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Dusty Saturday, July 17, Dick and Suzy McNeilly hosted a McNeilly Family BBQ for 57 guests. Family members ranged in age from 11 months to 98 and came from places as far as Seattle, Lake Tapps and Chewelah. Everyone had a great time with food, stories, family photos and memorabilia. Mashayla Morris, daughter of Jen and Luke Morris, spent Wednesday through Sunday in Baker, Ore., with Hally and Chad Lindgren. They attended the rodeo. Eureka Farm Lavender is ready to harvest. They are inviting people to come and U-pick. It is available during... Full story
Dusty Sharon Urtaza, daughter of Virginia Jones Edwards and Neal Edwards, is visiting with Bryan Jones and Urtaza’s aunt, Fran Jones. Sharon is accompanied by her youngest son Cristien and his friend Josh, all from Las Cruces, N.M. Grandchildren Meggie and Damien Perron, Chatillon, Italy, arrived July 5 to spend time with Bryan and Fran Jones. Apricots are ripe this week at Warm Springs Ranch on the Snake River. There is a good crop this year and price is $.60 per pound. Call Bryan Jones for a U-pick appointment. Carrie Pitts and Jen Hammons a...
Dusty The Jones Schoolhouse is scheduled to be moved from its current location, a few miles east of Dusty, for more than 100 years to its new home on the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds at 9 a.m. July 14. Anyone who plans on being on Highway 26 between Colfax and Dusty that morning should be advised to possibly find another route. Plans are for the schoolhouse to become a meeting place for small groups and a museum of early educational days in Washington. Eric Appel organized the move and local volunteers have prepped the building. The building was... Full story
Dusty Guests at the home of Dick and Helen Appel to attend Peter Appel’s wedding included Deb, Bob, Jessica, Alissa and Scott Stavig of Brush Prairie. Visitors June 20 were 2nd Lt. Jim Appel, Korea, and his friend Katie; Caroline, Ellie and Lucien Kunkel, Pullman, and the Stavigs. Guests on Father’s Day were Neil Appel, Josh, Noemie and Isaac Appel, Dusty, and Susan Appel and Joe Lynch, Pullman. They also celebrated Neil’s birthday. Wes and Jen Claassen and family and her parents, Don and Kay Stinson of Branson, Mo., took an Alaskan cruis... Full story
Dusty LaCrosse High School graduating class of 1960, celebrated their 50 year reunion over the weekend. They rode the LaCrosse fire truck in the Farmers Festival parade Saturday, attended the festival picnic in the park, had a barbecue Saturday evening and breakfast Sunday morning at the Parsonage Bed and Breakfast. Staying at the Parsonage were Dennis and Bev Milam Bunson of Richland, Kathy Buck Garcia of Albany, Calif., and the class mascot, Linda Mays Branae (class of 1961) of Billings, Mont. Those who attended some or all of the activities...
Dusty The thunder, lightening and rain storm last Thursday caused some local damage. Art and Colene Sager had more than a foot of mud wash into their barn and yard. They received 1.4 inches of rain that afternoon. Kim and Cindy Pitts had their computer fried by a bolt of lightening that hit near them. It also knocked out the phones and on-line services for several homes in the area. Saturday, Vicki Broeckel and Michelle Carver attended the live performance of Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” at the Spokane Arena. Among the speci... Full story
Dusty A new summer series, “Persons Unknown”, premiered Monday evening at 10 p.m. on N.B.C. Jaimie Reynoso, son-in-law of Blake and Carmen Heaton, is the director of photography for the series. His name appears on the credits at the end of the show. Mother’s Day visitors of Dick and Helen Appel were Lisa and Travis Frei and Miriam and Rachel, Colfax. Deb, Bob, Jessica, Alyssa and Scott Stavig spent Memorial weekend helping Dick and Helen. Dick is recovering from knee surgery. Sunday, Susan Appel and Joe Lynch, Pullman, joined them to decorate g...
Dusty Steve and Carol Moore attended the state track meet in Cheney Friday and the girls’ state softball tournament in Yakima Saturday. Their son David, along with Stetson Steiger, was part of the Colfax’s 4 X 100 relay team. Their daughter Lauren played on Colfax’s softball team. Mike and Michelle Carver, Spokane, spent the weekend with her parents, Dale and Vicki Broeckel. Denise Kendall, Tacoma, spent an extended Memorial Day weekend with her father, Oscar Broeckel. Friday, Norm Erickson attended the Moody Institute aviation graduate commi...
