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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
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Tippett family fi ve generations
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Wallowa County Fairgrounds
Enterprise, Oregon
Three
Days of Family Fun
COWBOY CHURCH • PT MULE SALE • WESTERN ART & GEAR SHOW
FEATURING TENNESSEE MULE ARTIST BONNIE SHIELDS
FRIDAY - Sept. 6th Please Note: Times may vary for Class Events
Contributed photo
Fred Tippett (center) poses with fi ve generations of the Tippett family in Seattle recently.
The Tippetts, one of Wallowa County’s long-time ranching families, have ranched on
Joseph Creek and the north end of the county since the late 1800’s.
9:00am
Gates Open
9:00am
Mule Show - Driving Events: Singles, Teams & Youth Classes
9:00am
Exhibitors, Vendors & Western Gear
11:00am Trail Class – Track in front of grandstands
Humane Society moves uptown
Plans to open
thrift shop in
EM&M building
2:00pm Timed Trail Class – Main Arena
6:00pm Max Walker Memorial Scholarship Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Indoor Arena • Admission is free, but $5 donation suggested
By Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Wallowa County
Humane Society is moving
to new digs in the EM&M
building at 117 East Main
Street, just north of the
Wallowa County Court-
house. They plan to open
a thrift shop and eventu-
ally, a dog wash. The space
will also accommodate their
offi ces and a spiffy new cat
room where adoptable kit-
ties can stay overnight, pro-
viding plenty of space for
their future families to get
acquainted. The Humane
Society hopes to be open, up,
and running by October 1.
The space previously
housed Belle Salon.
“Everybody’s
excited
about this move,” said Carol
Vencill, Wallowa County
Humane Society president.
“This is another big step
toward the sanctuary that we
want to have eventually. And
we hope to bring something
back to businesses, bring-
ing more people into down-
town and helping any way
we can.“
The Humane Society was
being forced to move from
their present location on
North River Street because
their building was sched-
uled for renovation by owner
Michelle Star. WCHS was
scheduled to move into a
slightly smaller space, also
owned by Star, with access
from the alley behind El
Bajio.
“If we moved into the
smaller space that she had
available, we thought we
might lose our kitty room”,
Vencill said. “Michelle found
a way that we could have a
separate space for cats during
the day. Michelle has been
really good to us, and very
helpful. So we were going to
move there and be happy.”
But then one of the WCHS
volunteers noticed that the
Belle Salon space would be
available. “We came and saw
the space and thought if we
were going to take a bigger
step, this would be the way to
go,” Vencill said.
It was an opportune
moment. Second Best was
closing its doors, and the idea
of running a thrift shop in the
larger space on Main Street
was appealing to the Humane
Society board of directors.
(To follow Driving events) Log Pull, Mule Races & More!
Noon
SATURDAY - Sept. 7th Please Note: Times may vary for Class Events
9:00am
Gates Open
9:00am
Mule Show - Halter and Showmanship Classes
9:00am
Exhibitors, Vendors & Western Gear
9:00am
Dennis Brennan FREE Mule Clinic – Warm-up Arena
11:00am Non-Motorized Parade – Downtown Enterprise
Ellen Morris Bishop
A Wallowa County Humane Society volunteer cleans the
front window of the new Wallowa County Humane Society
headquarters. The WCHS plans a future thrift store and a dog
wash in their larger space in the EM&M Building at 117 East
Main Street, Enterprise.
12:45pm Spectator Kids Events – Stick Mule Race & Boot Scramble • 4-9 yrs
1:00pm Grand Entry & Mule Show – Main Arena
Fun and Entertaining Events: Fast Ass Express, Speed Ball,
Rescue Race, Red Neck Golf, Jump-Off Challenge, and more.
5:00pm Pit B-B-Q Dinner - $12.00 Advance, $15.00 at Dinner
& $5.00 Kids 9 & younger
6:00pm Private Treaty Mule Sale – Indoor Arena
7:00pm Kristyn Harris Concert – OK Theatre
Showtime: 7:00 pm ~ Doors Open: 6:00 pm
Tickets – $15.00 Advance ~ $20.00 DOS - Joseph Hardware,
Dollar Stretcher, The Bookloft, Favorite Finds on Main, and online
at Eventbrite.com
Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County Humane Society President Carol Vencill (left)
and other volunteers unload store racks .
