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Sagers attend Flying Farmers’ International in Nebraska Last Sunday, Art and Colene Sager flew to Greeley, Colo., where they spent the night with Art’s cousin, Letha and Ken Hummel. Monday, they flew on to Lincoln, Neb., for the International Flying Farmers’ Convention. The event lasted until Thursday night. They started home Friday but had to stay in Deer Lodge, Mont., that night due to a storm. They arrived home Saturday. Golden Jubilee peaches are ripening now at Warm Springs Ranch on the Snake River. Call Bryan Jones to make an appoi...
Dusty Sunday, Kim and Cindy Pitts and Norm Bafus, LaCrosse, helped grandson/great-grandson Tate Carlson celebrate his second birthday at the family home in Spokane. Ryan and Jen Hammons and children, Boise, arrived at the home of her parents, Kim and Cindy Pitts, last Thursday. They attended the funeral for Ryan’s grandmothein Pullman and spent the rest of the weekend with the Pitts. Di Brink and Joan Myrick spent last Friday and Saturday with their cousin Camille Pattersonn at her home in Spokane. Friday they toured Manito Park and Saturday t...
Dusty Oscar Broeckel was the honored guest at two celebrations of his 89th birthday. Saturday, Tom and Doreen Riedner, Genesee; Tony and Denise Kendall, Tacoma; Karen Broeckel, Dusty, and Oscar enjoyed dinner at the Fireside Restaurant in Pullman. The Kendalls spent the weekend with her father. Monday evening, Doreen Riedner hosted a birthday dinner at the honoree’s home attended by Brian and Angela Broeckel, Sami BeDell and Karen Broeckel. Fran Jones returned from a trip to her hometown in Saskatchewan recently where she attended a family r...
Dusty Garnett Placke, granddaughter of Terry and Janet Eggers of Sandpoint, celebrated her first birthday July 2 at Warm Springs Ranch at Penawawa. She is the daughter of Michael and Leia Placke of Moscow. Also attending the celebration were her great-grandparents Phyllis and Mike Zen Hoff, great-grandmother Shirley Eggers, great-great-aunt Madge Griner of Spokane, uncles and aunts Mike and Patsy Kromm of Quincy, Steve Minier of Sandpoint, and Mark Placke and his fiancee’ Teri Croswell of Florida. Bruce and Elaine Appel and their boys, L...
Dusty Recently, Kevin Brink and family, Pastor and Mrs. Grant Knowles and other members of the Power of Pentecost Church in Pasco had a religious weekend campout at the Larry and Di Brink farm. Recent visitors at the homes of Bryan and Fran Jones of Dusty were Bruce, Hanna and Annie Jones of Burlington, Vt. Cousins Sharon Edwards Urtaza of Las Cruces, N.M., and Bonnie Edwards Kirlin of Tenino visited for three days. Gena Jones and family from Chatillon, Italy, returned to their home on July 4. While here, they all spent time at the home of...
Dusty Graveside services for former Dusty resident Barbara Schott were conducted at the Dusty Cemetery at Saturday, July 2. Kevin Brink and family, Pastor and Mrs. Grant Knowles and several members of the Power of Pentecost Church in Pasco had a religious camp-out at the Larry and Di Brink farm last weekend....
Dusty Kim and Cindy Pitts recently spent about a week in Phoenix with their daughter Carrie. On the way home, they spent one night in Boise with grandchildren Kellen, Becket and Willa and their parents, Jen and Ryan Hammond. Sunday visitors at their home were their other grandchildren, Rafe and Tate, and parents Amanda and Erik Carlson of Spokane. David and Phyllis Stueckle attended the wedding of their nephew, Matthew, son of Arne and Diane Stueckle of Spokane, in Seattle Saturday. From Seattle they spent four days in Leavenworth with his...
Dusty Patty and Brett Wieber, Spokane, were overnight guests of her sister, Karen Broeckel, Friday night. They all had attended a pre-graduation party honoring Austin Beasley and Nick Carpenter and graduation ceremonies at Waitsburg High School that evening. The women’s great nephew, Austin Beasley, son of Ken and Pam Beasley and grandson of Cliff and Jeanette Nolan, was valedictorian for his class. Beasley will attend W.S.U. next fall and major in physics. Linda Hennigar attended a graduation party in Princeton, Idaho, Saturday for Hannah T...
