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A2 News/Obituaries wallowa.com June 17, 2015 Collaboration is the key to winning war on weeds Wallowa County Chieftain O BITUARIES Linda Cool Feb. 15, 1947 – June 5, 2015 Linda Darlene Cool, a resident of Joseph, passed away Friday, June 5, 2015, in her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was 68 years old. By Kathleen Ellyn There will be a graveside service natives, but this is better than Wallowa County Chieftain weeds. Sowing wheat grass open to all friends and family at Prairie may be a step along the way.” Creek Cemetery on June 19, 2015 at 1 When you climb up into ,W¶VDJRRGVWHSIRUWKH¿HOG p.m. The family would like anyone in the club cab with the weed the tour group examined. Just attendance to join them afterward at the warriors and head to Asotin, WZR\HDUVHDUOLHULWZDVD¿HOG Cool residence on Liberty Road, for food Wash., for the Multi-County of thistles over six feet tall. and conversation, and to please bring a chair. Weed Tour your expectation Linda was born on February 15, 1947 in Spokane, Wash., Spraying was immediately ef- is that by the end of the day fective in knocking down the to Francis J. and Laura “Bunny” Gould. Her family resided in you will know for sure how to thistle, but come the follow- Joseph, Ore., where she attended elementary school until about kill weeds. ing spring the thistles would the 5th grade. From there her family moved to Seaside and then to In fact, most years you will get a head start over the native Portland. Linda graduated from Polytechnic High in 1965. become so well educated that After graduation Linda attended Weaver Airline Personnel grasses and choke them out; you’ll come home with a Cer- School in Kansas City, Mo., for ticket sales. She graduated thistles win again. WL¿HG3HVWLFLGH+DQGOHUGHVLJ %\ RYHUVRZLQJ WKH ¿HOG August of 1965. She changed her mind not long after graduating nation. with fast-growing wheat and decided to pursue her passion for photography. Moving to 1RFHUWL¿FDWHWKLV\HDUEXW grass, the weed warriors beat 1RUWK&DUROLQDVKHVWDUWHGSKRWRJUDSK\VFKRRO/LQGD¿QLVKHGKHU you can count on the educa- the thistle to the sun and training and was hired by Pixie Pin-Ups and became a traveling tion all the same. turned the tables on the weed. child photographer. You need it, whether In 1972 Linda’s daughter Heidi was born, and in 1975 her Before the wheat grass you’re a farmer, rancher or won, however, that entry point daughter Shelli was born in St. Paul, Minn. Linda worked at smallholder — because if the into a popular wilderness area different jobs while raising her girls, which included bookkeeping weeds get the upper hand it is was a public relations night- and even school bus driver. literally the end of the world In 1979 Linda moved back to her hometown of Joseph with mare. as we know it. “When the public shows her children to be closer to her family. She soon met and married Weeds in the wilderness up they want to know what the love of her life Dan Cool. Linda and Dan were married for can limit appropriate feed for they’re paying their fees for. 36 years this past November. In August of 1981 Linda’s son Josh ZLOGOLIHVXI¿FLHQWWRGULYHWKH If there are a lot of weeds it Daniel Cool was born. Linda was a homemaker much of the time animals out of the area. Indi- makes a bad impression,” her children were growing up. The Cools lived on the family ranch on lower Prairie Creek. In 1995 Linda and Dan suffered the go Bush, for instance, colo- Woodall said. nizes on riverbanks and can Ironically, it is public us- sudden loss of their son Josh. Linda worked for the U.S. Forest Service from 1988-2006 as out-compete willows, ruining age that helps bring the weeds bird habitat. in. “We have endangered na- a payroll/personnel clerk and later a purchasing agent, she then Weeds on the grazing tive plants by having access. retired. She made many friends over the years, while bowling lands not only ruin the value Every access point is a vector on Thursday Night Women’s League and Sunday Night Mixed Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain of the fodder, but can poison point for weeds,” Woodall 'RXEOHV/LQGDDOVRHQMR\HGJDUGHQLQJKHUÀRZHUEHGVHYHU\ the livestock or injure hu- Ashley Spaur, Wallowa County Vegetation Project coordinator, explained. “Part of managing spring and summer. Her favorite pet at the time of her death was mans. For instance, Myrtle examines a very healthy, but single, Scotch Thistle that each site is a weed control ef- Bobber, the cat, whom he rescued from underneath the Forest Spurge has a milky sap that is dodged the spray and outflanked the oversown wheat grass fort.” Service building while working there. so caustic children are burned in the Asotin Creek Wildlife Area. Just two years earlier the During her eight years of retirement she enjoyed spending Managing weeds will nev- and blistered by it every year. entire field was Scotch Thistle of this size. er get easy, the warriors say. time with her husband, children and their families. She went back Weeds on farmland can It’s labor-intensive. But one to work in 2013, hired by Zacharias Logging as their bookkeeper. also out-compete crops. The “I’ve sent over 80 letters to tation manager for Wallowa of the things the Weed Tour Her bosses Bob and Cherryl were like family to her. This brought number one evildoer in Wal- landowners to tell them