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Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Earth Day Oregon partners with Eastern Oregon
By ALEX WITTWER
EO Media Group
JOSEPH — Easter n
Oregon is joining in Earth
Day Oregon for the fi rst time.
Wallowa Land Trust
joined the nonprofi t coalition
this year, and has partnered
up with Terminal Gravity
Brewing, Moonlight Graph-
ics and Wild Carrot Herb-
als. As well as, Greater Hells
Canyon Council and Farmers
Ending Hunger — which has
several participating farms in
Hermiston and Echo — have
joined Earth Day Oregon for
this year’s campaign.
“Oregon Earth Day came
about more to celebrate the
work that’s being done specif-
ically in our state that’s help-
ing to conserve our lands and
care for a planet,” said Sarah
Kleinhanzl, communica-
tions and outreach coordina-
tor for Wallowa Land Trust.
“As Wallowa Land Trust, our
mission is to conserve and
promote healthy landscapes
here in Wallowa County, and
so those missions obviously
interlock pretty well.”
One of the ways Wallowa
Land Trust is raising funds is
through an in-person fund-
raising event on Friday,
April 22.
“We haven’t had any
in-person fundraisers for a
couple of years because of
COVID-19, so we’re really
Kleinhanzl
Stevens
excited about it,“ Kleinhanzl
said.
The f undraiser will
include silent auctions for
local art, live music, drinks,
food and beer donated by
Terminal Gravity Brewing.
Kleinhanzl said it would be
“a chance to reconnect with
our community and raise the
money for our conservation
work.”
“We’re really grateful for
the local support,” she said.
“The three partners that we
partnered with have been
really supportive throughout
the years, and we’re really
glad that they joined us.”
The land trust does not
have specifi c projects for the
fundraiser, but money raised
will be used to help main-
tain ongoing operations and
contracts with local land-
owners for their continuing
involvement with Wallowa
Land Trust.
Ear th Day Oregon,
founded in 2019, is a revi-
talization of previous eff orts
to localize Earth Day in the
state, according to Kelly
Stevens, executive director.
Alex Wittwer/EO Media Group, File
Evening light sets over Crow Creek Road, Wallowa County, on the road from Zumwalt Prairie
on May 23, 2021. Two Eastern Oregon nonprofi ts have joined Earth Day Oregon, including
Greater Hells Canyon Council and Wallowa Land Trust. Earth Day Oregon is April 22, 2022,
and includes a fundraiser by Wallowa Land Trust at the Wallowa County Chamber of Com-
merce offi ce in Enterprise.
The fi rst Earth Day was held
on April 22, 1970, and it has
become a global event cele-
brated across dozens of coun-
tries.
“It’s not the first time
Earth Day has happened in
Oregon, certainly,” she said,
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“but I would say that we
really see an opportunity to
make it a day, make it a time
for bringing the state together
and to have a really inclusive
version of Earth Day.”
Earth Day Oregon has
a variety of nonprofi t orga-
Sushi comes to Wallowa County
By BILL BRADSHAW
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JOSEPH — Those who
enjoyed sushi off ered at the
Historic Depot in Joseph on
New Year’s Eve can relish
in it on a regular basis, now
that the Dining Car will off er
it fi ve days a week.
“That was just a trial run,”
Dining Car co-owner Adam
Roseberry said. “This is an
ongoing thing.”
He and partner Jenny
Augst off er a variety of sushi
— mostly rolls — Thurs-
day through Monday from
3-9 p.m. They also cater
parties, they said.
He said they did a “soft
start” early this month.
“We got our fi nal health
inspection a month ago and
have been slowly building
momentum since then,” he
said.
He said most of the infor-
mation on the Dining Car is
available on their Facebook
page.
Many of the sushi orders
reflect a Wallowa County
touch.
