Wallowa County Chieftain
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wallowa.com
May 18, 2016
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ODFW: Wolf Joseph creates path for
killed llama legal short-term rentals
Shamrock
Pack likely
responsible,
officials say
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife on
Wednesday oficially con-
irmed a wolf depredation
involving a dead llama that
occurred Monday morning
on private land in the Buford
Creek drainage in northern
Wallowa County near Flora.
ODFW wildlife biologist Pat
Matthews said the llama was
in a pasture with cows and
calves, but it was the only
animal killed.
State oficials believe the
Shamrock Pack — formerly
known as the Chesnimnus
pair — is responsible for the
kill.
The pack moved into its
FOR THE RECORD
Dispatch log:
Monday, May 9
• 7:09 a.m.: Possible wolf
depredation in Enterprise.
• 7:41 a.m.: Trafic complaint
at Wallowa Lake.
• 8:45 a.m.: Theft reported in
Wallowa.
• 12:20 p.m.: 911 reporting
power lines down at Wallowa
Lake.
• 3:25 p.m.: Vandalism re-
ported at the Enterprise football
ield.
Tuesday, May 10
• 12:32 p.m.: Trafic com-
plaint in the city of Wallowa.
• 3:47 p.m.: Lost large
fawn-colored dog with black
collar reported in the city of
Enterprise.
• 5:47 p.m.: Dog complaint in
Enterprise.
• 5:54 p.m.: Report of a cow
on the highway in Enterprise.
Wednesday, May 11
Falls was arrested by Enterprise
Police Department on a Klamath
County Warrant for material
witness. Maples was transported
to Umatilla County jail.
• 12:06 p.m.: Harassment
reported in Enterprise.
• 12:48 p.m.: 911 requesting
an ambulance in rural Enter-
prise.
• 1:41 p.m.: Trafic stop in
Enterprise.
• 3:02 p.m.: Vandalism
reported in Joseph.
• 3:11 p.m.: 911 calls report-
ing buffalo on Highway 82 in
rural Wallowa.
• 3:57 p.m.: 911 requesting
an ambulance in Enterprise.
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Joseph City Council
on Thursday took the irst
steps in creating a pathway
to legal operation of residen-
tially zoned short-term vaca-
tion rentals by unanimously
approving a set of regulations
for the practice. The regu-
lations apply only to people
currently operating the rentals
in areas zoned residential.
The council voted to ban
short-term rentals in Febru-
ary, but questions remained
regarding how to handle such
businesses that already had
been established.
A dwelling is considered a
short-term rental if it is rent-
ed for periods of less than 30
days.
The council has been
considering new regulations
since several interested par-
ties asked about the possibil-
ity of operating the rentals
in residential zones. After
Sands
addressing the subject at sev-
eral council meetings, it was
determined that a signiicant
amount of opposition to the
practice came from people
concerned that Joseph already
is lacking in long-term rentals
for its year-round citizens as
well as from people who lived
in residential areas because
they wanted to avoid living
near businesses.
Following the February
vote, Mayor Dennis Sands ap-
pointed a committee council
members to make recommen-
activated for overdue hiker
reported on Hurricane Creek
Trail. Search and Rescue acti-
vated, subject was located and
lifelighted to the hospital.
• 10:38 p.m: Overdue hiker
reported on Ice Lake Trail.
Search and Rescue activated,
subject found his way out.
ed in Enterprise.
• 6:58 p.m.: Amanda Renee
Carper, 28, of Kalispell, Mont.,
was arrested by Wallowa County
Sheriff’s Ofice.
• 7:32 p.m.: 911 reporting a
stolen vehicle in the city of En-
terprise. Vehicle was located.
Friday, May 13
• 3:12 a.m.: Doni Innes
Merriield, 55, of North Bend
was arrested by Winston Police
Department on two Wallowa
County warrants for failure to
appear on original charges of
disorderly conduct and criminal
mischief.
• 11:35 a.m.: Possible aban-
• 2:44 p.m.: 911 requesting
an ambulance in Enterprise.
• 3:00 p.m.: Two warrants
issued for Doni Merriield of
North Bend for failure to appear
on original charges of criminal
mischief and disorderly conduct.
• 4:28 p.m.: Trespass report-
Saturday, May 14
dations about existing busi-
nesses. The council examined
the committee recommenda-
tions as well as statutes of cit-
ies that are already regulating
vacation rentals, then made
minor adjustments before
Thursday’s unanimous vote.
