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November 29, 2017
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Divide Camp looking toward expansion
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four percent on administrative
costs and 23 percent on fund-
raising and marketing.
The camp had four multi-
day hikes this summer, includ-
ing its first through-hike in the
Eagle Cap Wilderness from
Tenderfoot Trailhead down to
Wallowa Lake.
This season’s milestones
for the camp included a project
with a crew of veterans from
the Umatilla National For-
est that cleared brush from the
property and stacked firewood.
Camp workers also finished
the archery trail and course
and because the property is
now fenced, targets can be left
out all summer without wor-
rying about livestock destroy-
ing them. July 14 of next year
will see the camp’s first-ever
archery shoot specifically for
combat-wounded
veterans.
The camp has received 30 3-D
archery targets, 16 from Cabe-
la’s, a national sporting goods
company based in Nebraska,
and 14 from the National Rifle
Association.
Additional plans for the
2018 season will include more
fishing thanks to new volun-
teers who will donate their time
and boats on both the Snake
River and Wallowa Lake. The
camp also plans to offer vet-
erans the opportunity to learn
woodworking, painting, pho-
tography, hide tanning and out-
door skills.
A part-time director will be
brought on board in March of
2018. The camp’s board would
prefer a local person for the
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Newest Divide Camp board
member
Andy
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shows he’s got what it takes
to guide hunts for the camp.
Marcum and executive direc-
tor Julie Wheeler have big
plans for the camp’s future.
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Thanksgiving heat wave
Much of Wallowa County
woke up to a warm and sunny
Thanksgiving Day –– the
warmest one in five years.
Most thermometers reg-
istered 65 degrees as the sun
began to peek over the moun-
tains, considerably warmer
than last year’s high tempera-
ture for the day of 43 degrees.
Mother Nature was even
less charitable in 2015 when
the high for Thanksgiving
Day topped out at a paltry 30
degrees.
The temperature in 2014
was only a couple degrees
cooler than this year, topping
out at 63. Thanksgiving 2013
saw a high temp of 50 degrees
and in 2012, the mercury rose
to 41 degrees for the holiday.
The past few days have
been warm with intermittent
sunshine and very breezy.
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Department on a Wallowa
County Felony Warrant for pro-
bation violation. Original charge
was burglary, criminal mischief
and theft.
12:05 p.m. –– A computer
scam was reported in Wallowa.
Nov. 21
12:33 a.m. –– A dam-
aged light pole was reported in
Enterprise.
8:49 a.m. –– Complaint of
dogs chasing cattle on property
close to Joseph Airport.
2:18 p.m. –– Wallowa County
Circuit Court issued a war-
rant for the arrest of Jason Wil-
liam Touve, 38, of enterprise,
charged with failure to appear.
Original charge was contempt
of court.
3:35 p.m. –– A 911 caller
reported a house fire in Enter-
prise. Enterprise FD responded.
There was no fire, only an over-
heated furnace.
Nov. 22
5:12 p.m. –– 911 call report-
ing a motor vehicle crash in rural
Joseph.
7:59 p.m. –– 911 call report-
ing a power line down and caus-
ing a fire at Wallowa Lake.
Nov. 24
12:26 p.m. –– Report of iden-
tity theft in Enterprise.
4:17 p.m. –– Shawn Paul
Ruthford, 30, of Enterprise, was
arrested by Enterprise PD for dis-
orderly conduct. He was lodged
in the Umatilla County Jail.
5:16 p.m. –– Report of a rock
slide on Highway 3 at mile post
3 in rural Enterprise.
6:01 p.m. –– 911 call report-
ing possible traffic crash in rural
Joseph. Wallowa County SO
responded and arrested Willard
Alvin Cannon, 26, of Enterprise,
on accusations of DUI. He was
cited and released.
10:28 p.m. –– Prowler com-
plaint in Enterprise.
Nov 26
9:24 a.m. –– Animal neglect
complaint in rural Enterprise.
9:06 p.m. –– 911 call report-
ing boulders on the highway at
mile post 40 in rural Wallowa.
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Nov. 13
7:14 a.m. –– Slick roads
were reported in Enterprise.
4:59 pm. –– Noah Joseph
Allen, 18, of Wallowa, was
arrested on a Wallowa County
Circuit Court Warrant for con-
tempt of court. He was cited and
released.
Nov. 14
11:42 a.m. –– Stacie Lynn
Davis, 30, of Grants Pass, Ore.,
was arrested on a Wallowa
County Circuit Warrant for fail-
ure to appear. Original charge
was felon in possession of a
restricted weapon.
Nov. 15
9:37 a.m. –– Fraud reported
in rural Enterprise.
6:08 p.m. –– After law
enforcement responded to a 911
call reporting a disturbance in
Enterprise, William Cody Whit-
mire, 38, of Enterprise, was
arrested for violation of release
agreement. He was cited and
released. Original charge was
frequenting a place where con-
trolled substances are used.
8:49 p.m. –– A com-
puter scam was reported in
Enterprise.
Nov. 16
8:10 a.m. –– A single nonin-
jury traffic crash was reported in
rural Wallowa.
11:45 a.m. –– Report of a
scam in rural Lostine. Referred
to Oregon Department of Justice
Consumer Fraud Unit.
12:12 p.m. –– Report of
fraudulent use of credit card in
rural Wallowa.
4:37 p.m. –– A scam call was
reported in Joseph.
8:42 p.m. –– Officers
responded to a 911 call reporting
a disturbance in Wallowa and
arrested Shiloh Kane Dickenson,
33, of Enterprise on charges of
criminal mischief and parole vio-
lation. He was booked into the
Umatilla County Jail.
