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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1943-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 2015)
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It is proving that with an immediate and growing outpouring of goodwill. Fund- raising efforts are multiplying online to help those left homeless. Local businesses are collecting donations of goods and money. The Fairgrounds has set up “shop” WRSURYLGHIUHHJRRGVIRU¿UHYLFWLPVWRKHOSSDWFKWKHP through an unbearably tough time. ³3HRSOHQRWWRXFKHGE\WKH¿UHDUHORRNLQJDWWKHLU homes and realizing they have much to share: clothing, furnishings, even school supplies for children facing a new school year amid bewildering loss. Individuals are stepping up with everything from pop bottle collections to art auctions, and the credit union is working on a plan for a fund that will be locally run and locally targeted to KHOSDOOWKH¿UHYLFWLPVZLWKRXWWKHRYHUKHDGWKDWPDUNV some large organizations’ efforts. “Animals also are sharing the love: The veterinary clinic and area ranchers have offered hay and pasture for livestock, and animal advocates here and as far as Pendleton and Baker City have offered food and supplies to help displaced pets. ³$VZHZULWHWKLVWKH¿UHFRQWLQXHVWRÀDUHDQGVSUHDG in the hills outside Canyon City. Across the county, signs DUHSRSSLQJXSWRJLYHWKDQNVWRWKH¿UH¿JKWHUVULVNLQJ WKHLUOLYHVWREDWWOHWKHEOD]H6RPHRIWKRVH¿UH¿JKWHUV and contractors are our neighbors, relatives and friends; they labor even as their own homes and property may be at risk or lost.” Information can be found :H¶UH FRQ¿GHQW WKDW on the Old West Federal :DOORZD &RXQW\ ZRXOG Credit Union website at ULVH WR WKH RFFDVLRQ VKRXOG www.oldwestfcu.org. ² *RG IRUELG ² ZH IDFH Donations can be sent to: Community Fire Relief GLVDVWHU RI WKDW VFDOH Fund ,Q WKH PHDQWLPH ZH FDQ Old West Federal Credit KHOS RXU QHLJKERUV LQ -RKQ Union 'D\ E\ FRQWULEXWLQJ WR WKH 650 W. Main St. IXQG HVWDEOLVKHG E\ 2OG :HVW John Day, OR 97845 )HGHUDO &UHGLW 8QLRQ Helping out USPS No. 665-100 P.O. 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