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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1943-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 2015)
OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH Enterprise, Oregon Issue No. 26 www.wallowa.com October 14, 2015 $1 0usiciaQ chaQgiQg preseQt b\ miQiQg past UP IN SMOKE Local country musician Budwig releasing LP By Steve Tool :allowa CouQt\ ChieftaiQ AQ\oQe who¶s serious about their couQtr\ music has to be shakiQg their heaGs watchiQg toGa\¶s couQtr\ music YiGeos *u\s populate the screeQ who look more comfortable iQ GesigQer shirts aQG MeaQs thaQ iQ /eYi¶s aQG cowbo\ boots Other gu\s wear shorts aQG GriQk girl\ cocktails as the\ warble awa\ about CaribbeaQ beaches aQG look like the\ speQG more time iQ the g\m thaQ iQGulgiQg iQ the wilG siGe of life :here are the 0erle +aggarGs, the *eorge -oQes,¶ the :a\loQs aQG :illies" :here caQ \ou ¿ QG real couQtr\" Bart BuGwig is a musiciaQ chaQgiQg the preseQt b\ miQiQg the past +is Qew album, ³7he 0ooQ aQG other 7hiQgs´ is gettiQg its iQitial release oQ aQ /3 or YiQ\l, Must oQe of BuGwig¶s QoGs to \esterGa\ BuGwig siQgs real couQtr\ about real people aQG GoesQ¶t apologi]e for it Enterprise field house catches fire, destroys football equipment See BUDWIG, Page A9 Courtesy photo/Bart Budwig “The Moon and other Things,” coming soon to a turntable near you. Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Firefighters from Enterprise and Joseph Fire Departments work in concert to contain the fire. EPD prepares for new Chief By Kathleen Ellyn Nike donates replacement gear for team By Kathleen Ellyn T :allowa CouQt\ ChieftaiQ he Ga\ before homecomiQg, 7hursGa\, Oct , the (Qterprise +igh 6chool (+6 football ¿ elG house was Gestro\eG b\ ¿ re, tak iQg all of the football eTuipmeQt aQG uQiforms with it B\ QooQ local busiQessmaQ *reg Bales, a pareQt of oQe of the football pla\ ers, haG calleG a frieQG who kQew a frieQG aQG Qew uQiforms were oQ the wa\ ³Bill +all, a laQGowQer iQ -oseph useG to work for 1ike,´ Bales saiG ³, calleG him aQG he calleG 1ike aQG 1ike has steppeG up 7he\ sa\ the\ caQ haYe Qew uQiforms to us b\ )riGa\´ B\ )riGa\ )ootball Booster Club 3res iGeQt aQG :restiQg Coach 7ro\ )arwell reporteG uQiform aQG shoe si]es were seQt to 1ike aQG Merse\s aQG shoes haG beeQ shippeG 7he school also orGereG Qew paGs aQG helmets 6ome items haG alreaG\ come iQ b\ )riGa\ afterQooQ ³7he team is hopiQg to get all the gear b\ Qe[t :eGQesGa\, Oct 14, so that a coQtact practice caQ take place before the home game agaiQst BurQs Oct 1,´ )arwell saiG A gofuQGme accouQt was also set up to replace the ¿ elG house ³AQ\ GoQatioQs to that, or Girectl\ to the (Qterprise (GucatioQal )ouQGatioQ See FIRE, Page A8 :allowa CouQt\ ChieftaiQ Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Principal Blake Carlsen and EHS Superintendent Brad Royse watch grimly as their football season goes up in smoke. (Qterprise 3olice Of¿ cer *eorge .ohl hepp has beeQ GoiQg Yigorous house cleaQ iQg iQ preparatioQ for his Qew Chief 7hat maQ, -ames (piscopo, has accept eG the cit\¶s coQGitioQal offer for the 3olice Chief positioQ aQG is e[pecteG to be back iQ the