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Every high school team has one. Or at least, they should. The superfan. Someone who is so invested in the team that win or lose, their devotion is undaunted. While the sporting events change with the season, the superfan is never a fair-weathered follower. So it goes for Fossil's Zach Sperry. If you've been to a Rattlers volleyball or basketball game, you've seen Zach sitting courtside, full of nerves, and cheering the boys and girls teams on. Ready to chase down a loose ball...
Interested in tips and strategies for a healthier lifestyle? The Sherman County Senior Center and OSU Sherman County Extension are partnering to bring another round of free, drop-in nutrition classes to local residents. Join us for "Seniors Eating Well", a 6-week series of classes to be offered at the Rufus City Hall Mondays at 10am-noon October 21 through November 25, 2024. A soup lunch will follow each class. Take better control of your health with lessons on cooking...
With the onset of Fall and cooler weather, there's hope we have reached the end of wildfire season. The community came together in impressive ways to help with everything from laundry for the firefighters to individuals offering their equipment and time to help keep our community safe. It would be impossible to thank everyone individually but please know how much you are appreciated. We know how lucky we are to have such wonderful volunteers. With that in mind, the city will...
Almost every week, my friend who has moved away still helps me edit my columns. We met during the summer of 2021 when we were both staying at the fairgrounds RV park in Fossil. Our friendship developed when we went together to the laundry mat in Condon every couple of weeks. She is a fabulous editor who catches things that I totally overlook, even after I have read and re-read my columns multiple times. I especially appreciate that she spots my really embarrassing errors like...
Days of Yore for October 3, 2024 10 years ago— Some upsetting news for a few residents of Fossil who own chickens is that dogs have been slaughtering chickens in at least two areas of town. Dog owners are encouraged to keep dogs at home. Some who have chickens depend on egg money for part of their income and losing chickens is costly. 25 years ago— From Mitchell Madness by 5th and 6th graders: A few weeks ago the Elsea family’s black lab jumped out of their truck on Highway 26...
This is part 3 of a series that explores the challenges and potential solutions for ambulatory services in Wheeler, Gilliam, and Sherman counties. The global pandemic shook longtime emergency medical service volunteers and healthcare professionals. Increased demand for ambulance services, coupled with a decline in responders has created a crisis in many communities. As we've looked at in this series, the slow erosion of volunteers and an increasing reliance on their services...
Last week’s installment vented more of the knock-on effects of the closing of hundreds of bricks-and-mortar bookshops, the transition from them to bookstore-chain bookstores to superstores that sold books to on-line selling of books via the juggernaut of all juggernauts: Amazon. As we’ve collectively brushed neighborhood bookshops aside we’ve lost another bit of the Commons and, with it, an instant source of bibliotherapy. I might want to mention here the Frankfurt Schoo...
I often speak of the simple little things that add joy to life. We tend to think that bigger is better and capitalism has programmed us to want more, more, more when sometimes less is more. Great beauty can be found in simplicity. One of those beautiful, joyful little things is a gift of food, especially if that food is homemade or grown with a big dose of love. A couple of weeks ago, Maryhelen Peterson of Fossil gave me a jar of her homemade elderflower jelly. Since I had...
Days of Yore for September 26, 2024 10 years ago— The League of Oregon Rural-Frontier Homesteaders will sponsor its first-ever Oregon Rural-Frontier Homesteaders Festival October 11 at the Wheeler County Fairgrounds in Fossil. This one-day event will celebrate the contribution that skills and crafts, considered by many to be from a bygone era, make in the daily lives of 21st century residents of Oregon’s rural-frontier. The 12th annual Shaniko Ragtime and Vintage Music Fes...
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Keith Baker, 73, is a Vietnam Veteran and was a highly experienced search and rescue team member with the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Baker did two tours in Vietnam, where he was trained to be a sniper and a tunnel rat. Whether in the jungles of Southeast Asia or in the pine and juniper trees of Central Oregon, Baker could see a story unfold when tracking people or animals in remote areas. From a young age, Baker would follow his father into the woods and learn how to tra...
Editor's Note: A photo was shared on the "I'm from Condon, Oregon" Facebook page by Debbie Pappas. Jamie Burns correctly identified the photo from a 1948 meeting in Condon. The photo shows four Native Americans outside of the Condon Globe-Times. We tracked down the original photo and article – from the March 5, 1948 edition of The Condon Globe-Times. "Since the Wy-um or Celilo tribe and Pa-wan-putt or Rock Creek tribe of Indians have organized in order to protect their f...
The Times-Journal is conducting interviews and republishing articles about the 1994 killing of cowboy Phillip Brooks on the Foppiano Ranch in Wheeler County. Brooks was killed on September 20, 1994. "I would rather know that whoever killed Phil Brooks was rotting in jail now than anticipating that person will be rotting in hell sometime later. In other words, I'm for the here-and-now in the case instead of putting it up to God to dispatch this murderer on to Hades in the... Full story
Days of Yore for September 19, 2024 10 years ago— Just a few short months ago, the Arlington Ambulance Service was having trouble fielding all the emergency calls that were coming in. Morale was low and the community was in dire need of emergency medical service providers. Since then, six of eight Arlington residents have finished a First Responder course, all passing, and have now enrolled in the EMT course. 25 years ago— The Arlington Chamber of Commerce has a new off...
