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Wallowa County Chieftain News wallowa.com April 1, 2015 A5 STREET BEAT Do you support the proposal to raise Oregon’s minimum wage? Ethan Boone Teresa Sajonia Hilary Valentine Starr Winings Chuck Anderson Dave Dieringer ENTERPRISE JOSEPH JOSEPH JOSEPH ENTERPRISE JOSEPH “I think increasing the minimum wage is a terri- ble idea, because it makes companies have to pay more for their employees, which then makes it so they have to raise prices on their products, which leaves us back in into the same cycle. Everything LV PRUH H[SHQVLYH LQÀDWLRQ is higher, and our money is worth less in the long run.” “As a small business own- er, I do not. I know people work hard for their money and they deserve to be paid a fair wage, but from a small business standpoint the idea of having higher wages in a small rural community makes WKLQJV YHU\ GLI¿FXOW WR NHHS your doors open.” “I think if people can’t make a living working forty hours a week, and they are below the poverty line, then I think it should be raised.” “Yes I do and the reason is, “I would like to see it in- try to live single, with a child creased moderately, but not or two and live on the mini- enough to hurt small busi- mum wage. It’s impossible to nesses.” do. Try and rent a place, even in Wallowa County, for less WKDQ ¿YH KXQGUHG GROODUV D month. How are you going to do that and still have enough to feed your family?” “I don’t, especially for our community. I think kids are happy to make ten dollars an hour. I know it’s hard with prices the way they are and it’s hard to pay the rent and so forth, but most of these jobs are for people starting out, kids working summer jobs and so forth. It would be hard for Joseph and I wouldn’t want to change it here.” Wood theft; IRS collections scam; dog at large Dispatch Log March 23 8:40 a.m. Dog as public nuisance in Joseph. 10:11 a.m. Cell 911 re- porting speeding vehicle in Enterprise. 11:21 a.m. Kids unat- tended in running vehicle in Enterprise. 11:38 a.m. 911 for ambu- lance in Wallowa. 12:10 p.m. Identity theft reported from rural Joseph. 12:55 p.m. Complaint of dogs as public nuisance in rural Joseph. 6:46 p.m. 911 for ambu- lance in rural Enterprise. March 24 12:23 p.m. Phone scam reported from Wallowa Lake area. 4:26 p.m. Public assist in Enterprise. 4:28 p.m. Public assist in Enterprise. March 25 5:35 a.m. Fire alarm in Enterprise. 9:28 a.m. Advised of a search going on in Washing- ton that may cross over into Wallowa County including FOR THE RECORD flying over the area. Subject located. 11:24 Controlled burn, rural Enterprise. 4:17 p.m. Scam call claiming to be collections for IRS reported by Joseph resident. 6:40 p.m. Complaint of person loitering in Wallowa. 6:54 p.m. Home visit by Community Corrections. March 26 5:02 a.m. Non-emergen- cy 911. 5:45 a.m. 911 requesting an ambulance in Lostine. 7:06 a.m. Ambulance transport to La Grande. 8:33 a.m. Report of fraudulent use of credit card. 9:52 a.m. Enterprise death investigation. 2:46 p.m. Agency assis- tance 4:24 p.m. Public assis- tance. 5:26 p.m. Agency assist with stuck vehicle, rural Jo- seph. 5:54 p.m. Civil dispute in rural Enterprise. March 27 7:01 a.m. Vandalism in Joseph. 8:37 a.m. Non-emergency 911 call. 12:47 p.m. Controlled burn in Wallowa. 3:51 p.m. Theft in rural Enterprise. 3:56 p.m. Theft call, rural Enterprise. 6:18 p.m. Traffic com- plaint in Enterprise. 6:40 p.m. Lost black and white Border Collie, female, shaved hair. Owner found. 10:37 p.m. Juvenile call in Enterprise. 10:39 p.m. Agency assist in Enterprise. 11:14 p.m. 911 distur- bance in Enterprise. March 28 11:21 a.m. Wood theft re- ported in Enterprise. 2:29 p.m. Telephonic ha- rassment, rural Enterprise. 4:08 p.m. Noise com- plaint in Enterprise. 8:02 p.m. Report of En- terprise hit and run. 9:50 p.m. OSP arrested Wesley James Whitmire, 37, two counts misdemean- or, one count felony failure to report as sex offender. 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