Dusty This past weekend, Jon and Li Ochs’s were in Laguna Beach, Calif., to attend the wedding of Joanna Baldree, daughter of Paula and Randy Baldree of Pullman, to Edie Robinson. The bride graduated from Colfax High School with the class of 2000. Other former Whitman County residents attending in addition to the bride’s parents, were Sara Ochs, who also was a bridesmaid, and her companion Nathan Yeager, Grant and Andrea Monson of Seattle, and Carl and Randy Peterson of Los Angeles. Carl also graduated with the CHS class of 2000. Jon and Li...
Dusty Pastor Floyd Overstreet will share the highlights of his Honor Flight with other veterans to view the WWII memorial in Washington, D.C. May 29, at 11 a.m. at the Country Bible Church. Photos will also be displayed, and a question and answer period will follow. All are welcome. Art and Colene Sager attended the Tri-state (Washington, Idaho and Oregon) Flying Farmers Convention in Omak May 13-15. Thirty plus members attended the event. Lauren Moore, daughter of Steve and Carol Moore, is a member of the Colfax High School softball team that...
Dusty The Dusty Cemetery work day is scheduled for Wednesday, May 25, beginning at 8 a.m. Workers are asked to bring shovels, rakes and weed eaters. A meeting will follow the work time. Word has been received of the passing of Shannon Caldwell Rhodes last Saturday at her winter home in Arizona. Rhodes was the daughter of the late Clarence and Doris Caldwell of Union Flat. She graduated from Colfax High School in 1959. She also had a home in Coeur d’ Alene. She is survived by husband Ken and two daughters. Services are pending. Rhodes was one o...
Dusty John Brink, son of Larry and Di Brink, and Brandi Amsden, daughter of Ed and Brenda Getz and Jack Amsden, were married Saturday afternoon in an outdoor ceremony on the Brink family farm on Little Alkili Road south of Dusty. The reception was in the recently renovated historical Brink barn. More than 200 guests attended. Decorations and set-up were done by family members Tom Phillips, Kevin Brink, Mike Stine, Don and Carol Keeney and Lucky, Joan and Rob Myrick. Lucky and Joan Myrick made the wedding rings. Julie Roberts catered the...
DUSTY Tarri and Stetson Steiger drove to Seattle Friday evening to stay with Tarri’s daughter Geraldine. The three family members and Spencer Scholz drove to Wilsonville, Ore., to see Clare Steiger. They had lunch and visited with Clare at the home of her son, Alan and Sharon Steiger. They then went to Clare’s apartment and toured the retirement complex where she lives and her little flower garden. While there, Clare surprised Geraldine by presenting her with a quilt made by Emma Steiger Arnst out of fabric from clothing made by Clare’s late da...
Dusty Dusty saw a first in its history Sunday. Five traffic jams in one day at the intersection of Highways 26 and 127. Five of the 160 foot long blades for the wind farm being built on the hills above Dodge, had to make a 90 degree turn from Highway 26 to 127. Pilot cars stopped traffic along 26 to facilitate the procedure. Pastor Floyd Overstreet, a Navy veteran from World War II, will be among 32 veterans who will depart Monday on an Honor Fight to Washington, D.C from Spokane. He served in the Pacific during the war. Pastor Overstreet will...
Dusty A group of 1979 LaCrosse High School graduates had their annual mini-reunion at the Parsonage Bed and Breakfast this Saturday evening. Attending were Kristal Krom Kirpes, Paula Morris Meyer, both Pullman; Sheri Shaffer Hatley, Colfax; Doreen Broeckel Riedner, Genesee, and Denise Broeckel Kendall, Tacoma. They were honorees at a surprise “milestone” birthday party at the Masonic Hall in LaCrosse. Attending that event were Kelly Kirpes, John and Kay Krom, Pullman; Shan Kelly, Colfax; Brent Meyer, Pullman; Roger Hagar, Oakesdale; Darlene Sha...
Dusty Jennifer and Amber Broeckel were home with their parents Ed and Joan Broeckel for the weekend. They both arrived Friday. Amber returned to Boise State University Sunday and Jennifer to Seattle Monday. Norm and Gloria Erickson spent a week with their daughter and family, Kirsti and Ryan Nilsen and children, in Torrington, Conn. They returned home last week Wednesday. Another daughter and granddaughter, Ronda and Chloe Clark, flew in from their home in El Mirage, Ariz., to also spend a few days with the Nilsen’s. Luke and Jennifer Morris c...
