CLASS OF 2019
Graduate
photos from
all the local
high schools
A9-A12
Enterprise, Oregon
134th Year, No. 6
Wallowa.com
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
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Legal pot
comes to
Joseph
First dispensary gets
approval from council
Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Courtesy Photo/Tom Nordtvedt
Enterprise High School junior, Ashlyn Gray, hands the baton to anchor leg Shelby Moncrief in the girls’ 4x100 relay race. The girls won the
event, posting a state championship time of 50.99 seconds.
Enterprise/Wallowa
wins fi rst state girls
track and fi eld title
at stormy Western
Oregon University
Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
T
he lightning fl ashed and the
skies threatened, but it didn’t
stop the Enterprise/Wallowa
girls track team from bring-
ing home its fi rst 2A state
championship.
It was a shocking fi nish, decided
by a razor-thin margin.
When the dust and clouds cleared,
the girls had edged out nemesis Grant
Union by a half-point, 64.5 to 64.
Coach Dan Moody was pleased
with his fi rst team championship.
“It was a very spectacular meet,”
he said. “There could have been two
teams with 64 points and us with 64.5;
that’s how close it could have been.”
Both the girls and boys teams trav-
eled to Western Oregon University
in Monmouth on May 17-18 for the
meet.
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Moncrief lifts Outlaws to
team title, Homan wins
gold for Joseph B2-B3
Courtesy photo/Tom Nordtvedt
Enterprise High School head track coach Dan Moody and athletes Hero Peters and
Kyla Hook react to the news that the Enterprise girls were 2A state champions, having
defeated the Grant Union Prospectors by a half point at the state 2A track meet Saturday.
GOLDEN FINISH
The Enterprise/Wallowa track team took fi rst place in four events, includ-
ing three relays:
Girls 100 meters, Shelby Moncrief, 12.75
Girls 4x100 relay, Hero Peters, Savannah Vaughn, Ashlyn Gray, Shelby
Moncrief, 50.99
Girls 4x400 relay, Savannah Vaughn, Kyla Hook, Karli Bedard, Shelby
Moncrief, 4:14.23
Boys 4x100 relay, Shane Lund, Foster Hobbs, Jericho Peters, Garrett
Thorne, 44.73
Lostine resident Getty Pollard
became the fi rst entrepreneur who can
legally sell recreational marijuana in
Joseph — or Wallowa County for that
matter.
Pollard, who already owns a dis-
pensary in The Dalles, applied for a
conditional use permit under MThrive
Organics LLC at 600 N. Main St. in
Joseph, the former location of East
Fork Brewing.
Fewer than two
dozen people attended
the milestone Joseph
City Council meeting
on May 15. City voters
in the November 2018
general election nar-
rowly approved recre-
Getty Pollard
ational dispensaries.
The Oregon Liquor
Control Commission had approved the
location, but members of the audience
were dismayed by its proximity to
Wallowology, the Josephy Center and
two day care centers that some consid-
ered inside the state’s 1,000-foot rule
of prohibiting dispensaries from locat-
ing where children congregate.
City recorder Belinda Buswell said
that after consultation with the OLCC,
none of the facilities were licensed by
the state in a child attending capacity
and did not qualify. She added that at
the time, Wallowology had let its lease
lapse, so it did not qualify for that
reason.
Michelle Kramer argued that Wal-
lowology had never let its lease lapse,
but Buswell said she had paperwork
that indicated otherwise. The argu-
ment started to escalate until Mayor
Teresa Sajonia silenced it with insis-
tent gavel pounding. She went on
to explain that the OLCC had inves-
tigated the matter thoroughly and
approved the application.
The discussion raised the ire of
Adam Saxton, who said, “So the state
says it’s not a school, but everybody
in town knows that kids are there all
day long? Because we all see it, know
it ...?”
“We have to go by the state,” Sajo-
nia said. She added that legally, the
only thing the city could do is approve
the dispensary because the applicant
had met all the state and city legal
guidelines. Following a few more min-
utes of discussion, Sajonia motioned
that the city approve the application
with minor stipulations and council
member Patti Bufford seconded the
motion, which carried, 4-2 with Pearl
Sturm and Lisa Collier voting against.
Before the vote, Pollard, a 13-year
Wallowa County resident, gave a brief
history of his foray into the cannabis
business in The Dalles and stated he
wanted a business closer to his home.
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MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES PLANNED
Wallowa County Chieftain
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Past American Legion Joseph Post 157 commander Mike Teece plays “Taps”
at the Alder Slope Cemetery on Memorial Day, 2017.
On Monday, May 27, both the
Eagle Cap Veterans of Foreign Wars
post 4307 and Wallowa Lake Amer-
ican Legion Post 157 will conduct
Memorial Day services to honor vet-
erans interred in Wallowa County’s
multiple cemeteries. The ceremonies
will culminate in a joint ceremony
that includes a Reading of the Fallen
at 1 p.m. at the Wallowa County
Courthouse fountain.
Kim Hutchison of Eagle Cap
VFW Post 4307 noted that his post
plans fi ve services: Bramlet Cem-
etery at 9 a.m., Wallowa Cemetery
at 10, Lostine Cemetery at 11, and
Enterprise Cemetery at noon. Amer-
ican Legion Post 157 will conduct
similar services for veterans interred
at Alder Slope Cemetery at 10 a.m.,
Hurricane Creek Cemetery at 11 a.m.
and Prairie Creek Cemetery at noon.
At 1 p.m. the VFW and Ameri-
can Legion will combine in a ser-
vice that includes a Remembrance
of the Fallen, and recognition of vet-
erans who are buried at the many
small family and outlying ceme-
teries throughout Wallowa County.
The Remembrance of the Fallen will
pay special tribute to the 29 military,
EMT, fi refi ghters, police and others
who have served and lost their lives
in the past year. They include George
Ballard, Robert Lathrop, and Biden
Tippett.
“It’s an emotionally draining day
for the vets who take part in the ser-
vices,” said Hutchison, “We’re glad
to take the uniforms off and relax —
but it’s also something we feel very
honored to do.”