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Wallowa.com
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
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Enterprise Animal Hospital changes hands
By Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County Chieftain
Ellen Morris Bishop
Enrolled Colville tribal member Britt Rynearson points out
the features and stories woven into her red silk blanket.
“The colors represent blood, and also resemble the patterns
in many Nez Perce saddle blankets,” she said. Rynearson
planned and directed the Sharing Blankets show.
‘Sharing Blankets’
means sharing stories
By Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County Chieftain
The opening of the Wal-
lowa Band Nez Perce Inter-
pretive Center included an
art show of blankets and
paintings from Native art-
ists from the Northwest.
The show, titled “Sharing
Blankets” ran in the Long-
house from 2 until 7 PM on
Saturday. Its intent was to
generate discussions about
the signifi cance of the blan-
ket as a symbol of contem-
porary lives in Northwest
native cultures. Featured
artists included Joe Fedder-
son and Britt Rynearson,
Colville, Celeste White-
wolf, Umatilla, Paige Pet-
tibon
(Flathead-Salish)
and Roquin-Jon Siongo
(Chamoro).
Each blanket holds a
story. And each artist shared
the story, or stories with vis-
itors. Celeste Whitewolf’s
blanket, for example, told
the story of her heritage
which included a father
who loved rodeo, the hard-
ships she experienced and
the house she lived in as a
child, her travels as an attor-
ney, and her ancestry, which
included Chief Joseph’s
Wallowa band, Nez Perce
as well as French trappers,
Spanish ranchers, and oth-
ers. Rynearson’s blankets
were fabricated from silk,
and told stories of the diffi -
cult and often painful lives
of her father, her family and
her siblings.
You can learn more about
this year’s exhibition at
www.sharingblankets.org.
Last week a new owner
took the reins at the ven-
erable Enterprise Animal
Hospital on Depot Street
in Enterprise. Dr. Severin
Knudsen purchased the
facility from Dr. Jereld Rice.
Rice and his family are
moving to Palmer, Alaska in
June.
“We are leaving the prac-
tice in good hands,” Rice
said. “All the staff is stay-
ing here, and we are add-
ing Dera Stewart, who will
fi ll the role that my wife,
Alina, has as the Practice
Manager.”
“We will continue the
practice just exactly as it is
run now,” Knudsen said.
“I’m thrilled to be part of
a clinic with such a long
history, a competent staff,
and good clients. We want
to keep doing everything
right.”
That includes maintain-
ing support for the Wallowa
County Humane Society
and other nonprofi ts, from
4H and FFA to ag programs
in local schools.
Knudsen began work
with Rice at Enterprise Ani-
mal Hospital in late 2017.
A native Oregonian, he
attended veterinary school
at Virginia Tech, and then
practiced in Boise for three
years before moving to
Enterprise. In school and in
his Boise practice, Knud-
sen specialized in large ani-
mal practice, with a focus
on beef cattle. That special-
ization actually made him a
more versatile practitioner.
“You learn more about the
internal structures of ani-
Ellen Morris Bishop
Dr. Severin Knudsen (left) of Enterprise Animal Hospital administers fi rst shots to seven
week-old Lacey, a feral kitten adopted by Bill and Lorraine Farner, as Dr. Jereld Rice provides
comfort and distraction. On May 14th, Knudsen purchased the clinic from Rice, who is
moving to Palmer, Alaska, with his family in June.
mals when you know how
to work on animals of all
sizes,” he said. “It makes
you a better all-around vet.”
Enterprise Animal Hospi-
tal’s faunal clientele is pres-
ently comprised of about
25% cattle, 5% horses, and
70% cats, dogs, and other
small animals, Knudsen
noted. “If you count them by
the actual numbers of ani-
mals, it’s more cows, hands
down,” he said. “But if you
count it by veterinary vis-
its, it’s the dogs and cats that
occupy most of our time.”
Dr. Rice and his family
have contemplated a move
to Alaska for years. “We
have an independent streak
that fi ts Alaska,” Alina said.
“We’ve been enthusiastic
about moving there for a
long time.”
Dr. Rice will join the
All Creatures Veterinary
Clinic in Palmer. He’ll also
be closer to his newfound
love—mushing. “Last year
we met a couple of Idi-
tarod mushers who live near
Palmer, including one guy
who had won the Iditarod
in 2018 and came in sec-
ond in 2019, and that sort
of sealed the deal,” he said.
“But it’s really hard to leave
all the wonderful friends
you’ve made, and this great
community.”
This is probably not a
forever-separation. You can
expect to see the Rice fam-
ily here from time to time.
“I probably won’t bring my
dog team all the way down
here to race in the Eagle Cap
Extreme,” Dr. Rice said.
“But I wouldn’t rule out vol-
unteering as a race veterinar-
ian.” He might even be will-
ing to race a borrowed team,
he noted, a little cautiously.
For the near future, local
veterinarian Dr. Karl Zwan-
ziger will help Knudsen
serve Enterprise Animal
Hospital’s clients. Knud-
sen is looking for another
vet to take Jereld Rice’s
place. “So far, we haven’t
found the perfect fi t,” Knud-
sen said. “It has to be some-
one who understands rural
communities, and can work
in challenging conditions.
We know that person’s out
there.”
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