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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Thursday, Oct. 13
Maxville Heritage Interpretive
Center and the Joseph United
Methodist Church are hosting a
community discussion as part of
Oregon Humanities’ statewide
This Place series from 6-7:30
p.m. at United Methodist Church,
301 S. Lake St. in Joseph. The
discussions provide Oregonians
with an opportunity to explore
their relationship to the places
they’ve come from and the places
they’re in now and are led by
trained facilitators from the ields
of tribal resource management,
anthropology, conlict resolution,
applied theology, natural resource
management, ethnic studies and
isheries science. For more infor-
mation about this free discussion,
please contact Gwen at 541-426-
3545 or gwen@maxvilleheritage.
org or visit http://oregonhuman-
ities.org/programs/this-place.
Friday, Oct. 14
The lu season is here, and the
Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial
VA Medical Center is holding a
lu shot clinic for Enterprise area
Veterans at the Enterprise VA
Clinic from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Shots are free for all veterans
just by showing valid identiica-
tion. For details, visit https://goo.
gl/MYvlES.
The Oregon Recreational
Trails Advisory Council will meet
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Joseph Community Center. The
council invites public comments.
The agenda includes presenta-
tions from local trail advocates
and land managers about trail
projects and initiatives in the area.
Fishtrap Fireside returns for
its fourth season at 7 p.m. at the
Fishtrap House, 400 East Grant
St. in Enterprise. The event kicks
off with three local writers, Eliz-
abeth Enslin, Fred Hauptmann
and David Weaver. An open mic
offering audience members a
chance to share their stories will
follow. Admission is free.
This week’s athlete of the week is
Wallowa County’s prevention coordinator
Jason Wilcox. Through his work with
local entity Building Healthy Families, the
36-year-old personifi es the spirit of ath-
letic camaraderie and community-mind-
edness using his “Basketball is Prevention”
program to provide positive activities for
youth in the community.
A former high school athlete, Wilcox
started the program two years ago in
conjunction with Joseph Charter School,
which allows the use of its gym in the
evening hours 2-3 times a week depend-
ing on the time of year. “We try to make it
fi t the time where if folks weren’t playing
basketball, they might be making other
choices,” Wilcox said. The program even
provides jerseys for its participants,
who can number up to 30 at times.
Wilcox lives in Enterprise.
Saturday, Oct. 15
First-time home buyers
are invited to a free, one-day
workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at Community Connection, 702
NW 1st St. in Enterprise. Local
lenders and Realtors will help
guide potential buyers through
the process. Lunch and snacks
provided. To register, call Debbie
Votaw at 541-963-3186, or Di Lyn
Larsen-Hill and Kate Gekeler at
541-963-5360, extensions 32 and
27 before Oct. 10.
Lower Valley Farmers’ Market,
11 a.m. to 4 p.m., 301 E. 1st St.,
Wallowa.
“Welcome home” open house
for the South Fork Grange No.
605 in Lostine, 1 to 9 p.m. Turn
onto Roswell Street for an after-
noon/evening of free fun. Cider
pressing, potato bar, Eileen Thiel
book signing, local music and pie.
Come celebrate the new commu-
nity meeting hall.
Annual National Rile Associa-
tion Banquet and Auction, 4 p.m.
at Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise.
Live and silent auctions, special
drawings, door prizes, great food
and friends. One brick of .22 LR
ammo rafled off every 10 minutes
from 4:10 to 5:30 p.m. Purchase
dinner tickets online at www.
friendsofnra.org. For more infor-
mation, contact Stephen Wolfe
at 541-263-0801 or sdw69548@
yahoo.com or Doug Batten at
541-426-4639 or dbatten@
frontier.com.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Wallowa Resources and Ener-
gy Trust of Oregon have arranged
a special event to mark the com-
missioning for the second small
hydro installation at Vern Spaur’s
Ranch, between Wallowa and
Lostine. This is truly a pioneering
project. Special guest: Sen. Bill
Hansell. Refreshments available.
10:30-11:15 a.m., 68832 Allen
Canyon Loop Road, Wallowa.
Brown Bag at Josephy Cen-
ter: Patrick Thiel and Ted Golder
will discuss quinoa, one of the
oldest crops in the world and a
new rage among health and ag-
riculturalists. Starts at noon. Free
and open to the public (donations
accepted).
