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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-
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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,
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musicians entertained.
With large grants from
the Homeland Project and
Meyer Memorial Trust al-
ready secured, members of
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Nez Perce Trail Interpretive
Center (WBNPIC) are in the
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$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
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Mary Hawkins said the event
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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
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Springs Reservation, near
Prineville.
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Foster Kalama, a man who
said he’s taught well beyond
1,000 high school students
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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.
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Erin Baynes (left) and Erica Houck of Arrowhead Chocolates
display the company’s award-winning Espresso Truffles.
Arrowhead’s
truffle wins
national award
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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.
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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.