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January 7, 2015
Wallowa County Chieftain
Pilot Grote makes another rescue
100 YEARS AGO
Jan. 7, 1915
instead of the agent reserving
them at La Grande as hereto-
fore.
The house of George Lath-
Early days in Wallowa
rop in Leap burned down last county, before there was any
Saturday afternoon. Nearly Enterprise, were recalled last
all the contents went with the week by the return, for a short
house, as there was not time YLVLW RI +DZRQ 6WXEEOH¿HOG
or opportunity to save more D EURWKHU RI 0LFNHO 6WXEEOH-
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for the owner, the house was 6WXEEOH¿HOGZKRPROGHUUHV-
insured for about $700. Re- idents of the county still recall
ports from Leap are to the ef- most kindly as “Uncle Billy.”
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roof, probably from a defec- since 1909. He now lives at
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rop and four children were all where he drives a stage.
at home at the time.
Children of Enterprise
70 YEARS AGO
gave a very pleasing juve-
Jan. 4, 1945
nile production in the opera
On June 6 Pfc. Glen E.
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was a representation of “Tom among the pioneer American
Thumb’s” wedding.
troops that stormed the beach-
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accommodation of the travel- 0DGLVRQ KDV EHHQ DZDUGHG
ing public the railroad compa- his fourth bronze campaign
ny has made arrangements at star as the result of participa-
the Enterprise station to sell tion in the battle of Norman-
sleeper berths to Portland, dy, having already landed in
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the D-Day invasions of North
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ing with infantry, amphibian
engineers are given the exact-
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War Loan drive in Wallowa
county reveal one of the best
records of the war. The county
quota was $260,000 and bond
sales amounted to $369,536,
or $109,536 over the quota.
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Enterprise Saturday morning
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with them for medical advice.
would be forthcoming from
this area’s foremost prophet,
Truman Poulson, whose fore-
casting apparatus is set up in a
strategic location on the snow
and windswept banks of Crow
creek. But Poulson, after be-
50 YEARS AGO
ing buffeted and marooned
Jan. 7, 1965
for a week by storms in the
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copter out of the Joseph air- tled his way home and was so
port, accomplished another shook up by his hair-raising
rescue mission Saturday. He experiences he has not been
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Jean Blanchette who had fall- unique approach to weather
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lower Day Ridge and broken servation of the actions of
her leg. One of the men at the meadow larks, robins, squir-
ranch rode down to Troy and UHOV ¿HOG PLFH FR\RWHV DQG
radioed in for help. The Day other fowls and beasts of the
Ridge road was blocked by forests and range, has focused
snow. Grote took off in very a great deal of attention on his
stormy weather with poor predictions.
visibility but made it to the
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25 YEARS AGO
Blanchette he ran into too
Jan. 4, 1990
much overcast to return to En-
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terprise with his ship and had
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was met by Verne Russell who has changed its legal name to
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persons, is one of two mills
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expected, that some prog- %RLVH ,GDKR WKDW ZLOO RSHU-
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by Rhythmeers. Adm. 50¢ in-
cluding tax.
Community Calendar: The Big
Read kickoff; Fishtrap Fireside
Thursday, Jan. 8
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esta at the Joseph Community
Center, 6-8 p.m. featuring tra-
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music, and a multimedia inw-
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p.m. at Enterprise High School.
There is no audition or cost to
musicians who join. Student
and community musicians are
Friday, Jan. 9
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Jon Rombach, Cameron Scott 7KH RUFKHVWUD¶V
and Amy Zahm reading, 7 to 9 next concert is set for Sunday,
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Saturday, Jan. 17
sion.
Bunco at Hurricane Creek
Saturday, Jan. 10
Grange, starts at 9 a.m. Dice
Tunesmith Night featuring roll from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
$Q$PHULFDQ)RUUHVW%UH3DO- Buy-in to tournament costs
etta and Justin Bennett, 7 p.m. $10, includes baked potato bar
at Lear’s in Enterprise. Doors luncheon. Bring white elephant
open at 6 p.m. Admission $10 items and a few dollars for the
at door or by season pass. All Dutch auction to be held at
ages welcome. Sponsored by lunchtime.
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Old-Time
Community
ance.
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Tuesday, Jan. 13
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Rehearsals for Wallowa Admission $5/person, $10/
wtroduction to this year’s Big
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North” by Luis Alberto Urrea.
