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Newspaper Page TextA6 NEWS Wallowa County Chieftain Wednesday, August 14, 2019 Healthcare: New facility wins critical funding Continued from Page A1 University Mental Health and Behavioral Health providers. The idea for the inte- grated health center goes back to 2006 when Steve Kliewer and Dr. Liz Pow- ers met regularly for break- fast to discuss collaborative care and how to serve the whole person — not divid- ing the head from the body but serving all aspects of a person’s health. “There were notes and drawings on napkins, as I remember,” Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness CEO Chantay Jett said. Jett, Dr. Pow- ers, and Maria Weer, Exec- utive Director at Build- ing Healthy Families, sat down and wrote a docu- ment called ‘consortium for a healthy community’ when they ﬁ rst thought about making a new building a reality. The vision of an inte- grated heath care cen- ter makes sense. Today, more than 80 percent of the Wallowa Valley Cen- ter for Wellness’ clients are already served by both organizations. So there is a need, as Nic Powers said, ”to normalize access to mental health care as part of whole-person wellness.” To his knowledge, there are no other facili- ties in Oregon quite like this, Nic Powers said. The partnership and joint facil- ity between the commu- nity mental health program and the local Community Health Center is something unusual. Although other places offer clinics and facilities where patients can go to ﬁ nd a variety of ser- Ellen Morris Bishop Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness CEO Chantay Jett (right) and Winding Waters Clinic, a non-proﬁ t Community Health Center, CEO Nic Powers announce the legislature’s award to a gathering of staﬀ , board members, and supporters at a dinner hosted by Nick and Angie Lunde Thursday evening. ‘THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT HERE IS REAL AND I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AND TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN HERE.’ Chantay Jett, Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness CEO vices, it’s usually a set of separate ofﬁ ces under dif- ferent ownership, simply under the same roof. “It’s this suite of ofﬁ ces over here and another suite of provid- ers over there with differ- ent specialties, and there’s a big wall in the middle,” Nic Powers said. “What we’re trying to do here is a uni- ﬁ ed clinic where you walk into the facility and it’s all seamless for the patient. It’s important that patients can come in for whatever ser- vices they need and nobody needs to know why they’re there. You show up, you get the care you need.” “I’m just so proud of our community for getting behind this idea,” Jett said. “That support really made a big difference in Salem, and I just can’t thank everybody enough.” The group initially met with legislators about two years ago. In September 2018, legislators, including west-side Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward M.D., Rep. Greg Barreto and Sen- ator Hansell toured the site in Enterprise. T HE B OOKLOFT “That meeting was a watershed moment—we had a representative from every local agency in the room when we were meet- ing with the legislators,” Jett said. “They were impressed and onboard with us.” Two very successful Hearts for Health fundrais- ers brought in more than $580,000 for the uniﬁ ed center – a very impressive amount raised from the cit- izens of a small rural com- munity. “The community support here is real and I think people want to con- tribute and to make this happen here,” Jett said. “They can see the need. And that also impressed the legislators.” They moved forward with an appropriations bill written jointly by Hansell and Barreto. On April 19, Jett, Powers, and local VA Veterans Service Ofﬁ cer Ted Thorne, testiﬁ ed before the Joint Committee on Ways and Means Subcom- mittee on capital construc- tion in support of the HB 5030 request for a $2.5 mil- lion appropriation. “It’s exciting that the legislature passed that appropriation,” Nic Powers said. “We have very con- crete plans to get to 80 per- cent funding. It’s essential when you approach foun- dations to have enough dol- lars committed so that they take the project seriously. The $2.5 million from the State of Oregon deﬁ nitely puts us in that category. So we hope they’ll take a look at us and say “Wow, this is a real project and it’s worth our foundation