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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Boat: Sheriff fi ghting to get safer, more capable craft for Hells Canyon patrols
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put in any rapids, and just
hold it in place with those
engines.” Rogers paid for
the fuel for the boat. Idaho
Power chipped in food and
shelter.
Ultimately they recov-
ered the body of the jet boat-
er—a prison guard who
lived in Ontario, Oregon.
His boat washed ashore
somewhat later. “It looked
like a crushed Coors can,”
Rogers said.
“Generally, our boat is
good on the lake and smaller
rivers that aren’t rough and
don’t have lots of rapids,
like the Grande Ronde,”
Steen said. “We have to be
a little careful on the Snake
River because the boat we
have now is not a very wide-
beamed long bowed boat.
We just have to pick our
routes more carefully when
we go upriver. There are
some places and some fl ows
that we just can’t navigate. It
would be nice to have a lit-
tle bit larger, a little longer
boat. Even a couple more
Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County sheriff ’s deputy Marc Christman counsels a stand-up paddle boarder on safety
and also the best way around the EPA’s barrel recovery work on Wallowa Lake in May, 2019.
feet would help us greatly.”
Both Steen and Rogers
have asked for a slightly
bigger boat for years. But
their requests have fallen on
deaf ears, as have their invi-
tations to take the Marine
Board members and admin-
istrators on an exciting ride
through Hells Canyon on a
19-foot, single-engined jet
boat.
“I’ve been trying to
achieve that for years. But
for some reason I’ve just
not been able to get it done,”
Steen said. “Maybe they
don’t want us to have a big-
ger boat. I don’t know what
the reason is. They will give
you a reason, but their rea-
sons don’t wash out. It’s
been an issue and an irritant
with us.”
Most likely, Steen noted,
Wallowa County is simply
too far away. It’s out of sight,
out of mind. The needs of a
rural county that patrols the
roughest part of a river that
fl ows through the deepest
canyon in North America,
using a light-weight, sin-
gle engine watercraft, just
doesn’t seem important.
And it’s not just on the
Snake River that a slightly
bigger boat would help.
“Last year we were on
the Grande Ronde looking
for an escaped person out
of Union County,” Steen
said. “We damaged our boat,
and got it repaired mostly
on the county’s insurance.
That boat was pretty ade-
quate on the Grande Ronde,
but even there, if we had a
couple more feet on the boat
it would be a heck of a lot
safer for us.”
When the sheriff’s patrol
is not plying the Snake or
the Grande Ronde, they are
most likely to be found on
Wallowa Lake, where they
spend a lot more time than
on the Snake.
“This is a destination
place in the summer time,
Steen said. “People come
here to relax and we try to
keep that in mind. But safety
is number one.”
On the lake, the marine
patrol checks for safety
equipment including life
vests, removes the coun-
ty’s docks from the lake in
the fall and returns them to
the water in the spring, and
occasionally remove debris
fl oating on the lake (“But
we don’t actually clean the
lake,” Steen was quick to
clarify.) They look for peo-
ple running too fast in no
wake zones, intoxicated peo-
ple, and generally look out
for public safety. While the
EPA was working on remov-
ing barrels from the lake, the
sheriff’s patrol ensured that
boaters, kayakers, and pad-
dle-boarders steered clear
of the work areas. Patrolling
the lake during Shake the
Lake Fireworks is espe-
cially important. They also
check boats for licenses, and
for invasive species .“We
don’t need zebra mussels
in Wallowa Lake,” Steen
said. “That would be a nasty
deal.”
The Oregon State Marine
Board helps support all
this work, returning about
$35,000 per year for patrol
of Hells Canyon, the Grande
Ronde, and Wallowa Lake.
Now if only they would
come up with that slightly
bigger boat…..
ACE: Wallowa County Students attend Aerospace Career Exploration Camp
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Treasure Valley Community
College, and Frazier Avi-
ation in Ontario. The Wal-
lowa County students were
sponsored by the NEOAF
(North Eastern Oregon Avia-
tion Foundation) and Joseph
Charter School (JCS.)
“The academy does more
than just focus on piloting
and aircraft maintenance and
design,” stated Steven Locke,
who accompanied the stu-
dents to the camp. Locke
grew up on a ranch outside of
Joseph and is now an associ-
ate professor at the University
of Wyoming. He volunteers
his efforts as Education Liai-
son with the Aviation Edu-
cation programs in Wallowa
County.
“There are numerous
career opportunities in the
fi eld of aviation that can
provide living wages for
Wallowa County students.
While there will be tremen-
dous shortages of pilots and
airframe and powerplant
mechanics, within the next
decade there is also a need for
employees in air traffi c con-
trol, weather forecasting, and
business management.
It also informs them on
how they can further their
education for those careers
when they leave high school,
whether it be college, trade
schools, or some type of
apprenticeship program.”
The Academy began with
T HE B OOKLOFT
learning about drone oper-
ations and actually pilot-
ing drones. This workshop
stressed the importance and
the protocols of communica-
tions between members on
each team, other drone oper-
ating teams, and bystanders in
the area.
The second part of the
academy included visits to
Western Aircraft in Boise
where students observed the
refurbishing and maintenance
of aircraft. Students then
entered a 65 foot air traffi c
control tower to observe air-
craft departures, approaches,
and landings. The last visit of
the day was to the National
Weather Service facilities
which gives weather con-
ditions vital to the aviation
industry.
ACE Academy activities
ended with Wallowa County
students being treated to cross
country fl ying where each
student was able to take the
controls of a Cessna 172 with
the assistance of a certifi ed
fl ight instructor.
JCS 10th grader Corin
Armentrout said, “Flying on
the last day was my favorite
part. Attending ACE Acad-
emy gives me a head start on
what’s going to be happen-
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Methodist Church
Summit Church
3rd & Lake St. • Joseph
Pastor Cherie Dearth
Phone: 541-432-3102
Sunday Worship Service
10:00 am
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Service time: 10:30 am
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ing in the aviation classes at
school this year. “
Academy organizers are
currently working on bringing
the three day camp to Wal-
lowa County in 2020. Local
students will be selected, as
well as those from the Eastern
Oregon region.
“There are a lot of mov-
ing parts to put together for
next year’s ACE Academy,”
stated Locke. “We are trying
to build regional interest in
STEM education and expose
students to post-second-
ary careers and educational
opportunities. The ACE
Academy works to accom-
plish those goals.”
The ACE Academy is a
nation-wide program that is
sponsored and supported by
private industry, colleges and
universities, and nonprofi t
organization. Starting in
1989, the Academy has been
in existence for 30 years. The
purpose of the academy is to
raise awareness about avia-
tion/aerospace careers among
students, teachers and par-
ents, promote STEM through
the focus on aviation and
build positive public aware-
ness of general aviation in the
region.
Steven Locke, Educa-
tion Liaison for the North
East Oregon Aviation Foun-
dation based in Joseph, said,
“The Academy goes beyond
just teaching students about
STEM and develops import-
ant skills in group collabo-
ration, project management,
and communicating in a pro-
fessional environment.
“Aviation is just another
aspect of the transportation
industry but in three dimen-
sions. There is the science
behind aviation that differs
from other types of the trans-
portation industry. But the
economics, business manage-
ment, logistics, communica-
tion, safety, equipment main-
tenance, and a myriad of other
aspects are all very similar.”
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