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Dusty Dusty Farm Co-op/Four Star Supply will have a one day surplus sale of all the Four Star stores Saturday, June 9, from 8 to 5 in the NACA building located at the Dusty grain elevator. They have taken pallet loads of excess stock from all five locations for this sale. This will be almost all new items including boots, lawn and garden decor, hardware, work clothes and pet supplies. Country Bible Church will be cleaning along Highway 127 Friday, June 8, as part of the “Adopt a Highway” anti-litter program. Volunteers are welcome and sho...
Dusty Blake and Carmen Heaton flew to Phoenix last week to attend the eighth grade graduation of their granddaughter, Miss Blayke, daughter of Christopher and Erika Heaton. Kim and Cindy Pitts spent Memorial Day weekend in Boise with grandchildren Kellen, Becket and Willa and their parents, Jen and Ryan Hammons. They attended grandson Kellen’s kindergarten graduation, complete with mortarboards, Thursday. David and Phyllis Stueckle spent Thursday and Friday in Portland at the home of their daughter’s family, Karen and Larry Light. They att... Full story
Dusty Visitors at the Dick Appel’s for W.S.U. graduation, were Barb and Bruce Wollstein, Lacey, and Beth and David Lohrmeyer, Seattle. Joanne Wollstein graduated in nutrition. Guests for the U. of I. graduation were Bob, Deb and Alyssa Stavig, Hockinson. Jessica Stavig graduated Summa Cum Laude in elementary education and Spanish. Joining them was Jessica’s friend Kyle. Guests at the Appel home for Mother’s Day were Bob, Deb, Alyssa and Jessica Stavig, Hockinson; Kyle; Eric, Shannon, Connor, Christopher, Sarah, Kyle and Sidney Appel, Dusty... Full story
Dusty Gary and Marit Stueckle, Anna Stueckle, Daniel Stueckle and Daniel’s girlfriend, Lauren Armstrong, visited Colfax and Dusty May 5 from their homes in the Seattle area. They enjoyed time visiting and catching up with Gary’s sisters, Goldie Foss and Gloria Erickson in Colfax and also enjoyed a meal provided by Goldie and Al Foss. Anna, Daniel and Lauren took a side trip to the family (Gottlieb Stueckle) farm just south of Dusty. Linda Hennigar was in the Tri-Cities last week to attend grandson Wesley’s school band concert but he becam... Full story
Dusty Last Wednesday, Dusty B.B. Club held their annual guest luncheon in the Jones Schoolhouse at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds. Approximately 40 members and guests attended the event. Fran Jones presented the program on the history of the Jones family. The next meeting of the club will take place in October. A work day has been scheduled at the Dusty Cemetery for 8 a.m. on Monday, May 21. Workers are asked to bring their weed eaters. The annual meeting of the cemetery will follow the work session. Linda Hennigar was in the Tri-Cities last...
Dusty David and Phyllis Stueckle were in Coeur d’Alene Saturday and Sunday. Granddaughter Ashleigh Stueckle, daughter of Doug and Cheryl Stueckle, performed in a concert Saturday evening as a member of the Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra. Linda Hennigar spent from Wednesday to Saturday in the Tri-Cities last week. She attended grandson Wesley’s baseball games on Wednesday and Friday. She also visited with friends Jake Lye and Ron and Linda Hiskey. Kim and Cindy Pitts drove to Renton last Thursday to visit with their daughter Carrie. Durin... Full story
Dusty Blake and Carmen Heaton spent last week in Miami and Key West, Fla. They joined their daughter, Heather, and her sons, Valente, Jeronimo and Xico who were on their spring break from school, visiting son-in-law Jaime Reynoso, a cinematographer. Jaime is in Miami filming the T.V. series “Glades” on A & E. They visited the Mel Fisher Museum, the home of Ernest Hemingway and rode an air boat to view alligators and other wildlife. They were accompanied by their son Christopher and daughter Heather’s friend Michael Owens, who had retur...
Dusty Wes and Jen Claassen and Bo, 15, and Lauren, 12, happily announce they are now a family of seven. Last Thursday, Superior Court Judge Frazier signed the adoption papers for Hunter, 10, Paige, 6, and Ben, 2, to officially be Claassens. Guests at the Dick and Helen Appel home for Easter were Phil Appel, Spokane; Eric and Shannon Appel, Connor, Christopher, Sarah, Kyle and Sidney, Dusty; Caroline and Rob Kunkle, Zack, Kade, Elly and Luciene, Pullman; Neil Appel, Josh, Noemi and Isaac, Dusty; Lisa and Travis Frei, Miriam, Rachel and Emma,...
