A14 News/From A1 wallowa.com March 28, 2018 Wallowa County Chieftain Grant will give boost to Joseph industrial park Regional Solutions could award $400,000 By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain The City of Joseph is poised to connect city services to a 60-65 acre industrial area along Russell Lane west of Camp Street. “This expansion has been a goal for years,” said Mayor Dennis Sands. “But we knew there was a price tag attached to that, and there wasn’t any way for the city to pay for it. Now we’re hot on the trail of a grant.” The program is the bien- nial Regional Solutions grant for Northeast Oregon estab- lished by the governor in 2014. The 2015-17 grant went to the 60-acre Baum Industrial Park on Hwy. 82 east of Island City. La Grande, which won $1,118,000 of a $1.2 million budget. Joseph Branch Rails with Trails Feasibility Assess- ment and Wallowa Resources Forestry Contractors Data Col- lection program have also won grants from Regional Solutions. “This year when the appli- cation window came around, I This expansion has been a goal for years.” — Mayor Dennis Sands said it’s time to get Joseph in the act,” Sands said. The city had commissioned an estimated budget for the ser- vice extension from Anderson and Perry engineering nearly five years earlier at approxi- mately $550,000, Sands said. An updated price tag was approximately $650,000. Unfortunately, money devoted to Regional Solutions for the 2017-19 biennium is a fraction of what was in 2015- 17 –– $400,000, Sands said. Nevertheless, infrastruc- ture of industrial lands is prior- ity one for Regional Solutions, and Joseph’s application was ranked number one in the pre- liminary round of grant appli- cation review. Enterprise Animal Hospital adds new vet His wife is a ‘human’ doctor at Winding Waters By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain When “Bubba,” a three- year-old basset hound arrives for his well-dog checkup and vaccines, veterinarian Severin Knudsen gets down to his level. “I’m a floor guy,” Knud- sen said as he introduced him- self to Bubba, owned by Benny and Vicki Gockley of Joseph. “Dogs feel more secure with their feet on the ground.” Knudsen, 31, is the new- est veterinarian to join the staff at Enterprise Animal Hospi- tal. He replaces Dr. Michelle Janik who recently took a job in Walla Walla. He is, as can be expected in a rural commu- nity, proficient in both large and small animal veterinarian care. Knudsen comes to Wal- lowa County with his wife Emily, also a new doctor — of humans — who will be work- ing at Winding Waters Clinic. The medical duo are shop- ping for a home in Enterprise for themselves and their Brittany Spaniel, Ranger, and three res- cue cats: Joline, River and Cleo. They intend to put down roots. “This is the first time in our lives we’re moving without any intent to leave,” Severin said. “We’re hoping to stay and raise our future kids.” Knudsen is an Oregon native with an undergrad Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Basset Hound “Bubba”, 3, owned by Benny and Vicki Gockley of Joseph demonstrates why he’s a favorite at Enterprise Ani- mal Hospital as he gets a “well-puppy” check and vaccines by new vet Severin Knudsen, assisted by vet tech Erica McNall. degree from Yale University and a DVM from Virginia Tech. He graduated in 2015. “My wife and I love this area and we wanted to live rural,” he said. “We enjoy the amaz- ing outdoor opportunities here and think there isn’t anywhere prettier. 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He also went through a signif- icant amount of powdered colostrum, birth milk con- taining significant antibod- ies to help the calf survive its initial days of life. “We’d give that to them as a jump start,” he said. At $20 to $30 a dose, that expense rises quickly, but lost calves add up more quickly. “It actually seems like it was more work this year than last year,” he said. Carl Patton lost a pickup truck and calves because of the weather. “We lost a few from being chilled down,” he said. “It’s just one of those things you deal with. The last two years have been kind of tough with the calves we lost. We were just getting started calving and this cold weather hit, and it was a mess.” He hasn’t tallied his losses this year. “We had calves freeze,” he said. “We’d pick them up, warm them up. We had cows lay on calves.” Calves weren’t the only casualties. “When the mud came, we blew up the engine of a truck trying to get up a hill so we could see.” Klages did have some good luck in the shape of five sets of twins born in a week. “It helped us recoup a few of those cows that lost their calves,” he said. Continued from Page A1 “It’s