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Groups file appeal in GRASSMAN
Lostine corridor suit
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Conservation nonprofits
Greater Hells Canyon Coun-
cil and Oregon Wild say they
will appeal the latest ruling in
the Lostine corridor manage-
ment suit they filed in 2017.
U.S. District Judge
Michael Simon recently
ruled in favor of the U.S.
Forest Service. The conser-
vation groups filed a Notice
of Appeal with the court
Sept. 4.
Though billed as a pub-
lic safety project, the proj-
ect is largely composed of
commercial logging and will
remove four million board
feet from 2,100 acres, the
groups contend. The com-
mercial units follow 11
miles of road along the Wild
and Scenic Lostine River to
its termination at Two Pan
trailhead and extend to the
boundary of the Eagle Cap
Wilderness.
“We believe our case is
strong and remain commit-
ted to protecting the Wild
and Scenic Lostine River
Canyon,” said Darilyn Parry
Brown, Executive Direc-
tor of the council. “We have
never opposed the true pub-
lic safety aspects of this proj-
ect. But the heavy industrial
logging will not improve
public safety in the Lostine.”
The project was designed
through a Categorical Exclu-
sion, which exempts the For-
est Service from perform-
ing selected analysis of the
environmental impacts of
the logging, including the
impacts to rare and sensitive
species known to reside in
the canyon.
Both groups contend that
any logging within a Wild
and Scenic River canyon
surrounded by wilderness
deserves a rigorous environ-
mental analysis before log-
ging occurs.
“Go visit the Lostine
Canyon now,” said Parry
Brown. “Go into one of
the marked units. Almost
everything except the few
trees with orange paint will
be removed. If this log-
ging moves forward, the
forest will be irreversibly
damaged.”
And Hillock makes four
Candidate
forum is Oct. 10
Long-time
Enterprise
business owner John M.
Hillock has entered the
competition for the Wal-
lowa County Commission
seat currently occupied by
Paul Castilleja.
An opening was created
upon the death of commis-
sioner-elect Bruce Dunn,
who had won a two-person
primary race in May.
Former Wallowa County
commissioner Dan DeBoie,
Wallowa County real estate
agent Diane Daggett and
Cliff Walters have also filed
for a slot on the November
General Election ballot.
Hillock is owner of
Enterprise Electric and
Rental and longtime sup-
porter of causes of all sorts
in the county, including the
county fairgrounds. He has
also been a long-time sup-
porter of Enterprise Educa-
tion Foundation.
He took over operation
of the firm in 2000 when his
father “Big John” Hillock
retired. The company was
founded in 1970.
A candidate forum is
being planned by the Wal-
lowa County Chamber of
Commerce 6 p.m. Wednes-
day, Oct. 10 at Cloverleaf
Hall. Another forum is in
the works, sponsored by
the Wallowa Lake Tourism
Association.
Good instruction came
from ranchers and other
cowboys.
“I was fortunate to have
been around some of the real
old-time ranchers and cow-
boys in the earlier days. The
late Max Gorsline of Upper
Prairie Creek used to say, ‘If
you’ve got twice as much
grass and twice as much hay
and twice as much firewood
as you think you need, you’ve
got about the right amount.’”
Dwayne’s Wallowa County
“professors” also included the
late Jack McClaran, Mike
McFetrige, Lou Warnock and
Kid Marks.
The 21st Century grass-
men and ranchers in Wallowa
County still do a lot of things
IN BRIEF
Go hog wild at
Pig-nic on Oct, 6
Tickets are available for
Pig-nic: A Hog Harvest Fes-
tival, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
6, at Barking Mad Farm.
The event is hosted by Slow
Food Wallowas and is a fam-
ily-friendly, educational, com-
munity event that will feature
heritage Kunekune pigs raised
on the farm.
Kunekune pigs are very
friendly, and pig petting will
be encouraged at this event.
The event is in celebration
of food, and in addition to a
half-hog butchery demonstra-
tion, attendees will get to sam-
ple dishes of andouille sau-
sages with dirty rice; pulled
pork sliders with coleslaw;
ham and mini biscuits and pep-
per jelly; roast pork loin with
succotash and pig popsicles.
Local brews, including Ter-
minal Gravity beer and Eagle
Cap kombucha, iced tea and
lemonade will also be served
while local musicians play the
whole afternoon. Only 100
tickets, priced at $25 each, will
be sold for the event. The cost
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Wallowa County Chieftain
the “old way.” Dwayne and
grown son Will don’t chase
the grass by hauling the cattle
from pasture to pasture. They
trail them hundreds of miles
every year from ground in
Joseph to land on the Divide.
“We’re pretty much on
the trail for 30 days when we
start leaving summer pasture,”
Dwayne said.
He also spends a lot of
time out on the winter range
in Imnaha with four horses,
a few pack mules and a small
pack of working dogs. Out
in Imnaha at the rudimentary
ranch-house, there’s no phone,
no cell service, no electricity.
