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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1943-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 2015)
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Volume 133 By Jon Rombach For The Chieftain Driving out of Wallowa County to the greater Portland-Gotham City area for 7KDQNVJLYLQJ ODVW ZHHN P\ UHÀHFWLRQV on what to be thankful for kept getting LQWHUUXSWHG E\ UDGLR DQQRXQFHUV VD\LQJ not to travel over the Blue Mountains that GD\LILWFRXOGEHDYRLGHG,NHSWWXUQLQJ WKHFKDQQHOWRJHWDEHWWHURXWORRNEXWUD- GLRDQQRXQFHUVZHUHXQDQLPRXVIURPDOO over the region, telling listerners to stay RIIWKHURDGVLISRVVLEOH0\OLVWRIQRP- inees for things to be thankful for began WR IRFXV PDLQO\ RQ VWXGGHG WLUHV VQRZ- SORZV WKH WUDYHO ZHEVLWH WULSFKHFNFRP DQG 'LFN 7UDF\ VPDUWSKRQH WHFKQRORJ\ that makes it possible to pull over next WRWKH2SHUD+RXVHLQ(OJLQWRVHHZKLFK route is less terrible — up and over Cab- EDJH+LOORUWKHVQHDNURXWHYLD7ROOJDWH <HDUVDJR,GURYHD-HHS&-IRUWKH VL[KRXU WULS WR WKH ZHVW VLGH ZKLFK LV MXVW D KRUULEOH LGHD DOO RQ LWV RZQ 7KLV WULSZDVLQZLQWHUZKLFKPDGHLWDQHYHQ ZRUVH WHUULEOH LGHD 7KDW MRXUQH\ RYHU &DEEDJH+LOODFFHOHUDWHGP\DJLQJSUR- FHVV DQ DYHUDJH RI RQHDQGDKDOI \HDUV IRU HYHU\ WHUULI\LQJ PLOH 9LVLELOLW\ ZDV somewhere between half to three-quar- WHUV RI DQ LQFK ,W ZDV VQRZLQJ VR KDUG it just seemed like the weather was angry AND FURTHERMORE Jon Rombach IRU QR JRRG UHDVRQ DQG WKH VQRZÀDNHV FRPLQJGRZQZHUHWKHVL]HRILQVXUDQFH FODLPV 7KH URDG VXUIDFH ZDV D VORSS\ PL[WXUHRILFHSDFNHGVQRZEDGPDQ- ners, loose marbles, used Band-Aids, worst nightmares and just a sliver of KRSH,PLJKWPDNHLWWRVHH3HQGOHWRQ 7KH SDUDGH RI VHPL WUXFNV EODVWLQJ E\ P\OLWWOH-HHSFUHDWHGWVXQDPLVRIVOXVK RIIWKHLUWLUHVHDFKWLPHWKH\VKRXOGHUHG E\SXVKLQJWKH-HHSDURXQGZLWKZDYHV RIFKXQN\LFHSLHFHVRIJUDYHODQGZKDW VRXQGHG OLNH VHFWLRQV RI EURNHQ WLUH FKDLQV ,W ZDV QRW UHOD[LQJ , GLG PDNH LWDFURVV2.EXWZDVQRWDEOHWRXQGR my grip on that steering wheel for sev- HUDOZHHNV+DGWRXQEROWLWDQGFDUU\LW DURXQGZLWKPHWKDWZKROHWLPH 7KLV \HDU WKH URDG FRQGLWLRQV RYHU Cabbage Hill sounded awfully similar to WKDW :RUVW 7ULS (YHU VR , ZDV WHPSWHG WRJR7ROOJDWH%XWWKHQDJDLQ,¶YHEHHQ OXUHGLQEHIRUHE\DFKHHUIXOUHDVVXULQJ winter road report for Highway 204, only WRJHWXSWKHUHDQG¿QGPD\KHPORRNLQJ OLNH WKH\¶G QHYHU KHDUG RI D VQRZSORZ FDUVDQGWUXFNVLQWKHGLWFKHVOLNHDVKXI- ÀHERDUG JDPH DQG LW ORRNHG OLNH WKH\ ZHUH ¿OPLQJ D ZLQWHU VFHQH IRU D QHZ 0DG0D[PRYLH ,W¶VJUHDWEHLQJWXFNHGDZD\XSKHUH LQWKHIDUULJKWFRUQHURIFLYLOL]DWLRQ1RW so great when you need to venture out ZLWK FUDSS\ URDGV 6XUH , JHWV WKH PRVWDWWHQWLRQIURPURDGFUHZVVDQGHUV DQGSORZV%XW\RXDOVRKDYHWRFRQVLGHU WKHQXPEHURIFUD]\SHRSOHLQWKHZRUOG and how most of them are in the next ODQHHYHU\WLPH,WU\WRJRRYHU&DEEDJH +LOOLQSRRUGULYLQJFRQGLWLRQV7ROOJDWH puts you out in the hinterlands, but there seems to be less shenanigans from oth- HU GULYHUV 7KHQ DJDLQ LI 7ROOJDWH JHWV SOXJJHGXSLW¶VSUREDEO\UHDOSOXJJHGXS ,WFDQEHDUHDOWRVVXS 7KLV \HDU , ZHQW7ROOJDWH DQG LW ZDV JUHDW 2QO\ RQH KD\ WUDLOHU VLWWLQJ DEDQ- GRQHG LQ WKH URDG 2WKHU WKDQ WKDW VPRRWK VDLOLQJ 6R WKLV 7KDQNVJLYLQJ DPLGDOOWKHJRRGYLEHVDERXWZKDWZH¶UH PRVWWKDQNIXOIRU,ZDVMXVWKDSS\WRQRW KDYHP\¿QJHUVSHUPDQHQWO\JULSSHGWR a steering wheel and when it was my turn WR PDNH D WRDVW , KDG WR JR DKHDG DQG UDLVHDJODVVRIVSDUNOLQJFLGHUWR7ROOJDWH FXWRII+HUH¶VWR\RX Jon Rombach is a local columnist for the Chieftain. Passing of the ‘greatest’ generation By Rich Wandschneider For The Chieftain ,RQFHDVNHG:RUOG:DU,,YHWHUDQ$O- YLQ -RVHSK\ DERXW 7RP %URNRZ¶V ERRN ³7KH*UHDWHVW*HQHUDWLRQ´ “Well,” he said, “the guys who wrote WKH&RQVWLWXWLRQZHUHQ¶WEDG´ $OYLQ ZDV ERUQ LQ DQG HQWHUHG WKH %LJ:DU DV D FRPEDW FRUUHVSRQGHQW ZKHQKHZDVDOPRVWIRUKLPDQGIRU many, it was the signature event in their OLYHV$FRXSOHRI\HDUVDJRZHFHOHEUDW- ed vets of that war and the women who stayed home, ran businesses and farms, welded in shipyards and waited for sons, brothers, friends and husbands, with an H[KLELWDWWKH-RVHSK\&HQWHU$OYLQKDG passed on, but we had a photo of him UHFHLYLQJ WKH %URQ]H 6WDU DQG D UHFRUG- LQJ KH PDGH RQ WKH LQYDVLRQ RI *XDP 9DQ9DQEODULFRPFDPHZLWKPHGDOVDQG memorabilia from the Marines, Biden 7LSSHWWZLWKDVKLS¶VORJDQG$JQHV5RE- HUWVZLWKVWRULHVDQGSLFWXUHVRIKXVEDQG ,YDQ DQG RI (QWHUSULVH GXULQJ WKH :DU %DUQH\/RFNHEURXJKWLQDXQLIRUPDQG ÀDJWKDWKLVIDWKHU*DUGQHUKDGEURXJKW EDFNIURPWKH3DFL¿FDQG'DQ'HERLHD 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