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October 12, 2016
HoneyHoney concert to cap
Wallowa Resources’ 20th year
Whitman College short ilm
about Wallowa Resources’
history. The 10-minute movie
includes appearances by Joe
McCormack, Nancy Knoble,
Jim Zacharias and Doug Mc-
Daniel, among other familiar
faces.
The HoneyHoney duo
plays country-infused Amer-
icana music, featuring strong
lead vocals and guitar com-
plemented by tight harmo-
nies, banjo and violin. Roll-
ing Stone magazine recently
listed their album “3” at No. 7
on its list of 30 great country
albums of 2015.
All proceeds from the
fundraiser will go toward
Wallowa Resources’ local
programs, including youth ed-
ucation, weed management,
collaborative watershed resto-
ration and renewable energy.
Tickets cost $35 and are
available at eventbrite.com,
Dollar Stretcher, Joseph Hard-
ware, The Bookloft and M.
Crow. Doors open at 6 p.m.,
with the show starting at 7.
For more information
about Wallowa Resources,
visit wallowaresources.org or
call 541-426-8053. For more
information on HoneyHoney,
visit honeyhoneyband.com.
ra, known primarily for her
blocking, managed six kills,
including three in the span of
four points during the inal
game.
“Haven was by far our
strongest hitter today,” coach
Jill Hite said. “Ally came on
later, and Emma was prob-
ably our most consistent.
Then Alexis came on in the
last game. That was great to
see. It’s nice when it’s mixed
around.”
Sykora also led the team
with four solo blocks, with
Emma Hite adding three.
Serving continues to be the
Eagles’ Achilles heel. They
inished with 14 service errors
as a team.
“The good thing is that
only a few of those serves
went into the net,” Coach Hite
said. “I’d rather have them
go long, because that means
they’re trying to push the back
line.”
Cooney led Joseph with
seven aces against the Leop-
ards. Emma Hite led the team
in digs, while senior Johnelle
Suto led in assists.
On Saturday, Joseph swept
Nixyaawii 25-12, 25-6, 25-
7, then wrapped up a three-
match weekend home stand
with a four-game victory over
Griswold, 25-20, 25-19, 20-
25, 25-12.
Johnson led the team with
16 kills, Cooney had 10 and
Emma Hite added seven.
Sykora again led in blocks
with 13 on the day. Cooney
led in serving aces and Suto
again led in assists.
The Eagles came out of
the weekend ranked No. 8 in
the state by the OSAA. They
wrap up regular-season play
with three matches this week,
the irst at 4 p.m. Thursday at
Pine Eagle.
On Friday they’ll host
Echo, which defeated the Ea-
gles in ive games on Oct. 1.
The regular-season inale
comes Saturday with a road
match at Cove.
Wallowa County Chieftain
Los Angeles alternative
folk group HoneyHoney re-
turns to the OK Theatre on
Thursday, Oct. 20, bringing
their raw energy and conta-
gious stomp to the inal event
of Wallowa Resources’ 20th
anniversary celebration.
“It seemed a itting way
to cap off a great year,” said
Wallowa Resources Execu-
tive Director Nils Christof-
fersen. “We’re hoping every-
one is going to come out and
enjoy the music and dance
together.”
Coming just two days af-
ter the oficial birthday of
the nonproit, founded Oct.
18, 1996, the concert will
open with the premiere of a
JOSEPH
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Joseph then reeled off
three dominant games, 25-9,
25-13 and 25-12, to take the
four-game match.
Senior Haven Johnson led
Joseph with 16 kills, while
Cooney added nine and soph-
omore Emma Hite had seven.
Sophomore Alexis Syko-
Courtesy photo
Ben Jaffe and Suzanne Santo are HoneyHoney.
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“I wanted to be a better per-
son — I wanted to be unselish.
It was the most unselish thing I
could ever do.”
The Army deployed Marti-
nez to Afghanistan in 2011. In
2012 an Improvised Explosive
Device sent him spinning into a
different world.
He remembers the 60-pound
IED he stepped on. He instantly
lost his right foot. His left leg
was slightly attached, as was
his right arm. He lost major
portions of all of them, includ-
ing a inger on his left hand. He
also remembers begging his
fellow soldiers around him to
let him go.
