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Sports/Outdoors
wallowa.com
August 26, 2015
Wallowa County Chieftain
COURT: 2016 crown contenders chosen
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After high school, Taylor
plans to attend Portland State
University and earn a degree
in physical therapy.
One of Taylor’s referenc-
es states, “Taylor’s speaking
ability, riding ability and dedi-
cation combined with her per-
sonality will help make Chief
Joseph Days continue to look
its best.”
• Lauren Makin loves pro-
moting rodeo and can’t wait
to “dress up, meet people,
learn new skills, see the sights
and have the honor of rep-
resenting the most amazing
community.”
She’s 16 years old and a ju-
nior at Joseph Charter School.
Lauren is the daughter of Bry-
an and Kit Makin of Wallowa.
Lauren enjoys riding and
showing her horse and raising
and showing cattle for 4-H
and FFA. She’s a 2015 East-
ern Oregon Livestock Show
Princess, FFA Greenhand
Treasurer/Star
Greenhand/
Historian/Reporter, Sopho-
more Class Vice President
and Student Body Treasurer,
Junior Class President, 4-H
club president for three years,
BOGEYS: Tourney
winners take home
locally made goods
received 4-H County medals
in both horse and livestock,
4-H Dad Potter 3-step award,
and 2015 Offensive Player in
basketball. She rode her Quar-
ter Horse gelding, Boomer, in
the riding competition for the
CJD court.
After high school Lau-
ren plans to attend EOU and
focus on a career as a dental
hygienist.
One of Lauren’s referenc-
es states, “Lauren is always
able to solve problems with
ease and motivate people in a
well-balanced manner. Lau-
ren’s ideas, leadership and am-
bition are respected by peers,
teachers, children and mem-
bers of the community alike.”
• Sarah Aschenbrenner
looks forward to being on the
Chief Joseph Days court and
expanding her horsemanship
career. She’s also excited to
interact and reach out to new
people. Her time on the CJD
court will be spent eagerly
promoting Wallowa County,
Chief Joseph Days and the
sport of rodeo.
She’s 16 years old and a ju-
nior at Enterprise High School.
Her parents are Chad and Cin-
di Aschenbrenner. She is ap-
preciative of her parents’ and
grandparents’ support for all
her activities.
Sarah has three strong pas-
sions in her life — sports, FFA
and academics. Her favorite
sport is basketball. Sarah’s
achievements include lettering
in varsity basketball her fresh-
man year, outstanding member
of the Enterprise FFA Chapter
for two years, member of the
National Honors Society, Ex-
cellence in English II award,
and she received the 4-H Dad
Potter 3-step award. She rode
her 19-year-old Quarter Horse
mare, Kat, in the riding com-
petition for the CJD court.
After high school Sarah is
interested in Medical Imaging
Technology in hopes of be-
coming an ultrasound techni-
cian. She is also interested in
Veterinary Medicine. She is
considering several schools:
OIT in Klamath Falls, IIT in
Boise or TVCC in Ontario.
One of Sarah’s references
stated, “Sarah’s work ethic is
stellar. She is coachable and
inquisitive. Besides being an
able and passionate horse-
woman, Sarah is also an en-
gaging public speaker and a
good teammate.”
SWIM: Friends take on lake
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“Well, I’ve been wanting
to do that for several years.
We swam the width and back.
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canned goods were present- The lake’s always been here,
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Joining the out-of-towners, scores: Low Gross, Carrie swim the length. Brian Con-
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also signed up. It turned out to 60. Individual club scores: La summer while he’s here, and I
be a great group.
Grande — Gross, Cally Goss, mentioned I had the same no-
Tourney day was a warm 87; Net, Marilyn Fallow, 77. tion. So I’ve been training,
one, but golfers sunscreened Buffalo Peak — Gross, Mary- swimming in the lake to prac-
up. Six teams of three and Lynn Townsend, 113. Alpine tice, and we decided to do it
one team of four kept fairway Meadows — Gross, Carol Saturday.”
