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Wallowa County Chieftain Community wallowa.com THREE minutes with ... Samantha Layne, 19, of Enterprise is a new county resi- dent and is jumping in with both feet. She began her new job at Enterprise Public Library in mid-July and was on her own at the front desk by the end of the month. The learning curve has been going amazingly well, she said. Samantha is the daughter of Samuel Layne and Shan- non Layne Cox. Shannon is now married to Jamie Cox who works at Department of Health Services in Wallowa County. Samantha graduated from Sheridan High School in Thornville, Ohio, and began a dual major at Zane State Col- lege in Ohio. She is still studying digital media, coding and programming online. Computer might be her bag, but libraries have always been very important. “I’ve always loved libraries, ever since I was in first grade going to my first summer reading programs — it’s always been like a home to me,” she said. Samantha says she doesn’t do sports at all, but she loves disc golf and walking. Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Samantha Layne Q. Why move to Wallowa County? A. My mom and step-dad moved here in April from Ala- bama. I was in Ohio. I wanted a new start I guess. I knew it was beautiful and a small town. I grew up in a small town, so it wasn’t much different except I got to see mountains here and people are friendly. I love it. It’s just gorgeous here for sure. SAMANTHA LAYNE Student and part-time librarian September 12, 2018 A3 Q. It’s early, but can you say Wallowa County has taught you anything? “You get away from most of the negativity you see in larger cities. Just distancing yourself is a big help. And then you meet people who like to see you and light up. I prefer this county over everything I’ve ever seen. It’s definitely a nice change. I was living in a city the size of La Grande. They were not friendly at all, and I don’t miss the conges- tion or any of that. Everyone I’ve met here is so friendly — it reminds me of a town you would see on the Hallmark Channel. Q. Can you remember a book you read that really had an impact on you? And can you recommend a book you’ve read recently? A. I can remember one that definitely made an impact. “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson” by Mitch Albom. This was my freshman or sophomore year in high school. It was beautiful because the whole time Morrie was going through ALS, he still had this upbeat attitude about life. He never let it bring him down. A recent book I can recommend is the “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams — a classic but really cool. I like the different perspectives and how each book in it is completely different but so similar. It was originally broad- cast in Britain as a radio talk show. There’s an Anniversary Edition available here in the library. Enterprise residents getting their mail at home OUT OF THE PAST Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins 100 YEARS AGO Sept. 12, 1918 70 YEARS AGO Sept. 9, 1948 Approximately 30 acres of wheat and 330 acres of pasture grass were burned last week on the Oscar Maxwell farm east of Wallowa. About 60 volunteer fire fighters fought the blaze. Thirty-seven candidates 50 YEARS AGO Sept. 12, 1968 Gene Wilson, owner and operator of radio station KWVR in Enterprise, fulfilled an ambi- tion of 40 years last week when he flew solo in an airplane. Wilson has been taking flight instruction from Bud Stangel in a Cessna 150. A group of farmers recently inspected a of a grain field, which has been ravaged by a herd of over 60 elk: Chuck Gavin, Bill Kirby, Vic Cog- gins, Ron Bartels, Arnold Corn- well and Jim Cornwell. The field, with a history of produc- tion exceeding 70 bushels, is expected to yield less than 10 this year. Two men on the Boise Cas- cade mill crew, Ken Barklow and Leonard Whitten, were awarded cash prizes last Friday for suggestions to improve the efficiency and safety of the mill. Barklow’s suggestion was for a safety light at each end of the • • • • Chieftain archive The high scholastic standing of the Class of 1962 at Enterprise High School was evidenced by the awarding of three honors scholarships by three different colleges and universities. Supt. Jim Courtney made the presentations to valedictorian Jacqueline Powers (University of Oregon), Jo Anne Jordan, co-salutatorian (Lewis and Clark College) and Leonard Johnson, co-salutatorian (Oregon State University). carriage; Whitten suggested that an air cylinder be installed in the feed trough to raise stuck cants. A full-time caretaker and the cooperation of the public has made a vast change at the city dump. What used to be heaps of trash and garbage infested with skunks and bugs has recently undergone complete excava- tion to mash all the old car bod- ies and cover everything with a substantial layer of earth. 