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A8 News wallowa.com April 15, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain CEMETERY: Fundraising starts strong Continued from Page A1 derground irrigation system project. Pat Willis, who was on 7KH EDOOSDUN ¿JXUH FRVW the ballot to run against Hill of that project is $85,000 to in May, accepted an appoint- $90,000. A proposal for a re- PHQWWR¿QLVKRXW+LOO¶VWHUP VHUYH DFFRXQW VSHFL¿FDOO\ IRU and was replaced on the bud- the installation of the irrigation get committee by Janet Davis. system, seeded with $5,000 Then, newly appointed board from cemetery funds, was made member Perry Davis proposed a and approved. Donations made change from the three-person directly to Enterprise Cemetery ERDUGWRD¿YHSHUVRQERDUGWKDW District board are tax-deduct- would share the responsibilities LEOHDQGGRQRUVFDQVSHFL¿FDOO\ of manager and take on secre- request their donations go to the tarial duties when current secre- irrigation fund. tary Joyce Anderson retires. Then, the grassroots orga- The proposal was approved nization Friends of Enterprise and Jim Butner and Diane Cemetery, founded by Ella Mae Worden volunteered to put their (Marks) Hays, Sondra Lozier names on the ballot for the two and Gail Swart, volunteered to empty slots. assist the board in raising the Next, the new board dis- $90,000 needed for irrigation cussed fundraising for the un- through donations, according to Hays. One avenue of fundraising the group is pursuing is appli- cations for Heritage Grants for Historic Cemeteries. Judy Wort- mam, assisted by Betty Butner, is in charge of fundraising. The Friends’ fundraising is already off to a good start, Hays said. The group has received RIQHZGRQDWLRQVLQWKH last three weeks. “We have a one-to-three-year plan to raise the needed funds for repairs and irrigation installation, but at the rate we’re going it might be sooner,” said Hays. Donations were made to the Friends account with the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Those funds are not tax-deductible as the Friends of Enterprise Cemetery is not a 501c3. “We are looking into becom- ing a 501c3 because we could be an engine for grant receiving and many times you must be a 501c3,” said Lozier. Attendance at Enterprise Cemetery District meetings has been healthy, hovering between DQG DQG D IXOO WKLUG RI those in attendance have volun- teered for cleanup days, Lozier said. There will be several half- day work parties arranged prior to Memorial Day to begin some restoration. Volunteers do not have to work the whole half-day; any time donated is welcomed. Dates will be announced. Donations can be made to the Friends of the Enterprise Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Cemetery through Sondra Lozi- Enterprise Public Works crew pitches in to resurface the HU&DOO BAND: Duo goes beyond standard fare Continued from Page A1 Powers started with the piano before moving to cel- lo and then bass, which he learned mainly from YouTube videos. The band originally started in more of the punk rock mode but changed gears after attend- S tudent k e e W e of th Chance Goebel Wallowa High School ing a Bronze Blues and Brews festival that featured Samantha Fish, Albert Castiglia and oth- ers. “When I heard them play, I thought ‘That’s what I want to do.’ Something just struck me about the blues,” Kiser said. Powers said he listens to a lot of extreme metal as well as some rockabilly and blues. “I Chance Goebel is a freshman at Wallowa High School. He is the son of Travis and Niki Goebel. Chance is a three sport athlete representing the Cougars in football, basketball and track. Academically he does exceptional work, which is demonstrated through his 3.8 GPA. He is a creative student, a leader among his peers and overall a great kid. The Student of the Week is chosen for academic achievement and community involvement. Students are selected by the administrators of their respective schools. think our music is a place where his (Kiser’s) blues and whatever you want to call what I do, meet, and somehow it works,” Powers said. The two started their band in junior high. “We started the EDQGLQLWV¿UVWIRUPWKHVXPPHU after our seventh grade year,” Powers said. “Since we don’t have lives, this is what we do,” Kiser added. Kiser said he tries to practice around eight hours per day. “He plays more than I do,” Powers said with a laugh. Both musicians try to play with other bands with differ- ent music genres to broaden their own horizons. Kiser and Powers usually play as a duo but occasionally play with other musicians as well. Kiser plays a Fender Tele- caster Custom made in Mex- ico through through a 1950s, completely stock, Epiphone 3DWK¿QGHU DPS 3RZHUV SOD\V a sticker-covered Peavey Foun- dation bass through a 300-watt Peavey amp that he calls a mira- cle of science. Many of the band’s songs start around a riff that Kiser comes up with that in turn in- spires Powers to write lyrics, although Kiser recently started contributing to lyrics here and there. The band now has enough material to start working on their own CD. “We really want to re- cord, but we really want to make it right. We want to do some- thing for real,” Powers said. The band is also looking for a drum- mer. Sorry, Neighbors played a number songs at the April 3 Ter- minal Gravity open mic, debut- ing one original, “Down by the Water.” Powers said he wrote the song while reading Greek mythology. “It’s like the boat that crosses the river Styx and takes you to your destiny,” Pow- ers said. Originally planning to play only four songs, the audi- ence demanded several encores. The band closed the show with a stirring rendition of ZZ Top’s “La Grange,” that featured a stunning bass solo by Powers. Besides Terminal Gravity, Sorry, Neighbors has played at the Lostine Tavern and oth- er music venues, including WKH -XQLSHU -DP DQG D few other festivals. Surpris- ingly, they haven’t played the Bronze Blues and Brews fes- tival. We haven’t been asked,” Kiser said. “We’d like to,” Powers added. Go to www.facebook.com/ sorryneighbors to check out the band’s Facebook page. kiddy park in Enterprise City Park. Workers, from left, Mike Immees, Foreman Shawn Young, Public Works Director Ron Neil and Travis Huffman. Out of frame on the backhoe, Tanner Shelton. City park will get a little bit of a facelift totaling $9,500, one from Wildhorse Casino and one IURP3DFL¿F3RZHU7KHFLW\ The sawdust in the Enter- added another $2,500 from prise City Park kiddie park the parks budget and only had should have gotten a retire- to wait for the right ground conditions to proceed. Last ment party. Enterprise Public Works Tuesday Neil and his crew 'LUHFWRU 5RQ 1HLO ¿JXUHV brought the kiddy park up to that dust has been protect- code. “The sawdust is a foot ing children’s noggins for 25 thick now,” Neil said. While they were out there years. “It was put in in the ’90s,” he said. “It’s supposed refurbishing the park ame- to be a foot deep to protect nities, Neil and his crew put new 3 x 12 table-tops on the from falls.” It got packed down over SLFQLF WDEOHV 1HLO ¿JXUHG the years and the replenish- those old planks might have ing job began moving up the predated the sawdust. “I’ve list of city priorities with city worked here 25 years and staff hunting for grant money WKLV LV WKH ¿UVW WLPH WKH\¶YH been replaced,” Neil said. like chickens hunt for bugs. The scratching and The new ones came from Jim searching paid off. 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