Families get together for harvest, reunions

Dick and Helen Appel’s granddaughter, Beth Lohmeyer and her daughters, Kristen and Rebecca, visited the Appels for four days a couple of weeks ago so the girls could experience the farm and harvest as their mother had as a child. They live near Poulsbo and do not see combines.

Anna, Chad, Iris and Owen Assareh spent a week helping with the Vogler harvest. Anna drove truck; Iris and Owen greased. The family picked peaches and packed harvest lunches. Iris would like to thank whoever was kind enough to find her shoe on Little Alkali Road and place it on the barn fence.

The family of Bob and Marie...