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Wallowa County Chieftain News wallowa.com December 16, 2015 A5 Greenhands show sale skills Wallowa Dam irrigation company withdraws water right application By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain +HDGV XS DJULFXOWXUDO FRPSDQLHV Enterprise FFA Greenhands came home IURP WKH 'HF $J 6DOHV DQG 6HUYLFH &DUHHU'HYHORSPHQW(YHQWLQ%DNHUZLWK the top award. In all, 11 schools in the FFA district FRPSHWHG LQ WKH HYHQW ZKLFK WHVWV VWX- dent skills in the areas of sales and sell- ing, dealing with customer concerns, prospecting for new customers, under- VWDQGLQJ DGYHUWLVLQJ DQG WHOHSKRQH RU- dering. 6WXGHQWV ZKR FRPSHWH LQ WKH HYHQWV must be able to think on their feet and be skilled at handling customers respectful- O\6WXGHQWVFKRRVHDFDWHJRU\WKH\OLNH to compete in. learn the skills required to work within that category and then demonstrate that skill by tackling a sce- QDULRWKH\DUHJLYHQMXVW¿YHPLQXWHVEH- fore they perform. )RU H[DPSOH LI WKH\ DUH GHPRQVWUDW- ing their skill in customer relations the VFHQDULRPD\EH Joe comes into your store angry be- cause he bought a hedge trimmer and the HQJLQH VHL]HG XS +H ZDQWV KLV PRQH\ back. In this scenario the student has to go through a process of sympathizing with the customer and agreeing it’s a problem, TXHVWLRQLQJWKHFXVWRPHUWR¿QGRXWZKDW timated 12,000 acre feet more than is currently being stored. The problem has been how The irrigation company to pay for the work, estimated to that owns the dam at Wallowa cost $15 million. ADC has pro- Lake has temporarily with- posed selling about 4,200 acre drawn a water right application feet annually of the renewed Courtesy photo The Enterprise High School FFA Greenhand Team took First place in the Ag Sales that is part of its plan to pay for storage capacity to downstream and Service Competition in Baker. Left to right, front row: Jalyn Barney, Shelby rehabilitating the structure by users. Buyers might include Moncrief, MacKiah Tarvin, Lexi Gassett and Deidre Schreiber. Left to right back: selling some of the water from RWKHU LUULJDWLRQ RXW¿WV LQGXV- Karli Bedard, Dylan Marr, Justus Even and Riley Masters. its increased storage capacity. trial users or community water Associated Ditch Compa- V\VWHPV+RFNHWWVDLG Farmers and others in the caused the problem, coming up with a .DUOL %HGDUG WRRN ¿UVW DQG /H[L *DV- QLHV ,QF IRUPHG E\ ¿YH LUUL- solution that is satisfactory to both the sett took second in Telephone Ordering; gation ditch companies that Umatilla Basin are pursuing customer and the company, asking for 0DF.LDK7DYLQWRRN¿IWKLQ6DOHV3UHVHQ- originally built the dam nearly ways to recharge aquifers and the receipt, and then trying to sell an ad- WDWLRQ'\ODQ0DUUWRRNVL[WKDQG-DO\Q 100 years ago, will renew its KDYH H[SUHVVHG LQWHUHVW LQ %DUQH\ WRRN HLJKWK LQ$GYHUWLVLQJ -XV- application to the state Water drawing water from the Co- ditional product. “The students are judged by actual WXV(YHQWRRNVL[WKDQG6KHOE\0RQFULHI Resources Department in 2016, OXPELD5LYHUIRUWKDWSXUSRVH business people,” said Enterprise Vo-Ag WRRNHOHYHQWKLQ&XVWRPHU5HODWLRQVDQG SURMHFWPDQDJHU'DYH+RFNHWW ,QWKHSDVWWKH\¶YHPHQWLRQHG WHDFKHU 6WHSKDQLH 6FKR¿HOG ³7HDFKHUV 'HLGUH 6FKUHLEHU WRRN ¿IWK DQG 5LOH\ said. LQFUHDVHGÀRZWKDWPLJKWFRPH The decision is another de- IURPWKH:DOORZD5LYHULIWKH draw from the community and bring 0DVWHUVWRRNWKLUWHHQWKLQ3URVSHFWLQJ (QWHUSULVH DOVR ¿HOGHG DQ DGYDQFHG tour in a long-running commu- dam is repaired. The Wallowa MXGJHVZLWKWKHP:HKDYHSHRSOHIURP team made up of Wade Isley, Darby Gas- nity argument. Federal inspec- ÀRZV LQWR WKH 0LQDP 5LYHU Banks, Coops, farms and ranches.” The Enterprise FFA Chapter Green- VHWW 0DF.LDK 7DUYLQ :KLWQH\ (YDQV tors, citing the possibility of a which