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HOME & GARDEN SPECIAL SECTION STARTS ON PAGE B1 www.wallowa.com Enterprise, Oregon May 27, 2015 $1 Small business gets a new champion By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain Marc Stauffer has a new ti- tle but he’s going to be doing the same work of developing businesses in Wallowa Coun- ty. Stauffer was named the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) business ad- visor for Wallowa County and began his duties May 7. Many Wallowa County residents are already familiar with the previous business facilitation program managed by Wallowa County Business Facilitation (WCBF) and modeled on the Sirolli model of business facilitation. Stauffer was a member of the WCBF board in addition to serving on numerous oth- er boards and work commit- tees including working on the ORS 244 Ethics Legislation, IRU WKH *RYHUQRU¶V 2I¿FH RI Rural Poli- cy, as chair of the Enter- prise Budget Committee, as commis- sioner and chair of the Stauffer Enterprise City Plan- ning Commission and twice as candidate for Wallowa County Commissioner. The business facilitation group recently determined that Wallowa County was “ready for a change from the Sirolli model,” Stauffer said. To that end the group has re- named itself Wallowa Coun- ty Business Development (WCBD) and sought partner- ship in the Blue Mountain Community College SBDC. The change provides for both a slightly more support- ive program for individuals with business ideas and a CHEERS By Steve Tool By Kathleen Ellyn W C HIEFTAIN WA L L O WA C O U N T Y Wallowa County’s Newspaper Since 1884 Wallowa water system project engineer Troy Baker, of La Grande firm Anderson Perry and Associates, demonstrates use of the control panel inside the new well house. Volume 133 Issue No. 6 © 2015 EO Media Group Rob Ruth/Chieftain County voter turnout light Voters in Joseph reject- ed the latest proposal there IRU ¿[LQJ VWUHHWV DQG EDO lots cast in the Enterprise Cemetery District arguably changed the character of that district’s board, but little else in Wallowa County’s May 19 election was a contest or ob- ject of debate. Voter turnout coun- ty-wide was just 35.7 per- FHQW DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH ¿QDO XQRI¿FLDOWDOO\IURPWKH:DO ORZD&RXQW\&OHUN¶V2I¿FH which counted 1,650 ballots. In terms of potential spending, the most conse- quential matter before vot- ers last week was the latest proposal for Joseph streets. 0HDVXUH ZRXOG KDYH added an $11-per-month charge to city utility bills to pay for a bond of about $1.3 million, and a com- panion item on the ballot, Measure 32-39, would have granted the city authority to temporarily raise in-town landowners’ property tax if collections through the util- ity charge came up short of projections. See VOTERS, Page A7 See STAUFFER, Page A7 Wallowa County Chieftain Wallowa County Chieftain See WATER, Page A7 with community colleges and universities nationwide. This interconnectedness will allow Stauffer to reach a much wider group of profes- sionals who can aid business- es at various points in their development. “Part of my job is to be a clearing house when people come to me,” Stauffer explained. “I need to know where to send them.” Country artist to play for cemetery City fetes new water system allowa City residents gave city council a vote of FRQ¿GHQFHRQWKHQHZZDWHUSURMHFWDWWKH7RZQ Hall Meeting May 19. The $3 million-plus water update project, funded by a Community Development Block Grant, included the re- placement of 425 water meters, 10,000 feet of mainline, 4,000 feet of service line, a new well and pump station on Douglas Street and reservoir on Green Hill. The sys- WHPEHQH¿WHGDSSUR[LPDWHO\SHRSOHSHUFHQWRI whom were of low to moderate income. The project effectively doubled the city’s water supply. Construction is now complete. “It seems to be a good working system,” said Travis Schaeffer, public works assistant. Now, residents of Wallowa are discovering that a IXOO\IXQFWLRQDOZDWHUV\VWHPUHYHDOVWKHÀDZVLQWKHLU own water lines. There were approximately 90 leaks dis- covered in April. “Our meter system detects leaks and we try to help residents ¿JXUHRXWZKHUHLQWKHVHUYLFHOLQHWKDWOHDNLV´VDLG7UDYLV*RHEHOSXEOLF works supervisor. Another learning curve facing city residents is paying attention to water usage. “We’ve had free rein with our water so far,” said Goebel, “but I don’t think people are going to want to run their sprinklers all day anymore; sprinklers are our highest usage.” The city has