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This story and more inside today’s Jingle Thru Joseph will be missing its beloved Belgian team this year after the loss of one of the horses. Enterprise, Oregon Issue No. 32 Wallowa.com November 23, 2016 $1 Barreto picked as No. 2 Republican in House By George Plaven East Oregonian Heading into his second term in the Oregon Legislature, local Rep. Greg Barreto has been tapped as the second-in-command among House Republicans. Barreto (R-Cove), who represents District 58 which includes much of Umatilla County, was elected Tues- day by colleagues to serve as deputy leader of the Oregon House Repub- lican caucus. His primary role will be to support Rep. Mike McLane (R-Powell Butte) who was re-elect- ed as party leader. McLane has been in the role since the 2013 session and was fi rst elected to the legislature in 2011. Barreto ran unopposed for a sec- ond term in the legislature Nov. 8. He also serves as a member of the House Agriculture and Natural Re- sources Committee, House Business and Labor Committee and House Education Committee. Throughout his fi rst term, Barreto said he focused on building relation- ships in the legislature, learning how to work bills and work in commit- tees. He said he was honored to have earned the confi dence of his fellow House Republicans. “It’s about working with people, but still standing fi rm in your convic- tions,” Barreto said. Looking ahead to 2017, Barreto said the GOP is once again the mi- nority party in both chambers of the legislature — though Democrats did lose their supermajority in the Sen- ate. Rep. Greg Barreto (R-Cove) was selected as the deputy Republican leader for the 2017 Legislature. EO file photo See BARRETO, Page A5 OF THE HUNT Grants boost local schools Tech and career readiness are the focus of new programs By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain Courtesy of Creating Memories Jaylund Grengs, 9, of Idaho poses with his first deer, shot at the foot of Mt. Joseph on Oct. 22. Grengs is a client of Creating Memories, which facilitated the hunt with landowner Wendy McCullough. Creating Memories connects Boise boy with enduring experience By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain S o far this fall hunting season three children have fi lled their tags with the help of Creating Memories, a local nonprofi t dedicated to helping spe- cial-needs children connect with nature through outdoor pursuits. The most recent was 9-year-old Jalen Grengs of Boise. He bagged a deer during an Oct. 15 shotgun hunt. As guests of Creating Memories, Grengs and his mother Janice stayed at Kar- in’s Cabin on the Creating Memories property above the head of Wallowa Lake. Grengs got acquainted with Creating Mem- ” ories through board member Steve Sharp, who lost both of his arms in a hay baler accident in his youth. “I saw Jalen didn’t have any feet, so I asked him if he was interested with this sort of thing,” Sharp said. Grengs spent two weeks with Sharp learn- ing how to shoot before embarking on the hunt. Sharp said he was impressed with young Grengs, who has a quick mind and was easy to teach. The day of the hunt, Grengs woke to a dry morning, though the weather turned wet and windy later in the day. “It was nice weather, but it was kind of cold, though,” he said. The young hunter said he waited for about an hour in a deer blind before his quarry came into view. He knocked the deer down with a killing shot on his fi rst try and dispatched it with another shot. Grengs said he looked forward to eating the deer and said he enjoyed the hunt “very much.” Wendy McCullough of Sally B. Farms on Bowerman Road, is a long-time supporter of Creating Memories and had no problem offer- ing her land for the hunt. She said Grengs was thankful for the opportunity. “He was just the nicest kid, McCullough said. “He came over afterward and said, ‘thank you for letting me hunt on your land.’ It was really a special thing.” After the hunt, Jalen returned to Karin’s Cabin and promptly went back to bed. “He got in that sleeping bag and he was out in about three minutes,” Janice Grengs said. She said that later, when other hunters stopped by the cabin to visit and congratulate the young hunter, he was so excited that he couldn’t stop talking about it. “I think this is going to be a lifelong rela- tionship with Jalen and Creating Memories. I just hope we can get involved somehow and contribute to what they’re doing.” I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A LIFELONG RELATIONSHIP WITH JALEN AND CREATING MEMORIES. I JUST HOPE WE CAN GET INVOLVED SOMEHOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT THEY’RE DOING. Janice Grengs, mother of 9-year-old Jalen Grengs Wallowa County schools are tackling their educational goals with the help of three grants se- cured by the Wallowa County Education Service District. Wallowa, Enterprise and Jo- seph schools are upgrading their technology and experimenting with new math programs with the help of state and federal grants the ESD received this year. One grant, a state-funded pilot program called the “Adap- tive Math Learning Project,” allows schools to try out sup- plemental and blended learning math programs for free. “Sup- plemental and blended learn- ing” describes a combination of teacher led instruction with an online component. The benefi t of the project for the state is to test some of the teaching tools being offered by companies who are developing blended learning programs. The benefi t to the schools is they can try these expensive programs out before deciding if they want to purchase such a product. “It’s basically a one-year test to see if the program is a tool they might want to purchase,” said Karen Patton. “We got $57,000 to test two programs — you could test up to three. Joseph and Wallowa decided they wanted to test I-Ready and Enterprise decided they wanted to test ALEKS.” See GRANT, Page A5 Two bull elk killed, left to waste near Elgin Wallowa County Chieftain The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for the public’s help in identifying the person or persons responsible for the unlawful killing of two bull elk in Union County. On Wednesday, Nov. 16, OSP was notifi ed of two dead bull elk approximately 60 yards off of Yarrington Road, which is located northeast of Elgin in Union County. An OSP Fish and Wildlife Trooper responded and found both bull elk had been shot and left to waste. Investiga- tion revealed the elk were most likely shot in the late evening hours of Nov. 15 or early morning hours of Nov. 16. Evidence was collected at the scene. A reward of up to $500 has been offered for infor- mation leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. The reward is offered by the Oregon Hunters Association Turn-In-Poacher (TIP) pro- gram. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact OSP Senior Troop- er Marcus McDowell through the TIP hotline at 1-800-452- 7888 or by email at marcus. mcdowell@state.or.us. Infor- mation may be kept anony- mous. Courtesy of Oregon State Police
