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A16 News wallowa.com March 11, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain Strange light in sky visible from Lostine the southeastern sky heading to- ward the northwest. He says he watched the spectacle for about Late at night on Monday, one minute in total as it came Feb. 23, viewers from nine closer, turned reddish-orange in western states, including one color, and as it came even closer man from Lostine, and from he discerned what appeared to two Canadian provinces report- EHDKRW¿UHWUDLOEHKLQGWKHPDLQ ed seeing a bright light in the sky light “maybe 30, 40, or 50 miles that generated more than one ex- long,” he said. planation. The thought of trying to cap- Ray Cameron, owner of Ace ture the image on his cell phone Hardware, in Enterprise, was camera popped into the hard- leaning against a corral post out- ware owner’s mind, but Cam- side his Lostine home at about eron said he decided instead to 11 p.m. that clear Monday night watch the unusual sight as long waiting for his horses’ watering as could. WURXJKWR¿OOZKHQKHORRNHGXS “It burned pretty bright,” he at the stars and saw an unusual said. “It was pretty spectacular.” sight. Cameron’s initial thought What Cameron reported see- was that he was viewing an air- LQJZDVDUHGOLJKW¿UVWYLVLEOHLQ SODQHRQ¿UHDQGKHZDVDQWLFL- By Rocky Wilson Wallowa County Chieftain pating the sound of an explosion that never came. There was absolutely no sound associated with the phe- nomenon, he added. Reportedly seen in Oregon, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Montana, 1HYDGD &DOLIRUQLD :DVKLQJ- ton, and Wyoming as well as in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, WKH 1DWLRQDO $HURQDXWLF 6SDFH $GPLQLVWUDWLRQ 1$6$ UH- leased an explanation for the un- common sight that was refuted by many who cater to the theory RI XQLGHQWL¿HG À\LQJ REMHFWV 8)2V 3HWHU :LJJLQV D 1$6$-HW Propulsion Laboratory spokes- man, said the phenomenon was “space junk” off of a rocket body launched by the Chinese government in December 2014. Proclaimed experts on UFOs, of which there are many on the Internet, disagree with Wiggins’ assessment of the situ- ation. Major arguments in oppo- VLWLRQWRWKH1$6$H[SODQDWLRQ contend the light seen Feb. 23 PRYHGVLJQL¿FDQWO\VORZHUWKDQ a meteor or space junk would and, in contrast to the latter two, the object seen that night Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain maintained its light even after penetrating the earth’s outer at- Omar Stubblefield of Wallowa had the crowd tapping their toes to his harmonica playing. Stubblefield has been playing mosphere. Cameron, who watched the harmonica for 70 years. XQXVXDOVLJKWVWDUWWR¿QLVKVDLG the light followed the contour of the earth and did not look as if it would crash on the earth.“I don’t have a clue what it was.” EHS, WHS choirs and bands vie for state spots Enterprise and Wallowa high schools scored above the 75 percent demarcation line and One year ago, performing advanced to compete at the before strict judges who grade state level. on such musical criteria as in- On Wednesday, March 18, tonation, presence, phrasing, choirs from those two schools GLI¿FXOW\RIPXVLFSHUIRUPHG will attempt to repeat last musicality, and technique, year’s achievements, this year high school choirs from both in competition held at the Pres- By Rocky Wilson Wallowa County Chieftain Now in paperback the beloved children’s book Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo Thank You T HE B OOKLOFT Across from the courthouse in Enterprise 107 E. Main • 541.426.3351 byterian Church in Pendleton. Bands from those two schools again will compete to qualify for state competition on that same day as well, but at a different venue. Pendleton’s Vert Auditorium. 