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FOR BIDS FOR FUEL
OIL FOR THE WALLOWA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
315 1st St., P.O. Box 425
Wallowa, OR 97885
Community Connection will
host a Transportation Advisory
Council (TAC) meeting on
Thursday, September 23rd
at 3:00 p.m. The meeting
will be held in person at the
Wallowa Senior Center at
204 2nd St. in Wallowa or
virtually on Microsoft Teams.
To join the virtual meeting,
go to this link:
https://bit.
ly/38R6yLa or call: +1 469-
949-9300,,995847592#
The meeting is open to the
public. CDC guidelines for
masks will be observed on-site.
Input, comments and ques-
tions
conncerning
public
transportation are welcome.
Legal No. 260963
Publishbed: September 15,
2021
WALLOWA COUNTY
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
WALLOWA COUNTY
COURTHOUSE
101 S. RIVER ST. Rm. #105
ENTERPRISE, OR 97828
541-426-4543 ext. 1170
Public Notice
Notice is hereby given of
a public meeting for the
Nature Hazards Mitigation
Plan Update Working Ses-
sion on Monday, September
27, 2021 at 9:00am in the
Thornton Conference Room,
1st floor of the Wallowa County
Courthouse.
Please see the Wallowa
County website for infor-
mation on how to access
this
meeting
remotely:
https://co.wallowa.or.us/
community-development/
land-use-planning/
Franz Goebel, Director
Wallowa County
Planning Department
Legal No. 260764
Published: September 15,
2021
Wallowa School District is so-
liciting competitive bids for a
contract for purchases of heat-
ing oil for the Wallowa School
Facilities. A guaranteed mini-
mum of 7,500 gallons per year
will be purchased.
Bids are to be submitted
on or before October 4,
2021 at 10:00 a.m., to
Dr. Tamera Jones, District
Superintendent,
315
1st
Street, PO Box 425, Wallowa,
Oregon 97885. Said bids
will be publicly opened at
said address in the District’s
Office at 1:30 p.m., on
October 4, 2021.
A Bidder’s Packet, containing
an invitation for Bids, a
Contract and the required Bid
Form may be obtained from
Dr. Tamera Jones, District
Superintendent, at the above
address, telephone number,
(541) 886-2061.
Dated this 7th day of Septem-
ber, 2021.
/s/Dr. Tamera Jones,
Superintendent
Wallowa School District
Legal No. 260809
Published: September 15,
2021
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Board of Directors of the
Wallowa County Education
Service District-Region 18
will hold their Regular Board
Meeting on Monday, Sep-
tember 20, 2021 at 5:30 P.M.
Masks will be required for
participants.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY OF
WALLOWA
Wallowa ESD-Region 18
remains committed to the
public
comment
process
and will consider all public
comment seriously. Please
email written comments or
testimony to gpiper@r18esd.
org.
In the Matter of
The Estate of DONALD E.
SCHAEFFER,
Deceased.
Case No. 21PB05830
√ Clearly label the subject line
as: Public Comment or Testi-
mony and include the topic.
Example: Public Comment –
Assessment.
NOTICE TO
INTERESTED PERSONS
√ All written public comments
will be posted with the board
meeting minutes.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned has been
appointed and has qualified
as the personal representative
of said estate. All persons
having claims against said
estate are hereby required
to present the same, with
proper vouchers, within four
months after the date of first
publication of this notice, as
stated below, to the personal
representative, c/o ROLAND
W. JOHNSON, ROLAND W.
JOHNSON, LLC, P.O. Box E,
Enterprise, Oregon 97828,
or they may be barred.
All persons whose rights
may be affected by the pro-
ceedings of this estate may
obtain additional information
from the records of the court,
the personal representative
or the attorney for the
personal representative.
Dated and first published:
September 1, 2021.
______________
Larry D. Schaeffer,
Personal Representative
_______________
Roland W. Johnson,
OSB No. 772370
Roland W. Johnson, LLC
(541) 426-4912
Attorney for Personal
Representative
√ Public comments or testi-
mony must be submitted by
3:00 pm, Thursday, Septem-
ber 16. The board sincerely
appreciates your input and
thanks you for your participa-
tion.
√ Public participation is virtual
only. Contact Gretchen Piper,
Administrative Secretary for
information. Phone: 541-426-
7600; email: gpiper@r18esd.
org.
Legal No. 261239
Published: September
2021
15,
CATCH
THEIR
EYE
WITH
COLOR
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Lost Apple Project talk slated
for Hurricane Creek Grange
By ELLEN MORRIS
BISHOP
For the Wallowa
County Chieftain
JOSEPH — That old
apple tree in your back-
yard may be more import-
ant than you think. It may
be one of the thousands of
varieties of “lost apples”
planted by early settlers
— heritage trees planted
whose taste and genetics
have all but vanished, but
whose traits are important
to preserve for the future.
