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Dusty Justin and Katy Heaton hosted a barbecue at their home Sunday. Katy’s parents, Dave and Kathy Tellessen, her brother and family, Ryan, Chris, Sam and Kes Tellessen, her sister, Megan and friend Charlie, Grandma and Grandpa Pethram and Aunt Alice and Uncle Doug Shafer were guests along with Blake and Carmen Heaton, Jaime, Heathermarie, Valente, Jeronimo and Xico Reynoso. Later, Walter Riley joined the celebration. During the party, Katy brought out two boxes, baby “A” and baby “B.” Katy opened box “A” and pink balloons popped out. Justin,...
Dusty Christopher, Erica, Miss Blayke and Justus Heaton recently visited his parents, Blake and Carmen Heaton, for a week. Also arriving for the summer were Heathermarie, Valente, Jeronimo and Xico Reynoso Heaton from Mexico City. Before coming from Mexico, Heather and the boys spent a week with Jaime, their husband and father, in Key Largo where he is shooting a television series. While in Key Largo, the boys experienced swimming with dolphins. The two families plus Justin and Katy Heaton, Wade Heaton and Blake and Carmen went to Riggins,...
Dusty Apricots are on at the Warm Springs Ranch orchard. Anyone interested should call Bryan Jones in the evening for cooler picking. Ed and Joan Broeckel went camping with family and friends over the July 4 weekend at McCall, Idaho. Doug and Cheryl Stueckle spent the July 4 weekend at the home of his parents, David and Phyllis Stueckle, where they helped with various chores around the farm. The annual Appel July 4 gathering was held at the Dick and Helen Appel home. Ninety-four guests were present. Those traveling the farthest were Mark and Ja...
Dusty Eric and Shannon Appel and family recently returned home from a long vacation. They drove to Florida to attend Neil and Liz Appel's wedding and then toured part of the United States on their way home. They drove through a total of 20 states and saw many of the National Parks, monuments and historical sites of the country. They also spent time at Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida. Art and Colene Sager flew to Middleton, Idaho, the weekend of June 21 to attend the Middleton High School class of 1963 reunion. Colene attended all...
Dusty Saturday, Karen Broeckel, accompanied by her sisters Jeanette Nolan of Colfax and Patty Wieber of Spokane, attended the funeral services of Cpl. Justin Clouse of Sprague at the Life Center Church in Spokane. The 22-year-old soldier was killed in Afghanistan along with four of his fellow soldiers on June 9. Clouse was the great-great-nephew of the women’s mother, Amelia Schaal Broeckel. He is survived by his parents Rob and Tina Clouse, brother Josh Clouse, niece Ava, grandparents Danny and Nadine Nilles and many relatives and friends. L...
Dusty Larry and Di Brink were Father's Day dinner guests at the Colton home of their son's family, John, Brandi and Myla Brink. Cross Country musical group will entertain Saturday, June 21, at LaCrosse Farmers Festival. Carrie Pitts, Yakima, arrived at the home of her parents, Kim and Cindy Pitts, Saturday to spend Father's Day with her family. Cindy's father, Norman Bafus of LaCrosse, joined them for dinner Sunday. Carrie returned to her home Tuesday. Doug, Cheryl and Ashleigh Stueckle, Coeur d'Alene, and Jonathan, Bekah and 4-year-old David...
Dusty Saturday, the class of 2014 graduated from LaCrosse High School. Among the graduates was Graham BeDell, son of Angela and Brian Broeckel. BeDell was the class valedictorian. Among those who attended the ceremonies and/or reception, were Guenter and Brigitte Scherwinski, Bryan and Anita Straw, Chealsey and Corey, all of Mountain Home, Idaho; Alex and Sami BeDell, Walla Walla; Doreen and Tom Riedner, Genesee; Denise Kendall, Tacoma, Oscar Broeckel, Dusty; Jeanette Nolan, Colfax; Patty Wieber, Spokane, and Karen Broeckel and David Stueckle,...
Dusty Weekend company visiting with Art and Colene Sager were Herbert and Delila Morrison from Middleton, Idaho. Saturday, the four traveled to Spokane Valley to attend the solo piano recital of the Sager's granddaughter, Hannah Manning. Sunday afternoon, Colene and Delila attended another granddaughter's piano recital, Jullene Sager, in Colfax. Karen Broeckel flew to Las Vegas last Thursday with her aunt Letty Spencer of Spokane to attend funeral services for Broeckel's cousin/Spencer's niece, Janis Schaal Cornelia in Henderson, Nev., Friday...