Dusty Stephanie, Nera, Brogan and Juniette Mitchell, Spokane, spent last Tuesday and Wednesday of their spring break with parents/grandparents, Steve and Dianne Appel. One of the highlights of their visit was seeing a new set of twin Icelandic lambs. Emelie Jones, who has been living with her father Bryan Jones, returned home last week Friday after spending a week with her mother Andree in Hamilton, Mont., while Andree was on her spring break from her teaching position. Last Monday, David and Phyllis Stueckle took a birthday cake to... Full story
Dusty Don and Kay Stinson, Branson, Mo., parents of Jen Claassen, visited Wes, Jen, Bo and Lauren from March 21-29. While they were here, they all celebrated Bo’s 15th birthday and Wes’s 40th. This past weekend, Bo and Lauren were in Seattle with the Onecho Bible Church Youth Group at the “Acquire the Fire” Christian youth conference. Connie Nafziger Hopkins, her children and grandchildren, Spokane; Viv Nafziger, Colfax, and Breanna Bowlin, daughter of Rob and Audrey Nafziger Bowlin, Findlay, Ohio, were in the Dusty area recently to visit a... Full story
Dusty Friday, April 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. Vicki Broeckel will have an opening show of her paintings, “Palouse Reflections”, at Dodson’s Fine Jewelers and Gallery at 516 W. Riverside in Spokane. The show will continue through April. Kim and Cindy Pitts had a house-full of guests this weekend. Children and grandchildren Jen and Ryan Hammons, Kellen, Becket and Willa, Boise; and Amanda and Erik Carlson, Rafe and Tate, Spokane, spent the weekend with them. Sunday, Cindy’s father, Norm Bafus of LaCrosse, joined them for dinner. A week ago last Su...
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club met last Wednesday in the home of hostess Helen Appel. Joyce Appel was co-hostess. Wanda Alderman of Steptoe presented a program on Pysanda eggs, a Ukranian art form of decorating Easter eggs in intricate patterns using beeswax and successive dyes of different colors. The next meeting will be Tuesday, April 10 for a tour of the wind turbines near Pomeroy and Dayton. Husbands and other guests are welcome. Members are asked to call Rita Ackerman by April 6 if bringing guests to tell her how many will attend. People with... Full story
Dusty The Karen Broeckel residence was Sausage Central this past weekend. Twenty-one people gathered to make about 400 pounds of sausage and later to celebrate March birthdays. Participants included Oscar Broeckel, Brian and Angela Broeckel and Graham, Dusty; Cliff and Jeanette Nolan, Greg, Gwen and Jason Nolan, Colfax; Patty Wieber, Andrew Nolan and Khendra Fenstermacher, Spokane; Tom and Doreen Riedner, Genesee; Tony and Denise Kendall, Tacoma; Ken and Pam Beasley, Waitsburg; Austin Beasley, W.S.U., and Zach Beasley, Bremerton. Karen...
Dusty Saturday, Doreen Riedner threw a surprise 50th birthday party for her husband Tom Riedner in the elegant Shoppe de Riedner, Genesee. Approximately 70 guests attended including Tom’s mother, Bert Riedner of Colton, his brothers, many other relatives, friends and neighbors. From this area, Oscar Broeckel and Brian and Angela Broeckel enjoyed the event. Tony and Denise Kendall came from Tacoma. Cliff and Jeanette Nolan and Karen Broeckel were a small group who attended together. Special guest was Ruger Riedner. Reuben and Judy Stueckle, P...
Dusty Valente Reynoso, eldest son of Heathermarie Heaton Reynoso and Jaimie Reynoso of Mexico City and grandson of Blake and Carmen Heaton, won the long jump competition Saturday in an invitational track meet in Mexico City. He was invited to the meet because he is the top athlete at the school he attends, Lancaster School. His younger brother Jeronimo, also participated in the meet as the second best athlete at their school. Jeronimo placed second in the javelin throw. Valente also got the lead role in a short movie to be filmed in March. He’l... Full story
Dusty Recently, Dellene Broeckel Burdsall, San Jose, Calif., spent a week in the area visiting her sister Janice Broeckel Pauls and family and her brother Ed Broeckel and family. Last Sunday, David and Phyllis Stueckle took Phyllis’s sister, Ann Emerson, to Olympia to visit Ann’s daughter, Heidi Jones. The Stueckles left Ann with Heidi and went on to Portland to visit their daughter, Karen and Larry Light. David returned to Olympia later in the week to attend the Farm Bureau Legislative Days. He returned to Portland to pick up Phyllis and the...
