Wallowa County Chieftain
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wallowa.com
December 13, 2017
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Ag council focuses on weed control, potatoes
Chamber of Commerce will
be broadcast on station KHQ
in Spokane Saturday and will
continue every Saturday night
throughout the coming year.
The purpose of the broadcasts
will be to advertise the oppor-
tunities for recreation and
business in Wallowa County.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller
returned Friday night from a
two-month tour through 21
states and into British Colum-
bia and Mexico. They drove
9,600 miles in their car with-
out car trouble or a flat tire.
Hundreds of shoppers have
stopped to look at the display
in the window of the Orren
Foster plumbing store. A min-
iature replica of the city of
Enterprise has been laid out,
showing the mill, filling sta-
tions, churches and numerous
cars, trucks and tractors.
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Hanna Brandt
100 YEARS AGO
Dec. 13, 1917
Mrs. Charles H. Castner,
president of the state federa-
tion of women’s clubs, who
was in Enterprise recently, has
appointed Mrs. W. C. Hinter-
man chairperson for Wallowa
County to care for disabled
or tubercular children without
proper nourishment.
The new agricultural coun-
cil was organized at a meeting
of farmers that took place at
the courthouse yesterday. The
council’s program will focus
on weed control and potato
improvement, among other
things.
Numerous complaints have
been received this month of
cattle losses caused by black-
leg. The disease seems to be
more common than it has been
in past years.
50 YEARS AGO
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 10, 1992
Chieftain file photo
Construction of Wallowa Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home took place in the ‘60s. Gwen
Coffin, then publisher of the Chieftain, led the campaign to build the facilities, at the corner
of Park and NE First in Enterprise.
Dec. 14, 1967
About seventy-five people
gathered last Thursday eve-
ning in the courtroom of the
county courthouse to hear an
explanation of the latest pro-
posal for the construction of
a gondola lift from Wallowa
70 YEARS AGO
Dec. 11, 1947
The first radio program
sponsored by the Joseph
Lake to the top of Mt. Howard.
Dr. Edward Press, Ore-
gon State Health Officer,
urged immediate immuniza-
tion of all children who have
not been immunized for mea-
sles. The Oregon State Board
of Health’s Immunization
Program estimates that thou-
sands of Oregon children
have yet to be immunized for
the disease.
Sheriff
Mark
Marks
announced that the search for
What’s Happening
O BITUARY
Robert Eugene Matthews
Nov. 12, 1951 –– Nov. 22, 2017
Robert (Bob) Eugene Mat-
thews was born to Bernita and
Dee Matthews in La Grande and
passed away at St Mary’s Medi-
cal Center in Walla Walla, Wash.,
after a lengthy battle with COPD
and heart complications.
Bob lived most of his life in
Wallowa. He graduated from
Wallowa High School in 1971
where he played football and
baseball. He attended flight
school in Kansas City where he
earned his flight certificate. Bob
returned home and went into log-
ging where he acquired his life-
long CB handle of “Red Dog.”
He married Lorraine English
and together they had one son,
James, who joined an older
brother Tim English. They later
divorced. Bob moved to Port-
land where he was a long-haul
driver and sleeper teamed across
the U.S. with his best friend Roc
Nordquist.
In 1990 he returned to Wal-
lowa County to help take care of
his ailing father and also returned
to log truck driving.
In 1992, Bob married the love
of his life, Sherrie Storoe Salmon,
wth whom he spent the rest of
his life in Wallowa County. Bob
loved the outdoors and enjoyed
hunting, fishing, camping and
collecting
mushrooms
and
huckleberries.
In later years he loved tell-
ing his life stories with all of his
friends and family. His later years
were filled with the love of his
grandchildren.
He was a past member of the
Eagles Lodge.
He was preceded in death by
his mother Bernita and father Dee
Matthews.
Harold Noregaard of Baker
has been called off. Noregaard
disappeared in the Promise
area north of Wallowa about
two weeks ago after his car
became stuck on a road in the
area.
Two proposed housing
developments –– one from
Mick and Sharon Court-
ney, Bill Hammack, Tim and
Audry Melville, and William
R. Kirby and the other from
Bill and Sharon Forster –– will
be unveiled before members
of the Enterprise City Council
on Monday. Councilors will
hear from the proponents of
the requests for subdivisions
in “view property” in the hills
west and north of the city.
Weather over the weekend
was in the teens, causing the
Imnaha River to freeze in the
lower moving areas. A rapid
thaw on Monday created an
ice jam that picked up debris
along the river’s banks.
