughter Hannah traveled home with them to spend the school term with her other g...
Dusty Thursday, several locals were among approximately 45 guests who attended the 99th birthday party at the Pastime Tavern in LaCrosse for Nona Camp. It was a no-host luncheon with cake served to the guests later. Donna Camp, former Whitman County resident, came from her home in Spokane to join in the celebration. Also attending were Nona’s sons Morrie Camp, LaCrosse, and Merrill and Gloria Camp, Walla Walla. Last week, Colene Sager and Vicki Broeckel took a sight-seeing flight, with Sager as the pilot, over Palouse Falls and over the B...
Dusty Services for former long-time Dusty residents will be held this weekend. Clare Steiger died earlier this summer. Her graveside services will be Sunday, Aug. 16, at 2 p.m. at the Colfax Cemetery. A reception will follow at Hill Ray Plaza. Irma Stueckle died last Friday. Her services will be this Friday, Aug. 14, at 10:30 a.m. at the Baptist church in Colfax with burial afterward in the Colfax Cemetery. A luncheon will be served at the church following the burial. Lucky, Joan and Rob Myrick attended the Eatonville Art Festival this past...
Dusty Last Tuesday and Wednesday, Di Brink and Joan Myrick went to Spokane Valley to visit with their cousin, Camille Patterson. They spent two days laughing, eating and shopping. Wednesday, they went to Green Bluff and visited High Country where they shopped and had some wonderful pie. Susan Russel, former Whitman County resident, and her family, of Portland, were guests at the Parsonage Bed and Breakfast, arriving on Monday and staying through Saturday. A Russel family picnic was at the Colfax park with approximately 40 members attending....
Dusty David Moore, oldest son of Steve and Carol Moore, graduated from basic training for the Navy July 17 in Chicago. Steve and Carol were able to attend the graduation ceremony. David is now in Pensacola, Fla., for additional training. David and Phyllis Stueckle spent last Wednesday to Saturday at a resort near Lynden with David's brother and sister-in-law, Reuben and Judy Stueckle of Puyallup. Saturday evening, Brian and Angela Broeckel and Graham hosted a dinner to celebrate Oscar Broeckel’s 93rd birthday. Besides the honoree, other g...
Dusty Many locals attended memorial services for Gayle Startin in Hooper Sunday. Tom Mays officiated and Tim Stamper sang. Alex McGregor shared sentimental memories about Gayle’s life. A barbecue picnic followed in the Hooper Mercantile store building. Recent guests at the home of Tom and Doreen Riedner were Tom’s brother, Bob Riedner of Billings, Mont.; his niece Lisa Colson and her daughter Grace of Casper, Wyo.; and Bob’s friend, Greg Nelson of McCall, Idaho. They came to attend a wedding in Colton for niece Casey Riedner to Matthew Simmo...
Dusty Neil and Liz Appel held a barbecue at the home of his parents, Dick and Helen Appel, to honor Dan and Jordon Appel, Michaela and Calvin of Indianola, Iowa. Also attending were Bruce, Charlie and Spencer Appel of Hamilton, Mass.; Jim Appel of Dusty, and Catie Farigrieve of Gig Harbor. Linda Hennigar and Jim Moore attended the outdoor wedding reception for Ashleigh Hennigar and Corey Brown at the home of her parents, Randy and Linda Hennigar, near Deary, Idaho, Saturday evening. They were married earlier in the day. Ashleigh is the...
Dusty Dick and Helen Appel family gathered for a family reunion at Camp Rambelwood near Sequim. Forty-seven family members enjoyed clam digging, kayaking, hiking, eating and visiting. The weekend was organized by Barb Wollstein and Bruce Appel. Those attending were Dick and Helen Appel, Dusty; Barb and Bruce Wollstein, Lacey; Beth, David and Kristin Lohrmeyer, Kate and Elliot Moon, Auburn; Jo and Pat Corrigan, Bellevue; Deb and Bob Stavig, Hockinson; Jessica and Kyle Wanke, Ridgefield; Bruce, Elaine, Charlie and Spencer Appel, Hamilton,...