“I felt that two thrift
stores in Enterprise (Sec-
ond Best and Soropimist)
were enough, and so we did
not try to open a thrift shop
in the past. Now that Second
Best is closing, there is need
for that second thrift store,”
Vencill said. The Humane
Society plans to work with
Soroptimist, rather than com-
pete with them. “We want to
be working with the Sorop-
timist as best as we can,”
Vencill said. That may mean
being open different days,
specializing in slightly differ-
ent kinds of merchandise, or
other things. “This is so new,
that we haven’t had a chance
to talk with them,” Vencill
noted.
Second Best owner Larry
Bowen has supported the
Humane Society’s desire to
carry on the thrift shop tradi-
tion. It makes sense, because
Bowen’s mother operated a
thrift store in the very same
place as the Humane Soci-
ety’s new shop back in 1978.
He sold his entire inven-
tory of 17 clothing racks and
multiple shelves to them for
$450, and included two big
bookcases, two little book-
cases, a dressing room with
three mirrors, his credit card
machine and his store’s front
counter in the deal.
“Larry has been really,
really helpful in all this,”
Vencill said.
Although they have all the
pieces and parts of a bright
future, there’s a lot of work
ahead for WCHS.
“We have a lot to juggle.
We have to fi gure out where
to put things, how to balance
the store with everything else.
We know where the cat room
will go. We have permission
and the plumbing to put in a
dog wash, but that will be in
the future once we get every-
thing else fi gured out.”
None of Second Best’s
inventory—clothes, furni-
ture, kitchenware, etc. —
came along with the shelves,
racks and other things. So the
Wallowa County Humane
Society needs donated mer-
chandise: clothing and other
things to occupy those 17
racks and multiple shelves
and sell. For now, donations
will be accepted on a limited
basis by calling the Wallowa
County Humane Society at
541-263-0336.
SUNDAY - Sept. 8th Please Note: Times may vary for Class Events
7:30am
Cowboy Church – Outdoor Stage
9:00am
Gates Open
9:00am
Mule Show – English & Western Pleasure, Ranch & Western
Riding, Barrel Racing, Jousting, Team Penning & lots more!
9:00am
Exhibitors, Vendors & Western Gear
9:00am
Dutch Oven Cook-Off
Two member teams, One pot cook-off– Main Dish and/or Dessert
Buy a People’s Choice Packet and be part of the judging.
10:00am FREE Mule Clinic - Warm-up Arena
3:00pm Show Awards Presentation
Kellermann
LOGGING
Wallowa Valley Health Care Foundation
names two memorial scholarship winners
The Wallowa Valley
Health Care Foundation
named Kristen Ruckdashel,
a Behavioral Health Coach
at Winding Waters Medical
Clinic, as the recipient of the
fi rst annual Edgar and Fran-
cis Boyd Burbridge Schol-
arship. Ruckdashel applied
for the $2,000 scholarship to
help her pursue her education
to become a licensed clinical
social worker.
The Foundation received
a $231,557 gift from the
estate of Edgar Eli and Fran-
ces Lorene Boyd Burbridge
in 2018. A portion of these
Submitted
Recipient Kristen Ruckdashel
receiving her check from
Boyd-Burbridge
family
member Paul Boyd.
funds have been allocated
for an annual scholarship to
be awarded to someone in
their second year or beyond
of education or training that
will signifi cantly affect health
care in Wallowa County.
The Foundation received
seven worthy applications,
according to board president
Dave Smyth. “It was a chal-
lenge to choose these win-
ners, but we feel both recip-
ients show a commitment to
excellence, and health care
in the county.” One of the
requirements of both scholar-
ships is that the recipient stay
in the county and put their
new skills to work locally.
SONDRA LOZIER 541-426-3271 / 541-263-0104
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* ADMISSION
Adults $10 • Seniors $8 • Youth $3 7-12 yrs • Children 6 and under FREE
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Free parking • Covered seating