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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1943-current | View Entire Issue (June 17, 2015)
A18 News wallowa.com June 17, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain (YHQLQJJURVEHDNVYLVLW CJD Court 1st twice BIRD- WATCHING EH Van Blaricom I was pleasantly surprised WRVHH¿YHRUVL[(YHQLQJ*URV- beaks at my bird feeders here at $OSLQH+RXVH7KH\ZHUHJRUJ- LQJRQVXQÀRZHUVHHGVEXWWKH\ were only here for two or three GD\VDQGZHUHJRQH I think they were on their way to the forests of Northern British Columbia which are WKHLUQHVWLQJJURXQGVDQGRQO\ made a pit stop here for lunch. They spend their winters in Cal- LIRUQLD$UL]RQDDQG1HZ0H[- ico. /LNHDOOJURVEHDNVWKH\KDYH VWRXW EHDNV IRU FUDFNLQJ VHHGV DOWKRXJK WKH\ GR HDW VHYHUDO LQVHFWV VXFK DV EHHWOHV GXULQJ 26th Courtesy photo/EH Van Blaricom A grosbeak photographed some years ago on Hurricane Creek. Recently a half-dozen Evening Grosbeaks visited the feeders at Joseph’s Alpine House. VXPPHU+RZHYHULQWKHZLQWHU WKH\TXLWHRIWHQWUDYHOLQÀRFNV and are unpredictable in their ZDQGHULQJV 7KH\ ZLOO HDW MX- niper and mountain ash berries WKDW FDQ EH IRXQG ULJKW KHUH LQ Wallowa County. Like many other wilderness 2015 birds, they don’t seem to fear KXPDQVDQG,SKRWRJUDSKHGWKLV PDOH JURVEHDN MXVW D IHZ IHHW from our kitchen window when ZHOLYHGRQRXU¿YHDFUHVDORQJ Hurricane Creek. 7KHLUVRQJLVNLQGRIDMHUN\ warble that starts low and in- FUHDVHV LQ YROXPH WKHQ HQGV suddenly like they are all out of breath. Their nests are on the lower limbs of coniferous trees and bushes. They lay three or IRXUHJJVEXWYHU\IHZRIWKHLU QHVWV DUH HYHU IRXQG E\ PDQ since they nest in the dense for- ests of Canada where humans VHOGRPYLVLW The 70th Annual CJD Court took first place in the (TXHVWULDQ GLYLVLRQ RI WZR recent parades. The CJD Court, which in- FOXGHV4XHHQ$GGLH.LOJRUH and Princesses Marli Tracy Mallory and Jesse Wood- KHDG WUDYHOHG WR 6SRNDQH Wash., on May 15, to par- WLFLSDWHLQWKH/LODF)HVWLYDO There the trio won first place RXWRIDOO(TXHVWULDQHQWULHV 7KHLU QH[W VWRS ZDV WKH (DVWHUQ 2UHJRQ /LYHVWRFN 6KRZ (2/6 SDUDGH DQG rodeo held June 12 where they also took home the first place entry. 7KH JLUOV GD]]OHG WKH crowd at both parades in WKHLU VWXQQLQJ DOOZKLWH suedes created by Denise .XSSLQJHU $W WKH (2/6 SDUDGH WKH JLUOV ZHUH MRLQHG by the CJD directors and were followed by the beau- tiful pickup donated for the JLUOV WR XVH IRU WKH VXPPHU E\ 0DLQ 6WUHHW 0RWRUV DQG the official CJD horse trail- Courtesy photo HU 7KH JLUOV JRW WR GR WKHLU ILUVW UXQLQV DQG ORRNHG MXVW The CJD Court at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show. DV JUHDW RQ WKHLU KRUVHV DV From left: Princess Jesse Woodhead, Queen Addie Kilgore, Princess Marli Tracy-Mallory. they did off. %DQNSURPRWHV:LWKHUULWH6KHOWRQ Community Bank recently promoted two employees of its Joseph