Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Dusty Dusty B.B. Club members will tour the Perkins House in Colfax April 11, from 10 a.m. until noon. They will have a private tour guide. After the tour, they will have lunch at Events on Main. For those who do not wish to climb stairs or do a lot of walking, a virtual tour of the Perkins House rooms and the interior of the cabin is available: whitmancountyhistoricalsociety.org. Kim and Cindy Pitts hosted their children and grandchildren two weekends in a row. Two weekends ago, Amanda and Eric Carlson and Rafe and Tate, Spokane, spent the... Full story
Dusty Di and Larry Brink drove to Ellensburg Saturday. They met with their son, Kevin Brink, and his step-daughter, Ashley, of Omak, and the Brink’s grandchildren, Hailey and Matthew and their mother Kirsten, of Redland, Calif. It was the first time Di and Larry met their grandchildren. The grandchildren were on their spring break and were traveling through the Pacific Northwest with their mother. Phil and Leslie Appel entertained family at a dinner at the home of his parents, Dick and Helen Appel. Guests were Eric and Shannon Appel and Kyle a...
Dusty (Photo can be seen on the weekly pages) Kristin Repp’s photograph of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge titled “Over the Bay” is displayed in the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art in Sonoma, Calif. Sonoma Museum, in collaboration with Jack London State Historic Park, recently sponsored the “Jackseye-4-Adventure” photo contest. Kristin Repp’s photograph of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge was chosen as a winner and her entry, “Over the Bay” is displayed in the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art in Sonoma, Calif. Kimberly Gustafson returne...
Dusty David and Phyllis Stueckle are great-grandparents of a baby girl born to Mark and Andrea Davis, London, Sunday. Their first child, she weighed six pounds, two ounces at birth. Grandparents are Doug and Cheryl Stueckle, Coeur d’Alene. The baby is the Stueckles' sixth great-grandchild. The Palouse Patchers are holding a quilt show Saturday, April 14, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 15, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Latah County Fairgrounds, 1021 Harold Street, Moscow, Idaho. Admission will be $5. News has been received of t...
Dusty Last Wednesday night, Homestead Ministries traveled to Pullman High School where they packaged 920 bags of soup with the Pullman FFA in conjunction with FFA week. Radio station KQQQ 1150 also reported on the event. Local volunteers who worked with the FFA members included Tom and Doreen Riedner and Peggy Zaring, Dusty; Greg Nolan, and Audrey Largent and Brian Largent, Colfax. Kelly Kirpes of Colton joined them. Morning worship services at the Country Bible Church were cancelled Sunday due to bad road conditions near Moscow where Pastor Sz...
Dusty Dick and Helen Appel recently attended the American Sheep Industry meeting in San Antonio, Texas. They renewed old friendships and learned the latest about raising sheep. They arrived home on a Sunday to attend their grandson, Joshua’s 13th birthday party at the home of his parents, Liz and Neil Appel. Two days later, Helen and Dick flew to Indianapolis to visit their daughter, Susan, and her family. Joe and Susan Lynch, Cecelia, Abigail and Lillian live in West Lafayette where Joe is an associate professor at Purdue University. Dick a...
Dusty Homestead Ministries went to Valley Christian School in Spokane Valley and made 3,000 bags of soup for the area’s underprivileged. Whitman County residents who participated in assembling the packets included Tom and Doreen Riedner, Greg Nolan, Jeanette Nolan, Bob and Norma Schultz and Brian and Debbie Largent. Joining them from the Spokane area were Grant and Angie Collins, Patty Broeckel Wieber and her daughter, Jamie Halbig. Emelie Jones spent a few days at the home of her father, Bryan Jones. Though she was unable to stay to c...
Dusty Dusty Gun Club, located in the east side of Dusty, is holding its annual sausage shoot this Sunday, Feb. 11, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. Sausage sandwiches are available for sale and packages are guaranteed with a script book. Follow your nose; the aroma of smoked sausage is wonderful. Come have a great afternoon watching the shooters and/or visiting with friends and neighbors. Dusty B.B. Club will meet at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall in LaCrosse from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, to make baby blankets for Sacred Heart H... Full story
Dusty Art and Colleen Sager and Barney Buckley of Colfax were in Moses Lake this weekend for an all-day aviation safety seminar sponsored by Big Bend Community College, the FAA and the Washington Flying Farmers. Larry and Di Brink celebrated with a late Christmas get-together on Friday, Jan. 26, with their cousin Camille Patterson who lives in the Spokane valley. Doug and Cheryl Stueckle, Nathan and Rebecca Stueckle and Ashleigh Stueckle were visitors of Phyllis and David Stueckle from Saturday, noon, until Sunday evening. Visitor Reuben and...
