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WEDNESDAY
June 10, 2015
Oregon Mountain Cruise comes back
Organizer says event is ‘beyond capacity’ this year
in Joseph with dinner and
a dance at the Joseph Com-
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Wallowa County Chieftain
In other words, full
registration for the event,
which includes a catered
dinner and other amenities,
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did not pre-register for
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their cars for the show at the
Joseph Community Center
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is expected to attend the
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See CARS, Page A16
Chieftain file photo
Classic car fans line Joseph’s Main Street to watch the
procession of Cruisers in 2013.
GOOD
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Ables/Marr
team wins
Triple Six
Golf tournament
turnout low this year
By Rochelle Danielson
For the Chieftain
It may not be as well-known as the
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held the last day of May at Alpine Mead-
ows excited fans from near and far — as
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Alpine Meadows hosts several tour-
naments during the season, one being the
Elks Tournament tentatively scheduled
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a huge field of excellent golfers to the
Enterprise course — Ray Milligan, long-
time local resident and original owner of
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golf swing has won him many first-place
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a low handicapper, his love of the game
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mental in the long-term stability of Al-
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week, the gals groaned when they were
limited to “three clubs and a putter,” but
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ago the gals played “Three Blind Mice,”
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Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
It’s hard to believe, but Gavin Russell, 8, of Wallowa, did not win a prize with this fish at the Marr Pond Free Fishing Day Celebration.
Never mind; he’s proud enough of the catch without a prize.
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verybody was a winner
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families from Gooding,
Idaho, took home the grand
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year and had so much fun we
came back this year — kids love
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Cougar Stockham, 6, won the
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lots of patience,” but one of the
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Gavin Schaeffer, 6, of
Wallowa, came in second with
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Third place went to Malcolm
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his division (11 and older) with
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The casting contest winners
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This is it! Cougar Stockham,
6, of Gooding, Idaho, hauls
in his 19 1/4 inch trout to win
not only his age group but the
Grand Prize for fishing at the
Marr Pond Free Fishing Day
Celebration.
Wallowa County sunrise and sunset June 11 - June 17 (from the U.S. Naval Observatory)
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Tuesday, June 16
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Wednesday, June 17
Rise ..................................... 5:00
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