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A8 News/Community wallowa.com Wallowa County Chieftain More funds raised for longhouse C HIEFTAIN NORTH OF P ARIS Enterprise resident John Reister displays a copy of the Chieftain as he stands in front of what he says is actually the city hall (despite the “Hotel de Ville” on the wall) of the small town of Verneuil-en-Halatte, located about half an hour north of Paris. This photo was taken back in fall. In addition to visiting his niece and her husband in Normandy, Reister also traveled to Germany during a two-week stay in Europe. In Germany he went to Zeiskam and to Stuttgart, where he visited the Porsche and Mercedes-Benz museums. February 11, 2015 Courtesy photo ENTERPRISE — About 200 people braved slick roads to enjoy a festive ben- H¿W IXQGUDLVHU 7XHVGD\ )HE 3 at the OK Theatre, in En- terprise. By night’s end, the event had raised about $2,500 toward the construction of a new $350,000 longhouse to be erected on the Tamkaliks grounds, in Wallowa. Drinks and food were sold, UDIÀHVZHUHKHOGDQGWDOHQWHG musicians entertained. With large grants from the Homeland Project and Meyer Memorial Trust al- ready secured, members of WKH QRQSUR¿W :DOORZD %DQG Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center (WBNPIC) are in the ¿QDO VWDJHV RI UDLVLQJ DERXW $18,000 locally that will trig- ger access to a $125,000 grant to be awarded by the Ford Family Foundation. Nancy Crenshaw, involved with the Tamkaliks project since it launched 25 years ago, says, once all funding is avail- able, the groundbreaking for what’s expected to be a one- year construction effort will begin this spring. Although the $2,500 raised Feb. 3 did not push WBNPIC SDVWLWVLQWHQGHG¿QDQFLDOJRDO WKH JURXS¶V RI¿FH PDQDJHU Mary Hawkins said the event ZDV HVSHFLDOO\ VLJQL¿FDQW EH- cause of the amount of educa- tion provided to the public re- garding the importance of the longhouse to Native American cultures. In addition to being a social hub, or community center, the longhouse provides additional roles as a church and locale for educational pro- grams and classes. The featured performers on that Tuesday night were a threesome of sisters from Port- land who performed a style of folk music, played guitar, and synchronized their voices on each song. Named the Joseph Band, the sisters are the grand- daughters of longtime Tamka- liks supporter Jo Hallam. Also entertaining on stage were Na- tive American storyteller and drummer Fred Hill and two ÀXWH SOD\HUV IURP WKH :DUP Springs Reservation, near Prineville. 7KH OHDG ÀXWH SOD\HU ZDV Foster Kalama, a man who said he’s taught well beyond 1,000 high school students DQG DGXOWV WR SOD\ WKH ÀXWH Kalama’s soothing music, which he mentioned in Native American culture is used to comfort children and promote healing, closed many eyes courtesy of its gentle, sooth- ing melodies. The emcee for the night was Joe McCormack. S.F. Tool/Chieftain Erin Baynes (left) and Erica Houck of Arrowhead Chocolates display the company’s award-winning Espresso Truffles. Arrowhead’s truffle wins national award Receive up to a $600 Mastercard® Prepaid Card by mail with purchase of select Maytag Appliance 12 Month Interest • Free Financing • OAC January 1 – April 30, 2015 FREE DELIVERY ! to Wallowa County S.F. Tool Wallowa County Chieftain JOSEPH — Arrowhead Chocolates of Joseph just won the award in the con- fections category at the Na- tional Good Food Awards for their Espresso Truffle chocolates. The NGFA con- test judges the products of small artisans from all over the country in a number of categories. Arrowhead co-owner Er- ica Houck said the company started making the truffles when it opened in 2010, but constantly refines its prod- ucts. “When we started out, it was good, but we keep making it better and better,” Houck said. She also credited as- sistant chocolatier, Erin Baynes, with helping refine the recipe. Arrowhead also used an ingredient from a local company in manufacturing the truffle — Stein Distill- ery’s Dark Rum. “We take their Dark Rum and use it as a base for an infusion, which helps give it an extra depth of flavor. Their rum is phenomenal and being able to use something local as well as something delicious is good and something we do as much as possible,” Baynes said. Experimenting with new recipes and looking for ways to improve old recipes is part of the mission at Ar- rowhead. “We don’t like to sit on our recipes too long. We’re very much inspired by not just the natural beau- ty around us, but also ev- eryone who comes into our store. When they take that first bite, their expression of joy, that sense of ‘Wow, what did I just eat.’ Flavor is a never-ending adventure and we’d like to share that madness and joy with every- one,” Baynes said. )LUH¿JKHUVUDLVH at oyster/steak feed WALLOWA — Mem- bers of the Wallowa Volun- teer Fire Department earned about $3,000 after expenses last Saturday, Feb. 7, during their annual oyster/steak feed, held again this year at the Wallowa Senior Center. This compared with net earnings of about $1,800 during the 2014 event. Fire Chief Gary Hulse said about 185 persons attended the all-you-can-eat occasion last weekend. Fifty gallons of fresh oysters were sold, most of them breaded and deep-fried, and 85 rib steaks were cooked and served as ordered.