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LOCAL Wallowa.com Wednesday, May 5, 2021 A3 Wallowa Valley Youth Arts Festival winners announced Chieftain staff ENTERPRISE — Win- ners of the 2021 Wallowa Valley Youth Arts Festival for students from Enterprise, Joseph, Troy, Wallowa and alternative-ed schools were announced last week. The festival opened Sat- urday, April 10, at the Jose- phy Center for Arts and Culture in Joseph, and con- cluded April 17. Students in grades K-12 showed one piece of per- sonal artwork in the exhibit. The event featured a display of artwork, many awards ribbons, hands-on activities and musical performances by area youths. McKenzie Keff er, a soph- omore from Joseph, won the Judge’s Choice Award for her drawn self-portrait. Second-grader Emery Rose Duquette, of Enter- Josephy Center for Arts and Culture/Contributed Photo prise, won the Director’s Honorable Mention for her Joseph junior Piper Larison won the People’s Choice Award and the Past Director’s Choice colored drawing “Chasing Award for her ceramic scene of dragons eating macaroons in the 2021 Wallowa Valley Youth Arts Festival. the Moon.” Joseph junior Piper Lar- ison won the People’s Choice Award and the Past Director’s Choice Award for her ceramic scene of drag- on’s eating macaroons. Other winners by grade and in order of place were: Kindergarten: 1. Kathy Sichanthavong of Enter- prise, 2. Opal Stowell of Enterprise, 3. Scarlet Shetler of Joseph. First: 1. Brooklyn Glad- den of Joseph, 2. Leif Stew- art of Joseph, 3. Amelia Park of Enterprise. Second: 1. Emery Rose Duquette of Enterprise, 2. Tate Zacharias of Joseph, 3. Zola Kurtz of Joseph. Third: 1. Rowdy Croghan of Enterprise, 2. Mike Alexis of Wallowa, 3: Eva Junkins of Joseph. Fourth: 1. Kallie Michaelson of Joseph, 2. Joseph Birkmaier of Enter- prise, 3. Malia Mayhew of Enterprise. Fifth: 1. Caleb Beachy of Joseph, 2: Kade Hook of Joseph, 3. Katie Hellinger of Joseph. Sixth: 1. Case Mel- ville of Enterprise, 2. Jamie Clinchy of Enter- prise, 3. Celina Roberge of Enterprise. Seventh: 1. Abigail Dundas of Joseph, 2. Cam- dyn Weer of Joseph, 3. Mya Faulds of Troy. Eighth: 1. Isabella Guillory of Wallowa, 2. Aureyonna Wilks of Wal- lowa, 3. Bailey Blades of Troy. Ninth: 1: Jessup Orr of Joseph, 2. Bella Snyder of Joseph, 3. Cassidy Wiede- man of Enterprise. Tenth: 1. McKenzie Keff er of Joseph, 2. Tanner Kesecker of Enterprise, 3. Mary Thiel of Joseph. Eleventh: 1. Piper Lar- ison of Joseph, 2. Claire Webb of Joseph, 3. Trinity Ruth, Alternative-Ed. Twelfth: 1. Gabriel Haw- kins-Connolly of Joseph, 2. Jessica Johnson of Wallowa, 3. Layla Snyder of Joseph. This week’s featured book Hunt, Gather, Parent Wallowa County honored for early school success By BILL BRADSHAW Wallowa County Chieftain ENTERPRISE — Wal- lowa County’s Build- ing Healthy Families has received national recogni- tion by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading as a “2021 Bright Spot” for its responses to the coronavi- rus crisis last year, accord- ing to a press release. The campaign is high- lighting communities that developed exemplary or innovative responses to the coronavirus crisis. The cam- paign is recognizing com- munities for crafting solu- tions that seem especially eff ective, replication-wor- thy and/or deserving of being sustained during the post-coronavirus period. “This has been a very challenging time to serve families and children in Wallowa County,” said Maria Weer, BHF execu- tive director. “Many of our usual activities have had to be reformatted because of COVID-19. We’re thankful that our community part- ners have partnered with us to make our ‘to-go’ activi- ties so successful.” BHF has been active by partnering with local librar- ies to provide “Story Time To-Go” bags at the Enter- prise and Wallowa libraries. New bags are provided each week — and are available for pickup in the lobbies of the libraries — where pre- ordered library books also are available. Each bag has a new book for kids to keep, and an early literacy activ- ity such as Playdough with activities to go with it. “Story Time To-Go is still happening in the county as libraries are opening back up,” said Autumn Wilburn, special projects coordinator for BHF. The Washington, D.C.- based campaign recognized similar programs from across the country, Wilburn said. She said that although the recognition comes with no tangible award, it has its value. “It earns us ‘bragging Wallowa County Chieftain, File pared for college, a career and active citizenship. The campaign focuses on pro- moting early school suc- cess as an important build- ing block of more-hopeful futures for children in eco- nomically challenged fam- ilies and communities, the press release stated. While BHF is known for its alternative high school, most of its work is with younger children, Wilburn said, including early liter- acy, Head Start, kindergar- ten readiness and K-3 family STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). “The majority of our work is focused on the younger set,” she said. by Michaeleen Doucleff 107 E. Main St. Enterprise OR 541-426-3351 bookloftoregon.com • manager@bookloft.org WINTER HOURS DINE I K N E OR TA T OU Taking Wed. & Thur. 10 Fri. & Sat. 10 am am - 7 pm - 8 pm Sun. 10 am - 7 pm Now s Reservation TAKE OUT ORDERS • CALL 541-569-2285 Enterprise Public Library librarian Denine Rautenstrauch lets library patron Kim McGriff exit with a bag of books in hand on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Building Healthy Families was recently recognized for its “To-Go” activities at libraries in Enterprise and Wallowa during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. MORE INFORMATION To learn more about Building Healthy Families, visit http:// oregonbhf.org. To learn more about the campaign, visit gradelevelreading.net and follow the movement on Twitter @readingby3rd. Building Healthy Families is an independent, nonprofi t family support organization, off ering personalized universal family support and education programs for parents, care- givers, parents-to-be, students and children through diver- sifi ed programming in Baker, Union and Wallowa counties. rights’ and will help us with grants we apply for,” Wil- burn said. The campaign is a col- laborative eff ort by funders, nonprofi t partners, busi- ness leaders, government agencies, states and com- munities to ensure that more children in low-in- come families succeed in school and graduate pre- SPRING TIME FUN and HVAC Parts & Service Ed Staub & Sons Energy Community Service. 201 East Hwy 82 Enterprise, OR 97828 Not just propane 541-426-0320 Spring Artisan Market Saturday May 8th • 10:00am-4:00pm Next to Stein Distillery Come celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with local women artisans. Love you Mom! Mother’s Day May 9th 2021 Pottery • Jewelry • Fine art prints and cards • Felted wool treasures Wood-burned art • Handmade skin care products The Wallowa County Chieftain