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RONDA
McLAUGHLIN
County employee
IN BRIEF
First aid, CPR
classes planned
Project Heartbeat will con-
duct a First Aid/CPR/AED
class at the Prairie Creek Cen-
ter (Oregon DHS office) at
the corner of River and Litch
Streets in Enterprise Friday,
April 6.
The class will start at 8:15
a.m. and end around 4:30
p.m. It is designed to train lay
responders to assist those suf-
fering medical emergencies,
both minor and major, until the
Ronda McLaughlin, 57, of Enterprise isn’t a Wallowa
County native, and although she and Wallowa Countian John
McLaughlin always planned to retire here, she enjoyed her
life in other places.
Ronda went to school in Burley, Idaho, and graduated
from high school in 1979 before going on to junior college
in Hemet, Calif.
She went into banking in California and built a career that
took her from teller to loan officer in Boise, Idaho.
One day a coworker and she took a trip from Boise to
the Miner’s Jubilee in Baker City, and there she met John
McLaughlin. She and John married a year later and settled in
Wallowa County, where she got her real estate license with
Wallowa Mountain Properties and created the property man-
agement arm of the business while husband, John, worked as
a life-size welder at Valley Bronze.
They moved back to Boise in 1995 when their children,
Cameron, (now 26) and Blake (now 25) were young because
Wallowa County was going through hard times, there was
talk of consolidating the school districts, and they became
concerned about their children’s education.
Back in Boise, Ronda managed the Boise City ADA
County Housing Authority Section 8 division while John
worked in the maintenance department.
She branched out from there, doing real estate and man-
aging a manufactured housing company sales center while
John worked as a trucker delivering the homes.
Although they had meant to return to Wallowa County
after retirement, the death of her sister-in-law, Maryann
McLaughlin, helped them make the decision to come back
in 2017.
ambulance arrives.
Upon completion of the
course, participants will
receive two-year certification
from the American Red Cross.
Cost of the 7-hour class is $45.
For more information or to
register, call 541-432-0259.
at Fishtrap, spends rare vaca-
tion time in a small family
cabin outside of Joseph. She
represents the Seattle area.
She is the first Indi-
an-American woman to serve
in the U.S. House of Represen-
tatives and her district’s first
female congresswoman.
The event is free and open
to the public.
Jayapal speaker
for Brown Bag
Congresswoman Pramila
Jayapal will speak for a spe-
cial Brown Bag Lunch via
Facebook live from Washing-
ton, D.C. to talk about women
in elective office across the
country.
March 21, 2018
Jayapal
The event is 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 21, at Jose-
phy Center in Joseph.
Pramila, who first came to
the Wallowas to read and teach
T HE B OOKLOFT
Auxiliary plans for
bake sale March 29
Wallowa Memorial Hos-
pital Auxiliary will hold an
Easter Bake sale at the hospi-
tal 7:30 a.m. to sell-out Thurs-
day, March 29. A variety of
baked items are expected to be
on hand, just in time for Easter
family gatherings.
She now works for Wallowa County as a department spe-
cialist for Wallowa County Building Codes and Planning.
John is still driving truck, now for Farm Supply Trucking of
Enterprise.
The couple is committed to working with the Wal-
lowa County Humane Society, where she is a board mem-
ber. Ronda recently negotiated with Disney Studios to bring
“Homeward Bound,” part of which was filmed in the area, to
the OK Theatre for a showing March 31 to raise awareness
of the work of the society.
Q. Why do you live in Wallowa County?
A. When I was a little kid, my grandpa always used to take
me to Wallowa County, and I have a lot of childhood memo-
ries. We always planned to come back here when we retired.
When I left Wallowa Mountain Properties, they kept my key
for me, knowing I would return.
Q. What has Wallowa County taught you?
A. I have been constantly reminded that I’m not a local and
that’s a pet peeve. It’s different for those that were born and
raised here.
Q. Can you recall an early book you checked out of
the library for yourself, and can you recommend a
book you have read recently?
A. “Old Yeller” by Fred Gipson. I was in grade school.
And of course I saw the film, too. Right now I’m reading
“Unknown Predator,” which is written by a Wallowa County
writer, A. Dru Kristenev, about a rancher fighting the tangle
of government regulations. (Available at The Bookloft.)
Rotary Spelling Bee to
benefit ‘Lunch in the Park’
The Rotary Club of Wal-
lowa County will produce its
seventh-annual community
spelling bee open to adults
and students Tuesday, April
17, to raise funds for the
Summer Lunch in the Park
program and charities of the
winning teams’ choice.
The club is seeking teams
of three to compete in rounds
until winners emerge in a
championship final round.
