Swiss-Austria Dinner

The Rotary Club of Wallowa County will serve a Swiss-Austrian dinner to benefit the club’s Youth Exchange Program, which brings foreign students here and sends local students to study in other countries. The dinner will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the VFW Hall, 800 River St., Enterprise. Doors open at 5:30. Cost is $15 or $30 for a family at the door, or $10 or $25 for a family purchased in advance. Tickets are available from members of the Rotary Interact Club at Wallowa High, who also will be serving.
Oregon's Alpenfest is arranging for the meal, which will feature Joseph Trading Post Bratwurst, crafted at Mt. Joseph Family Foods in Joseph; Alpenfest Sauerkraut, made using a recipe handed down from Maggie Vali of Vali’s Alpine Restaurant at Wallowa Lake, and an Austrian dessert. The menu also includes potato salad, green salad and beverage.
The theme honors Anna Schoeffman, the club’s current exchange student from Austria, who is studying at Wallowa High School, and the co-sponsor, Oregon’s Alpenfest, the county’s Swiss-Bavarian cultural festival. Fraulein Schoeffman will be featured at a meet-and-greet at the dinner. In addition to Fraulein Schoeffman, Rotary sponsors Calli Miller of Wallowa, who is studying in Germany, and the club will host a Thai student this fall.
For details, contact Judy Allen, judy.allen.joseph@gmail.com. Information will be available at the dinner about the exchange program and Oregon’s Alpenfest, scheduled for Sept. 25-28.