He added, “It was my 60th
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scores were handed in. Over rett/Rochelle Danielson, 70. birthday this April, and I had
a lunch of crisp salads and Additional Awards/Flight One to do something to mark it.
refreshing strawberry lemon- and Two: KP, Carrie Wallace, We both love this lake tre-
ade, served in the clubhouse, MaryLynn Townsend; Closest mendously, and it was one
gals regaled in stories of ex- to the Line, Carol Marr, Ro- way for us both to enjoy it.
traordinary shots, of mulli- chelle Danielson; Long Drive, It was exhilarating to start
gans, trees, water, and any- Cally Goss, Tori Suto; Long swimming and just continue
thing else that obstructed the Putt, Cheri Lamb, Amy Stan- and continue until you’re just
gel; 50/50 Pot, Kathy Reyn- exhausted.”
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never any good,” Jerry
Hayes said.
After one more lap, the
car was driven into the pit
with blue smoke coming
from the exhaust pipe. “Af-
ter we unbuttoned the hood
it was so hot, you couldn’t
stand by it,” Hayes said.
After the engine cooled,
the Hayes crew found a hole
in the block where much of
the head gasket had melted.
Hayes said the gasket was
one of several failures the
engine suffered.
After the engine was tak-
en apart it was discovered
that one valve was destroyed
as well as two pistons in
addition to the head gasket.
Hayes said the high tempera-
ture at the track probably
contributed to the catastro-
phe as several other racers
reported engine temperature
problems.
The Hayes team went
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build to the weakest link,
because otherwise you blow
everything up,” Hayes said.
About half the engine is
brand new and took about
six weeks to build.
The team got the motor
replaced in time for the next
race in Wenatchee, Wash.
“We did OK in the race, but
the new motor, the RPMs
and the rear end weren’t
meshing together yet, so we
were off pace a bit,” Hayes
said. Even so, the team was
in ninth place in Wenatchee
with only five laps remain-
ing, when the engine blew
a header. “We pulled her
in, and we didn’t have time
to fix it. We’d passed other
cars during the race, but they
were still running, so we
ended up 11th. Not bad, con-
sidering it was a new motor
that hadn’t been fired up,”
Hayes said. He added that
anything out of the top 10
is a disappointment for the
team.
The new motor is a
four-cylinder Ford 2300
pushing about 310 horse-
power with the added racing
modifications. “It cost us a
race putting the new engine
together, and it put us behind
in points, but we’re still run-
ning 11th among 32 cars,”
Hayes said.
The team’s next race is a
non-points race in Meridian,
Idaho, on Aug. 29. The sea-
son’s final race is Sept. 19 at
Ephrata, Wash.
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The Wallowa County Fair Fat Stock Sale had a very successful year. The support given
by the community each year continues to be exceptional. A large number of volunteers and com-
munity members come together to support the culmination of the 4-H and FFA members educa-
tional year. There are several entities that have special talents or businesses that are very seldom
known for how critical they are to the success of the sale operations. We want to recognize these
folks for their continued support throughout the years.
First is Beef Northwest. For numerous years, Beef Northwest has supplied the floor for
the beef. In addition, they have added $50 per steer to each 4-H/FFA member’s check for many
years. Beef Northwest works with the OSU Extension Office before and after the sale to ensure all
of proper paperwork is prepared for the steer’s slaughter. They supply all of the contact with the
slaughter facility and coordinate the collection of the carcass data. Furthermore, upon receiving
the carcass data, they work with the OSU Extension Office to interpret it; ensuring quality com-
pleteness of the data, which can then be passed onto members.
Second, we would like to thank Auctioneers Justin Nedrow and Lyle Dawson. Justin
travels to our sale, arriving just in time, after he has auctioned the Baker County Fair Sale, which
ended approximately 2 hours before our sale. Lyle travels all the way from Northern California to
support our sale. Both have contributed their talents to the fair and sale for many years.
Intermountain Livestock supplies the floor for hogs, sheep and goats. Intermountain
supports the various fairs around Northeast Oregon mixing and matching the livestock, helping us
find an outlet.
Finally at this time we would like to thank Farm Supply Distributors Inc. and Del Stan-
ley, driver. For the past few years Farm Supply has contributed the use of the truck, and Del has
donated his time to haul the livestock to their destinations. The first trip usually leaves the fair-
grounds in the middle of the night after the sale, returning and leaving the next evening with an
additional trip.
There are many, many more who contribute to the success of the Wallowa County Fat
Stock Sale. Please include those listed, and all the others in your thanks as you meet them in your
daily lives.
Sincerely,
Wallowa County Fair Board; Auction Committee; Wallowa County OSU Extension Service;
Wallowa County 4-H; and Wallowa County FFA