OCTOBER

Friday

Oct. 3 – Opening reception for artist Connie George, 5-7 p.m., Skylight Gallery, Enterprise.

Monday

Oct. 6 – Women’s Empowerment Class and Support Group, 10-week class starts, Safe Harbors Conference Room; 6-7 p.m. class; 7-8 p.m. support group.

Oct. 6 – Poetry reading by former county resident Rob Whitbeck, author of “The Taproot Confessions,” 7 p.m., Bookloft, Enterprise.

Tuesday

Oct. 7 – Wallowa County Band, rehearsals begin, EHS band room; jazz band, 6 p.m.; concert band, 7 p.m.

Oct. 7 – Meeting for parents and students interested in Rotary and/or AFS student exchange programs, 7 p.m., Pioneer Bank.

Oct. 7 – Joseph City Council meeting, 7:30 p.m., Joseph City Hall.

Rest of month

Oct. 11 (Saturday) – Crab Feed by Joseph Education Foundation, 5-8 p.m., Joseph High School cafeteria.

Oct. 11-12 (Saturday-Sunday) – Annual photo show and Harvest Dinner, Liberty Grange;

“Faces of Wallowa County” photo show (with 10 photographers), noon-9 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday; Harvest Dinner, 6 p.m. Saturday.

Oct. 18 (Saturday) – U of I 4-H livestock judging trip, leave 5 a.m., Wallowa County Extension Office.

Oct. 18 – Fall Forage Trip of Eagle Cap Excursion Train, noon, from Wallowa to outside Elgin and back. (Also on Nov. 28-29)

Oct. 25 – Halloween Party, Liberty Grange; potluck 6 p.m., games 7 p.m.

Oct. 26 (Sunday) – Daylight Savings Time ends, 2 a.m., turn clocks back one hour.

Oct. 26 – 4-H Family Appreciation Night, 6 p.m., Cloverleaf Hall.

Oct. 30 (Thursday) – All Saints Celebration, 6-8:30 p.m., Cloverleaf Hall.

Oct. 31 (Friday) – HALLOWEEN!

NOVEMBER

Nov. 8 (Saturday) – 17th annual 4-H Radio Auction, 8 a.m. to noon, over KWVR radio station.

Nov. 13 (Thursday) – Slide show/book signing by Ellen Morris Bishop, author of “In Search of Ancient Oregon: A Geological and Natural History,” 7 p.m., Bookloft.

Nov. 15 (Saturday) – Annual Healthy Futures Dinner Auction by Wallowa Valley Health Care Foundation, Cloverleaf Hall, Enterprise.

Nov. 20-22 (Thursday-Saturday) – Performances of “Fools” by Joseph High School drama students, Jo-Hi cafeteria stage.

Nov. 27 (Thursday) – THANKSGIVING DAY!