BUSINESS & AG LIFE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022
WESTON
TRACTORS
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Part of that journey
became a book, “Leap:
Leaving a Job with No
Plan B to Find the Career
and Life You Really
Want.” But Vigeland says
life after public radio
might have been easier if
her work hadn’t been such
a big part of her identity.
“Have something
you love to do outside
of what you do for a
living,” Vigeland says.
“It will help down the
line if you decide to leap
to another career or go
back to school — you
won’t be stuck in just
one idea of who you are
and what you can do.”
feet. It is the third expansion
McLaughlin has added to
the structure to accommo-
date his “really cool stuff ,”
he said. When the time is
right, there will probably be
another addition.
The open house was,
“above average (in atten-
dance). Even with the
price of fuel. I met a lot
of people; down-to-earth
people. People were pretty
impressed,” he said.
The tractors in
McLaughlin’s collection
hail from British Columbia,
Canada; Troy, Idaho; Baker
City, Oregon; and Ellens-
burg, Washington; and
other places in the United
States and Canada. He
said the group of collec-
tors is not large, but it can
be competitive. Collec-
tors may share information
on where to get parts for a
tractor they are restoring,
but not where to get a rare
or unusual tractor they
don’t have in their collec-
tion. That information is
not shared. He does appre-
ciate tips from people if
they know of an antique
tractor that he may be inter-
ested in.
“People need to help
me,” he said.
He has been contacted
My two cents
Most of us can look
back at our younger
selves and see how much
we’ve matured over
time. But somehow we
think our evolution has
stopped. Whether we’re
just starting our careers
or have long since
retired, the so-called
“end of history illusion”
convinces us that we
won’t change much from
the person we are today.
If I’d known about
this psychological quirk,
maybe I would have
worried less about get-
ting it all fi gured out
and making exactly the
right career and money
moves. Who I am and
what I want won’t stay
the same. I’d tell my
younger self that the
important thing is to do
the best I can today, and
let tomorrow take care
of itself.
(Spoiler alert: It all
works out.)
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Liz Weston, Certified Financial
Planner, is a personal finance
columnist for NerdWallet.
Questions may be sent to her
at 3940 Laurel Canyon, No.
238, Studio City, CA 91604, or
by using the “Contact” form at
asklizweston.com.
THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD — B3
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
This 1908 Case steam engine on display at Erl McLaughlin’s Sunrise Iron Museum west of Enterprise on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, required a team of
10 draft horses to move. It was intended to be used to operate various other farm machinery in the fi eld, but did not move itself.
by the producers of the
show, “American Pickers.”
He put them off before,
but says he may encourage
them to see his collection
if they contact him again.
The rarest tractor in
McLaughlin’s collec-
tion is a 1915 10-20 Three
Wheel Case B. It’s the only
tractor in his collection
that he doesn’t operate, due
to its rarity, but it is fully
restored and is operational.
“It’s one of two in exis-
tence. The other is in Har-
risburg, Virginia. The
serial number (located
on a plate on the tractor)
authenticates it,” he
pointed out.
A lot of people may put
out the money required
to purchase an antique
tractor, but few want to
put in the required hours
it takes for the restoration
McLaughlin said.
“(The tractors) just set
out in the elements and
the weeds grow around
it. They (the people) get
it home and there it sits.
They get overwhelmed,”
he said.
There are a lot of hours
required to make a tractor
presentable, he said.
McLaughlin sees the
educational value in his
collection, as a way to
preserve a piece of agri-
cultural heritage. He said
that not that long ago 98%
of the population was
involved in agriculture to
feed 2% of the population.
Now, he said, the numbers
have fl ip-fl opped.
“I just am trying to
provide this stuff a good
home and extend its life,”
he said. “It was used to
raise food to feed (people)
and their neighbors. It’s
important to me.”
RESALE
“A lot of people are still
assessing what their losses
are,” Reth said.
She said she was fortu-
nate in that the shop has no
west-facing windows.
With a new school year
just around the corner, par-
ents also can come in to
get school clothes for their
kids. That comes in handy
for those whose cars were
damage by the hail.
“There are people who
don’t have cars to go to
La Grande to get school
clothes,” Reth said.
A major change at the
Resale Store is that during
the emergency it’s staying
open all week long. Nor-
mally it’s open only
Thursday through Saturday.
“We’re open all week
for anybody who needs
to replace their damaged
things,” Reth said.
“The county needs this,”
said Hilary Miller, one of
the many volunteers helping
stretch the Resale Store’s
hours.
Reth, who has run the
Resale Store for about 10
years, has been doing well
since the COVID-19 pan-
demic, particularly since it
has wound down.
“Last winter, we were so
busy because people needed
to shop coming out of the
pandemic,” she said.
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Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Deborrah Reth, center, owner of the Community Resale Store in
Wallowa, shows a pair of pants to Danika Surber, of Wallowa, as
volunteer Hilary Miller watches Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. The store
has expanded its hours and days of service to help meet the needs
of Wallowans in the wake of the Aug. 11 hail and windstorm that
pummeled the area.
and other furniture.
Mayor Gary Hulse has
recommended that residents
replace such furniture rather
than trying to excise the
glass and continue to use it.
Although the Resale
Store doesn’t have beds —
there’s just not room — it
does have bedding and pil-
lows. It also can serve as
a clearinghouse for people
who have such items to
donate. They can call the
shop, and Reth or one of the
volunteers can help match
up donor and recipient.
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