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A6 News wallowa.com July 15, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain DROUGHT: Possible emergency designation looms Continued from Page A1 Wallowa County precipitation hovers at about 87 percent of But as lucky as Wallowa normal — with the hottest, County has been with rain, driest months to come. Continued from Page A1 it’s just not enough to save the Other counties are in far rivers and streams. worse condition than Wallowa The immediate result is Even with the rainfall, the County, and a big part of their that 3,000 trout intended low snowfall has driven the problem has to do with no res- precipitation average in Wal- ervoir storage. for Wallowa County ponds lowa County down. will instead be released into Wallowa County again Record low snowfalls and caught a break in this depart- Wallowa Lake in July. rapid melts resulted in low to ment. The department expects no snow water reserves. And conditions at Wallowa Lake to Wallowa Lake Reservoir only snowpack can maintain was reported at 135 percent of remain good for trout releases VWUHDPZDWHUÀRZLQWRWKHODW- normal on June 1. throughout the summer due to er season. its large size, depth and excep- “Anyone who uses water Now, measurements taken from Wallowa Lake is posi- tional water quality. on the Grand Ronde River tioned to have a good supply Any additional stocking DW 7UR\ VKRZ WKH ÀRZ DW into the summer,” said Bates. cancellations in Northeast percent of average. Local- “The lake is doing pretty Oregon may result in even ly, creeks like Hurricane are good. There was not much more trout being rerouted to nearly dry at lower elevations. demand on the lake early on.” Wallowa Lake. The Drought Monitor “It’s disappointing to The streams and rivers are reports that even with bet- a different story, and as bad as ORVH DQ\ ¿VKLQJ RSSRUWXQL- ter than average rains so far, this may bode for farmers and ties, but we’re glad we can when both snow and rain UDQFKHUVLW¶VGHDWKWR¿VK SXW WKHVH ¿VK VRPHSODFH precipitation is calculated, where the public can still After 18 years of devel- opment that saw a surviving population of about 70 breed- ing pair of Chinook bred back be able to meet. WR D ¿VKLQJ SRSXODWLRQ RI “Chinook in the lower Im- 3,000, Lostine Chinook are naha will not progress further facing obstacles they will not than the Imnaha because they FISH: Mystery solved Rock the Rodeo Season! Denim Promotion! 25% Off Rock Revival Miss Me season. “A lot of our forest ponds are getting really hot and ZH¶UHPRYLQJDOORIWKRVH¿VK ¿VKIRUWKHP´<DQNHVDLG to Wallowa Lake,” Bratcher The ponds affected are: said. “That’s going to be our Salt Creek, McGraw, Weav- main battle this year, hot and er, Marr and Kinney Lake. ORZ ZDWHU $ ORW RI WKH ¿VK Many of these ponds tradi- will not bite this year because tionally have been stocked they’ll be stressed out.” from April through July. The effects of drought on Releases at Salt Creek ¿VKDQGZLOGOLIHKRZHYHUGR and McGraw ponds were not come into consideration in canceled last week due to determining if a county quali- high temperatures. ¿HV IRU D VWDWH RI HPHUJHQF\ Salt Creek, McGraw, designation. Honeymoon and Teepee “The process is not tied ponds are scheduled to be WR ¿VKHULHV´ VDLG :DOORZD stocked again in late Sep- County Commissioner Mike tember; however, managers Hayward. “Partly because will be monitoring water the drought declaration opens temperatures at these ponds the door for some low-in- to see if September trout terest loan programs and so stocking will occur. forth available to farmers and Anglers should check ranchers.” ODFW’s weekly Recreation Wallowa County Commis- Report for stocking updates. sioners will not be the ones to make the decision to declare a federal state of emergency; are facing 70- to 80-degree that determination is made water. Those temperatures based on the Drought Monitor are lethal to them,” said Kyle report, which draws infor- Bratcher, Wallowa District mation in part from Natu- DVVLVWDQW ¿VK ELRORJLVW ³%HDU ral Resources Conservation Creek is dried up and the Los- Service data. tine is low.” If a county has