Dusty Sunday, Larry and Di Brink were guests of Don and Carol Keeney, LaCrosse, for dinner. Joining them were the Keeney's son and his family, Jeff and Sharee and children Wyatt and Chyanne of Montauk Lake, Idaho, who were visiting for the weekend. Other guests were Mike Stine, Julie and Steve Bailey and friends Kelly and Kevin and Amber Brink and children Ashley, Kloey, Ellie and Nick of Kennewick. Pastor John Cross joined them for lunch. Kevin and Amber Brink and children stayed overnight at his parents' home. Lucky and Joan Myrick joined...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager flew to Astoria, Ore., for the weekend to attend an International Flying Farmer Convention. This yearly event was hosted by the Oregon Flying Farmer chapter. They were able to take in the sights of this area which included the Maritime Museum, an historic house tour, a trolley ride and the reconstructed cabins of the Lewis and Clark Expedition winter abode. Lucky and Joan Myrick were in LaGrande, Ore., from Thursday to Sunday with their jewelry booth at the LaGrande Steel-ya (coyote) Powwow. Kim and Cindy Pitts...
Dusty Saturday, May 17, is scheduled as a work day at the Dusty Cemetery Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. A meeting will follow. Bring shovels, rakes, weed whackers and bars and blocks to lift stones. Nine ladies from the First Baptist Church in Union Gap held their annual retreat at the Parsonage Bed and Breakfast May 1-2. Kim and Vicki Broeckel joined Mike and Michelle Carver Sunday for the Historical House Tour of Brown's Addition in Spokane. Sponsored by MAC museum, it showcased six homes and gardens on the walking tour. Larry and Di Brink...
Dusty Friday, May 9, Country Bible Church will perform their community good deed by cleaning the ditches along Highway 127 for the Adopt a Highway program. They will meet at the church at 8:30 a.m. Anyone wanting to participate is welcome. Lucky and Joan Myrick visited their son Mike Parkland over the weekend. He showed them the latest project, an apartment building on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, which the construction company he works for just completed. Mike was the assistant superintendent for the project. Saturday, Di and Larry Brink took...
Dusty This past weekend was the 16th annual reunion of the women of the LaCrosse High class of 1979 at The Parsonage Bed and Breakfast. Paula Morris Meyer, Pullman; Kristal Krom Kirpes, Colton; Sheri Shaffer Hatley, Oakesdale; Doreen Broeckel Riedner, Genesee, and Denise Broeckel Kendall, Tacoma, had a project to accomplish this year. They decided to refurbish the large “L” on the hillside overlooking the town of LaCrosse with the addition of a ‘79 to commemorate their graduation year. Satur...
Dusty Larry and Di Brink hosted an Easter dinner in their home Sunday for Lucky and Joan Myrick, Rob Myrick and Mike Stine. Kim and Cindy Pitts spent Saturday and Sunday in Spokane with Amanda, Erik, Tate and Rafe Carlson. David and Phyllis Stueckle were at Lake Chelan from Monday through Thursday of last week. Easter dinner guests at the home of Karen Broeckel included Oscar Broeckel, Brian and Angela Broeckel, and Graham BeDell, Dusty; Jazmyn Ray, Endicott; Cliff and Jeanette Nolan, Colfax; Ken, Pam, Zach and Austin Beasley and Connor...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager of Dusty took this photo of Palouse Falls while returning from a Washington Flying Farmers meeting at Basin City. They noted the water rushing over Palouse Falls was enjoyed by many visitors, possibly as a result of the official declaration of the site as Washington state's official falls. The legislation was initiated by Washtucna grade school students. The falls are located about 15 miles south of Washtucna on the Palouse River and about eight miles upstream from...
Dusty A moose visited the Oscar Broeckel place this past week. It ambled between buildings and generally checked things out before moving on in its travels. Gavin Liam flew up from Oceanside, Calif., to spend his spring break with his grandparents, Dick and Suzy McNeilly. David and Phyllis Stueckle attended the sausage feed in Sprague Sunday. Their guests were Ann Emerson and Gayle Buri, both of Colfax. A family bridal shower was held recently for Neil Appel's fiancee, Liz Phillipp, at the home of Helen Appel. Hostesses were Barb Wollstein,...
