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April 13, 2016
2016 Chief Joseph Days
queen coronation Saturday
Final competition
begins at 11 a.m.
at rodeo grounds
Wallowa County Chieftain
Saturday is the big day for
contestants of the 71st Annu-
al Chief Joseph Days rodeo
court. Sarah Aschenbren-
ner of Enterprise and Taylor
Grote and Lauren Makin of
Joseph are competing in the
¿ nals for the title of CJD
Queen at the Harley Tucker
Rodeo Grounds.
The girls will compete in
riding and public speaking.
Their contestants’ respective
ticket sales also ¿ gure into
the outcome. The competi-
tion starts at 11 a.m. and is
Courtesy photos
2016 Chief Joseph Days Rodeo Princesses, from left, Sarah Aschenbrenner, Taylor Grote and
Lauren Makin.
free and open to the public.
A dinner, dance and the
queen’s coronation at the Jo-
seph Community Center fol-
lows the competition. There
will be a social hour starting
at 5:30 p.m, followed by tri-
tip dinner by Apple Flat Ca-
tering at 6:30 p.m., the Queen
Coronation at 8:30 p.m. and
dance immediately after cor-
onation.
Tickets for the dinner and
coronation are $20, which
includes free entrance to the
dance.
Tickets for the dance only
are $5. Tickets are available
at the Chief Joseph Days Ro-
deo Of¿ ce and The Sports
Corral in Joseph as well as
Community Bank branch-
es in Joseph, Enterprise and
Wallowa.
Education Foundation on its way to $1M
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
2016 may be the year to
remember. It’s stacking up
to be the year that the Enter-
prise Education Foundation
crushed the $1 million mark
— having donated $1 million
over 12 years for K-6 music
teachers and K-12 art teach-
ers.
New co-chairs Jen Cam-
eron and Jessie Cunningham
put on a great do for the EEF
“We Love Our Kids” dinner
and auction, and reported
they were “right at $20,000”
with more money to count, by
press time. That’s the magic
number needed to break the
million-dollar mark.
The event, known for it’s
fantastic range of kid-creat-
ed or -inspired arts and crafts
saw some of the most innova-
tive products yet:
• A blue pine coffee table
built mostly by Mike Wiede-
man with a scrapbook of po-
etry, art and photos from Mr.
Keffer’s ¿ fth-grade class sold
for $725
• An award-winning ¿ fth-
grade ¿ lm about the 100-year
history of Enterprise Elemen-
tary (Available for $25 a copy;
contact Lorri Fischer)
• A wooden hall tree fea-
turing black-and-white photos
of children from the com-
bined ¿ rst-grade class of Mrs.
<anke and Mrs. Butter¿ eld,
made and donated by Donnie
Rynearson, sold for $450.
• The highest price paid for
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Wallowa County Chieftain
O BITUARIES
William Ray Coffman
Oct. 4, 1929 to April 3, 2016
William (Bill) Ray Coff-
man, 86, of Ontario, Ore.,
passed away into the loving
arms of Jesus on Sunday,
April 3, 2016, at his home
while surrounded by family.
Bill was born in Weiser, Ida-
ho, on Oct. 4, 1929. He grew
up on Keithly Creek and at-
tended Midvale School. He
met Jeanie Richards of Cam-
bridge, Idaho, and they were
married Nov. 9, 1950. They
were married 65 years.
Bill was drafted into the Army in 1951 and was stationed
at Fort Hood, Texas, Germany and England during his two
years of service. After returning home, he bought a dairy
ranch in Midvale, Idaho. He also drove milk truck on the up-
per valley run to Payette, Idaho. Later he drove the school
bus for the Midvale School District.
In 1969, Bill, Jeanie and family moved to Enterprise,
where Bill worked in the woods before buying the Texaco
Service Station. He operated it for ¿ ve years and then drove
log truck. He enjoyed having his grandson ride with him.
