Lustre News
Beacon Bible Camp clean up May 31 signals the beginning of the Bible camp season. Students are looking forward to the time when it’s their turn to go. The Teen Camp begins on June 8 for those incoming grades 10-12, with Seth Runner as camp director. Junior Bible Camp begins Father’s Day, June 15, for incoming fourth- through sixth-graders with Dawson Olfert as camp director. The annual meeting is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. that afternoon. A Father’s Day picnic will be after the annual meeting. Junior High Bible Camp starts June 22 for those going into grades seven through nine and will be directed by Justin Skillman. All camps go from Sunday to Friday. The camp website is www.beaconbiblecamp. org at which campers can register to attend.
So far, $19,435 has been raised by 102 folks donating to the “Help Merle & Connie Rebuild After Fire” GoFundMe. The fund was set up by their children, Marshall Mullet, Winston Mullet and Merilee Murphy. Merle and Connie Mullet were LCHS dorm parents for several years around 2003-2008 and had returned to farming at Bloomfield.
About 1 a.m. May 5, the couple woke up to the sound of their smoke alarm. A fan was in the window and they didn’t smell anything but, when they opened their bedroom door, they were met with suffocating amounts of smoke. They fought their way downstairs, blinded by the smoke and battling the heat. They were able to get out of the house with nothing but the clothes on their back. They made it to a neighbors’ home to call 911.
The house is completely gone, leveled to the foundation. The house was built by Merle’s grandparents who homesteaded in the early 1900s. It was filled with irreplaceable heirlooms and memories.
The GoFundMe will be used to help buy necessities and help them recover. Max and Merilee Murphy came from Portland, Ore., to help the family clean and said their folks are living in an RV until they can rebuild.