David Benscoter of the
nonprofi t Lost Apple Proj-
ect is on the hunt for those
heritage trees. He will be
at the Hurricane Creek
Grange to give a talk about
the project, the importance
of the trees and apple vari-
eties, and to help landown-
ers identify possible her-
itage apples. Recently,
Benscoter helped identify
an aged apple tree in Flora
as the long-missing and
thought extinct Kay apple.
A retired FBI and IRS
Criminal Division agent,
Benscoter is well-suited to
scouting out the missing
apples of the past. He and
E.J. Brandt founded the
Lost Apple Project, based
in Eastern Washington’s
Whitman County. They col-
lect apple specimens in the
fall, then may return in the
winter to gather wood cut-
tings (scions) for grafting.
Brandt and Benscoter rely
on old county fair records,
newspaper clippings and
nursery sales ledgers, as
well as tips from people, to
fi nd likely places to search
for old trees. They work
closely with the Temper-
ate Orchard Conservancy
to identify the varieties of
apples they collect.
At one time, there were
approximately
17,000
named varieties of domes-
ticated apples in the United
States, but only about
4,500 are known to exist
today. As of May, the Lost
Apple Project had discov-
ered 29 lost apple varieties.
Some of the apples identi-
fi ed include the Streaked
Pippin, Sary Sinap, Nero
and the Kay apple, found
in Flora.
Some lost apple vari-
eties have a detailed his-
tory. For example, the Eper
apple was found 20 miles
north of Colfax, Washing-
ton, is small with green-
ish-yellow skin and red
stripes. It is believed to
be one of 34 fruit variet-
ies imported from Hungary
in the 1890s by the U.S.
Contributed Photo
An unknown variety of heritage apple was found in a homesteader orchard near Halfway.
David Benscoter will talk about the importance of heritage apples and how to collect them for
identifi cation.
Benscoter
DAVID BENSCOTER RECENTLY
HELPED IDENTIFY AN AGED
APPLE TREE IN FLORA AS THE
LONG-MISSING AND THOUGHT
EXTINCT KAY APPLE
government and obtained
by George Ruedy, owner
of the Colfax Nursery in
Colfax.
In his talk at the Hurri-
cane Creek Grange, Dave
Benscoter will tell the story
of why so many lost apple
varieties are believed to
still exist in our region, and
why they are important.
The Lost Apple Proj-
ect is affiliated with the
Whitman County Histor-
ical Society, and aims to
search for a specific list of
apple varieties that were
known to have been grown
in the Northwest, espe-
cially the eastside, and are
now considered extinct or
lost. When lost varieties
are rediscovered, steps will
be taken with the landown-
er’s permission to prop-
agate the trees and make
them available again to the
public.
Benscoter’s
presen-
tation at the Hurricane
Creek Grange was invited
by grange President David
McBride.
“We thought it was a
perfect fi t for the grange,”
McBride said. “I’ve been
wondering about some
of the roadside apples we
have growing here. And
Legal No. 258704
Publisehd: September 1, 8,
15, 2021
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we have one outside the
grange hall that, from the
size of the trunk, has been
growing here for easily
over 100 years.”
The old apple varieties
are important, according
to Joanie Cooper, president
of the Temperate Orchard
Conservancy.
“You have to have vari-
eties that can last, that can
grow, produce fruit, survive
the heat and maybe survive
the cold winter, survive
drier conditions and wet-
ter ones,” she said. “I think
that’s critical for the world
we are living in today.”
MORE
INFORMATION
What: Heritage Apple
Project talk.
When: 6:30 pm Wednes-
day, Sept. 22.
Where: Hurricane Creek
Grange, 82930 Airport
Lane, Joseph.
If you have a tree that
might be of interest to
Lost Apple Project Talk:
You can bring several
sample apples or photos
of the tree and apples to
David Benscoter’s talk.
If possible, also determine
a GPS location of the tree.
If not, a detailed written
description and location
information would be
very helpful. (If the apples
appear to be heritage ap-
ples, Benscoter may wish
to visit the site.)
The Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce
is seeking a dynamic and energetic
Administrative Assistant to enhance and
support our organization and Visitor Center.
The Administrative Assistant is a key role within the Chamber.
This position interacts with Chamber members, Board Directors, the
Executive Director and the general public daily, making a positive and
solutions-oriented mindset a must. The Administrative Assistant is
also responsible for a wide variety of clerical functions and general
office support. This is an exciting and ever-evolving role, with
opportunities to have real-time impact on the success
of the organization and the community.
Compensation:
To Apply:
Please submit a cover
$15 - $17/hr DOE
letter and resume (including
Benefits:
three references). Apply via
Vacation, Holiday,
email at: info@wallowa
Sick Leave, Simple IRA
county.org or apply
via mail at:
Full job posting details
PO Box 427,
at: https://www.
Enterprise, OR 97828.
wallowacounty
chamber.com/
No in-person
jobs/
submissions.
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