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November 21, 2018
Wallowa County Chieftain
Online marketplace forming for county
Manuels are developing
four history centers
Kristy Athens of Enterprise is launching a
new business that will allow Wallowa County
businesses to compete with Amazon for online
orders.
Her business is an e-commerce site called
“Genuine Wallowa County” and will fea-
ture products (and possibly services) made or
offered in Wallowa County only.
“We have so much talent in the county –– we
need a showcase for it,” Athens said.“What’s so
great about this county is we have so many peo-
ple who make something. People who visit or
used to live here want to remember and share
Wallowa County and how amazing everything
here is.”
The ecommerce business would allow those
people the opportunity to say “this is what I’m
talking about” by ordering and shipping Wal-
lowa-made products using the online market-
ing tool.
The website will sell product online to any-
one in the world, and the focus will be on qual-
ity and authenticity.
“GWC will be a marketing tool for Wallowa
County businesses, as well as an additional
sales channel,” Athens said. “And I’ll do all the
work.”
At this point, Athens is still gathering infor-
mation about how the business could most
benefit county businesses. To that end, she
has launched a survey. Visit surveymonkey.
com/r/3LDK6RR. Please complete the survey
by Nov. 23.
You are welcome to answer anonymously,
but if you would like to continue to learn about
this opportunity as it unfolds, please complete
the contact info section at the end of the survey.
BIZ BUZZ
Kathleen Ellyn
“There are lots
of spaces for com-
ments — the more
input I have at this
stage, the better
Genuine Wallowa
County will serve
all of us,” said
Athens.
You can also
email or call Ath-
ens at genuinewallowacounty@gmail.com or
541-406-0831. The website is not up yet, but
there is a Facebook page genuinewallowacounty
She has received 24 survey responses so far
but is hoping for many more.
Galleries for Enterprise
In other news, the Manuels are back. Sculp-
tor David Manuel and his promoter wife Lee
Manuel operated the Manuel Museum in Joseph
for 25 years before departing for Union County
in 2005.
They also owned and managed a number of
other businesses including Magnoni’s Restau-
rant, The Four Corners Coffee Co., Bronze Bear
Bed and Breakfast, Carriage House Foundry
and the Manuel Education Center. At the time
the couple moved to Union County, they listed
13 properties for sale in Wallowa County.
They moved to Union County to renovate
and repurpose the Hot Lake resort near Union,
a business they still own and are working to
develop into a Veterans Restorative Care Cen-
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
This sign has gone up at the site where the Manuels are planning on building four history
centers.
ter. In 2017 the estimated the cost of that devel-
opment was $42 million.
The nonprofit Veterans Restorative Care
Center received a $30,000 grant from USDA
Rural Development to develop a business plan
in 2017 and this week confirmed that plans
involving several other stakeholders were in
development.
The striking Manuel Museum building in
Joseph, the large log structure across from the
Josephy Center, is now owned by Kirk Makin
and in addition to housing several business
offices, serves as a multi-unit vacation rental.
This time around, the Manuels are develop-
ing four small history centers: A Native Amer-
ican center, a military history center, a pioneer
history center and a center combining the sub-
jects of history and bronze casting.
A ground-breaking ceremony took place at
the new location one-quarter mile outside Enter-
prise on the right side of Highway 82 as you
travel from Enterprise to Joseph. The property
is the graveled square where drilling equipment
used to be parked.
A sign advertising the new centers has been
erected. The Manuels do not have a precise fin-
ish date but plan to open the business some time
in 2019.
Joseph High aviation program earns $12,000 grant
Money from American destined to buy flight simulators
By Kana Oliver
For the Chieftain
The New Heights Avia-
tion Program at Joseph Charter
School has received a $12,000
grant from American Airlines
to support the flight simulation
portion of its program.
New Heights will purchase
two Redbird TD2 simulators
along with a simulation curric-
T HE B OOKLOFT
ulum with the grant money.
The curriculum integrates
science, technology, engineer-
ing and math, and is aligned to
the Next Generation Science
Standards. The curriculum will
tie in, or create scaffolding for,
the association’s Learn to Fly
curriculum used by Joseph
Charter High School students.
The emphasis of the simu-
lator program is to expose stu-
dents to aerospace and aviation
and create a feeder program
for the high school aerospace
program, post-secondary flight
training and eventually com-
mercial and airline transport
pilot ratings.
The simulation program
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541-398-2509
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Worship at 11 a.m.
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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)
will focus both on the science
of flight and actual hands-on
experience.
Principal Sherri Kilgore
and Supt. Lance Homan will
travel to Dallas to accept the
grant in December.
In addition to providing
curriculum for the Learn to Fly
program, Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association has awarded
$5,000 scholarships to 22 stu-
dents selected from a pool of
1,300 applicants nationwide
in the 2018 You Can Fly High
School Flight Training Schol-
arship Program.
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CLUES ACROSS
1. At the peak
5. Spider’s snare
8. Housetop
12. History
13. Dread
14. Aristocrat
15. Wood product
16. Salt water
17. Victim
18. Iron output
20. Utilize
22. Legendary Himalayan creature
25. Bald ____
29. Shone
32. Wrap
33. Pro vote
34. Moray fisherman
36. King beater
37. Stoneworker
39. Put up
41. Exhausted
42. Scale
43. Beat walker
45. Clearances
49. Inkling
52. Upper limb
55. Face
56. Snitch
57. Hair gel
58. Radiate
59. Peddle
60. Fade away
61. Spots
CLUES DOWN
1. Some vipers
2. Rigid
3. Stare at
4. Tropical fruit
5. Had been
6. Momma sheep
7. Boyfriend
8. Revoke officially
9. Rowboat propeller
10. Lode yield
11. Go by air
19. Keepsake
21. Mysteries
23. Golf peg
24. Lazy person
26. Nanny ____
27. Shoestring
28. ____ out (barely made)
29. School wings
30. Vault
31. Lighten
35. Notable time
38. Available for duty
40. Stopped
44. Manuscript leaf
46. Exec’s car
47. Modify copy
48. Adjusts
49. ____ a living!
50. Barely passing grade
51. House extension
53. Filch
54. Riot crowd
OHSU Resident
Joseph United
Methodist Church
Summit Church
October 23 – November 29
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
Hours:
Monday-Friday
7:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday
9:00am to 1:00pm
Jenan Hilal
541-426-4502
JosephUMC.org
www.summitchurchoregon.org
Enterprise
Christian Church
Christ Covenant
Church
85035 Joseph Hwy • (541) 426-3449
Pastor Terry Tollefson
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 AM
Worship Service: 11 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
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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
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P.O. Box N. Enterprise, OR 97828
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541-426-8339 School
Worship Services
616 W. North Street, Enterprise, Oregon
Sabbath School 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Worship Hour 11:00 a.m. - Noon
Pastor Jonathan DeWeber
541-426-4208