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s eph D , a O y r s o J f e i h Ch | Josep nnual 70th A CHIEF JOSEPH DAYS special publication included in this issue 5 -25, 201 July 21 the tion of publica Special UNTY WA CO WALLO IN C HIEFTA Enterprise, Oregon www.wallowa.com Issue No. 14 July 22, 2015 $1 City cuts public from police chief hiring ‘You’ll have to do a public records request,’ city administrator says By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain Enterprise City Council has backed off of plans to keep the public informed as they move toward hiring a new police chief. The council originally in- CJD in full swing JOSEPH — Chief Joseph Days got off to its tradition- al free-spirited start Tuesday with a stampede of horses down Main Street, ushering in CJD’s 70th anniversary cele- bration spanning nearly the entire week. At the heart of it all is a PRCA rodeo starting with a Wednesday family night perfor- mance and continuing nightly through Saturday. (See today’s Wallowa County Life section for stories on the rodeo stock and on cowboy standings in the Harley Tucker Series). Fol- lowing the rodeo each night is a dance in the Thunder Room, located on the rodeo grounds. dicated that a public meeting would be held to allow Pend- leton Police Chief Stuart Rob- erts, who led a team to study the effi cacy of the current force and identify the needs to the city, to present his fi ndings before the public. That promised meeting was scheduled with very short no- tice and then quickly canceled and City Administrator Mi- chele Young said that she no longer knew if Roberts would make that presentation. “I don’t know if we’ll have Police Chief Stuart Roberts come to speak to the public,” Young said. In addition, the document produced by Roberts’ team will not be readily available. “Right now the document (Roberts’ fi nal report) is in the hands of the attorney and will be available,” Young said. “You’ll have to do a public records re- quest.” Roberts led a team of small city chiefs of police in a Roberts close inves- tigation of policies and procedures of the police force in Enterprise after Princess to GRAND MARSHAL Courtesy Photo 2015 Chief Joseph Days Parade Grand Marshall, Judy Bothum, in her CJD court days astride her famous horse, Blackie. ‘‘ I was very sur- prised when they County’s budgeting came to my house and told me. I just tightens want to do a good By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain See BUDGET, Page A9 See HIRING, Page A7 from See EVENT, Page A9 With stagnant or falling county revenue and increasing county expenses, the Wallowa County Board of Commission- ers fi nds it increasingly diffi cult to make ends meet with the county’s budget. Commission Chairman Mike Hayward isn’t complain- ing about the budget, although it adds to the board’s stress levels. “What we’ve seen over time is that the amount of new or additional money has strug- gled to keep up with the costs of wages and benefi ts. We’ve gotten additional new money in the way of grants, but they’re for specifi c things, but don’t help with the overall operation of the county,” Hayward said. the resignation of former po- lice Chief Wes Kilgore. The service was provided by Oregon Association Chiefs of Police to help the city de- cide whether or not to hire a new chief or consider a contract with the Wallowa County Sher- iff’s Offi ce. job for Chief Joseph Steve Tool/Chieftain Days and its people. Judy Bothum poses with a photograph of her saddle bronc riding husband, J. Shirly Bothum, who later became a rancher and famed western artist. Judy Bothum’s CJD ties span years GRAND PARADE Saturday, July 25 10 A.M. Main Street Enterprise By Stephen Tool Wallowa County Chieftain T he road from American Junior Rodeo competitor to 1958 Chief Joseph Days princess to 2015 Chief Joseph Days Rodeo parade grand marshal may be a long one, but it’s been pleasant for life- long rodeo afi cionado Judy Bothum. Whether it’s competing on the court, in the arena or serving as fashion de- signer for the Chief Joseph Days court, Bothum has nothing but good things to say about her rodeo experiences. “Our 1958 court was a great team, we really were. The chaperon was Roseanne O’Brien, the queen was Ja- nis Dougherty and the other princess was Judy Begley. It was a fun year,” Bothum said. According to Bothum, O’Brien had exquisite taste and she took the court to Portland to shop at a store called “The New York Store,” a high- end western store at the time. “We had the fi rst outfi ts with any embroidery, rose-colored, with white embroidery, both the shirt and the pants, and we had white belts, hats and boots,” Bo- thum said. A COLORFUL FEAST OF FRIENDSHIP AND DANCE See BOTHUM, Page A7 Library gets surprise gift By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain Dominque Ellenwood of Lapwai, Idaho, swirls in the Fancy Shawl Dance, the only women’s dance event that has the spirit and action of the male war- dance. Ellenwood took third in the competition at Tamkaliks last weekend. For coverage of Tamkaliks, see page A12. JOSEPH — No one goes to work expecting to get no- tifi ed of a $19,000 gift from someone they don’t know, but that’s exactly what happened to Genene Kingsford, librari- an of the Joseph City Library. The library learned that some- one named Hubert “Al” Al- bee, from Milton-Freewater, had left the library more than $19,000 in his will. Neither Kingsford or any- one on the library’s board could remember who the per- son was. Kathleen Ellyn/Wallowa County Chieftain See LIBRARY, Page A9