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O BITUARIES
Verl Samuel Powers
July 7, 1933 to Nov. 2, 2016
Patricia Way Tippett
March 17, 1927 to Oct. 30, 2016
Verl Samuel Powers of Enterprise passed away Nov. 2,
2016 at age 83 at Ashley Manor Care Center in Mountain
Home, Idaho.
Verl was born July 7, 1933 in Santa Cruz, Calif., the son
of Samuel and Vera Powers. He served during the Korean
War (1953-1955) in the U.S. Army.
Verl was a longtime resident of Enterprise. He was the
road master for the Wallowa County Highway District. He
loved hunting, fi shing and just being in the outdoors. When
he was younger, he especially loved riding his mules while
hunting.
Verl is survived by daughters Linda Wright and Cath-
ryn Hintermeister, both of Oregon; stepsons David Curtis of
Texas, Jim Curtis of Wisconsin and Chris Curtis of Moun-
tain Home; stepdaughter Heather Curtis of Mountain Home;
brothers Boyd Powers, Gary Powers and Roger Powers,
all of Oregon; and his sisters Vera and Mildred, as well as
numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and sis-
ters Esther and Thelma.
A graveside service will be held at noon Saturday, Nov.
12 at Enterprise Cemetery. Arrangements are under the
direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in
Mountain Home.
I was born March
17, 1927, in Clark-
ston, Wash., to Kyle
Sherman Way and
Grace Ilene Nord-
ley Belts. The family
lived on the Heights
behind the Grange
Hall when I was 3
years old.
This was The
Great
Depression
years. We were all
poor, but neighbors
helped each other by
sharing — from our
apple orchard, a milk
cow, pigs — which
helped us survive.
My dad donated the land the Grange Hall now sits on. The
school I attended for grade school is where the Clarkston
School Administration offi ce is now. Manners were very
important and taught in lower grade levels. My fourth-
grade teacher, Mrs. Renner, read to us at the end of the day
“Nancy Drew Mysteries.” Our reward for being good. Our
main games at recess were red rover, hop scotch and tag.
A large water pipeline that ran from Asotin Creek to
the Clarkston Heights was our favorite summer spot, as
the pipe would spring a leak and we cooled off. At Clark-
ston High, I enjoyed music and was in the Girls Glee Club,
Mixed Chorus, Triple Trio.
At 14, Pearl Harbor happened and for the next four
years, everyone’s mind was on one thing ... getting World
War II won! I worked at C.C Andersons (the old Macy’s
store on the corner of Fifth and Main in Lewiston). I got
to work by walking or by bus, from 16th Avenue, in Clark-
ston. Few used the bus in those years, as we needed ev-
ery cent for necessities. News and mail were censored, so
people gathered in town or family outings. Music was a
large part of our entertainment. Grange dances were fre-
quent. KRLC “crooned” with Bing Crosby and talent scout
program. I sang a duo on KRLC, a new Christmas song,
“Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” KRLC was our only
radio station.
My brother Reid Way was in England. At age 17, in
my senior year, we got word that Reid was killed in the
Normandy invasion. I wanted to stop school, but I fi nished.
I was the youngest of fi ve children; Eldred Way died of
pneumonia at 16, Tom Way of cancer in 1968, Reid Way at
21 in 1944, a member of the Army Red One. Norma Way
Morris, my sister, died of cancer in 1992. Three nephews
and nieces survive.
Edward saw me at a dance where I went with friends
who were the family band. He said he saw me there and
said to himself, “That is the girl I am going to marry.” He
was deployed to Germany and World War II. When Ed re-
turned, he saw me again at a dance in Lewiston. “I was
three years older.” We married March 4, 1946. Enterprise,
Ore., was our fi rst home. Our three children, daughter Di-
anne, son Greg and son Steve, were born while living in En-
terprise. In 1957, we moved from Enterprise to Clarkston,
where we worked at Potlatch Forests Inc. I also worked for
Wasem’s drug during the period of 1960 until 1971, when
we primarily worked in real estate until retirement in 1984.
