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Newspaper Page TextA6 NEWS Wallowa County Chieftain Wednesday, August 7, 2019 Lightning sparks wildﬁ re near Granite Creek USFS keeping tabs on 20 acres wilderness blaze Lisa Collier FCCLA members and friends visited Universal Studios while at the FCCLA convention in Anaheim, California, in July. By Ellen Morris Bishop Wallowa County Chieftain Forest Service ﬁ re man- agers are pursuing a conﬁ ne- ment strategy that calls for active management of the 700-acre Granite Gulch Fire on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. This means that ﬁ reﬁ ghters are working to keep the wildﬁ re within speciﬁ c, pre-identiﬁ ed areas of the upper Minam River drainage and well-within the Eagle Cap Wilderness. Lightning sparked a ﬁ re at about 7500′ elevation on steep rocky slopes of Granite Creek in upper Minam River Canyon late last week. The ﬁ re, which is 2 miles west of Granite Mountain, and far from private lands and struc- tures, was initially reported on Tuesday. At that time, USFS Helitack crews then estimated it at about 20 acres in size with spotting starting several small related blazes. “It’s a ﬁ re that’s burning with low intensity and doing noth- ing but good,” said helitack crew leader Shane Dillavou. Aerial inspection by The Chieftain on August 1 indi- cated that the ﬁ re may have spread slightly from its earlier size, with several additional spot ﬁ res burning. Smoke appeared to be moving down the Minam River Canyon. On Wednes- day, a Wallowa County 911 Joseph Charter School FCCLA brings home gold By Ellen Morris Bishop Wallowa County Chieftain Ellen Morris Bishop Granite Gulch ﬁ re burns near the head of the Minam River Canyon. caller reported a ﬁ re “near Maxwell Lake” that proved to be smoke from the Granite Gulch ﬁ re. Smoke from this ﬁ re may be visible from Los- tine and Wallowa, and can also be seen from La Grande and Baker City. By Friday evening the Granite Gulch ﬁ re in the Eagle Cap Wilderness had grown to a number of small blazes spread over an area of slightly more than 200 acres. The ﬁ re was burning more timber downslope toward the Minam River, and was con- centrated in downed wood and fairly moist fuels on the east side of Granite Gulch above the Minam River according to USFS ﬁ re man- ager Nathan Goodrich. Light rain on Friday quenched some ﬂ ames. As of Monday morning, the ﬁ re had spread to about 700 acres, burning primar- ily in south-facing, high-el- evation subalpine ﬁ r. Within the 700-acre ﬁ re perime- ter, only a quarter of the ﬁ re area is actively burning. At higher elevations, rocky ter- rain and ridges have limited the ﬁ re’s behavior to smolder- ing and creeping. The ﬁ re has also reached forested areas at lower elevations, where it is burning more continuously and mostly on the ground. The most active ﬁ re behav- ior, and also the most visi- ble, occurs when the ﬁ re runs from low in the drainage up to higher-elevation rocky areas. Fire managers are using modeling tools and on-site information to evaluate cur- rent and future ﬁ re growth, and to determine the need for suppression actions. Cur- rently, ﬁ reﬁ ghters plan to check the ﬁ re at several key T HE B OOKLOFT locations. Tactics will include aviation resources and poten- tially ground resources. “The Granite Gulch Fire is more active, so smoke may be visible from the Baker, Grande Ronde, and Wal- lowa valleys,” said Nathan Goodrich, District Fire Man- agement Ofﬁ cer with the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Fire managers will take appropriate suppression actions, as necessary, to meet multiple objectives: • keeping the ﬁ re con- ﬁ ned to speciﬁ c areas of the Wilderness, • allowing the ﬁ re to play a natural role in maintaining the ecosystem, • reducing hazardous fuels, • reducing the risk of future wildﬁ res burning out of the Wilderness and onto general forest or private lands, and • reducing the risk that future wildﬁ res pose to the public and ﬁ reﬁ ghters. Joseph Charter School’s FCCLA (Family Career and Community Lead- ers of America) students brought home all gold med- als after their recent trip to the FCCLA National Lead- ership Convention in Ana- heim, California. The stu- dents, Renee Seal, Emily Vargas, Claire Webb, Mary Theil and Maleah Mur- ray, earned their spots at National Convention by placing high at the state level in March, being good role models and leaders in their school and serving their community. Their gold medal awards stemmed from the outstand- ing projects that the Joseph Charter School students carried out during the year. Projects generally reﬂ ect and build on the talents, interests, and ambitions of each FCCLA member. “We want them to become lead- ers in their schools, out in the county, in their homes, and so they do service proj- ects surrounding some- thing that tugs at their own hearts,” said Lisa Collier, FCCLA advisor. Rising junior Emily Var- gas and three other FCCLA AND Skylight Gallery Finding books is our specialty 541.426.3351 • 107 E. Main • Enterprise • www.bookloftoregon.com Church Directory Church of Christ 502 W. 2nd Street • Wallowa 541-398-2509 Worship at 11 a.m. Mid-week Bible Study 7 p.m. St. Katherine’s Catholic Church Fr. Thomas Puduppulliparamban 301 E. Garfield Enterprise Mass Schedule Sundays: St. Pius X, Wallowa - 8:00 am St. Katherine of Siena, Enterprise 10:30am Saturdays: St Katherine of Siena, Enterprise 5:30pm Weekday: St. Katherine of Siena, Enterprise – 8:00am (Monday – Thursday and First Friday) Grace Lutheran Church 