Branch. Diane Witherrite, most recently the bank’s Joseph %UDQFK PDQDJHU KDV EHHQ BIKE RODEO! SURPRWHG WR EXVLQHVV GHYHO- RSPHQW RI¿FHU IRU :DOORZD Union , and Baker counties. Her tenure with Community Bank has spanned 26 years. +HU ZLGH DUUD\ RI EDQNLQJ NQRZOHGJH ZLOO DOORZ KHU WR work with lenders and branch VWDII WR GHHSHQ DQG VWUHQJWK- en customer relationships WKURXJKRXW WKH WKUHH FRXQWLHV 6KHZLOODOVRFRQWLQXHWRZRUN with small business loan cus- tomers in Wallowa County as Children will need to be accompanied by a parent/guardian to sign a permission slip/waiver. There will be helmet fitting, a bike check including a brake check and air for tires, and a law enforcement officer will talk to kids about the “rules of the road”. There will be several stations to check their skills at riding a bike: an intersection, crosswalk, straight away as well as an obstacle course with jumps if they are able to pass the other stations. Bike not supplied. C OMMUNITY C ONNECTION OF W ALLOWA C OUNTY KLJKSHUIRUPLQJEDQNHPSOR\- ees and prepares them for a po- VLWLRQLQEDQNPDQDJHPHQW “Both Diane and Kate are FRPPLWWHG WR WKH ORQJWHUP success of our customers,” stat- ed Community Bank President DQG&(27RP0RUDQ³7KHVH SURPRWLRQVVWUHQJWKHQRXUYHU\ talented Joseph team, and allow 'LDQHVSHFL¿FDOO\WRVKDUHKHU SOXV\HDUVRIEDQNLQJH[SH- ULHQFHZLWKDEURDGHUJURXSRI customers and employees.” CARS: Event a success Continued from Page A11 It’s the Watershed Festival and children can learn some valuable bike safety info at the Bike Rodeo in the parking lot of Community Connection on Friday, June 26th from 1pm to 4pm! she does today. .DWH6KHOWRQKDVEHHQSUR- PRWHG WR EUDQFK PDQDJHU RI WKH -RVHSK %UDQFK 6KH KDV been employed at Community %DQNQHDUO\VHYHQ\HDUVPRVW UHFHQWO\VHUYLQJDVWKHFXVWRP- HU VHUYLFH PDQDJHU 6KHOWRQ UHFHQWO\ FRPSOHWHG D ULJRURXV bank-sponsored retail bank PDQDJHPHQW SURJUDP LQ 6H- DWWOH IDFLOLWDWHGE\WKH2UHJRQ DQG :DVKLQJWRQ EDQNHUV DVVR- FLDWLRQV7KHSURJUDPGHYHORSV (YHQW RUJDQL]HU &KXFN *DUUHWW ZDV YHU\ SOHDVHG ZLWK WKH HYHQW ³:H UHJLV- tered 272 cars. That was 272 FDUVSDUNHGRQ0DLQ6WUHHWIRU GLVSOD\´*DUUHWWVDLG:KLOHLW was not a record year for en- WUDQWV *DUUHWW VDLG WKH VKRZ DWWUDFWHG WKH PRVW UHJLVWHUHG entrants for at least the last decade. $OWKRXJK D QXPEHU RI cars return year after year, 77 EUDQGQHZ HQWUDQWV DUULYHG for this year’s show. New en- trant Bret Butcher, of Pasco, :DVKZRQWKHFRYHWHG.LQJ of the Mountain Award with KLV6XEXUEDQ Brian and Kathy Hill, of 6DQ 5DPRQ &DOLI ZRQ WKH -LP³5DJPDQ´7XVFKKRII0H- PRULDO$ZDUGJLYHQLQKRQRU RI WKH ODWH 20& FRIRXQGHU 7KH IDPLO\ FKRRVHV WKH YH- hicle they think Tuschhoff ZRXOG KDYH OLNHG EHVW -LP 7XVFKKRII¶V GDXJKWHULQODZ Kim Tuschhoff, said the fam- LO\ WKRXJKW WKH FDU¶V VPRRWK OLQHV FRXSOHG ZLWK LWV GULYH- DELOLW\ SXW LW RYHU WKH WRS RI other contestants. 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