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Wallowa County Chieftain News wallowa.com A3 January 13, 2016 McDaniel set to take Police chief search attracts over blues festival deep pool of applicants \RX ¿QG D PRUH JRUJHRXV VHW- ting?” Wallowa County Chieftain Challenges on the horizon include getting an infusion of The Bronze Blues and youth. Brews Festival has a new face “We have a good solid in the director’s chair as secre- board that is really committed, tary/treasurer Wendy McDaniel but as life goes on and changes, moved up to co-direct the festi- we move on to different things. val with current director Chuck I think it’s important we get Garrett, who is retiring after the younger people involved so we 2016 event. can continue.” McDaniel is a native of Besides working on the Wallowa County who attend- festival’s 20th anniversary, ed the University of Oregon to McDaniel McDaniel is encouraging local obtain an accounting degree be- fore returning to this area. She one way or the other, no matter sponsors and citizens to get in- volved. didn’t grow up as a huge blues who’s sweating what.” “Become a part of it. Garrett’s laid-back style of fan; she credits her son Jesse for sparking her interest in the Garrett is something McDaniel Whether you want to become a volunteer or a board member, intends to continue. genre. “Chuck is an amazing peo- we’re always looking for help. The new director started out just attending the festival for ple person,” she said. “He’s People need to get behind us if the good times before joining very grounded and pretty mel- they want to see it continue.” McDaniel isn’t planning low. He handles people diplo- its board. any major changes in the near “I’ve attended the festival matically. “Chuck is a magician at future. for years. In fact, my husband ³:K\¿[ZKDWDLQ¶WEURNHQ" and I had our wedding party handling pressure situations, and he thinks quickly off the I think it’s an amazing festival, here,” she said. McDaniel decided to step top of his head. I’ve always ad- and we’re just going to contin- ue to bring good music acts into up her involvement in 2010, mired that about him.” McDaniel’s current the community. I take things when organizers were unable to strengths are her ability to han- I’m involved with pretty per- put on the festival. “If you want something to dle money and write grants — sonally and I just want it to go happen, you need to step in and she recently helped secure a well.” Longtime festival board help with it,” she said. “Since grant that allowed the festival I do accounting for a living, WR ¿QLVK D IHQFH WKDW HQFLUFOHV member Pearl Sturm thinks McDaniel is just right for the the park. guess where I started.” “When my kids were little, position. Once Garrett decided to “I’ve worked with Wendy ease his way out of the direc- I was always fearful of taking torship, McDaniel was eager to them to the park because of the for nearly 10 years, and she’s river,” she said. “Kids are al- a real workhorse,” Sturm said. step in. “She’s done it before, and she’ll “Chuck’s given a lot of ways drawn to water.” McDaniel is writing another be a great leader.” work to the county between the Garrett also is pleased with car show and the blues fest. It’s grant to help with band fees for time for someone else to step in the upcoming 20th anniversary his eventual replacement. and take these roles so they can of the festival. “We’re trying to get some of continue.” McDaniel already served a our favorite bands from the past stint as 2014 festival director, back. It’ll bump up our budget an event that prepared her well a little bit,” she said. Getting some of the local for possible calamities. ³:H KDG WKH ¿UHV WKDW \HDU businesses and citizens to get and got kicked out of the Thun- involved is also a McDaniel der Room at the rodeo grounds. priority. “This is an amazing event. We had to move to the commu- nity center at the last minute People are fascinated with the event and where we have it. We and almost didn’t get that. “It was one thing after an- have a natural amphitheater in other, but we always pull it off the park, and where else can By Steve Tool STK# 33172. MAAP ID 590011. WAS $26,889. NOW $25,148 AFTER $1,241 ROGERS DISCOUNT AND $1,000 SUBVENTION CASH PROVIDED BY TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. $1,999 CUSTOMER CASH DOWN. 24 MO LEASE/12,000 MILES PER YEAR LEASE= $247 MO PLUS TTD AND ON APPROVED CREDIT. STK# 33058. MAAP ID 413111. WAS $25,260. NOW $21,819 AFTER $941 ROGERS DISCOUNT AND $2,500 SUBVENTION CASH PROVIDED BY TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. $2,499 CUSTOMER CASH DOWN. 24 MO LEASE/12000 MILES PER YEAR LEASE = $166 MO PLUS TTD AND ON APPROVED CREDIT. By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain It’s Round 2 in the search for a police chief for Enter- prise, and according to reports made at the Monday’s City Council meeting, the process is proceeding in a satisfactory manner. The council recently passed along a thick stack of applica- tions to three Eastern Oregon police chiefs for review — Stuart Roberts of Pendleton, Brian Harvey of La Grande and Wyn Lohner of Baker City. Those chiefs made up the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police Agency Review Team whose services were requested by the city following the res- ignation of former Chief Wes Kilgore on March 23, 2015. The city initiated an outside review to assess the strengths and weaknesses of its police force. The three chiefs who conducted that review have remained closely involved in the entire search and hiring process. Chief Harvey further as- sisted the city by being part of the interview process in the last round, which resulted in a conditional offer being made to Lt. James Episco- SR RI %URRN¿HOG 9LOODJH ,OO Episcopo eventually declined the position and the hiring process began again in No- vember. This time around the city UHFHLYHG DSSUR[LPDWHO\ applications, according to City Administrator Michelle Young, but some did not meet basic criteria and were quick- ly eliminated. Nevertheless, the number of individuals potentially in the running was VLJQL¿FDQW DQG &RXQFLORU Jenni Word, reporting for the 3ROLFH &RPPLWWHH H[SUHVVHG satisfaction in the process. “Now that we’ve done this before we understand the process and hopefully it will move smoothly,” Word said. “There were quite a few (ap- plicants) from the Northwest. More than last time, and that’s encouraging.” Councilor Stacey Kar- voski, reporting for the Policy Committee, also advised that the city have a performance evaluation system in place for department heads and staff. This is a procedural improve- ment the city has been work- LQJ WR XSGDWH DQG UH¿QH IRU some time. An assessment for the new system will continue in coming months. The city also voted unan- imously to offer a three-year contract to Wyatt Baum of Baum Smith, LLC Law Of- ¿FH RI /D *UDQGH DV FLW\ DW- torney. Baum is president of the Union County Bar Association and is active in the Oregon City Attorney’s Association, League of Ore- gon Cities and Association of Counties. He also works very closely with Citycounty In- surance Service and currently represents the cities of Joseph, Elgin and others. ³2XU ¿UP KDV YHU\ H[WHQ- VLYH PXQLFLSDO H[SHULHQFH´ said Baum. “We’re very hon- ored and privileged that city GHFLGHGWRJRZLWKDORFDO¿UP DQGZH¶UHH[FLWHGWRVHUYHWKH needs of the residents of En- terprise.” Attorney Sadie Kennedy, D PHPEHU RI WKH VDPH ¿UP assists Baum. Kennedy has worked with current city at- torney Roland Johnson and is familiar with city issues. City Attorney Roland Johnson has served the city since 1977 and will continue to represent the city on an on- going case. He also represents the city of Wallowa. Looking for the COMMUNITY CALENDAR? It’s on page A14 in the Classifieds section today. STILL RUNNING OUT TO FETCH THE PAPER? 6 months $26.00 1year * $40.00 1year, online $40.00 Subscribe Today! 541-426-4567 • wallowa.com * $40.00 is the in county price, $57.00 for out of county subscribers. The Wallowa County Chieftain STK# 33101. 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