been rated Fishing in forest ponds is D2, as Wallowa County has, already effectively ended, and for eight consecutive weeks, ¿VKLQJLQJHQHUDOZLOOSURED- it automatically qualifies for bly be poor for the rest of the a disaster designation with Two Rivers Run Dinner & Music on the Train Jeans, Capris, Shorts the Farm Service Agency and further programs to as- sist agriculture are available. In Oregon, a county does not have to wait for a feder- al designation but can peti- tion the governor directly. The State Drought Council then examines their petition. As of July 9 that process has been expedited to as- sist counties in achieving a drought status. A Governor’s Drought Declaration allows the Water Resources Department to is- sue emergency drought per- mits to applicants, using an expedited process. Livestock producers in Wallowa County are already eligible for one month of pay- ment due to drought for their loss of grazing on non-irrigat- ed native grasses. Wallowa County Com- missioners have scheduled a meeting of agencies for July 20 to discuss the upcoming ¿OLQJZLWKWKHJRYHUQRU¶VRI- ¿FH In the meantime, two more counties, Curry and Hood River, received word Thurs- day that they would get a governor’s executive order for a state of emergency. This brings the total number of Or- egon counties in a drought state of emergency to 22. MARSH: Logger’s daughter curates display Open Daily 10 am – 5 pm Continued from Page A1 Saturday, July 18 Departs from Elgin at 4:30 p.m. Uptown Clothing & Accessories in Downtown Joseph 12 S. Main St. • 541-432-9653 800.323.7330 She went on to have a ca- reer that led her to write the PEPFAR bill that gave $15 billion to combat AIDS in Africa and took her to South Africa to assist the new dem- ocratic government in learn- ing how to govern. But she remained a log- ger’s daughter. So, when she retired three years ago, she came back to tell the story of Wallowa area loggers. “I knew there was a sto- ry,” she said. “In 1991 I brought my dad back to T HE B OOKLOFT AND S KYLIGHT G ALLERY Finding books is our specialty 541.426.3351 • 107 E. Main • Enterprise • www.bookloftoregon.com Summer vacation wearing you out, ALREADY? I can help! A few sessions can make a big difference. Jeff Harman, MA., LPC Professional Counseling In A Private Setting To schedule an appointment call Jeff Harman • (541) 426-3067 Preferred Provider for Regence Blue Cross, ODS, Cascade Centers, all major insurance carriers and employee assistance programs. www.jharmancounseling.com Church Directory St. Katherine's Catholic Church Summit Church Fr. Roger Fernando 301 E. Garfield Enterprise Mass Schedule Weekdays 7:15am Saturdays 5:30pm Sundays 10:30am (541)426-4008 stkatherineenterprise.org St. Pius X Wallowa Sundays 8:00am All are welcome Gospel Centered Community Service time: 10:30 am Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise Pastor Mark Garland www.summitchurchoregon.org Joseph United Methodist Church ACROSS 1. Fixed hardware memory 4. Ancient Greek physician 9. US coach Amos Alonzo 14. Before 15. Hedge 16. Musical endings 17. Contrary to 18. 39th state 20. In a way, takes away 22. More uncommon 23. Hue or shade 24. Having no moral failing 27. Mauna __, Hawaiian volcano 28. Initials of ALS physicist 29. Soluble ribonucleic acid 30. Smallest American sandpiper 32. Wrote a computer program 36. Silver 37. A continuous portion of a circle 38. To send forth 40. Wood sorrel 41. Curie 42. Curved sword 43. Harmon, Wahlberg & Antony 45. Break stone 48. Doc 49. A small demon 50. Split up 54. Sierra lake 57. Micronesian sailboats 58. North African desert 59. Famous persons 63. A worn out horse 64. One seeded fruit (alt. sp.) 65. DEA officers 66. 7th Greek letter 67. States of repose 68. Related on the mother's side 69. Cub Scout group DOWN 1. Medieval fiddle 2. W. Bolivian city 3. Relating to a metal 4. Sires 5. Macao monetary units 6. Roman household god 7. Sun up in New York 8. 