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4-H court members set for the fair
By ANN BLOOM
For the Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — Codi Cun-
ningham and Katie Hoff man will
represent the 4-H Court at the 2021
Wallowa County Fair.
This is the second year on the
court for both girls. Their reign
was extended due to the coronavi-
rus pandemic, and not being able
to realize some of the activities,
duties, goals and responsibilities
they had planned for their 2020
year.
Hoff man, who is 16 years old
and will be a junior at Joseph Char-
ter School, is excited about show-
ing her steer, Teeter, in this year’s
fair. She will also be showing a ewe
lamb as part of 4-H.
There are other aspects of fair
that she looks forward to, also.
“Bessie Bingo is always fun,”
she said.
Both girls look forward to seeing
their friends.
Cunningham, who is 15 years
old, will be a sophomore at Enter-
prise High School in the fall. She
is also showing a steer, Norman.
She is also showing a heifer for
4-H. The heifer, she explained, is
pregnant.
“I really want to show. To do well
is my main goal with the steer,” she
said. And with the heifer? “Just get
through it,” she laughed.
The girls admit their time on the
4-H court has been interesting due
to the pandemic. A one-year expe-
rience has turned into two years.
They explain that they had obliga-
Debi Warnock/Contributed Photo
Codi Cunningham, left, and Katie Hoff man, 4-H court members, get
ready to stain the Fair Chair. The two court members have had their reign
extended due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
tions as court members for half of
their fi rst year, 2020, then the pan-
demic shut everything down. Next,
they resumed their court duties for
the second half of their second year.
“These girls have been troopers
and have been very fl exible over the
past two years,” their adviser, Debi
Warnock, Oregon State University
Extension 4-H/Family Community
Health agent said. “The purpose of
the 4-H court is to promote the Wal-
lowa County 4-H program through
the year and be involved in the com-
munity. The have done an excellent
job of representing our program at
parades and community events.”
The county fair is the culmina-
tion of their year, and they will be
helping with shows, handing out
awards and making announcements
at fl ag raising each morning, War-
nock said.
One project the girls worked
on this year was purchasing and
installing the Fair Chair. They
wanted to add something fun to
the fairgrounds, and the giant chair
will be a place for photo opportu-
nities for fair goers this year. The
girls worked on staining the chair in
preparation for the start of fair, Fri-
day, Aug. 6.
When asked why they tried out
for 4-H court, Hoff man said, “a lot
of my friends did it and they encour-
aged me to do it. It was something I
was interested in. It’s a good expe-
rience and it gets you outside your
comfort zone.”
She said the experience can be
helpful to people who may be quiet
or shy and not used to talking to
people they may not know.
“It can be good for you,” she
said.
For Cunningham, she decided to
be on the court because, “the expe-
rience looks good on scholarship
applications.”
She said she’s learned to interact
with people she didn’t know well
and said she and Hoff man have
become better friends from being
on the court together.
“You have to be ready to go out-
side your comfort zone. Be ready
to have fun. You always have fun,”
she said.
Both girls said they enjoy the
dinners that are part of being on the
court. They listed the coronation,
livestock, the Chief Joseph Days
and the Chamber of Commerce din-
ners as among their favorites.
Each girl has interests out-
side of 4-H. Hoff man lists her aca-
demic interests as agriculture and
said she enjoys playing basketball.
She said she also enjoys riding and
reading and working with young
horses. As to what she will do after
high school, she said she is think-
ing about going to Montana to work
on “OW (a ranch). But that’s just a
maybe.”
Cunningham lists her interests
as riding and reading and being out-
side. She and Hoff man also enjoy
roping and dogs. They said between
them they, “probably have between
15 and 20 dogs, all working.”
Asked about her plans post-high
school, Cunningham did not hesi-
tate. She said she wants to go to the
University of Idaho to become an
ag teacher.
“I’ve been set on UI since fourth
grade,” she said. She will consider
pursuing something in agriculture
if being an ag teacher doesn’t work
out.
Hoff man is the daughter of
Earlynn and Melissa Hoff man.
Cunningham’s parents are Jessie
and Collin Cunningham.
Summer campers enjoy bread-making process
By ANN BLOOM
For the Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — If you passed
by Building Healthy Families on
Thursday morning, July 22, you
might have thought you were pass-
ing a new bakery in town.
In fact, the smell of baking bread
was coming from the 12 loaves of
bread made by the campers partic-
ipating in Building Healthy Fam-
ilies summer enrichment program
for youth in grades K-3.
The program activity Thurs-
day was Bread in a Bag and mak-
ing butter. The instructors for the
activity were Ann Bloom, Oregon
State University nutrition educa-
tor and Katy Nesbitt, a parishioner
at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church
and coordinator of its community
garden.
Prior to starting their bread
dough, the campers learned about
how yeast needs to “eat” sugar
while it “grows” after being acti-
vated by the warm water. Campers
IN BRIEF
Sunrise Iron opens
again Aug. 7
ENTERPRISE — Take a
walk through history Satur-
day, Aug. 7, when the Sun-
rise Iron Museum opens its
doors for an annual open
house hosted by owner Erl
McLaughlin.
