Your ballot by Tuesday, pumpkins over the airport today, and the county’s first film festival

1. 1Number 1.

   Due Tue, Nov 3 · 8 PMYour ballotThree 24-hour boxes; the clerk’s office inside the courthouse on weekdays

   Your ballot is due Tuesday at 8 PM, in a box or postmarked by then

   For Voters

   The county’s twenty local seats are on it, and only one, the Wallowa mayor’s, has two names. Joseph’s ballot alone carries a city question: whether to bar licensed psilocybin manufacturers and service centers inside town. Above the local lines are the governor’s race, Oregon’s 2nd congressional seat, House District 58 and the statewide measures.

   Ballots due

   8 PM, Tuesday, November 3

   Boxes, 24 hours

   The courthouse, 101 S. River, Enterprise · Joseph City Hall, 201 N. Main · Wallowa City Hall, 104 N. Pine

   Inside the courthouse

   Clerk’s office, Room 100, weekdays 8:30 to 5 · 541-426-4543

   By mail

   Counts if postmarked by Tuesday and received within seven days

   Results

   First unofficial count after 8 PM Tuesday on the Secretary of State’s site; updates about every 15 minutes

   Why it matters. Oregon counts a mailed ballot postmarked by election day if it arrives within seven days, under a 2021 law. The clerk still asks for boxes, because a late postmark cannot be argued with. The clerk’s page says the first unofficial results post after 8 PM Tuesday on the Secretary of State’s site, updated about every 15 minutes through the night. The Record will carry the local results, and the certified numbers when the clerk signs them.

   If your ballot is still on the counter, every box is open now. The clerk’s office answers at 541-426-4543 on weekdays.

   Drop box locationsJoseph’s ballot titleResults, from 8 PM Tuesday

   Source: Wallowa County Clerk, official ballot drop sites and the clerk’s election-night notice; Wallowa County Clerk, results timing; City of Joseph, notice of ballot title, August 14, 2026, checked Oct 31

2. 2Number 2.

   Sun, Nov 1SundayFerguson Ridge Ski Area; Enterprise Airport; Wallowa Senior Center

   Today: a work day at Fergi from 10, pumpkins and soup at the Enterprise Airport at 1, dinner in Wallowa at 5

   For Families · Sports

   Fergi wants hands for thinning with loppers and piling and burning brush, then firewood for the lodge, cleaning, trash and clearing the runs; all ages, check in with a hill manager, bring gloves, food, water and your own tools. The sixth annual Pumpkin Bombing at the airport is a soup potluck with pumpkin dropping from 1; bring a pumpkin and a dish, costumes encouraged. The Wallowa and Lostine Sunday community dinner is free, 5 to 6.

   • 10 AM · Fall work day, Ferguson Ridge Ski Area, until 4; questions to Willy Locke, 541-426-6581
   • 1 PM · Sixth annual Pumpkin Bombing, Enterprise Airport, until 3; soup potluck, bring a pumpkin; text 509-301-4212
   • 5 PM · Wallowa and Lostine Sunday community dinner, Wallowa Senior Center, free, until 6

   Source: Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce calendar, Sunday, November 1; Fall Work Days; 6th Annual Pumpkin Bombing; Sunday community dinner, checked Oct 31

3. 3Number 3.

   Thu, Nov 5 to Sat, Nov 7Film festivalThe OK Theatre and the 1908 Ballroom for films; Fishtrap for talks; venues as the festival’s schedule names them

   The first Eagle Cap Film Festival runs Thursday to Saturday: nine films on three screens, free talks at Fishtrap, a gala at the Lodge

   For Arts

   The festival calls this its inaugural edition and names Joseph, Enterprise, Lostine and Wallowa as its towns. Nine documentary features screen two or three times each at the OK Theatre and the 1908 Ballroom, most with a question-and-answer session after. Screenings are $19; a four-film pass is $68 and the all-access pass $339. The line forms 30 minutes before a film, scanning starts 20 minutes before, and ten minutes before showtime unused tickets go to a rush line. The schedule marks these as open to the public: the Open Soul Wine Lounge at 1 Thursday and Friday and noon Saturday, red carpet photos on the street at 7 Thursday and Friday and 3:30 Saturday, Fishtrap Fireside on Friday evening, and Walla Sound at the Range Rider Friday at 7. Thursday night’s concert at the OK Theatre, a headliner the festival lists as “Joseph”, is sold separately.

