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Wallowa County Chieftain News/Community wallowa.com January 28, 2015 A3 Board adopts ‘Dollars for Scholars’ nets 2015 excursion thousands for scholarships train schedule By S.F. Tool an opportunity for anyone who wants to see the beautiful scen- ery along the track.” Meetings of the Wallowa From an economic stand- Union Railroad Authority board point, Dodson said, “The train are normally well attended, but brings a lot of people as tour- its gathering on Tuesday, Jan. ists to Union and Wallowa 13, proved an exception. counties who might not other- With all eight board mem- wise come.” bers being present either in Attempts person or by phone – includ- WR ¿OO WUDLQ ing new board member Garrett runs next Lowe of Wallowa, who was at- year, as WHQGLQJKLV¿UVWPHHWLQJ±WKHLU e n d o r s e d efforts were monitored by an Jan. 13 by DXGLHQFHRI¿YH the WURA Lowe 3RVVLEO\PRVWVLJQL¿FDQWRI board, in- a handful of items addressed clude a new Wine & Cheese on the short agenda was the Train Run set for Sept. 12 and board’s decision to accept an ¿YH 6DWXUGD\ UXQV LQ 2FWREHU Eagle Cap Excursion Train when fall colors regularly en- schedule for the 2015 season. hance the scenery. Although details still re- A resolution was intro- main to be tweaked, Peggy duced into WURA minutes Weishaar, owner of Allegra commending Marc Stauffer, 7UDYHOWKH/D*UDQGH¿UPWKDW a longtime member of the books rides for the train, says WURA board who stepped that the endorsed schedule will down from his post Jan. 1. The include 14 regular runs, typi- resolution noted that Stauffer cally lasting about four hours had served on the WURA each. What routinely is the board effectively both as a rep- most popular annual run for resentative from Union Coun- an excursion train that began ty, having previously lived in operating yearly in 2004, the Elgin, and later from Wallow Mother’s Day Run, again will County, where he lives in En- launch the season, on May 10. terprise. Runs will continue periodical- Lowe was selected to re- ly throughout the year with the place Stauffer on the board. ¿QDOUXQIRUWKHVHDVRQVFKHG- An attempt to draft a right- uled on Halloween, Oct. 31. of-way easement policy for the Janet Dodson, involved 63 miles of track WURA owns with the excursion train in between Joseph and Elgin was varying capacities from the tabled until the next meeting. launch of that train service, The purpose behind such a says the overriding philosophy policy is to better clarify is- for the excursion train has not sues facing a feasibility study wavered through the years. currently underway regarding “Our goals have remained the the possible addition of a rec- same,” she said in a telephone reational trail alongside the ex- interview. “We want to provide isting rails. By Rocky Wilson Wallowa County Chieftain Wallowa County Chieftain More than 100 people crowded into Cloverleaf Hall to attend the seventh annual “Dollars for Scholars” dinner auction on Tuesday, Jan. 20. The dinner auction, jointly sponsored by the Wallowa County Agricultural Resource Foundation and the Wallowa County Stockgrowers Asso- ciation, raises funds for Me- morial College Scholarships, awarded to college students pursuing natural resources degrees. The WCARF also awarded its Stockgrowers Ro- deo Heifer Scholarship. The evening started with a 5:30 p.m. silent auction which featured numerous tables lin- ing the walls and stacked with mainly ranch or western-style items. Tables on the other side of the hall featured the live auc- tion items and contained at least two dozen homemade desserts as well as western tack, much of it hand-crafted. Dozens of people strolled by the display tables to examined the items as the hall quickly ¿OOHGZLWKDWWHQGHHVZKLOHRWK- ers gathered into small groups. The murmur of voices grew in volume with anticipation as the time of the dinner and live auc- tion drew near. Alan Klages, WCSA pres- ident, opened the ceremonies with a short speech about the purpose of the event and thank- ing the audience for its atten- dance. Rancher Todd Nash followed with a brief invoca- tion and short prayer before the awards portion started. Saralynn