couQt\ iQ 1oYember to speQG time with .ohlhepp, complete the meGical aQG p\sch eYaluatioQs aQG be ¿ tteG for his bulletproof Yest (piscopo, a police lieuteQaQt aQG 2\ear law eQforcemeQt YeteraQ from Brook¿ elG, ,ll, YisiteG the couQt\ aQG, aloQg with two other ¿ Qalists, met with the public the ¿ rst of this moQth 7he iQterYiew committee met shortl\ afterwarG aQG was uQaQimous iQ se lectiQg (piscopo as the best ¿ t for the cit\ See CHIEF, Page A9 Oregon lawmakers to meet in Joseph Sen. Hansell organized another trip to observe potential issues for 2016 bills By Hillary Borrud Capital Bureau A group of state lawmakers from the :illamette 9alle\ will À \ out to (asterQ OregoQ later this moQth with a stop iQ -o seph aQG +ermistoQ 7he plaQ is to show case Qatural resources aQG other issues of local importaQce 6ome of those issues coulG be the sub Mect of legislatioQ iQ 201 aQG be\oQG 6eQ Bill +aQsell, 5AtheQa, saiG the iGea for the trip arose wheQ 6eQ (G warGs, '(ugeQe, was iQ towQ for the 3eQGletoQ 5ouQG8p ³Chris (GwarGs came out for the rouQGup, aQG we haG Must a great time to gether at the rouQGup,´ +aQsell saiG ³As part of our coQYersatioQ, , saiG, µ:e¶Ye loYe to iQYite \ou out here´ 6eQ Bets\ -ohQsoQ, '6cappoose, tolG +aQsell she waQteG to participate aQG woulG proYiGe her airplaQe to traQs port lawmakers (GwarGs, 6eQ *iQQ\ BurGick, '3ortlaQG 6eQ /ee Be\er, '6priQg¿ elG aQG possibl\ state 6eQ 0ark +ass, 'BeaYertoQ, will traYel to QortheasterQ OregoQ Oct 2 through 2 5ep *reg Barreto, 5CoYe, will also MoiQ the group Brett BrowQscombe, a Qatural re sources aGYiser to *oY .ate BrowQ, will atteQG, as will represeQtatiYes from the OregoQ 'epartmeQt of )ish aQG :ilG life, 'epartmeQt of )orestr\ aQG 'epart meQt of Agriculture, accorGiQg to 3res toQ 0aQQ, a spokesmaQ for the OregoQ +ouse 5epublicaQ Caucus ,t¶s Qot the ¿ rst time +aQsell facilitat eG a Yisit b\ lawmakers from west of the CascaGes ,Q 2014, +aQsell iQYiteG state 6eQ 0ichael 'embrow, '3ortlaQG, to Yisit the area iQ 2014 to learQ about the ecoQomic importaQce of agriculture 7he lawmakers might speQG the ¿ rst Ga\ iQ the +ermistoQ area, learQiQg about the traQsfer of famil\ farms from oQe geQeratioQ to aQother aQG a proMect to store water from the Columbia 5iYer to use for irrigatioQ OQ the secoQG Ga\ of the trip, law makers will À \ to -oseph aQG meet with people iQ the area about forest, wilG¿ re aQG wolf issues, +aQsell saiG +aQsell is e[ploriQg legislatioQ to aG Gress three wolfrelateG issues iQ 201 a possible remoYal of wolYes iQ Qortheast erQ OregoQ from the state eQGaQgereG species list, the reQewal of a ta[ creGit for people who lost liYestock to wolYes aQG a bill to allow people to kill wolYes that threateQ people Although the feGeral goYerQmeQt has GelisteG OregoQ wolYes iQ the area, the\ are still protecteG uQGer OregoQ¶s eQGaQgereG species law ³,f the\ sue oYer particular worGiQg iQ the wolf plaQ, we ma\ be able to Go a worGiQg ¿ [ to shore that up,´ +aQsell saiG ³,f there¶s Qo suit, theQ there¶s Qo QeeG for legislatioQ´ As for the liYestock loss iQcome ta[ creGit, +aQsell saiG it was ³lost iQ the shufÀ e´ at the eQG of the legislatiYe ses sioQ, aQG lawmakers alloweG it to e[pire