Elizabeth Woody, Oregon’s
eighth Oregon Poet Laureate and
the irst Native American female
laureate, will visit La Grande to
give a craft talk and reading at
Eastern Oregon University as part
of Carl and Sandra Ellston Ars
Poetica Literary Lecture Series.
Woody’s craft talk is at 2 p.m. in
Zabel Hall, Room 201. Her read-
ing starts at 7:30 p.m. in Badgley
Hall, Room 148. Both events are
free and open to the public.
Wallowa County WeCare
Support Group is sponsoring
Alzheimers and Caregiving: a
positive approach to care along
with empathetic communication
techniques that reduce and
diffuse stressful situations. 3 p.m.
at the VFW Hall in Enterprise.
Join Northeast Oregon
Economic Development District
(NEOEDD) staff as they describe
the Community Public Offering
(CPO) program and its histo-
ry. Judy Goodman, founder of
BGood Bars, will present her
actual CPO that is iled with the
state. 6 p.m. at Dry Creek De-
sign, 110 E. 1st St. in Wallowa.
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Thursday, Oct. 20
The VFW post 4307 is holding
a meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Wallowa Resources is bringing
the popular band HoneyHoney
back to the OK Theater October
20 from 7-10 PM. Come celegrate
the nonproit’s 20th anniversary.
Show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets cost
$35, with proceeds go towards
programs supporting local lands
and people. Tickets available at:
eventbrite.com, Joseph Hardware,
The Bookloft, Dollar Stretcher and
M. Crow. For more information,
call 541-426-8053 or visit honey-
honeyband.com.
Friday, Oct. 21
Wallowa Valley Photo Club
dinner program, 5:30 p.m. at
Wallowa Lake Lodge. Presentation
by David Weaver on two early
Wallowa County photographers.
Call the lodge at 541-432-9821
to make reservations. Cost of the
event is the price of your meal.
Oct. 21-22
The Elgin Stampeders are
holding a two-day fundraiser
for a new stampede hall. There
will be cowboy poetry at 7 p.m.
Friday at the Elgin Opera House,
with a repeat performance at 2
p.m. Saturday. After the Saturday
performance, there will be a social
hour and dinner at the stampede
hall, followed by live music by The
Wild Turkey Band at 8 p.m. Tickets
are available at the opera house
or at the stampede hall door. $22
for poetry, $15 for dinner Saturday,
$7 for the dance. Package tickets
for all three Saturday events
are available for $40. Visit www.
elginoperahouse.com.
Wallowa County Chieftain
THE SCENE
Saturday, Oct. 15
• Bullets & Belles, 7 p.m. at Termi-
nal Gravity
Thursday, Oct. 20
• HoneyHoney, Wallowa Resources
fundraiser, 7 p.m. at the OK The-
atre. theoldok.com
• Old-Time Community Dance, 7-10
p.m. at Odd Fellows Hall
Saturday, Oct. 22
• Matt Harshman Band live at
Halloween costume party, 9 p.m. at
the Stubborn Mule
Friday, Nov. 4
• Open mic, 7 p.m. at Terminal
Gravity
Thursday, Nov. 10
• Portland Cello Project WLT Fund-
raiser, 7 p.m. at the OK Theatre.
theoldok.com
Sunday, Nov. 13
• Open mic night, 4-6 p.m. at the
Josephy Center with emcee Ted
Hays. josephy.org
Friday, Nov. 25
• Brady Goss, 6 p.m. at the OK
Theatre. theoldok.com
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information to editor@
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Candidate forum Thursday at Cloverleaf Hall
Jason Wilcox
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Wallowa County
Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary Club of Wallowa
County are hosting a candidate
forum on Thursday, Oct. 13 at
Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise.
Candidates from state and
local races will answer written
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mittee and the public during
the moderated event scheduled
from 6-8 p.m. The various pros
and cons of state measures on
the ballot also will be dis-
cussed.
Former Wallowa County
Commissioner Mike Hayward
will serve as master of ceremo-
nies.
Candidates and elected of-
icials expected to attend in-
clude:
• District 58 State Rep.