investing our money resources in this community.” Subscribe now! WALLOWA.COM Ellen Morris Bishop Tidewater Construction owner Jess Fitzhugh (right), assistant project manager Josh McCullough, and a construction inspector discuss why some of the recently blasted rock debris seems to be wet as another truck gets ready to transport a load into the nearby ravine. Minam curve: Project slated for October ﬁ nish Continued from Page A1 The existing curve will be abandoned, with no access to the historic overlook of Minam canyon. For most people who travel between Union and Wallowa Counties, it will be good riddance. A number of cars and trucks have gone off the existing roadway, usually with tragic results. In September 2016, a pickup driven by Gary Alford, 70, of Joseph, veered off the road at the curve and rolled about 120 yards down the hill, ejecting Alford. Alive when Union County Search and Rescue reached him, Alford passed away while awaiting a Life Fight heli- copter. In 2011, a loaded cat- tle truck ran off the road, killing the driver and several cattle. And in 2003, a Union, Oregon woman was killed when she ran off the road at the Minam curve. The sharp curve and steep grade have been a source of injuries and fatalities since the Minam 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. Footfall 5. Go down a slope 8. Send a letter 12. Opinion survey 13. Those elected 14. Military branch 15. “Having My Baby” performer 16. In addition 17. Ready to pick 18. Grimace 20. Glasgow girl 21. Sheriffs 24. “We ____ the World” 26. Indian or Arctic 27. Spire 31. Moreover 32. Chirp 34. Affirmative vote 35. Sweet course 37. Book of maps 39. “Look ____ ye leap” 40. Globe 41. Recipe instruction 44. More bashful 46. Weaver’s need 47. Boxing count 48. October gemstone 52. Sarge’s pet 53. Fall behind 54. Lotion ingredient 55. Legume 56. Chicago transports 57. Small child CLUES DOWN 1. Recreation spot 2. Freight weight 3. Antlered animal 4. Blood part 5. Squelch 6. Be informed about 7. Separate 8. Actress Matlin 9. Formal solo 10. Mischief-makers 11. Soap ingredients 19. Middle point 21. Burden 22. Teenage problem 23. Unites 25. Record again 27. Decide upon 28. “Gomer ____, U.S.M.C.” 29. Shakespearean king 30. Relaxation 33. Grapple 36. Speech 38. Tonsils’ site 40. Makes vocal music 41. Messy person 42. Carryall 43. Minute amount 45. Cure 49. Tissue layer 50. Perfect 51. Actress Michele ____ 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 grade road was constructed in the late 1800’s. The cut for the new road- way will remove more than 250,000 cubic yards of rock from the hillside. That mate- rial has several destinations. The most obvious to anyone driving the road lately is the in-ﬁ lling of the ravine east of the curve and just south of the roadway. The plan there, said assistant project manager Josh McCullough, is to buttress the hill slope above, which seems to have a proclivity for sliding and destabilizing the roadway. The small creek in the can- yon bottom will have a new- ly-constructed channel to use. Material from the road cut will also help stabilize a slope below the roadway at milepost 32.56, about 1.5 miles west of the new curve. Approximately 6,800 cubic yards of native material will be removed from the embankment and replaced with heavier riprap—pri- marily rocks from the road cut—placed between the roadway and the Minam River, including placement of logs in the river and other stream improvements. The shoulder of the roadway failed along about 80 feet of highway in 2017, sending the guardrail into the Minam Canyon. This section of the highway has been troubled by seepage and land-slid- ing. The rock ﬁ ll and riprap is intended to provide long- term slope stability. Lastly, although most of the base rock for the road- way will be imported from quarries in Union County, some material from the 160-foot high road cut will be used in paving and road shoulders. Barring unforeseen com- plications, the project will be complete by the end of October. Engineers and geologists are currently designing a way to rein- force a lens of unstable clay recently encountered in the midst of the basalts near the present base of the excava- tion. Other surprises may lurk in the remaining 40-60 feet of excavation before the drilling and blasting crews reach grade. “It’s been a big job,” said ODOT spokes- man Tom Strandberg. “But so far it’s pretty much gone according to plan.” 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