Wallowa County Chieftain
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November 21, 2018
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Fun with science
Photo by Evelyn Oveson Spikes
Photos by Paul Wahl/Chieftain
Maggie Zacharias on her horse “Russell” demonstrates her horsemanship during tryouts for
the Elgin Stampede Rodeo Court. Zacharias joins Tymra Anderson of Elgin as a member of
the court.
Melissa Scubelek, a presenter for Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, works with
a volunteer during a presentation of “Electrifying Science” Nov. 16 at Enterprise High
School gym. The idea was to rub the ball on fabric and see if en electric charge would pick
up the scraps of paper on the left. Around 300 students from all three school districts at-
tended the event, sponsored by Building Healthy Families.
Zacharias competes for
Elgin Stampede queen
A Joseph horsewoman who
has been riding since she was
two has been named to the
Elgin Stampede Rodeo Court.
Maggie Zacharias, 15, has
joined Tymra Anderson of
Elgin on the 2019 version of
the court.
Zacharias is the daughter of
Marilee and Luke Zacharias of
Joseph.
Maggie has always wanted
to compete in a rodeo court,
she said. She has shown her
horses as a member of the
Denim and Dust 4-H Club,
where her 4-H leader was
Shilo Flory, for seven years.
Zacharias is a member of
the Joseph FFA Chapter. She
has shown at American Quar-
ter Horse Association Shows
since she was five.
Her rodeo horse is Russell,
a 21-year-old American Quar-
ter Horse gelding who doesn’t
know his age but really knows
his job. Having an experienced
horse was key, Zacharias said.
“When I got there (to try-
out), it was like all my nerves
set off in my body, but I knew
that with a great support team
and a great horse, everything
was going to be all right,” she
said.
Zacharias will travel to
rodeos throughout the North-
west including St. Paul and
Molalla performances in west-
ern Oregon next summer.
During the coming months,
she will ride in the Winter
Parade in Elgin and assist with
several fundraisers.
Look for Zacharias out sell-
ing stampede tickets in June
and July 2019.
Second history book
due out mid-December
Committee has
experienced a
number of delays
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftan
The much-anticipated sec-
ond Wallowa County history
book, “Wallowa County His-
tory – A Continuation,” is at
the printers and is expected to
arrive by mid-December.
The Wallowa County
Museum Board book com-
mittee anticipated the 500-
page volume, with index, to
be completed much earlier,
but unforeseen complications
arose.
Book committee ram-
rod Katherine Stickroth suf-
fered a serious injury from
which she is still recovering,
and several other committee
members have also faced per-
sonal tragedies over the past
year. Book committee mem-
ber Elane Dickenson praised
board member Gay Fregulia
for picking up much of the
slack after Stickroth became
unable to continue.
“We have had myriad of
obstacles that slowed the
production down, but we’re
really happy the book will be
out soon,” said Dickenson.
Dickenson said they
expected the delivery of 300
hardbound and 300 softbound
copies of the book in three
weeks.
That is 100 more books
than originally planned.
Approximately half of the
books, mostly hardbound,
have been presold.
The books sell for $75
hardbound and $45 soft
bound.
The book committee is
planning a book launch at The
Place in Joseph, Dec. 12 4:30
to 8:30 p.m. and again on Dec.
13, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Individuals who preor-
dered the book can pick their
copies up, and swap history
stories over a cookie and cof-
fee. Copies will be available
after the book launch at a vari-
ety of outlets in the county.
The first coffee-table sized
book, published in 1983, has
become an heirloom, and a
copy was raffled for $800 in
2014.
That copy was presented to
Elane Dickenson as a retire-
ment gift when she left the
Chieftain after 36 years as a
reporter.
Melissa Scubelek of Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland demonstrates
a variety of scientific principles related to electricity during her stop in Enterprise Nov. 16.
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