Battling sub-zero tem-
peratures, an enthusiastic
band of late-night shoppers
gathered in Enterprise on Fri-
day for the first of three mer-
chant Christmas giveaways
at Warde Park. Thirty-two
local businesses donated
more than $400 cash, prizes
and services as their way of
saying “thank you” for shop-
ping locally.
Surviving family is his wife,
Sherrie Matthews of Wallowa,
children James (Melissa) Mat-
thews of Pilot Rock , Leah Salm-
on-Conroy (Jayson) Spokane
Valley, Stacey Campbell of Wal-
lowa, Patrick Salmon of Wal-
lowa, Joseph Salmon of Spokane
Valley and Tim (Denise) English
of Baker City. Siblings: Patsy
Tillery of Wallowa, Jerry (Julie)
Matthews of Gillette, Wyoming,
Doug Matthews of Wallowa
and Sarah (Steve) Parker of La
Grande.
Bob’s family also included
19 grandchildren, and 3
great- grandchildren.
A celebration of life was Dec.
2 at the Wallowa Cemetery fol-
lowed by a potluck gathering at
the Assembly of God Church in
Wallowa. Memorial donations
can be made through Bollman
Funeral Home.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13
SATURDAY, Dec. 16
Healthy Baking Class: 4:30 p.m. The
Place, 301 S. Lake St., Joseph. Explore
recipes using almond and coconut flour.
Bake treats to take home and share. RSVP:
541-426-4502.
Enterprise Schools Concert: 7 p.m.
Enterprise High School. Enterprise fifth- and
sixth-grade band will perform, as well as junior
high and high school band and high school
choir.
Public Relations and Advertising: 9
a.m. Building Healthy Families, 401 NE First
St., Enterprise How do you attract commu-
nity attention for your business? Learn the dif-
ference between public relations and adver-
tising, when each is appropriate and receive
tools to excel at both. Preregistration requested
541-278-5833.
Live Music by Dead Cat Blues Society:
8 p.m. Range Rider Tavern, 107 NW First St.,
Enterprise.
Old-Time Community Dance: 7 p.m. Hur-
ricane Creek Grange Hall outside of Joseph.
Live string band and caller. No partner needed.
Beginners welcome. Admission $5 or $10 for
family.
THURSDAY, Dec. 14
Chess Club: 4 p.m. Josephy Center, 403
Main St., Joseph.
FRIDAY, Dec. 15
Gingerbread Mania Party: 1 p.m. Building
Healthy Families, 207 NE Park St., Enterprise.
Stories, crafts, games and snacks, decorating
gingerbread cookies. For children 2-10 years.
RSVP: 541-426-9411.
Live Music by Columbia Jones: 7 p.m.
Terminal Gravity, 803 School St., Enterprise
Fishtrap Holiday Open House: 5 p.m.
Fishtrap House, 400 E. Grant St. Enterprise.
Stop in and share refreshments.
SUNDAY, Dec. 17
Wallowa County Parkinson’s Support
Group: 2 p.m. at Wallowa Memorial Hospital
Conference Room.
Christmas Concert: 4 p.m. Josephy Cen-
ter for Arts and Culture, Joseph. Performers
include Janis Carper, Bruce Coutant, Rebecca
Lenahan and students, Harmony Rising, Bob
Webb, Nick Porter and Gail Swart. Holiday
treats served. Suggested donation $10.
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Holiday Season Garbage Schedule
For Our Valued Customers & Friends
All of us at Rahn Sanitary Services would like to take this time to express our sincere
THANK YOU
for your continued business and support!
This year our office and garbage routes will NOT be operating Christmas Day,
Monday, December 25, 2017. This will mean all Monday schedules will be picked up on Tuesday.
There will be no other changes to the rest of the week.
Our office and garbage routes WILL operate our normal collection routes on
New Years Day and the remainder of the week.
We are again, offering a one month discount if you pay for the entire 2018 calendar year.
This offer is for can service accounts only. Payments must be made by the end of January
Just a couple reminders for the upcoming year:
* If you know yo will be missing a pick-up, you must call in ahead to receive credit. *
* For those who dispose of kitty litter, please bag it up. *
* Our trucks leave the office a 5am, have cans out the night before or by 5am. *
* Office policy for can size is 32 gallons and one handle must be intact. *
* We ask that can weights do not exceed 50 lbs, as we still “throw cans” manually. *
* When calling for services after hours, please leave your name, address & phone number. *
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
Sale Ends 12/31/17
