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got the news after visiting the
courthouse at about 8 p.m. on
election night. He said Wolfe
was there and cordially shook
hands and offered Nash con-
gratulations. Nash said he had
no idea on why he won out
over the other candidates.
“I appreciate that people
have trust in me,” he said.
Until he takes ofice in Jan-
uary, Nash plans to spend time
in contact with the current
commissioners — Susan Rob-
ert, Paul Castilleja and interim
commissioner John Lawrence
— to learn the ropes. He said
he needs to tie up some loose
ends as part owner and man-
ager of Marr Flat Cattle Co.
before he takes ofice.
“I’ll be way more detached
from it than I am now.”
Nash said that as commis-
sioner he intends to concentrate
his abilities on the county’s
natural resources, particularly
in opening up national forest
land to more harvesting so
that loggers and mills can be
guaranteed enough timber to
remain viable.
“I think we need that kind
of certainty from the Wal-
lowa-Whitman National For-
est,” he said.
Nash also noted that the ap-
proximately $860,000 per year
the county receives from the
government for the combined
Payment in Lieu of Taxes and
Secure Rural Schools funds is
coming to an end.
“We don’t want to have to
go to the government and beg
for money. We would rather
produce it ourselves and have
people employed in the woods.
It generates so much more, and
from that, somebody could
possibly set up a new mill ... All
of those things are big contrib-
uting factors to our economy
here.”
He also mentioned that if
PILT/SRS funding is slashed,
the county road department
budget will take a hit as those
funds comprise a large percent-
age of its budget.
Nash said that the main
thing to remember when at-
tempting to affect changes in
government forest policy is to
remember that no one can do it
alone.
“There’s going to be some
horse trading, but we need to
ind a place where all parties
can say, ‘This is allowable,’
and then try to igure out a way
to get there. We’ve got a lot of
work to do, and it won’t happen
overnight.”
Commissioners Roberts and
Lawrence said they are looking
forward to working with Nash.
“He and I are both looking
forward to working together
until the end of December,”
Lawrence said.
Roberts added that all the
commissioners asked Nash to
visit weekly to learn the nu-
ances of the job and that he
had agreed.
“That way he won’t suffer
too much from shell shock,”
Roberts said.
Commissioner Paul Cas-
tilleja was unavailable for
comment.
Other statewide and county
results:
sees it getting plenty of use.
“I’ll have it next to my
chair. When I get up in the
morning it’s usually kind of
chilly, so I’ll need it.”
• Jim Elliot served in the
Army from 1954-1955, short-
ly after the Korean War ended.
“I got there just after they
settled it — the best time to
be there,” he said.
Asked if he enjoyed the
service, he said, “No, I’m just
like everyone else. I don’t
like to be told what to do.”
Regarding his quilt: “It’s
a beautiful thing. It’s really
something else. I didn’t even
know they made these things!
It makes you glad you were in
and did your part.”
• Don Stein served in the
Air Force from 1954-1974.
He said he mostly enjoyed his
time in the service and thought
of the quilt as a bonus.
“I’m putting this right next
to my chair as soon as I get
home.”
• Bert McCormack is an
Army veteran and served in
Vietnam from 1966-1968 in
the Ninth Infantry Division.
He proudly wore his quilt on
his shoulders.
• Gene Bieraugal of Flora
served in the Navy as a pilot
from 1961-1987. He said he
enjoyed his time in the ser-
vice.
“I never had to jump out of
airplanes or anything drastic.
It was a good career.”
Bieraugal planned to put
his quilt to work immediately.
“Up there where we win-
ter, it’s nice to pull out a quilt
and snuggle in. A guy could
hang this up as a decorative
item, and it’s a real surprise.”
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outright — with no vote nec-
essary in November.
According to the oficial
tally, Nash received 1,792
votes (62 percent) to Wolfe’s
908 votes (31 percent) and De-
Boie’s 171 votes (6 percent).
DeBoie announced that he was
halting his campaign about
three weeks prior to the prima-
ry, but his name remained on
the ballot.
Any candidate who draws
more than 50 percent of the
vote in the primary is declared
the winner.
As per usual. Wallowa
County saw a much higher
turnout rate than most other
Oregon counties, with 64 per-
cent of registered voters par-
ticipating, as opposed to an
average of just over 50 percent
in other counties.
The day after the election,
Nash said he was nervous
about the race.
“Of course I was nervous,”
Nash said. “I thought Steve
(Wolfe) ran a pretty aggressive
campaign. He put out a lot of
signs, he had a lot of radio ads,
ads in the newspapers and he
was out and about garnering
votes — I had every reason to
be nervous.”
The new commissioner
QUILTS
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Each quilt was inely craft-
ed with a red, white and blue
patriotic theme and stuffed
chock-full of batting to keep
the veterans warm at night for
years to come.
