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By KATHLEEN ELLYN
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Wallowa Lake Lodge is
preserved.
The organization led by local
investors seeking to purchase the
lodge and preserve it from devel-
opment announced Wednesday
it had closed on the $3.1 million
purchase of the landmark prop-
erty.
The transfer of ownership has
been a whirlwind of action by
local investors, the former owners
who took the property off the
market for nearly a year to give
locals a chance to raise funds, and
the Nez Perce Tribe, who agreed
to take over the conservation
easement of the nearly 10-acre
property surrounding the lodge.
This will be the Nez Perce
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ment, established primarily for
purposes of cultural resources
and habitat protection and held in
perpetuity.
The lodge sits on the headwa-
ters of Wallowa Lake and in the
past was an important waterway
for a vibrant population of
spawning steelhead.
The Nez Perce Tribe is a
partner in protecting this fragile
landscape from being converted
into a condominium subdivision.
The tribe will hold a conservation
easement that precludes develop-
ment on most of the open ground,
including the Wallowa River
wetlands and adjacent uplands.
And in a remote, rural county
where environmental concerns
often clash with concerns over
this inspiring community accom-
plishment.”
Connection with the past
moving forward in a modern way
also was expressed by former
owners Marc and Nancy Zwer-
ling, who have invested in the
new company (as has the Wiggins
family, who owned the lodge for
45 years before the current era).
“Nancy and I, and (late
partner) Steve Larson’s family,
could not be more excited,”
Marc Zwerling said. “For many
years we have striven to assure
the lodge property and the whole
south end of the lake would be
preserved in its natural state for
the use and enjoyment of future
Courtesy photo
generations. The new commu-
Wallowa Lake Lodge in summer.
nity-based ownership shares
Through the combined efforts our hopes and dreams, and is
livelihoods, the purchase of the
lodge is an example of how of local investors and support uniquely positioned to achieve
various parties can come to an WKURXJKRXWWKH3DFL¿F1RUWKZHVW that goal. Their efforts have
the new company raised $3.1 earned our strong support.”
agreement if the plan is right.
Lake Wallowa Lodge LLC
Lake Wallowa Lodge LLC million to purchase the lodge
ZDV FUHDWHG VSHFL¿FDOO\ WR and cover the expenses of a nine- has no intention of being just
a museum piece honoring the
preserve a popular tourist area month campaign.
from excessive development
Investor Jay Graves, who past. It will maintain the lodge
while embracing the Travel helped launch this private effort as an affordable, family-friendly
Oregon 7 Wonders of Oregon after retiring as chairman of the inn, eventually adding a modest
designation.
Oregon State Parks Commission, number of rooms and cabins,
“This campaign to secure the expressed appreciation for the establishing a retreat and confer-
lodge and land at the head of the unique ability of investors to see ence center, and reopening the
lake is a testament to the vision the “big picture” with regard to venerable Cattlemen’s Bar. This
will allow the company to expand
and commitment of the commu- popularity and preservation.
nity,” said James Monteith,
“We are so excited that its educational and cultural
managing member of the new the Wallowa Lake Lodge will offerings, lengthen shoulder
company. “Local residents and continue to operate as one of the VHDVRQVDQGLQFUHDVHSUR¿WDELOLW\
friends of the county rallied in great lodges of the West and that investors say.
The new owners hope to
an unparalleled effort. I’ve never this sacred ground of the Nez
seen people stretch together Perce will be protected,” he said. recapture the traditional essence
OLNHWKLVWRVROYHVXFKDGLI¿FXOW “We are eager to see the future of the lodge as a cultural icon of
problem with such a perfect of the lodge unfold and many the county and centerpiece of the
outcome.”
more memories made through lake community.
LA GRANDE — The
two teenage boys accused of
threatening to shoot fellow
students at La Grande High
School earlier this week made
their initial court appearance
Thursday afternoon at the Union
County Courthouse.
The suspects, ages 15 and 14,
are being held at the Juvenile
Justice Center in Walla Walla,
Washington, and facing charges
of conspiracy to commit murder.
During the 30-minute hearing,
the state requested a $400,000
bail for the 15-year-old —
$100,000 for each of the four
charges on which he is being
held. That suspect would have
a release agreement prior to
posting bail.
Also during the hearing,
Judge Brian Dretke heard
testimony from attorneys on both
sides, parents, law enforcement
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Union County District
Attorney Kelsie McDaniel
requested the defendants not
have communication with
anyone from La Grande High
School nor with each other.
Dretke approved the request.
Dretke also denied a motion
to release the 14-year-old to his
mother.
“Unfortunately, you are
denied that,” Dretke said.
La Grande attorney Wes
Williams is representing the
15-year-old, and the 14-year-old
is represented by Charles Gillis
of La Grande.
The attorneys told the court
that neither juvenile had a
criminal record.
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The district says precipitation
amounts in the Snake River
Basin range from 98 to 174
percent of normal. The 98
percent is for the Malheur-
Owyhee-Boise River Basins,
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average for this time of year.
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Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and
the Banks School District are working to
sign an agreement to keep the Braves logo
and mascot in schools.
Banks High School will be allowed to
continue using the Braves name, but will
adopt a tribe-designed mascot, remove any
of the old logos and incorporate a Grand
Ronde-crafted Native American history
curriculum into social studies classes,
according to The Oregonian.
Banks is about 60 miles from the Grand
Ronde headquarters. The high school has
been known as the Braves for 75 years
The state Department of Education
published rules in January allowing the 14
high schools in Oregon that have Native
American mascots to secure permission
from one of Oregon’s nine tribes in order
to keep the names. Districts must also set
a public hearing for its proposed agree-
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discussed on Monday.
Marcola, Philomath and Roseburg have
also sent information to the state indicating
they are working with a tribe.
Jeff Leo, Banks School District super-
intendent, said after the public hearing
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agreement.
“I’m very appreciative (the tribe was)
willing to work with us,” Leo said of the
tribe. “This has been a controversial issue
for quite some time now. I used to read
about it. I never thought I’d be right in the
middle of it.”
With or without permission to remain
the Braves, this summer Banks will begin
removing the Braves logo from the high
school. It will be wiped from the gymna-
sium, the football stadium and each one of
the school’s track hurdles. Team uniforms
will also be replaced to read only “Banks.”
Leo said replacing all aspects of the
previous Banks Braves imagery is expected
to cost the district $100,000 over the next
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Opponents of tribal nicknames and
mascots, however, predict the agreement
between Banks and the Grand Ronde will
lead to a lawsuit against the state Depart-
ment of Education for allowing this work-
around. Activist Sam Sachs said he is glad
the school is considering a partnership with
the tribe and including Native American
history in the curriculum, but that including
race-based mascots in the agreement wasn’t
necessary.
“They can do whatever they want,”
Sachs said. “But as far as we’re concerned,
it’s all going to be temporary.”
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