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Friday evening, Jason Nolan was honored on his birthday with a family dinner at Sol Vallarta restaurant in Colfax. Those present included his parents Greg and Gwen Nolan, grandparents Mark and Carol Rubin, grandmother Jeanette Nolan and great-aunt Karen Broeckel. Rites for June Sather Broeckel will be June 15. Burial will at the Dusty Cemetery at 1 p.m. followed by a memorial service at Selbu Lutheran Church at 2 p.m. Grandsons Rafe and Tate were weekend guests of Kim and Cindy Pitts. They arrived from their home in Spokane and returned on...
Homestead Ministries had a multi-church event making 3,000 soup ingredient bags in a record time of two-and-a-half hours last week. The soup bags are going to local food banks and food banks in central Washington state, as well as 1,500 to Zimbabwe via Texas. Organizers were grateful to all those who came and participated. Art and Colene Sager joined friends from Washington Flying Farmers in Harrington on Saturday and enjoyed a car show. There were two long blocks of quality cars, parked on both sides of the street. After car browsing and...
A work day has been scheduled at the Dusty Cemetery beginning at 7:30 a.m. Monday, May 20. Please bring weed eaters, shovels, rakes, etc. At Dusty B.B. Club's annual guest luncheon May 8 in the Jones Schoolhouse at the Palouse Empire Fairground, Keith and Julie Niehenke and sons Rye and Cash provided the musical entertainment. The luncheon was catered by Fonk’s and the dessert was made by Liz Appel. Meetings will resume in October. Dick and Helen Appel flew to Portland to see their grandson, Scott Stavig, graduate from W.S.U. Vancouver. While t...
Tick infestation has been so high along the Alkali Flat creeks that cattle health has been affected. Many of the ranchers have been treating their herds with a dip that helps alleviate the problem. This is an unusually high infestation due to spring conditions. Easter dinner guests at the home of Helen and Dick Appel were Kate Wollstein, Moscow; Phil Appel, Cheney; Caroline and Rob Kunkel, Kade, Elly and Luciene, Pullman; Neil and Liz Appel, Josh, Naomi Isaac, John Paul, Grace and Michael, Dusty; and Lisa and Travis Frei, Miriam, Rachel, Emma...
A large number of Dusty area residents attended the public hearing for the McCoy permit request for a grain storage facility immediately across Highway 26 from Dusty on Thursday evening of last week. It was at the public service building in Colfax. The ruling will be given in approximately 10 days from the date of the hearing, April 28. Linda Hennigar spent Easter at the home of her daughter’s family, Tami, Jay and Wesley Banks, in Kennewick. Joining them for Easter dinner was Jay’s brother, Greg, also of Kennewick. Hennigar returned home the...
Friday, Kim and Cindy Pitts traveled to Boise to spend Easter weekend with daughter and family, Jen, Ryan, Kellen, Becket and Willa. The Pitts came back home Sunday. Di and Larry Brink; John, Brandi and daughters Myla and Lexi Brink, Dusty, and Tom Phillips from St. John met to attend Sunday Easter worship services together. Afterwards, Tom joined Di and Larry for dinner. Lucky and Joan Myrick came to the Brink home for dessert later in the day. Mark and Kathy Vogler had an Easter surprise. Ava Jean Vogler was born on Easter morning to Henry...
This weekend, the mini-reunion of women of the LaCrosse High School class of 1979 was at The Parsonage Bed and Breakfast. This is the 20th year they have held this spring event. Participating were Doreen Broeckel Riedner, Dusty; Denise Broeckel Kendall, Tacoma; Sheri Shaffer Hatley, Oakesdale; Paula Morris Meyer, Colfax; Kristal Krom Kirpes, Colton; Karen Stueckle Light, Portland: and Michelle Gamble Ownbey, Moscow. Sheri’s mother, Darlene Shaffer of LaCrosse, joined them for breakfast Sunday morning and the entire group then attended w...
Micah Morgan, Yakima, spent most of his spring break at Dusty with Harm and Jan Smith. He earned money helping and had fun four-wheeling and checking new calves. Barb and Bruce Wollstein made a second visit to her parents, Dick and Helen Appel. Bruce had more meetings at WSU, and Barb helped her mother in the yard. Joining them for the weekend were Kate Wollstein and her friend, Drew. Also staying at the Appel’s during spring break were Bruce Appel and his son, Charlie. They were working on a car at Eric Appel’s shop. Tom and Doreen Rie...