Dusty Oscar Broeckel, Karen Broeckel, John and Kay Krom and Greta Stueckle, locals and former locals, were among the many who attended a reception, hosted by Dr. Rob Smith and his staff, honoring Jeanette Nolan’s retirement in the Norma McGregor Room of the Whitman County Library last Friday. Nolan began her dental assistant career in January of 1955. She took some time off to raise her two children, Greg and Pam Nolan Beasley, but worked most of the intervening years until last summer. She worked for the late Wm. F. Tretner, Gordon Ripple a...
Dusty Annual meeting of The Country Bible Church followed worship services Sunday. They have decided to help sponsor the Scott Edinger family which is serving a mission in Rwanda. Scott’s parents, Palmer and Betty Edinger, are members of the congregation. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Edinger have their three children with them. They arrived in Africa the first week in January and are getting settled into their apartment. Kurt and Jill Reddig and children Savannah and Graham, spent Christmas and New Year’s with Jill’s grandparents, Stan and Jan Sneed...
Dusty Di and Larry Brink hosted an early Christmas with family in their home on Friday. Son Tom Phillips of Las Vegas arrived Thursday and stayed until Tuesday. Others who joined them Friday included Kevin, Amber, Ashley, Kloey and Ellie Brink of Kennewick, Lucky, Joan and Rob Myrick of Dusty, and Don and Carol Keeney and Mike Stine of LaCrosse. Don and Gaylene Manning and Sarah, Luke and Hannah, Valleyford, spent Thursday and Friday with her parents, Art and Colene Sager. Friday, they joined Kyle and Ann Sager, Spokane, in celebrating an...
Dusty Larry and Di Brink drove to Pasco Sunday to watch their grandchildren Ashley, Kloey and Ellie Brink perform in the Tower of Pentecost Church’s Christmas program. David and Phyllis Stueckle were in Portland from Thursday to Saturday last week. Their granddaughter Emmaly Light, daughter of Karen and Larry Light, was a participant in the Cleveland High School’s Christmas concert Thursday evening....
Dusty Kathy Atwood of West Los Angeles, her son Kevin and daughter Lucy hosted a celebration of the life of their mother/grandmother, Kathleen Scholz, at the Country Bible Church Saturday afternoon. Approximately 40 people attended the event. Kathleen, who died July 30, asked that she be remembered with a party rather than a memorial service. She would have been 102 Saturday. Steve, Carol and Kurt Moore attended the state volleyball tournament at the SunDome in Yakima. Their daughter Lauren is a member of the Colfax High School team which...
Dusty Guests visit from Twin Falls Steve and Fran Maki hosted Mike and Val Quesnell of Twin Falls, Idaho, friends since their college days, from Thursday to Saturday last week. Friday, they toured the Pataha Flour Mill in Pomeroy. Last Tuesday, David and Phyllis Stueckle and Ann Emerson, LaCrosse, went to Coulee Dam to visit the women’s aunt, Audrey Manning, who had been in ill health. Manning died Friday morning. Funeral services are pending. David and Phyllis Stueckle attended the birthday celebration honoring Harold Sauer at Hill Ray P...
Dusty Ghosties, ghoulies, things that go bump in the night and a couple of unsavory characters invaded Dusty Monday evening. Local opinion is that this was an unusual phenomenon and citizens do not expect a repeat occurrence any time soon. David and Phyllis Stueckle were in Portland from Thursday to Saturday last week at the home of their daughter’s family, Karen and Larry Light. They attended granddaughter Emmaly’s concert at Cleveland High School. Dick and Helen Appel attended the Washington State Sheep Producers Convention in Olympia las... Full story
Dusty Art and Colene Sager flew to Yakima Saturday to join approximately 25 other Flying Farmers for a tour of the Cub Crafters Airplane Factory. The man who started the company gave them a two hour tour of the facility. They employ 110 people at the plant and make all of their own parts. Luncheon speakers were Mike and Tami Bryne who told about their retirement activity of ferrying the Cub Crafters airplanes to Alaska. Bryne grew up in Garfield. After lunch, the group toured the McCalister’s Air Museum. David and Phyllis Stueckle took a w...
Dusty Saturday, the Tapestry Choral group had a farewell dinner at the Gladish Center in Pullman. The group is disbanding due to the loss of their current director and accompanist. Twenty-five present and former members were in attendance. Of the original nine members who started with the group and still belonged, six were able to attend. One former member flew in from Alaska and former director Dale Forey and his wife Lynn, Sammamish, also were able to come to the dinner. Diane Monson and Linda Hennigar, who both started with the group in...
