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.