Dusty Fran Jones recently returned from her winter home in Arizona. She took “the long route home” having made a trip to Burlington, Vermont, to attend the graduation ceremonies of grandson Abel Jones, son of Bruce and Johanna, who received a degree in business administration from St. Michael’s College. Tom and Besse Cooney, who lived for three months at the Fran Jones home in Dusty, have bought a home in the Oakesdale area. On Saturday evening, a house warming party was held for them. Fran, Bryan and Warren Jones were among the guests. Steve...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager flew to Hood River, Ore., for the weekend for the Flying Farmers Tri-State Convention. Saturday evening, they were treated to a dinner train ride. Sunday, they flew to Spokane to help their granddaughter Hannah Manning celebrate her 12th birthday. Other guests included Hannah’s immediate family, her other grandparents and aunts and uncles from both her maternal and paternal sides of the family. David and Phyllis Stueckle spent Mother’s Day in Portland with their daughter and family, Karen and Larry Light and chi...
Dusty The yard sale on Saturday didn’t get blown away, but it did get rained out three times. There is another yard sale planned for next fall, same time, same place; 9 a.m. at the Dusty Country Store. Vicki Broeckel and Mike and Michelle Carver took the Historic Home Tour in Spokane on Mother’s Day. They also went to the Craftsman Exhibit at the MAC Museum in the afternoon. Weekend visitors of Art and Colene Sager were her cousins, Nick and Leslie Harvey from Nampa. The Harveys attended the WSU graduation Saturday morning to see Les... Full story
Dusty Ryan and Kjirsti Nilsen, four year old Owan, three year old twins Clara and Elsie and 18-month old Annie of Torrington, Conn., are visiting her parents, Norm and Gloria Erickson. They arrived last Wednesday and will return to their home Friday. Marc Watson celebrated his birthday at his home Sunday with his wife Judy, his parents Joe and Susan Watson of Pullman and his children Jasmine, Josi and Jesse. Vicki Broeckel and Carol Kyllo were among approximately 35 women who attended a bridal shower Sunday afternoon at the Selbu Lutheran...
Dusty Sheri Shaffer Hatley, Denise Broeckel Kendall and Doreen Broeckel Riedner had their annual 1979 LaCrosse High School graduates mini-reunion this past weekend at The Parsonage Bed and Breakfast. Oscar Broeckel and Mrs. Shaffer joined the women for breakfast Sunday morning. Duane Steiger underwent knee surgery a week ago Wednesday to repair damaged cartilage. Carl Rude, father of Tarri Steiger, was married Saturday, April 24, to Janetta Van Doren in Valley, Washington. He had been living at the Courtyard in Colfax but they will now live in... Full story
Dusty Linda Hennigar and Diane Monson were part of the women’s “Tapestry” choir that participated, along with a Yakima women’s choir, in a benefit performance Saturday at the Harrington Opera House. Oscar Broeckel attended the 80th birthday celebration for Mac McLean at the Kenova Grange in Pine City April 10. Cindy Pitts returned home Sunday after spending a week in Phoenix with her daughters and family, Carrie Pitts and Jen and Ryan Hammons and children. Locals Wes Claassen, Norm Erickson, Pat Wuestney and Roger and Peggy Zaring were among 4...
Dusty Kurt Moore, son of Steve and Carol Moore, joined a group of 10 Onecho Bible Church Junior High boys on an eight day trip to the Grand Canyon last week. They traveled down through Idaho, toured Salt Lake City, a number of national parks and took a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon. Chaperones were Todd Kinley and Pat Wuestney. They returned home Saturday night. Many attended the funeral service Monday for Matthew Cochran at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Colfax. Cochran lost his life in an avalanche last week. Tony and Denise Kendall... Full story
Dusty Recent visitors of Warren and Connie Horton were Tim and Debbie Hopkins and sons and Jeff and Kathy Cilek and sons, all of Boise. They were in the area to scope out W.S.U., Gonzaga and the University of Idaho. Connie joined them for some skiing at Schweitzer at the end of their trip. Carol Kyllo recently spent two weeks in Vienna, Va., where she her son’s family, Tom, Julie, Khristin and Tommy. This week, her grandson Logan Haas, son of Tami and Wayne Haas of Spokane, is spending part of his spring break with her on the farm. Art and C... Full story
Dusty The annual Broeckel sausage making weekend in the basement of the Karen Broeckel home had an international contingent this year. Participating in the event were Oscar Broeckel, Brian and Angela Broeckel and Graham, Dusty; Cliff and Jeanette Nolan, Greg and Gwen Nolan, Jason, Andrew and Kerry King, Colfax; Tom and Doreen Riedner, Genesee; Denise Kendall, Tacoma; Pam and Ken Beasley, Zach and Austin, Waitsburg and their exchange student Edmond Lai, Hong Kong and Singapore; Patty Wieber and Brett and Jamie and Robert Goodman, Spokane;... Full story
Dusty Some of the locals attending the 90th birthday celebration for former Dusty native Martha Scheideman Hibbard in Spokane March 6 included Randy and Glenda Scheideman, Mary Scheideman, David and Phyllis Stueckle, Kim and Cindy Pitts and Jon and Diane Pitts. Approximately 50 people, some from Iowa, attended. Vicki Broeckel, Sharry O’Hearne, Diane Geary and Karen Broeckel helped Berniece Krom celebrate her 94th birthday March 4 at the Whitman Health and Rehab Nursing Home in Colfax. Jill and Kurt Reddig, formerly of Battleground, have p...
