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during her 3-1/2 years on
the board.
Barry, chief of the
Imbler Rural Fire Depart-
ment and a liaison offi cer
for the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation,
congratulated Beverage on
the win.
“I wish her all of the
luck in the world,” said
Barry, who described Bev-
erage as a kind person.
Barry said the
COVID-19 pandemic
made it hard for his cam-
paign to gain momentum.
He was not able to speak
before groups or go door
to door stumping for
votes because of social
distancing rules and
concerns.
“It limited my ability
to connect with people on
a personal level,” Barry
said, and as the chal-
lenger he needed to make
connections.
“She was running on
her record (as a commis-
sioner) and I was running
on my resume,” Barry said
Barry, like Beverage,
focused his campaign on
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the importance of boosting
Union County’s economy.
He said he is not sure if he
will run for public offi ce
again but will remain
committed to public ser-
vice. Barry, an emergency
medical technician, has
been a volunteer fi refi ghter
in Union County since
1990 and has headed the
Imbler department since
2012.
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toward success.
“I went into this race
with the best interest of
Union County in mind,”
Miller said. “I couldn’t ask
for a better campaign team
and all of the support from
friends, family and con-
cerned citizens. I thank you
all.”
Shane Rollins of Cove
ended up in a distance
fourth place, with 781 votes
or 7.6%.
Rollins gathered with
his family to watch as
election results came in
Tuesday evening. Early
on, he realized his chance
of becoming Union Coun-
ty’s newest sheriff was at
an end.
“It was a tough race.
There were a lot of really
good candidates,” Rollins
said.
Bowen said he wishes
Rasmussen and Miller good
luck. He said he felt the
race has been strong and
exciting, and though he is
year award, which will be
announced in the fall.
Cant has taught at
Imbler High since the
fall of 2002. He grew
up in Imbler and grad-
uated there in 1997. He
has a bachelor’s degree
in agriculture education
from Oregon State Uni-
versity and a master’s
degree in science educa-
tion from Eastern Oregon
University.
Imbler School Dis-
trict Superintendent
Angie Lakey-Campbell
saod Cant works hard
to develop an excellent
understanding of his
students.
“JD takes time to con-
nect with each student
and identify the student’s
strengths and weak-
nesses. He is a wonderful
mentor. JD fi nds a way to
serve all students in our
district,” Lakey-Camp-
bell said.
IHS business teacher
and Future Business
Leaders of America
chapter adviser Jennifer
Teeter echoed the words
of Lakey-Campbell.
“He is a great mentor.
He fi nds ways to connect
with kids,” Teeter said.
Reynold Gardner,
agriculture education
specialist for the Oregon
Department of Edu-
cation, during the cer-
emony called Imbler
High’s agriculture pro-
gram one of the state’s
elite programs.
Staff Photo by Sabrina Thompson
Shane Rollins and his mother and sister watch in anticipa-
tion Tuesday night in Cove as the primary election results
come in. Rollins ended up in last place but urged whoever
does win in November to listen to county residents.
no politician, Bowen said
he is looking forward to
fi nishing what he started
and is ready to be the next
Union County sheriff.
Rollins said he hopes
whoever wins will listen to
the people of Union County.
“They have something
to say and should be heard,”
he said, “and the changes
they want should be made.”
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Health Center, Main Street
Motors, and Wallowa
County Grain Growers.
“They all said yes, and
they were all enthusiastic,”
Webb said.
Only then did it occur to
Webb that he had zero idea
how to make a cowboy hat
out of glass.
“Jake (Kurtz) and I
talked about it for awhile,
and we came up with some
ideas,” Webb said. “Most of
the good ones were Jake’s.”
Kurtz is a glass artist
who also works at Moon-
shine Glass and was instru-
mental getting Webb started
in glasswork.
