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September 19, 2018
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War causes teacher shortage in Wallowa County
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
100 YEARS AGO
Sept 19, 1918
The impossible has hap-
pened, for an automobile has
been driven to Snake River. It
has found a snug garage under
a hackberry bush at Mike
Thomason’s place at Pittsburg.
The car belongs to Frank Wil-
son who drove it in from Col-
orado, and reached Snake river
by way of the Salmon, using
the bed of the latter stream for
a road, jumping over rocks and
plowing through gravel beds
and sand and going where
everybody said a car could not
possibly go.
As one result of the war,
there is a marked shortage of
school teachers in Wallowa
County, and elsewhere. Supt.
J.C. Conley found there were
20 districts without teachers,
and he has been making great
efforts to fill the serious want.
To tide over the emergency, he
has the authorization to make
teachers out of high school
graduates.
FOR THE RECORD
SEPT. 3
4:04 p.m. –– Wallowa County
SO responded to a complaint of
animal neglect in Wallowa.
9:50 p.m. –– Oregon State
Police responded to a 911 call
from rural Joseph about a sin-
gle-vehicle accident.
SEPT. 4
10:31 a.m. –– Enterprise PD
responded to a 911 caller who
reported a trespass incident.
6:33 p.m. –– A criminal mis-
chief incident was reported in
Joseph.
SEPT. 5
9:43 a.m. –– Report of fraud-
ulent use of a credit card was
investigated in Joseph.
11:09 a.m. –– Report of a tres-
passing incident in Joseph.
5:11 p.m. –– A dog bite was
reported in Enterprise.
6:03 p.m. –– A disturbance
call in Joseph was answered by
sheriff’s deputies.
SEPT. 6
8:38 a.m. –– Deputies
responded to a report of a
cow killed on Hwy. 3 north of
Enterprise.
11:59 a.m. –– Possible dog
abuse case was investigated in
Enterprise.
12:48 p.m. –– Criminal mis-
chief reported in Enterprise.
6:09 p.m. –– Report of the
theft of a wood trailer in Wallowa
was investigated.
SEPT. 7
1:10 p.m. –– Complaint
of vehicles speeding through
Lostine.
5:25 p.m. –– Wallowa County
SO intervened in a custody dis-
pute in Lostine.
SEPT. 8
5:45 a.m. –– A Wallowa resi-
dent reported telephonic harass-
ment and trespass to Wallowa
Material for surgical dress-
ings has been received and
work will begin to assemble
them in the Burnaugh build-
ing. Women who have signed
pledge cards will report at the
hour named.
70 YEARS AGO
Sept. 16, 1948
All of the grain eleva-
tors in Wallowa County are
jammed to the gunwales and
only farm storage remains for
the thousands of bushels of the
1948 crop still remaining to
be harvested. All of the eleva-
tors have been filling up extra
space, rigging up temporary
storage cribbing and stack-
ing what grain they could han-
dle, but the remaining grain in
the fields will have to be held
on the farm or dumped in the
open.
Six school districts in Wal-
lowa County that had planned
to hold school this year were
still without teachers last
week. An elementary teacher
was still needed in the Flora
school. Seventy-two teachers
are on the job over the county.
Five Wallowa County 4-H
Club members carried off
County SO.
10:56 p.m. –– Report of a
single vehicle crash on Imnaha
Highway.
SEPT. 9
10:44 a.m. –– A report of a
controlled burn was received near
Joseph. Joseph Fire Department
advised the landowner to extin-
guish the fire immediately.
4:47 p.m. –– A dog bite inci-
dent was reported in Enterprise.
5:49 p.m. –– Theft was
reported in rural Imnaha.
10:56 p.m. –– Enterprise PD
responded to a report of a cat
loose in a building in the city.
SEPT. 10
5:16 a.m. –– Wallowa County
SO investigated a report of a run-
away juvenile in rural Wallowa.
SEPT. 12
8:37 a.m. –– A possible wolf
depredation was reported near
Joseph.
10:49 p.m. –– Enterprise PD
issued a citation for parking in a
handicap parking spot without a
placard.
SEPT. 13
Jacob Michael Ellis, 28, of
Enterprise, was arrested by Uma-
tilla County deputies on two Wal-
lowa County warrants, one for
unauthorized use of a motor vehi-
cle and the other for burglary. He
was lodged in Umatilla County
Jail.
SEPT. 14
1:23 p.m. –– Wallowa County
SO investigated a report of a
trespassing complaint in rural
Joseph.
2:26 p.m. –– A stalking com-
plaint was received from rural
Lostine.
SEPT. 15
12:52 p.m. –– Report of a
possible jet ski boat accident on
the Snake River in rural Wallowa
County.
