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Wallowa County Chieftain News wallowa.com August 10, 2016 A7 HUNT Continued from Page A1 Like many folks who ind their way to butterly hunting, Brown began as a birder. She learned about the event from her science teacher at Eck- stein Middle School. “She told me to ‘get the scholarship, you’ll really have a great time.’ And I’d like to more about insects,” Brown said. Her dad, Chris Brown, said they began noticing butterlies the moment they heard of the event and had al- ready identiied a Western Ti- ger Swallowtail beforehand. Mallory Keenan’s mom is a member of the club and is currently inishing a book for parents and children about butterlies of Vashon Island. Keenan and her parents have raised Painted Lady and Anise Swallowtail butterlies from caterpillars and released them into the wild. Last year they raised butterlies from eggs laid on a bull thistle. “The coolest thing about butterlies is releasing them,” said Keenan, who attends Chautauqua Elementary on Vashon Island. The two scholarship stu- dents were the irst to accom- pany the group and did so thanks to the generosity of a member who left the group scholarship money in her will. Club members hunt, exam- ine and photograph butterlies — they don’t collect them. In fact, Al Wagner of Se- attle tells the story of how he originally got involved with the club and foolishly brought his butterly collection (he’d made when he was 12) with him to his irst meeting. “The president of the club threw it in the trash,” he re- called with a laugh. The group enjoyed several programs in addition to their hunting trips, including a talk by Dr. David James, professor of entomology at Washington State University. Dr. James has written several butterly books and co-authored others with David Nunally, who also attended. James also works with inmates serving life sentences at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary to breed, tag and release monarch but- terlies. That program has been go- ing for ive summers. Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Dr. Michelle Janik with a patient at Enterprise Animal Hospital. Animal hospital welcomes vet By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain In her irst week on the job at Enterprise Animal Hospital, Dr. Michelle Janik was introduced in a big way to the animal practice for which she had been longing. “We kind of had a run on horses sticking their feet through fences,” she said. Fortunately, Dr. Janik has excellent sewing skills to go with her animal handling and social skills. It was that com- bination of skills that moved clinic owner Dr. Jerald Rice to hire Janik. “After she left (following an interview and several days work), I asked myself if I had been that prepared when I graduated,” Rice said. Janik earned her degree at Oregon State University. She completed her bachelor’s degree in just three years before tackling veterinarian school, which she completed in June. Wallowa County and Enterprise Animal Hospital were immediately on her list to check out because she had heard that Enterprise Animal Hospital “had a good thing going,” she said. She wanted that combi- nation of small-animal sur- gery and large-animal care. Nowhere else appeared to have the broad combination of small and large animal clients that Wallowa County could offer. She appreciates a challenge and is prepared to deal with small animals re- quiring exceptionally precise surgery as well as large-an- imal issues, such as repro- ductive health and managing illnesses within a herd. “Herd health is a big in- terest of mine,” Janik said. “Managing populations to minimize or handle herd out- break is an area I’ve studied seriously.” “Her surgery skills are very good,” Rice said. “She also does a really good job of working up cases and pursu- ing diagnoses. When we add her skills and understanding of veterinary science with her people and client skills — it was a perfect match for Enterprise Animal Hospital.” Janik enjoys riding her 20-year-old Quarter Horse AllDun as well as “every- thing rural.” She was home- schooled all the way through high school in Sandy, Ore., where her parents still live. Throughout her childhood and early teens she was deeply involved in 4-H. “If there was a 4-H proj- ect, I was probably involved in it,” she said. BARGAINS MONTH of the While supplies last. 19 99 12-In. Convertible Stand/Table Fan Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Mallory Keenan, 10, of Vashon Island crouches with her mother Kelly to identify two mating Police Car moths. Mallory correctly identified the moths’ genders. Although the group was hunting butterflies, moths were equally interesting subjects. “The men are remarkably enthused about this,” James said. “And the prison loves it because it promotes prison harmony.” James said there are 89 species of butterlies in Wal- lowa County and diversity re- mains stable, although popu- lations are “way down,” most likely due to heavy spring rains and hot summer condi- tions. Nunally scouted the loca- tions in Wallowa County and despite rain and cold con- ditions on Sunday morning, the group found plenty of butterlies to photograph and discuss. “Mount Howard is memo- rable to me because in 2010 pine white butterlies were coming down on me like snow,” James said. “It was a mass eruption year and they sometimes get carried aloft by wind and then rain down like that.” Two local butterly fan- ciers signed up to accompa- ny the group Sunday as they made their way up the back of Mount Howard. In particular, locals can court fame my looking for various sulfur butterlies, James said. “There are a lot of mys- teries about sulfur butterlies in Wallowa County,” James said. “I’ve heard reports. There may be large sulfurs that have not been scientii- cally identiied in the area.” Wallowa County residents interested in butterlies can contact the Washington But- terly association at http:// wabutterlyassoc.org. The closest representative of the Oregon Chapter of the North American Butterly As- sociation is Sue Anderson of Sisters. Contact her at celas- trinasue@gmail.com. SUMMER ® On Select Flooring & Furniture! W 205 037 1 M-F 8AM-6PM • SAT 8AM-5PM • SUN 9AM-3PM 800 S River St. Enterprise, OR • 9am-5:30pm Monday - Friday • 9am-12pm Saturdays • 541-426-9228 Sale Ends 01/31/2014 8/31/2016 Sale ends Sale ends 01/31/2013 ® Company. ©2012 by True Value All ©2013 True Value Company. All rights rights reserved. reserved. ® ® Company. 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