In 1988 the farming urge hit him again. He and the fami-
ly purchased a 40-acre ranch just outside Ontario. He raised
cattle and drove truck for a sand-and-gravel company. He
enjoyed helping out his neighbors (including his sister Rose
Marie and her husband Rudolph Cada). When he fully retired
he kept busy with his lawn and garden. He was fun to be
around and teased everyone.
Bill was preceded in death by his sister Rose Marie Cada,
his brother Robert Coffman, his parents Everett and Sylvia
Coffman, and his step-mother Hazel Coffman. Bill is sur-
vived by his wife Jeanie, his sister Olive Davis, his son Bill
Coffman (and wife Charlotte) and daughter Sue Shelley (and
husband Dean). He also was blessed with ¿ ve grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are under the direction of Thomason Fu-
neral Home in Weiser. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 12 at Weiser Memorial Cemetery, with a re-
ception immediately following.
In lieu of À owers, a memorial fund has been set up in hon-
or of Bill at the Ontario First Church of the Nazarene, P.O.
Box 175, Ontario, OR, 97914.
What’s left of a $240 cake
at the Enterprise Education
Foundation
dinner
and
auction. It was worth it.
S ERVICE N OTICES
Zana Shuman
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
The crowd favorite event, The Dessert Dash, impressed
School Board member Mike Wiedemen, his grandaughter
Cassidy Wiedeman, 10, and music teacher Wendy Stauffer.
They stuffed their bidding envelopes and won the cake for
their table.
a dessert in the dessert dash
was $240.
The money goes toward
K-6 music and K-12 arts pro-
grams, and the community
support for the program is
well respected throughout the
region.
Wendy Stauffer, elementa-
ry music teacher at Enterprise
Elementary, recently defended
her masters thesis at the Uni-
versity of Idaho and impressed
everyone there with stories of
Wallowa County’s largesse.
“They were À oored to
learn how our community
bands together to support mu-
sic and art in schools and they
send their applause to us,”
Stauffer said.
The special guest of the
night was outgoing Superin-
tendent/Elementary School
Principal Brad Royse, who
was all smiles the entire eve-
ning. Rumor has it he will be
making saddles in his retire-
ment.
He was honored for “the
guidance and stubbornness”
that brought Enterprise School
District to ¿ nancial solven-
cy, said School Board mem-
ber Mike Wiedeman. During
his 18 years with the district
Royse worked with 20 differ-
ent board members on their
way to that goal.
Royse alluded to both the
tough times and the good
when he called his years with
the district “a heck of a ride.”
“This is what I consider
home,” he said.” The kids in
this community — and this
community — are second to
none.”
Nobody could disagree
with that. The crowd gave
Royse a standing ovation and
plenty of appreciative whis-
tles.
A graveside service for Zana Shuman, who passed away
at age 79 on Jan. 13 in Walla Walla, will be held at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 16 at the Lostine Cemetery. Following the
graveside service there will be a celebration of life gathering
at the Wallowa Senior Center, 204 2nd St. in Wallowa. All
friends and family are welcome.
Harold Goebel
Graveside services for Harold Goebel, 86, of Wallowa
will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 15 at the Wallowa Cem-
etery. A complete obituary will be published later. Bollman
Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.
Gabriel Ryan Renfroe
Linda Renfroe Comstock, mother of Gabriel Ryan Ren-
froe, is planning a memorial for her son to take place at the
end of this summer. It will be a private, invitation-only event.
D EATH N OTICES
Erma May Armon
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Former Enterprise resident Erma May Armon, 89, of
Caldwell, Idaho, died of natural causes Friday, April 8, 2016
at a Caldwell care center. Cremation is under the care of Fla-
hiff Funeral Chapel of Caldwell.
Richard K. Macauley
Richard K. Macauley of Milton-Freewater passed away
April 6, 2016 at his home at age 80. Munselle-Rhodes Funer-
al Home, 902 S. Main, Milton-Freewater is in charge of the
arrangements.
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