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WEDNESDAY
November 9, 2016
LADY OUTLAWS 2ND AT STATE
Eagle Cap
Extreme
volunteer
fair set for
Saturday
Wallowa County Chieftain
Courtesy of Kim Tingelstad
From left, coach Dan Moody, Reagan Bedard, Isabelle Tingelstad, Ella Coughlan, Karli Bedard, Dee Dee
Duncan, Ellyse Tingelstad, Irina Baldessari and Eliza Irish.
Senior Isabelle Tingelstad 8th overall in final high school race
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Courtesy of Kim Tingelstad
Isabelle Tingelstad finished
eighth overall at the state meet
Saturday in Eugene.
The Lane County rain failed to
douse the competitive fires burn-
ing inside the hearts of the Lady
Outlaws cross country team, who
put in their best performance ever
with a second-place team finish at
the 3A/2A/1A state meet in Eu-
gene on Saturday.
The team’s performance at
Lane Community College netted
66 points — 12 points behind state
champion Catlin Gabel.
Eleven girls teams and a total
86 runners competed. Six of the
seven Wallowa County runners
posted personal-best times, in-
cluding Isabelle Tingelstad, who
finished in 19:40 to place eighth
overall.
The Eagle Cap Extreme
Sled Dog Race will hold a
volunteer fair from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. Saturday at the Jose-
phy Center on Main Street in
downtown Joseph.
The event is designed
to introduce people to the
sport of mushing and to the
many ways they can partic-
ipate during race week and
throughout the year.
“This is a world class
event that draws spectators
and mushers from all over
North America,” said Troy
Nave, one of the ECX direc-
tors. “We are always looking
for enthusiastic volunteers to
share their talent and energy.”
Approximately 150 vol-
unteers help bring the four-
day event to Wallowa County
each January, most of whom
participate during the week
of the race.
Bringing dogs to the start
chute, cooking at the Ollokot
checkpoint and providing in-
formation at Race Central in
Joseph are just some of the
many tasks during the race.
See STATE, Page A18
See FAIR, Page A18
ODFW considers forgoing fee increases
By Claire Withycombe
Capital Bureau
SALEM — A task force
charged with finding sustain-
able funding for the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wild-
life is considering holding
off on scheduled license fee
increases if the Legislature
approves either an income tax
surcharge or a surcharge on
beverage containers to fund
the department.
The task force met Tues-
day at the Capitol.
The department’s biennial
budget is about $370 million.
One-third comes from the
federal government, another
third from hunting and fishing
licenses, and the remainder
from state funding sources.
In 2015, the Oregon Sec-
retary of State’s Office found
that ODFW had persistent
cash flow problems, noting
that fee increases had not in
the past been able to address
the underlying causes of the
department’s budget short-
falls.
Either the proposed bever-
age container or income tax
surcharge would be calculated
to bring in what the task force
has estimated is an additional
$86 million in needed reve-
nue for the department — an
increase the task force rec-
ommended Tuesday from an
earlier $79.9 million estimate.
The higher number takes into
account the proposed rollback
of fee increases.
There are two scheduled
license fee increases — one
in 2018 and another in 2020.
In future years, the task force
has proposed, the license fees
would be indexed to inflation.
Part of the task force’s
work was to recognize the
contributions of hunters and
anglers make to the depart-
ment’s conservation work. An
exemption to the income tax
surcharge for licenseholders
was previously floated as a
way to meet that goal.
Holding the line on fees
was determined to be more
feasible.
The next meeting of the
task force is scheduled for
Nov. 28, when members will
review a final draft of the re-
port they will present to the
Legislature during an interim
session in mid-December.
The group also wants to
get input from the beverage
industry.
Either surcharge proposal
has to incorporated into leg-
islation or approved by voters
via a ballot measure in order
to go into effect.
Courtesy of ODFW
Rick Swart fishes for coho on the Clackamas River in this file photo. A task force looking for
ways to increase the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s budget is considering rolling back
license fees if the Legislature passes either an income tax or beverage container surcharge.
Hunters asked to report disease in elk and deer
Wallowa County Chieftain
Oregon hunters are being
asked to be on the lookout for
two devastating diseases in
deer and elk and to report any
sightings.
Oregon State Police and
ODFW have issued a joint re-
minder to hunters that it is il-
legal to bring any deer, elk or
moose part containing Chronic
Wasting Disease (CWD) into
Oregon from any state or Ca-
nadian province with a doc-
umented case of the disease.
The disease is always fatal to
animals and no state or prov-
ince with documented cases of
CWD has been able to eradi-
cate it.
OSP reports that several
cases of illegal import have oc-
curred in Oregon this year.
The following states or
provinces have reported doc-
umented case(s) of Chronic
Wasting Disease: Alberta,
Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois,
Kansas, Maryland, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, New
Mexico, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Courtesy photo
Oregon Elk with hoof disease.
Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Texas, Utah, Virginia, West
Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
and Saskatchewan.
Hunters bringing parts con-
taining central nervous system
tissues from these areas into
Oregon may be subject to a ci-
tation, and illegal parts will be
confiscated.
The following parts can
be brought into Oregon from
states and provinces with CWD
• Meat that is cut and
wrapped commercially or pri-
vately
• Meat that has been boned
out
• Quarters or other portions
of meat with no part of the spi-
nal column or head attached
• Hides and/or capes with
no head attached
• Skull plates with ant-
lers attached that have been
cleaned of all meat and brain
tissue
• Antlers with no tissue at-
tached (Velvet antlers are al-
lowed)
• Upper canine teeth (bu-
glers, whistlers, ivories)
• Finished taxidermy heads
The Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife also is
warning that elk hoof disease
is being seen more frequently
in Oregon.
See DISEASE, Page A18
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