Wallowa County Chieftain
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wallowa.com
May 11, 2016
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Governor inks Good
Neighbor Agreement
Kathleen Ellyn/The Chieftain
Lee Carlsen of Hermiston drives his three hitch across Larry Waters’ dandelion crop May 7 at
the 18th annual Lee Scott Memorial Plowing Bee.
Plowing bee sunny fun
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
Teamsters from Enterprise,
Joseph, Pendleton, Irrigon
and Hermiston participated
in the 18th annual Lee Scott
Memorial Plowing Bee at
Juanita and Larry Waters’
farm east of Joseph the week-
end of May 7-8.
Both days were bright
and covered in sunshine, and
drivers and spectators alike
were able to enjoy the event
in shirtsleeves.
Saturday’s group was
small — just Lee and Dona
Carlson from Hermiston with
their award-winning small
team of Fjords and Haling-
ers, and Larry Waters’ team
of big Belgian mules Billy
and Bob, driven Saturday by
Shawna Arbogast of Enter-
prise.
The group grew to ive
teamsters Sunday — Vicki
and Randy Leonard of Pend-
leton hauled out the three big
Belgian cross mules Vicki
originally bought from Caro-
Kathleen Ellyn/The Chieftain
Billy and Bob, Larry Waters’
Belgian Mules, take a well-
earned break after starting
the plowing with teamster
Shawna Arbogast at the 18th
annual Lee Scott Memorial
Plowing Bee.
lyn Witty of Enterprise; Bri-
an Cook of Irrigon brought
two of his big, gray mules;
and Bill and Lorre Meyers of
Hermiston hauled out their
Percheron-type team for the
event. Larry drove his Bel-
gian mules Billy and Bob on
Sunday.
It was the year of the
equipment breakdown, Juan-
ita Waters said, with team-
sters pitching in to show their
abilities as mechanics when
Shawna’s sulky plow broke
on Saturday and a tire blew
on her forecart on Sunday.
They were not as success-
ful at search and rescue when
a wallet went missing out in
the 2-acre plowed ield. That
wallet had been turned un-
der and disced and had the
spike tooth harrow run over
it, so inding it was not likely.
And if the teamster who lost
it thought it was a sure way
to seed a “cash crop” ... well,
ingers crossed on that.
The event is a fundraiser
for scholarships at the Wal-
lowa Lake Horse Camp Ad-
ventures, and this year Kerry
and Doneva Bolen of Herm-
iston cooked the dinners that
funded those scholarships.
The evening music was a
special treat with Bill Myers
on iddle and Cissy Falcon
Johnson of Pendleton both
singing and playing guitar.
“It was fun because both
of those two know the old
music,” Juanita said.
The free public event is
held every spring, usually on
the irst weekend of May.
Agencies to
work together on
forest issues
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
on March 29 signed a Good
Neighbor Authority Agreement
(GNA) with U.S. Forest Service
Regional Forester Jim Pena,
Oregon Department of Forestry
State Forester Doug Decker and
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife Director Curt Melcher.
A GNA improves eficiency by
instructing various agencies to
work across jurisdictions to pro-
vide creative and collaborative
methods of restoring and man-
aging public forestlands and
watersheds.
And work across agencies
has begun, with several opera-
tions in the planning stage.
National forests account for
nearly 60 percent of all forests
in Oregon. Wildire risk, habitat
connectivity, species recovery
and sustainable wood products
and job creation are among the
challenges and opportunities
facing these public lands.
“The social, economic and
environmental issues tied to
public lands go far beyond
(agencies’ individual) boundar-
ies,” Gov. Brown said. “(It) is an
important new tool that brings
these issues together and pro-
motes collaboration. We can get
farther by working together than
apart.”
According to spokesman
Tony Anderson of Oregon De-
partment of Forestry (ODF)
the irst project resulting from
the GNA likely will occur near
Lakeview, where ODF will per-
form pre-commercial thinning
in the Fremont-Winema Nation-
al Forest.
The ODF Northeast Oregon
District Ofice (located in Wal-
lowa) is actively exploring ideas
with the Wallowa-Whitman Na-
tional Forest, including opportu-
nities on Lower Joseph Canyon
and East Face.
Projects could include unit
layout, prescribed burning or ad-
ministering small timber sales.
The work would be done by
a combination of seasonal work-
force (mostly seasonal ireight-
ers) and private contractors. The
state will strive to employ local
contractors as much as possible,
Anderson said.
