High winds and sudden rains impeded harvest efforts this week. We got 4/10 of an inch on Tuesday, in time for buses to go on muddy roads for their first day of school. The temps were in the 90s. Wednesday, Aug. 21, the schools began with a good enrollment, 42 students in Lustre Grade School and 36 in Lustre Christian High School. I doubt that many of the grade school students were too excited to

Dominik Ahneman-Wolff, son of Nick Ahneman and Jami Wolff, and Julianne Gillies, daughter of Kenneth Gillies and Sherri Morales, have announced their upcoming nuptials. An October wedding is planned.

Round-robin contestants visit while waiting the judges’ final decisions at the Roosevelt County Fair. (Photo by Bill Vander Weele)

Marva Chapman (left to right) and bandmates Robert Black Dog, Christina Rose Parker, Lane Dehner and Bobby Hopkins performed at a carnival hosted in Poplar by the Tribal Elves and the James E. Shanley Tribal Library Aug. 10. (Photo by James Walling)