Dusty Jonathan Stueckle and his mother, Cheryl, were overnight guests at the home of his grandparents, David and Phyllis Stueckle, last week. Jonathan was on his way to combined Ft. Lewis-McChord base for a scheduled meeting and took a side trip to see his grandmother, Phyllis, who is in the Whitman Hospital and Medical Center. His mother, Cheryl Stueckle, Coeur d’Alene, had picked him up at the Spokane Airport and brought him to the Dusty area to visit and spend the night. He flew out the next day, attended his meeting and returned to his h... Full story
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club cancelled its meeting this month due to lack of hostesses for the event. The program for February’s meeting will be making baby blankets for Sacred Heart Hospital’s free maternity clinic in Spokane. The group will meet in the parish hall at St. Joseph Catholic Church in LaCrosse on Wed., Feb. 14, at 9 a.m. and work until 3 p.m. There will be a no-host lunch at the LaCrosse Café with dessert, coffee and tea served back at the parish hall. Hostesses are Li Ochs and Karen Broeckel. Roll call is: What’s the funniest thing...
Dusty Tom and Doreen Riedner hosted Christmas day dinner in their home for Patty Wieber, Brett Wieber, Bobby and Jamie Halbig, Spokane; Jeanette Nolan, Colfax, and Caroline Garza and Karen Broeckel, Dusty. Later, Brian and Angela Broeckel, Dusty; Sami BeDell, Walla Walla, and Graham and Kim BeDell, Moscow, joined them for dessert and a gift exchange....
Dusty Friday evening, Dusty B.B. Club held its annual community Christmas party in the parish hall of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Colfax. A nice-sized crowd enjoyed a potluck dinner, an entertaining program emcee'd by Joshua and Noemie Appel and a visit from Santa Claus and Rudolph. Last week, Harm and Jan Smith traveled to Yakima to attend Micah Morgan’s Christmas concert at Riverside Christian School. Micah played the trumpet in the beginning band and was part of the musical play performed as part of the concert.... Full story
Dusty Friday will be Larry Brink’s last day of paid employment after almost 22 years at Dusty Farm Co-op/Four Star Supply, Inc. He will join his wife, Di, in retirement. She retired from her job with the LaCrosse School District last spring. Friday will be an open house at the Dusty Four Star Supply to honor Brink. Residents are encouraged to drop in to wish him well and to share the refreshments that will be provided. Monday night, Homestead Ministries went to Spokane to make up 950 soup packets with the “Feed Spokane” organization. The packe...
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club will meet Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Colfax Catholic Parish Hall at 9 a.m. to decorate for the Christmas party. Diane Monson and Liz Appel are hostesses. For roll call, bring one dozen cookies to exchange and a copy of the recipe for everyone. The Christmas party will be Friday, Dec. 15, at 6 p.m. It will begin with a potluck dinner. Members are asked to bring a hot dish and a salad or dessert. Beverages and table service will be provided. Participation in the kids’ program is encouraged. Please tell Liz Appel what your c...
Dusty Graham BeDell of Dusty and Kim Ware of Kuna, Idaho, were married last Tuesday at Still Water Hallow in Nampa, Idaho. Locals who attended the ceremony and reception were his parents, Brian and Angela Broeckel; from Dusty were Tom and Doreen Riedner, Kim and Cindy Pitts and Karen Broeckel; from LaCrosse were former classmates of Graham, Stephen Erickson, who was best man, Joey Guske and Brandon Bennett, groomsman Cole Evans; other LaCrosse residents were Eric and Lois Startin, Dionne Evans and relatives; Denise Kendall of Tacoma, and...