Dusty Many family guests were here Saturday, March 26, for the Susan Appel-Joe Lynch wedding. She is the daughter of Dick and Helen Appel. They included Barb and Bruce Wollstein, Lacey; Deb, Bob and Scott Stavig, Hockinson, Bruce Appel, Hamilton, Ma.; Phil Appel, Spokane; Sabrina Appel, Salem, Ore.; Jim Appel, Tacoma; and Nancy and Kenny Calvert and Scot, Cindy and Ryan Anderson, all of Enumclaw. Family attending from this area were Dianne and Steve Appel, Eric, Shannon, Connor, Christopher, Sarah, Kyle and Sidney Appel, Dusty; Mark Appel,...
Dusty David and Phyllis Stueckle left last Thursday for Portland to attend the Cleveland High School spring concert. Their granddaughter Emmaly Light, daughter of Larry and Karen Light, performed with the choir. They returned home Friday. Norm and Gloria Erickson spent the weekend in Everett with her sister and brother-in-law, Goldie and Al Foss. They drove over Friday and returned home Sunday....
Dusty Carol Kyllo spent two days in Spokane last week at the home of her daughter’s family, Tami and Wayne Haas and children. She attended a performance of Ferris High School’s parents’ annual fundraiser, Ham on Regal. This year’s performance was called “Hollywood Hogwash - A Ham on Regal Mystery”. Tami and Wayne were part of the band. Former LaCrosse resident Tod Fleming played the part of Buzz Lightyear. Joan Broeckel and other Onecho Bible Church women hosted a bridal shower in the Broeckel home Saturday for Shana Largent. Forty-five...
Dusty The Ochs sisters: Shanti Stanton, Sara Ochs and Nadja Wilson. Three Ochs sisters, daughters of Jon and Li Ochs, recently attended the Grammy’s in Los Angeles. Sara Ochs and Nadja Ochs Wilson flew down from Seattle to meet Shanti Ochs Stanton, who flew in from her home in Washington, D.C. Shanti had gotten tickets and a suite for the ceremonies. They stayed in West Hollywood and shopped in Beverly Hills, enjoying the spectacle and California sun. They also visited former Colfax resident Joanne Baldree while they were there. Berniece K...
Dusty Carol Kyllo and her daughter Tami Haas, Spokane, attended a special memorial service at the University Cathedral at Princeton University a week ago Sunday for Kyllo’s granddaughter, Khristin Kyllo, daughter of Tom and Julie Kyllo of Vienna, Va. Khristin passed away several weeks ago during her freshman year at Princeton. The services were organized by Khristin’s Forbes college family (Forbes Dormitory), the girls’ softball team of which she was a member, and the Dean of Religious Life and of the Chapel. A reception followed. Kyllo and H...
Dusty Kevin Brink and family, Tri-Cities, were weekend helpers of his parents, Larry and Di Brink, on their barn renovation project. John Brink and Mike Stine helped out Sunday. Art and Colene Sager were in Ritzville Saturday for a Flying Farmers meeting. Burial services were conducted Wednesday for Victor Reiber, Palouse. He was the son of Harry and Anna Reiber and grew up in Dusty....
Dusty Some of the area’s finest shootists fire off rounds Sunday morning at the Dusty Gun Club’s annual sausage shoot. Gunmen took down clay pigeons to compete for packs of sausage. LaCrosse Dollars for Scholars auction committee, chaired by Jen Broeckel, is preparing for the dinner auction scheduled for June. They need donations for the auction. Handcrafted and unique items get the hottest bidding. Other items of high interest are event tickets, trips or services. Donations can be submitted to Jen Broeckel, Carol Audet, Monica Dainty, Kar...
Dusty The population of Dusty has increased to a whopping 18 citizens. Graham Stanly was born at 6:47 on Friday, Feb. 4, to Kurt and Jill Reddig. He arrived seven weeks early and weighed in at four pounds, 13 ounces. He joins big sister, Savannah. Warren and Connie Horton recently returned home from spending two weeks on Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. At the end of their vacation, they were surprised to run into Ed and Joan Broeckel who had just arrived to celebrate their anniversary for a week. The Broeckels had spent their honeymoon on Maui...
Dusty Dick and Helen Appel recently returned from Reno where they attended the American Sheep Industry meetings. Dick represented Washington State on the national board. He is also co-chair of the predator committee. Helen is the out-going president of the American Sheep Industry Women. They enjoyed visiting with old friends. They’ve attended these meetings for most of 23 years. This reporter needs to correct an error she made in announcing the date and place of the next B.B. Club meeting in a former Dusty news item. The next meeting will be W...
