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MAXVILLE GATHERING FEATURES
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Wallowa.com
Issue No. 17
August 10, 2016
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Washington to lethally remove wolves
Members of Profanity Peak pack responsible for at least four cattle deaths
By Don Jenkins
Capital Press
The Washington Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife will
lethally remove wolves in a
pack that has killed at least four
cattle this summer, the depart-
ment said last week.
WDFW Director Jim Un-
sworth authorized the lethal re-
moval after department inves-
tigators today confi rmed that
a calf found dead in northern
Ferry County had been killed
by wolves in the Profanity Peak
pack.
Previously, in July, WDFW
confi rmed the pack had killed
three cattle. According to de-
partment policy, WDFW con-
siders lethal removal after four
depredations in one year by a
pack.
The wolf pack has at least 11
members, according to WDFW.
WDFW wolf policy coor-
dinator Donny Martorello said
the department plans to remove
part of the pack and has a cer-
Wolf Information
For ODFW wolf updates, visit http://bit.ly/2beFGpP.
tain number in mind, though
the number won’t be disclosed
until WDFW completes the op-
eration.
In 2014, the department an-
nounced it planned to remove
up to four wolves from the
Huckleberry pack and faced
criticism for ending the opera-
tion after shooting one wolf.
Courtesy of USFWS, William Campbell
See KILL, Page A6
File photo.
THERE MAY BE
LARGE SULFURS
THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN
SCIENTIFICALLY
IDENTIFIED IN
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
THE AREA
“Police Car” moths found along
Hurricane Creek Road.
”
Steve Tool/Chieftain archive
Bart
Walker,
Royal
Southern
Brotherhood guitarist, coaxes blues
tones from his Gibson ES-345 at last
year’s Bronze, Blues and Brews festival.
Rayford, Cain
headline 20th
blues festival
A QUIET HUNT
Bronze Blues and Brews
kicks off with Friday jam
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa County may be most at
home with Americana music, but this
weekend is all about the blues.
The 20th annual Bronze Blues and
Brews festival promises a weekend
loaded with top names at the Joseph City
Park.
The two-day event features a Friday
Jam Night, while the main festival is
Saturday.
Chuck Garrett, co-director of “The
best little fest in the Northwest,” said the
event is not to be missed.
“We’ve got some really good bands,”
Garrett said. “More acts, more bands,
basically. We’ve got a different band for
Friday night. Usually we have one of the
Saturday bands play, but this year we’ve
got the Delgado Brothers as our Friday
band.”
Headliners for the festival are Tex-
as-born blues man Sugaray Rayford and
San Francisco singer and guitarist Chris
Cain. Rayford, Cain and Danielle Ni-
cole are event veterans. Other featured
acts include guitarist Devon Allman and
the Brandon Santini Band with extra
harpists (harmonica) Franco Paletta and
Mitch Kashmar.
See BLUES, Page A6
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Ingrid Brown, 12, creeps up on a likely suspect, hoping to try out her newly acquired netting skills.
Butterfl y
enthusiasts
comb county
for rare fi nds
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
M
embers of the Washington
Butterfl y Association
enjoyed a “wonderful
event” in Wallowa County
after a weekend of butterfl y hunting
on Mount Howard and in the
Hurricane Creek area. The WBA
gathers annually, and this year’s
conference was based at Hurricane
Creek Grange in Joseph.
The group brought with them two
scholarship students — Ingrid Brown,
12, of Seattle and Mallory Keenan,
10, of Vashon Island. Both girls came
with a parent who vouched for their
naturalist interests and assisted them
in their butterfl y adventure.
See HUNT, Page A7
‘American Pickers’ returning to Oregon
EO Media Group
“American Pickers” could end up in
Wallowa County this fall if a local collec-
tion catches their eye.
The History Channel show features
Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who travel the
country looking for historically signifi cant
antiques — what they call “rusty gold” —
that have been hidden away in the corner of
an attic or barn. They have plans to fi lm ep-
isodes in Oregon in September, and scouts
are looking now for interesting collections
to check out as they plan their route through
Oregon.
“We look for really interesting items of
worth,” casting associate Natasha Moore
said. “We talk to people and fi nd out the sto-
ry behind the items and do some digging.”
She said last year they had a good vis-
it to Oregon and hope to see more of the
state’s most interesting privately owned an-
tiques when they return.
“There were a lot of people and a lot of
counties we didn’t get to visit,” she said.
According a press release, the show is
looking for “characters” with “sizable,
unique collections” that the pickers could
spend the better part of a day looking
through during an episode.
The long list of items they are looking
for includes old furniture, board games,
movie posters, toys, vending machines,
lamps, clocks, motorcycles, dolls, art, dish-
es, oil cans and other antiques.
To bring a private collection (no antique
shops or fl ea markets) to the scouts’ atten-
tion, submit your name, phone number, lo-
cation, a description of the collection and
photos of some of the items to american-
pickers@cinefl ix.com or call 1-855-OLD-
RUST.
Contributed photo
Frank Fritz and Mike Wolfe of “American Pickers” are headed to
Oregon this fall.