NEWS
Wallowa.com
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
A17
Woman thinks county’s fi ne the way it is
This summer, Lucinda Olsen and
her husband, Charlie, will have lived in
Enterprise 37 years.
Lucinda does home care for the elderly
and sells Mary Kay products, while Char-
lie does excavation and hauls rock.
The couple have two grown children
– a daughter, Jessica Anderson, of Enter-
prise, and a son, Lewie Olsen, who lives
in West Richland, Wash.
Lucinda Olsen, who is quite fond of
the entirety of Wallowa County, shared
her thoughts on living here.
  
Wallowa County
VOICES
By Bill Bradshaw
What’s the best thing or place in
Wallowa County?
The people, the down-home peo-
ple. The best place is Wallowa Lake, the
mountains, the high lakes, the hiking, the
camping, the fi shing, the hunting and all
the outdoor activities.
BLM seeks broad spectrum of nominees to help
improve public land management nationwide
Includes local
John Day-Snake
River Resource
Advisory
Committee
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has
announced that it is seeking
public nominations for posi-
tions on 27 Resource Advi-
sory Committees (RACs)
nationwide.
These citizen-based com-
mittees assist in the devel-
opment of recommendations
that address public land man-
agement issues.
The openings include
positions on the John Day-
Snake River committee that
addresses land management
in northeast Oregon, includ-
ing Wallowa County.
“Resource Advisory Com-
mittees provide the BLM
with vital feedback on cur-
rent issues, concerns and
proposals, and enable us to
engage local communities
and stakeholders to improve
our management of public
lands,” BLM Acting State
Director Jose L. Linares said.
“Our goal is to ensure that the
membership of every RAC
encompasses a wide vari-
ety of perspectives and back-
grounds to guide our work as
effectively as possible.”
Individuals may nominate
themselves or others to serve
on a RAC. Nominees, who
must be residents of the state
or states where the RAC has
jurisdiction, will be reviewed
based on their training, edu-
cation,
and
knowledge
of the RAC’s geographic
area. Nominees should also
demonstrate a commitment
to consensus building and
collaborative decision-mak-
ing. Letters of reference must
accompany all nominations
from any represented inter-
ests or organizations, a com-
pleted RAC application,
and any other information
that speaks to the nominee’s
qualifi cations.
Each of the 27 RACs has
different positions open in the
following categories:
Category One: Represen-
tatives of organizations asso-
ciated with energy/mineral
development, federal graz-
ing permit holders, the tim-
ber industry, transportation
or rights-of-way, off-highway
vehicles users and commer-
cial and developed outdoor
recreation.
Category Two: Repre-
sentatives of archeological
and historic organizations,
dispersed recreation users,
wild horse and burros orga-
nizations and nationally or
regionally-recognized envi-
ronmental organizations.
Category Three: Repre-
sentatives of state, county, or
local elected offi ce; Indian
tribes located within or adja-
cent to the area for which
the RAC is organized; aca-
demicians employed in nat-
ural resource management
or natural sciences; employ-
ees of a state agency respon-
sible for management of nat-
ural resources; and the public
at large.
As published in a notice in
the Federal Register on Fri-
day, Jan. 10, the BLM will
consider nominations for 45
days (until Feb. 24). Requests
for more information, nomi-
nations and completed appli-
cations for RACs should be
sent to the appropriate BLM
personnel listed below:
Contact information for
the John Day-Snake RAC:
Larisa Bogardus, BLM
Vale District Offi ce, 3100
H Street, Baker City, OR
97814; 541-523-1407.
Other regional RACs
seeking nominations include:
the Coastal Oregon RAC,
Eastern Washington RAC,
Northwest Oregon RAC,
Southeast Oregon RAC and
the Southwest Oregon RAC.
What is the greatest
challenge facing Wallowa
County?
I can’t really think of any.
What can people do to
make Wallowa County a
better place for all of us?
I think it’s pretty good
right now.
What have you learned
from living in Wallowa
Olsen
County?
The people again. Every-
body’s like a family here. That’s what I
like about Wallowa County. It’s quiet; it’s
off the beaten path. There’s a
lot to offer here.
What’s your advice for
people who are thinking
about moving here?
Know that you have to
travel if you want to go out
of town. It’s an hour and a
half to Clarkston, an hour to
La Grande. But if you don’t
mind that, you only go when
you have to go and you can come and go
as you please.
Enterprise Elks announce
Scholarship winners
By Randy Morgan
For the Wallowa County
Chieftain
The Enterprise Elks
recently held their 2020
Most Valuable Student
Competition, and selected
Foster Hobbs of Enterprise
High School and Tishrei
Movich-Fields, of Enter-
prise High School, as their
2020 Most Valuable Stu-
dent Scholars.
Each student receives
a $1,200 scholarship from
Enterprise Lodge #1829 to
use next fall for college.
Placing second and receiv-
ing $800, are Malachi Rob-
erts, of Joseph Charter
School, and Anna Moholt,
of Enterprise High School.
All
four
students
advanced to the Northeast
District Judging on Jan. 6,
where fi rst place received
$1,800,
second
place
received $1,600 and third
place received $1,400.
Movich-Fields
also
placed fi rst in the girl’s
competition for our district,
receiving an additional
$1,800. She will advance to
the State Scholarship con-
test in Salem in February.
Malachi
Roberts
Anna Moholt
Roberts was second in
the boy’s competition at
District, and will receive
and additional $1,600,
but will not advance to
the State Competition, as
only fi rst- place winners
advance. Both Moholt and
Foster Hobbs placed 4th
at district, but no money is
awarded.
First-place winners from
the seven district contest
competitions advance to the
Oregon Elks State Scholar-
ship contest will be held in
February in Salem. They
also automatically advance
to the Grand Lodge compe-
tition, along with 486 other
scholars nationally.
Tishrei is the daughter
of Jeff Fields and Randi
Movich, and plans to attend
Stanford University, and
major in sociology. Fos-
ter is the son of Rich-
Foster Hobbs
Tishrei
Movich-Fields
ard and Jennifer Hobbs,
and plans to attend Colo-
rado School of Mines and
major in mechanical engi-
neering. Anna is the daugh-
ter of Kendrick and Leslie
Moholt, and plans to attend
Lewis and Clark College,
and major in Film Arts.
Malachi is the son of Wil-
lie and Corrie Roberts, and
plans to attend the Univer-
sity of Oregon, and major
in business administration.
Last year, the Elks
National Foundation pro-
vided more than $3.65 mil-
lion in college scholarships
to graduating seniors. This
year’s amount will be simi-
lar, but as yet, is not known.
The Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of Elks (BPOE)
is second only to the federal
government in scholarships
awarded to seniors in high
school.