One they call the Wallowa
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Roll consists of deep-fried
shrimp, avocado, salmon
and their special miso ginger
sauce. They take a torch to
the top to lightly sear the
salmon and caramelize the
sauce. Another is called
the “Big Wally,” named for
the legendary monster of
Wallowa Lake.
They were created just to
serve at the Dining Car.
“We try to give every-
thing cool, local names,”
Roseberry said. “The Big
Wally’s named after the
monster in the lake, and
things like that.”
While Roseberry does all
the sushi and Augst handles
the customers, their busi-
ness is mostly take-out for
now but eventually will have
indoor dining. They also
will be taking some time off
in a few weeks, as Augst is
preparing to give birth.
“He wants to have time to
bond with the baby,” she said
of Roseberry.
In fact, the baby was what
prompted the couple to move
here.
“We needed a change of
venue and wanted to have our
baby around family and be
around family when the baby
came,” Roseberry said. “We
didn’t have much family left
where we were living in Cali-
fornia. That didn’t bother us
when it was just us, but with
the coming of the baby, we
wanted to be around family.”
Roseberry’s mother is
Leita Barlow, owner of the
Depot. His sister Amy works
with their mother and another
sister, Autumn and her
fi ance, Daniel Zieman, oper-
ate Z’s BBQ on the premises.
“We visited Leita once a
few years ago and fell in love
with the beauty of the area,”
Augst said. “She was always
encouraging us to come join
the Depot and do our thing
with sushi. We found out we
were pregnant and didn’t like
where we were living and
didn’t want to raise a child
there.”
They moved here in
November.
“We saw an opportu-
nity. We came out in Octo-
ber to feel it out,” Augst
said. “We took a leap of faith
and tried it and so far, we’re
100% happy.”
IN BRIEF
NATIONAL EXTREMES
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
nization partners — rang-
ing from land trusts to food
bank donations. A majority
of those organizations are in
the Portland metro area, but
Stevens has been focusing
on expanding the campaign
to include more r ural
communities and nonprofi ts.
“When people look at
our website, when they see
who our partners are, they’re
going to see opportunities
with conservation nonprof-
its, including two in East-
ern Oregon,” she said. “And
they’ll also see groups that
are working to end poverty,
spur local economies and
reduce inequality. And then,
also, preserve our forests
and our oceans and things
like that. What we’re really
excited about at Earth Day
Oregon is this more holistic
view of what we can all do
together every April.”
Stevens said the campaign
has doubled the number of
nonprofits outside of the
Portland metro area that
had allied with Earth Day
Oregon. Roughly one-third of
the nonprofi ts are from areas
outside Portland, she said.
“As Oregonians, we’ve got
a pretty good-sized state, but
no matter where we live, we
all care about the beauty of
this state and our communi-
ties,” she said. “By support-
ing the nonprofi t partners and
the many business partners in
Eastern Oregon, people are
ensuring that Eastern Oregon
stays beautiful and those
ecosystems are healthy and
people are able to still work
those rural lands, and have
vibrant local ecosystems and
vibrant local economies.”
Studded tires required to be
removed by end of March
LA GRANDE — With spring in the air,
Oregon drivers will need to remove their
studded tires.
The Oregon Department of Transportation
announced drivers in the state must take off
their studded tires by Thursday, March 31.
According to a press release from ODOT
on March 22, drivers are encouraged to
remove the studded tires as soon as they can
before the deadline. Drivers who leave their
studded tires on past the March 31 deadline
are subject to Class C traffi c violations by law
enforcement.
In the case of inclement weather, ODOT
maintenance crews will continue to moni-
tor highway conditions and weather forecasts
moving forward.
According to ODOT, studded tires cause
roughly $8.5 million in damage to highways
every year. The department recommends
other types of traction tires and newer chains
to limit roadway damage.
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CORRECTION: The article “Pendleton company gets fed help with power storage
studies” in the Tuesday, March 23, edition of the East Oregonian misstated the rela-
tionship between Coyote Steals Fire Energy Group and the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation. They are not partners.
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