Travel and friends kept us busy as we traveled to Europe
twice. Also, two cruises.
From 1985 until 2000, we lived winters in Yuma, Ariz.,
as our home at Wallowa Lake was cold in winters, our hob-
bies being golf, reading and puzzles. Edward died in 2006
in Clarkston, where we have lived since 2000.
We served in the Lions Club, Elks Club and Veterans of
Foreign Wars. In recent years, I have done painting and be-
longed to Methodist Women’s club. I attended lunch once a
month with 1945 classmates from Clarkston High.
Last spring, the family gathered at Roosters for my 89th
birthday.
Patricia Way Tippett passed away at her home after a
short battle with an age-related illness at 9:30 p.m. Satur-
day, Oct. 30, with daughter Dianne and sister-in-law Cyn-
thia by her side.
A memorial service will be held by her family for fam-
ily and friends at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 at the United
Methodist Church at Highland Street. A meal provided by
the Methodist Women will be provided.
She is survived by daughter Dianne Capps and GW
Capps of Clarkston; sons Greg and Patty Tippett of Tilla-
mook, Ore., and Steve and Marcia Tippett of The Dalles,
Ore.; as well as seven grandchildren; and 23 great-grand-
children, all living in Oregon and Washington.
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Wildhorse Foun-
dation, a community bene-
fi t fund established by the
Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation
(CTUIR) to support organiza-
tions in northeastern Oregon
and southeastern Washing-
ton, has announced its grant
awards for the third quarter of
2016. A total of $210,896.91
was awarded to 30 recipients,
bringing the total for 2016 to
nearly $634,000.
Four Wallowa County or-
ganizations received funding
in the third quarter:
• Building Healthy Fam-
ilies received $8,500 to pur-
chase an ADA-accessible ther-
apeutic swing seat, a children’s
play tower, a fi xed musical
instrument installation and an
ADA-accessible pour-in-place
mulch rubberized pathway.
• Fishtrap received $1,625
to cover the cost of fi ve youth
and one chaperone to attend
its writing camp.
• Hurricane Creek Grange
#608 received $2,500 for
painting, maintenance, stor-
age and a hand-washing sink
for its kitchen.
• Wallowa County Project
Heartbeat received $7,153 to
cover the cost of placing au-
tomated external defi brilla-
tors at the Elgin Train Depot,
Wallowa Lake Lodge and a
second seasonal unit at the
Wallowa Lake Tramway.
The maximum grant given
by the Wildhorse Foundation
is $20,000. Two organiza-
tions were given $20,000 in
the third-quarter giving cycle.
The Helix School was granted
$20,000 toward resurfacing
its track area. The current dirt
track will receive a facelift
and be upgraded to a rubber-
ized track. The other $20,000
grant was awarded to Windy
River Elementary School
in Boardman. The funding
will be used to purchase new
equipment and instruments
as well as repair instruments
for their Beginning Band Pro-
gram. This is the fi rst grant
that Windy River has received
from the Wildhorse Founda-
tion.
The Wildhorse Founda-
tion Board consider grants
that cover the areas of public
health, public safety, educa-
tion, the arts, historic preser-
vation, gambling addiction
services, salmon restoration,
environmental protection, and
cultural activities. More than
1,700 local and regional non-
profi ts have benefi ted from
the $9.9 million given by the
Wildhorse Foundation since
its inception.
For more information, vis-
it www.thewildhorsefounda-
tion.com.
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Correction
An Oct. 26 article about the PERS retirement system incor-
rectly stated that when a recipient contributes 6 percent to
PERS on their own the amount is subtracted from the 12 to
20 percent (or more) that the employer pays. The 6 percent
contribution goes into a separate account for the employee
and is not subtracted from the regular amount of PERS the
employer must pay. If the employee does not pay this 6 per-
cent amount but is entitled to it, the employer must pay that
on top of the regular PERS amount.
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