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A8 NEWS Wallowa County Chieftain Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The 6th Annual Main Street Show & Shine IS OVER Thank You To All Our Generous Sponsors 1917 Lumber Co. Eagle’s View Inn & Suites NAPA - Thompson’s Auto Supply Ponderosa Motel The Wilderness Inn Arrowhead Chocolates Bill Harris B.P.O.E. #1829 Bane Electric (JB Bane & Co) Bank of Eastern Oregon Bee Charmed Marketplace Bollman Funeral Home Brett Hays Camerons Wallowa County ACE Candor Custom Metals Car Guy Garage Chopper’s Car Wash City Of Enterprise Community Bank Copper Creek Mercantile Debs Apparel & Gifts Eagle Cap Chalets Enterprise Electric Esprit Graphics Favorite Finds on Main GEMS (Greater Enterprise Main Streets) Gordon & Adam Wolfe Gypsy Java Hagerty Insurance Hayes Printing & Graphics Heidi’s Gift Shoppe - Joseph J and S Automotive Services Kellermann Logging Kooch Century Farm KWVR Radio La Laguna Mexican Restaurant Log House RV Park Main Street Grill Main Street Motors Mother’s Wax Mountain Getaway Lodging, Inc. Mountain View Motel & RV Park Northwest Classic Auto Mall ODOT Ponderosa Motel Pro Drive Racing School Rahn Sanitary Service Range Rider Red Rooster Cafe Rock Auto Stangel Family Stangel Industries Stein Distillery Summit Racing The Bookloft The Stubborn Mule Saloon & Steakhouse The Vault Turtle Wax Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce Wallowa County Chieftain Wallowa County Nursery Wallowa County Thunder Run Wallowa Food City Wallowa Lake Lodge Wallowa Mountain Properties Wild Carrot Herbals Wildhorse Resort & Casino Wilwood Disc Brakes Woodstock Circuitworks, Inc. Thank You To All The Participants, Spectators, Vendors, Artisans, Clubs, MCs, Volunteers, ... Christina Knecht/Chieftain SINGING FOR FREEDOM — The Brann Family + 1 performs some moving gospel music for an A21 Fundraiser at the Joseph Baptist Church on Friday, Aug. 16. A21 is a Christian non-profi t dedicated to ending slavery and human traffi cking throughout the world. (L to R) Parker Brann, Christi Brann, Bella Brann, Ariana Samples , Hartwell Brann, Darrell Brann and Alden Brann. Joseph Baptist Church raises awareness of human traffi cking By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain One local church is doing its part to raise awareness about and eliminate human traffi cking. Joseph Baptist Church, pastored by Steve Bartlow, held its second annual music and pie auc- tion fundraiser for A21, a Christian group dedicated to fi ghting human traffi ck- ing, most of which involves women and children as sex slaves. About 50 people packed into the church on Friday, Aug. 16 to hear about a half dozen musicians play four songs each as well as to bid in a tasty auction of about 20 pies and buy raf- fl e tickets for an exquisitely crafted quilt. Performing musicians included the Brann Fam- ily, Sandi and Larry Rich- ardson, the church wor- ship team, Caleb and Ariana Samples and another performer. Pies sold briskly between upbeat music sets, as did raffl e tickets for the quilt. In the end, the benefi t raised more than $3000 for A21. The church kept none of the proceeds. According to church pas- tor, Steve Bartlow, the ben- efi t netted the most fund- raising yet for A21. The pastor said that the church got involved with A21 when they felt the Lord calling them to get more involved with those who had been traffi cked. After researching several organization, the church chose A21 because of their approach to rescuing traffi c victims. The organization provides housing to victims as well as medical and emo- tional care. “Not only are they help- ing them emotionally and physically, with doc- tors’ care, but they teach job skills so they’re less vulnerable to traffi ckers, who often lure them with false promises of lucrative work,” Bartlow said. A21 also helps prose- cutors in foreign countries, such as Greece, with legal aid and even provides edu- cation to vulnerable popula- tions to help them recognize and avoid traffi cking traps. ECCLA, a watchdog group, gave A21 high marks for its fi nancial accountability. Bartlow said the switch from yard sale to music and pie auction has paid off in spades as far as funds raised and fellowship. “We’ve been really happy about that,” Bart- low said. “I think it’s nice to invite the community to come together. In this setup, we get to meet everyone and have fun together. It’s much more social, and it feels like a community event.” Hurricane Creek Grange draws a crowd By Ellen Moris Bishop Wallowa County Chieftain On Sunday, August 18, the Hurricane Creek Grange held its open house for the community. Members brought salads and main dishes to share, along with 18 (!) pies. Wor- thy Master David McBride mastered the grill, turning out burgers for all, with the help of his father who was celebrating his 70th wed- ding anniversary. Darlene Turner assisted with the fi xings. The event was so suc- cessful that grange members lost count of visitors and meals served at around 200, and they actually ran out of food shortly thereafter. High point of the after- noon was the gifting of quilts to attending veterans and heartfelt thank you’s for their service. The Hurricane Creek Grange will offer another open house on September 9. Bernice Bernotat Veteran Ron Gilstrap holds the quilt given to him by Hurricane Creek Grange members in honor of his service.