Johnson shared the microphone in a quasi-emcee role. S.F. Tool/Chieftain Retaining the top spot on the Wallowa County Most Unwanted Species List, this genuine (and legal) wolf pelt from Canada sold for less than $100. Nash delivered a Power- point presentation of the Ro- deo Heifer scholarship, which started with one heifer award- ed to a student in FFA or 4-H to start a cow-calf herd with the purpose of providing col- lege funds. The association now awards three heifers — one bred, and two yearlings — to three students. Nash also outlined a plan for the future that will eventually involve 50 heifers. This year saw 18 students vying for a heifer. The foun- dation judged applicants on an interview and outlined plan on their prospective beef herd de- velopment. Maddi Traci of Wallowa won the bred heifer while Tim- othy Wells and Deidre Sch- -RVHSK%DQGWRUHWXUQIRUEHQH¿W ENTERPRISE – Making their third appearance in Wal- lowa County as a three-sister singing group, this time in early February, will be Portland-based Joseph Band. On Tuesday night, Feb. 3, the granddaughters of former Wallowa County res- ident Jo Hallam will stage a EHQH¿WFRQFHUWWRUDLVHDGGLWLRQ- al funds for the construction of a longhouse at the Tamkaliks grounds, in Wallowa. Hallam, who attended the initial Tamkaliks celebration at the Wallowa school in 1990, currently sits on the Tamkaliks Board of Directors. When Hallam lived locally, the sisters paid visits to their grandfather and, when they formed a singing group that spe- cializes on harmonies and folk music, decided to name their group after their grandfather, whose given name is Joseph. The concert will come at a good time for the Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center, which is in the stretch UXQ RI UDLVLQJ IXQGV WR ¿QDQFH the longhouse. According to ,QWHUSUHWLYH &HQWHU RI¿FH PDQ- ager Mary Hawkins, grants in the amounts of $150,000 and $40,000 have been secured from the Meyer Memorial Trust and Collins Fund, respectively, but an additional grant in the amount of $125,000 from the Ford Family Foundation re- mains contingent on Hawkins and her organization raising about $15,000 in community funds by March 15. Of the local community’s matching total, Hawkins says, about $10,500 already is in the bank. Most of that money has come through individual dona- tions, adds Hawkins. She said additional fund-raising events could be scheduled if proceeds appear short as March 15 nears. Native hand drummer Fred Hill, better known as the recent emcee of the Tamkaliks celebra- tion, will provide music prior to Joseph Band Feb. 3 in the OK Theatre. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the concert will start at 7 p.m. 301 W. Main, Enterprise • 541.426.3177 BIRTHs A son, Steven Joseph Butterfield, was born January 13, 2015, in Enterprise to Robert and Julie Butterfield of Joseph. Grandparents are Kathy and Joe Ihli, and Lori and Dan Butterfield. For the individual(s) who vandalized and stole from Joseph United Methodist Church: YOU ARE FORGIVEN. WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU. reiber, both of Enterprise, gar- nered the two yearling heifers. 5DQG\*DUQHWWRI$SSOHÀDW Catering served up a tri-tip dinner with all the trimmings and Dave Yost lent his auc- tioneering skills to the actual dinner auction which includ- ed both the desserts and tack. Several desserts went well over the $200 mark in bidding. The tack, extra tri-tip and a ca- tered tri-tip dinner for 10 fared equally as well. According to Extension Agent John Williams, the auc- tion netted at least $6,700. “Another great night support- ing kids in Wallowa County,” Williams said. Bobbie & Jerod Rogers Adoption Fundraiser January 31, 2015 at Enterprise Community Connection Spaghetti Feed @ 4:30 p.m., Adults $15, Children $5 Auction @ 5:30 p.m. Music by Last Call Auction items will include: pies/desserts, wheel polishing service, hand crafted cards, Brad Wagner Metal Work, $50 Simply Sandy’s Gift Card, Zel’s Gift Basket, Handmade Jewelry, a Wood Bowl with Huckleberry Goodies, Lee’s Carpet Cleaning Service, Wood Mantle Clock, a beautiful Quilt & many more items! 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