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Dusty Vicki Broeckel is a participating artist during Pullman’s ArtWalk, displaying her work is Leslie Odell’s home interior and frame shop at Home Design on Main Street. The reception will be Friday, July 19, from 4 to 8 p.m. Larry, Karen, Dalton and Dallas Scaggs were here for several days visiting his mother, Lorraine Scaggs, in Colfax and friends and relatives in the area. They returned to their home in Tehachapi, Calif., last Tuesday. LaCrosse Methodist Church has extended an invitation to the community to attend a concert Friday eve...
Dusty Wes, Bo, Lauren, Hunter, Darrel, and LaRae Classen and Daniel and LaRena Draper just got back from a 17-day mission trip to Brazil with a group from the Onecho Bible Church. They split into two groups with one group being in a remote village and the other at Camp Victoria. They helped with building projects and outreach. Ed and Joan Broeckel were at Depoe Bay on the Oregon coast from Tuesday through Sunday of last week. Their children, Jen and Anthony Harkishnani, Bellevue, and Amber Broeckel, Boise, met them there and the family had a gr...
Dusty Last week, Dellene Broeckel Burdsall, San Jose, Calif., was here to visit her sister, Janice and Norm Pauls, and brother, Eddie and Joan Broeckel. Janice and Dellene visited with Janice’s daughter DeAnna, and Dellene also got to play on four-wheelers during her stay. Tate and Rafe Carlson, Spokane, spent the weekend with their grandparents, Kim and Cindy Pitts. Last Thursday, David and Phyllis Stueckle visited with Charlene Beck in Walla Walla. She is the widow of one of David’s former Navy buddies. Friday, Karen Broeckel attended a cel...
Dusty Blake and Carmen Heaton spent several days in San Diego where they met their son Christopher, Erica, Miss Blayke, Justus and Erica’s mother, Vivian. Justus was there to play in a football tournament. They spent one day at the San Diego zoo and another at the beach. Country Bible Church will hold a family picnic at the LaCrosse Park following morning worship services Sunday, June 30. All are welcome to attend. Weekend guests at The Parsonage Bed and Breakfast were Tim and Shannon Rust and family from Echo, Ore. They were here to attend t...
Dusty The LaCrosse High School class of 1963 held their 50th class reunion this weekend. They attended the LaCrosse Farmers’ Festival where they rode in the parade. Their festivities continued Saturday evening with a dinner catered by Memorable Events at The Parsonage Bed and Breakfast. Class members and their spouses included Dick and Julie Ryan, Cashmere; Rod and Jeanine Bryan, LaCrosse; Morrie Camp, LaCrosse; Jan Copp Nealey and husband, Terry, Dayton; Patty Broeckel Wieber, Spokane; Gary and Rebecca Dark, Chehalis; Robbie and Myrna Kneale,...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager and granddaughter Jullene Sager were in Spokane Saturday afternoon to attend the piano recital of their other granddaughter, Hannah Manning, Valleyford. The recital was at the Steinway Auditorium in Spokane Valley. All of the pieces were duets, many of them performed on two baby grands. The finale, which included Hannah, was eight hands on two grands. Dick and Helen Appel attended the high school graduation of their granddaughter, Sabrina Appel, in Salem, Ore. Sabrina is the daughter of Phil Appel, Spokane. A family...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager were honored with Flying Farmers of the Year awards. Art was chosen as the “Man of the Year” and Colene as the “Woman of the Year” by the Washington State chapter of the association. Mark and Kathy Vogler proudly announce the birth of their first grandchild Iris Johanna Assareh, May 26 at six pounds, 10 ounces Her parents are Chad and Anna Vogler Assareh of Bellevue, formerly of Ulm, Germany. Paternal grandparents are Susan and Majid Assareh, Bellevue. Steve Moore attended the Washington State Hospital Associa...
Dusty Dick and Helen Appel and Dave and Alice Appel spent the weekend of May 18 in Pasco attending the Knights of Columbus annual meeting. Mother’s Day, Sue and Joe Lynch, Pullman, spent the day with her parents, Dick and Helen Appel. They prepared lunch for Helen. Later that afternoon, Caroline, Rob, Zack, Kade, Ellie and Lucien Kunkle came to help celebrate Mother’s Day and cook the evening meal. Denise Kendall arrived at the home of her father, Oscar Broeckel, Thursday evening for Memorial Day weekend. She returned home Monday morning. Dor...