provided a handout informing folks of how much water is used in various activities and pub- lic works performed a test of their own, discovering WZR ODZQ VSULQNOHUV FUHDWHG D ÀRZ UDWH RI JDOORQV per minute. Residents will not be charged the new rates until August to give them time to work out any bugs in their own water piping and learn how to use their water PRUHHI¿FLHQWO\:DWHUIHHVZLOOJRXSIURPWR IRUWKH¿UVWJDOORQVDQGFHQWVIRUHYHU\ 750 gallons thereafter. much broader and deeper net- work of assistance through the Blue Mountain Commu- nity College system, Stauffer said. “The Blue Mountain SBDC provides a much rich- er set of resources, business models and training,” he said. The program supports 20 centers in Oregon alone, is ad- ministered in 1,000 counties around the country, and works under a federal partnership Up-and-coming country music singer Cale Moon may spend a lot of time playing Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville these days, but he’s not too busy to stop by En- terprise’s OK Theatre to do a 0D\ EHQH¿W SHUIRUPDQFH for the Enterprise Cemetery. It’s scheduled for 4 p.m. Moon, 21, was born in Elko, Nev., moved to the Tri-Cities area of Washington at the age of 10, but his Wal- lowa Valley roots run deep. “I spent all my summers on my grandfather’s cattle ranch in Enterprise. My mom’s side of the family has been there VLQFHWKHVDQGP\GDG¶V side since 1900, so I’ve got a lot of family there. It’s been more of a second home than anywhere else,” Moon ex- plained. The young singer doesn’t recall when he started get- ting the itch to become a mu- sician. “Music’s always been a part of my life. When I was 12, my voice changed from high soprano to a baritone overnight,” Moon said. Though he played with the idea of becoming a mu- sician at the time, Moon had more interest in acting. In 2009, he competed for Team USA in the World Champi- onship of Performing Arts in Hollywood, where he walked away with 14 med- als in various categories, in- cluding acting and modeling as well as performing. “It was kind of like the Olym- pics for performing arts,” Moon said. That was also the year he learned to play guitar, and he eventually decided a career Courtesy Photo Country music artist Cale Moon of Benton City, Wash., is giving a May 31 benefit performance at the OK Theatre for the Enterprise Cemetery. in music was more to his liking, and Moon dedicat- ed himself toward that end. “It connects you to so many things, and you can express so many things in music. At 15, I decided that’s what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,” he said. Moon already has two al- bums under his belt: the 2011 release, “The Beginning,” and 2013’s “True Love Waits.” Among Moon’s biggest PXVLF LQÀXHQFHV DUH FRXQWU\ singers Josh Turner, George Strait, Vince Gill and more re- cently, Josh Thompson. Moon also sings a lot of country gos- pel. “I like to give a bit of a tithe back to where the gifts came from. I don’t want to forget that God’s the one that got me started in this and He’s the one who deserves all the credit,” Moon said. See MOON, Page A7 ‘SCOTT AND I WOULD LIKE TO WORK THROUGH THIS’ Fauste returns to Imnaha River Woods, with conditions multi-agency response to the remote Imnaha River Woods area, is charged with unlaw- Wallowa County Sheriff’s IXO XVH RI D ¿UHDUP IRXUWK 2I¿FH :&62 PD\ KDYH degree assault, menacing and had to call out the troops SRLQWLQJD¿UHDUPDWDQRWKHU to rescue Shirley Scott, 63, Fauste told Wallowa from a reportedly armed and County Circuit Court Judge dangerous Scott Lee Fauste, Russ West he wanted his day 53, just nine days earlier, in court and agreed to the but when Fauste appeared in restrictions placed upon him court the morning of May 20, by the judge as he awaits a he appeared as a man with trial date. A court-appoint- friends who wanted to speak ed attorney will represent in his behalf. Fauste. Fauste, who was re- The judge noted that both sponsible for the May 11 marijuana and “a significant By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain amount of alcohol” appeared to have been involved in the initial incident and empha- sized that continuing restric- tions included an order of no contact with Shirley Scott and an ankle bracelet to mon- itor his location, no drugs or alcohol and no visits to a bar, submission to random urinary analysis tests as re- quired, and no access to guns or weapons of any kind. He will also observe a curfew of 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. See FAUSTE, Page A7