Wallowa County Chieftain
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November 18, 2015
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By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Oregon Department of
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on a Forest Service allotment
on the Imnaha Divide. The
calf was seriously wounded
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wolf depredation of another
calf Oct. 27 in the nearby Harl
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incident Friday.
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reported in the area about two
days before.
“It’s part of their territory,”
Hansen said.
Wallowa County Chief
Sheriff’s Deputy Fred Steen
said the affected rancher no-
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in the afternoon of Nov. 10.
Hunters in the area had dis-
covered the profusely bleed-
ing calf and its mother.
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of the affected animal as well
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rancher.
The rancher located his
calf the next day, although the
search failed to turn up the
calf’s mother.
The rancher brought the
calf to the clinic, where it was
examined by Hansen, Steen
and a veterinarian. All the ex-
aminers agreed that the inju-
ries were the result of a wolf
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affected rancher has been
gathering cattle from the area
since mid-September and was
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calves as of Nov. 11.
The rancher could not be
reached for comment.
Winding Waters
withdraws plan
for school clinic
Clinic awarded
grant; proposal
draws ire from
community
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THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT’S PRI-
MARY MISSION IS TO
EDUCATE OUR KIDS.
Board member
Nils Christoffersen
By Steve Tool
which led to the community
discussions,” Christoffersen
At a Nov. 2 Enterprise said.
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children and other students at divisiveness it was creating
the school.
within the community as well
While the proposal met as the board, school adminis-
with initial acceptance from tration and teaching staff.
the school board, subsequent
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which eventually made its said. He added that while he
way to school board meet- understood that health care,
nutrition and other forms of
ings.
School board member Nils support are directly related to
Christoffersen said the board student performance, they are
received the proposal from not the district’s mission and
Winding Waters in the latter purpose.
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posal stemmed from a grant members harbored similar
that Winding Waters received thoughts.
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for a community health cen-
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be provided at virtually no guess moved to table the mat-
cost to the school district ter and the motion passed.
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funding for school health ty to provide,” Christoffersen
centers, a move that brought said. “I’m very eager for our
criticism from groups op- school board, the school dis-
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“Those concerns certainly address what appears to me
seemed to resonate with parts to be a real need.”
of our school community,
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This Moffit Bros. truck was reported stolen Nov. 11 in Enterprise.
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said. “It worried our driver; he
thought something had hap-
pened.”
Thank You
I want to thank my
family and many
friends, especially
my daughter-in-law,
for time spent
making my
90th birthday party
so special.
This day will
never be forgotten.
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ployee reported seeing the
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Wildcat to Troy and then went
from Troy to Highway 3 and on
north to Lewiston.”
Wallowa County authorities
headed north, but were unable
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County Sheriff’s Department
informed the Chieftain on
Monday that they had not seen
the vehicle, either.
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Injured
hunters
air-lifted
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa County Dispatch
received a 911 call late Fri-
day morning requesting Life
Flight for two hunters injured
in a horse-related mishap at
Smith Mountain near Howard
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incident and arrived at approx-
imately the same time as the
two Life Flight helicopters.
Hove said the incident
involved two members of a
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ed area. One man was trans-
ported to Lewiston, while the
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Memorial Hospital in Enter-
prise.
Neither of the two men had
life-threatening injuries, ac-
cording to Hove. He credited
the Wallowa County Sheriff’s
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timely coordination and assis-
tance with the incident.
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