Dusty Altona Haugeness Wigen, former Dusty resident, died Saturday morning. Funeral services will be at Selbu Lutheran Church Friday, May 17, at 1 p.m., with burial following at the Selbu Cemetery. A luncheon will be served in the church basement afterward. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Hennigar, Dusty; grandchildren, Tami and Jay Banks; great-grandson, Wesley Banks, Tri-Cities, and a sister, Dagmar Kirking, Sandpoint. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gil Wigen; a brother, Haaken, and two sisters, Rachel and Hazel. She had liv...
Dusty A women’s book club from Seattle spent Monday through Wednesday last week at the Parsonage Bed and Breakfast here. While in the area, they toured Colfax, Palouse and Pullman. Saturday, Di Brink took her brother, Mike Stine, and Norma Gibson to Cheney where they participated in the Special Olympics track event at Eastern Washington State University. They both performed well in the shot put, 50 meter and the 100 meter walking events. Linda Hennigar spent Wednesday through Friday in the Tri-Cities with her daughter’s family, Tami and Jay...
Dusty Jon and Li Ochs traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to attend the National Hydro Association Annual Conference and also to see their grandchildren. Li states that it was very interesting to see how hydro power is becoming more popular again. There were two hydro bills that came before Congress in recent weeks and both passed unanimously. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris is reported to be leading the effort. The Ochs said it was an exciting week for all in the hydro industry and particularly in the Pacific Northwest. They also visited...
Dusty Cross Country musical group will bring the message in song for the morning worship service at Selbu Lutheran Church Sunday, April 28, at 10 a.m. Susan Russell, Portland; Tina Ochs, Palouse, and Lynn Nelson, Colfax, visited with Dale and Vicki Broeckel last Thursday on their return trip from lunch at Pataha Flour Mill in Pomeroy. Susan gifted Vicki with her latest piece of art work. Susan was in Colfax to plan the 50th class reunion for Colfax High School’s class of 1963 scheduled for June. Thirteen ditch cleaners from the Country Bible C...
Dusty Memorial services for former Dusty native, Kenneth Brink, will be Friday, April 19, at 1:15 at Tahoma National Cemetery, 18600 SE 240th St., Kent, with full military honors. He was the last surviving child of Dusty pioneers Otto and Gussie Brink. He served with the U.S. Marine Corps for 28 years. Brink, who died November 12, 2012, was the uncle of Joan Myrick and Larry Brink. Country Bible Church will meet in the church parking lot at 9:30 today, April 18, to pick up highway litter for the Adopt a Highway program. All are welcome. Bob...
Dusty Lisa Frei and Caroline Kunkel hosted a family bridal shower for Jessica Stavig at the home of Helen Appel. Jessica is the daughter of Bob and Deb Appel Stavig of Brush Prairie. Guests at the Appel home were Deb and Jessica Stavig, Brush Prairie, and Barb Wollstein, Lacey. Easter guests at the Dick and Helen Appel home were Phil Appel, Spokane; Eric, Shannon, Connor, Christopher, Sarah, Kyle and Sidney Appel, Dusty; Neil, Josh, Noemie and Isaac Appel, Dusty; Lisa, Travis, Miriam, Rachel and Emma Frei, Colfax; and Susan and Joe Lynch,...
Dusty Over Easter weekend, Walt Smith and Parker visited Harmon and Jan Smith. One of the nights, Parker stayed with Ty Harder, Hooper. Walt and Parker returned to Park City, Utah, Sunday. Harmon and Jan enjoyed Easter dinner at Hill-Ray with Jan’s mom, Irma Stueckle, and aunt, Shirley Richardson. Later in the afternoon, they visited with Jan’s aunt and uncle, Leona and Harvey Herman in Colfax. Larry and Di Brink hosted Easter lunch at their home for John and Brandy Brink, Pullman; Mike Stine, LaCrosse; and Joan and Lucky Myrick and Rob Myrick,...
Dusty A week ago Tuesday, David and Phyllis Stueckle were in Kennewick to visit an old Navy buddy of David’s. It has been 60 years since the men last saw each other. The Stueckles also attended some of the state basketball tournament games in Spokane. Harmon and Jan Smith met Gina and Jason Morgan and Micah in Spokane and spent Thursday through Sunday enjoying the State B Tournament. Jan’s sister, Dianne, and niece, Karen, joined them for some games Friday. Friday evening dinner guest of Karen Broeckel was her great nephew, Austin Beasley. Now...
