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Wallowa.com
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Josephy Center aims to
raise $50K in one hour
Damaged aircraft
Chieftain staff
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Workers load a damaged LifeFlight airplane onto two semi tractor-trailers at the Joseph Airport on Friday, April 2,
2021. The plane was to be taken to Boise, Idaho, for repair. LifeFlight Regional Vice President Michael Weimer said, “The
aircraft sustained minor damage while on ground at Joseph State Airport,” and no one was injured in the incident that
occurred in mid-March.
‘Postpartum Body Love’ wins in Women’s Exhibit
Andrea
Leoncavallo’s
photo takes Judges
Choice Award
Chieftain staff
JOSEPH — The spiritual,
psychic, visceral and transfor-
mative relationship between
a mother and child cannot
be understated and was the
focus of work selected as the
Judges Choice Award in the
recently concluded Women’s
Exhibit at the Josephy Center
for Arts and Culture.
The center invited women
artists to contemplate the idea
and experiences of mother-
hood in all its forms. They
may be cathartic expres-
sions of the pain and chal-
lenges these relationships can
infl ict or beautiful celebra-
tions of joy and triumph. All
mediums were welcomed in
an exploration of the power-
ful and transcendent idea of
motherhood, according to a
press release.
In the release, Andrea
Leoncavallo stated, “I am a
published portrait photogra-
pher and documentary pro-
ducer who became a mother
at the age of 33. Becoming a
mother showed me how truly
important the role of artist is
IN BRIEF
Joseph Tech
Committee to
meet Thursday
JOSEPH — The Techni-
cal Committee of the Joseph
City Council will hold a
meeting Thursday, April 8,
at the Joseph Community
Events Center in Joseph.
The meeting will begin
at 6 p.m. and is slated to run
until 8 p.m.
On the agenda, is a dis-
cussion of goals for the
city’s website, a timeline for
completion of those goals
and additional technology
goals for later discussion.
Public comment will be
taken beginning at 7:45 p.m.
City Administrator Larry
Braden and Councilwoman
Kirsten Rohla head the Tech
Committee.
Lostine continues
plans to move
post offi ce
LOSTINE — The Los-
tine City Council will con-
tinue plans Wednesday, April
7, to move the town’s post
offi ce from its current loca-
tion on Highway 82 across
from City Hall to a portion
of Neal Park being City Hall
on Elizabeth Street.
The meeting begins at
7:30 p.m. at City Hall.
A fi nal contract for a new
post offi ce was signed at the
March City Council meet-
ing. Mayor Dusty Tippet
said after the March meet-
ing it was expected ground
would be broken this month
for the new post offi ce. No
water or septic utilities will
be needed for the approxi-
mately 70-by-50-foot mod-
ular building that will be
located on the southeastern
corner of Neal Park.
to my identity and my life. I
never knew how much pres-
sure was put on mothers until
I became one.”
More of her images
are available to view at
https://josephy.org/event/
motherhood.
“Through my work as an
artist I have a voice and a
unique perspective that when
shared connects and reso-
nates with other people,” she
said. “I am passionate about
documenting my struggles
with motherhood and sharing
them so that others may feel
seen and understood and not
alone as I did when I became
a mother.”
The exhibit ran from Feb.
26 to April 6 at the center.
The exhibit was curated by
Aimee Jungmann.
Leoncavallo’s
images
show three stages of radical
self love that she experienced
as a mother. The fi rst is about
my body image. The second
image is about my struggle
with postpartum depression
and resenting motherhood
and the time it has taken
away from work. The third
image is her interpretation of
weaning.
“So much of motherhood
is bitter sweet, beautifully
painful,” she said of the third
image. “I tried to capture that
in this image.
Also on Wednesday’s
agenda are:
• A conditional use permit
for Marcus Burns.
• An update on work on
city sidewalks.
• Department reports.
Oregon Century
Farm & Ranch
seeks applications
SALEM — The Oregon
Century Farm & Ranch Pro-
gram is seeking applications
for its 2021 awards cycle,
according to a press release
from the Oregon Farm
Bureau.
Families throughout Ore-
gon who have continuously
farmed portions of their fam-
ily acreage for the past 100
or 150 years are invited to
apply.
Farmers and ranchers can
fi nd the application and pro-
gram guidelines at www.cen-
turyfarm.oregonfb.org, or by
contacting Andréa Kuenzi at
503-400-7884 or cfr@ore-
gonfb.org.