“My guts were hanging out
and my guys were on top of
me. We were having this ight-
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them not to save me and let me
go, and them ighting, saying,
‘No, we’re going to save you.’”
Martinez woke up from a
coma 10 days later at Bethesda
Hospital in Baltimore.
When he awoke, he saw
his family and closed his eyes,
wishing to be back in Afghan-
istan. When he reopened them
and saw his family, he knew the
injuries weren’t a dream.
The next war started with
numerous surgeries and doctors
who told him he would never
walk again. Battling against the
naysayers, Martinez learned to
walk with prosthetics, though
it took a grueling 18 months
of therapy. Even so, not every
problem was conquered. Ex-
treme depression set in. Two
suicide attempts later he took a
drastic step and stopped taking
his prescribed medication.
“They were giving me the
drugs for my pain, but it was
taking over everything. When
I stopped, my life started open-
ing back up.”
Martinez started by sharing
his experiences with soldiers
and others who needed to hear.
He became a motivational
speaker.
“I don’t call it work; I’ve
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speak, and I want to take ad-
vantage of it to help as many
people as possible for the right
reasons.”
Along those journeys, he
met Divide Camp veterans li-
aison Corey Watson during
a Texas hunt two years ago.
Watson later remembered the
plucky soldier and invited him
up for a bear hunt. Martinez had
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Wallowa County Chieftain
never been to Oregon but knew
this was a step to fulilling his
wish to visit every single state.
“It was different country,
a different kind of terrain than
I’m used to, and I wanted to
challenge myself,” Martinez
said.
He arrived for the hunt Sept
29. Jim Soares, a local real
estate agent and avid hunter,
served as the hunt guide. He
told Martinez the bear hunt
was canceled. The news didn’t
phase Martinez. Soares then
told Martinez that local resident
Saralyn Johnson had donated
an elk tag.
“Oh. man, he gave me a big
hug, he was so happy,” Soares
said.
Martinez went hunting the
same day.
“I missed the irst couple
of times, but my friends didn’t
give up on me and Divide
Camp didn’t give up on me and
I got one the next morning,”
Martinez said. “Elk hunting
was one of the best experienc-
es I’ve ever had. How many
amputees in California can say
they shot an elk?”
He also had high praise for
Soares.
“Jim Soares is amazing. He
surprised me with the elk tag
when I irst got here. I started
crying and he started crying.
People feeling emotion is what
makes us human, and a lot of
us have steered away from that.
Anyone who acts like a real hu-
man is someone I want to keep
in my life.”
The rest of his time at the
camp was spent viewing wild-
life, including a bald eagle, and
enjoying a rare view (for him)
of the Milky Way.
“It’s gorgeous, even if we
hadn’t gone hunting and just
saw wildlife I would have
loved it.”
He also stayed in a new
cabin built to accommodate
veterans with disabilities. He
appreciated the camp’s efforts
to make him comfortable.
“It doesn’t take much, re-
ally, but it let me know how
much they cared,” he said.
Martinez is planning a re-
turn trip to Divide Camp.
“I asked them if I could
come back to go ishing. I’ve
only ished once, in a pond, but
I’ve never experienced any-
thing like river ishing. It’d be
pretty awesome if I could come
back. It’s been so therapeutic,
being out in the woods. I was
out in the snow taking pictures
like I was a little kid. It’s a place
you need to come and see your-
self. The people are great, and
all they want to do is help.”
After a pronghorn hunt in
Wyoming, Martinez will re-
turn to his Apple Valley, Calif.,
home. He’s also scheduled for
another Divide Camp event this
spring as the featured speaker
at the Divide Camp banquet on
April 29.
In between are more speak-
ing engagements to let other
wounded vets know about op-
tions available to them while
expanding his own horizons.
“People tell me, ‘You’re
nuts,’ or ask ‘Why are you
doing it?’ Well, I don’t want
to limit myself. I want to push
boundaries and show people
there’s no limits to anything.
They once told me I wouldn’t
walk, but look at me now. Here
I am without a wheelchair. I can
walk, hunt and ish. I just want
to help as many vets as possi-
ble who feel they’re in the
same predicament.”