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Dusty Friday, Linda Hennigar was at the Latah County Fair to watch two great-nieces, a great-nephew and a great-great-nephew show their animals. Taylor Carpenter, Kennedy and Cooper Thompson and Karson Hatch had steers and a pig in the Fitting and Showing classes. All are from the Potlatch area. Joan Broeckel spent from Monday to Friday in Burlington visiting her mother, Jean Shippee, and sister, Julie Van DerPol. --Correction on last week’s Dusty news: Kim and Cindy Pitts’ guests, daughter and son-in-law Jen and Ryan Hammons, and cousins, Dav...
Dusty Jasmin Watson, daughter of Marc Watson and Judy Watson, was a member of the LaCrosse High School FFA team which won the Palouse Empire Fair livestock judging contest. She placed first. Other team members placings were Alynn Harder, third, Trey Fleming, sixth, Braden Miller, 10th. Lauren Stubbs, TJ Harder and Genevieve McGregor were also on the team. Visitors at the home of Kim and Cindy Pitts this past weekend included their daughter and son-in-law, Jen and Ryan Hammons of Meridian, Idaho, and Ryan’s cousins, Dave and Elizabeth Hammons o... Full story
Dusty Steve and Fran Maki’s daughter Sarah from Moses Lake was here this weekend to help kids shear their sheep in preparation for the county fair. About 15 kids from around the area brought their lambs to be worked on. Last Thursday, Fran and Steve went to the Kittitas Fair in Ellensburg to watch Sarah judge the sheep classes. Steve Camp and his son, Tony, went salmon fishing in Puget Sound last Thursday and Friday. Tony lives in Olympia. They caught three fish. Country Bible Church’s new fall time for worship service at 11 a.m. started thi...
Dusty The Appel family celebrated Dick Appel’s 80th birthday with a family picnic at the home of Dick and Helen Appel. Attending were Bruce and Elaine Appel, Spokane Valley, and sons Charlie and Spenser; Phil Appel, Cheney; Eric and Shannon Appel, Dusty, and Connor, Sarah, Kyle and Sidney; Caroline and Rob Kunkel, Pullman, Elly and Luciene; Neil and Liz Appel, Dusty, Josh, Noemi, Issac, John Paul, Grace and Michael; Lisa and Travis Frei, Colfax, Miriam, Rachel, Emma and Colette; Kate Wollstein, Moscow; Sheryl and Randy Smith, Steptoe; Jim a... Full story
Dusty Granddaughters Cherie Myrick of Roy and Deanna Myrick of Spanaway were luncheon guests of Lucky and Joan Myrick on Saturday. The afternoon was spent with grandma making alterations on Cherie’s wedding dress. They returned to their dad’s (Rich Myrick) home in Moses Lake in the evening. Guests at the home of Kim and Cindy Pitts from last Thursday to this Wednesday were grandsons Rafe and Tate Carlson of Spokane. Daughter Carrie Pitts of Yakima spent Monday and Tuesday with her parents before her school year begins at the end of August. Car...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager just returned from a week in Minneapolis, Minn. While there, they attended the International Flying Farmer Convention. Highlights of the convention included touring the Vikings football stadium where the next Super Bowl will be played, a river boat trip on the Mississippi River including going through the locks and a tour of the original Gold Medal Flour mill which has been made into a museum, showing working conditions and equipment during earlier days. The convention hotel was connected to the Mall of America, so... Full story
Dusty Peaches are on at Warm Springs Ranch orchard on the Snake River. Call Brian Jones for an appointment to pick, 509-397-3314. Four-year-old Iris Assareh spent seven days helping her grandfather, Mark Vogler, with harvest. Iris was accompanied by her parents, Anna and Chad, and brother Owen, one year old. Iris was able to experience all that harvest can offer. She was able to drive truck and combine, service the machinery and prepare meals. She picked peaches, swam in the Snake River and did all manner of craft and cooking projects. Iris and...
Dusty Weekend visitors at the home of Brian and Angela Broeckel were her parents, Brigitte and Guenter Scherwinski of Mountain Home, Idaho. Also arriving for a week’s stay was daughter Alex BeDell of Las Vegas, Nev. Son Tom, Las Vegas, arrived at the home of Di and Larry Brink July 22 and stayed a week. Thursday, July 27, Kevin, Amber, Ashley, Kloey, Ellie and Nick came from their new home in Omak. Friday evening, they were joined for dinner by Joan and Lucky Myrick, Dusty; Mike Stine and Carol Keeney, LaCrosse, and John, Brandi, Myla and A...