The complicated pro-
cess of making a cowboy
hat involved several gath-
erings of molten glass from
a 2,000-degree furnace,
rolling the hot glass in pig-
ments to provide the colors
and patterns, blowing the
glass to create the opening
in the hat’s crown, spinning
the hat “like pizza dough,”
Webb said, in another
slightly cooler glory hole
furnace to make the brim,
adding a colored hatband,
and fi nally, shaping the
brim as the glass began to
cool.
All together, each hat
took more than 15 minutes
from start to fi nish — a
process that allowed for no
pauses or corrections.
Each hat is unique. Some
are broad-brimmed, some
a more narrow “cattleman”
style. There are hats in
the colors of University of
Oregon and Oregon State
University, and in blues,
reds and more. Most are tra-
ditional cowboy style rather
than vaquero/buckaroo.
“That’s pretty much
what the Outlaws seemed
to wear,” Webb said. “And
that’s what the Outlaw logo
shows.”
He made 90 glass
outlaw hats in all, for the
Outlaw seniors and faculty
members.
The Cougar paws were a
bit easier to concoct. Again,
Webb and Kurtz had to
develop the multi-stage pro-
cess from scratch. They fi rst
created a fl at paw pad, then
built the paw on top. Webb
used metal frames to shape
each toe and each pad. He’s
making a total of 50 — 10
for the seniors, and the rest
for staff and faculty.
The Joseph Eagle
feathers will be a bit more
delicate and involve more
attention to elongating,
shaping and providing
details in each feather. Like
the Outlaw hats and Cougar
paws, there will be multiple
Stirling Webb holds one of
his hand-crafted Outlaw
cowboy hats. Each one
is unique and will go to a
graduate or staff member
of Enterprise High School
at graduation Saturday.
example of a community
supporting its schools and
youths.
“I really wanted students
to realize they were special,
to feel good about gradua-
tion this year, and to know
that every cloud has a silver
lining,” Webb said. “It’s a
great thing to be part of.”
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making decisions.
Beverage also has a list
of projects she wants to
work on, including get-
ting a truck-to-railroad
spur at the industrial park
so truck drivers could load
items onto rail cars.
Beverage said this
would make it easier for
local companies to ship
items throughout the
United States.
Staff photo by Dick Mason
JD Cant, second from left, stands with his family as two
of his children hold a sign honoring him as the Oregon
Department of Education’s teacher of the year for the
InterMountain region.
“JD is recognized for
his innovative teaching
strategies and is frequently
utilized at the state and
national level to facilitate
educational workshops,’’
Gardner said.
The agriculture sci-
ence teacher was one of
54 educators from the
InterMountain region
nominated for an award
by students, parents,
educators and commu-
nity members. After
being nominated, each
of the 54 had to com-
plete and submit award
forms. Cant learned he
had been nominated in
February and began com-
pleting forms before the
COVID-19 pandemic
led to the closure of all
schools in Oregon. Cant
said in the hectic time
that followed, when
teachers had to begin
distance education, he
forgot about the nomi-
nation and remembered
it just in time to fi nish
the paperwork before the
deadline.
Following Tuesday’s
ceremony Cant left the
high school for Imbler’s
agricultural sciences
building to teach a horti-
culture class online.
“I better see if I can
live up to this award,”
Cant said with a smile.
While walking out-
side, about 10 students
congratulated Cant.
Several carried signs
expressing their enthu-
siastic support. One
from sophomore Kendra
Counsell, an FFA offi cer,
stated: “We Cant Be
More Proud of You Mr.
Cant”
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An Enterprise High School Outlaw hat begins to take
shape from a nearly molten glob of glass that Stirling
Webb shapes.
colors and patterns, shapes
and sizes, and each feather
will be a unique. Because
Joseph’s graduation is not
until June 2, Webb will
make the Eagle feathers
last: 13 for the seniors and
37 for the staff and faculty.
For Webb and Kurtz, it’s
been a labor of love and an
Beverage said during
her second term she will
continue focusing on pro-
grams to keep the county
connected to local govern-
ments, such as monthly
meeting of mayors she
attends and helps orga-
nize. The county commis-
sioner also said she will
strive to continue to keep
an open mind and listen to
all sides of issues before
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