The application deadline
is May 1.
Successful
applicants
receive a personalized cer-
tifi cate with acknowledg-
ment by the governor and
JOSEPH — A virtual
fundraiser is being planned
by the Josephy Center for
Arts and Culture in support
of the Key to Our Future
capital campaign to purchase
and renovate the building,
according to a press release.
The fundraiser will be
held at 6:30 p.m. April 15.
The goal is to raise
$50,000 — to be matched
by MJ Murdock Charita-
ble Trust — in less than one
hour.
The event, hosted by spe-
cial guest Andy Lindberg
— an actor and host of the
podcast Kick A** Oregon
History — will include a
short presentation about the
campaign, donor recogni-
tion, testimonials from local
artists and residents and
prizes.
“This fundraiser is short
and simple by design,”
Development Director Kel-
lee Sheehy said. “We’ve
run this campaign on a very
lean budget and have tried
to maximize every donated
dollar. Even though we can’t
off er a lot of frills and thrills,
we believe that Wallowa
County residents will show
up for this event and give —
just because they want to.”
Like many other events
this year, the center’s virtual
fundraiser format is in com-
pliance with COVID-19
safety restrictions.
“The Josephy Center is
a gathering place; and, as
much as we’d love to fund-
raise with everyone under
the same roof, having a vir-
tual event now means that
we will have endless oppor-
tunities to gather safely in
the future,” Executive Direc-
tor Cheryl Coughlan said.
Long-time library Direc-
tor Rich Wandschneider
relayed the importance of
the capital campaign in this
way:
“The Josephy Center
began as an idea in a bor-
rowed building,” he said.
“Now the building is a place
of joy and beauty that helps
further our understanding
of the past and celebrates
all people — from the Nez
Perce who have lived here
for thousands of years, to the
young people of Wallowa
County fi nding their way
with color and clay. Now the
building can be ours and that
idea can keep growing.”
The Key to Our Future
campaign is focused on
making the Josephy Center a
permanent home for arts and
culture in the county, as well
as restoring and expanding
the center to elevate visitor
experience and fi t the grow-
ing needs of the community.
The campaign is set up in
phases: Phase One focuses
on the building purchase,
critical safety repairs and
accessibility for all. Phase
Two focuses on the reno-
vation and expansion of the
building which will increase
functionality, accessibility
and programming.
To participate in the
fundraising event, regis-
ter online at www.josephy.
org/capital-fundraiser or call
541-432-0505. Registration
is free of charge.
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Andrea Leoncavallo/Contributed Photo
“Postpartum Body Love,” a photograph by Andrea
Leoncavallo, was the winner of the Judges Choice Award in
the Women’s Exhibit: “Motherhood” at the Josephy Center for
Arts and Culture that concluded Tuesday, April 6, 2021.
the director of the Oregon
Department of Agriculture,
and a durable metal roadside
sign to identify the family’s
farm or ranch as having his-
toric Century or Sesquicen-
tennial status. Each family
will be honored during a spe-
cial ceremony and reception
at the Oregon State Fair.
To date, 1,235 families
have formally received the
Century designation and 47
families have received the
Sesquicentennial Award.
The Oregon Century
Farm & Ranch Program is
administered by the Ore-
gon Agricultural Education
Foundation. It is supported
by a partnership between the
Oregon Farm Bureau, the
State Historic Preservation
Offi ce, Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department, Ore-
gon State University Librar-
ies’ Special Collections &
Archives Research Center,
the Oregon Department of
Agriculture and by donations
of Oregonians.
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ities Services will be on the
agenda when the Wallowa
County Board of Commis-
sioners meet Wednesday,
April 7.
The commissioners meet
at 9 a.m. at the courthouse.
The commissioners also
will hear from Rick Bom-
baci on a letter from the
Wallowa Mountains Hells
Canyon Trails Associa-
tion requesting funding for
$3,500.
Also on the agenda, will
be:
• Employee action notices
for Sharon Newel as a
reserve deputy with the Wal-
lowa County Sheriff ’s Offi ce
and Rebecka Friend who is
retiring as a 911 dispatcher.
• An application for
an easement permit from
Dustin Larison, Chester
Freeman and Jeff rey Wecks.
Following the regular
agenda items, the commis-
sioners will hear anyone
from the public who wishes
to comment.
— Chieftain staff
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