More than 10 other states
have signed a Good Neighbor
Authority Master Agreement.
Oregon uniquely chose to have
the governor sign the agreement,
which allows all state agencies
to partner with the U.S. Forest
Service, working across juris-
dictions, rather than a segment-
ed process where each agency
only focuses on their respective
jurisdictions.
“The GNA and this state-fed-
eral partnership allows for pool-
ing of funds and staff to kick off
more projects and work, quick-
er,” Anderson said.
The vision in Oregon is to
use the GNA to achieve holistic
restoration, including thinning
and habitat/aquatic aspects, ac-
cording to Anderson, who said
several other projects are being
actively discussed.
ODFW, ODF, U.S. Forest
Service and public stakeholders
are collaborating on the 40,000-
acre East Face Project, which
includes the state’s Elkhorn
Wildlife Area. Forest improve-
ment projects on federal, pri-
vate and state lands is intended
to promote forest health, reduce
ire danger and improve wild-
life habitat to beneit big game
and other wildlife species.
“The work will open the
canopy to improve shrub
browse for big game while cre-
ating and retaining thermal and
hiding cover areas. It should
also help reduce big game dam-
age to private land,” Anderson
said.
To learn more about Ore-
gon’s forest collaboratives, visit
the following sites:
• http://oregonforestry.
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County’s FCCLA students shine at state
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Joseph Charter School sent
17 students to the Family,
Community, Career Leaders
of America state convention
in Portland on April 5-7.
Of the 15 students compet-
ing in Students Taking Action
for Recognition events, the
following students qualiied
for nationals:
• T.J. Grote, Emma Hite
and Kade Kilgore, gold med-
al, Illustrated Talk — junior
category
• Johnelle Suto and Annie
Story, gold medal, Illustrated
Talk — senior category
• Natalie Williams, silver
medal, Career Investigation
• Money Walters, Renee
Seal and Tori Suto, silver
medal, Chapter Service Proj-
ect Display
• Kana Oliver, Tyler Ho-
man and Annie Duncan, silver
medal, Chapter Service Proj-
ect Portfolio
• Madison Bailey and Hav-
en Johnson, silver medal, En-
vironmental Ambassador
• Tucker VanWinkle, silver
medal, Job Interview
VanWinkle, Story and
Seal were elected to the state
FCCLA ofices of Vice Pres-
ident of Development, Vice
President of Peer Education
and Vice President of Mem-
bership, respectively, for the
2016-2017 school year.
Isabel Tingelstad served as
vice president of Peer Educa-
tion and Johnelle Suto served
as secretary for the 2015-2016
year.
The students toured the
Wheat Marketing Center and
the DoubleTree Hotel food
services operation. Principal
Sheri Kilgore attended as did
parents Jeanie Story and Kim
Tingelstad.
Enterprise sending six
to nationals
Enterprise FCCLA came
home with gold, silver and
bronze medals from the State
Leadership Conference in
Portland, and six of the med-
alists will represent Enterprise
at the National Leadership
Conference in San Diego in
July.
Students who qualiied for
nationals:
• Mackenzie Gray and An-
drea Butterield, gold medal,
Chapter in Review
• Rachel Frolander, gold
medal, Chapter Service Proj-
ect
• Momina Junaid, gold
medal, Illustrated Talk
• Bette and Eyreus Rooney,
silver medal, Entrepreneurship
• Katelynn Sidoti, silver
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Enterprise Seventh Day
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medal, Career Investigation
• Adagia Latta and Shane
Lund, silver medal, National
Programs in Action
Paul Stangel competed
in Career Investigation and
received a silver medal, and
Hero Peters competed in Life
Event Planning and received a
bronze medal.
Mackenzie Gray also
served as the Oregon State FC-
CLA President for the year of
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class. Cole enjoys being
outdoors and loves to
play baseball. Keep up
the good work, Cole!
The Student of the Week is chosen for
academic achievement and community
involvement. Students are selected
by the administrators of
their respective schools.
Butterield, Bette Rooney,
Eyreus Rooney, Lund, Latta
and Frolander will represent
Enterprise at nationals.
Fundraising efforts for this
trip are already in effect, in-
cluding Little Caesar Pizza
Sales through May 19 (can be
purchased from students or at
the school) and a canned food
drive (located outside of Wal-
lowa Grain Growers in Enter-
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