joins the Grand Ronde hands competed against nine other teams. Claire Beck, and Georgia Falk. They EUHDFKKDYHUHVWULFWHGWKHGDP 5LYHUWKHQLQWRWKH6QDNHDQG operators to storing about 72 ¿QDOO\WKH&ROXPELD 7KH LQGLYLGXDO DZDUGV ZHUH DV IROORZV SODFHGVL[WKRYHUDOO percent of the water it could po- $'&¶V SODQ WR ¿QDQFH WKH tentially hold. Associated Ditch repairs by selling water is op- Companies, or ADC, maintains posed by community mem- that rehab work will allow it to EHUV ZKR EHOLHYH WKH ZDWHU UHDFKWKHGDP¶VSUHYLRXVO\DX- should be retained for local the quarter I’ll draw for a prize,” thorized storage capacity, an es- EHQH¿W 6FKR¿HOGVDLG³,I,GRP\SDUW and make sure I do the drawing at the end of the class it works really well.” 6RZHOOLQIDFWWKDWVKHWRRN the idea to the Oregon Vocation- al Ag Teachers Conference and submitted it in a contest called “Ideas Unlimited.” ³$J WHDFKHUV IURP DOO RYHU Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Enterprise Vo-Ag teacher Stephanie Schofield took this the state bring their ideas and do simple crafting idea and turned it into an award winning D OLWWOH EULHI VWDQGXS H[SODQD- solution to cellphones in the classroom. WLRQDQGWKHWHDFKHUVYRWHRQWKH LGHDV´VKHH[SODLQHG Re-purposed pockets won Now that the pocket pan- the pocket panel. “If you knew me, you would els are up, all it takes to make DQG 6FKR¿HOG EURXJKW KRPH know I absolutely didn’t make the idea work is dedication and a plaque. “I think the reason why it WKRVH SRFNHWV´ 6FKR¿HOG VDLG UHPHPEHULQJ WKH LQFHQWLYHV ZRQ LV EHFDXVH YHU\ WHDFKHU WINE, BEER, CIDER, VERMOUTH & APERITIFS “I just put on the Facebook page 6FKR¿HOGVDLG 112 W Main St. Enterprise, OR • 541-426-0285 has trouble with cellphones,” 7KHLQFHQWLYHLVDSUL]H I needed that and it just showed Mon-Fri 11-6 and Sat 11-5 • dandelionwines.com “If they come in and put their 6FKR¿HOGVDLG up.” The late Nicole Wynn and phone in there at the end of class Natalie Wilsey made the pocket I draw a number and they get DUDIÀHWLFNHWDQGDWWKHHQGRI panels. Wallowa County By Eric Mortenson Capital Press Enterprise teacher dials up a great idea Schofield wins education award for repurposed pockets By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain Enterprise Vo-Ag teacher 6WHSKDQLH 6FKR¿HOG VDZ WKH craft project online and some- thing just clicked. “I thought it would work,” she said. What she’d seen was a craft- er’s idea for turning jeans pock- ets into a wall of little storage bins. +HUPRGL¿FDWLRQRIWKHLGHD was to repurpose the pockets and put students’ cellphones in those instead of their jacket pockets. With one wall of pockets she could eliminate much of the has- sle of keeping students focused on their work instead of their social life. “There’s always problems with phones,” she said. “Al- ways. But some students use their phones when the laptops are not connecting. And some- times I let them use their phones IRUWKLQJVOLNHVWXG\LQJ6SDQLVK YRFDEXODU\ ZKHQ WKH\¶UH GRQH with classwork) because it’s that kind of world we’re in — a tech- nological world.” Phones would go in there DW WKH VWDUW RI FODVV VKH ¿J- ured, and if there was free time VWXGHQWV FRXOG DVN WR UHWULHYH their phones, but the temptation would be clear across the room, rather than in their hoodie. 6R 6FKR¿HOG SXW RXW D FDOO on the Enterprise FFA web page for seamstresses willing to make HEALTH LINE TOYS FOR TOTS Nov 16th through Dec 17th. Collecting for boys & girls ages 1-12 Les Schwab will be participating with Enterprise Christian Church in the toy drive this year. Toy collection will begin November 16 th through December 17 th . Toys will be picked up December 20 th along with enough Les Schwab bags for each family. ECC will wrap and deliver gifts to the families. 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