409 West Main -Enterprise SUNDAY WORSHIP at 9am Guest Pastor, John King - August 25th Mission Project Harvest Food Drive phone (message): 541-426-4633 web: gracelutheranenterprise.com St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church 100 NE 3rd St, Enterprise NE 3rd & Main St 541-426-3439 Worship Service Sunday 9:30am All are welcome CLUES ACROSS 1. Resort hotel 4. Thunder noise 8. Happy 12. Beret, e.g. 13. Intense dislike 14. Portrayal 15. Tennis shot 16. Observer 17. Fit 18. Road sign 20. Kiddie pie ingredient 22. Uncover 25. Fellows 29. Choir singer 32. Lounge around 34. This bird gives a hoot 35. Payable 36. Literary composition 37. Contend 38. Sense organ 39. ____ off (angry) 40. Orchestra 41. Poison ____ 43. Tinter 45. Old pronoun 47. Heroism 51. Poultry 54. ____ in a lifetime 57. Dumbfound 58. Notion 59. Thug 60. Sign of triumph 61. Stoplight colors 62. Says further 63. Question CLUES DOWN 1. Swindle 2. Gait 3. Rich Little, e.g. 4. Baby bird’s comment 5. Put 6. Feasted 7. Salon treatment 8. School division 9. Toss 10. Everyone 11. Letter after cee 19. Sticky material 21. “The ____ Duckling” 23. Differently 24. ____ around (snooped) 26. PBS science series 27. Duplicate 28. Winter slider 29. Cooling drinks 30. Hawaiian party 31. Expression 33. Woman 36. Clearly outline 40. Swimsuit top 42. Book of maps 44. Makes flush 46. Type of exercise 48. Molten rock 49. Is beholden to 50. Emit fumes 51. Kind of evergreen 52. Hymn of praise 53. Got hitched 55. Affirmative gesture 56. New England cape Joseph United Methodist Church Summit Church 3rd & Lake St. • Joseph Pastor Cherie Dearth Phone: 541-432-3102 Sunday Worship Service 10:00 am Gospel Centered Community Service time: 10:30 am Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise 541-426-2150 Interim Pastor: Rich Hagenbaugh members, Renee Seal, Ellie Collier and Layla Snyder, all love drama — the kind with scripts that’s done on a stage. For their gold-win- ning FCCLA project they offered a drama camp for elementary and middle school-age students that put on the play “Beauty and the Beast.” Importantly, the drama camp provided some theatrical exercises to learn about drama, talk about what roles they’d like to play, talk about the script. The ﬁ fteen “campers” made the whole set themselves. But it was more than just a play. “It was all-inclusive,” said Collier. “The camp included some students who were really struggling to ﬁ nd social and other out- lets in different ways.” The FCCLA students used the play to help the younger kids understand how to better communi- cate and socialize with their peers. “They helped stu- dents address questions like ‘How can you be a better friend? How can we include everyone?’” Col- lier said. “The girls did a great job of building skills surrounding friendship and inclusion, as well as acting skills in doing the play.” Mehlea Murry and Mary Thiel’s project helped get elementary students excited about reading and about book choice. Murry and Thiel helped Joseph Char- ter School librarian Angela Gorham put on the Battle of the Books in the spring. “They both are very pas- sionate about fantasy read- ing,” Collier said. “That’s really their genre. They may do a similar project this coming year, focused on how fantasy books can help you identify with your- self if you can see yourself in characters.” The national FCCLA focus this year was Believe in Yourself. The conference sessions offered exciting activities, skill building and projects for ways to believe in yourself as an individ- ual leader, and as a chap- ter. While in Anaheim, stu- dents, as well as their two advisors Marla Dotson and Lisa Collier, got to expe- rience many of the area’s attractions, such as Dis- neyland, Universal Stu- dios, Medieval Times and Knott’s Berry Farm. In the coming year, Collier, who will be the sole advisor now that Marla Dotson has retired, expects really excit- ing projects to share with the school and community. JosephUMC.org www.summitchurchoregon.org Time for a Computer Tuneup? Enterprise Christian Church Christ Covenant Church Spyware Removal • 541-426-0108 113 E. Main St., Enterprise 85035 Joseph Hwy • (541) 426-3449 Pastor Terry Tollefson Church Office: 541-263-0505 Worship at 9 a.m. Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship at 6 p.m. (nursery at A.M. services) Family Prayer: 9:30 am Worship Service: 10:00 am “Loving God & One Another” David Bruce, Sr. - Minister 723 College Street Lostine Lostine Presbyterian Church Enterprise Community Congregational Church Discussion Group 9:30 AM Worship Service 11:00 AM The Big Brown Church Childrens program during service Blog: dancingforth.blogspot.com 541.398.0597 Hwy 82, Lostine Stephen Kliewer, Minister Wallowa Assembly of God 702 West Hwy 82 Wallowa, Oregon 541-886-8445 Sunday School • 9:am Worship Service • 10:am Pastor Tim Barton Visit Us on with an open door Pastor Archie Hook Sunday Worship 11am Bible Study 9:30am Ark Angels Children’s Program Ages 4-6th grade, 11am Nursery for children 3 & under 301 NE First St. • Enterprise, OR Summer Clearance! 25% OFF Select Summer Clothing, Shoes & Accessories! Find us on Facebook! 541.426.3044 Seventh-Day Adventist Church & School Stop by today 305 Wagner (near the Cemetery) P.O. Box N. Enterprise, OR 97828 541-426-3751 Church 541-426-8339 School Worship Services Sabbath School 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. Worship Hour 11:00 a.m. - Noon Pastor Jonathan DeWeber Uptown Clothing & Accessories in Downtown Joseph 12 S. Main St. • 541-432-9653