Adults will be in separate
rounds from students but
will face off in the final. The
event is from 6 p.m. at the
OK Theatre in Enterprise.
“This is great fun for
Wallowa United
Methodist Church
the participants and specta-
tors alike,” said Rotarian Jolene
Cox, chair of the bee. “Teams
represent businesses, organi-
zations and school groups, and
everyone has a blast.”
Each team pays the entry fee
of $75 or finds a sponsor. Rotary
will assist in finding a sponsor if
necessary. Spectator admission
is a $2 suggested donation. For
every dollar donated at admis-
sion, spectators will receive a
ticket for a drawing to win $100.
Each team picks a name,
and appropriate costumes are
encouraged.
As much as $250 will be
donated to the charity selected
by the winning adult team and
another $250 to the charity
picked by the winning student
team.
Major sponsors of the bee
are Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Bennett Insurance Agency,
Bronze Antler Bed & Breakfast
and Chuckwagon Sisters Cater-
ing and Concessions.
For information on entering,
contact Cox at jcox@beobank.
com or 541-426-4205 or register
online at tinyurl.com/zl23gb6.
Kaye Garver - Pastor
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Grace Lutheran
Church
Finding books is our specialty
SUNDAY WORHIP SERVICES
Mar. 18 --Communion Worship @ 2 PM
Mar. 4, 11, 25 --Worship @ 9 AM
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409 West Main -Enterprise
Church
Directory
Church of Christ
502 W. 2nd Street • Wallowa
541-398-2509
Worship at 11 a.m.
Mid-week
Bible Study 7 p.m.
St. Katherine’s
Catholic Church
Fr. Thomas Puduppulliparamban
301 E. Garfield Enterprise
Mass Schedule
Sundays:
St. Pius X, Wallowa - 8:00 am
St. Katherine of Siena, Enterprise 10:30am
Saturdays:
St Katherine of Siena, Enterprise 5:30am
Weekday:
St. Katherine of Siena, Enterprise – 8:00am
(Monday – Thursday and First Friday)
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LENTEN SERVICE & MARTIN LUTHER VIDEO
Thursdays at 6pm, Feb. 29-Mar. 22
web: gracelutheranenterprise.com
102 West 1st Street, P.O. Box 53
Wallowa, Or 97885
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Spyware Removal • 541-426-0108
103 SW 1st St., Enterprise
Worship at 9:00am
Bible Study Mondays at 1:00pm at
Senior Center, Wallowa, OR
St. Patrick’s
Episcopal Church
100 NE 3rd St, Enterprise
NE 3rd & Main St
541-426-3439
Worship Service
Sunday 9:30am
All are welcome
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Joseph United
Methodist Church
Summit Church
3rd & Lake St. • Joseph
Pastor Cherie Dearth
Phone: 541-432-3102
Sunday Worship Service
10:00 am
Gospel Centered Community
Service time: 10:30 am
Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise
541-426-2150
Interim Pastor: Rich Hagenbaugh
JosephUMC.org
www.summitchurchoregon.org
Enterprise
Christian Church
Christ Covenant
Church
85035 Joseph Hwy • (541) 426-3449
Pastor Terry Tollefson
Church Offi ce: 541-263-0505
Worship at 9 a.m.
Sunday School at 10:30 a.m.
Evening Worship at 6 p.m.
(nursery at A.M. services)
Family Prayer: 9:30 am
Sunday School: 10:00 am
Worship Service: 11:00 am
“Loving God & One Another”
David Bruce, Sr. - Minister
723 College Street
Lostine
Lostine
Presbyterian Church
Enterprise Community
Congregational Church
Discussion Group 9:30 AM
Worship Service 11:00 AM
The Big Brown Church
Childrens program during service
Blog: dancingforth.blogspot.com
541.398.0597
Hwy 82, Lostine
Stephen Kliewer, Minister
Wallowa
Assembly
of God
606 West Hwy 82
Wallowa, Oregon
541-886-8445
Sunday School • 9:30
Worship Service • 10:45
Pastor Tim Barton
wallowaassemblyofgod.com
with an open door
Pastor Archie Hook
Sunday Worship 11am
Bible Study 9:30am
Ark Angels Children’s Program
Ages 4-6th grade, 11am
Nursery for children 3 & under
301 NE First St. • Enterprise, OR
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Church & School
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Open Daily 10 am – 5 pm
305 Wagner (near the Cemetery)
P.O. Box N. Enterprise, OR 97828
541-426-3751 Church
541-426-8339 School
Worship Services
Sabbath School 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Worship Hour 11:00 a.m. - Noon
Pastor Jonathan DeWeber
Uptown Clothing & Accessories
in Downtown Joseph
12 S. Main St. • 541-432-9653