Camps host Powered Para Fly-in

Dusty

Steve and Becky Camp hosted their annual Powered Parachute Rally/Fly-In this weekend. There were 32 machines this year. Some participants started showing up last Tuesday. Saturday night was a group potluck which also celebrated Becky’s 50th birthday. With the inclusion of some of Becky’s family, 65 to 70 people attended dinner. The event went through Sunday with a few going out for a last fly on Monday. Participants came from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

Norm and Gloria Erickson spent the weekend on the western side of the state. They visited with Norm’s mother, Carol Erickson, in Lynnwood and Gloria’s sister, Goldie and Al Foss, in Everett.

Karen Broeckel joined some of her former classmates, their spouses and two chaperones on board the Amsterdam, a ship of the Holland line, for a four day cruise last week. The ship left Seattle Monday evening, sailed through Puget Sound and south along the coast of Washington, docked in Astoria, Ore., sailed back up the coast of Washington and docked at Victoria, B.C. It returned to Seattle Friday.

The cruise was part of the celebration of the 50th year since the graduation of the class of 1960 from LaCrosse High School. Other members of the group included chaperones Jeanette Broeckel Nolan, Colfax and Patty Broeckel Wieber, Spokane; classmates and spouses Dennis and Bev Milam Brunson, Richland; Merrill and Gloria Camp, Walla Walla; Dick and Marianne Magee Dunn, West Chester, Pa; Lee and Karen Hemmer, Mansfield; Mike and Diane Huffman, Spokane; Chuck and Donna Knott Pierce, Cheney, and Carmi Cummings Thompson, Mt. Vernon. A great time was had by all.

Descendants of the late John and Elizabeth Krom, long time farmers in the Dusty area, recently gathered in Eugene, Ore., for a celebration for Margaret Bolz’ 90th birthday. All of Margaret’s siblings were able to attend and they included Ruby Brown, Sun City West, Ariz .; Virginia Sanders, Colfax; Joanne and Tom Kimmel, Talent, Ore .; John and Kay Krom, Pullman, and Claudia Marshall, Renton. Many nieces and nephews from as far as Denver, Colo., also gathered for the celebration. One sister, Alma Natwick, died in 2004. The party was hosted by Reamer and Margaret’s sons and their families, Chris Bolz of Eugene and Rob Bolz of Sammamish.

Recently, Nancy and Kenny Calvert, Enumclaw, visited her sister Helen Appel for a few days. They were here in time to help can peaches.

Dick and Helen Appel attended Dick’s 55 year Colfax High School reunion last weekend.

Mark and Kathy Vogler, along with nine friends and family, solved “The Mystery of St. Astier” in late August.

The mystery was purchased at the Whitman Hospital Foundation Auction last January and was arranged by physical therapist Eddy Mayo who arranges these events as a side business.

A murder was committed, each participant was assigned a role and dressed in costume, clues were given and puzzles were solved in order to proceed to the next assignment.

Those participating included Mark Vogler as Charles Winemaker, Wendy Cronrath as Marie Baker, Henry Vogler as Two-buck Jacque, Kathy Vogler as Marguerite, Jolene and Kermit Wigen as Dale and Blanche Cutter, Christopher Clausen as Thomas Floose the postman, Cari Thompson as his daughter Claudette Floose and Eddy Mayo as Inspector Payne Inzebut.

The mystery began with breakfast at the Vogler home and proceeded throughout the region from Dusty, to Colfax and Moscow, culminating at the Old Post Office Restaurant where the mystery was solved and the group enjoyed a good dinner.