Dusty Visitors of Steve and Fran Maki Tuesday through Thursday of last week were friends and co-alumni of the University of Idaho, Mike and Valerie Quesnell of Twin Falls, Idaho. The two couples toured the campus of the university, then went to the turkey dinner at the Methodist church in LaCrosse. There, Mike reconnected with the minister who was a former neighbor growing up in Twin Falls and attended a reception honoring the Maki’s daughter, Sarah Maki Smith of Moses Lake, who was awarded the Outstanding Alumni of the Animal Science D... Full story
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club met last Wednesday at the Catholic Church annex in LaCrosse and completed 14 receiving blankets for the free maternity clinic at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Several baby quilts were made and donated by Janell Guske. Attending were Helen Appel, Dianne Appel, Diane Monson, Janell Guske, Fran Jones and Sandy Passmore. Lunch was enjoyed at the LaCrosse Café. Changes have been made to the December program. The December meeting will be on Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Catholic Church annex in Colfax to decorate for the...
Dusty The LaCrosse Methodist Church will hold its annual Turkey Dinner in the basement of the church Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 5:30 p.m. until the food runs out. The meal is a traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Prices are from 11 years and older – $10; 6 to 10 years – $5; younger than five years – free. Immediate family (two adults plus children up to 20) – $25. Visitors at the home of Leila and Keith Zaring for two weeks were Leila’s sister and brother-in-law, Mary Anne and Bob Bell from Laurel, Miss. Grandson, Henry Zaring, a... Full story
Dusty Jan and Harm Smith had a get-together of relatives Saturday and Sunday. Ron and Sue Zimmerman, Spokane, are cousins of Harm’s, and their son and daughter-in-law, David and Laura Boland of the Seattle area, stayed at The Parsonage Bed and Breakfast. Joining them for breakfast Sunday were the Smith’s, their daughter, Gina Morgan of Yakima, and Harm’s brother and nephew, Walt Smith and Parker of Clyde Hill. Last weekend, Steve Camp helped with the annual Washington State Sheep Producers meeting at the Hilltop in Pullman. The Whitman Count...
Dusty Art Sager joined other members of the Flying Farmers in touring the new Honor Point Military and Aerospace Museum at Felts Field near Spokane Saturday. It is a new museum which deals with military history spanning from the Civil War to the Spanish American War, World Wars I and II, the Korean Conflict and Vietnam. Restored airplanes in the exhibit can fly, so they come and go out of the facility. After the tour, the group had lunch at the Skyway Café. Wesley Banks spent Saturday night with his grandmother, Linda Hennigar. He had been...
Dusty The funeral for Jimmy John Moore of LaCrosse will be today, Thursday, Oct. 19. Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. in Hay, with memorial services at Selbu Lutheran Church at 1 p.m. Helen Appel hosted her District 7 Make It With Wool contest Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Public Service Building in Colfax. Contestants were Jill Swannack, Carmen Swannack, Elly Kunkel and Bree Deatherage. Prizes included trips to the state contest, wool yardage and sewing tools. Bruce and Elaine Appel, Charlie and Spenser spent a Sunday recently visiting his parents,...
Dusty Selbu Church women will host a bake sale Friday, Oct. 13, at the Gathering Place in LaCrosse beginning at 9:30 a.m. Jeanne Levy, Tacoma; Dianne Morris, Valleyford, and Jan Smith, Dusty, spent a day together last week. The sisters enjoyed the beautiful fall day visiting and exploring Liberty Lake and Coeur d’Alene. Last Friday, Harm and Jan Smith attended Grandparents’ Day at Riverside Christian School in Yakima where grandson Micah attends fourth grade. Friday evening, Harm, Micah and son-in-law Jason enjoyed game night for fourth and... Full story
Dusty Homestead Ministries traveled to Meridian, Idaho, Thursday to help students, faculty, staff and parents of Ambrose Christian School prepare 10,000 bags of lentil, bean and split pea soups and chili for the school’s “Feed the Need” fundraiser. The bags were slated to go to the Boise Rescue Mission. The group of 11 from Homestead Ministries included Tom and Doreen Riedner, Greg and Gwen Nolan, Brian and Debbie Largent, Gary and Lisa Largent, Audrey Largent, Steve Camp and Jody Conrad. They took four trailers of supplies with them. The g...
Dusty Heather Reynoso and sons, daughter and grandsons of Blake and Carmen Heaton, returned to their home in Islamorada, Fla., on Monday, Sept. 18. Also returning home from Mexico City was Jaime Reynoso, Heather’s husband. They were very lucky that their home in Florida survived Hurricane Irma while so many others lost everything. After hearing of the devastation in Mexico City after the earthquake, Jaime had returned to help with the clean-up. Mexico City was where the Reynosos lived before they moved to Florida, and Jaime has relatives l...
