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April 1, 2015
Wallowa County Chieftain
Singer is an
artist with
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S TUDENTS COLLECT FOR S AFE H ARBORS
By Rocky Wilson
Wallowa County Chieftain
Courtesy photo
Enterprise School’s fifth grade class collected more than 150 items during March to donate to Safe Harbors. The
month-long collections were part of a community service project lasting an entire quarter, and the students hope to
inspire others to donate.
Easter Sunday Services
April 5th 2015
St. Katherine’s Catholic Church
Holy Thursday 7:00pm
Good Friday 2:30pm
Easter Vigil 8:00pm
Easter Sunday 10:30am
301 E. Garfield, Enterprise
541-426-4008
stkatherineenterprise.org
Lostine Presbyterian Church
Maundy Thursday Service
April 2 at 7pm
Easter Brunch at 10am
Easter Service begins at 11am
Hwy 82 Lostine • Info: 541-569-2451
Blog: dancingfaith.blogspot.com
ENTERPRISE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
207 E. Main Street, Enterprise • 541-426-3449
www.enterprisechristianchurch.org
• April 2
Maunday Thursday Communion 7:00pm
• April 3
Multi-Church Good Friday Service
at OK Theatre 6:00pm
• April 5
Easter Worship services 8:15 & 11:00am
Joseph United
Methodist Church
Easter Sunday April 5,
Services at 8:30 & 11:00
Potluck Easter Brunch at 9:45
"Spread The Joy!"
541-432-3102
301 S. Lake St. Joseph • Kaye Garver, Pastor
Celecbrate Easter
At The Big Brown Church
Pastor Donald L. McBride
Gospel Centered Community
Easter Pancake Breakfast: 9:00 - 10:30am
Service Time: 10:30am
Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise
www.summitchurchoregon.org
Pastor Mark Garland
Wallowa Assembly of God
606 West Hwy 82 Wallowa, Oregon
541-886-8445
Easter Sunrise Service 7am
Easter Breakfast 8am
Sunday School 9:45am
Easter Service 10:30am
Gail Swart on the piano
Jim Clegg on the trumpet
Vocal solo by Sue Wagner
Easter Service 11:00 am
Enterprise Community Church
(The Big Brown Church)
301 NE First St., Enterprise
Jolene Ginther, an 18-year-
old student at Enterprise High
School, will not be your typi-
cal high school graduate after
her EHS’s 2015 commence-
ment exercise concludes in
the next few months. While
futures for most graduating
students remain fraught with
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ther’s eyes are locked solid on
one goal.
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age (she says age 7, but her
mother says 5), Ginther be-
gan singing in choirs in the
sixth grade. She has sung
“The Star Spangled Banner”
twice at Chief Joseph Days
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on-stage with guitarist Rocky
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fundraiser held at the OK
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sical scholarship to Eastern
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after college to become either
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But those mostly are the
surface things, and do not
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pertise the daughter of both
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Michael and Mary Ginther
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as a solo artist by Enterprise
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tor Randy Morgan, Ginther
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solo singing competition held
March 7 at EOU and will ad-
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be held in Portland May 2.
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both competitions include a
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“The Sun Whose Rays,”
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the district competition, will
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Portland.
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Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain
Jolene
Ginther
sings
onstage at the OK Theatre
during a March 7 talent show
organized by three FCCLA
members.
ing a collegiate music schol-
arship.
But her musical credits
don’t stop there.
Along with fellow Wal-
lowa County high school stu-
dents Christian Ruckdashel
and Sarah Madsen from En-
terprise High School and
Joshua Rummel of Wallowa
High School, Ginther has
been selected to participate
in the Oregon Ambassadors
of Music’s European tour that
will last from June 28 through
July 17. Ginther, Ruckdashel,
and Rummel will participate
in that touring group’s choir,
while Madsen, a saxophone
player, will be part of OAM’s
honors band.
Countries those musicians
from Oregon will perform
in during that 19-day tour
include England, France,
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Austria, Italy, and Germany.
Members of the tour were
selected not only for their
musical talents, but also on
strength of character and for
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Project explores
modern technology
The Josephy Center for
Arts and Culture and the
Wallowa Valley Music Al-
liance are partnering for a
new project: “Exploring Our
Heritage With Modern Tech-
nology.”
Ten students in grades
9-11 will learn how to record,
mix, and master an original
song, and also “storyboard,”
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the musicians performing the
song. The class includes work
on location in Wallowa Coun-
ty’s historic area of Promise
where many families settled
in the late 1800s. Through the
process, students will explore
why these settlers chose to re-
locate, and what their life in
Oregon was like.
Classes begin April 4, and
run for 13 weeks. Fee for the
class is $50 per student, with
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trips to Promise, post-pro-
duction editing and a public
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Instructors are Bob Webb and
Cameron Scott. Classroom
sessions will be held at Moun-
tain View Studio, Enterprise,
and Josephy Center for Arts
and Culture in Joseph.
See www.josephy.org for
more details.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Josh Rummell, has been named
Athlete of the Week. Rummell,
a shortstop/pitcher who also
plays football, is in his third
year of baseball at WHS.
The 16-year-old son of Matt and
Heather Howard, says his coach,
“has a passion for baseball and
will do anything to help his
team.” Oftentimes happy,
Rummell works hard and doesn’t
question coaching instruction.
He maintains a 3.58 GPA and
has demonstrated strong skills
A Wallowa High School junior in the area of music. Beginning
who slapped two singles, drove in late June, he will embark on
in three runs, and struck out five a 19-day, 7-country choir tour
in Europe.
during a brief two-inning stint
while pitching during his team’s
season-opening win this week,
JOSH
RUMMELL
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