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Enterprise, Oregon
Wallowa.com
Issue No. 13
July 13, 2016
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Scot Heisel/Chieftain
David Carpenter of
Enterprise won the
People’s Choice award for
this whimsical entry.
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Enterprise Police Chief Joel
Fish wears the mourning band
over his badge.
Unity in
wake of
tragedy
Local, state law
enforcement
honoring slain
Dallas officers
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
DOWNHILL RACE A HIT AGAIN
Nathan Curtis takes trophy
David Carpenter wins People’s Choice
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County chieftain
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Scot Heisel/Chieftain
Eventual winner Nathan Curtis cruises downhill during one of the
preliminary heats.
lways a bridesmaid,
never the bride.
That might be what
Jorge Aguilar, Jr. is thinking this
week. Aguilar, who exercised
exceptional visioning technique
in the build-up to the Bowlby
Bash Downhill Races on Sat-
urday, saw his dream crushed
for the second year in a row as
Nathan Curtis and his stripped-
down Main Street Motors Flash
whipped across the fi nish line
and put in a faster time than
the Texaco Service Station
sponsored The Bandito could
manage.
See BASH, Page A6
Rodeo grounds arbor on track
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Anyone who plans to at-
tend the Friendship Feast host-
ed by Native American tribes
during the Chief Joseph Days
rodeo can look forward to the
event taking place in much
improved digs. That’s because
the CJD rodeo board decided
it was time to for an upgrade
the old arbor that sheltered the
feast, which consisted of a tarp
secured to a log frame.
The arbor is a sacred place
used by tribes to celebrate
their heritage by feasting,
dancing and other ceremonial
rites. Native Americans have
shared these traditions with
the public for nearly 30 years
during the CJD Rodeo with a
Friendship Feast and dancing
on Saturday.
CJD board member John
Hillock said the decision to
replace the arbor was easy for
the CJD committee in charge
of the project.
“We thought this was a sign
of solidarity with the tribes and
solidarity with the communi-
ty — that we want to do good
things in the community.”
Local engineer Ralph
Swinehart designed the new
76-by- 52 foot structure. Ver-
tical steel beams connected
by horizontal laminate beams
and rafters form the frame of
the structure.
See ARBOR, Page A7
Steve Tool/Chieftain
The nearly completed roof of the new arbor at the rodeo
grounds in Joseph. Note the center steel post now clothed
with lumber.
All sworn offi cers in Oregon
have been asked to wear mourn-
ing bands on their badges from
now until the day of the funerals
of the offi cers who were killed by
a sniper in Dallas on Thursday.
Oregon Association of Chiefs
of Police (OACP) made the re-
quest and issued a press release
praising Dallas law enforcement
for their work that night as they
policed a peaceful protest against
the recent killings of black men
by police offi cers in Louisiana
and Minnesota.
“We understand the risks and
challenges faced by law enforce-
ment offi cers on a daily basis ...”
Chief Geoff Spalding, President
Oregon Association Chiefs of
Police, wrote. “All Oregon law
enforcement offi cers took an
oath to safeguard the citizens of
the communities they serve. We
want to thank Oregonians for tak-
ing time to express their support.
... We want to thank the citizens
of Oregon for working with us in
partnership and unity to keep our
communities safe.”
See UNITY, Page A6
Delisting
challenge
reinstated
By George Plaven
EO Media Group
The fi ght over Oregon’s wolf
protections is heading back to
court.
The state Court of Appeals has
reinstated a legal challenge fi led
by conservation
groups Casca-
dia Wildlands,
Oregon Wild
and the Center
for Biological
Diversity, which
argue wolves
were prema-
Stock photo
turely removed
from the Ore-
gon Endangered Species List.
In their challenge, the groups
assert the Oregon Department of
Fish & Wildlife did not follow
the best available science in its
recommendation to delist wolves
last year — nor was the evidence
independently reviewed. The Ore-
gon Fish and Wildlife Commission
voted 4-2 in favor of delisting on
Nov. 9.
The groups initially fi led the
challenge on Dec. 30.
See WOLF, Page A7