Jon and Li Ochs, Dan Moore, Connie Young and Vicki Broeckel were among Dusty area residents attending the program at The Center in the Colfax Library on Thursday evening. Richard Scheuerman presented “Harvest Heritage,” a lecture on “The Story of Humanity in Farm Paintings.” The Libey Gallery hosted the display of 12 originals, first editions and reprints depicting harvest and grain scenes from the 16th century to the present. Additional artwork and artifacts were added for the presentation. The display was up from March 9 through 28. David S...
The Home Ministries crew Friday went to Spokane Valley to Valley Christian School to make 3300 bags of soup. They were assisted by the students from grades five through eight. Making the trip were Tom and Doreen Riedner, Bob and Norma Schultz, Chuck and Sharon Lyman, Lona Criswell, Brian and Debbie Largent, Sally Morris, Diane Monson, Audrey Largent, and Grant and Angie Collins (Spokane). The soups are destined for the less fortunate Spokane area residents. Word has been received by the Jones family of the death of Helen (Regis) Jones Crock,...
Karen Broeckel was in the Tacoma area last weekend to attend the memorial services Saturday at Spanaway Lutheran Church for her sister-in-law, June Sather Broeckel, who died Feb. 8, 2019, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Al Broeckel; her daughter, Janet (Vince) Trantolo; grandsons, Landry and Brady of New York; son, John (Camille) of Jacksonville, Ore.; daughter, JoAnn (Brian) Elrod; grandchildren Lauren and Aiden of Bellevue, plus numerous nieces and nephews, friends and relatives, many who l...
Mark and Kathy Vogler listened to Wylie Gustafson sing at Pasco First Lutheran Church Feb. 24 for a cowboy church service. They were able to catch up over pie and coffee following the service. Wylie was headed back to his home in Montana after performing with the Yakima Symphony Saturday night. Bruce and Barb Wollstein, Lacey, spent the weekend of Feb. 23 with her parents, Dick and Helen Appel. They were here to interview candidates for a scholarship they sponsor in the engineering department. Helen and Barb attended the Lionel Hampton Jazz...
Country Bible Church has scheduled its annual meeting Sunday, March 3, at the church after morning worship services. A soup lunch will be served. The meeting had been scheduled for an earlier date, but was postponed due to the snow. Weekend guests at the home of Larry and Di Brink were Kevin and Amber Brink, Kloey, Ellie and Nick from Omak. They arrived Friday and returned to their home Sunday. Saturday, an early dinner also included Mike Stine of LaCrosse, Tom from St. John and John, Brandi, Myla and Lexi from Dusty. In the evening, the guys...
Mark and Kathy Vogler returned from eight days on Maui, snorkeling, swimming, going to luaus and spending time with their son and his family. Two-and-a-half-year-old grandson, Sam Vogler, was taught the finer points of whale watching from the lanai by grandma and grandpa. This was the perfect time of year to watch humpback whales as they return from Alaska to calve in the calm waters off Maui. Leaving 79 degree sunshine and returning to 9 degree snow and ice was rough. News has been received of the passing of Whitman County native June Sather...
Greg and Connie Young have welcomed a grandson into their family. William Cody Cox, to be called Cody, was born to Ben and Andrea Cox, Richland, at 1:28 Friday, Feb. 1, at seven pounds, five ounces. He joins sisters Camille, six, and Claire, four. Mother and baby are both doing fine. Jim Appel and his father-in-law, Bill Fairgrieve, spent Friday and Saturday with Dick and Helen Appel. Jim lives in Yakima and Bill in Oak Harbor. They were here to butcher two lambs. Dale and Vicki Broeckel and Gary and Diane Monson were in Richland on Thursday...
The Dusty BB Club's next meeting will be Saturday, Feb. 23. For those who reserved tickets with Diane Monson, the group will meet at the Breakfast Club in Moscow at 11 a.m. for brunch and then will attend the Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho. David Stueckle treated Dale and Vicki Broeckel to dinner at the Old European restaurant in Pullman Sunday. Rob Myrick visited with his eight-year-old grandson, Broden, Sunday at the home of Broden's great-grandparents, Lucky and Joan Myrick. Linda Hennigar attended the funeral service for her aunt,...
A week ago Wednesday, Jan. 16, eight members of the Dusty B.B. Club met in the parish hall of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in LaCrosse, where they spent the day making approximately 30 baby blankets for the free maternity clinic at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Diane Monson made two soups to serve for lunch, Terri Guenthner provided bread and Karen Broeckel brought dessert. Plans are being arranged for next month’s meeting. Members will be notified via e-mail when the plans are finalized....
