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Lostine Tavern hosts end-of-year bash
By Bill Bradshaw
EO Media Group
LOSTINE — The Lostine Tavern
is planning a New Year’s Eve bash
at the historic Wallowa County
hangout.
The party begins at 7 p.m. A
cover charge of $15 includes food,
the band and a champagne toast.
The “LT,” as owner Peter Ferre
and many others call it, holds a
special place in the hearts and
minds of locals, especially to Justin
and Grace Zollman Hay, who met
there at a New Year’s Eve party in
2016.
“That’s where I met my future
husband,” Grace recalled.
She said Justin was playing with
the band Good Question that night.
“We just happened to sit at
the same table. We had mutual
friends,” she said. “We started talk-
A New Year’s Eve party will be held at the Lostine Tavern. The historic
building and longtime hangout is now open for special events.
ing. The rest is history.”
Part of that history is they
married May 26 this year, bought
a cabin up the Lostine Canyon
and are expecting their fi rst child
in March. When they met, Justin
was attending the Oregon State
Police Academy. He now works for
Ferre said at this year’s party
there will be dancing to the tunes
of Casey Kiser and the Jakewalk
Saints, a trio of three young local
men.
“They’re really passionate about
their music,” he said.
Two members of the group are
moving to Nashville to pursue
careers in music, so this may be the
last time for awhile that locals will
be able to hear them.
“But I hope not,” Ferre added.
Next week’s bash will be LT’s
second-annual New Year’s Eve
Formal. The defi nition of “formal” is
loose, though. According to a press
release, formal attire may be thrifty
or funny.
Proceeds from the event will be
donated to the Sanctuary Studio, a
not-for-profi t yoga/meditation and
wellness center.
Ferre operated the tavern until
late summer 2016, when it was
remodeled and transitioned to a
special event venue. He said the
LT has been hosting about a dozen
such occasions a year.
“We have parties, weddings, an-
niversaries, and we’ve even had a
funeral there,” he said.
The LT is located at 125 High-
way 82. To book the tavern for a
special event, call Ferre at 1-615-
429-0502.
the OSP out of La Grande, but his
patrol area brings him home to
Wallowa County.
Grace’s pregnancy doesn’t neces-
sarily mean they won’t show up
again this year.
“We may make an appearance,”
she said.
The LT is in a historic building
that fi rst served as a pharmacy
and a doctor’s offi ce in 1902. It
later housed a soda fountain. By
the 1940s, it was a tavern and local
hangout. Since then, according to
Ferre, it has also housed the fi rst
farm-to-table eating establishment
in Eastern Oregon.
“The LT is a pretty special place,”
Grace said. “Peter’s done a really
good job of remodeling.”
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