Dusty Over the weekend, Tom and Doreen Riedner attended the Riedner Family Reunion in Colton. More than 150 aunts, uncles and cousins attended. Tom and Doreen also entertained Tom’s cousins, Ron and Colleeta Dechant, Karen Cameron, Ohio, and Theresa Williams, Florida, at their home. The Dechants spent a day riding combine with Brian Broeckel and trucks with Doreen Riedner and Denise Kendall. The annual John Stueckle Cousins Reunion was held in the home of Goldie Foss in Colfax Saturday. Attending were David and Phyllis Stueckle, Dusty; Mary Sch...
Dusty Cross Country musical group was scheduled to present the morning worship service at Selbu Lutheran Church this Sunday, but the program has been changed to Sunday, July 30, beginning at 10 a.m. Audrey Nafziger Bowlin of Findlay, Ohio, two of her sons and her sister, Connie, of Spokane, and her son, camped out at the Nafziger farm Monday and Tuesday. The Bowlins will be staying in the area for three more weeks. Dusty native and former Whitman County resident Harvey Stueckle died July 8 at his residence at Touchmark Living Center in...
Dusty Dick and Helen Appel and 42 family members spent four days at Camp Rumblewood near Sequim. They spent time clamming, kayaking, exploring tide pools, visiting and eating. Susan Lynch and daughters Cecilia and Abagail visited her parents, Dick and Helen Appel for two weeks. Joe Lynch joined his family the last week. They live in West Layfayette, Ind., where Joe is doing post-doctoral work at Purdue University. Bruce, Elaine, Logan, Charlie and Spencer Appel, Spokane, recently visited Dick and Helen for a weekend. They went boating Sunday...
Dusty Heather Heaton Reynoso and sons arrived at the home of Blake and Carmen Heaton last week from Mexico City where they had been visiting family and friends. They will be here through the summer. Sunday evening, Blake and Carmen Heaton hosted “A Concert in the Backyard.” Grandson Valente Reynoso played guitar and sang for an audience of about 30 people. He was joined by Jim Fitzgerald for a couple of songs. The concert lasted for about an hour. Guests at the home of Lucky and Joan Myrick last weekend were Joan’s cousin, Phyllis Steve... Full story
Dusty Recently, Blake and Carmen Heaton spent 10 days with daughter and grandsons, Heather, Valente, Jeronimo and Xico in Islamorada, Fla. They attended Valente and Jeronimo’s last spring football game. This is the second season for them to play American football and both will be on varsity in the fall. They also attended Xico’s last baseball game, at which his team won the league championship and Xico qualified for the All-Star game. Xico has since played in that game and won All-Star pitcher and third baseman. This was his second season to... Full story
Dusty Due to a poor weather forecast for Sunday, June 11, the Country Bible Church picnic planned for that date was postponed. No new date has been set. For several days this past week, Harm and Jan Smith visited in Yakima with their daughter and family, Gina and Jason Morgan and Micah. While there, they assisted the Morgans at graduations around Yakima. At the West Valley graduation, Harm visited with Superintendent Dr. Michael Brophy, who Harm knew during their Whitman County high school days. Over the weekend, the Smiths watched Micah play...
Dusty Larry and Di Brink attended a graduation party in Kennewick Saturday for their eldest grandchild, Ashley Brink, daughter of Kevin and Amber Brink. Ashley has been accepted to a college in Vancouver, B.C., where she plans to pursue courses in linguistics. Sunday morning, Harm and Jan Smith attended the worship service at Selbu Lutheran Church to witness the Affirmation of Baptism and First Holy Communion of Alynn and Ty Harder, Austin Stanley and Abree Aune. A small group of church members, plus Trudy and Gary Libey of Colfax, met at Count...
Dusty Li and Jon Ochs hosted an art workshop at their home organized by their daughter Nadia Wilson this past weekend. Sixteen people from the western side of the state arrived on Friday to participate in classes on watercolor, acrylic painting and photography taught by three teachers, two from the Northwest Art Center. Wilson is the director at the Center. Eight of the students stayed with the Ochs, and eight stayed at the Parsonage Bed and Breakfast. The group had its lessons outdoors in the Ochs’ yard, cooked meals together and spent e... Full story
Dusty Saturday, Di and Larry Brink picked up granddaughters Myla and Alexia Brink, daughters of John and Brandi Brink, to spend the day. Saturday evening, they were joined by the parents, John and Brandi. Myla spent the night with Grandpa and Grandma. Also joining them that same evening was Marion Bay, Mount Lake Terrace. After church Sunday, John, Brandi and Alexia Brink and Mike Stine joined them for dinner. Marion spent a second night with them and attended the funeral for Wilma Aune before returning to her home. Monday, many friends and...