Gary and Diane Monson hosted an extended family gathering of the Buri side of the family Dec. 22. It had been five years since the last get-together. There were 41 people in attendance. The Monsons had a smaller gathering of immediate family; Gary and Diane, their sons, spouses and grandchildren and Diane’s mother Lucille Willson, on Christmas Day. Amanda and Erik Carlson and sons Tate and Rafe of Spokane spent last weekend at the home of her parents, Kim and Cindy Pitts, for a late Christmas celebration. Art and Colene Sager, Doreen R...
Bryan Jones, Dusty; Warren and Julie Jones, Hauser, Idaho, and Emelie Jones and friends T.J. and McKenzie, Spokane, were Christmas Day dinner guests at the home of Fran Jones. Linda Hennigar attended candlelight worship services Christmas Eve at Selbu Lutheran Church. Afterward, she headed to Kennewick to spend Christmas at the home of her daughter and family, Jay, Tami and Wesley Banks. Karen Broeckel joined a family group at the home of Greg and Gwen Nolan in Colfax to celebrate Christmas. Others in attendance included Jason Nolan, Jeanette...
Last week, while Walter Riley was in the mountains rounding up cows and calves, some of the Flying Five and Big Bend rodeo stock were in Las Vegas for the National Rodeo Finals. They had one bull, Beer Barrel, and bucking horses Spring Planting, Huckleberry, Broken Springs, Cool Toddy and Blue Feather, plus two others in both the bareback and saddle bronc events. Recently, Sandy Passmore and Karen Broeckel met with Cheryl Gunselman, Manuscripts Manager from the WSU Holland Library Special Collections, and handed over the Dusty B.B. Club...
Dusty B.B. Club will meet at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church parish hall in Colfax today, Thursday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. to decorate and set up for the Christmas party scheduled for Friday, Dec. 14. Roll call will be to bring a dozen cookies to exchange and a non-breakable ornament for the Christmas tree. The Christmas party will be held in the parish hall Friday at 6 p.m. with a potluck dinner. Members are asked to bring a hot dish and a salad or dessert. Drinks and silverware will be provided. A Christmas program will follow the dinner, c...
Linda Hennigar and Diane Monson of Dusty are members of the Tapestry musical group which will present a program of Christmas music at the following dates, times and locations: The Perkins House in Colfax on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 12:30 p.m.; Hill-Ray Plaza in Colfax on Monday, Dec. 10, at 6:15 p.m.; The Courtyard in Colfax on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 6:30 p.m., and The Atrium in the W.S.U. Library in Pullman on Friday, Dec. 14, at 12:10 p.m. Kim and Cindy Pitts hosted Thanksgiving for family in their home. Daughter Amanda arrived Tuesday prior to...
Thanksgiving guests of Tom and Doreen Riedner were Alberta Riedner, Jeanette Nolan, Patty Wieber, Brett Weber, Matty Forrest, Jamie and Bobby Halbig and Evelyn and Ezra, Denise and Tony Kendall, Pam Beasley, Austin Beasley, Mike Nafziger, Kim and Graham BeDell and Sami BeDell. The Kendalls left Friday morning to beat the traffic heading back to their home in Tacoma. David Stueckle spent from Wednesday through Saturday at the home of his daughter and family, Karen and Larry Light, in Portland. Last Thursday, Kevin, Amber, Ashley, Kloey, Ellie...
B.B. Club met at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in LaCrosse last Wednesday. Plans were made for next month’s Christmas party in the parish hall at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Colfax Friday, Dec. 15. Members will meet in the hall on Thursday at 9 a.m. to decorate for the party and bring a dozen cookies to exchange and an unbreakable ornament for the Christmas tree. The party will begin with dinner at 6 p.m. Bring a hot dish and a salad or dessert. The program will follow. Anyone wishing to perform during the program is asked to please conta...
Visitors on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 3, at the home of Fran Jones were Bryan, Dusty; his daughter, Emelie and her friend T.J., Spokane; Warren and Julie Jones, Hauser, Idaho; David and Silvana Edwards, Seattle, and Li and Jon Ochs, Dusty. Sharon Urtaza, Fran’s niece, helped with the dinner and birthday cake served in honor of Warren's and cousin David’s birthdays. Many friends and relatives attended the funeral mass for Mary Scheideman, former Dusty resident, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Colfax Monday. She and the late Dan Schei...
