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Aly Sedlock says that she knew from a young age that she would either live in a big city or out in the country. "Anything in the middle sounded boring," she says. Originally from Salem, food has been a constant in Aly's life and her childhood memories revolve around her grandmother cooking everything from scratch and her love of canning. When her grandmother wasn't around, Aly's dad was the main cook at home and she enjoyed eating his food and they often cooked together. But t...
The Kinzua Hills Golf Club is a little slice of heaven. My dad was raised in Kinzua and I learned how to golf on the course. I remember attending reunions in the early to mid-80s and watching Ronnie Bowman, Mark Jellick, Jim Hulett, John Wall and other good Kinzua golfers crush drives off of the elevated first tee. It was a rowdy bunch who would gather at the Kinzua course and it was fun to see people who had grown up in Kinzua getting together. Even though the town was gone,...
1 years ago— Changing their life styles during December were Duane and Bonnie Johnson. Bonnie retired from her work with the Farm Service Agency after over 40 years, and Duane retired from his work of 40 years at Jamieson & Marshall Plumbing and Heating. The Johnsons are already heavily booked with grandchildren projects. Here are a few changes that took place as of January 1, 2014: Oregon’s minimum wage will increase by 15 cents to $9.10 per hour. Texting or talking on a cell phone while driving will fetch higher fines – a...
Hunting is a part of being human. Our ancestors cultivated those skills to survive and ultimately build everything we know today. I'm humbled when I think of the difficulties they endured to simply supply meat for their families and communities. That has always been my aspiration-a full freezer. As the oft quoted Native American adage goes, "If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both." And on Halloween morning, my aspiration was crystal clear. Yet, as I reflect upon...
Last week I went to a bakery in Bend and was shocked to see artisan bread being sold by the half loaf. The bread was about the same price I paid for a whole loaf a couple of years ago. We've all witnessed the rising cost of food in the past year but this seemed to punctuate the seriousness of the problem. I have heard the term "shrinkflation" which means smaller sizes for about the same price and this was a perfect example. This price increase had a profound effect on me and...
When thinking of great muscle cars and dragsters that are iconic pieces of the American fabric, few people would think to include a 1948 cargo truck from England. Those people have not seen "Hot Licks." In 1978, Bobby Byars, who was raised in Wasco and now resides outside of Fossil, purchased the 1948 Anglia - an English model of Ford - from a couple of guys in Portland. "They found it sitting in a field," Byars says of the car. "It was basically rusting away." The car was...
Lu Seapy is an educator based in The Dalles and is the STEM Outreach Coordinator for the OSU Extension Office in Wasco County. Last year, Seapy started the Girls Who Code 4-H Club after she learned about the organization at a teacher's conference. Seapy was impressed with the mission and that the organization has served more than 300,000 girls. Most impressive to Seapy is that Girls Who Code is not just about coding. It was designed to help build girls confidence in science...
It was horses that inspired Ashley Tolton to open Painted Hills Pastry, a French pastry shop on Main Street in the tiny Eastern Oregon town of Mitchell. Sitting cross-legged on the floor of her art studio, paint brush in hand, Ashley admits that French pastry isn't her first love, but it comes close. "Horses are everything to me. If I could be training horses the rest of my life, I'd be the happiest person on the planet." she admits. Raised in the San Francisco bay area, Ashle...
A church in La Grande made national news after an outbreak of the Coronavirus swept through the congregation, making it the state's largest single outbreak to date. Of 365 church members tested, 236 returned positive for COVID-19, according to Dr. Tom Jeanne, deputy state epidemiologist. In neighboring Morrow County, 31 people have tested positive for the disease, including 5 people on Friday, June 19. One person has died in Morrow County. In Umatilla County, cases continue...
This was supposed to be the year that the Bank of Eastern Oregon staff in Condon took their victory lap at Condon's Fabulous Fourth of July festivities. Celebrating 75 years of community banking, the Bank of Eastern Oregon had been selected as Grand Marshals for the Fourth of July celebration. Staff were excited to hold court at the Fourth of July Breakfast, to mingle with old friends and to go all out on decorations for their parade float. That was before the world turned...
Gary Purpura first came to Spray when he was 19 years old in the early 1970s. "In the summers I would take a drive and look for work," says Mr. Purpura who now owns the brokerage firm Liberty Capital in Portland. On one drive, Gary saw a "help wanted" sign for farm workers. It paid $20 a day with room and board. Gary went to work for Bud and Cecilia Reed, bucking bales outside of Spray. That year, he learned of the Eastern Oregon Half Marathon and Spray Rodeo and ran the...
Family owned stores in the area have stayed stocked and provide normalcy. In the Portland area, there has been tension in stores from the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak. Scuffles have broken out across the country as people have gone into panic mode and many have horded supplies. We've all seen the cleared out isles on the nightly news. No, this isn't Venezuela, it is panic shopping in cities across the United States. Fortunately for those of us who live in the tri-county are...
The aura of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Condon Elks Lodge No. 1869 stretches far and wide, and the attendance at the Condon Lodge's 71st Anniversary celebration proves it. Elks Lodge members from throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho were on hand Saturday, Dec. 16, when the Condon Lodge celebrated its 71st year since it was instituted in 1952. In December that year, over 300 members of the Heppner Elks Lodge were meeting in Condon as the...
As a kid, I didn't know how good I had it. Outside of Ione, we would hunt Willow Creek with our family friends – Dana Heideman and his two sons Aaron and Nathan. At the time, I didn't think it was anything that special. Now, I realize that we were on world class pheasant hunting grounds. My dad first had an English Springer Spaniel who was afraid of loud noises. A superb family dog but not a hunter. Later, we got Moose – a chocolate lab that was a big dope until the shotguns c...
It's been a big year for the Condon Chamber of Commerce. Not only did the Condon Chamber move to the historic Dunn Brothers Building and help to distribute COVID relief funds to businesses in Gilliam County, it has also worked to expand its territory and services. This past year, Executive Director K'Lynn Lane has crisscrossed the territory – addressing city councils in every town in Gilliam, Wheeler and Sherman County. She has also supported artisan and farmer's markets in a...