The regulations stipu-
late they are only intended
to register some short-term
rentals currently operating in
the city’s residential zones.
For example, the application
for vacation rentals stipulates
that the owner of the property
must have started paying the
county’s hotel/motel tax start-
ing in January of this year.
Delinquency in state or city
taxes also is a deal breaker.
Other requirements include
registering before the city
council’s September meeting
this year. The registration is
not transferable to future own-
ers of the property. Receiving
the property as an inheritance
also voids the registration.
The council is aware from
doned vehicle in rural Joseph,
• 6:08 p.m.: Abandoned vehi-
cle reported on Highway 82.
Sunday, May 15
• 8:22 a.m.: Scam reported in
Wallowa.
• 8:48 a.m.: Theft reported in
rural Wallowa.
• 9:11 a.m.: Scam reported in
Wallowa.
• 9:47 a.m.: 911 requesting
an ambulance in Joseph.
• 10:15 a.m.: Subject brought
in a gun he suspected of being
stolen. Agency assisted in re-
covery of the stolen gun.
• 11:15 a.m.: Cow loose in
rural Enterprise. Owner located.
examining AirBnB and other
vacation rental internet sites
that about a half-dozen such
rentals occur in Joseph’s res-
idential areas, and the council
is crafting an ordinance that
will lay out ines and penalties
for those who illegally contin-
ue the practice. On the other
hand, the city will not force
them to immediately pull up
stakes. Those rental owners
will be asked bring the city a
copy of their summer book-
ings, which they will be al-
lowed to honor, although they
will be warned against book-
ing future clients.
Sands added that the regu-
lations for the rentals are not
set in stone.
“This is until some point
in time where a future council
may decide that our housing
stock is adequate, and they
may change it then,” Sands
said.
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BIRTH
A daughter,
Olivia Aspyn Leith,
was born May 6, 2016
in Enterprise to
Brad and Orianna Leith
of Enterprise.
Grandparents are
JoAnn & Richard Smith,
and
Penny & Garry Leith.
Thursday, May 12
• 11:16 a.m.: 911 call for
ambulance in Enterprise.
• 12:29 p.m.: Trespass com-
plaint in rural Joseph.
• 12:43 p.m.: Becci Rhee
Sasser, 60, of Enterprise was
arrested for violation of release
agreement by Wallowa County
Sheriff’s Ofice. Subject was
transported to Umatilla County
Jail.
• 5:36 p.m.: John Jerome
Tye, 28, of Enterprise was
arrested on two warrants by
Enterprise Police Department for
probation violation, assault on
a public safety oficer, assault,
interference with a police oficer,
furnishing alcohol to a person
under 21, unlawful possession
of meth, and supplying contra-
band. Subject was transported
to Umatilla County Jail.
• 6:32 p.m.: Possible drunk
driver reported in Joseph,
• 7:13 p.m.: Routine trafic
stop in Enterprise.
• 9:34 p.m.: Locator beacon
W ITH F ONDEST
M EMORIES
We remember those who have passed away and are especially dear to us.
On Wednesday, May 25 we will publish a special section devoted to
those who are gone but not forgotten. The names will be placed in
alphabetical order and will be similar to the sample below:
SAMPLE
• 7:40 a.m.: Criminal mischief
reported in rural Enterprise.
• 9:39 a.m.: Wallowa
County Sheriff’s Ofice arrested
Baltimore Leon Carper, 35, of
Wallowa on charges of theft, un-
lawful possession of short-bar-
reled irearms, and unlawful
possession of meth. Carper was
transported to Umatilla County
Jail.
• 9:41 a.m.: Joseph Law-
rence Maples Jr., 28, of Klamath
current territory in the Sled
Springs Wildlife Manage-
ment Unit from the Chesnim-
nus unit about a year ago.
Matthews said the population
of the Shamrock pack is esti-
mated at ive or six wolves. It
was the irst conirmed dep-
redation for the pack.
ODFW Assistant Wolf
Biologist Roblynn Brown
said llamas are not specii-
cally recognized as a wolf
deterrent but are considered
an experimental animal for
livestock producers in their
wolf deterrent efforts.
It’s the seventh conirmed
wolf depredation in Oregon
in 2016. Six of those oc-
curred in Wallowa County.
On March 31, ODFW
oficials shot and killed
four wolves in the Upper
Swamp Creek area of Wal-
lowa County following ive
conirmed depredations in
March in the area.
Those killed were be-
lieved to be a splinter group
from the Imnaha Pack.
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