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Issue No. 24
September 30, 2015
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Public to meet police chief applicants
Selection committee narrows candidate roster down from nine to three finalists
ENTERPRISE — The
City of Enterprise has select-
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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.
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whom are law enforcement
veterans, include:
• James Episcopo, travel-
ing the farthest from Brook-
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• 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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