Dusty The second annual Dusty Farm Chicks yard sale has been slated for May 8 at the Dusty Country Store from 9 a.m. until done. All Dustyites are welcome. To reserve a spot, contact Connie Horton or Kathy Vogler. A $5 fee payment will provide a great venue for selling treasures on W.S.U. graduation Saturday. Olivia Mellor was a guest of Duane and Tarri Steiger for five days last week while her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Kim Mellor, were out of town. Geraldine Steiger, daughter of Duane and Tarri Steiger, made the Dean’s List at the University of W... Full story
Dusty Rick Bates of Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada, has been visiting the Broeckel/Gustafson homestead for the last two weeks. He will help with spring work for awhile. Brady Blankenship celebrated his first birthday with his parents, Phil and Amanda Blankenship, last weekend. Guests included his Grandma Kathy Bell and Aunt Lissa Bell, Colfax; Uncle Eric Bell, Seattle; and sister, eight year old Madison of Palouse. Kurt Moore, son of Steve and Carol Moore, is serving as a page for Rep. Joe Schmick in the state legislature this week in Olympia....
Dusty The Blue Mountain Troublemakers, The Ryegrass String Band and Wannigan performed a benefit concert which was the senior project of John Hockersmith, a member of the Troublemakers band and student at Waitsburg High. The Blue Mountain Troublemakers also include Mariah Bathlow of Dayton and Zach and Austin Beasley of Waitsburg, sons/ grandsons/nephews/great-nephews of the afore-mentioned spectators. The concert concluded with all three bands on stage to perform the “Orange Blossom Special.” A dinner was served following the performance. The...
Dusty Basil Basil, the formerly missing dog, is back home again. While her owners, Mark and Kathy Vogler, were gone, she decided to check out life in the big city. She hitched a ride with a Gonzaga student first to Walla Walla and then to Spokane. She spent the weekend making friends with Gonzaga students, watched a Zags basketball game on TV, lived in an apartment for the first time, and got a bath. She even spent a short stint in the hoosegow (the pound) at Spokane when she decided on a little extra exploration and was apprehended. To get... Full story
Dusty Last Thursday, Vicki Broeckel and Sharry O’Hearne attended three sessions of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane. The tickets were courtesy of John and Virgina Huber. Their highlight was watching Sasha Cohen perform her program. Saturday, Colene Sager took Marcy Sager and Marcy’s sister to the airport so they could catch a plane to Arkansas. Marcy’s sister, who is from the Philippines, was to be married there Jan 27. Karen Light returned to her home in Portland last week. She had been helping her mother, Phyllis Stuec...
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club met at the home of Janell Guske last Tuesday where they made 30 baby blankets for the free maternity clinic at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Joining the group for the day were guests Alice Mackleit and Ann Hogue. Next month’s meeting will be Feb. 9, at 1 p.m. at the home of Rita Ackerman in Colfax. Helen Appel will present a program on container plants. Roll Call response will be questions on the subject. Dick and Helen Appel attended the wedding of their granddaughter, Beth Wollstein, daughter of Barb and Bruce W... Full story
Dusty The Rev. Lloyd Wiebe, pastor of the Country Bible Church from 1967 to 1974, died in a hospital in Victoria, B. C., last Saturday morning of heart failure. Services will be at 2 p.m. at the New Life Community Baptist Church in Duncan, B.C Saturday, Jan. 16. The Rev. Wiebe is survived by his wife, Ruth, a son, Mark (Laurie), daughter Miriam, twin granddaughters and a grandson. Eight members of the LaCrosse School board met Tuesday at the Parsonage for their annual workshop retreat. Country Bible Church will conduct their annual meeting... Full story
