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A2 wallowa.com News/Obituaries July 8, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain O BITUARIES Evelyn Reece Aug. 30, 1927 – July 5, 2015 (YHO\Q9LUJLQLD:DWHUPDQZDVERUQLQ6WDQ¿HOG2UHJRQD place she cherished always. She later moved to Enterprise, met and married Dean Reece in 1946 on his return home from WWII. She was actively engaged in numerous community Steve Tool/Chieftain activities, Toastmasters, Garden Club, Sweet Adelines, Doll The Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission hears a Club and her church. presentation during its June 23 meeting at the Hurricane Evelyn moved to Napa, Calif., a few years ago to be near Creek Grange Hall. her daughter. She enjoyed the Napa Valley as much as she did the Wallowa Valley, both places of unsurpassed beauty. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dean Reece, and son, Jerry Joe. Survivors include daughter Janie Reece of Napa, Calif., grandsons Shawn Reece Sullivan of Austin, Texas, Jason Joe Sullivan of College Place, Wash., and Jacob Jon Sullivan of Portland, in addition to four great-grandsons By Steve Tool WKLVSDUWRI1RUWKHDVW2UHJRQ´ and one great-granddaughter. Wallowa County Chieftain Ackley said. Bruce Ham, a Portland sur- ERVICE OTICES 7KH2UHJRQ3DUNVDQG5HF geon and part-time Wallowa Robert V. Lewis reation Commission met for the County resident, is a moraine third time this year in Joseph land and home owner who Robert V. Lewis, 84, of Wallowa, died Saturday, July 4, 2015. at the Hurricane Creek Grange has worked with the Wallowa Hall on June 24. The two-day Land Trust to preserve the ma- A service will be held Saturday, July 11, at 1 p.m. at the Wallowa visit by the commission also jority of his land for future gen- Fire Hall, Wallowa. A potluck will follow at the Wallowa Senior included a June 23 tour which erations. Ham asked about the Center. A full obituary will be published at a later date. included the Iwetemlaykin 235'YLVLRQRIWKHIXWXUHIRU Beulah Talley Heritage Site, Wallowa Lake the moraines and the impact State Park and a viewing of the of the moraine trail not just on Beulah LaRita Tally, 82 of La Grande, passed away on June east moraine of Wallowa Lake. the moraine itself, but on the The commission is com- moraine landowners and even 27, 2015, at Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral service will be posed of seven members: one on the state park at the head of held at Loveland Funeral Chapel, La Grande, on Saturday, July PHPEHU SHU 2UHJRQ¶V ¿YH Wallowa Lake. “I think a trail 11, at 10 a.m. with graveside services to follow at the North voting districts as well as one has some implications, and I Powder cemetery. member each west of the Coast just wondered if those things Arthur Keener Range and east of the Cascades. had been studied, or been for- The commission sets nearly all mally addressed. That’s what Arthur “Art” Keener, 79, of Clarkston, Wash., formerly of SROLF\IRUWKH235''LUHFWRU I was interested in,” Ham said RI 1RUWKHDVW 2UHJRQ (FRQRP later. He added that he was not Joseph, died May 27, 2015. Graveside services will be held at ic Development District, Lisa the only property owner affect- 1 p.m. Sunday, July 12, at Prairie Creek Cemetery. A potluck Dawson, is one of the commis- ed by what goes on in the mo- dinner will follow at Liberty Grange. sion’s members. raine area. The commission had a John Baker, of Wallowa, number of statewide items on addressed the committee re- its agenda for the meeting, garding the Joseph Branch with several of local concern. Trail Consortium (rails with The U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Service notes. Social Kathleen Ackley, director trail project). Baker thanked the of Wallowa Land Trust, up- commission for its support of Blue Mountains Forest Plans and economic conditions have Revision Team has added also changed across the Blue dated the commission on the the consortium. work the Wallowa Lake Mo- Chris Havel, the public af- three workshop dates in En- Mountains region since 1990. raines Partnership, of which IDLUVRI¿FHUIRUWKHFRPPLVVLRQ terprise — at Cloverleaf Hall New Forest Plans are to guide WKH 235' LV D SDUWQHU 7KH said they enjoyed their Wal- Monday, July 13, Tuesday, future land-management deci- partnership works with mo- lowa County stay. “We have July 21, and Tuesday, July sions. raine landowners to retain the D GHHS DIIHFWLRQ IRU 2UHJRQ¶V 28, all three nights from 6 to In summer of 2014, the pristine and undeveloped na- northeast. We never tire of the 9 p.m. — to its list of July and Forest Service asked the pub- ture of the moraines for future beauty and history of this land- August gatherings in various lic to comment on its draft generations. Environmental Impact State- scape. Iwetemlaykin is a pretty communities. Ackley said she appreciates simple park, but the heritage of The team is involved in ment (EIS) related to the Blue WKH235'LQWHUHVWLQWKHPR that 62 acres