how County. group learned last Saturday her great joy in the last three years of her life. lowa County right now is to get their lands inventoried,” Linda is survived by her husband Dan, daughter Heidi Meyer “(Rancher) Todd Nash is that it doesn’t have to be as Meadow Hawkweed. Spaur said. Licensed inven- took a picture of a weed and dangerous as it has been in the and husband Jim of Adrian; daughter Shelli Bronson and husband “When you walk up on a tory contractors then go out sent it directly to me on my past. Billy of Aumsville; sister JoAnn Gould of Dayton, Ohio; brother mat of Meadow Hawkweed on the farmland and literally phone,” said Schnetzky. “This Spraying herbicides in- Orlan Gould and wife Tonya of Umapine; brother Frank Gould you know it,” said Ashley cover every foot of it, mark- is so neat. I couldn’t have volves handling concentrated and wife April of Pomeroy, Wash.; grandchildren: Austin, Will, Spaur, Wallowa County Veg- ing and mapping every weed. imagined this a few years poisons. Those poisons are di- Brooke, Kelsey, Cassie and Travis; nieces, nephews, great-nieces etation Project coordinator. Spaur then inputs that ago.” luted for use, down to 3 ounc- and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents “It gets so thick it chokes out data and issues a map for the There are a lot of ways to es per acre in some cases. But Francis and Laura Gould, son Josh Cool, and nephew Adam. everything.” farmer or rancher and informs kill weeds and experts agree the pesticide handler is still in No wonder weed hunting them of their options: hire that a combined effort, us- danger when he or she mixes EATH OTICES is such a big deal. And Wal- a contractor or take care of ing herbicides, sowing cover several herbicides into the po- Hubert Allan “Al” Slinker lowa County is the front line the weeds themselves. Either crops, and introducing “bio- tion. in the war on weeds. way, the county vegetation ORJLFDOV´ EHQH¿FLDO EXJV LV A bit of good news pre- Hubert Allan “Al” Slinker, 87, of Enterprise, died June 11, Every year Oregon State GHSDUWPHQW RIIHUV ¿QDQFLDO the best approach. sented at this year’s weed tour Weed Board hands out $1 mil- assistance through a cost- This year’s tour went to a is that herbicide producers 2015, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A Celebration of Life lion in grants — and at least share program; up to $500 per EHDXWLIXO¿HOGRIZKHDWJUDVV are working to make spray will be held July 18. A full obituary will appear at a later date. one-third of that goes to Wal- year. If the county has a spe- in the Asotin Creek Wildlife handling both safer and more lowa County. FL¿FJUDQWWKHDPRXQWPD\EH Area. Wheat grass is non-na- precise. High and Low Temperatures That money gets added even more. tive, and pure native is the Farmers and ranchers can According to data sent to MesoWest: www.mesowest.utah.edu to private funds (The Nature There is a law on the books way any state’s Department now order a custom blend of Conservancy, Wallowa Re- that allows the county to take of Fish and Wildlife wants to herbicides premixed to kill Enterprise Lostine sources, private landowners) care of the weeds and assess go. “It may not be what you WKH VSHFL¿F ZHHGV \RX KDYH Date Low High Date Low High and by the end of the year a farmer or rancher for the want long-term,” agrees Da- RQWKHODQG\RXKDYHVLJQL¿ June 10 52 80 June 10 50 82 Wallowa County will have cost, but most Wallowa Coun- vid Woodall, Washington De- cantly lowering the danger to June 11 44 78 June 11 44 81 spent somewhere north of $1 ty farmers and ranchers don’t partment of Fish and Wildlife applicators. June 12 46 75 June 12 48 77 PLOOLRQ¿JKWLQJZHHGV QHHGWKHWKUHDWRI¿QHVWRJHW assistant wildlife area manag- Other applications can now Some of that money goes serious about weeds. It’s in er. “But some of these lands be fast-shipped in 15-gallon June 13 37 70 June 13 37 71 to help ranchers and farmers their interest to work with the have been so disturbed you returnable drums — meaning June 14 41 74 June 14 33 76 ¿JKW ZHHGV RQ WKHLU SULYDWH weed warriors — and they do, can’t get a native to grow. In there is no need to store an June 15 38 78 June 15 38 81 ground. June 16 44 n/a June 16 46 n/a said Alan Schnetzky, vege- a perfect world we have true inventory or rinse the drums. D Newspaper upgrades online reading experience The desktop versions of the Wallowa County Chief- tain’s e-Editions and NIE edi- tion switched to responsive HTML5 versions, which pro- vides a completely redesigned, sleek and easy-to-use interface. Readers will enjoy the new toolset and enhanced naviga- tion for an even better experi- ence. This provides a seamless look between all devices. We will still provide apps for our readers who choose to keep reading our e-Editions that way. The main changes are: • The main navigation bar on top has been moved to the right to match the native app layouts. • The drop-down menus that currently contain past edi- tions, list of pages and index of sections have all been replaced with icons on the new right- hand side navigation bar. (The pages list can be found under the pages icon and the index under the index icon and all past editions are now nice and neatly placed under the calen- LDS mission in the New Eng- land states for a brief time with the remainder of his mission served in Nova Scotia, Canada. Ed married Evelyn Murl Fisher March 17, 1962. Their children Dan and Debbie filled their lives with much happiness. The family enjoyed times of outdoor recreation, and life on their two acre farm in Enterprise. Ed served in the US Army as a surveyor, and the US Air Force as a mechanic during the Edward Daniel Tautfest Vietnam war years. He spent 9/22/1938 - 3/7/2015 his adult life in Wallowa County. He volunteered many years on Edward D. Tautfest, 76, passed the Enterprise Fire Department. He was active in the Boy Scout away on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at St Mary Mary Medical organization holding the position Center in Walla Walla, Washing- of Awards Director as well as ton. He was born September 22, other positions. 