Hunters bring oysters

Dick and Helen Appel hosted an oyster fry Friday, thanks to some Seattle area hunters. Those attending were Jim Appel, Yakima; Dave and Alice Appel, Colfax; Lisa and Travis Frei and Miriam, Rachel, Emma and Colette, Colfax; Eric and Shannon Appel, Dusty, and Neil and Liz Appel and Josh, Noemi, Isaac, John Paul, Grace and Michael, Dusty.

Dinner guests at the home of Karen Broeckel Thursday evening were Jeanette Nolan, Colfax, and John Allyn Murray, a cousin from Bellingham who was in the area hunting, using the Brian and Angela Broeckel home as his base. Murray also was a dinner guest at the home of another cousin, Doreen and Tom Riedner, Sunday. He returned to his Bellingham home Monday without bagging a deer.

Rafe and Tate Carlson, Spokane, spent Saturday night at the home of their grandparents, Kim and Cindy Pitts. The next day, the Pitts took the boys to a cross country cycling event in Potlatch. Rafe and Tate belong to a Spokane cycling club.

Karen Broeckel attended two birthday parties in Spokane this weekend. Saturday, she was at the home of her niece, Jamie and Bobby Halbig, for nine-year-old great-niece Evie’s birthday celebration. Sunday, she attended great-great-nephew Holden’s seventh birthday party at the home of his parents, Emily and Andrew Nolan. Other locals who were in attendance included grandparents, Greg and Gwen Nolan, and aunt and cousin, Jamie and John Kinley, all of Colfax.