Dusty Many family and friends were saddened to learn of the passing last week of former Whitman County resident Clare Steiger. Clare was one of the last of that amazing generation of women who lived through the Depression, World Wars and raised families, partnered with their husbands in developing farms in our area. Denise Kendall, Tacoma, spent from Friday to Tuesday in the Dusty/LaCrosse area. She was in LaCrosse for farmer’s festival Sunday. She, Oscar Broeckel, Brian and Angela Broeckel, Graham BeDell and Jazmyn Ray were guests of Tom and D...
Dusty Twenty-two Stueckle cousins gathered at the home of Goldie Foss in Colfax Saturday for their annual potluck and reunion. The cousins came from Seattle, Puyallup, LaCrosse, the Tri-cities, Spokane and Colfax. All cousins are Stueckle related to their grandmother who, with her husband, homesteaded on farms in the Dusty area in 1905. Blake Heaton has been in Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane for more than a week with a number of problems. At this point, he has received blood transfusions and has had dialysis several times. His son...
Dusty Vacation Bible School was June 9-11 at the LaCrosse Community Club building. Eighteen children attended. Pastor John Cross led the music and taught the Bible lesson. Gretchen Pedersen and Shenette Cross led games, Katie Pitts led activities, Wendy Fleming made snacks, and Di Brink conducted crafts and also was the coordinator. Lauren Stubbs was a great helper all week. Blake and Austen Jones were able to help one day. Norma Gibson, Margaret Mackleit and Gaye Nelson helped all week. Margaret and Leila Zaring supplied hot dogs, buns and...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager attended the Washington State Flying Farmers Association annual convention in Richland last week. Saturday, Art was honored by the state chapter of the organization for his award as the 2014 — 2015 International Flying Farmer of the Year. Zelda Lewis, Joliet, Ill., was their houseguest from last week Wednesday to this Tuesday. She is an officer for the International Flying Farmers organization. Monday, Colene piloted the two of them to Odessa to visit other Flying Farmer members, Stan and Debby Dammel. Kevin and D...
Recently, Lucky, Joan and Rob Myrick attended a memorial for Lucky’s brother, Ernie Myrick, in Walla Walla. Rob spent the night with his cousin Ernie Wayne and the Myrick’s met them at Tucannon on Sunday. Lucky did a little fishing. Blake and Carmen Heaton went to Phoenix for a few days to attend the eighth grade promotion ceremony at the Highland Lakes School for their grandson, Justus Heaton, son of Erica and Christopher Heaton. David and Phyllis Stueckle were in Portland last Thursday to Friday to hear their grandson Joshua Light, son of...
Dusty Dick and Helen Appel attended their granddaughter’s wedding in Poulsbo over Mother’s Day weekend. Kate Wollstein is the daughter of Barb and Bruce Wollstein, Lacey. The groom is Elliot Moon of Bonney Lake. That Sunday a Mother’s Day lunch was held at the Wollstein home. Many of the Appel family were able to attend. Susan Lynch, West Layfayette, Ind., is visiting her parents, Dick and Helen Appel, for the month of May. She and her daughter Cecelia rode back with them from the Wollstein wedding. Her husband, Joe Lynch, came the next week....
Dusty The WSU Public Broadcasting station interviewed Tom Riedner, Dusty, and Greg Nolan, Colfax, last week about their Homestead Ministries organization. They were interviewed for approximately 15 minutes about all aspects of their organization, including the local element. The interview can be seen on-line at www.nwptv.org/home/. There has been no information at this time about when it will air on TV. Duane and Tarri Steiger are proud grandparents of Gunnar Hexie Scholz, born May 5 at eight lb. six oz. to Geraldine and Spencer Scholz at the W...
