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Wallowa County Chieftain wallowa.com News April 8, 2015 A3 Literary characters strut Student earns the runway at OK Theatre plaque for By Rich Rautenstrauch Wallowa County Chieftain Board members, staff, and volunteers of the Joseph Pub- lic Library brought back an old-fashioned fashion show to the OK Theatre, Thurs- day evening, April 2, raising funds for a library expansion project. Local celebrities Dave Nelson and Jon Rombach em- ceed the show, which featured volunteers dressed up as lit- erary characters from famous books, costumed in clothes from the Soroptimist Thrift Shop in Enterprise. More than 40 volunteers portrayed approximately 60 characters during the show. Library board member and organizer of the event Sally Brandt proclaimed the evening a success. “People stayed after the show and talked about it. Everybody was enthusiastically positive and a good time was had by all,” she said. The event revitalized what had been a classic Wallowa County show until it was dis- continued three years ago. Ann Browder of the local So- roptimist club was Brandt’s right-hand person in orga- Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain Sultan dancers from the book “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” were played by (from left to right) Maria Weer, Loring Lamb, and Courtney Lyman. nizing the event. To prepare for the show, the pair laid out clothes from the thrift shop and picked the characters to be portrayed based on the RXW¿WVRQKDQG The show drew a packed house with audience partic- ipation and lots of laughs. Mary Poppins, Fancy Nan- cy, Winnie the Pooh, James Bond, Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer were all portrayed. Classic books like “The Great Gatsby,” “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” and “Gone with the Wind” were represented in the characters lineup. Although the show was an important fund-raiser for the library, it also served to remind the audience, in a fun way, how important reading is in their lives. Each time a character was about to ap- pear onstage, Rombach and Nelson furnished clues to the character’s identity. The audience guessed all of them correctly. The show offered numer- ous highlights. One was Josi Brennan in a gown portray- ing Cinderella. Another was Richelle Chitwood dressed as Scarlett O’Hara wearing a curtain. Landra Skovlin came out and pointed her bow at the audience as Katniss Everdeen from “The Hunger Games.” Nils Christoffers- en portrayed James Bond. Youngster Lilly Weer, who appeared onstage as Winnie the Pooh, just stood staring at the audience in front of her for moments on end, and the WKHDWHU¿OOHGZLWKODXJKWHU The book “Fifty Shades of *UH\´DOVR¿JXUHGLQWRDVNLW that had older women walk- ing across the stage with their gray hair. As a fund-raiser, the event ZDV DQ XQTXDOL¿HG VXFFHVV according to Brandt, with money still being counted Friday afternoon. More activities are planned to help fund the li- brary expansion. One already XQGHUZD\ LV D UDIÀH IRU D handmade door painted in dog theme by local artist Judy Doyle. Tickets for that draw- ing are on sale at the Copper Creek store in Joseph. CC hopes to raise $10K for meals the 13 days that senior meals is raised on the backs of our Wallowa County Chieftain were served at both the En- local residents.” terprise and Wallowa sites, Those who avail them- F o r t y - t h r e e - y e a r - o l d a total of 909 meals were selves of hot meals at either Community Connection of served to persons age 60 and of the two sites during those Wallowa County with its $1 older; 73 meals to persons at three days per week — if million budget provides a meal sites under the age of they are age 60 or older — multitude of services to local 60; 390 meals to at-home can pay $3.50 for meals, residents such as transporta- participants in the program submit donations, or eat for tion and heating assistance, who were delivered meals free, while younger patrons yet the popular among these courtesy of the Meals-On- are asked to pay $5.75 for — its senior meals program Wheels program; and 131 each meal. Money brought — receives minimal gov- meals were served to volun- into Community Connection HUQPHQWDO ¿QDQFLDO VXSSRUW teers. coffers via meal purchases Hence, for the second year And yet the United States totals more than 39 percent of in a row, CC’s assistant man- Department of Agriculture the funding that supports the ager, Jeanette Johnson, is with a proposed 2015 bud- entire senior meal program in spearheading a three-pronged get of $23 billion provides Wallowa County. effort to raise money to keep less than 7.4 percent of the Other local sources of meal sites in Enterprise and money needed to keep the income to support