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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1943-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 2018)
A10 News wallowa.com THREE minutes with ... October 3, 2018 The family moved to Wallowa County when Rose and Ruth were six. Rose’s father, Albert, worked for Hammack’s Garage in Enterprise and later Courtney Motors. Mom, Lil- lian, worked at Wallowa Memorial Hospital and taught violin. Rose graduated from Enterprise High in 1977 and went to Brigham Young University for a couple of terms before returning to Eastern Oregon for courses in cosmetology in La Grande. Her work history was varied and adventuresome. She drove a long-haul flatbed truck for Prime Inc., of Springfield, Miss., was a bookkeeper, a barkeep, worked in retail sales — “a smattering of things,” Rose said. She married and divorced along the way and has a grown son and a grandchild. She keeps busy now by doing “a lot of handwork,” she said. She is adept at all the domestic arts including quilt mak- ing, knitting, crocheting, doll making and jewelry making. She sells home-made items every year at the VFW Christ- mas Bazaar and enjoys donating items to various charities or needy individuals she hears about. “If I have it, I’m going to share it,” she said. Rose Coleman ROSE COLEMAN Q. Why did you choose to come back to Wallowa County after college and make it your home? A. I love it here. I love the land and the mountains. I like the fact that it is a smaller community. I like the fact that it is slow-paced. There are so many good people here, too. There are so many kind-hearted, good-meaning and welcom- ing people here. When you are with them, they have such a calming feeling. You can “drop in” to visit people, and they Artisan Rose Coleman was born in 1959 in Burns, the last child of four born to Lillian and Albert Lewis. She was a twin — her older (by minutes) twin sister is Ruth Overholser of Grants Pass, Ore. make time for you willingly. Q. What has Wallowa County taught you? A. It’s okay to take time to just enjoy nature. Just take a moment. You don’t have to be rushing all the time. Liv- ing here teaches you that living a slower pace allows you to enjoy literally stopping to smell the flowers — and people will allow you that. Q. Can you recall a book that was a big influence on you as a child and can you recommend a book you’ve read recently? A. A book I loved as a child — actually part of a series of books called the Wonder Story-Book series — was a con- glomeration of stories called “After the Sun Sets” (by Mir- iam Blanton Huber, Frank Seely Salisbury and Mabel O’Donnell). My favorite story in the whole book was “Aichen Drum the Brownie.” He was a Brownie (a traditional household spirit from Scots lore) who would show up in villages that needed help and do whatever needed done. You were sup- posed to leave him a bowl of milk or porridge. He didn’t want to be paid. If you tried to pay him he disappeared. A book I can recommend is any book by Pema Chodron (an American Tibetan Buddhist teacher and writer of “Start Where You Are,” “When Things Fall Apart,” “Practicing Peace in Times of War” and other books, some available at the Book Loft in Enterprise). She has so much — so many wonderful things to say; such food for thought. I definitely could eat that up. Wallowa Valley Festival of the Arts awards Best of Show ($500) Artist: Sam Collett Artwork: “Flamenco Aire” O W SH Artwork: “Tethered” Jon M. Skovlin Memorial for Best Wildlife Representation ($500) Sandra Skovlin Bosley Artist: Kelli Kobe Artwork: “Lord of the Selkirks” People’s Choice - Overall ($300) Artist: Debra Otterstein Artwork: “Growing Up Country” People’s Choice - Photography ($300) Artist: Carla Axtman Artwork: “The Light to Guide You Home” Best Three-Dimensional Art ($300) Artist: Tamara Stephas Northwest Cultural Heritage Award ($300) Artist: Judy Moffit Artwork: “Pine Needle/Cedar Basket” Northwest Region Landscape Award ($250) Artist: Kendrick Moholt Artwork: “Joseph before the Storm” Director’s Choice ($200) Artist: Malcolm Phinney Artwork: “Late Fall Lostine River” Best Silent Auction Piece ($50) Artist: Valerie Carson Artwork: “Sweet Spot” Artists’ Choice for Best En Plein Air Artist ($225) Artist: Karen Bakke FFA, Schwab food drive held ODOT projects done for the year All three Wallowa County FFA Chapters –– Enterprise, Joseph and Wallowa –– will pair with Enterprise Les Schwab Tire Center to launch a statewide hunger initiative during October. Collection of nonper- ishable food, along with farm and ranch crop dona- tions, will be solicited. Sev- eral activities and collection drives are planned through- out the month. Food dona- tions may also be dropped at Les Schwab. Call 541-398- 0433 to arrange pickup by an FFA member. Donations will be given to Oregon Food Bank, which has seen demand rise significantly in recent years. A total of 1.1 million boxes Highway work in or approaching Wallowa County on Hwy. 82 is either complete or shut down until spring, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. Projects included chip seal on Highway 82 between Elgin and Minam from mile- post 20.6 to 33.6; work on realigning the hairpin cor- ner at Minam Curve and constructing bank stabili- zation west of Minam; and construction of the bike and pedestrian path along the highway between College Street in Joseph to Wallowa Lake north boat ramp park- ing area. More work will be done on the Minam Curve project beginning next April. 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