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TG tapped to help COLT project
Limited-edition
Huckleberry Sour
Ale available now
By RONALD BOND
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — Termi-
nal Gravity Brewing Co. is
cracking open a cold one —
and a new one — to help the
Coalition of Oregon Land
Trusts promote its new “The
Oregon I Am” map.
The
Enterprise-based
brewery is among eight
from around the state that
have created a limited-edi-
tion beer for the purpose of
helping COLT’s map, which
highlights 81 locations across
Oregon — including two in
Wallowa County — that are
preserved by the state’s land
trust system.
“Taking a whole step back,
this is about a celebration of
place, a celebration of people
and of Oregon,” COLT Exec-
utive Director Kelley Beamer
said. “These landscapes that
our land trusts are protect-
ing inspire many things. The
angle with covering the brew-
eries is they inspire food and
drinks, and beer in particular.
There have been examples in
the past of breweries working
with land trusts.”
Terminal Gravity is the
lone brewery east of Bend
taking part in the collabora-
tive eff ort. The East Moraine
and Zumwalt Prairie Preserve
are two Wallowa County
lands featured in “The Ore-
gon I Am” map.
Grady Nelson, Termi-
nal Gravity’s marketing
manager, said when COLT
reached out around the fi rst
part of spring to ask if the
brewery would take part, TG
viewed it as a “cool opportu-
Grady Nelson/Terminal Gravity
The Huckleberry Sour Ale was created by Terminal Gravity
as part of a collaboration with the Coalition of Oregon Land
Trusts.
nity for a unique beer, or do
something diff erent for us.”
“We’ve always felt the
connection to Oregon as a
brewery being in Wallowa
County,” Grady said. “It is
just a beautiful area to be.
We feel lucky to be in Wal-
lowa County and in Oregon
in general. We thought it was
a cool project. And a lot of
our customers are outdoorsy
people, who enjoy back-
packing, hiking, skiing. That
is who our customer base is
a lot of times. It felt like we
were in a good place to sup-
port the project and get the
word about the projects that
our customers might connect
with and relate to.”
TG’s typical brewing rota-
tion largely features India
pale ale, English ales or Ger-
man ales.
But COLT asked for a beer
inspired by Oregon, accord-
ing to Nelson, so the TG team
looked in its own backyard
for inspiration, and selected
an addition from a popular
Northeastern Oregon pass
time — huckleberry picking.
“Since so many of our
employees like picking huck-
leberries,” he said, “it made
sense to make a beer with
huckleberries in it, make it
a sour (beer), and not some-
thing we always do. It excites
our brewers to make new
stuff .”
Enter the Huckleberry
Sour Ale, a beer brewed with
wheat and huckleberries, and
one that didn’t take many
attempts to perfect.
“We did one brew in our
pilot system — which is
basically one barrel, which
gives you about two kegs,”
Nelson said. “We do it on a
small scale fi rst. We did just
one brew on the pilot system,
liked it, but tweaked it.”
After adding just a bit
more huckleberry, “we felt
like we had a recipe that
made the beer we wanted.”
He added it’s a lighter
beer, one that could result in
people trying a sour ale who
may not otherwise.
“It’s just a really light and
refreshing sour — I think a
sour lover would love it,”
he said.
Nelson said it not only
gave TG an opportunity to
help COLT, but also to pro-
mote eff orts made by the
Wallowa Land Trust.
“We want to highlight
Wallowa Land Trust and the
work they do. It felt like an
opportunity to highlight the
work they do around here
with the moraine project,”
he said. “We really love what
they do. It’s cool we have a
local land trust like them.”
Terminal Gravity, in fact,
is donating 10% of the beer’s
package sales at the pub to
the East Moraine Steward-
ship Fund.
Beamer said the collabo-
ration was seen as a way to
draw in a younger group, too.
“The audience we want to
engage more is younger peo-
ple. The majority of land trust
members are over the age of
60,” she said. “This would
be a great engagement point.
… It was about reaching a
younger audience, and proba-
bly reaching an audience that
hadn’t heard about what a
land trust was. We (can) con-
nect them to our maps, con-
nect them to our places (and)
inspire them to visit.”
A virtual happy hour will
be held on June 25, with each
of the eight breweries sharing
the story behind their individ-
ual brews and work with their
local land trusts.
As for the Huckle-
berry Sour Ale itself, it will
be available in Northeast-
ern Oregon only at TG pub,
which produced enough for
only 100 cases and six kegs
for the tap.
“We’re always open to
re-brewing things,” Nel-
son said. “That’s to be deter-
mined, but for now that is a
one-off .”
Enterprise to host state grange convention
Chieftain staff
ENTERPRISE — Enter-
prise will host the annual
148th State Grange Conven-
tion from Saturday-Thurs-
day, June 19-24, at the Wal-
lowa County Fairgrounds
according to a press release.
Grange members from
throughout the state are
expected to attend. The state
grange is divided into six
districts. District 6 is com-
prised of the eastern 10
counties of Oregon. With
recognition of the impor-
tance of rodeos in Eastern
Oregon, District 6 chose the
theme of “Get Your Kicks in
District 6.”
The convention will
begin with a talent show and
banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday,
June 19, at Enterprise Chris-
tian Church.
