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THURSDAY, AUG. 31
Terminal Gravity Presents
Jack Grelle: 7 p.m. 803 School St.,
Enterprise.
A Year in the Life of Bear: 7 p.m.
Wallowology in Joseph. Experience a
year in the life of a bear from hyper-
phagia to having cubs while sleeping.
Presented by Gregg Pohl, National
Park Service.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 1
Terminal Gravity Open Mic
Night: 7 p.m. 803 School St.,
Enterprise.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 2
Wallowa Lake Triathlon “Race
to End Abuse:” 8 a.m. Wallowa
Lake. 250 meter swim, 12-mile road
bike ride and 5k run. Benefit for Safe
Harbors. Registration deadline Aug.
27. Info: active.com
Habitat Restoration on the East
Moraine: 9 a.m. 84681 Ponderosa
Lane, Joseph. Work party will restore
habitat for mule deer and elk by
removing a derelict barbed-wire fence
along a section of the East Moraine.
RSVP: info@wallowalandtrust.org or
541-426-2042.
Juniper Jam: Noon Wallowa
County Fairgrounds, 668 NW 1st St.,
Enterprise. Music begins at 1 p.m.
and goes until around 10 p.m. A kid’s
area will be monitored noon to 5 p.m.
with a bouncy house, face painting,
bubbles, crafts and other activities.
There will be art displays of bronze,
glass, pottery and more. Food and
beverages will be for sale.
If you go
Beth Wood will perform at Juniper Jam 2017
and will also teach a songwriting workshop as
part of the festival 10 a.m. Saturday at Fishtrap
House, 400 E. Grant Street, Enterprise.
Wood will meet with aspiring and experi-
enced songwriters to dig into the craft. She will
begin with writing exercises to encourage cre-
ativity and then explore how words lend them-
selves to melodies and rhythms.
Register online: juniperjam.com/
songwriting-workshop.
New performers on
tap at Juniper Jam
David Luning will bring his
bluesy-rock-Americana sound from Cali-
fornia to Juniper Jam for the fi rst time Sat-
urday, Sept. 2, at Wallowa County Fair-
grounds in Enterprise.
He is one of a full line-up of musicians
expected to be on hand for nonstop music
on two performance stages during the
ninth-annual event beginning 1 p.m.
Another fi rst-timer at the festival will
be Brad Parsons Band,a Portland-based
singer-songwriter with a genre-bending
blend of psychedelic rock and Americana,
according to Janis Carper, festival director
and executive director of the sponsoring
Wallowa Valley Music Alliance.
Other performances include Run On
Sentence, led by songwriter Dustin Ham-
man; Bigfoot Mojo, featuring upright bass-
ist Belinda Underwood and national man-
dolin champion Josiah Payne; Catskills, a
rock band from La Grande featuring song-
writer Gregory Rawlins; Alexa Wiley &
the Wilderness and Jezebel’s Mother, fea-
turing local songwriters Janis Carper and
Carolyn Lochert with their “rootsy-bluesy-
lively-lovely” brand of Americana.
Tickets for Juniper Jam 2017 are $20 at
the gate or $18 in advance at Joseph Hard-
ware, Lear’s, The Bookloft, M. Crow &
Co. or online at juniperjam.com.
Kids 12 and under get in free. Gates
open at noon.
Free parking around the fairgrounds
area.
More information at juniperjam.com.
Hunt to perform in concert
to benefi t resources group
MONDAY, SEPT. 4
Ben Winship and Eli West in
Concert: Fishtrap, 7 p.m. 400 E.
Grant St., Enterprise An evening
of fantastic musicianship, harmony
singing and original songs by two
artists shaking up the new acous-
tic folk music scene. Tickets are $15,
available at the Bookloft, M.Crow &
Co., Joseph Hardware and online at
wvmusicalliance.org.
Phoebe Hunt
Wallowa County Chieftain
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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 30
Terminal Gravity Presents John
Hatchet Band: 7 p.m. 803 School
St., Enterprise.
Is CHIP Right for Me?: 5:30 p.m.
Wallowa Memorial Hospital Cafe-
teria. Learn more about the hospi-
tal’s Complete Health Improvement
Program.
Homeschool Partnership
Exploratory Meeting: 3:30 p.m. Wal-
lowology 508 N. Main, Joseph. Learn
more about the C.O.D.E. Green Wal-
lowology Youth Program designed for
homeschooled students ages 8-12.
Free. RSVP to joan@wallowology.org.
Children are welcome.
August 30, 2017
Texas-born fi ddler player
Phoebe Hunt with her
backup band The Gather-
ers will perform at the OK
Theatre in Enterprise 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 6.
