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husky who completed the last
leg of the famous 674-mile
“Great Race of Mercy.”
One dog also traces back
to dogs raced by four-time Idi-
tarod winner Jeff King. It’s
a well-bred team, but “just
because your ancestors ran
the Iditarod doesn’t mean you
can,” Rice noted.
Nevertheless, the dogs had
just put in 100 miles over the
weekend of Dec. 16-17 and
were stoked for more.
Rice has been dreaming of
racing dogs for more than 20
years. If he races this year, it
will be his first race.
“When I first got started
with Tide and Brock, I thought
I’d do skijoring with them,”
Rice said. “Then I thought,
well, if I had four dogs I could
run a sled. And it turns out
with four or even three I can
run the cart with the kids (Jon-
athan, 9, and Kaitlyn, 7) with
me and have a lot of fun.”
Fun with the dogs. Check.
Fun with the kids. Check.
He’s got seven dogs now
and has run a 100-mile condi-
tioning race in advance of the
Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog
Races.
Clearly, he wants to race.
Will he borrow an eighth dog
and enter?
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Veterinarian Jereld Rice of
Enterprise Veterinary Clinic
stops in Joseph to give his
sled dogs some love as he
completes 100 miles of train-
ing over the weekend of Dec.
16-17. Rice and his team are
set to compete in their maid-
en race at the 2018 Eagle
Cap Extreme Sled Dog Rac-
es Jan 17-20. Pictured with
Rice are his leaders, Odesy-
us and Zap.
Here comes
Eagle Cap
Extreme
RAPE
This year’s Eagle Cap
Extreme begins with
the popular “meet the
dogs” vet checks at
9 a.m. in Joseph and
1 p.m. in Enterprise on
Jan. 17, 2018. Races
start at noon Thursday
at Ferguson Ski Ridge.
she was incapable of consent
because of physical helpless-
ness caused by medication she
was taking at the time.
The defendant’s attorney,
Jared Boyd, said that during
an interview with law enforce-
ment, the alleged victim’s
doctor had stated the medi-
cation in question could not
have caused the incapacita-
tion alluded to in the original
charges. Boyd said that the
state had not even reviewed
the evidence in its possession
before charging his juvenile
client as an adult with a min-
imum 100-month prison sen-
tence hanging over his head.
The attorney also said he
had not received notice of the
evidence until Dec. 4, nearly
three weeks after his client had
been arrested while at school
and placed into custody. Boyd
also asked that the release
agreement, which included
the payment of $5,000 bail,
the wearing of a GPS bracelet
and curfew be rescinded. He
also asked for a complete dis-
missal of the case in the inter-
est of justice.
“This is a situation in which
there is direct evidence in the
state’s possession ... contra-
dicting the credibility of this
witness and what she claims of
how this medication affected
her, which was their entire
case, and that’s why the Rape
1 is being dismissed.”
Judge West said he would
not consider an oral motion to
dismiss at the hearing, but told
Boyd to file a written dismissal
motion. Boyd then asked the
court to have the state explain
why the original charge was
dismissed and replaced with
the sex abuse charge.
Frolander said that she
had received an audio copy of
an interview that a Wallowa
County deputy sheriff con-
ducted with the alleged vic-
tim’s physician. She said the
interview was done “some
time ago” and the deputy
had locked the recording into
evidence.
She said she asked for
it several times, but did not
receive it, although Frolander
did not explain why. She stated
the recording was taken out of
evidence on Friday, Dec. 1, but
it was not given to her and no
one was available to make cop-
ies. The evidence was given to
another employee of the sher-
iff’s office for safekeeping
over the weekend and she did
not receive it until Dec. 4.
Frolander said that the phy-
sician indicated the sleep med-
ication he prescribed to the
underage female would not
have totally incapacitated her,
and she also said the defendant
admitted to the victim that he
had raped her. The DA then
stated that with many persons
who undergo trauma, the more
they talk and think about the
Races include the
200-mile, 12-dog main
event, an Iditarod and
Yukon Quest qualifier;
the 100-mile, eight-
dog race; the 31-mile,
six-dog pot race (run in
two stages Thursday
and Friday); and the
22-mile Juniors race
Thursday.
The following mushers
have already sent in
their early registration:
• 200-mile race: Jake
McCowan, Clayton
Perry, Josi Thyr, Brett
Bruggeman.
