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WEDNESDAY
February 11, 2015
SICKLY SHEEP
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By Rich Rautenstrauch
Wallowa County Chieftain
After their Friday game
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A Lostine ram and ewe on the winter range.
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See BIGHORNS, Page A12
See LEAGUE, Page A12
EHS girls gain weekend split
By Rich Rautenstrauch
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — The Out-
law girls split a pair of games
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Cove in a thriller Friday night,
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and then lost to the formidable
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the Enterprise girls guaranteed
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teams) of the Friday night game
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house about more than they
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well, a senior from Wallowa
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Wallowa County sunrise and sunset February 12 - February 18 (from the U.S. Naval Observatory)
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