7KHGLI¿FXOW\RITXDOLI\LQJ beyond district competition is H[HPSOL¿HG E\ WKH IDFW WKDW Enterprise music instructor Randy Morgan, who has com- peted at district both in band and choir during each of his 38 years conducting music for the Enterprise school district, nev- er has had his band advance always open at www.bookloftoregon.com • bookloft@eoni.com We of St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church want to thank all who were able to attend the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner last month. We are pleased to have given all donations to the local food bank. SIGN UP FOR CABLE AND GET 2 MONTHS FREE SERVICE! beyond district to compete at state. In contrast, Enterprise choirs have advanced to state on 14 occasions. Directing the Wallowa choir last year was Helene Hipple, but that torch has EHHQKDQGHGRYHUWR¿UVW\HDU choir and band instructor Anna Stipe. Stipe says she will take a total of 16 students to district. With some of her performers doing double duty by singing in the choir and playing in the band, Stipe says Wallowa will have 16 individuals singing LQ WKH FKRLU DQG ¿YH SHUVRQV playing in the WHS band. Instruments in the Wallowa band this year will include percussion, piano, tenor saxo- phone, trombone, and trumpet. Morgan’s contingent com- peting in the same 2A/1A FODVVL¿FDWLRQ DV :DOORZD ZLOO include 25 choir members and 28 performers in the EHS band. Morgan says a total of 45 students will ride the bus to Pendleton. For schools that exceed the 75 percent judges’ score, the Oregon State Choir compe- tition will be held at George )R[ 8QLYHUVLW\ LQ 1HZEHUJ May 7, and the Oregon State Band competition will be held at Oregon State University, in Corvallis, May 15, says Stipe. Joseph Charter School typically does not compete in district choir and band compe- titions. gic enough, with folksy music and a little toe-tapping. Some of the highlights included It was a toe-tapping event 2-year-old Swade Shetler com- held at the OK Theatre Sat- ing out to open the show with urday evening when three his Pledge of Allegiance to Enterprise FCCLA members WKH$PHULFDQÀDJ1RG\D3D- — Riley Gray, Eliza Irish and pineau captivating the crowd Rachel Frolander — put on singing a Lana Del Ray song, ”A Spring Surprise Commu- ³<RXQJDQG%HDXWLIXO´2PDU nity Talent Show,” a fundrais- 6WXEEOH¿HOG RI :DOORZD HU EHQH¿WLQJ WKH ROG PRYLH playing a harmonica medley, house. Over 30 performers with the audience helping him graced the stage during the NHHSDEHDWORQJWLPH:DOORZD course of the night, singing &RXQW\ PXVLF D¿FLRQDGR DQG songs, dancing and playing piano player Gail Swart jazz- ing the show up with some musical instruments. The FCCLA trio — Gray, UDJWLPH PXVLF (QWHUSULVH Irish, and Frolander — came high schoolers Jolene Ginther up with the idea while brain- and guitarist Rocky Davidson storming for a project they providing a nice rendition of need to complete before the ³%ULJKW´ E\ (FKR 6PLWK DQG State FCCLA convention to be Darrell Brann and his daughter held in Portland April 16-18. Meredith closing the show dis- The girls’ motto for the proj- playing their musical talents ect is “Bring Back the OK and singing two songs. Spokesperson for the FC- we’ll be All Right.” Darrell Brann, who owns CLA trio, Riley Gray, said the theater, said the project she is a little dismayed by the does not currently include shortage of local entertainment crowdsourcing, which is a opportunities for kids and fam- popular way to rejuvenate ilies in Wallowa County so she community historic sites, but is really wanted to help by pro- a more conventional fundrais- moting the theater. Frolander HU7KH JLUOV VSHFL¿FDOO\ ZDQW and Irish have a Facebook to raise money to replace old page soliciting donations for theater equipment and bring it the OK, and donation cans can be found at various locations into the modern digital age. The show itself was nostal- in Enterprise. Wallowa County Get cable at just $39. FCCLA trio raising funds for theater By Rich Rautenstrauch Wallowa County Chieftain HEALTH LINE 95* 519 W. North Street, Enterprise 541.426.3413 Mon-Thurs 9 to Noon/1-5pm; Fri. 9-1 Specializing in Anti-Aging Skin Therapy Customized Facials Waxing Services, Brow Sculpting Body Polish-Back Facials High-Perfomance Products 541-398-0759 | Located @ beecrowbee 01 Main Joseph Connect with customers and increase revenue! No matter what your business is, the Wallowa County Chieftain has the audience you need! NOCONTRACT NOEQUIPMENT PURCHASE Local Resident Technician We have many options to market your business in an affordable and effective manner. 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