Sagers host flying farmers

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 welcome improvements since the Washington Flying Farmers visited Colfax several years ago.

Former Dusty native, Margaret Krom Bolz, died in Eugene, Ore., last week. Margaret was born in 1920 at Dusty to John and Elizabeth Krom and graduated from LaCrosse High School in 1938. Burial will be at the Dusty Cemetery at 10:30 on Saturday, March 22, with a service at approximately 11:15 at the Country Bible Church conducted by her sons Chris and Robin. She was preceded in death by her husband Reamer in 2011, her parents, an infant brother and her sister Alma. She is survived by her two sons, sisters Ruby, Virginia, Joanne, Claudia and brother John plus many other relatives and friends.

Amanda and Erik Carlson and Tate and Rafe, Spokane, spent this past weekend on the farm with her parents, Kim and Cindy Pitts. The weekend before, Kim and Cindy went to Boise to visit another daughter’s family for the weekend, Jen and Ryan Hammons and Kellen, Becket and Willa.

Recently, David and Phyllis Stueckle spent a day in Walla Walla visiting the widow of one of David’s former navy buddies. The Stueckles treated her to lunch. Last weekend, they went to Portland to see their granddaughter Emmaly Light perform as one of the Salvation Army members in Cleveland High School’s performance of “Guys and Dolls”.

Karen Broeckel spent a week in Spokane house and critter sitting for her sister Patty Wieber while Wieber and her son Brett followed the Gonzaga Bulldogs to the WCC Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas. While in the big city, Broeckel met former neighbor Carol Kyllo for lunch on Thursday, her aunt Letty Spencer for breakfast on Saturday and went to dinner with friend Matty Forrest on Monday. She also attended the Arts and Crafts Fair at the Spokane Fairgrounds on Friday and did some shopping the rest of the week.