Antique farm imple-
ments, industrial equipment,
trucks and automobiles fi ll a
warehouse at 65708 Sunrise
Road just west of Enterprise.
Most of the machinery —
including some steam-pow-
ered rigs — have been
restored by McLaughlin.
There also are numerous
household appliances and
reproductions of pre-1900
Maria Weer/Contributed Photos
Owen Polumsky (left) and McKenna Borgerding sample bread made during
the Building Healthy Families summer enrichment program.
lithographs in the museum.
McLaughlin said an open
house planned for last year
was canceled because of the
coronavirus pandemic, but
he’s now trying to get things
back to normal. In addition
to the open house, he wel-
comes groups to take tours.
There is no cost.
“I’m doing tours, so all
they have to do is call,” he
said.
For more information
or to schedule a tour, call
541-263-0755.
Youth soccer
deadline is Aug. 6
ENTERPRISE — Wal-
lowa Valley Youth Soccer is
now taking registrations for
any kids ages 5-13 who want
to play in the 2021 season.
WVYS President Jeff
Yanke said 5-year-olds must
have had their birthday by
Sept. 1. Deadline to sign up
is Friday, Aug. 6.
Yanke said the season was
crippled last year because of
the coronavirus pandemic,
with soccer workshops
replacing the usual compet-
itive play. There are usually
a few hundred kids playing,
he said.
Yanke said adult volun-
teers also are needed.
“We always need volun-
teers, coaches in particular,”
he said.
He added that board
members also are needed,
as this is his last year on the
group’s board.
To register, go online to
wallowavalleysoccer.org or
email
wallowavalleysoc-
cer@gmail.com.
watched as bubbles formed when
the warm water touched the yeast.
They learned that with the addition
of salt, the yeast stopped “grow-
ing.” Then the dough got to “rest”
from kneading while it rose before
it was baked.
The 12 participants worked in
pairs to mix fl our, yeast, oil, salt,
sugar and water into a gallon plas-
tic bag. Each person took turns
working the mixture in the bag
until it was thoroughly mixed.
Then there was a whole lot of
kneading going on as the dough
was removed from the bag, split
in half and each person kneaded
his or her own dough until it was
smooth and uniform. The dough
was placed in small individual
aluminum pans to rise and then
baked. Each child had their own
loaf of bread. While the bread was
baking, the pairs worked at shak-
ing heavy cream to turn it into but-
ter for their hot bread.
The OSU Extension Service
and St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church
Joseph council
to hear, settle
employees’ dispute
JOSEPH — A resolu-
tion of a postponed dispute
between two city employees
is expected Thursday, Aug.
5, when they air their griev-
ances before the Joseph City
Council.
Parks Lead Dennis Welch
aired grievances during an
executive session this spring
against Public Works Lead
Levi Tickner. The latter has
exercised his option to refute
those grievances in open ses-
sion. The council then has
the option to recess to exec-
utive session to consider
action, which it must return
to open session to take.
In other matters, the
council:
have worked together to deliver
nutrition and gardening curric-
ulums to the alternative educa-
tion high school and Head Start.
This summer they off ered to pro-
vide two food related activities for
the Building Healthy Families day
camp.
“Ann and I want to make gar-
dening and cooking fun and acces-
sible to kids of all ages,” Nes-
bitt said. “Everybody eats, but we
know healthy minds and bodies
begin with healthy food.”
The pictures speak for them-
selves. The bakers seemed to relish
the bread they made as they dived
into the hot loaves smeared with
homemade butter.
Maria Weer, director of Build-
ing Healthy Families said of
the activity and the children’s
response, “They were so engaged.
I love it when our partner projects
come together for such a success!
Hearing a kid shout, ‘I make the
best bread ever!’ says it all.”
Now, where’s the jam?
• Will consider a condi-
tional use permit applied for
by Scott Clark.
• Will consider an appli-
cation for the Zoning Ordi-
nance Review Taskforce.
• Will hear a presentation
on public works projects.
Art, fl owers, wine
focus of event
JOSEPH — An in-person
course exploring the connec-
tion of art and fl ower design
— while drinking wine —
will take place at the Jose-
phy Center for Arts and Cul-
ture in Joseph in August.
Preregistration is required
by Aug. 18. The class, which
costs $45, will run from
6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 21.
Instructor Dawn High-
berger will lead participants
in an evening of playing
with fl owers, drinking wine
and exploring their connec-
tion to art.
Participants are asked
to bring nippers and their
favorite wine, or some scis-
sors for cutting stems and
some wine to share. Mason
jars, wine and vases will be
provided, along with fl owers
— and some wine.
This class will focus on
late-summer fl owers and a
little bit on drinking wine.
Every student’s bouquet will
be diff erent.
For everyone’s health
and safety, masks will be
required while not drinking
wine.
To sign up, visit
https://josephy.org/event/
wine-fl ower-arranging.
— The Chieftain
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