the se- Wallowa, plus its Meals on program operational. nior meals program here in- Wheels program, operating The manager of this coun- clude meal sponsors (17 per- year-around on Mondays, ty’s Community Connection cent), donations (6 percent), Wednesdays, and Fridays. office (CC has offices else- fund-raising (5 percent), and Two of the three efforts where that provide services money provided by advisors currently are underway: a in Union, Baker, and Grant to the local centers (1.5 per- mass mailing to businesses counties), Connie Guentert, cent). to promote meal sponsor- has been at her post for just “The local support for this ships throughout the year; under one year and is hesi- program is amazing,” John- and advanced ticket sales for tant to criticize USDA’s lim- son says. She contends that a reserved-seating Mother’s ited support for the program. as important as the nutritional Day occasion set for Satur- “Yet,” she says, “it’s sad that aspect of the program is the day, May 9, at the Commu- the biggest chunk of fund- element of socialization for nity Connection meal site in ing to support that program many lonely people. Enterprise. The third major effort will transpire Oct. 10 201 East Hwy 82 Enterprise, OR 97828 at the Tamkaliks grounds in 541.426.0320 Wallowa when the Annual Harvestfest fund-raiser is scheduled to be held. For a limited time When it comes Johnson’s ambitious goal Ed Sons is to Staub your & home for the mailing and Mother’s offering Propane Day efforts in 2015 is to raise or business, Gas Checks for $10,000 for the senior meals the $39.99! Safe Way $79.99 programs, well beyond the is (a the Best value) Way! Offer expires 7/31/15 $5,400 secured via those ave- Call 541.426.0320 today nues a year ago. An addition- to schedule your inspection. The check may include: al about $1,600 was raised at • Complete Propane Not our customer? Not a problem! System Leak Check the 2014 Harvestfest event. We would love to earn your • Appliance Venting Inspection propane business! In her letter to business- • Systems Recall Inspection Upon completion of your inspection, you will es, Johnson says $10,000 • Propane Tank Inspection be entered to win a Masterbuilt 7-in-1 Smoker • Regulator Inspection “would pay for the cost of and Grill. A $199 value! Please note that the Spring Special $39.99 offer is for a standard single tank system. 3,135 meals for one year.” Additional charges may apply for multiple tank systems and for the repair of any problems found. The Propane Gas Check is an inspection service only. If your propane system or In March alone during appliances require repairs, please call Ed Staub & Sons at 541-426-0320 to schedule an appointment. By Rocky Wilson Wallowa County HEALTH LINE The largest chunk of non-local funding for the pro- gram, 24 percent, comes cour- tesy of the Older Americans Act initiated in 1965 by Presi- dent Lyndon B. Johnson to, in part, support public nutrition. Anyone interested in supporting the Community Connection senior meal pro- JUDP ¿QDQFLDOO\ FDQ PDNH D tax-deductible contribution. Questions can be directed to either Johnson or Guentert at 541-426-3840. reading points Maddie Nordtvedt, a fourth-grade student at Wallowa Elementary, was awarded a plaque for her out- standing accomplishments in Accelerated Reader (AR), a computer-based reading comprehension program that keeps a record of the books read by each student. Each book is assigned a point value based on reading OHYHODQGGLI¿FXOW\$VRI)HE 4, Maddie had read 81 books, accumulating 565 AR points for the year. The daughter of Tom and Beccy Nordtvedt of Wallowa, Maddie is a good student in all academic areas. She and her family moved here from Monmouth, and this is her ¿UVW \HDU DWWHQGLQJ :DOORZD Elementary. She recently par- ticipated in school basketball. She’s also active in the com- munity, playing the part of the vain and sassy Josie Pye in the Mid-Valley Theatre pro- duction of “Anne of Green Gables.” Fantasy is Maddie’s favor- ite literary genre. Her favor- ite book this year was “The Deathly Hallows,” book 7 of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Maddie says she enjoys reading because it gives her something to do and makes her feel calm. Wallowa Mountain Quilters’ Guild New members & visitors welcome – come join us! We meet the second Thursday of every month. Next meeting: Thursday, April 9 6:30 pm. Toma’s Conference Room in Enterprise. Courtesy photo Maddie Nordtvedt holds her plaque recognizing her recent outstanding achievements in the Accelerated Reader program at Wallowa Elementary School. !" ! ! ! !! !!! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! !! ! !! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!! 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