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wallowa.com
August 5, 2015
Pigeon not always a pest
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versatile birds I can think of in that they
have been used for centuries for food,
messages, racing and hobbies.
Almost every large city has pigeons
that inhabit its parks, bridges and tall
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ly wild ones are called rock doves and
are aptly named as they seem to prefer
rocky cliffs where they make their nests
on the ledges and cracks of the rocks.
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city-dwelling pigeons. Domestic pigeons
come in various sizes and colors, how-
ever.
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food where their squabs are sold as a del-
icacy in the most fashionable restaurants.
Other pigeons have been used in wartime
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Some breeds are raised as hobbies for
their ability to tumble and roll as acrobats
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Wallowa County Chieftain
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and tell a volume of stories.
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Casey has to think awhile generations of Williamses and
to come up with the words to Melvilles, both men and wom-
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explain it, and in the end she en. Of ancient family recipes
has to tell the story: “I like to that begin “take 100 pounds
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ones in the country, including the wild grandma made it together,” she granddad and the building of
rock doves, got their food from the spill- begins. And then she goes on: greenhouses and cultivation
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age at grain elevators and along railroad it came out of Grandma’s own of gardens, of little sisters who
The common pigeon is versatile and tracks. Quite often, both wild and do- garden, she loves chopping helped pick and plant, cousins
can serve a variety of uses.
mestic pigeons will take up living in the vegetables, they experimented that helped weed, special spa-
rafters of large hay barns where they are and it wasn’t all Casey learning ghetti sauce made for that pic-
when I was a teenager and I had to pro- considered a nuisance bird just as many from Grandma, it was Casey nic, peach upside down cake
learning with Grandma; and “I made for that baby shower ...
tect them from hawks and the neighbors’ of the city pigeons are.
cats. I sold several of my best performers
One thing of interest is that the for- feel very proud of myself when even Dad’s hunting stories are
down here — over there are his
to adults who paid me as much as 5 dol- merly endangered peregrine falcons have I look at all the jars.”
And that’s the beauty of jars of elk, bear, venison and
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money back in the 1930s. I had to sell bridges in the cities. And guess what their canning: when you go down kokanee.
“When you go down and
them all when I left home to take a job in main food source is? You guessed it ... into the pantry, it’s not all gone
Alaska after high school.
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It’s an art installation.
the half-light of a single bulb,
food from people at the parks who fed can even occur in non-natural habitats.
BIRD-
WATCHING
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ing, playing dominoes and cards
and visiting with old friends and
new.
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It’s a whole other world,
Lake Camp, just a few hundred though, at the Wallowa Lake
yards from the lake, is a musical Camp site. Here, in the warmth
oasis.
of the sun and the shade of the
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the lake and you’ll hear the buzz oboes, clarinets, saxophones,
of hundreds of visitors to the bassoons, and French Horns.
popular camping area. A verita-
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mini-golf, strolling to the restau- week of music camp are per-
rants, riding their bikes, hiking, forming an unusual exercise
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By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
ROUND-UP
SATURDAY • AUGUST 15 • 11:00 a.m.
enjoying the beauty that is out-
ward.
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Lake Camp enjoyed its ninth
year last week, culminating, as
usual, with a free community
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clarinetists, 14 bassoonists, 15
French horn players, nine obo-
ists and 12 saxophonists pre-
sented a nearly three-hour per-
formance at Joseph High School
Saturday night.
Some of those players played
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their life just a few days before
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ished performance is one of the
miracles of the camp.
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see over the week are pretty
phenomenal,” said senior coun-
cilor Seth Goldman of Lake
Oswego. Goldman, who plays
with the Vancouver Symphony,
started as a camper, became a
junior councilor and teacher at
the camp for three years, was a
Family and friends reunion at Edelweiss Inn (old dance hall/
skating rink). Main dish will be catered so please bring favorite
side dish or dessert and your beverage to the pot luck.
See you there!
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Catering a wide
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Second-year
camper Erin
Tanaka plays
her French
horn as junior
counselor/
instructor
Naomi Smith
checks the
tricky musical
score during
a one-on-one
instruction
period at the
Woodwinds @
Wallowa Lake
camp.
Kathleen Ellyn
Chieftain
featured artist on bassoon last
year, and is overseeing the ju-
nior councilors this year.
“You’ll meet someone (a
camper) on Sunday that you
won’t even recognize as a mu-
sician on the following Satur-
day. Maybe not even as a per-
son!” Goldman said.
According to campers, the
setting is partly responsible for
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ly speaking, the outdoor space
doesn’t capture the music, so
musicians have to listen better.
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second-year camper and re-
cent graduate of Ontario High
School, headed for Oregon
State University. “When you’re
outside you really have to lis-
ten. You have to key in.”
But it’s not all technique.
“I think the setting connects
us more,” added sixth year
camper Grace Hardy of Baker
City. “It gives you the chance
to become one with nature and
sharing that with other campers
helps you make friends.”
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friend-making and technical
challenge is part of the ensem-
ble experience as well.
“Creating small groups —
we don’t get to do that at home
where we usually just play in
band,” said Allysa Nelson, a
senior at West Albany High
School. “I used to have a fear
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year here I was just shaking.
But this is my third year and my
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“You don’t just follow a
conductor — you have to watch
each other and listening is a lot
more focused,” said Valarie
Milbrath, a junior at Hanford
High in Richland, Wash.
“It teaches you to make ad-
justments at the drop of a hat, to
work with others, and to perse-
vere,” Hardy said.
All of that challenge, that fo-
cus, and that reliance on others,
not to mention the consistency
created when campers turn into
teachers, when top-quality mu-
sicians give campers one-on-
one instruction, when excellent
food (campers were in agree-
ment on that) combine with
free time to play music with
your new buddies, and more
challenging musical literature
is faced in the company of good
friends — all of that makes for
a one-of-a-kind experience;
one of life lessons and music
lessons.
Only a labor of love could
create such an experience. And
that’s what it is, said Larry
Johnson, president and founder
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a pittance — and they love it and
come back every year.”
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Lake puts on two camps per
year: the Brass Camp in June
and the Woodwinds camp in
July. Visit musiccampsatwal-
lowalake.com for more infor-
mation.
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