Dusty Tony and Denise Kendall, Tacoma, spent the last part of her winter break from teaching in the University Place District at the home of her father, Oscar Broeckel, and her twin sister’s home, Doreen and Tom Riedner, in Genesee. The Kendalls arrived at her father’s Thursday evening and spent Friday night at the Riedners. Saturday, the women celebrated their joint birthday. Oscar Broeckel, the Kendalls and Karen Broeckel had dinner in Pullman to celebrate the birthday. The Kendalls returned to their home Sunday. Saturday, Larry and Di Bri...
Dusty Steve and Becky Camp attended the Harvesting Clean Energy Conference for the western states this month. Their organization, C Farms Energy, received an award as the Innovator of the Year for the state of Washington for their biodiesel project. They also both picked up the flu while they were in Oregon. News has been received of the death last week of Tony Balsa of San Jose, Calif. He was the husband of Dusty native Helen Scheideman Balsa. They had four children, one of whom preceded him in death. Services will be held at a later date....
Dusty David and Phyllis Stueckle spent last Monday through Thursday in Puyallup and Olympia. They stayed with Reuben and Judy Stueckle, and visited with Norm and Barbara Aune in Puyallup. David attended the Farm Bureau Legislative Days in Olympia. Linda Hennigar spent Thursday through Saturday at the home of her daughter Tami and Jay Banks in Kennewick. Linda was the piano accompanist for her grandson Wesley Bank’s trumpet solo at a music competition in Pasco. She went a few days early so they could practice together. Wesley was also a m...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager flew to Moses Lake for a pilot safety seminar on Saturday. This is an annual event sponsored by Washington Flying Farmers, Big Bend College and the FAA. This seminar provides the pilot with the FAA requirements for the written biennial review. To complete the biennial review, the instructor must fly with the pilot and sign the logbook. While the seminar was being held at the Grant County Airport, a Delta Airline plane with 108 people aboard had to make an emergency landing. The airliner was traveling from JFK New...
Dusty Wes and Jen Claassen spent four days in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, celebrating their 40th birthdays and 17th wedding anniversary in mid-January. It was their first vacation in three years by themselves; no kidlets. After the Mexico trip, Jen went to Branson, Mo., from Jan. 17 through the 23 to spend time with her parents. Her father is having radiation treatments for reoccuring cancer. Her sister from Indiana and brother from Kansas City arrived in Branson to help their mother celebrate her birthday on the 20th. Steve and Dianne Appel went...
Dusty Country Bible Church will hold its annual meeting next Sunday, Jan. 27, after morning worship services which start at 11 a.m. There will be an update on the search for a new pastor. Everyone is welcome. Blake and Carmen Heaton’s grandson Jeronimo shows a yearling bull in Mexico. Last Saturday, Larry and Di Brink went to Kennewick to the home of their son’s family, Kevin and Amber Brink and Ashley, Kloey, Ellie and Nick, to help Nick celebrate his first birthday. Sunday, they were dinner guests of Carol and Don Keeney in LaCrosse. The Keen...
Dusty Wednesday, Jan 9, nine members of the Dusty B.B. Club, and two guests, Alice and Margaret Mackleit, met in the parish hall at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in LaCrosse to make baby blankets for the free maternity clinic at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Seventy blankets were produced that day plus Dianne Appel had seven she had made earlier. The next meeting will be February 13th. The program will be “Our Wedding Photo Books.” Ed and Joan Broeckel were in Seattle this weekend to visit their daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Antho...
Dusty Pastor Dennis and Marion Bay of Seattle were in the area this past weekend. Pastor Bay helped officiate at the funeral services of Lena Cox on Saturday. Guests at the home of Dick and Helen Appel for Christmas were Joe and Sue Lynch and Caroline and Rob Kunkel, Zack, Kade, Elly and Lucien, Pullman; Lisa and Travis Frei, Miriam, Rachel and Emma, Palouse; Neil Appel and Josh, Noemi, and Isaac, LaCrosse; Eric and Shannon Appel, Connor, Christopher, Sarah, Kyle and Sidney, Colfax; Phil Appel, Spokane; Sabrina Appel, Salem; Steve and Dianne...
Dusty Country Bible Church will hold a short meeting following morning worship services Sunday, Jan. 6, to hear a sharing of ideas from the Pastor Seeking Committee. The committee is searching for a replacement after Pastor Floyd Overstreet retired from the church’s pulpit. Jeannette Solimine, Colfax, will be guest speaker that morning. Dinner guests at the home of Art and Colene Sager this past Sunday, were Ray and Twyla Fried, Liberty Lake. They had been guest speakers at the Country Bible Church’s worship services that morning. Linda Hen...
