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2A — THE OBSERVER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019 LOCAL Chamber buys ‘horses on wheels’ WALLOWA COUNTY D AILY P LANNER TODAY Today is Friday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2019. There are 74 days left in the year. ■ ‘Mobile visitor kiosks’ cost Pendleton chamber $15k for two TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT On Oct. 18, 1977, West German commandos stormed a hijacked Lufthan- sa jetliner on the ground in Mogadishu, Somalia, freeing all 86 hostages and killing three of the four hijackers. By Antonio Sierra EO Media Group PENDLETON — Travel Pendleton is calling them “mobile visitor kiosks,” but the agency’s newest tool is go- ing by a different name on its product webpage: motor pony. At a Pendleton City Council meeting Tuesday, Travel Pendleton tourism and hospitality manager Kristen Dollarhide reported that Travel Oregon had just awarded the tourism arm of the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce $15,000 to buy two motorized horses chamber employees will ride around to boost tourism. Dollarhide told the council that her original idea was to use live horses, but she was quickly rebuked. Dollarhide saw the motor ponies at a trade show and thought it might be a good alternative to a live animal. The grant will pay for two motor ponies, two saddles, information fl ags, saddle bags, itineraries, visitors, and a “tourism ambassador” that will help run the outreach project. Dollarhide said the ponies will be perfect to take out on the town and assist tourists when the chamber’s 501 S. Main St. offi ce isn’t open or during big events like Pend- leton Whisky Music Fest or Pendleton Bike Week. But Travel Pendleton doesn’t plan on restricting the vehicles to in-city jobs. Dollarhide said the cham- ber also wants to take them to conferences and trade shows to promote Pendleton and Eastern Oregon tourism. Travel Pendleton might also take it to Portland on the weekends, with the expectation that the sight of the motor pony will drum up interest in Pendleton tourism. “We want visitors to expe- rience Pendleton, Eastern Oregon, and everything we have to offer,” she said. ON THIS DATE In 1648, Boston shoe- makers were authorized to form a guild to protect their interests; it’s the fi rst American labor organiza- tion on record. In 1892, the fi rst long- distance telephone line between New York and Chi- cago was offi cially opened. In 1898, the American fl ag was raised in Puerto Rico shortly before Spain formally relinquished con- trol of the island to the U-S. In 1912, black boxer Jack Johnson was arrested in Chicago, accused of violating the Mann Act because of his relationship with his white girlfriend, Lucille Cameron. (The case collapsed when Cameron refused to cooperate, but Johnson was later re- arrested and convicted on the testimony of a former mistress, Belle Schreiber.) In 1931, inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, New Jersey, at age 84. In 1961, the movie musical “West Side Story,” starring Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer, premiered in New York, the fi lm’s setting. In 1972, Congress passed the Clean Water Act, over- riding President Richard Nixon’s veto. In 1984, actor Jon-Erik Hexum, 26, was taken off life support six days after shooting himself in the head with a pistol loaded with a blank cartridge on the set of his TV show “Cover Up.” LOTTERY Megabucks: $4.4 million 2-3-23-30-37-47 Mega Millions: $71 million 4-12-14-35-70-2-x2 Powerball: $110 million 1-5-25-63-67-3-x2 Win for Life: Oct. 16 32-40-64-65 Pick 4: Oct. 17 • 1 p.m.: 4-6-7-6 • 4 p.m.: 5-3-9-8 • 7 p.m.: 8-9-5-1 • 10 p.m.: 1-6-7-8 Pick 4: Oct. 16 • 1 p.m.: 9-3-1-2 • 4 p.m.: 5-5-0-2 • 7 p.m.: 8-9-9-7 • 10 p.m.: 7-2-3-5 NEWSPAPER LATE? Every effort is made to deliver your Observer in a timely manner. Occasionally conditions exist that make delivery more diffi cult. If you are not on a mo- tor route, delivery should be before 5:30 p.m. If you do not receive your paper by 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, please call 541-963- 3161 by 6 p.m. If your delivery is by motor carrier, delivery should be by 6 p.m. For calls after 6, please call 541-975- 1690, leave your name, address and phone number. Your paper will be delivered the next business day. QUOTE OF THE DAY “Only those ideas that are least truly ours can be adequately expressed in words.” — Henri Bergson, French philosopher EO Media Group fi le photo Maeve Waterman hugs her dog before the start of the ECX 100-mile race. HELP WANTED ■ Eagle Cap Extreme Volunteer Fair happens Saturday at the Josephy Center time you can spare will be greatly appreciated. What do you get if you are a volunteer? The friendship of the other 100 or more volunteers and of the mush- ers. The chance to hug a sled dog(s). The opportunity to learn about the sport of mushing, and about the work that you are doing as a volunteer. And the pride and happiness that come from helping your community and helping others. By Ellen Morris Bishop EO Media Group ENTERPRISE — With snow working its way gradually down the moun- tainsides, it’s time to start thinking about Wallowa County’s premier winter event: the Iditarod-quali- fying Eagle Cap Extreme (ECX) sled dog race. This all-volunteer event, slated for January, brings hundreds of sled dogs and dozens of elite teams from across the U.S. and Canada to compete in and enjoy Wallowa County. But this inspiring event needs more than a hun- dred volunteers to make it run. It’s an all volunteer effort. If you like dogs, or you like people or if you just love Wallowa County, this is a great chance to help contribute to the success of the ECX, and get to know the outstand- ing mushers and dogs who will be here. You’ll also help keep them all safe, and enjoy the unique camaraderie that’s become part of the event. This year’s ECX Volun- teer Fair will be held at the Josephy Center, Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. through 2 p.m. There will be a bevy of Susan Paranga’s Siberian Husky sled dog team there to greet you. You’ll meet race organiz- ers (all volunteers) and learn about the jobs that are available. Some of the premier positions that need to be fi lled for this year’s race to be success- ful include equipment managers, people to help with public relations, dog handlers for the race start and race fi nishes, cooks and other volunteers for the overnight check station at Ollokott, and Johnson Family Fruits FAMILY OWNED EO Media Group fi le photo Larry Roxby heads out on another leg of competition in the 2017 Eagle Cap Extreme. people to help with the fun education programs that engage schools in Union and Wallowa County in learning about the race, producing art, and coming to Enterprise and Joseph to meet the mushers and their dogs. You needn’t volunteer for the whole time that the race is running. A morning as a dog handler, an afternoon to help with education, some time to check equipment in and out and keep track of things will be fi ne. 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