Wallowa County Chieftain
News
wallowa.com
October 21, 2015
Forests seeking
project proposals
NYFD FIREFIGHTER VISITS C ARPET O NE
Congress
reauthorizes act
to encourage
improvements
By Wallowa County Chieftain
Rob Ruth/Chieftain
Tim Duffy, third from left, a retired New York Fire Department firefighter whose career ended as a result of the dust
he inhaled on 9-11, poses with employees of the Carpet One store in Enterprise on Sept. 23. Duffy came to town to
thank Carpet One employees on behalf of Building for America’s Bravest, a program of the Stephen Sillers Tunnels
to Towers Foundation. The program raises funds to build specially adapted homes for catastrophically injured
American service members, and Carpet One has been a contributor to the cause. Duffy said he was visiting at least
seven other Carpet One stores in the Northwest. More information about the program can be found at ourbravest.
org. Carpet One employees pictured with Duffy include, from left, Dan Helmer, Jared Bedard, Ray Norman, Susan
Norman, and Chris Stauffer.
The Wallowa-Whitman,
Malheur and Umatilla Nation-
al Forests are seeking project
proposals to be funded under
the Secure Rural Schools and
Community Self-Determina-
tion Act.
The act was reauthorized for
two more years by Congress.
The federal legislation en-
courages indiYiduals, non-pro¿t
organizations, local govern-
ments, and others to propose
projects that restore watersheds,
decommission or maintain
roads, control noxious weeds,
or otherwise improve the condi-
tion of the forest.
Mayor Dennis Sands
was happy to sign off on the
proclamation, saying he first
heard of the “day of giving”
from Portland’s Kris Ander-
son, co-author of the book
“State of Giving.” Ander-
son learned of the generous
nature of Wallowa Coun-
ty citizens through Sands’
youngest son, who lives in
Portland.
“She (Anderson) sent me
an email and said they’d be
kicking off their campaign
toward the end of October
and she wanted to know if
I’d present the idea to the
city council with the idea
of a proclamation,” Sands
said. “We passed the procla-
mation and I sent her a copy
of it, she sent out a press re-
lease about it.”
This is not a one-time
proclamation for the city. It
is to be celebrated in perpe-
tuity. Sands said the resolu-
tion is to raise awareness for
giving.
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DIRECTOR: McNerney
brings leadership to job
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She spent the next 10
years under great managers
and mentors who taught her
leadership skills that included
the importance of evaluating
employee strengths for the
purpose of delegating respon-
sibility. After 13 years, she
left as a senior manager with
the goal of eventually running
a non-pro¿t.
McNerney left in the
middle of the recession but
landed a six-week job with
Oregon Public Broadcasting
that ended up lasting over 10
months as she learned fund-
raising skills and communi-
cation planning while also
hardening her resolve to run
a non-pro¿t.
McNerney heard about
the Fishtrap director position
through a Facebook page
called “Portland’s Emerging
Arts Leaders.” She was al-
ready familiar with Fishtrap
and the area as her best friend
lives in Wallowa County.
“, remember the ¿rst time
I came here I said, ‘I’d really
love to live here if I can just
¿gure out a way to make a
living doing it,’” McNerney
said.
The prospective Fishtrap
Director mulled over the job
for some time before ¿nally
putting in an application.
“I wanted to make sure I
was ready to relocate and I
had to dig deep and make sure
this is really what I wanted to
do,” she explained.
While it may seem a
stretch for someone with a
music background to run a
writing non-pro¿t, McNerney
has no qualms.
“What I bring to this job
is a passion for the subject. I
grew up in the west, and what
struck me about the Fishtrap
message was that the voices
of the west are different than
voices from other parts of the
world, and it really and truly
is a distinct voice,” she said.
McNerney is also looking
forward to understanding the
disparate voices in the west.
“When you talk about the
west, our de¿nition of the
west is very different from
someone who lives in New
Mexico, and I‘d like to see
how Fishtrap reaches and en-
courages these different voic-
es. For me, when I think of
the west, I don’t necessarily
think of cowboys; I think of
open spaces,” she said.
When adding writing,
reading and storytelling from
the western world that Mc-
Nerney loves is put into a sin-
gle job, she says passion for
the job is easy to come by.
“What I bring to this job is
my pretty good track record
of leadership and team build-
ing and other areas they’re
looking for. I know how to
get the word out to people,”
she said.
Personnel satisfaction is a
priority for McNerney.
“When you have people
who are as driven and talent-
ed as some of the people on
this staff, you have to make
sure they’re doing the things
that really make them want to
come to work every day,” she
said.
For the moment, McNer-
ney is in the process of mov-
ing and looking forward to
her of¿cial ¿rst day of Oct.
28 when her western adven-
ture begins.
“The west, and particu-
larly the Northwest of Ore-
gon, Idaho, Washington and
Montana are very attractive
to writers because we’re sto-
rytellers out here - it’s part
of our tradition,” McNerney
said.
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Proposed projects do not
need to be implemented on
Forest Service lands, but must
show a bene¿t to national forest
resources.
Project proposals for ¿s-
cal year 2016 funding are due
electronically by November 16.
Application forms, instructions,
and submission guidelines can
be found online at www.fs.usda.
gov/main/wallowa-whitman/
workingtogether/advisorycom-
mittees.
Another round of applica-
tions for project proposals will
be reviewed in 2017.
Eligible project proposals
submitted to the Wallowa-Whit-
man, Malheur and Umatilla Na-
tional Forests will be reviewed
by the Northeast Oregon Forests
Resource Advisory Committee.
The committee will pro-
vide forest supervisors with a
list of projects recommended
for funding.
Inspections
Chimney Sweeping
Tuck Pointing
Weather Proofing
Masonry
Relining
Caps Sales
Pressure Washing
Dryer Vent Cleaning
GIVING: Council signs proclamation
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Cole Hafer
Wallowa High School
Cole Hafer is the son of Tom and
Tara Hafer. He is a senior at Wallowa
High School who is a leader in our
athletic programs. Cole is co-captain
of the football team, a varsity
basketball player and a varsity
baseball player. Cole’s character is
most notable. He is a genuinely nice
and respectful student. He is fun to be
around and his enthusiasm leads in the
classroom. This year his contributions
to the new engineering and design
program has been stellar.
Wallowa High School is proud to put
Cole forward as student of the month.
The Student of the Week is chosen for
academic achievement and community
involvement. Students are selected
by the administrators of
their respective schools.