Nov. 18
2:24 p.m. –– A 911 caller
reported a possible animal
abuse case in rural Lostine.
Nov. 19
6:15 a.m. –– Sheriff’s depu-
ties investigated a complaint of
barking dogs in Joseph.
Nov. 20
4:16 a.m. –– A juvenile was
arrested by Beaverton Police
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Black ice is believed to
have caused a one-vehicle
rollover on Black Friday,
Nov. 24.
At about 8 a.m., Wal-
lowa County 911 received a
call reporting a crash north
of Enterprise on Highway
3 at milepost 36. Enterprise
ambulance and fire depart-
ment responded along with
two units from Wallowa
County Sheriff’s Department.
The driver, Ross Chesley,
of Joseph, and a passenger
were northbound when the
vehicle hit a patch of black
ice on a shady corner and
skidded out of control. The
Chevy Equinox careened
across the road and rolled
down a 40-foot embankment
before coming to a rest facing
south on its drivers side.
WCSO deputy Neil Rod-
gers said both occupants
were out of the vehicle by
the time emergency services
personnel arrived on the
scene and appeared to have
suffered only minor inju-
ries. Chesley and the passen-
ger were transported to Wal-
lowa Memorial Hospital for
examination.
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Black ice is here -- This Chevy Equinox hit a patch of black
ice on Highway 3, several miles north of Enteprise. The car
spun and rolled about 40 feet down an embankment. Driv-
er Ross Chesley of Joseph and a passenger suffered only
minor injuries in the crash.
A young veteran was
released from treatment for
severe PTSD symptoms just
two weeks before, arrived
at Divide Camp last sum-
mer. He was angry, scared and
miserable.
A six-day nature hike
through the mountains and
woods surrounding the facil-
ity on the Sheep Creek Divide,
around 18 miles from Joseph,
allowed him to find new con-
fidence, including catching his
first fish with a fly rod.
“When he came out, the
smile on his face just radiated
joy,” said camp director Julie
Wheeler. “Those are the things
that really excite me.”
Divide Camp, a nonprofit
dedicated to the healing of
psychological and physical
wounds of post 9-11 veterans,
served the needs of 44 veter-
ans during its 2017 season. It
was the camp’s fifth year of
operation.
The program allows vet-
erans to reconnect with them-
selves and loved ones through
nature in the form of backpack-
ing, hunting, fishing, whitewa-
ter rafting and other outdoor
pursuits.
Wheeler said that veterans
have bagged 12 elk thus far
with Divide Camp tags donated
by local landowners and ranch-
ers. One rancher even specified
he only wanted amputees to
hunt on his property.
The camp’s therapeutic ben-
efits are not derived through
mental health therapists, but
from the landscape and the vet-
erans themselves.
“Two kinds of therapy
happen at Divide Camp: The
campfire and the front porch,”
Wheeler said.
The director has 23 years
experience in working with
traumatic stress.
The camp has not been
without its critics. A war of
words erupted on Facebook
earlier this year.
Wheeler said the camp spe-
cifically serves 9-11 veterans
and is a “dry camp” –– no alco-
hol allowed. She also said the
organization spends 73 percent
of its income on program costs,
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position. Interested individ-
uals are encouraged to make
contact.
A past guest with a degree
in physical fitness designed a
fitness trail with 11 stations.
Camp attendees will install
it next spring. This year the
camp also installed a cell phone
booster housed in a ‘70s-style
phone booth.
“They all need to check in
at home or with their families,”
Wheeler said.
One of the group’s new
board members is Andy Mar-
cum, a Wallowa County native
who served in the U.S. Marine
Corps for five years. Marcum,
a Marine K-9 handler, lost
friends and suffered a traumatic
brain injury in battle.
“It was a lot of just recov-
ery and learning to be a civilian
again. There’s a lot of changes
you go through,” he said.
Marcum’s mother is an
acquaintance of Wheeler. He
first visited the camp in 2014.
In his role as a hunting
guide, Marcum has worked
with ranchers to obtain depre-
dation and preference tags for
disabled and combat-wounded
vets.
He said that he and Wheeler
are discussing giving the camp
more of a spiritual element and
both believe the hand of God is
on the camp. Marcum said that
Divide Camp offers veterans a
unique experience.
“The location is great, obvi-
ously,” he said. “It’s a spe-
cial place that Julie (Wheeler)
and I believe that God has spe-
cifically designed for heal-
ing veterans, and that’s what’s
happened.”
Marcum has participated in
the Mighty Oaks Warrior Pro-
gram, a Christian-based veter-
ans service program in south-
ern California.
“It helped me a lot with the
issues I was struggling with,”
he said.
He also said he’d like to
see camp participants attend
classes before and after their
actual trips.
“Just to teach them about
God’s design for being a man
or a woman, marriage and lead-
ing your family,” he said. “It’s a
lot about character building and
what legacy you want to leave
behind -- a lot of guys don’t
think about it.”
He’d also like to see more
female veterans in the camp
and veteran’s spouses.
Marcum said he and other
vets appreciated that Wheeler
has lined up an enormous num-
ber of people and support for
the various programs.
“It’s neat being able to con-
nect with those guys and share
our experiences, which is the
biggest thing,” he said. “I’ve
had help guiding some hunts
and it’s not just life-changing
for them, it’s life-changing for
all of us.”
The camp is in need of vol-
unteers, including camp man-
agers to do maintenance, cook
and make the camp more acces-
sible to disabled vets, Marcum
said. The camp also needs pack
guides.
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