Hurricane Creek Grange
Master David McBride said
the talent show is “Just some
fun with grangers sharing
their skill. The contest is only
open to Grange members,
though the public is invited
to attend for free. The win-
ner does get sponsored to
compete during the National
Grange Convention.”
The Grange, offi cially
known as the Order of
Patrons of Husbandry, is a
fraternal organization with a
rich history and an important
community presence in the
United States. The grange
has its roots in agricultural
traditions and today serves
the needs of communities
across the country. The Ore-
gon State Grange began in
1873 and has community
granges located through-
out Oregon. During the state
convention, grangers will
enjoy meeting together with
friends and discussing reso-
lutions concerning various
issues.
For
more
informa-
tion, contact McBride at
541-426-0463
davidmc-
bride8@gmail.com or fel-
low co-chair Brinda Stanley
at 541-398-0026 or brindas-
tanley@gmail.com.
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
A barbecue grill that got out of control Friday, June 11,
2021, was blamed for damage to this home owned by
Richard and Rita Griffi th at 202 Leone Ave. in Enterprise.
No one was injured. Firefi ghting units from Enterprise and
Joseph responded.
Barbecue fi re
damages house
the fi re was called in at
5:03 p.m.
Karvoski said two
engines, a ladder truck and
a rescue vehicle were sent
from the Enterprise Fire
Department. He said the
Joseph Fire Department
assisted with an engine and
a rescue vehicle. A total of
18 fi refi ghters were on the
scene, as were two EPD
offi cers and a Wallowa
County sheriff ’s deputy.
Karvoski said it appears
the house may be reparable,
although it suff ered consid-
erable water and smoke
damage.
“What the fi re didn’t get
the water got,” he said.
McQuead said when
he arrived, they had to get
keys for the Griffi ths’ vehi-
cles from the house to move
the vehicles both to protect
them and to make room for
the fi re vehicles.
“We had to get keys out
of the house to try to move
vehicles,” McQuead said.
“It was smoky … and hard
to see anything.”
Karvoski said the Red
Cross was alerted and
helped provide accommo-
dations for the Griffi ths in
the wake of losing their
home.
No one hurt,
but couple is
out of a home
By BILL BRADSHAW
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — A
propane barbecue grill that
got out of control while
the homeowner snoozed
was the cause of a house-
fi re Friday, June 11, Enter-
prise Fire Chief Paul Kar-
voski said.
The chief said Rich-
ard Griffi th was warming
up his barbecue and fell
asleep.
“The next thing he
knew, it was up into the
third fl oor,” he said. “(It
caused a) lot of damage.”
The “third fl oor” Kar-
voski spoke of was actu-
ally the second fl oor on the
street side. The house is
built into a hillside and also
has a daylight basement, he
said.
No one was injured.
“His wife woke him up
and said, the house is on
fi re,” Karvoski said of Rita
Griffi th.
Enterprise Police Chief
Kevin McQuead said
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IN BRIEF
Soroptimist
scholarship deadline
approaching
ENTERPRISE — A
Soroptimist
Continuing
Education Scholarship, in
the amount of $5,000, is
being off ered to an upper-
classman woman who is
continuing her education at
a college or university.
Soroptimist is “a global
volunteer
organization
working to improve the
lives of women and girls
through programs lead-
ing to social and economic
empowerment,” according
to a press release.
The deadline to apply for
the scholarship is Wednes-
day, June 30. Scholarship
applications are available
online at wallowacounty-
soroptimist.org.
Submit applications to
Soroptimist, P.O. Box 127,
Enterprise, OR 97828.
Call
541-263-2276
for more information.
Visit the website, search
“Soroptimist International
of Wallowa County” on
Facebook, or go to Sorop-
timist-wallowacounty-auc-
tion.org.
Fishtrap is
celebrating
summer solstice
ENTERPRISE — Fish-
trap and Circle of Seasons
will present “A Summer
Solstice” open mic reading
and potluck Friday, June 25.
The potluck will begin
at 6 p.m., with the open mic
at 7 p.m. in the open air of
Fishtrap’s backyard at 400
E. Grant St. in Enterprise.
Admission is free.
Those who attend are
urged to bring something
to share that you can eat
or read or both. Visit with
friends and neighbors in the
open air for Fishtrap’s fi rst
live, in-person event in over
a year. Poems, stories and
maybe even see some sur-
prises will be provided.
For more information,
visit
https://fi shtrap.org/
summertide-gathering/.
Walk-in
workshops set at
Josephy Center
JOSEPH — The new
Walk-in Wednesday Work-
shops will be held each
Wednesday beginning July
7, from 10 a.m. to noon
at the Josephy Center for
Arts and Culture in Joseph,
according to a press release.
A new painting or draw-
ing art project will be intro-
duced each week. From July
21 to Aug. 4, printmaking
workshops will be held.
Cost is $20.
For more information,
call 541-432-0505 or visit
www.josephy.org.
New ceramics
class planned at
Josephy Center
JOSEPH — A new class
on Ceramics for Adults will
be held Tuesdays from June
29 to Aug. 17 at the Jose-
phy Center for Arts and Cul-
ture in Joseph, according to
a press release.
The beginning clay class
is new at the center.
Cost is $195.
For more information,
call 541-432-0505 or visit
www.josephy.org. To regis-
ter, visit https://tinyurl.com/
adultclay.
— Chieftain staff
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