Dusty Selbu Lutheran Church was packed last Saturday with relatives, friends and neighbors showing their respect for local farmer Jim Emerson who died March 24. Emerson was born, raised and, except for his time spent serving his country in the U.S. Army, spent almost his entire life on the family farm. He and his wife Ann had moved to Hill Ray in Colfax. Besides his wife, Jim is also survived by sons Bob and Bill, daughter Heidi and their families and a sister, June Dittmer. Karen Light and children Joanne, Emmaly and Joshua, Portland, arrived...
Dusty Local residents and many Krom family members attended the services for Margaret Krom Bolz at the Country Bible Church Saturday. Also attending were Martha Hibbard and Esther Gentry from Spokane. Margaret and Martha graduated from LaCrosse High School in the same class. The services were conducted by Margaret’s sons, Christopher and Robin Bolz, with contributions from her grandchildren, recorded piano performances of Margaret’s and ending with a recording of Margaret and her sisters and brother singing “My God and I.” A reception after s...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager hosted the Washington Flying Farmers at the Whitman County Library meeting room Saturday. Randy Suess gave a powerpoint presentation on his travels to Jordan. He also told of his involvement of exporting wheat in many countries. With the farmer connection in the audience, both topics were well received. Two airplanes flew into the Port of Whitman Business Air Center, better known as the Colfax Airport. The transient parking that is all paved with tie downs was appreciated. Both of these facilities have undergone...
Dusty Last week, Daniel and LaRena Draper almost ran over a dog on Highway 26. They picked him up to prevent him from being hit and tried to find his owner. He was a well-behaved hound type dog but due to allergies, they couldn’t keep him. Darrel Claassen took him on a show-and–hopefully–claim tour of Dusty but no one knew where he belonged. The Claassens finally took him to Pullman to a rescue center. This information is for the many who have wondered about the outcome of the search. Word has been received of the passing of Errol Schmi...
Dusty Last week on Tuesday, Kim Pitts went to Spokane to attend the Harlem Globetrotters vs. the All Stars exhibition at the arena. He took his daughter Amanda and grandsons Tate and Rafe with him. Karen Bafus had won the V.I.P. tickets in a radio contest but was unable to use them so gave them to Cindy Pitts. Kim, Amanda and boys were able to “meet and greet” some of the players. Tate and Rafe were accorded the title of “Junior Trotters” and each received a jersey and a signed basketball. They plan on attending the next time the Globetr...
Dusty Tony and Denise Kendall, Tacoma, spent the weekend with her father Oscar Broeckel. Sunday, they celebrated Denise’s, Doreen’s and Tom Riedner’s birthdays a week early with dinner in Colfax. Attending the celebration were Denise and Tony Kendall, Tom and Doreen Riedner, Oscar Broeckel, Brian and Angela Broeckel, Graham BeDell and Karen Broeckel. The group also celebrated Graham BeDell’s announcement that he will be valedictorian for the graduating class of 2014 at LaCrosse High School in June. Larry Brink had hip replacement surgery...
Dusty Blake and Carmen Heaton recently spent two weeks in Mexico City with their daughter’s family, Heather, Jaime, Valente, Jeronimo and Xico Reynoso. They enjoyed the company of many friends and family, watched grandsons Valente and Jeronimo show simmentals which placed with two grand champions, attended the Academic Fair of Xico and went to basketball games for all three grandsons. The second week they were there, son-in-law Jaime left for Miami and Guatemala for his work as a cinematographer. The Heatons also helped their daughter H...
Dusty Country Bible Church held its annual meeting and potluck last Sunday afternoon under the direction of its new pastor, Steve Szasz. During the morning worship service, Pastor Steve and his wife Darla, joined the church membership. Ed and Joan Broeckel spent last weekend in Boise helping their daughter Amber move to a new place of residence. Larry and Di Brink spent Saturday visiting Camille Patterson in Spokane. Their son’s family, John, Brandi and Myla Brink, made a surprise visit to the Patterson home while the Brinks were t...
Dusty Damien Perron, who is living with his uncle Bryan Jones of Dusty and is a student at Colfax High School, spent the Christmas holidays visiting his parents, friends and the ski slopes in the Italian Alps. When he was asked about his trip, he reported the good news was that the airlines didn’t lose his luggage. Meggie Perron, granddaughter of Fran Jones, left for her home in Italy on Jan. 15 and will return on Feb. 4. It was difficult to know whether she was more excited about seeing her friends and family or getting onto the slopes. S...