   • Thu, Nov 5 · 2 PM Old Henry (OK); 2:30 PM The Last Dive (Ballroom); 5 PM Everest: The Other Side (OK); 6 PM The Isolate Thief (Ballroom); 8 PM concert, “Joseph” (OK, sold separately). Fishtrap talk at 1:30 PM.
   • Fri, Nov 6 · 11 AM Old Henry; 11:30 AM The Last Dive; 2 PM The Man Who Saves the World?; 2:30 PM Icarus; 5 PM Icarus: The Aftermath; 5:30 PM Butcher’s Crossing; 8 PM Last Breath; 8:30 PM Everest. Fishtrap talks at 10 AM and noon.
   • Sat, Nov 7 · noon Rivers in Time, a free short (Ballroom), and The Man Who Saves the World? (OK); 2 PM Old Henry; 2:30 PM Last Breath; 4:30 PM Icarus: The Aftermath; 5 PM The Last Dive; 7:30 PM Everest; 8 PM The Isolate Thief; 8 PM gala, the Lodge.
   • Free, by the festival’s labels · Open Soul Wine Lounge, 1 PM Thu and Fri, noon Sat; red carpet photos, 7 PM Thu and Fri, 3:30 PM Sat; Fishtrap Fireside, Fri 6:30 PM (Fishtrap’s own listing says 7); Walla Sound at the Range Rider, Fri 7 PM.

   Tickets

   $19 a screening · $68 for any four films · $339 all access, gala included, concert separate

   Doors

   Line forms 30 minutes before; scanning 20 minutes before; unused tickets released to the rush line 10 minutes before

   Shuttle

   Loveland Safe Ride, 541-848-1588 · Thu and Fri 6 PM to midnight · Sat 5 PM to midnight

   Why it matters. Three days of ticketed film in November is new for the county, and the schedule puts most of it on Enterprise’s Main Street. The OK Theatre’s own record on the Record: wallowarecord.org/places/ok-theatre.

   Tickets and the full schedule are on the festival’s ticketing page; a shuttle runs Thursday and Friday 6 PM to midnight and Saturday 5 PM to midnight, Loveland Safe Ride, 541-848-1588.

   Schedule and ticketsThe festivalAdd to calendar

   Source: Eagle Cap Film Festival, schedule on its ticketing site; Eagle Cap Film Festival, home page; Chamber of Commerce calendar, checked Oct 31

4. 4Number 4.

   Wed, Nov 4 · 5 to 7:30 PMOpen doorWallowology, Joseph

   Wednesday at 5, the county asks how the East Moraine trails should be managed

   For Sports · Voters

   The listing asks how you experience the trails of the East Moraine Community Forest, what you love about them, and how you would like to see them managed. The county owns the 1,800-acre forest under a conservation easement; its board said October 14 it needs someone to check the trails and a smaller advisory committee. The listing names no agenda beyond its two questions, and motorized vehicles stay barred from the forest by the county’s standing notice.

   Why it matters. This is the one meeting of the week called to hear residents rather than to act on an agenda. The Record’s record of the forest, with its history and the easement: wallowarecord.org/places/east-moraine.

   Come at 5; the listing gives no sign-up.

   The listingThe county’s forest pagesAdd to calendar

   Source: Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce calendar; Wallowa County Chieftain, October 15; Wallowa County Chieftain, October 15, 2026, checked Oct 31

5. 5Number 5.

   Sat, Nov 7SaturdaySouthfork Grange orchard site; Wallowa Woodsmen; Wallowa Lake Lodge

   Saturday: a pumpkin smash into the Southfork Grange orchard’s soil at 9, the state cross country meet, paint night in Wallowa, music at the lake

   For Families · Arts · Sports

   The Rot Carnival prepares the soil for the grange orchard’s first planting in the spring: bring gloves, layers, wheelbarrows and rakes, your jack-o’-lanterns for the pumpkin smash, untreated cardboard and a bin of yard debris with no chemicals. Joseph Charter’s calendar lists the state cross country meet Saturday without a time or place. Ashton Bowman leads a paint night at the Wallowa Woodsmen at 5:30, $40, and Morgan McHugh plays the Wallowa Lake Lodge at 6. The film festival’s Saturday is under the film festival above.

