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Center: Long-planned project becomes a reality
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Today, the Wallowa band’s
descendants are spread
across the Lapwai, Umatilla
and Colville Reservations.
At the new center, you can
learn about their lives today
as well as in the past.
The center includes his-
torical artifacts and repro-
ductions, a teepee that kids
delight in, and a “please
touch me” collection of
materials, from feathers and
cured hides to roots, import-
ant to the Nez Perce. The sea-
son cycle of foods, or “First
Foods” is also featured in the
exhibit. If you’ve ever won-
dered what time of year is tra-
ditional for eating Chinook
salmon, or deer or Qwos, this
is the place to fi nd out!
For those who love maps
and geography, there’s a
Ellen Morris Bishop
Exhibit fabricator J.R. Rymut looks over the 3D map of the
Wallowa Band Nez Perce territory that she fabricated while
Ron Cameron traces the route on the Wallowa Band’s fl ight
toward refuge in Canada. The new center opened May 25.
3D relief map that shows
the extent of the Walwáama
band’s lands, including Hells
Canyon, the Imnaha, and the
Wallowas. It shows major
trails and the Nez Perce
names for many places. J.R.
Rymut fabricated the map
and other exhibit pieces in
her new studio in Enterprise.
The Oregon Heritage
Commission funded initial
planning for the center. The
generous support of many
individual donors as well
as grants from the Meyer
Memorial Trust, Oregon
Cultural Foundation, Wild
Horse Foundation, supported
remodeling and exhibit
production.
The Wallowa Band Nez
Perce Visitor ‘s Interpre-
tive Center is located at 209
East Second Street in down-
town Wallowa. A short walk
from the center leads to a
new bridge across the Wal-
lowa River and into the
Tamkaliks grounds. Sum-
mer hours at the new center
are noon to 4 PM on week-
days. The center is looking
for a few more dedicated vol-
unteers who could help keep
the facility open for visitors
on weekends.
For more information, call
the center at 541 886-3101 or
contact Angela Bombaci at
angela@wallowanezperce.
org.
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Memorial Day: Faithful
make Memorial Day
something to remember
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Its observance started
as a sort of unoffi cial com-
memoration of the dead
shortly after the nation’s
own peculiar Armageddon,
the Civil War. The ensuing
years saw more confl ict
and war. The tradition did
not abate. It fi nally became
a federally recognized hol-
iday in 1971.
Wallowa County has the
highest per capita veteran
population in the state.
These men and women
know the meaning of duty,
and many, members of
either the Veterans of For-
eign Wars or the American
Legion, make the rounds
of the county’s cemeteries
on the last Monday of May
each year to ensure none of
the fallen lay forgotten.
The culmination of the
observance ends at the
county courthouse, the
grounds that harbor the
Fountain of Honor, with its
inscribed walls, benches
and bricks a reminder of
those who serve and have
served.
After the raising of
the fl ag, the singing of
the anthem, the warble of
trumpets, the reading of the
names of the departed over
the past year and the part-
ing salute by rifl e fi re, one
thing is clear: We in Wal-
lowa County remember.
Farmers Market: Dozens of people attended the market at new location
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say, ‘Thank you for sup-
porting
the
market.’
Now they have a bet-
ter place to congregate
with more parking. Dan
Stein couldn’t have been
a kinder or more big-
hearted person by letting
us have this place for the
market.”
Joseph resident and
frequent market customer
Meg Bowen thought the
new venue a great show-
case for the market.
“I love it,” she said. “I
love it because I live close
enough that I can look out
my front door and see that
the tents are up and the
market is open and ready.
I feel like Stein’s and the
Blythe Cricket have fully
embraced us in our new
location.”
She said she also loved
the fact that people were
coming into town and
stopping at the market,
evidenced by the doz-
ens of cars parked in the
area. Bowen added that
the community support
for the market was phe-
nomenal and it was her
hope that market attend-
ees would continue into
town to give business to
local merchants as well.
“I think this is the best
situation that could have
happened given the light
of the decision that the
market had to move on
such short notice,” she
said. Bowen noted that
Stein’s Distillery had
done a great job of adver-
tising the event and that
adjacent restaurant, Bly-
the Cricket was also doing
brisk business as well.
“This market is an
incubator for brick and
mortar businesses in
town, and anybody who
can’t see that is crazy,”
she said.
“We’re the scrappy
little farm market that
could,” Bowen said. “We
may be moved, but we’re
back now, stronger than
ever.”
TOP: Calico Bones lends a happy beat to the opening of the 2019 Wallowa County Farmers
Market on Saturday, May 25, at its new location at Stein’s Distillery. LEFT: Market
supporter Meg Bowen examines the ware of Lostine silver smith Anne Robinson. ABOVE:
The Wallowa County Farmers Market debuted in its new location in the Stein’s Distillery
parking lot. Dozens of people attended the market and several vendors had their best
opening market day ever.
Steve Tool/Chieftain
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