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2015 FOOTBALL PREVIEW INSIDE. Page A9 Enterprise, Oregon www.wallowa.com Issue No. 20 COUNTY FIRES DOWNGRADED September 2, 2015 $1 DOGS DOWNED ‘PROBABLE WOLF ATTACK’ INJURES TWO Steve Tool/Chieftain One of the sprinklers spraying down the home of Derek and Cindy Bowker on Hurricane Creek Road during the Falls Creek Fire. 61 homes in the area were on Evacuation Levels 1 or 2. Falls Creek ¿ re ¿ ]]les By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain 7he )allV CreeN ¿ re, whiFh threatened some 61 homes on or near +urriFane CreeN 5oad, is no lonJer reFoJni]ed as a threat by the U.S. Forest SerYiFe as of the morninJ of $uJ. 0. 7he ¿ re was ¿ rst re ported durinJ the early morn inJ hours of $uJ. 22 by a hiN er near the FonÀ uenFe of Falls and 1ational FreeNs. 7houJh the bla]e neY er reaFhed oYer 00 aFres in si]e, it was Fonsidered a maMor threat beFause of hiJh tem peratures, low humidity and its pro[imity to homes and struF tures in the Upper +urriFane Creek Road area. As a safety preFaution for ¿ re¿ Jhters and emerJenFy serYiFes personnel, upper +urriFane Creek Road was Flosed to all traf¿ F e[ Fept residents, ¿ re¿ JhtinJ and Founty serYiFes personnel. See BLAZE, Page A7 Courtesy photo Looking out from the Troy area at a panoramic view of the Grizzly Bear Complex Fire. *ri]]ly %ear ¿ re evaF levels lowered National Guard arrives to help defend structures, widen fire lines By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain 7he U.S. Forest SerYiFe e[peFts to haYe the ,1 aFre *ri]]ly %ear Comple[ ¿ re wrapped up by the end of 2Ftober, aFFordinJ to ,nFident Command. As of Tuesday, Sept. 1, the ¿ re was 20 perFent Fontained and the winds of Saturday and Sunday had not Freated the problems feared. ³,t brouJht down some trees and snags and we had an antenna tower blown over at a spike Famp at Fry 0eadows, but it¶s all baFk to normal,´ said 0ark Wilkening, publiF information of¿ Fer for the ,n Fident Command. All evaFuation levels have been lowered by one degree in all ]ones, he said. Areas un til reFently at /evel Troy, *rouse Flats, (den %enFh area will beFome /evel 2. Ar eas reFently at /evel 2 Asotin County north and east of %og gan¶s 2asis and %ig %utte be Fome /evel 1. The evaFuation warning has been lifted from areas that were previously /evel 1. Troy is still rated an (vaFu ation /evel 2 beFause of ¿ re off to the north, Wilkening said. See GRIZZLY, Page A7 Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Tom the Border Collie got roughed-up and bruised on his head (note roughed-up cheek) and his “nether regions” but is doing much better. He’s happy to see just about anyone, but didn’t like going into the exam room for a photo. ” WE JUST DON’T HAVE ENOUGH DATA ON THE WENAHA AREA WOLVES TO KNOW THEM. ... THEY’RE THE LEAST VISIBLE PACK. Bruce Eddy, ODFW East Region Manager By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain O n the morning of Aug. 26, %uFk 0atthews, manager of the AnFhor %ar RanFh on *rouse Flats outside of Troy, went out to meet his ranFh hand, Josh 0arkeson, so the two Fould return to rounding up their 00 Fows trapped between ¿ res on (den %enFh. %ut another disaster Fonfronted him as he stepped out the door. Two of his Fattle dogs, 10year old %order Collie.elpie ³SFooter,´ and 2yearold %order Collie ³Tom´ had been attaFked. ³SFooter Fould hardly stand up and was in shoFk,´ said %uFk¶s wife, Chelsea 0atthews. ³Tom was limp ing and moving slow.´ See ATTACK, Page A7 Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Scooter, 10, suffered bites to his shoulders and was “roughed up top to bottom” vet tech Darcy Moncrief said. Scooter now sports three drainage tubes in his shoulders. Juniper Jam books a dozen musical acts ” Festival focuses on original songs (1T(R3R,S( ² The sev enth annual Juniper Jam, a fundraiser for the Wallowa 9alley 0usiF AllianFe, will ¿ ll the Wallowa 9alley Fair grounds with musiF all day on Saturday, Sept. 5. %illed as ³the sweetest lit tle musiF festival in (astern 2regon,´ the musiFal genres presented at Juniper Jam are varied, although the Fommon thread is original musiF ± honoring the songs and their writers. This fun¿ lled day of musiF starts at 1 p.m. and Fontinues nonstop on two stages, all day until about 10 p.m.. Festivalgoers will enMoy many styles of musiF inFlud Courtesy photo Dustin Hamman, right, is front for Run On Sentence, described as “an ever-evolving musical project.” Emphasis is on lyrics. ing folk, Fountry, AmeriFana, roFk and blues, as well as great food and drink, plus Fhildren¶s aFtivities. ³We are pretty e[Fited about the lineup of musiFians this year,´ says festival direF tor Janis Carper. From Reno, WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE LINEUP OF MUSICIANS THIS YEAR. 1ev., Jelly %read brings a sound that melds elements of altroFk with soul and funk, yet is thoroughly steeped in roFkAmeriFana. They fea ture four part harmonies, solid drum and bass grooves, swampy lap steel guitar, and take¶emtoFhurFh organ. Juniper Jam alumni Si mon TuFker returns to the festival main stage this year with a full band, showFas ing his virtuosiF guitar skills and soulful voiFe on material rooted in blues, soul and gos pel. TuFker grew up in /ew iston, ,daho, and spends time between there and 3ortland. Janis Carper, festival director ³,t wouldn¶t be Juniper Jam without a string band,´ adds Carper. 9isiting from the 3uget Sound of Washington, The %laFkberry %ushes is a 1orth west aFoustiF AmeriFana and bluegrass band whose sound falls somewhere between *illian WelFh and the ,nfa mous Stringdusters. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Jes Raymond and ¿ ddle virtuo so Jakob %reitbaFh form the Fore of this ¿ vepieFe band that also inFludes upright bass, mandolin and banMo. See FESTIVAL, Page A7