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December 2, 2015
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Enterprise native crowned Librarian ready
for
new
chapter
Pendleton Round-Up queen
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
East Oregonian
The Round-Up Associa-
tion named a new queen Sat-
urday, but you can still call
her Kylie.
2015 Round-Up Queen
Kylee Jensen will cede the
crown to the 2016 queen —
21-year-old Kylie Willis.
The Enterprise native and
2014 Round-Up princess is
a dean’s list student at Lew-
is-Clark State College in
Lewiston, Idaho, and has deep
Round-Up roots. Candi Wil-
lis, her mother was a Round-
Up princess, her grandfather
Dave Turner was a stock con-
tractor and her grandmother
Darlene Turner was a long-
time Round-Up secretary.
Also, her great-grandfather
Harley Tucker was one of the
nation’s top producers of ro-
deo stock and one of Wallowa
County’s most prominent
ranchers.
Willis will be served by
four Round-Up princesses.
Marlene Bodmer, 19, is
a Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College student and a
Round-Up volunteer, continu-
ing a family tradition going
back to her grandfather and
great-grandfather, who were
on the Round-Up Board of
Directors.
One of Bodmer’s volun-
teer duties was carrying the
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grand entries.
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Princess Ashley Moore
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non and taking a leap over the
rail,” she said.
Makenzi Hughes, 18, is a
BMCC student and is active
on her family’s ranch in Hep-
pner.
In addition to volunteer-
ing at the Round-Up, Hughes
participates in Future Farmers
of America and 4H and will
follow in the footsteps of her
sister, who was a princess in
2012.
Ashley Moore, 20, is an
honor roll student at Oregon
State University and an ac-
complished equestrian, hav-
ing won English, western,
dressage and barrel-racing
competitions.
Eliza Wagner, 19, has been
volunteering at the Round-Up
since she was age 7 and was
a pennant bearer from nine
to her freshman year in high
school.
Princess Marlene Bodmer
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ODFW denies request for lethal wolf action
Depredations
trigger request,
but ODFW says
criteria not met
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife denied
a lethal-action request made
by Wallowa rancher Levi
Hermens stemming from a
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redation that injured a calf.
Hermens also reported a dep-
redation for an injured calf
on the Imnaha Divide U.S.
Forest Service allotment the
previous week on Nov. 11.
Both injuries were attributed
to a wolf or wolves from the
Imnaha pack.
Wallowa County Chief
Sheriff’s Deputy Fred Steen
said the evidence left little
doubt in his mind that wolves
were responsible for the latest
depredation.
“It was obvious it had been
chewed on,” Steen said. “I
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event.
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and said the two calves were
probably attacked at the same
time, with the former calf sus-
taining the most damage.
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that wolves were chasing two
calves,” Hansen said. “We
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one. (The rancher) found the
second one. We determined
from the age of the wounds
on the animal that it was
probably from the same inci-
dent.”
District Wildlife Biologist
Pat Matthews said it’s not
unusual for wolves to attack
without necessarily killing
and eating their prey.
“It’s hard to know not
being there, but wolves are
wired to attack things,” Mat-
thews said. “Sometimes they
attack and kill and eat things
right there. Sometimes they
chase and bite and move on.
Maybe these calves were
too much for them. We don’t
know how many wolves were
involved.”
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working under Phase II of the
state wolf management plan,
the recent depredations may
have warranted lethal ac-
tion against the pack. Under
Phase II, the stock owner has
to request the lethal action, as
Hermens did in this case. The
decision regarding potential
lethal action is not made lo-
cally. Rather, it is submitted
up the chain of command,
culminating at the director’s
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On Nov. 24, the ODFW
denied Hermens’ lethal action
request, citing three reasons:
• The cattle already are off
of the allotment, so there’s no
livestock present that requires
protection from future dep-
redation. “Next spring it’s a
different story,” Hansen said.
• The cattle were supposed
to be removed from the allot-
ment by Oct. 21. Because the
presence of the cattle was not
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Joseph librarian Genene
Kingsford holds up one of
the multitude of cards she
received during her retirement
celebration Nov. 20.
proved to be the most challeng-
ing part of her career and also
provided the biggest changes
she oversaw.
“The job has changed so
much. The technology has in-
creased, and we provide so
many more services than we
used to with interlibrary loans,
computers and more and more
technology stuff.”
Kingsford has no regrets
about her choice of a career.
“This has been a great job.
I’ve made a lot of friends here
over the years. Today, I’ve
had so many people and good
friends tell me how much they
appreciate me, and I feel good
about that.”
Kingsford said she thought
her work with reading programs
for kids would stand as a crucial
part of her legacy.
“I know kids who attended
all the programs when they were
young, and one of them is now
on my library board because
of that,” she said. “Hopefully,
I made a real pleasant place for
people to come and feel com-
fortable and for kids to love.”
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• The type and scope of
non-lethal measures taken by
Hermens to prevent depreda-
tions was vague.
The state last took lethal
action against wolves in May
of 2011 when two wolves of
the Imnaha pack were killed
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Hermens declined to com-
ment on the depredations or
the denial of his request for
lethal action.
After 22 years as Joseph
librarian, Genene Kingsford
recently decided her retirement
was long overdue. The city
threw a day-long retirement
party for Kingsford on Nov. 20
at the back of the Joseph City
Hall, where a steady stream of
admirers, including numerous
children, stopped for cookies
and punch and to offer cards and
thanks for her service.
Kingsford started at the li-
brary in 1993 as a volunteer.
She didn’t have a library science
degree, so she earned her spot
through hard work and devotion
to the job.
“I’d been on the library
board a couple of times and
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more of that, and when (former
librarian Becky Cartney) left, I
applied for and got the job.”
And why retire now?
“I’m 62, and it’s time,” she
said. “My husband’s been re-
tired for over a year. I’m not dis-
appearing, I’ll still see everyone
at Safeway.”
Of course, Kingsford isn’t
completely distancing herself
from the library.
“I’ll be keeping in touch, but
I won’t be hands-on or anything
like that. There’s a lot of other
stuff out there to do.”
Kingsford said that serving
the public, particularly the chil-
dren, was her favorite part of
being the librarian.
“I enjoyed the reading pro-
grams. I started the holiday
reading program and others. Just
helping the kids and people was
the best part.”
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