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Wallowa County Chieftain News wallowa.com Wilderness designation opposition strengthens By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain Wallowa County Com- missioners have added their protest to that of State Rep- UHVHQWDWLYH *UHJ :DOGHQ DQG county courts from 13 other 2UHJRQ FRXQWLHV ² SURWHVW- LQJ WKH PRYH E\ WKH 2UHJRQ Natural Desert Association to carve off 2.5 million acres of Malheur County as a wilder- ness area. That area, Walden VDLG LV ³ODUJHU WKDQ WKH VWDWHV of Rhode Island and Connecti- FXWFRPELQHG´ The county encompasses 6.5 million acres. The Owyhee Canyonlands Conservation Proposal would set aside both lands and hun- dreds of miles of wild and scenic rivers in a county that already has 4.5 million acres (73 percent of the land in the county) under federal man- DJHPHQW Malheur County Soil and Water Conservation District 0DQDJHU /LQGD 5RZH ZKR opposes the monument pro- posal, said that 2.5 million DFUHVZRXOGHTXDOSHUFHQW of the county. 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The Malheur County Court had already spent two years GHYHORSLQJDQDOWHUQDWLYH:LO- derness Area in the southern part of Malheur County con- VLVWLQJRIDFUHV$IIHFW- ed ranchers and the Malheur County Court endorsed that proposal Sean Ellis of Capital Press contributed to this story. October 28, 2015 A5 B IGHORN GOES TO TOWN Courtesy photo Former Enterprise resident Celeste Bauck snapped this shot of a bighorn sheep last week along Highway 82 headed for Joseph, less than half a mile east of Enterprise. MCCOLGAN: Pope Francis breaks mold Continued from Page A4 When asked whether a public RI¿FLDOKDGWKHULJKWWRGLVREH\D law she believed to be unethical, Pope Francis answered yes, al- WKRXJKKHFKRVHQRWWRDGGUHVV the particular circumstances re- lated to Davis. 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John McColgan resides in Joseph. FFA teams hone leadership VNLOOVDW&DPS(ONDQDK FRQGXFWHG D VLPSOH H[HU- also had the opportunity to FLVH ZKLOH WKLQNLQJ SRVLWLYH ZDWFK KRPHFRPLQJ DFWLYL- WKRXJKWV 7KHQ WKH\ WULHG WLHV H[SORUH WKH WRZQ KLNH The Greenhand and Ad- DJDLQ WR OLIW WKH SHUVRQ at Wallowa Lake and drive vanced Joseph FFA officer FRQWLQXLQJ WR WKLQN SRVLWLYH WKHVFHQLFURXWHWKURXJK3LQH teams took a bus to Camp WKRXJKWV 7KH JURXSV RIWHQ (DJOHWR1\VVD (ONDQDKIRUWKHDQQXDOWZR IRXQG WKDW HPSOR\LQJ SRVL- day District Leadership WLYH WKLQNLQJ PDGH LW HDVLHU Camp on Oct. 11-12. the second time around. The event was a chance Former state FFA officer IRURIILFHUVIURPWKH(DVWHUQ Keith Nantz, a rancher out of 2UHJRQ))$'LVWULFWWRPHHW Maupin, served as keynote with state officers to partic- speaker. ipate in workshops and de- After the camp, FFA State velop leadership skills. President Luis Mendoza There were about 150 stu- and Treasurer Alyssa Smith GHQWVLQDOOIURP-RVHSK(Q- came to Joseph to teach Spyware Removal & More terprise, Cove, Imbler, Wal- workshops to all the Joseph 541-426-0108 lowa, North Powder, Pine DJULFXOWXUH VWXGHQWV RQ 2FW 110 W. Main Enterprise (DJOH %DNHU /D *UDQGH 'XULQJ WKHLU YLVLW WKH\ (OJLQDQG8QLRQ 'XULQJ WKH FDPS RIILFHUV were asked to limit the ac- tivity within their chapters to help develop communication and teamwork skills. $PRQJ WKH PDQ\ ZRUN- UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP! shops offered by the camp ZDV RQH IRFXVLQJ RQ WKH power of positive think- LQJ LQ ZKLFK IRXU SHRSOH Anita, 541-398-1335 • Panky, 503-799-5973 attempted to lift up anoth- HU SHUVRQ HDFK XVLQJ RQO\ 102 W McCully St. Joseph WZR ILQJHUV $IWHU WKLV WKH\ By Annie Story For The Chieftain Time for a Computer Tuneup? 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