25 YEARS AGO Sept. 9, 1993 The Wallowa County Rotary Club has taken on the project of sponsoring the Wal- lowa Valley Junior Soccer League for the first time this year. About 300 local youth played soccer last year. During its 13th year, the Hells Canyon Mule Days committee is honoring a cou- ple, Jim and Jean Brooks, who have traveled with their black mules and wagon from Idaho for Mule Days every year since the celebration was founded in 1981. Old-time musicians Charles Trump, Cara Sam- ples, Ellie Trump, Tyson Sam- ples and Len Samples enter- tained at the Wallowa County Cattle Women annual Labor Day steak feed at the livestock yard. CATCHING UP The historical photo of the church published in the Aug. 29 edition was a shot of the Baptist Church built at 203 E. Grant St. Spyware Removal • 541-426-0108 103 SW 1st St., Enterprise ELECTRICAL & WATER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR le Days Hells Canyon Mu lowa was one PUMPS • IRRIGATION HARDWARE• APPLIANCE PARTS Kraftworks Contracting udly Pro onsore d b y p Kraftwrks18@gmail.com Phone # 470-685-1489 S P.O. Box 208 Wallowa, OR 97885 CCB# 221176 208 S. RIVER ST. • ENTERPRISE, OR www.jbbane.com • 541-426-3344 BACK IN 1928 WHEN BARBARA HILDE WAS BORN MICKEY MOUSE MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN “STEAMBOAT WILLIE” PRODUCED BY WALT DISNEY T FOR TEXAS BY JIMMIE ROGERS WAS THE #1 SONG IN 1928 Calvin Coolidge FILMS: The Crowd Street Angel The Circus The Passion of Joan of Arc OF ‘28 HAPPY 90th BARBARA HILDE PRESIDENT STARS The family of Barbara Hilde is celebrating her 90th WHAT THINGS birthday. Barbara’s children, Doug, Bruce and Bobbi, BORN COST: Maya Angelou Rent: $27.67 mo. grandchildren and extended family will celebrate her birthday with her the weekend of September 22, Andy Warhol Stamp: $0.02 2018 at Barbara’s home. Barbara often comments how Shirley Temple Milk: $0.56 gal. blessed she is to live in a community where there are Stanley Kubrick Bread: $0.09 loaf so many good and caring people. Gas: $0.22 gal. Fred Rogers New Home: $7,600 Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Alexander Fleming New Car: $320 First Appeared On The discover a bacteria-destroying Market antibiotic he called Penicillin $ $ $ $ $ TO OUR DEAR FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY Thank you is so inadequate for the out- pouring of love and respect that you showed for Bruce at his passing. Special thank you’s to Katy, Jim, John, Rod and Susan. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Special thanks to the people on the tour, ambulance and Life Flight for all you tried to do. Jane Dunn Annella Robinson 201 E. Hwy 82, Enterprise • 541-426-0320 www.edstaub.com WEEK al John Wright of W of athletes who ns of many doze past weekend’s competed in this ays. Categories e D Hells Canyon Mul hing from wagon yt included ever equitation. driving to English OF THE Contractor Time for a Computer Tuneup? ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING SUPPLIES Specializing in Interior & Exterior Paint James Andrews Here’s a memory of Elton Minkler from Roger Hockett of Newcastle, Wash. (JHS Class of ‘64) “He was a positive, upbeat individual. If you were a student in Joseph in the late 50s and mid-60s, you saw Elton almost every day. Always a smile on his face, a face you will never forget. Elton and his wife (I can pic- ture her face but cannot remem- ber her name) lived in the log house across from the For- est Service station at Wallowa Lake. My most distinct memory is watching Elton play basketball and make his patented under- handed layup shot. I thought he might come apart at the seams with all the motion the shot involved, but he was very accurate. People like Elton and Bill Wil- liams made going to school in Joseph a positive experience during that era.” ATHLETE Free delivery of mail will be started by the post office depart- ment in Enterprise the first of November. It will be what is termed village delivery, a mod- est copy of the real city delivery. Regulations require that each patron must provide a box or receptacle of some kind, or have a slot cut in the door, so that the mail can be delivered without delay, whether there is any one home to receive it or not. Business transactions of every man of means since 1913 are being checked up by H.M. Maloney, deputy collector of internal revenue at Portland, to learn whether they have paid their income tax as required by federal law. He is working at the court house this week, and will go later to the grain warehouses and other places where records of purchases and sales are kept. The lower Prairie and Swamp creek Red Cross club held a splendid meeting with 25 pairs of socks and 13 sweat- ers have been turned in and four comforters made since June 1. This is surely an excellent showing for farmers’ wives and daughters. Enterprise First Baptist Church has since relocated to 1420 W. North St., and the original facil- ity now houses a congregation of the Church of the Nazarene. for positions on the Enterprise high school football squad this season turned out for practice the past week, Coach Lowell Yeager announced. Lettermen returning this year are Zollman, Ferguson, Eads, Poulson, Best, Evans, Bacon, Homan, Young and Strickland. Fall Style Show – the latest fall fashions for men, women and children at the Enterprise High School Gym. Apparel exhibited by Harold’s, Joseph Dept. Store, Enterpriser, Viola’s Dress Shop, Margaret’s, Fisk’s Outdoor Store, Beauty Nook, J.C. Penney Co., Wagner’s Men Store and the Tiny Tot Shop. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary.