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Wallowa County Chieftain News wallowa.com May 20, 2015 A11 FOUSTE: STATUE: Veteran works to bring art out again Suspect charged Continued from Page A1 and family members had ac- companied them on previous journeys, this year’s entourage was largest of all, utilizing the services of La Grande-based Allegre Travel. Around two dozen people went, includ- ing Errol and Barbara, half a dozen other veterans from La Grande, and other friends from the region, including Wallowa residents Red and Elsie Evans. Naturally the Veterans Me- morial Museum was a promi- nent part of the group’s itin- erary, but after they arrived in Missouri, a knowledgeable bus driver imparted a shattering piece of news: the museum no longer had the 50-man statue, and the statue’s current loca- tion was not publicly known. Roberts’ subsequent inqui- ries led him to someone who The project was quite an undertaking for the foundry and upon its completion, lo- Continued from Page A1 cal veterans and their families were publicly invited to come Following his arrest, view the statue before it was Fouste posted bail and was re- shipped. leased on a conditional release This period was particu- DJUHHPHQW WKDW VSHFL¿HV KH larly memorable to Roberts will have no contact with the because his father, WWII vet- alleged victim, Shirley Scott, eran Ivan Roberts, was photo- 63. Additional conditions may graphed beside the statue after or may not be ordered at his it was loaded onto a trailer. “It upcoming arraignment. had a special meaning to my If Fouste violates the no dad,” Errol said. contact order he will be re-ar- Ivan Roberts died in 2001. rested for violation of the re- The framed photograph of him lease agreement, according beside the 50-man statue today to Wallowa County Sheriff hangs on a wall in Errol and Steve Rogers. Barbara’s home. Fouste did not have his The couple took their latest weapons with him at the time trip to Branson the last week of surrender and law enforce- of April. Although friends ment cannot enter his home to seize them without evidence of “clear and present danger” and the issuance of another Continued from Page A1 warrant, Rogers said. lishment of a facility within “Everything from this the city’s commercial or point on is up to a judge,” said The city’s previous mor- industrial zones, Section Rogers. “People get very up- atorium on banning mari- 11.040 of the ordinance set when we do a catch and juana dispensaries ran out contains a number of prohi- release like this, but everyone on May 1 of this year. The bitions regarding such a dis- has the right to bail.” council had gotten a jump on pensary. These prohibitions :&62¿HOGHGWKHGUDPDW- the moratorium expiration include: No placement with- ic response the evening of by having city attorney Wy- in 1,000 feet of licensed day- May 11 after the initial call att Baum write an ordinance care centers, public libraries from the remote Imnaha River stipulating the prohibition and parks, private or public Woods area on the edge of the of a dispensary within 1,000 schools, or community rec- Hells Canyon National Recre- feet of any public facility reation/sports facilities at- ation Area seemed to indicate where children are known to tended primarily by minors. a hostage situation. congregate. A map provided by the But Fouste had taken to the Sands opened the dis- FRXQFLO LGHQWL¿HV WKH FLW\ woods, allegedly armed with cussion by reading a letter park, Joseph Charter School, multiple weapons and 300 from a citizen who wrote in the public library, the old ele- rounds of ammunition, by the favor of medical marijuana mentary school leased by the time law enforcement arrived. dispensaries for those with U.S. Forest Service, the little The reinforced Sheriff’s chronic illnesses. Sands said OHDJXH¿HOGVDQGHYHQ&RP- department then waited for an the ordinance does not pro- munity Bank as falling under armored vehicle to arrive from hibit dispensaries, but rath- the public facilities caveat. Bend to allow safe extraction er stipulates the area where In other words, the ordi- of Scott and her son Jason dispensaries are located. Af- nance negates the possibility Scott, 41, but Fouste returned ter Sands read the ordinance of a dispensary within the to the home at approximately aloud, the ordinance was put city limits as the 1,000-foot midnight and allegedly