In last week’s column I registered the losing streak of the bricks-and-mortar bookstore. I noted that people who say they just love old books and the feel of them in their hands seldom actually buy them, that such pronouncements are kisses of death for a bookseller in a bookshop. I marked the loss of independent bookshops due to Covid-19 and how that affects communities. Bookstore-closings stress libraries in terms of labor, budget and shelf-space. Parents struggle to find h...
From the Times-Journal, September 29, 1994 A 23-year old Mitchell man has died from an apparent gun-shot wound in southern Wheeler County, according to Wheeler County District Attorney Thomas Cutsforth. James Phillip Brooks went for a horseback ride on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 20. He was reported missing Wednesday afternoon, and the Sheriff's Search and Rescue team commenced a search of the remote area which continued throughout the night. Additional resources,...
No, you don’t. “I have a Kindle, but I like the physical book in my hands.” Right. “I’ll be back.” No, you won’t. “Is that your best price?” Do you price-haggle in Two Boys Meat & Grocery? Never have I sold a book to such persons, and they darken the doorways of my open-shop bookseller friends, too. Such persons, if they buy books at all, buy them from an Amazon warehouse, not from an independent bookshop. They believe (because they have heard) assertions that the Covid-19...
I recently ate one of Dawn Garcia’s yummy power bars, a healthful cookie packed full of nutrient-dense superfoods. You can eat these cookies with a guilt-free conscious, knowing you are providing your body with true nourishment. One of the reasons I like this recipe is because there is only one bowl to wash. Power Bars 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup brown sugar ½ cup sugar 2 large eggs 2 tbsp heavy cream or half and half 1 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda ½ cup almo...
Days of Yore for September 12, 2024 10 years ago— Lee and Karen Kaseberg celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary August 19. They celebrated this momentous occasion with a cruise through the Inland Passage in Alaska accompanied by their children and grandchildren. Sherman County author Jane Kirkpatrick has been named a finalist in the 2011 Willa Literary Awards. The award was named for outstanding American author Willa Cather and recognizes outstanding literature featuring wo...
Wheeler County's only cold-case murder is approaching another grim milestone, as the 30th anniversary of Phil Brook's murder approaches. Killed on September 20, 1994 – the last day of summer – Phil Brooks was out riding his sister's horse on his day off when he was shot through the heart with a high-powered rifle. The assailant was never convicted, and while there are strong suspicions that a couple who had secured hunting rights on the Fopiano could be to blame, the cri...
Last week I wrote about the joys of blue paper towels, the kind used by mechanics in automotive shops. I discovered they are fabulous for around-the-house cleaning chores. If you have read this column for awhile, you know that I speak of the little joys in life. These occur frequently throughout the day when you look for them. And yes, joy can be found in something as simple as the “just right” paper towel that makes an unpleasant cleaning task easier and more pleasurable. I w...
You, Dear Reader, now, know both that only you can prevent forest fires and that you might wish to have examined, that lovely set of Victorian-era novels by Sir Walter Scott, you know, the ones with the vibrant slivers of green dye-cloth laid onto their spines and that feature the fanciful blue lettering and designs on their covers. Previously, I touched on several ways in which 19th-century wallpaper, curtains and drapes and especially bookcloths covering sometimes quite...
The Condon Quilting Group started in 2021 when Judy Thomsen sent a request to the Columbia Basin Electric Ruralite publication to ask for batting. Not only did people send batting, but they also gave material for quilts, and some even sent quilt tops. Judy took the material, sorted it in her basement, and asked if there were any quilters out there who would like to help make quilts to give away. That first year, the new group gave away 54 quilts and afghans to organizations,...
Juanita Jo Pretty slow But steady That good mule Died today Ripe old age of Twenty six Hooves Sloughed off It's a Crossbreed thing Mother Stock horse 39 Part Percheron Mostly mustang Father Bunkhouse burro Pedro Grew up wild On a Thirteen by Twenty six Mile pasture She'd go through The river Skid on her butt Down declivities Where mortals Fear to tread Scared me Half to death In the saddle Meanwhile Back at the ranch Catlow Valley Don Miller outfit Gary Miller Main buckaroo...
Days of Yore for September 5, 2024 10 years ago— The state’s Seven Wonders advertising blitz has given notoriety to the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and the Painted Hills, which, indeed, are wonders of the world. The number of tourists has grown and grown! Two groups of volunteers integral to any community will be honored this year at the 19th annual Painted Hills Festival celebration at Mitchell. The volunteers of the Mitchell Ambulance Service and the Vol...
