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Local stockgrowers to host Lane County group
County votes
to help fund
agritourism eff ort
By BILL BRADSHAW
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — The
Wallowa County Stock-
growers Association plans
to host an “exchange” with
their counterparts from Lane
County next month and the
county commissioners voted
Wednesday, April 20, to help
fund it.
“Twenty years ago, the
Lane County cattlemen came
up here and had a tour with
the Wallowa County Stock-
growers Association and they
had a good time,” said Com-
missioner Todd Nash, who is
a rancher.
He said he met with a
representative of the Lane
County group to discuss the
possibility.
“At fi rst blush, he said
that proba-
bly 80 peo-
ple would
come,” Nash
said. “Now
he thinks it’s
somewhere
between
Nash
20 and 40.
Maybe fuel
prices had something to do
with that; I’m not sure, but at
any rate, they want to come
up here again. He’s been
coordinating with the stock-
growers leadership there. …
Anyway, they are interested
in coming up.”
The
commissioners
agreed to grant $1,620 to help
pay for bus transportation to
take the group — both Lane
Wallow County Chieftain, File
An aging loading chute reminds visitors of the long
connection of people and cattle with the Zumwalt Prairie’s
working landscape. An exchange the Wallowa County
Stockgrowers Association will host next month for their Lane
County counterparts will focus strongly on the Zumwalt.
County stockmen and locals
who wish to attend — to var-
ious sites around the county.
“We’ve encouraged peo-
ple from this area to come
along,” Nash said.
He said the plan is for the
Lane County group to arrive
May 20. The next day, there
will be a breakfast at the Clo-
verleaf Hall in Enterprise,
sack lunches for the bus tour
and a steak dinner that eve-
ning at the Cloverleaf.
The tour will visit the
Zumwalt Prairie where the
discussion will focus on
rangeland grazing there.
Then, they’ll head for Buck-
horn Lookout where they
can view the Imnaha Canyon
lands and hear about ranching
there. The tour will conclude
with a stop at the Dorrance
barn on Crow Creek where
they’ll hear from a member
of the Dorrance family who
will talk about his family and
some of their history in the
area.
“It should be a really won-
derful day,” Nash said. “We’ll
have a sack lunch to go on the
bus and a steak dinner at the
Cloverleaf that night and all
for the low-budget price of
$70.”
Commission Chairwoman
Susan Roberts recommended
the funds come out of the
county’s Economic Devel-
opment Fund since the tour
promotes economic devel-
opment in the county, as the
Lane County group will take
advantage of restaurants and
motels here.
Nash said providing the
funds for the bus transporta-
tion falls right in with encour-
aging local agritourism.
“Agritourism is talked
about a lot, but it’s rarely sup-
ported, so this is a way to sup-
port that, and maybe we can
do more in the future,” he
said.
Anyone interested in par-
ticipating in the tour is urged
to RSVP by May 15 to OSU
Extension/Wallowa County
Stockgrowers at 668 NW 1st
St., Enterprise, OR 97828, by
phone at 541-426-3143 or by
email at Peter.Schreder@ore-
gonstate.edu.
JCS drama troupe returns to the stage
First post-COVID
play written by
school senior
By BILL BRADSHAW
Wallowa County Chieftain
JOSEPH — The Joseph
Charter School Drama Club
made a return to the stage,
Thursday, April 21, with a
performance of “Matthews
Manor,” written and co-di-
rected by JCS senior Piper
Larison.
Danielle Weaver, the JCS
teacher who heads the club
and the drama program, said
the event marks a revival of
the program after years with-
out one.
“Although the drama pro-
gram at Joseph Charter was
kickstarted by Weaver and
seniors Jacob Gross and
Chase Murray in (the fall of)
2020, this play was the fi rst
performance for a live audi-
ence due to COVID-19 pan-
demic restrictions,” Weaver
said in a press release.
Weaver said about 60-70
people turned out for the per-
Danielle Weaver/Contributed Photo
The cast of “Matthews Manor” performs Thursday, April 21,
2022, at Joseph Charter School. The performance was the
school’s fi rst return to the stage since the COVID-19 pandemic.
formance about a wealthy,
dysfunctional family who
attend a dinner party put on
by a self-centered daughter-
in-law who plans to mur-
der her father and mother-in-
law for an inheritance. This
doesn’t go as planned and the
plot fails, but someone else
murders the targeted couple.
Weaver said the perfor-
mance brought out several
factors.
“This performance was a
great way to not only intro-
duce the new program, but to
showcase the talent of young
Wallowa County actors and
actresses as well as the clever
writing and skilled directing
of Larison,” Weaver said.
“This has been such a
great opportunity and the
community has helped sup-
port us from the begin-
ning,” Larison said April
22, regarding the previous
night’s turnout.
“I am just in awe of how
hard each of these students
have worked to put on a great
show,” Weaver said.
She said the troupe plans
its next performance for this
fall, although no ideas for a
script have yet been drafted.
“We want to maintain the
course where students and
instructors write plays to
help keep them original and
creative,” Weaver said.
She expressed her pride
in and appreciation to all
involved and particularly the
students being recognized
for their work in front of a
group.
“I am constantly in
tears from laughter; these
folks are amazing to work
with,” she said. “They have
been so patient and resil-
ient throughout the years of
obstacles, and it’s all paying
off for us now.”
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