   • 9 AM · Rot Carnival, Southfork Grange community orchard site, until 1; RSVP encouraged, 541-805-0734
   • State cross country meet · Joseph Charter’s calendar, no time or place given; ask the school
   • 5:30 PM · Paint night with Ashton Bowman, Wallowa Woodsmen, Wallowa, $40
   • 6 PM · Morgan McHugh, Wallowa Lake Lodge, until 8

   Source: Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce calendar, Saturday, November 7; Joseph Charter School calendar; Rot Carnival; Paint Night at Wallowa Woodsmen; Morgan McHugh at Wallowa Lake Lodge; Joseph Charter School events, checked Oct 31

1. Sun1

   Clocks went back at 2 AM · 10 AM Fergi work day · 1 PM Pumpkin Bombing, Enterprise Airport · 5 PM Community dinner, Wallowa Senior Center

2. Mon2

   5:30 PM Handbuilding, Josephy · 11:59 PM Gift of Art entries due

3. Tue3

   Election day: ballots in a box by 8 PM · 2 PM Donation clinic, Joseph · 5:30 PM JH basketball, Joseph girls home, boys at Enterprise · 6 PM Dance club, Fishtrap · 6 PM Poems in Pieces, online · 6 PM Evening wheel, Josephy

4. Wed4

   9 AM County board, courthouse · 10 AM Mini Mountaineers · noon Rotary · 4 PM Brick by Brick Club, Wallowa library · 4 PM JH basketball vs Imbler, Joseph · 5 PM East Moraine trails, Wallowology · 5 PM Clay Club, Josephy · 5:30 PM Restorative yoga · 6 PM Trivia, Stubborn Mule · 7 PM Matt Mitchell and Graham Farrow, Range Rider

5. Thu5

   Film festival opens, films from 2 PM · 8 AM Morning wheel, Josephy · 10 AM Storytime, Enterprise · 10 AM Travel-trade workshop · noon Soroptimist · 2 PM Parenting Now! · 6 PM Joseph council · 6 PM Matt Mitchell and Graham Farrow, Range Rider · 8 PM “Joseph” in concert, OK Theatre

6. Fri6

   Film festival, films from 11 AM · 8 AM Ribbon cutting, Blue Mountain Donut and Pizza, Joseph · 9 AM Marketing Made Simple, Josephy · 10 AM Storytime, Wallowa · 10:15 AM Storytime, Joseph · 12:30 PM Bingo, Community Connection · 2 PM Sip-n-Sew, Flora School · 6 PM Morgan McHugh, M.Crow · 7 PM Fishtrap Fireside · 7 PM Dave Woolson, Range Rider

7. Sat7

   State cross country meet · Film festival, films from noon · 9 AM Rot Carnival, Southfork Grange orchard · 5:30 PM Paint night, Wallowa Woodsmen · 6 PM Morgan McHugh, Wallowa Lake Lodge · 8 PM Festival gala, the Lodge

8. Sun8

   5 PM Community dinner, Wallowa Senior Center

Source: Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce calendar, Building Healthy Families, the Josephy Center, Joseph Charter School, the City of Joseph, Wallowa County and the Eagle Cap Film Festival, checked October 31

Also open, no date set: Enterprise’s police chief search, with an interim chief in place; the county’s Citizens Advisory Committee on the Land Development Ordinance (four seats, meetings November to May); one seat on the county Fair Board, applications by December 30.

Enterprise

Pumpkin Bombing at the airport Sun 1; ballot box at the courthouse; dance club Tue 6; county board Wed 9; Range Rider Wed 7, Thu 6, Fri 7; film festival Thu to Sat at the OK Theatre and Fishtrap; storytime Thu 10; Fishtrap Fireside Fri 7.

Joseph

Fergi work day Sun 10 to 4; ballot box at City Hall; Gift of Art entries due Mon; donation clinic Tue 2; JH basketball Tue 5:30 and Wed 4; East Moraine trails Wed 5 at Wallowology; council Thu 6; ribbon cutting Fri 8; Marketing Made Simple Fri 9 at the Josephy Center.

Wallowa

Community dinner Sun 5, both Sundays; ballot box at City Hall; Brick by Brick Club Wed 4 at the library; business course Thu 6; storytime Fri 10; paint night Sat 5:30 at the Woodsmen.

Lostine

Morgan McHugh at M.Crow Fri 6.

Wallowa Lake

Morgan McHugh at the Lodge Sat 6; the festival gala Sat 8 at the Lodge, by the festival’s schedule.

Flora

Sip-n-Sew at the school Fri from 2.

Imnaha

Nothing posted this week.

Troy

Nothing posted this week.