About the vets:
• George Hill is a retired
Air Force veteran who lives
in Enterprise and started his
service in the Marine Corps,
where he served on active
duty from 1960-1977. In
1977 he joined the Air Force
Reserve, where he served on
both active and inactive duty
until 2000.
“I served more than 40
years,” he said.
As for his quilt, Hill fore-
May 25, 2016
Democratic
Presidential Primary
955 of 1,000 precincts - 96 percent
x-Bernie Sanders 320,746 - 56 percent
Hillary Clinton 251,739 - 44 percent
Wallowa County
Bernie Sanders 331 - 57 percent
Hillary Clinton 495 - 38 percent
Republican
Presidential Primary
933 of 1,000 precincts - 93 percent
x-Donald Trump 240,804 - 67 percent
Ted Cruz 61,590 - 17 percent
John Kasich 59,096 - 16 percent
Wallowa County
Donald Trump 1,245 - 73 percent
Ted Cruz 271 - 16 percent
John Kasich 153 - 9 percent
Governor - Democrat
928 of 1,000 precincts - 93 percent
x-Kate Brown (i) 452,320 - 85 percent
Julian Bell 38,487 - 7 percent
Dave Stauffer 14,992 - 3 percent
Steve Johnson 12,474 - 2 percent
Kevin Forsythe 9,442 - 2 percent
Chet Chance 5,163 - 1 percent
Wallowa County
Kate Brown (i) 642 - 79 percent
Julian Bell 52 - 6 percent
Dave Stauffer 46 - 6 percent
Steve Johnson 20 - 2 percent
Kevin Forsythe 16 - 2 percent
Chet Chance 9 - 1 percent
Governor - Republican
921 of 1,000 precincts - 92 percent
x-Bud Pierce 162,106 - 48 percent
Allen Alley 98,582 - 29 percent
Bruce Cuff 39,368 - 12 percent
Bob Niemeyer 33,987 - 10 percent
Bob Forthan 4,041 - 1 percent
Wallowa County
Bud Pierce 696 - 45 percent
Allen Alley 445 - 29 percent
Bruce Cuff 208 - 13 percent
Bob Niemeyer 175 - 11 percent
Bob Forthan 25 - 2 percent
Governor -
Independent
931 of 1,000 precincts - 93 percent
x-Cliff Thomason 9,165 - 59 percent
Patrick Barney 6,383 - 41 percent
Wallowa County
Cliff Thomason 37 - 44 percent
Patrick Barney 18 - 21 percent
U.S. Senate - Democrat
930 of 1,000 precincts - 93 percent
x-Ron Wyden (i) 459,658 - 84 percent
Kevin Stine 70,081 - 13 percent
Paul Weaver 18,730 - 3 percent
Wallowa County
Ron Wyden (i) 732 - 86 percent
Kevin Stine 94 - 11 percent
Paul Weaver 18 - 2 percent
U.S. Senate -
Republican
909 of 1,000 precincts - 91 percent
x-Mark Callahan 115,589 - 39 percent
Sam Carpenter 97,570 - 33 percent
Faye Stewart 53,618 - 18 percent
Dan Laschober 31,993 - 11 percent
Wallowa County
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Mark Callahan 528 - 38 percent
Sam Carpenter 570 - 41 percent
Faye Stewart 151 - 11 percent
Dan Laschober 128 - 9 percent
U.S. Senate -
Independent
922 of 1,000 precincts - 92 percent
x-Steven Reynolds 9,790 - 69 percent
Marvin Sandnes 4,370 - 31 percent
Wallowa County
Steven Reynolds 35 - 46 percent
Marvin Sandnes 12 - 16 percent
U.S. House District 2 -
Republican
197 of 197 precincts - 100 percent
x-Greg Walden (i) 82,903 - 80 percent
Paul Romero 20,446 - 20 percent
Wallowa County
Greg Walden (i) 1,430 - 84 percent
Paul Romero 278 - 16 percent
Secretary of State -
Democrat
914 of 1,000 precincts - 91 percent
x-Brad Avakian 187,213 - 39 percent
Val Hoyle 162,847 - 34 percent
Richard Devlin 126,806 - 27 percent
Wallowa County
Brad Avakian 246 - 36 percent
Val Hoyle 237 - 35 percent
Richard Devlin 187 - 27 percent
Secretary of State -
Republican
912 of 1,000 precincts - 91 percent
x-Dennis Richardson 256,597 - 78
percent
Sid Leiken 70,318 - 22 percent
Wallowa County
Dennis Richardson 1,274 - 86 percent
Sid Leiken 203 - 14 percent
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Wallowa County is his
“dream place,” and he has
been following The Chief-
tain religiously since ap-
plying for the job, getting
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about the place and people.
Fish and his wife of 27
years, Catherine, have two
children, a grown daughter
and a 10-year-old son Jo-
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on Thursday.
“He’s already made a
new friend,” said Chief
Fish.
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