1938, in Cottonwood, Idaho to Evelyn passed away in 1985, Ralph and Helen Tautfest. after a lengthy fight with cancer. The family moved numerous At that time, Dan was serving in times due to his dad’s work the US Army and Debbie was a related transfers. Ed attended student at EOU in LaGrande. many different schools. Losing their beloved young wife He completed the last year of and mother was a deep sorrow elementary school and graduate for Ed and the children. high school in Kellogg, Idaho. Ed’s love for the automobile Ed loved spending time on his led him to a forty year career as grandparents farm where there an automotive mechanic/service was love, work, play, singing manager. He was awarded and driving an old jeep in the countless achievement fields. He served a two year certificates, trophies, plaques. dar icon, labeled “Editions” menu.) • Downloading of pages can be found under the pages icon. • All actions related to man- aging their account and logout are also under the “options” menu which is the gears icon. • The eNotify feature has also been moved from the top to the lower right-hand tool bar. • The tools to print, email, share, translate, read aloud, increase or decrease text size, etc, are all in the same location as before — however, they are Ed married Joyce Helen Lowry June 14, 1986. Their children Debi Lee, David, Dan, Debbie and Deena added much happiness to the family. Prior to his disabling injury in 1999, Ed restored a 1960 Corvair. He and Joyce took many fun trips in that Corvair. It was always on display at Oregon Mountain Cruise until 2010. He was a member of Enterprise Christian Church. Ed began most days with prayer and Bible reading. He treasured his relationship with the Lord. He enjoyed many talents and interests. He was a seasoned carpenter; an inventor of many useful products; he had an interest in fly tying creating his own styles. He was an accomplished artist. At the time of his death he had created a beautiful sketch and was ready to begin painting. The annual elk hunt camp-out with Joyce, David, Therese and the children was always a happy time for Ed. One year Dan was able to join in the hunt. Ed so enjoyed being a loving - fun to be with Grandpa, much like that of his own grandfather. Joyce survives him along with his five children; Sons: Dan (Lisa) Taut- now only shown when an arti- cle is being displayed in article view on the single page view- ing mode and when in browse mode via the new share icon in the upper right corner of the UI. • The help icon on the new navigation bar displays the general information related to the new icons in the navigation bar. If you have questions or experience any issues, please FDOO RXU RI¿FH DW 4567. fest, David (Therese) Lowry; Daughters: Debbie (Joel) Scott; Debi Lee (Charlie) Moffit; Deena (JD) Nobles; Eighteen grandchildren and Thirteen great-grandchildren. His mother, Helen Peterson; one sister: Janet (Dwayne) Peck, three brothers: Michael (Christy) Tautfest; Jim (Jeni) Tautfest; David (Eliza- beth) Tautfest. Two aunts: Nora McKenney and Leona Hill. and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Ed is preceded in death by his father, Ralph Tautfest; Father-in- Law, Cecil Fisher, Mothers-in- Law Mildred Fisher and Helen Jennings; Grandfather and Grandmother Hill; Grandfather & Grandmother Tautfest; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. The Celebration of Life will be at Enterprise Christian Church on June 27th at 11:00 A.M. with dinner to follow at the VFW hall. Desserts or Side dishes are welcome but are not requested. Suggested memorial contributions may be made to Wallowa Memorial EMS, the VFW, Enterprise Christian Church building fund, or a charity of your choice. N Joseph Date June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14 June 15 June 16 Low 54 48 45 39 41 41 46 Wallowa High 79 79 75 68 72 79 n/a Date June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14 June 15 June 16 Imnaha Date June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14 June 15 June 16 Low 62 56 46 50 48 49 59 Low n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a High n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Troy High 92 90 75 79 82 87 n/a Date June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14 June 15 June 16 Low 57 55 46 46 45 46 52 High 93 92 75 77 81 88 n/a Six-day forecast June 17 – June 22 Source: National Weather Service June 17 H: 80 L: 47 Sunny June 18 H: 78 L: 47 Sunny June 19 H: 72 L: 41 Partly cloudy June 20 H: 73 L: 44 Mostly Sunny June 21 H: 81 L: 48 Mostly sunny June 22 H: 79 L: n/a Mostly sunny June 24 1st Quarter Phases of the moon July 2 Full Moon July 8 July 16 Last Quarter New Moon