The concert is a benefi t
for Wallowa Resources.
Hunt has been described
in Rolling Stone magazine as
one of the “10 New Country
Artists You Need to Know.”
She also was labeled “a top
Merrill Leon King
Merrill Leon King, 90, of Wallowa, peacefully passed away
on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at the Wallowa Memorial
Hospital in Enterprise, Oregon. Born October 25, 1926
on Sutter Island (Courtland, California) to Darlene Willa
Vernett Fox King and William Harold King, the oldest of
three boys. The family moved to Sacramento, California
where Merrill graduated from McClatchy High School in
1944. He was a Boy Scout, Sea Scout and was appointed
corporal in ROTC.
He married Charlotte Esther Reader in 1953, in Carson
City NV, making their home in West Sacramento. Esther
passed away in 1973. Merrill married Betty Jackson Hol-
loran in Wallowa in 1974. They lived in West Sacramento
and after retirement spent summers in Wallowa, Oregon.
Betty passed away in 2012. Merrill always said he was blessed
to have two wonderful women. His marriage to Esther
gave him numerous in-laws and more than a score of nieces and nephews. With his marriage
to Betty, he gained a son and two daughters, who blessed him with six grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren. All brought him great joy and they loved him immensely.
Merrill began his career at Capital Tractor with heavy equipment in North Sacramento where
his dad was foreman. Capital Tractor was bought out by Ray Tractor where one of his jobs was
working on the tugs for the Sacramento River Lines. He then was a field mechanic for Moore
Equipment where he worked on logging rigs, large tractors and sawmill motors. After that, he
was Head Field Man at Weaver Tractor. Merrill was then hired by A. Tiechert & Sons in Sacra-
mento as a master mechanic and worked there for more than 25 years. He retired from Tiechert
in 1988 as their Heavy Equipment Shop Foreman. Merrill’s life-long friend and co-worker said
“Merrill was extremely knowledgeable and was an outstanding mechanic - one who was highly
respected in the workplace and you could not find a better person.” He loved being a mechanic
and formed many life-long friendships through his work.
Merrill was a gentle soul who was kind and thoughtful – and embodied the term gentleman.
Throughout life, Merrill’s love was hunting and fishing - from hunting with his aunt in his youth
to fishing with his grandchildren in his elder years. Families and friends fondest memories are
hunting elk, deer, birds, and fishing with Merrill. He restored a vintage grader for Tiechert and
often overhauled tractors, motors and machinery for friends. He enjoyed bowling, carpentry
(building and restoring furniture) and was a collector. Merrill liked to bake (snickerdoodles) and
can fresh produce to share with friends and was known for his famous Christmas cheese balls.
Merrill was a member of the Elks, TERRA, Capital A’s and the Rusty Wheels. He enjoyed the
gatherings with his fellow Tiechert retirees and also traveling in his model A with the car clubs.
He proudly drove his restored 1931 Model A Ford Crown Victoria in several parades and tours.
Merrill is survived by brother Don King ( Janet), Sacramento CA; son Ed Holloran ( Jackie), War-
renton OR; daughters Patti Price (Rod), Adrian OR and Peggy Weishaar (Guy), La Grande OR;
sister-in-laws Helen Butler, Red Bluff CA and Mary (Harry) Kennison, Salem OR. Grandchil-
dren: Michael Holloran ( Jennifer) Jacob and Noah, The Dalles OR; Kelsey Zimmerman, Mesa
and Mylie, Adrian OR; Katie Weybright (Eric), Connor and Owen, Terrebonne OR; Jenny Del-
ano-Johnson (Tyler), Seaside OR; Krista Jo Brooks ( Jonathan), Cameron and Sidney, Berryville
VA, and Jaci Weishaar, La Grande OR, and many very special nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents Harold and Darlene King, wife Esther King, wife Betty
King and brother Presley King.
shelf fi ddler who combines
“Appalachian-style fi ddle
chops with Texas twang,
Indian ragas, gypsy jazz ...
and the free-spirited fun of a
jam band leader.”
The concert will be pre-
ceded by a short fi lm featur-
ing Wallowa County residents
and the work of Wallowa
Resources in land and water
stewardship,
renewable
energy development, range
and forestland weed control
and outdoor youth education.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
A full array of refreshments
will be available, including
snacks, soft drinks, Terminal
Gravity beer and wine.
Tickets are $25, avail-
able at The Bookloft, Dollar
Stretcher, Joseph Hardware
and online at walloware-
sources.org and eventbrite.
com.
