Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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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...
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...
Dusty Dusty Cemetery has scheduled a work day for Monday, May 18, at 8:30 a.m. Volunteers are asked to bring weed eaters, shovels, blocks and bars. A meeting will follow the work session. Sunday, approximately 20 family and friends celebrated Don Moore’s 90th birthday at Hill Ray. Included in the group were his sons and their families: Steve and Carol Moore and David and Lauren; Dan and Jill Moore and their daughters’ families, Miranda and Sam Kimmel and Avery and Jena and son Malachi, and Jim Moore. A week ago, Di Brink drove Mike Stine, Nor...
Dusty Iva Kjosnes, native of the Selbu area near Hay, died April 30. The daughter of John and Gertrude Kyllo Kjosnes, she graduated from LaCrosse High School in 1945. She had been living in Foss Nursing Home in Seattle. Burial in the Selbu Lutheran Church cemetery will be at a later date. News was recently received that Ruth Stueckle Gwinn, 91, died April 2, 2015, at Mirabella in Seattle. She was buried at the Dusty Cemetery this past weekend alongside her husband Stan. She was the daughter of Chris and Millie Stueckle. The family gathered for...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager flew to Midvale, Idaho, Saturday to celebrate Colene’s aunt Kathryn Hopper’s 100th birthday. Hopper still lives in the home that became hers as a young bride. This is made possible by the loving care given to her by her oldest son and his wife, Dave and Liz Hopper. It was a day of visiting many cousins who had not been together for some time. Funeral services for young Erik Binks will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, May 2, at the LaCrosse School gym. A meal will be provided after the services in the school caf...
Dusty Colene Sager flew a Cessna 152 airplane solo from Pullman to LaGrande, Ore., last Wednesday to meet with an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner to take her check ride to become a private pilot. The final test is comprised of a two hour oral test and a one and a half hour flight. She has been renting the Cessna and taking lessons at Inter-State Aviation at the Pullman Airport to complete the needed requirements. Her trip was successful and she flew back to Pullman as a certified pilot. Funeral services for Eric Binks will be May 2 in the...
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club April 8 toured the Landgrove Coffee Company in Troy, Idaho. Elections for next year’s officers were held. Helen Appel will be president; Dianne Appel, vice president; Rita Ackerman, secretary and Karen Broeckel, treasurer. Guest Day Luncheon in the Jones Schoolhouse at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds will be Wednesday, May 13. David and Phyllis Stueckle, Dusty, and Reuben and Judy Stueckle, Puyallup, recently spent four days at Lake Chelan. Barb Wollstein, Lacey, visited her parents, Dick and Helen Appel, for five days t...
Dusty Cliff Nolan was memorialized at Onecho Bible Church Monday morning and buried at the Dusty Cemetery that afternoon. The funeral procession was escorted to the cemetery by the Colfax City Police Department and the Whitman County Sheriff’s Department in honor of Nolan’s former service as city police officer and Colfax Police Chief. Later, gathering at the home of Greg and Gwen Nolan to share memories, a few tears and a lot more laughter, were his wife of 56 years, Jeanette Nolan; his son’s family, Greg, Gwen, Jason and Andrew Nolan and E...
Dusty Bruce Appel, Hamilton, Mass., spent the weekend with his parents, Dick and Helen Appel. Sunday afternoon a potluck was held in his honor. Those attending were Phil Appel, Spokane; Eric and Shannon Appel and Sarah, Kyle and Sidney; Dusty, Caroline and Rob Kunkel, Zack, Kade, Elly and Luciene, Pullman; Neil and Liz Appel, Josh, Noemi and Issac, Dusty; Lisa and Travis Frei, Miriam, Rachel, Emma and Collete, Colfax....
Dusty Sarah Appel, daughter of Eric and Shannon Appel, was named Colfax’s Distinguished Young Woman Saturday at the Colfax High School Auditorium. Grandparents Dick and Helen Appel were in the audience to cheer her on, as well as Caroline and Elly Kunkel, Pullman; Lisa and Miriam Frei, Colfax, and Neil, Liz and Noemi Appel, Dusty. Meggie Perron spent three days of her spring break from Walla Walla Community College with her grandmother Fran Jones and Uncle Bryan. Angela Broeckel and Graham spent from Wednesday to Saturday of his spring break i...
Dusty A bridal shower was at Selbu Lutheran Church Sunday after services for Pastor Cross’s fianceé, Shenette Tolin. Dusty residents who were among the approximately 20 guests included Di Brink, Linda Hennigar and Joan Myrick. Pastor Cross and Ms. Tolin plan to wed at the Selbu Church on Saturday, March 21. Dick and Suzy McNeilly are happy to announce the arrival of their sixth grandchild. Brayden Joseph was born March 13 to Christina and Jayson Cain. Brayden joins big brothers Mason and Aiden. Larry and Di Brink were in Moscow Sunday to vi...
Dusty Saturday, Linda Hennigar was at Walla Walla High School to watch her grandson, Wesley Banks, captain his squad of 28 members in a Junior ROTC Competition of groups from Washington and Oregon. Wesley’s unit is an Air Force squad from Kennewick High School. This was their first year of competition. All branches of the armed forces ROTC from other schools were represented in competing in armed and unarmed drills, individual and team drills and physical training, which consisted of push-ups, sit-ups and a one mile run. Since the c...
Dusty Recently, Harmon and Jan Smith spent a week in Yakima with grandson Micah Morgan while his parents were away for business. Micah participated in the "Big Brother-Little Brother Night" at Riverside Christian School. He ran out on the floor to be introduced alongside his "Big Brother" who also is named Micah. Saturday the Smiths were again in Yakima to cheer on Micah's basketball team. Sunday Micah, his parents Gina and Jason Morgan, and Jan and Harmon traveled to Mercer Island to cheer on Harmon's nephew, Parker Smith, and his team. Dale...
Dusty Meggie Perron came from Walla Walla last Friday afternoon to spend time with her grandmother, Fran Jones, and Uncle Bryan. Friday evening they drove to Hayden to celebrate Meggie’s 21st and Bryan’s 60th birthdays with Emelie, Warren and Julie. They were greeted by a big birthday surprise: brother Bruce Jones from Burlington, Vermont. Bruce arrived back home in Burlington via Boston Monday, 18 hours after leaving the Spokane Airport and reported the car he left at the parking lot was buried under a huge pile of snow. He was helped by two y...