SEPT. 17
2:51 a.m. –– A vehicle
became disabled on Hwy. 82 at
mile marker 39 when it hit a rock.
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A photo from the not-so-distant past. Does anyone know what year this was taken and the
identity of these Wallowa High School volleyball players?
prizes at the Oregon state fair
in Salem last week: Kathryn
Weaver, Mary Ann McCrae,
Dolores Goulet, and George
and Wilmont Elder.
50 YEARS AGO
Sept. 19, 1968
The Enterprise Chamber
met at the Circle T Cafe to
discuss plans for a Christmas
promotional program. They
decided to check into the cost
of a camper trailer that may be
purchased with the idea of sell-
ing chances on it.
The Chief Joseph Days
rodeo court accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Turner,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hatch and
Roy Carter, visited the movie
set of “Paint Your Wagon” last
Wednesday in Baker.
Work of reshaping and gen-
erally rehabilitating the north
and south dams on Minam
Lake is expected to be com-
pleted the end of this week.
25 YEARS AGO
Sept. 16, 1993
Misty Davis captured the
lead in the junior barrel racing
event during the 13th annual
Hells Canyon Mule Days held
over the weekend at the Wal-
lowa County Fairgrounds. A
good crowd of muleskinners
from throughout the Pacific
Northwest turned out for the
annual mule show and sale.
Wallowa County will begin
a model recycling collec-
tion program throughout the
county by Oct. 1. Residents
may begin using recycling
bins at Joseph, Lostine and
Wallowa collection stations
and at the Ant Flat landfill.
The Wallowa County
senior 4-H judging team is
number one in the state. Mem-
bers of the top team, which
includes the state’s top judges,
are Travis Jones, Christi John-
son, coach Amy Johnson,
Christy Stitzel, Clint John-
son, Jaime Hagenah and Reid
Wynans.
School enrollment figures
returned this week indicate
that the trend is the same at the
three large Wallowa County
school districts – high school
enrollment is up, but the num-
ber of elementary children is
down, creating a net enroll-
ment loss at all three districts.
Overall the county suffered a
net loss of 19 students county-
wide over the past year.
Wellness Expo planned at Wallowa Lake Lodge
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Wallowa County
Wellness Expo returns with
a three–day lineup of alterna-
tive and holistic approaches to
improved well-being Friday to
Sunday, Sept. 28-30 at Wal-
lowa Lake Lodge.
A previous expo in Enter-
prise in the spring was a
success.
“We had so many people
like it that they begged us to do
another in the fall,” said orga-
nizer Pam Olsen of Lostine.
Olsen is a Reiki master and
began developing the expo
when Reiki gatherings at her
home outgrew the living room.
Among the presentations
is a three-hour workshop with
source communicator and
soul reader psychic Sondra
Sneed. Her workshop is enti-
tled “Wellness is Mental: How
to Keep the Head Right so the
Body Follows.” Sneed’s work-
shop costs $65 and is 12:30-
3:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets to the
workshop or for a private read-
ing can be purchased online at
wcwellnessexpo.com
“It’s going to make peo-
ple scratch their heads,” said
Olsen. “I really want people
NOW
HIRING
to think about alternatives and
think about things in a differ-
ent perspective.”
Other offerings included
psychic and mediumship read-
ings by Dana Smith, author of
“Gifts From Garrett, a Story of
Love and Awakening;” Reiki
treatment by Pam Olsen or
Micki Mathews; crystal heal-
ing with Jackie Fleming; reflex-
ology treatments with Mark
Cook; footzoning by Laura
Rader; the Lady Thyme Herbs
and Tinctures booth of Ruth
Overholser; and Tarot card
readings by Nancy Alameda.
The expo is designed to
appeal to anyone open to alter-
native treatments and views,
from individuals who are regu-
lar users of the various modal-
ities to first-timers.
Joy is a component of heal-
ing in any case.
“This is about fun,” said
Olsen. “A lot of people asked
us to do this again because we
laughed and had fun.”
To book readings or for
more information visit wcwell-
nessexpo.com. To book reflex-
ology or a psychic reading call
Jackie at 541-263-2458. For
more questions email wcwell-
nessexpo@gmail.com or call
541-569-2148.
Courtesy photo
Sondra Sneed will present a Source Talk at the Wallowa
County Wellness Expo.
Current
Openings:
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Come see why more people bring their careers
here! We employ more than 70 staff while serving
more than 400 unique individuals every year.
For Display Advertising Contact
Jennifer Cooney 541.805.9630
jcooney@wallowa.com
To apply, please email resume to Kimberly
Witherrite at kwitherrite@gobhi.net or apply at
wvcenterforwellness.org
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