part of what we do,” Nash said. “We do what we can to avoid it.” Nash said that the Marr Flat Ranch, which he man- ages, had to hire an extra hand to monitor calf health and had men out all night picking up newborn calves and bringing them in to warm them before return- ing them to their mothers, which causes its own set of problems. Rancher Alan Klages said the cold temps brought challenges for him as well. “We lost a few from being chilled down,” he said. “Within 20 minutes of being born, they were fro- zen, and we could not keep them alive.” He also had cows with backward calves and other abnormal presentations at birth but didn’t know if that was weather-related. Another phenomenon the rancher observed were many cows “grannying” calves (picking up calves not their own), some even picking up calves four to five days old. “We normally see one or two trying to steal a calf, but this year we’ve had eight or nine of those going on.” Preparations didn’t help Klages either. Because of last year’s bitter weather, he backed up his calving from Feb. 1 toward the middle of the month, just in time for the winter onslaught this year. Klages has a “hot box” Dr. Kelsey Allen Protect your investment with our beautiful and professional detailing services. STAGE 1 Wash & Dry, Vacuum Wipe: Door Jambs, Panels, Dash, Wash Windows man Tyler Hays, whose prop- erty is primarily county prop- erty, although he also would be able to connect to expanded city services. The money will not be available until 2019-20. “Regional Solutions will make a recommenda- tion in April or May, it will be included in the governor’s budget, but it has to make it through the legislature,” Sands said. “We’re looking at get- ting a bridge loan from Busi- ness Oregon based on the fact we were getting the Regional Solutions grant if we want to start earlier.” Introducing our new Physician Lexie Gassett Showroom Shine ler Bed & Breakfast in Joseph. When the young couple was visiting the area, they stayed at The Bronze Antler and in talking over breakfast Emily mentioned she was headed for medical school. Finney told Emily that when she was done with her training, she ought to come back to Wallowa County. “We were just joking around. But sure enough nine years later — here we are,” Knudsen said. Once Emily was hired as a family medicine physician at Winding Waters, a job she will start in September, Knudsen reached out to the local vets and let them know he was available. “I’ve been lucky enough to follow my wife and find work,” Knudsen said. “I like it here. The staff is very friendly and helping me get used to the flow of the place.” They are very pleased with Wallowa County culture. “It has a bit more flavor than a lot of small towns,” Knudsen said. “For a town and a county of its size, they have a lot of people doing interesting things. It’s good for the town that you can have so many dif- ferent things to offer: you can have great music, the western culture, cute restaurants, cute shops, arts ...” The duo are looking for- ward to backpacking, hiking, fishing and hunting “right out- side of town.” “My dog’s going to love it,” Severin Knudsen said. “Just driving around the other morn- ing, we saw 10 pheasant roost- ers on the road on Alder Slope.” The task now is find- ing the additional $250,000, Sands said, and he continues to work with Courtney Warner Crowell, Greater Eastern Ore- gon Region Coordinator for Regional Solutions. “We’re looking at all ave- nues to see what else is avail- able,” Sands said. He also went back to the engineers to see what $400,000 would buy and learned that services could be extended to Samples Road, which would serve the four businesses already interested in establish- ing a presence in the park. The four do not include business- This week’s athlete of the week is hard-working Enterprise High School junior Lexie Gassett. Last week, pitching duties fell on Gassett’s shoulders as injury sidelined the other Cubs pitcher.Thriving on the challenge, Gassett, won three of four contests, losing only the final after pitching three games in two days. She didn’t forget to bring her bat to the festivities and appeared among the top hitters in each game as she added a slew of hits and RBIs to the Cubs’ cause. Gassett also plays volleyball, basketball and participates in FFA. She is also an honor roll student. Dr. Allen is a doctor of osteopathic medicine, and completed her residency in family medicine. She is now accepting new patients! Call Dr. Allen to schedule your appointment today! 541-426-7900 Proudly Sponsored By: Eastern Oregon’s Full Service Propane Supplier Mountain View Medical Group 201 E. 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