Dusty Steve and Becky Camp spent Mother’s Day with their respective mothers. Becky was in Lewiston with her mother, Wanda Rudolph. They attended church and then joined other family members for lunch. Steve took his mother, Donna Camp, to brunch at the LaCrosse Café. Afterward, they took a drive to Beacon Hill near Hay to enjoy the view. Lucky and Joan Myrick traveled to Ellensburg on Saturday to return their great-grandson, Broden, to his mom, Desiree Myrick, Federal Way. Five-year-old Broden had spent three weeks with the Myricks. Linda He...
Dusty An open house to celebrate Donna Camp’s 90th birthday was at the Courtyard in Colfax Saturday afternoon. About 40 friends and family attended. Barb Kinzer of Pullman made a delicious carrot cake for the celebration. Later, almost 50 family members enjoyed dinner together at Hill-Ray. Members of Donna's family who were at the dinner included Nancy and Pat Chase, Tok, Alaska; Janet Camp, wife of the late Alan Camp, their children and grandchildren from Washtucna, Entiat and Spokane; Steve and Becky Camp and their children and g... Full story
Dusty Doreen Broeckel Riedner, Dusty; Denise Broeckel Kendall, Tacoma; Paula Morris Meyer, Colfax, and Sheri Shaffer Hatley, Oakesdale, held their 15th annual mini-reunion of the Class of 1979 of LaCrosse High School this past weekend at the Parsonage Bed and Breakfast. They took a drive around the Dusty and LaCrosse communities, stopped at the home of Karen Broeckel for a supply of chocolate chip cookies, visited and generally had a good time. They were joined by Sheri’s mother, Darlene Shaffer of LaCrosse, at breakfast Sunday morning and a...
Dusty Friday afternoon, Tom Phillips arrived from Las Vegas to spend the weekend with Di and Larry Brink. Saturday, they were joined by Mike Stine, LaCrosse; Kevin, Amber, Ashley, Ellie and Nick Brink, Richland, and John, Brandi, Myla and Alexia Brink, Colfax. That evening, they were joined by Joan and Lucky Myrick, Dusty; Mike Myrick and Rhonda, Spanaway; Rich Myrick and Jannetta, Moses Lake, and Rich’s daughter, Deanna Myrick and her friend Chris, Spanaway. Tom returned to his home on Monday. Easter Sunday dinner guests at the home of K... Full story
Dusty A good-sized crowd turned out for the First Friday viewing at Dodson’s Jewelers in Spokane for the opening reception of “Palouse Yearning,” a display of new paintings by Vicki Broeckel. Attending from the local area were Tom and Doreen Riedner, Janice Pauls, Jan Smith, Sharon Schlomer and Diane Monson. Also at the reception was Cordell Kyllo, son of Whitman County native Harold Kyllo. Broeckel’s paintings will be on display at Dodson’s for the rest of of April. Di Brink and Joan Myrick spent last Wednesday and Thursday in Spokane w...
Dusty Vicki Broeckel will be the featured artist with her works on display at Dodson’s Jewelers on Riverside in Spokane for the month of April. Friday, April 7, from 5 to 8 p.m., there will be a reception at Dodson’s with Broeckel in attendance to meet and greet those who come to view her 24 new paintings. Dick and Helen Appel spent the weekend in Spokane at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Elaine Appel. They helped prune rose bushes....
Dusty Attending the second annual Riedner sausage making event at Tom and Doreen Riedner’s home in Dusty were David and Kerri Weitz, Colfax; Heather Weitz-Sink with sons Carter and Logan, Kara Weitz-Yecha, all of Richland; Lauren Meacham with sons Cody and Clayton, Colfax; Brenden Jacobs, Pullman; Taylor Gordon and Justin Corona, Colfax; Debbie Riedner, Colton; Terry and Sandy Weitz, Colfax, and Tyler Mertes, Pullman. The group produced 300 pounds of sausage. John Brink and daughters Myla and Alexia were overnight guests at the home of his p... Full story
Dusty Tom and Doreen Riedner hosted the annual Broeckel family et. al. sausage making session at their home Saturday. Attending the production process were Greg, Gwen, and Jason Nolan, Jeanette Nolan, Colfax; Brian and Angela Broeckel, Karen Broeckel, Graham BeDell, Dusty; Kim Ware and Dingo, Kuna, Idaho; Guenter and Brigitte Scherwinski, Mountain Home, Idaho; Patty Wieber, Bobby and Jamie Halbig, Andrew and Emily Nolan and Lauren and Murphy, Spokane; John Allyn Murray, Bellingham, and Denise Kendall, Tacoma. The crew produced more than 400...