is fascinating, and updating Forest Plans across Mountains Forest Plans, and raines. “The moraines are part ZHDOOHQMR\HG7LP1LW]RIWKH the Blue Mountains nation- USFS received over 1,300 of the magical experiences of National Park Service) bring- al forests — including the comment letters during the coming to Wallowa Lake State ing it to life for us on the tour Wallowa-Whitman, Mal- comment period. Based on Park, so it’s in their interest to ... When our commission chair, heur, and Umatilla national the comments received and see it protected. They bring a Jay Graves, says this is among forests. Current Forest Plans the feedback shared in public lot of expertise and resources KLV IDYRULWH SODFHV LQ 2UHJRQ are from 1990, and over the meetings, the Forest Service to our partnership and we are and the world, he means it,” past 25 years, the landscape notes an overall sense of dis- glad they are committed to Havel said. KDV FKDQJHG VLJQL¿FDQWO\ WKH satisfaction with the Forest Parks and Recreation Commission visits S N Margaret J. Conrad July 19, 1921 – July 3, 2015 A funeral will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 11, 2015, at Gladstone Christian Church in Gladstone for Margaret J. Conrad, who died Friday, July 3 at age 93. Margaret Conrad was born July 19, 1921 in Cut Bank, Mont. Within the year her family moved to La Grande/Island City where she attended grade and high school. Margaret attended Eastern 2UHJRQ&ROOHJHZKHUHVKHUHFHLYHGDWHDFKLQJFHUWL¿FDWH She married John F. Conrad, an Army Air Corpsman in 1943. They moved to Hobbs, N.M., until his deployment to Europe in 1944. While waiting for her husband to return from Europe Margaret taught school in Cottage Grove, worked as a clerk in Spokane, :DVKDQGDVDVHFUHWDU\DW(DVWHUQ2UHJRQ&ROOHJHLQ/D Grande. After WWII Margaret and her husband operated a small dairy farm outside of Enterprise. In 1948 a career change for Margaret’s husband sent her on an \HDUMRXUQH\OLYLQJRQ6WDWHRI2UHJRQ¿VKKDWFKHULHV ,Q0DUJDUHWEHJDQWHDFKLQJVFKRROIRUWKH2UHJRQ&LW\ School District. In the summer of 1967 she returned to Eastern 2UHJRQ&ROOHJHLQ/D*UDQGHWRREWDLQKHU%DFKHORURI6FLHQFH degree. She retired from teaching in 1982. For many years Margaret and her husband traveled south to 4XDUW]VLWH$UL]GXULQJWKHZLQWHUPRQWKV From 2003 to 2015 Margaret resided at The Springs at Clackamas Woods and at Willamette View Skilled Nursing facility in Milwaukie. Margaret was predeceased by her husband John and daughter Terry Phelan. She is survived by her son David Conrad of Milwaukie, daughters Karen James of Bellfountain and Sharon Fawcett of Molalla; nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Forest Plan revisers schedule workshops Plans from diverse perspec- tives. In a recent cover letter accompanying the meetings schedule, the Forest Plan Re- vision Team states that it hopes to better understand and re- spond to the feedback before ¿QDOL]LQJ WKH )RUHVW 3ODQV Some of the topics deemed deserving of more discussion DUH DFFHVV JUD]LQJ and (3) pace and scale of res- toration. Most of the upcoming com- munity workshops or meetings will be professionally facilitat- ed by Jack Southworth of High Desert Partnership. Members of the public are invited to contribute their knowledge and perspectives, and also to be open to others who may have different information and perspectives. “During these workshops, we will work to- JHWKHUWR¿QG]RQHVRIDJUHH ment, new ideas, and creative solutions that will help us im- prove the draft Forest Plans,” the cover letter explains. Enterprise’s July 13, 21 and 28 workshops are fo- cused, respectively, on access WK JUD]LQJ VW DQG pace and scale of restoration (28th). For the complete schedule of workshops in all counties, visit http://tinyurl. com/p7dhwy2/. High and Low Temperatures According to data sent to MesoWest: www.mesowest.utah.edu Enterprise Date July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 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 Date July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 Joseph Date July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 Low 57 55 57 54 57 57 57 Lostine Low 51 54 52 51 55 53 54 Wallowa High 91 93 93 91 88 90 N/A Date July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 Imnaha Date July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 Low 66 66 63 65 68 65 64 High 93 95 97 92 89 91 N/A Low 51 51 50 50 54 52 54 High 96 97 97 93 90 93 N/A Troy High 102 102 103 100 98 98 N/A Date July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 Low 61 62 61 62 63 61 61 High 102 102 104 104 98 100 N/A Six-day forecast July 8 – July 13 Source: National Weather Service July 8 H: 87 L: 53 Slight chance T-storms, showers July 9 H: 85 L: 54 Chance T-storms, showers July 10 H: 83 L: 54 Showers July 11 H: 78 L: 50 Chance T-storms July 12 H: 78 L: 48 Chance of T-storms, showers July 13 H: 79 L: N/A Partly sunny July 8 Last Quarter Phases of the moon July 16 July 24 July 31 New Moon 1st Quarter Full Moon