be- to a vote and passed through buffer zones around these gan threatening to shoot both the council unanimously. facilities and buildings ef- Scott and law enforcement. While the ordinance ap- fectively cover the entire city At that point, Sheriff’s pears to allow for the estab- limits. deputies moved in to retrieve Scott and her son without the Are you feeling stressed cover of the armored vehicle. and overwhelmed? Fouste again left the area as Do you feel hopeless deputies converged. or has the joy gone Rogers emphasized that out of your life? management of incidents Are you struggling in the remote area is based to make your on extensive training in risk marriage work? management. Law enforcement in rural areas also has a more than av- A few sessions can make a big difference. erage knowledge of the indi- viduals involved in incidents. “We know where Fouste Professional Counseling In A Private Setting is,” said Rogers. “We’ll know if he violates his conditions of release.” did know: Charlie Engram, co-host of “Good Morning Ozarks,” a weekday morning show on radio station KLFC in Branson. Engram, who is also a Vietnam veteran, shies from discussing the statue’s whereabouts, but in talking to Roberts soon decided to help arrange for Roberts and the group’s other veterans to visit it. The visit indeed occurred on April 27, and the following morning Roberts and anoth- er veteran from his group, La Grande resident John Craig, were interview guests on “Good Morning Ozarks.” By design, the fate of the 50-man statue was the main topic during the pair’s nearly half-hour appearance. A pod- cast of the interview can be downloaded free of charge at KLFCradio.com. MARIJUANA: Joseph bans dispensaries I can help! Jeff Harman, MA., LPC to the National Museum of the 3DFL¿F:DULQ)UHGHULFNVEXUJ Texas. Roberts says he hopes the massive bronze stays in Bran- son. Engram says he’d like that too, but what matters most is that “it has a resting place, whether it be in Branson or in Fredericksburg.” As plans take further shape Engram plans to announce fur- ther details, probably to even- tually include a website the public can use to interact with the organization. Worth the drive! Call us about FREE Gas! Wallowa County HEALTH LINE 519 W. 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In fact, only one person who was not a regular observer attended the meeting. “It’s kind of typical. People would rather grouse on Facebook instead of coming to a meet- ing,” Sands said. Engram, who was already keenly interested in the statue before the Northeast Orego- nians’ arrival, says he’s feeling more encouraged than ever that people will rally to the cause of providing it a publicly accessible home. He plans to VWDUW D QRQSUR¿W RUJDQL]DWLRQ that can raise funds to pur- chase the statue at an estimat- ed price of $1.5 million. The QRQSUR¿WFRXOGWKHQORDQWKH statue to a museum — possi- bly to its old home at Veterans Memorial Museum, or perhaps Continued from Page A1 But no one is banking on that. “The winter of 2015 will go down in Oregon’s history books as the year that was dom- inated by bare ground in the mountains,” said Julie Koeberle, Natural Resources Conservation Service hydrologist. As of May 1, according to the National Drought Monitor, the statewide snow pack was at 11 percent of normal, and only 15 out of 112 snow monitoring stations had any snow left at all. Sixty percent of the long- term snow pack monitoring sites set records for the lowest peak snow pack levels, as well as the earliest peak dates, since measurements began more than 30 years ago. One third of the snow measurement sites in the state didn’t receive enough snow to build a seasonal snow pack this year at all. “Because the snow pack levels peaked well below nor- mal across the state, there is D PRXQWDLQ VQRZ SDFN GH¿FLW that amounts to several feet of frozen water that would typ- ically be stored in the snow pack, but is not present this year,” Koeberle said. “Ore- gon’s streams and rivers that depend on this snow pack for VXPPHU ÀRZV ZLOO EH VLJQL¿- cantly lower than normal this year. This means that there will likely be water shortages this summer; especially for water users that depend on stream ÀRZWKDWLVQRWWLHGWRDUHVHU- voir,” Koeberle said. “Water users should brace for a dry and hot summer with limited water supplies.” Wallowa County Fire Prevention Cooperative