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W ALLOWA C OUNTY BUSINESSES READY TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS ! PAGE 8 Enterprise, Oregon www.wallowa.com Issue No. 24 September 30, 2015 $1 Public to meet police chief applicants Selection committee narrows candidate roster down from nine to three finalists ENTERPRISE — The City of Enterprise has select- HGWKUHH¿QDOLVWVIRUWKHFLW\¶V vacant Chief of Police posi- tion, and the public is invited to meet that trio on Thursday. The city received 11 ré- sumés for the post, which were reviewed by three chiefs from outside the lo- cal area. Afterward, the city invited nine of those 11 sub- mitters to formally apply. 7KH WKUHH ¿QDOLVWV DOO RI whom are law enforcement veterans, include: • James Episcopo, travel- ing the farthest from Brook- ¿HOG ,OO \HDUV LQ WKH ¿HOG • Joshua Henningsen, from Clackamas, 15 years. • Gregory Peterson, from Redmond, 25-plus years. Enterprise Mayor Steve Lear, councilors Jenni Word and Larry Christman, who sit on the Police Committee, chose eight people to serve on a selection committee. Representation on the se- lection committee included councilors Word and Dave Elliott; Wallowa County 6KHULII¶V 2I¿FH %XLOGLQJ Health Families; Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness; Enterprise High School, the faith community, and a com- munity member at large. See VACANCY, Page A7 IN A GOOD SPACE DIVIDE CAMP WELCOMES WOUNDED VETS FOR BOW SEASON Chieftain file photo Sen. Bill Hansell, shown here in a file photo, spoke to a group of residents last Wednesday. Lawmakers give crash course in state politics By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain Senator Bill Hansell (R-Dist. 29) and Representa- tive Greg Barreto (R-Cove) gave a crowd of Wallowa County residents a crash course in the travails of Ore- gon Republican politicians last Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce Town Hall meet- ing. Hansell has been highly positioned in the Senate since his freshman year and serves on the Joint Ways and Means Committee and on two sub- committees of the Ways and Means: Natural Resources and Economic Development and Transportation. “Any legislation with money attached must go through the Joint Ways and Means Committee,” Hansell explained. “I cast 1,012 votes in the last session. In both houses there were 4,500 bills introduced. It’s like taking a GULQNRXWRID¿UHKRVH´ Unfortunately, although he’s well positioned to have a say, Hansell is in a super-mi- nority and it is the majority that calls the shots, he said. “We Republicans were called the ‘Road Kill Caucus,’” he said. “We’d go down to the legislature and get run over, and run over and run over.” See HANSELL, Page A5 Courtesy photo/Scott Stuart Before: Iraq war veteran Trevor Phillips draws back his bow with the aid of an adaptation device both he and Enterprise veteran Joshua Tarvin manufactured to allow Phillips’ use of the bow. By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain W here do veterans go who suffer the mental or physical wounds of war? Divide Camp, located about 22 miles from Jo- seph, offers one answer. The camp, located high in the mountains, allows veterans time and space to decompress IURPFRPEDWE\KXQWLQJ¿VKLQJUHÀHFWLRQ and a variety of other pursuits while staying in rustic but comfortable log cabins. With the advent of bow season, three veterans are enjoying the camp’s amenities. Ramiro Flores of Federal Way, Wash., is a combat-wounded veteran still on active duty who is taking time to reboot while on leave. MORE INFORMATION dividecamp.org 541-531-9939 Tom Walton of Myrtle Creek is an Afghani- stan war veteran, and Trevor Phillips, of On- alaska, Wash., saw duty in Iraq, where he lost the lower half of his right arm. Kyle Wieland is a veteran who stayed at the camp while hunting on private property elsewhere. Enterprise Iraq war veteran Joshua Tarvin was on hand to provide training in archery skills. In fact, he and Phillips worked together to create an adaptation that allows Phillips to draw and shoot a bow, using his teeth to acti- vate the device that releases the bowstring. After: Phillps’ 3D target suffers a mortal wound after the shot. See CAMP, Page A7 Courtesy photo/Scott Stuart Safe Harbors teaches public to recognize signs of abuse County blames White House, Congress for forest woes By Steve Tool By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain Wallowa County Chieftain Safe Harbors, Wallowa County’s ref- uge for victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault, has a message for Wallowa County: “We’re all-inclusive, and serve people of every demographic. Your gender, your race, your age, your religion or sexual orientation doesn’t matter. We’re here to be a safe place for you,” said new Safe Harbors director, $P\6WXEEOH¿HOG The organization has seen a number of recent changes, including Stefani Duncan taking over as sexual assault victim advo- cate and Jessi Howard in the role of mobile advocate. Howard is working on establish- ing outreach programs in Imnaha, Troy, Flora and Wallowa. “We want to look into JHWWLQJRI¿FHKRXUVLQ:DOORZDRU,PQDKD We need to let the communities know that we’ll be accessible to them,” Howard said. Howard also said that local businesses are getting involved with spreading the Safe Harbors message. During October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Sugar Time Bakery in Enterprise will daily up in the Willamette Valley, subsequently spending time in Las Vegas and Hawaii be- fore settling in Wallowa County in 2006 to ¿QLVKKHUVFKRROLQJDW(DVWHUQ2UHJRQ8QL- versity where she eventually received a bachelor’s degree in social work. Wallowa County Com- missioners have unanimously approved a resolution laying the blame for “the deplorable conditions for restoration or sustainability of the forest” on the President and Congress. Natural Resources Advisory Committee (NRAC) president Bruce Dunn presented the res- olution for approval at the com- missioners’ Sept. 21 regular meeting. The document states that although the Wallowa County Commissioners and NRAC had “engaged in collaboration, co- operation and coordination with Federal Agencies concerning forest health,” those processes had “not brought resolution to the deplorable conditions.” See REFUGE, Page A7 See RESOLUTION, Page A7 Steve Tool/Chieftain Part of the multi-talented Safe Harbors crew. From left: Stefani Duncan, Hannah Moulton, Director Amy Stubblefield, and Jessi Howard. sell treats featuring the domestic violence ribbon with a portion of the proceeds going to Safe Harbors. The organization also just received a new conference table thanks to a Wildhorse Foundation grant and Bronson Log Homes manufacturing the large pine table at a reduced cost. 6WXEEOH¿HOG WKH QHZ GLUHFWRU JUHZ