Some nods to modern tech-
nology have crept in. He uses
satellite Internet, a radio that
will reach his nearest neighbor
and solar power and a backup
generator. When he walks
out the door of his house in
Imnaha, he disappears into the
past.
“It’s just like it was a
100 years ago. It’s pretty old
school,” Dwayne said. “It’s
rugged country, and it’s all
horseback.”
Dwayne tried to modernize
cattle branding just a tiny bit
early on, he said.
“The first year we were
down there (Imnaha), I loaded
a calf chute on my pickup
to take down just in case I
needed it. I got caught in
Imnaha by Dan Warnock and
he gave me so much crap over
hauling that calf chute down
there, I turned around, and I
brought it back, and I never
took it down.”
So, branding remains the
social event of the year with
families and friends from all
over the area bringing their
ropes and horses for a full day
of work. The favor is always
returned.
The tradition of sharing
chores stretches way back and
many of the branding helpers
are in their 70s, Carol said.
“You’d never know it. They
can work circles around peo-
ple half their age.”
The Voss’s have been fully
involved in their cattle com-
munity for many years as
members of the Oregon Cat-
tleman’s Association and the
Wallowa County Stockgrow-
ers Association. They were
formerly in the Haygrowers
Association and in 4-H with
their children, Erin (now of La
Grande) and Will (and Jesse)
Voss of Enterprise.
Carol, who retired from
teaching at Enterprise Ele-
mentary School, also volun-
teers at school and at senior
meal days.
covers food tasting and 2 drink
tickets, ($12.50 for 16 and
younger). Tickets are being
sold at the Bookloft, Ruby
Peak Naturals, Joseph Hard-
ware, Lower Valley Farmers
Market and the Joseph Farm-
ers’ Market.
The highlight of the day
will be the announcement of
a $1,000 grant awarded to a
local food producer selected
through a competitive selec-
tion process.
Slow Food Wallowas is the
local chapter of Slow Food
USA, a nonprofit organization
devoted to developing regional
food systems and increasing
access to good, clean and fair
food. Farming operations are
a key component of a resilient
food system.
11-county region.
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ute survey before the dead-
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5 p.m. by visiting research.
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course, participants will
receive two-year certification
from the American Red Cross.
Cost of the seven-hour class is
$45.
Register: 541-432-0259.
Skulls skat pelts
and more offered
Beekeepers plan
workshop
Building Healthy Families
will host rangers from Wal-
lowa Lake State Park for a kid-
friendly presentation on the
animals that live in the area 10
a.m. Friday, Sept. 14.
A short presentation will be
followed by a time for kids to
touch, feel and play with real
skeletons, furs and more. A
healthy snack and take-home
activities will also be provided.
Building Healthy Families
is at 207 NE Park St., Enter-
prise. RSVP: 541-426-9411.
A workshop on how to win-
ter your bees will be 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13, at Hur-
ricane Creek Grange, 82930
Airport Lane a mile west of
Joseph.
The session is hosted by
Lorna Cook. A question and
answer session will follow.
Open to anyone interested in
bees.
Tourism online
survey available
If you are concerned about
economic growth, over-tour-
ism, workforce investments,
protecting the environment,
building more tourism infra-
structure or all of the above –
the 2018 Regional Stakeholder
Survey is the feedback docu-
ment that counts.
The Eastern Oregon Vis-
itors Association describes
feedback received on the
online survey as “absolutely
critical to ensure investments
made in 2019-2021 Regional
Cooperative Tourism Program
plan are on target.”
Feedback will become part
of the official record at both
the state-wide and eastern Ore-
gon-region level which for an
First aid, CPR
classes offered
Project Heartbeat will con-
duct a First Aid/CPR/AED
class at the Prairie Creek Cen-
ter (Oregon DHS office) at
the corner of River and Litch
Streets in Enterprise.
The class will begin 8:15
a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, and will
train lay responders to assist
those suffering medical emer-
gencies, both minor and major,
until the ambulance arrives.
Students will learn how
to work with emergency
responders, understand legal
concepts, recognize symptoms
of a heart attack and the latest
CPR techniques.
Upon completion of the
Evening Under the
Stars set Sept. 15
Friends of the Wallowa
School District will present
its annual Evening Under The
Stars dinner and auction fund-
raising event 4 p.m. Satur-
day, Sept. 15, at the Tamkaliks
grounds.
Activities begin with a
social hour with musical enter-
tainment and games and prizes
for kids.
There will be a silent auc-
tion (with a special kids table),
a picnic dinner, a dessert auc-
tion and a live auction.
The organization supports
many extra programs for Wal-
lowa students, including ele-
mentary art, yoga and dance,
the music program, the year-
book and the FFA, as well as
special individual requests
from the teachers.
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