1st Indian P.M. 9. Frighten 10. Keepsakes 11. Admirer 12. Handgun (slang) 13. J. G. Low's organization 19. Constitution Hall org. 21. Presently 24. Smallest speech sound 25. In-between meal 26. Heroic tales 28. Healing wound cover 30. Paper bags 31. Threefold 33. River in France 34. And in Latin 35. Cup used to serve espresso 39. One thousandth of an ampere 40. Deprived of parents 44. E. Asian housemaid 46. Mac, gala and pippin 47. Mother or father 51. Dressing gowns 52. Swiss river 53. Banteng 55. Speak 56. MN 55122 58. Religious faction 59. Auto 60. Supplement with difficulty 61. Browning of the skin 62. Militant Irish organization 3rd & Lake St. • Joseph Pastor Cherie Johnson Phone: 541-432-3102 Sunday Worship Services 8:30 & 11:00 am Child care provided at 8:30 am service Faith Lutheran Church 409 W. Main Enterprise, Oregon Worship 2 nd & 4 th Sundays - 2 pm Bible Study Tuesdays before the 2 nd & 4 th Sundays at 11 am LCMS (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) Christ Covenant Church Pastor Terry Tollefson Church Office: 541-426-0301 Family Prayer: 9am Worship Service: 10am 723 College Street • Lostine Providence Academy Enterprise Community Enterprise Community Church Church Congregational 11:00am Group Worship & Discussion 9:30 AM Worship Service 11:00 Children’s S.S. AM 10:00am Choir 9:30am Adult Education 541.398.0597 Childrens program during service Blog: dancingforth.blogspot.com Lostine On the Hwy web 82, at lostinepc.org Stephen Kliewer, Minister Wallowa Assembly of God 606 West Hwy 82 Wallowa, Oregon 541-886-8445 Sunday School • 9:30 Worship Service • 10:45 Pastor Tim Barton wallowaassemblyofgod.com 301 NE 1St St * 541-426-3044 BigBrownChurch.org Worship at 11:00 301 N. Study E. First Bible at Street 9:30 Enterprise the “Big Brown Church” Sunday Worship 11A.M. with the Open Door (541) 426-3044 Pastor Joseph Donald Newcomer, L. McBride Pastor 541-263-0695 541-263-5319 305 Wagner (near the Cemetery) P.O. Box N, Enterprise, OR 97828 541-426-3751 Church 541-426-8339 School Sabbath School 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. Worship Hour 11:00 a.m. - Noon Pastor Jonathan DeWeber Pastor Steve Gilmore Wallowa and sat with Caleb Brooks and Wes Conrad and put a tape recorder down in the middle of the table and let them talk. Since then it’s been my passion to recon- struct the social history of the African-American log- gers of Wallowa.” One of the best things about the story, Marsh said, was the way in which it dis- pelled the notion of a racist and segregated Wallowa city. “The metaphor I’ve been using is that you can cher- ry-pick any story and find an incident of racism,” she said. “But it’s not the whole story. This story is unique to Wallowa. I want people to understand there is a sto- ry of African-Americans in Wallowa and it is a story of migration, optimism, labor and community and it’s a positive story.” For more information on The Memory Project vis- it the Wallowa City Hall during office hours through July 20. DAM: Plan progresses Continued from Page A1 Butterfield says no re- leases to downstream users from the 4,200 acre/feet cur- rently under consideration would occur before the dam was rehabilitated, probably followed by a period of in- creased storage – what But- terfield calls “time to build our inventory.” Due to the dam’s deteri- orated condition, regulators currently allow storage only to 72 percent of the reser- voir’s capacity. At 100 per- cent capacity, the reservoir would be holding an addi- tional 12,000 acre/feet, ADC officials say. Although leasing water to downstream users lies at the heart of ADC’s plan to de- fray the reservoir rehab proj- ect’s estimated $15 million cost, Butterfield says ADC isn’t currently negotiating with prospective down- stream users. He adds that ADC is in talks, however, “with someone who may be interested in putting up some money” for the project. Last week, Wallowa County commissioners Su- san Roberts and Mike Hay- ward both voiced support for the plan, pointing out that any water that would be sent to downstream, out-of-coun- ty users would only come from increased storage. Asserts Roberts, “We have three choices: do noth- ing and have (the dam) blow out; do nothing and have the federal government shut it down; fix it — which we can’t afford. So they’ve been looking for private money.”