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Church Directory
St. Patrick's
Episcopal Church
Worship Service
Sunday 9:30am
3rd & Main St Enterprise
Senior Warden - Ann Hayes
Info: 541-432-4834
Summit Church
Gospel Centered Community
Service time: 10:30 am
Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise
Pastor Mark Garland
www.summitchurchoregon.org
Lake Chapel
11am July & Aug
Joseph United
Methodist Church
3rd & Lake St. • Joseph
Pastor Kaye Garver
Phone: 541-432-3102
ACROSS
1. Mandela's party
4. Gives up territory
9. Yellow edible Indian fruit
11. Storefront coverings
14. King of Huns
15. Atomic #18
16. Jive talk for ignored
18. D. Tartt's third novel
23. Three-toed sloth
24. Gained through effort
25. Macaw's genus
26. Helps little firms
27. A large group of pheasants
28. Baby bed
29. English dictionary (abbr.)
30. Yellow-fever mosquitos
32. Liquify
34. Add a supplement
38. Insistence on traditional
correctness
39. Milk, butter & cheese
40. = to 10 amperes
43. Mined mineral
44. Greek god of war
45. Don't know when yet
48. Fellow
49. Detailed criteria for a piece of work
50. Special Spanish dish
53. Atomic #46
54. CBS This Morning hostess
56. Rubber tree genus
58. Pa's partner
59. A tiny bubble in glass
60. Lost light
63. Surface boundary
64. Islands
65. = to 1/100 yen
name... Parent company Se-
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a total of six mills in Oregon,
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Joseph artist Ramon Par-
menter recently completed a
bronze sculpture of the Nation-
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leading pass receiver, Steve
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seasons with the Seattle Sea-
hawks on Dec. 23. The sculp-
ture, created at Parmenter’s
studio in Joseph and poured
at Parks Bronze in Enterprise,
was presented to Largent
during ceremonies conducted
before the Seahawks-Redskins
game, the last contest of
Largent’s career.
The Wallowa County
Nursing Home has agreed to
pay $20,300 in back wages
to 15 of its employees. The
settlement between the nurs-
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eration of State, County and
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reached in August, and pay-
ments are being made in in-
stallments... The employees,
through their union, charged
that they were owed back
wages for lunch periods they
worked and were not paid for
over the past six years.
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1. Subside in intensity
2. __ Hale, Am. revolutionary
3. Leafstalk herbaceous plant
4. Price of a ride
5. 1/2 an em
6. Execute or perform
7. Narrative poems
8. Breathe deeply and heavily
10. 1/40 inch button measure
11. Morally reprehensible person
12. For instance
13. Members of U.S. Navy
17. Crown
19. Old English
20. Libyan dinar
21. Goddess of the rainbow
22. Catch
26. Fern spore mass clusters
28. Music disc
30. All without specification
31. -__, denotes past
32. A young canine
33. Biblical Sumerian city
34. __ Hitler
35. Marched in a procession
36. Patchy in color
37. Trauma center
38. Time after midday
40. The expanse of a surface
41. Develops into
42. Equally
44. 4th month (abbr.)
45. Nervous & taut
46. Emits blood
47. Assert without proof
49. Saturates in liquid
50. No. Italian river
51. Article
52. Mayflower cooper John
54. Filippo __, Saint
55. Begetter
57. Old Dominion state
61. Raised railroad track
62. Point midway between N and E
Sun. School - 9:45 am
Sunday Worship Services
8:00 & 11:00 am
Child care provided
at 8am service
Faith
Lutheran
Church
409 W. Main
Enterprise, Oregon
Worship 2 nd & 4 th Sundays - 2 pm
Bible Study Tuesdays before the
2 nd & 4 th Sundays at 11 am
LCMS
(Lutheran Church Missouri Synod)
Christ Covenant
Church
Pastor Terry Tollefson
Church Office: 541-426-0301
Family Prayer: 9:30am
Sunday School: 10:00am
Worship Service: 11 am
723 College Street • Lostine
Providence Academy
Enterprise Community
Congregational Church
11:00am
Summer Worship
Worship &
Children’s
S.S.
Service
10:00
am
10:00am
Choir
(Child
Care Available)
9:30am
Adult
Education
On the web at lostinepc.org
PHONE 541-569-2451
Stephen Kliewer, Minister
On the web at lostinepc.org
Wallowa
Assembly
of God
606 West Hwy 82
Wallowa, Oregon
541-886-8445
Sunday School • 9:30
Worship Service • 10:45
Pastor Tim Barton
wallowaassemblyofgod.com
301 NE 1St St * 541-426-3044
Worship at 11:00
Bible Study at 9:30
the “Big Brown Church”
with the Open Door
Pastor Joseph Newcomer,
541-263-5319
305 Wagner (near the Cemetery)
P.O. Box N, Enterprise, OR 97828
541-426-3751 Church
541-426-8339 School
Sabbath School 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Worship Hour 11:00 a.m. - Noon
Pastor Steve Gilmore
family, children under 12 free.
Beginners welcome, all danc-
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Sunday, Jan. 18
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general meeting and election of
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Lostine Presbyterian Church.
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Friday, Jan. 23
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CPR/AED class in Enterprise.
Completion of 7-hour course
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from American Red Cross.
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in Enterprise. Ticket price
$35, includes prime rib dinner.
Night includes awards presen-
tations, music by Sentimental
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kets, games, centerpiece draw-
ings, trade show tables and
more. Contact Wallowa County
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ty.org.
The Community Calendar
lists fundraisers, free local
events and those with a nomi-
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organizations. Submit infor-
mation to calendar@wallowa.
com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday.
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contact sales representative
Brooke Pace at bpace@wal-
lowa.com.
Avalanche
beacon
class slated
Wallowa Avalanche Cen-
ter is hosting an avalanche
beacon class from 10 a.m. to
noon on Saturday, Jan. 10, for
ongoing learning lessons at
Salt Creek Summit Snopark.
No sign-up is necessary.
The center conducts the
class regardless of weather,
but participants can warm
up in the community build-
ing. Attendees should bring
their own beacon, shovel, and
probe. The group will work on
beacon practice and shovel-
ing techniques in the snopark
area. Get to know your own
beacon with lots of practice.
No snowshoes or skis are
needed, but good snowboots
are essential and possibly
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in purchasing beacons and
shovels, the hosts will have
different ones to try. Email
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checenter.org for more infor-
mation.
