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October 28, 2015
Wallowa County Chieftain
Fitness center coming to old Sterling Bank site
kept telling us ‘you’ve got to
make a gym,’ and you’ve got
to do what your passion is.
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when she was looking for a ey with a gym, but it’s what
personal trainer to help her get we love.”
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after giving birth to her son ness, the Horvaths’ new gym,
Kragon.
is being developed in the old
Franz Horvath, who was Sterling Bank building on SW
working for Wallowa Memo- First Street in Enterprise. An
rial Hospital at the time, was investment group purchased
exactly what she needed — the property at auction ear-
a graduate-degree physical lier this year. The Horvaths
therapist with a home gym so are now leasing that property
enviable that football players with a plan to buy it.
from high school teams all
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over the county came to work bank vault within the build-
out in his garage in Joseph.
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Yoga and Zumba classes also
The Horvaths now have will be offered. The vault it-
been married for two years. self is being transformed into
They live in Enterprise and a bouldering room for climb-
are making their dreams come ers.
true. And a big dream they
A gated children’s play
had in common — creating area with a television for kids’
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Wallowa County — is within structed. No child care will
about a month of being a re- be offered, so parents will
ality.
have to supervise their own
“We’ve been serious- children. But kids will have a
ly talking about it for three safe place to exercise just like
years,” said Noelle. “People Mommy and Daddy.
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
with gym chains who say
that they’ve been looking at
Wallowa County as a place
to come for events for a long
time,” Noelle said. “We’re
already forming a group for
Spartan Racing, Color Runs,
Tuff Mudder mud runs. ...
We’ll also want to do a yoga
camp — a few days to a week
in nature.”
Many of the Horvaths’
plans are a few years down the
road and include conversion
of the huge parking lot behind
the gym into an “American
Ninja”-style outdoor space
— a jungle gym for big kids,
Franz says.
For now, you can get on
a preliminary list for a mem-
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
bership. “People are begging
Noelle and Franz Horvath of Enterprise stand by the namesake of their new fitness business, to sign up,” said Noelle. “We
The Vault Health & Fitness – the vault in the old Sterling Bank, which will become the should be able to take sign-
bouldering room.
ups by the end of November.”
The Vault will not be in
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as many local businesses as ber, but a website will be up
soon under the name The
another bathroom will be
The gym will carry exer- possible,” Noelle said.
available downstairs. The cise supplements, nutritional
Businesses from as far Vault Health and Fitness LLC
bathrooms have mirrors suit- supplements, protein powders away as Portland also are and in the meantime you can
able for putting on your make- and bars, soaps from Wild looking at The Vault as a stag- email Noelle at riseandrisea-
up and styling your hair be- Carrot of Enterprise, items ing area for other events in the gain247@gmail.com.
A grand opening will be
fore work.
from Ruby Peak Naturals of county.
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Silver Lake Bistro moves, expands
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Silver Lake Bistro in Joseph
has pulled up stakes and moved
down the street to 19 S. Main
St., the former location of Local
Loaf. Proprietors and engaged
couple Ryan Cook and Saman-
tha Weaver are excited about the
move and the new opportunities
to expand their business. The
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“Today, we’re cleaning up
and trying some new recipes.”
Cook said. “We’re making
a Black Bean Kimchi Pizza,
which should be interesting.”
Cook said the bistro will
offer some pizzas with non-tra-
ditional ingredients because he
wants to offer his customers
the type of pizzas they can’t get
anywhere else, including honey
and brown sugar crusts, smoked
salmon and white chardonnay
cream sauce.
Cook said the experience of
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a clearer vision of what they’d
like to do, and about what the
community wants. “We learned
we can do our unique recipes
and the community likes them.
You’d be amazed at how much
kimchi we sold. Some people
told us we were crazy to offer
it.”
What the bistro wants to of-
fer is good-quality restaurant
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Sammy Weaver, left, and Ryan Cook of Silver Lake Bistro
stand in front of the counter at their new spot at 19 S. Main
St. in Joseph.
fare at a reasonable price.
“You’re not going to spend
$25 to $30 a plate here,” Cook
said. “Most our pizzas will be
relatively cheap, $11 to $13,
give or take on the toppings.
And we’ll have dinner specials,
but those won’t be that expen-
sive either, because we make
everything from scratch.” He
added that the bistro is concen-
trating on sandwiches and pizza,
along with skillet dishes for din-
ner hours.
The new bistro offers some
differences from its previous in-
carnation.
“Atmosphere and dinners,
for starters,” Weaver said. “Also
we’re not doing ice cream/soda
shop or espresso drinks any
more -- it just isn’t us.”
Cook said the new location is
more their style, particularly the
wood decor and rustic feel. The
couple expanded and opened the
kitchen space and built a small
bar for their new bistro.
Beer and wine will make
their appearance on the menu,
once it is cleared with the Ore-
gon Liquor Control Commis-
sion. “We’re starting with four
taps, and we’ll have refrigerator
for bottled beer,” Cook said.
“We’ll offer wine as well.”
Cook said the bistro kitchen
will be 100 percent “no waste,”
with excess vegetables going
into soup stock, meal refuse to
local hog farmers and oven ash-
es going to local produce grow-
ers. “We pride ourselves on very
little going to the trash.”
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