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Gym honors Shirley
June 3, 2015
Wallowa County Chieftain
Q UILTERS HONOR WWII VETERAN
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
About 75 people from
Joseph Charter School and
the surrounding communi-
ty attended the May 31 rib-
bon-cutting and dedication
of the school’s new practice
gym, Rhonda Shirley Court.
Earlier this spring, JCS
students voted to dedicate the
gym to retiring JCS Superin-
tendent Rhonda Shirley, who
was instrumental in obtaining
grants to fund the construc-
tion of the gym along with
three additional classrooms
for the school.
After a short ceremony,
which culminated in the rib-
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in to the gym to enjoy snacks
and punch as well as to con-
gratulate Shirley and thank
her for her years of service.
In the spirit of the event,
several children enjoyed play-
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Namesake of the gym. Retiring JCS superintendent, Rhonda
Shirley, stands beneath the sign to the school’s new practice
gym. JCS students voted to give Shirley the honor earlier this
spring. Shirley helped the school get grants for the gym’s
construction, as well as three new classrooms.
ing basketball with a football
on some of the gym’s six
backboards.
Shirley herself was quite
moved at the event. “It is such
an honor to have my name
attached to the new practice
gym. It brought tears to my
eyes and I thank the school
board, staff, and students of
Joseph Charter School for se-
lecting the name,” she said.
Wet golfers moody, blue
By Rochelle Danielson
For the Chieftain
The general mood at Alpine
Meadows the past few weeks
of a wet May goes something
like this: A golfer can sing in
the rain and a golfer can dance
in the rain, but a golfer sure-as-
heck can’t golf in the rain.
Golfers so love the game,
they get the blues when week
after week the weather is ei-
ther in a torrential downpour,
an all-day drip and drizzle, or a
sporadic thunder and lightning
storm.
The clubhouse — open
from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. — is a
hangout for those antsy ones as
they drink coffee and watch for
a window of sunshine. But, the
café/bar is also the center for all
members as well as a welcome
spot for the public to meet for
a gab fest over a deli sandwich
or a drink. The café serves a
full lunch menu. With the “now
open” grill, hamburgers and
fries are popular along with an
“Arnold Palmer” ice tea/ lem-
onade mixture.
A new face in the clubhouse
is Curt Nebel, former man-
ager of Bronson Lumber in
Enterprise. He’s accepted the
Winding Waters Clinic
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manager position, upon the res-
ignation of recently hired Ted
Pithoud, who decided the job
wasn’t for him.
Come and meet Curt. He’s
learning the golf ropes. He’s
courteous, friendly and will
make you feel welcome.
The wet weather has slowed
the work of the greens crew.
“Even with abundant rainfall
the course requires care,” re-
ports Gregg Sturtevant. “With
every break in the weather
fairways, greens and the rough
are mowed, otherwise the grass
gets out of hand.”
The annual Spring Fling,
held in May, drew 60 people.
Cheri Lamb and Josh Kissing-
er, co-chairmen of the event,
express their thanks to all who
helped make it successful. After
a prime rib dinner, a pie auction
was held. Money goes for front
entry landscaping.
Men’s Day, Thursdays, and
Ladies’ Day, Tuesdays, have
begun. Also AMGC Eastside
Seniors have shown represen-
tation at Milton-Freewater and
Echo.
Let’s hope for sunnier days,
but in case of rain frustrated
golfers may kill time at home
watching an old movie with
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire,
two entertainers you can
dance and sing along with.
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World War II veteran Harold Lay, left, holds up one end of the large-sized lap quilt
presented to him recently by members of the Wallowa Mountain Quilters Guild,
including, from left, Marietta Herinckx, Linda Kruger-Ebbert, Barbara McCormack, Linda
Knifong, and Betty Whitehead. In all, approximately 20 members of the Guild are active
in a long-term project that provides quilts to Wallowa County veterans. Currently the
effort is focused on World War II veterans. Lay, who served in the U.S. Navy from 1942
to 1946, was awarded a Purple Heart after being wounded during the invasion of Peleliu
Island in the western Pacific which began Sept. 15, 1944.
Joseph tennis courts
reborn as garden area
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
JOSEPH — The crumbling
tennis courts at Joseph Char-
ter School, out of use for two
decades, were recently trans-
formed to a horticultural center
for the school. About $35,000 of
a $73,320 Career and Technical
Education Revitalization Grant
awarded to the school from the
Oregon Department of Educa-
tion helped fund the project, as
well as a $2,000 grant from the
Whole Kids Foundation, ac-
cording to Laurie Altringer, JCS
Title 1 teacher, who is oversee-
ing the yet-unnamed project.
Altringer credited the
school’s superintendent, Rhon-
da Shirley, who helped brain-
storm the project after looking
into refurbishing the decaying
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hibitive. “It was an area we
didn’t know what to do with.
We started thinking of things to
make the entrance look better.
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A completely viable horticultural and outdoor class area now
occupies the area where crumbling tennis courts once stood
at Joseph Charter School.
I’m lucky to have people like
Laurie (Altringer) who write
grants and follow up on these
things,” Shirley commented.
A greenhouse already stands
in testament to the project,
and considerable landscap-
ing, including the planting of
numerous trees and import of
soil makes the area virtually
unrecognizable from even six
months ago. A huge log arch
stands over the entrance waiting
for the construction and instal-
lation of a “Welcome to Joseph
Charter School” gate, the senior
project of student Eric Lara.
JCS students got right to
work in the greenhouse, caring
for a number of plant starts for
Magic Garden, as well as con-
structing two raised beds for
permanent installation in the
greenhouse. Altringer’s eighth-
grade Gardening and Commu-
nity Service class waters the
starts daily, while student interns
will perform plant care duties
over the summer break. Eventu-
ally, the harvested produce, both
fresh and frozen, will go to JCS.
Seven livestock water tanks
line the outside of the green-
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door raised beds, one for each
class from kindergarten through
sixth grade. Altringer said that
sixth-grade students came up
with the stock tank design idea
in keeping with the county’s ties
to agriculture.
Ag instructor Toby Koehn is
having his classes start a com-
post heap inside the enclosure.
The west side of the enclosure
has newly installed sod and will
see service as an outdoor class-
room with the upcoming instal-
lation of picnic tables. Altring-
er’s eighth-grade gardening/
community service class will in-
stall the tables. Altringer added
that any JCS class is welcome to
use the outdoor classroom.
Altringer said her commu-
nity service class contributed
greatly to the project, while
Koehn’s class helped with
fencing and greenhouse con-
struction. Community entities
helping with the project include
Eastern Oregon Landscaping,
which taught students about
landscape design as well as
helping with construction of the
greenhouse and landscaping.
Both Alder Slope Nursery and
Wallowa County Nursery do-
nated plants and also gave stu-
dents tours of their facilities.
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and sixth grade classes with
planting seeds and helping with
the garden design with their out-
door raised beds idea.
“With the foundation of this
project almost complete, the
next phase will allow new op-
portunities for the Magic Gar-
den project, new pathways in
Joseph Charter School’s Career
and Technical Education pro-
grams, and hands-on activities
that promote learning in our el-
ementary programs,” Altringer
said.
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