A Non-Profit Community Health Center
Chester “Donald” Gibbs
April 2, 1933 –– Aug. 23, 2017
Chester “Donald” Gibbs was born to Maude and Rex Gibbs in
Joseph on April 2, 1933. He graduated from Joseph High School
in 1951 as salutatorian. In 1955 he married Shannon MacM-
animan and moved to Wallowa
where they raised their family.
They recently celebrated 62 years
of marriage.
Don worked with his dad as
a teenager in the gravel busi-
ness helping pour the curbs
along Joseph’s Main Street. After
school, he was in the U.S. Army
Reserves for eight years, winning
many awards for marksmanship.
He also worked at J. Herbert Bate
Lumber for 10 years until a strike
brought the closing of the mill.
Don was a very honest, hum-
ble and hard-working man who
strove to support his family by
working many jobs. He had a TV Donald GIbbs
repair shop where he fi xed and
sold a variety of items and ended up buying the local cable sys-
tem. He also worked part-time for the U.S. Postal Service. later
becoming the Postmaster.
After 32 years, he retired and moved out of Wallowa County
ending up in Texas.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Rex and Maude Gibbs,
sister Macel, and brother Ron. He leaves behind four children,
Rick Gibbs (Margie), Kari Frolander (Mike), Greg Gibbs and Jill
Hiatt (Danny). He adored all of his grandchildren –– Christopher,
Nicolas, Ashley, Kasey and Kylie. He also leaves a handful of
great-grandchildren.
He is survived by two loving sisters, Sylvia Gould and Col-
leen Wells, and their families, with whom he was able to create
his last memories with just days before he passed. His family
appreciates all of the good wishes.
Contributions may be made in his honor to The Company
of Rockhouse, 2252 W Lingleville Rd., Stephenville TX 76401
where his son, Greg, is being well cared for.
FUNERAL NOTICE
Merrill King
All are welcome to attend the Rosary services 7 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 3, at Bollman’s Funeral Home in Enterprise with viewing
at 6:30 p.m. and a time to share memories following the service.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 4, at at
St. Pius X, 407 S Pine, Wallowa, with interment at the Wallowa
Cemetery. The memorial dinner will be served at the Senior Cen-
ter in Wallowa following the burial services.
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All are welcome to attend the Rosary Service to be held Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 7:00 P.M.
at Bollman’s Funeral Home in Enterprise OR with viewing at 6:30 and a time to share memories
following the service. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, September 4, 2017 at 10 A.M.
at St. Pius X, 407 S. Pine Wallowa, OR with interment at the Wallowa Cemetery. The memorial
dinner will be served at the Senior Center in Wallowa following the burial services.
Suggested Memorial Donations: Wallowa’s St. Pius X Catholic Church Stain Glass Restoration
Project (301 E Garfield, Enterprise OR 97828) or the Wallowa Senior Center (702 NW 1 st St
Enterprise OR 97828)
Dwain Arlen Estes
Feb. 4, 1936 –– July 10, 2017
Dwain Arlen Estes passed away July 10, 2017, at the age of
81 in Portland.
Dwain was born Feb, 4, 1936, in Joseph to parents Aubrey
Dwain Estes and Maida Caldwell Estes. Aubrey owned the town
barbershop, and Maida was a teacher.
As a boy, Dwain loved the outdoors and developed a life-long
passion for hunting and fi shing. He was active in the Boy Scouts
and later in the Mazamas, a mountaineering society, where he
climbed several of the Northwest peaks.
Dwain graduated from Eastern Oregon State College in 1957
and began teaching in Portland’s Parkrose School District that
autumn. He taught in Parkrose for 33 years, retiring in 1990.
Much of his career was spent as a sixth-grade teacher where he
shared his enjoyment of the outdoors with many of his students at
Outdoor School. He fi nished his career as a math teacher at Park-
rose Middle School.
After retirement, Dwain devoted much of his free time to fi sh-
ing the rivers in Oregon and Washington, fi lling his (and friends
and family) freezers with salmon and steelhead. Even after suffer-
ing a stroke in 2011, his passion for the outdoors was not dimin-
ished, and he continued to fi sh with the help of his good friends.
Dwain is survived by his younger sister, Marleen Caloia
(Chuck) of Frederick, Md., and his son, Daniel Estes (Thia)
of Hubbard, Ore., and grandchildren Ashlee Pecyna, Gabriella
Plante and Cole Plante. Dwain is also survived by his long-time
love and companion Barbara Roberts of Portland and by many
good friends from a long life, well lived.
Private services will be held in Joseph and also at Dwain’s
favorite fi shing hole, the location of which dare not be published.
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