• 100-mile race: Hugo
Antonucci; April Cox;
Christina Gibson;
Connie Star and Bino
Fowler.
• Pot Race: Dina Lund
and Wallowa County
resident Morgan
Anderson.
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“I guess getting dogs and
getting into this, the purpose is
to have fun — so, my chances
(the chances of having fun) are
great,” he said.
Realistically, he’s keeping
his options open. He also can
run the Pot Race (31 miles per
day for two days) with just six
dogs.
“It will depend on the con-
dition of the dogs,” he said.
“I’ll have to make a decision
soon.”
He said he doesn’t have
unreasonable expectations for
himself and his dogs.
“I have a lot to learn,” he
said. “I learn things about ani-
mal health from mushers. In
veterinarian school, we don’t
talk about managing dogs for
races. The majority of dogs we
see in practice are obese couch
potatoes that would have a
hard time covering a mile or
two.”
Fortunately, the mushers
who come to Wallowa County,
and who have befriended
Rice, are all top-notch. Which
means they’ve got humility as
well as skill.
“We just all try to learn and
in general the mushing com-
munity is a community that
supports one another,” Rice
said. “Mushers, I think, do it
more for the joy of doing, than
the glory of racing. Of course
there is the competition of the
race ... and they all have their
secrets.”
Rice will be gathering
secrets of his own to pass on to
son Jonathan.
“Jonathan is interested in
being the youngest Iditarod
winner,” Rice said.
Jonathan will qualify to run
the ECX 20-mile Junior Race
with six dogs in around five
more years.
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incident, the more information
they remember.
Frolander said that it
became apparent in subsequent
interviews with the girl that
the original charges needed to
be reduced, but that her cred-
ibility was still intact, and that
the incident still constituted an
illegal act as it was an issue of
nonconsent rather than physi-
cal helplessness or incapaci-
tation. She stated she gave the
interview evidence to Boyd as
soon as she received it.
The DA further asked that
the defendant’s juvenile release
agreement include mandates
from the adult release agree-
ment that included the wearing
of a GPS bracelet and a man-
date not to be within 500 feet
of the girl’s home as she still
greatly feared him. Upon fur-
ther questioning from West,
Frolander said she did not
agree with Boyd’s oral request
to dismiss the entire case in the
interest of justice.
In regards to the release
agreement, Boyd argued that
as this was no longer a Mea-
sure 11 case, it was entirely
different than the original
charges. He also said the DA’s
office wouldn’t or shouldn’t
have filed the Measure 11
charges if they had examined
all of the evidence beforehand.
“This is not the same case,
these are not the same allega-
tions, so why should they get
the same conditions?” Boyd
said. He said he specifically
objected to his client being
removed from school, from
having to wear the GPS brace-
let and the bail. He added he
did not object to the no-con-
tact order or his client having
to do a weekly report to law
enforcement.
Frolander argued the defen-
dant should still be kept from
school because the girl’s home
was within 500 feet of it. She
also stated she wanted the GPS
bracelet in place because the
essence of the case remained
the same: The defendant had
sex with the alleged victim
against her will. Frolander said
the girl did not feel safe with-
out someone monitoring the
defendant. She added she did
not object to most of the bail
money being returned to the
defendant’s family.
In order to bolster his case,
Boyd offered three pieces of
evidence that included screen
shots of the alleged victim’s
Facebook page after the inci-
dent that he said indicated the
girl was not having problems
with the defendant’s presence.
Judge West ordered the
removal of the GPS brace-
let and the 500 feet order and
noted the defendant’s parents
appeared to closely monitor
their son.
On Dec. 20, the defen-
dant entered a denial plea at an
admit or deny juvenile hearing.
Boyd later filed a 17-page writ-
ten motion to dismiss the case
in the interests of justice. It is
expected to be ruled on shortly.
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Paul Stangel
This week’s athlete of the week is Enterprise High School student Paul
Stangel, who currently serves as manager of the Outlaws boys basketball
team. The EHS senior serves as team manager for a number of the
school’s boys teams, including basketball, football and cross-country.
Although Stangel counts basketball as his favorite sport, he puts 100
percent effort into his duties on every team and while working in the
school’s cafeteria. He can be counted on for high spirits, a ready smile
and a good attitude. He also competes as an athlete in
track and participates in FFA.
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