Greg Barreto
• District 29 State Senate
candidates Sen. Bill Hansell
and challenger Barbara Dick-
erson
• Uncontested Wallowa
County Commissioner candi-
date Todd Nash
• Uncontested Wallowa
County Sheriff candidate
Steve Rogers
• Uncontested Wallowa
County Treasurer candidate
Shonelle Dutcher
• Enterprise mayoral candi-
dates William Cofin, George
Hill, Stacy Karvoski and Dan-
iel Sticka
All other county-wide can-
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didates for mayor and city
council positions also have
been invited.
Presenters also have been
lined up to offer arguments for
and against seven measures
being considered by Oregon
voters.
If you plan to attend, please
notify the Chamber by calling
541-426-4622 no later than 5
p.m. Oct. 10 so that necessary
preparations can be made.
Tuesday, Nov. 8 is Election
Day. Wallowa County ballots
are expected to be mailed out
Oct. 19.
Public Meetings
Finding books is our specialty
Thursday, Oct. 13
• Wallowa County Public Transit
Advisory Committee, 9:30 a.m.
at Community Connection dining
room
• Childhood Care and Edu-
cation Committee of the Early
Learning Council, 1 p.m.; Call
Line: 1-877-309-2070, Access
Code: 643-080-573
• Wallowa County Candidate
Forum, 6 p.m. at Cloverleaf Hall.
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Church of Christ
502 W. 2nd Street • Wallowa
541-398-2509
Worship at 11 a.m.
Mid-week
Bible Study 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 14
• Oregon Recreational Trails
Advisory Council, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the Joseph Community Center.
Monday, Oct. 17
• Wallowa County Commis-
sioners: 9 a.m. in Thornton Room
at the courthouse. http://tinyurl.
com/jo8bcya
Tuesday, Oct. 18
• Wallowa City Council: 7 p.m.
at council room in City Hall
Thursday, Oct. 20
• Wallowa County Forest Clas-
siication, 1:30 p.m. in Thornton
Room at the courthouse. Matt
Howard, ODF, 886-2881 or John
Williams, OSU Extension, 426-
3143.
Monday, Oct. 24
Pastor Cherie Dearth
CLUES ACROSS
1. Nonsense (slang)
5. Military leader (abbr.)
9. Removes
11. Streamed
13. Inner ear cavity
15. Where to go after high school
16. Olympics host
17. A day to remember fallen soldiers
19. Forearm bone
21. Bypass surgery pioneer F. Mason __
22. Judo garments
23. Gentlemen
25. Large wrestler
26. Large integer
27. Makes a soft sound
29. Some claim to have six
31. Sunfish
33. Clan
34. A form of comedy
36. Defy
38. More (Spanish)
39. Sixteen ounces
41. Adventure story
43. Liquid distilled from wood or coal
44. Michigan ghost town
46. Fond of
48. Pearl Jam frontman
52. Clothes
53. Flinches
54. Giving the axe
56. Where planes are kept
57. Intervals
58. Plant’s unit of reproduction
59. Equips
CLUES DOWN
1. Cooks by exposure to direct heat
2. Using few words
3. Wood
4. Steer
5. Soft drink
6. Consider
7. Clears from a river
8. Claim again
9. Beige
10. Witnesses
11. Spiked
12. Partidge actor Susan and
Marmaduke director Tom
14. __ and Andy, TV show
15. Fraiche and de Menthe are two
18. Burden
20. Olfactory properties
24. Carbon particles
26. Set of four
28. A sweater pulled over the head
30. Relaxing places
32. Gets up
34. Canned fish
35. __ Blyton, children’s author
37. A conceited and self-centered person
38. Fine-textured cotton fabric
40. Turner and Kennedy
42. Repents
43. Smartphones, tablets, etc.
45. A way to garner
47. Eat them for breakfast
49. Former Tigers third baseman Brandon
50. Oh, God!
51. Canadian flyers
55. One-legged Chinese mythological
demon
• Wallowa Lake Rural Fire
Protection District: 7 p.m. at
Wallowa Lake Fire Station. http://
wallowalakeire.com
Tuesday, Oct. 25
• Wallowa County Planning
Commission: 7 p.m. in the
Thornton conference room at the
Wallowa County Courthouse
Enterprise
Christian Church
Wednesday, Nov. 2
• Lostine City Council: 7:30
p.m. at City Hall
85035 Joseph Hwy • (541) 426-3449
Worship at 9 a.m.
Sunday School at 10:30 a.m.
Evening Worship at 6 p.m.
(nursery at A.M. services)
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