MEMORIAL DAY
OBSERVANCES OCCUR
ACROSS WALLOWA COUNTY
Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Honor Guard prepares
to fi re one of three shots to
commemorate those who have
fallen in sevice to their country
on Memorial Day services at the
Wallowa County Courthouse.
The skies of iron-gray matched the solemnity of the
occasion. The fl ags rippled by constant breeze, did their
part to mark the gravity of Memorial Day. Originally
called Decoration Day, the last Monday in May honors
those who came to their fi nal reckoning in the nation’s
service.
See Memorial Day, Page A9
Steve Tool/Chieftain
Enterprise, Oregon
134th Year, No. 7
Wallowa.com
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Farmers Market
opens in Joseph
ENTERPRISE GRADUATES
Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
CLASS OF 2019
Ellen Morris Bishop
Valedictorian Adagia Latta and Salutatorian Sarah Beaudoin-Evarts lead the Enterprise High School Class of 2019 in song during
the graduation ceremony.
By Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County Chieftain
orty-one bright, ambi-
tious, and happy Outlaws
walked across the stage and
received their diplomas as
the Enterprise High School
Class of 2019 on Saturday
afternoon, May 25th.
Senior Shane Lund delivered the
Welcome address to a packed gymna-
sium of family, friends, and well-wish-
ers. Valedictorian Adagia Logan Latta
and Salutatorian Sarah Renee Beaudo-
in-Evarts were all smiles as they pro-
vided their three principals of success:
Thank your family for their support,
be nice: simple kindness offers many
F
rewards, and put effort into everything
you do.
Members of the graduating class
will be entering a diversity of profes-
sions. Some of their choices include:
Coy Aschenbrenner plans to earn
a Journeyman’s electrician license.
Hayden Anton is aiming for a career
as a heavy equipment operator. Chief
Joseph Days Court member Katelynn
Diggins plans a future as a welder. Jus-
tus Evan has his sights set on becom-
ing a Navy SEAL. Boone Harrod
aims to work as an Alaskan hunting
and fi shing guide. Dylan Marr plans
to study Fire science and become a
fi refi ghter.
The college-bound students have
raked in more than $400,000 in schol-
$1
arship awards, including an all-tui-
tion-paid scholarship to Portland State
University for Gianna Espinoza to
complete Pre-Med studies, a four-year,
$40,000 scholarship for Jake Coggins
to study business administration at
Washington State University, and an
Academic Excellence scholarship for
$6000 per year for four years along
with an Army GI Bill scholarship for
Shane Lund to study Chemical Engi-
neering at Oregon State University as
an U.S. Army Reserve Offi cer.
It took only 41 minutes—and years
of their hard work—to transform 41
students into 41 graduates. “It’s a
happy day. We wish all of them well,”
said Enterprise High School principal
Blake Carlsen.
Dozens upon dozens of people attended
the opening weekend of the Wallowa
County Farmers Market as it debuted in
its new Stein’s Distillery location at the
north end of Joseph on Saturday, May 25.
The Joseph City Council forced the market
from its Joseph Avenue location in April.
Even though the skies occasionally
threatened rain throughout the day visitors
crowded the market as the white canvas
market booths fl uttered in the breeze. Folk
music group Calico Bones provided upbeat
music to enhance the market mood.
The market featured about 15 booths
with both produce and crafted ware rang-
ing from plants to quilted items and prayer
fl ags. Although
some had won-
‘WE’VE HAD
dered how the
market would
GREAT RESPONSE
fare in its new
location, sev-
FROM PEOPLE
eral
vendors
WHO LIKE OUR
said they had
their best open-
NEW SPOT. IT HAS
ing day ever.
GOOD ACCESS
Longtime
vendor
Anne
AND VISIBILITY,
Robinson was
encouraged by
AND IT’S BEEN
the market traf-
BUSTLING DOWN
fi c
although
she thought the
HERE. AT 9 A.M.,
original
mar-
ket location in
WE HAD PEOPLE
the center of
COMING DOWN
town was better
suited.
THE SIDEWALK.’
“It’s my fi rst
Market president
day, it seems
Nathan Slinker
like there’s a
crowd, and a lot
of people are
coming out to support us, so we’ll see how
this spot works,” she said.
Market manager Emily Aumann said she
liked the new location.
“I’m pleased with how it’s working out,”
she said. “We have 15 vendors here, and
there’s room for more.”
Market president Nathan Slinker, echoed
Aumann’s sentiments.
“I’m really excited to be in our new
spot,” he said. “We’ve had great response
from people who like our new spot. It has
good access and visibility, and it’s been
bustling down here. At 9 a.m., we had peo-
ple coming down the sidewalk.”
Market vendor Wendy McCullough had
her best opening market ever and couldn’t
be more enthused about the new spot.
“I’m having a great day,” she said. “It’s
been wonderful having so many local peo-
ple here. “I feel like taking out an ad and
See Farmers Market, Page A9
Wallowa Band Nez Perce Interpretive Center opens
By Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County Chieftain
It’s a dream that has taken
years to come true. But on
Saturday, May 25, the long-
planned Wallowa Band Nez
Perce Visitor’s Interpretive
Center became an impres-
sive reality. Its contents
were developed and vetted
by the Wallowa Band Nez
Perce. The Center’s new
exhibits were fabricated
locally. The exhibit is part
of the Wallowa Band Nez
Perce Homeland Project in
Wallowa.
“I’m just thrilled by
everything that’s here,” said
Wallowa Band descendent
Celeste (CeCe) Whitewolf.
“It’s accurate. It’s profes-
sional. It helps tell our whole
story, and it’s a way we can
share our story as people
who are living today with
the community and with
everyone.”
The new, approximately
1000-square-foot
facility
documents the people and
culture of Chief Joseph’s
band, the Walwáama, who
lived in the Wallowa Val-
ley. It recounts the stories of
their lives prior to their tragic
1877 fl ight toward Canada,
their imprisonment in Kan-
sas and Oklahoma, their
return to the Northwest, and
their lives today. Numerous
maps and images show the
path of their April-October
trek from Wallowa County
through Yellowstone to cap-
ture at Bear Paw Meadow in
Montana. Names of many
Nez Perce on the retreat,
including a long list of
women warriors, are posted
alongside the map.
The exhibit also tells
the story of Joseph, and his
band’s years of imprison-
ment and loss at the Qua-
paw Reservation in Kansas
and Tonkawa Reservation
in Oklahoma. It documents
their return to the North-
west, and exile of Chief
Joseph and most of his band
to the Colville Reservation
in northern Washington.
See Center, Page A9
Ellen Morris Bishop
Celeste (CeCe) Whitewolf, a descendant of the Wallowa Band,
Nez Perce and board member of the Homeland Project,
delights in the stories told by the displays at the new Wallowa
Band Nez Perce Interpretive Center.