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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1943-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 2020)
A2 ANNOUNCEMENTS Wallowa County Chieftain Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Mr. W.H. Wergen has established a new liquid gas company The March of Dimes Mother’s Walk was held in Lostine Monday with Carol Iles and Rhee Lath- rop co-chairmen. Pro- ceeds from the march were $44.38. Mona Kay Williamson was awarded a $25 savings bond at a Jo-Hi assembly by Bill Beaudoin of the VFW. She was the county winner in the “Voice of Democ- racy” contest sponsored by the VFW. OUT OF THE PAST Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins 100 YEARS AGO January 29, 1920 Suspected of being an I.W.W., Gideon Morrow met a very chilly reception in Wallowa, which ended in a clash in which he was accused of drawing a pis- tol. He was brought to town by Sheriff Rinehart and tried before City Recorder O.J. Roe. He was found guilty of carrying a weapon and was fi ned $25 and sentenced to 10 days in the county jail. To give time to arrange transportation details, all who are going on the Lew- iston-Clarkston good roads trip must sign up and pay their fare by Feb. 2. The fare is $30 for the round trip which will be conducted by the Enterprise Chamber of Commerce. Wallowa county towns reported a return of infl uenza this week. So many teachers and pupils were absent from school that it was dismissed and will remain closed until next Monday. While the fl u is prevalent, the drug stores will not close at 8 o’clock evenings, but will remain open as late as there is need. 70 YEARS AGO January 26, 1950 Tom Willett, 33, Wallowa farmer, was selected by a board composed of the may- ors of Joseph, Enterprise, Lostine and Wallowa as the outstanding junior citizen of Wallowa county for the year 1949. 25 YEARS AGO January 26, 1995 Chieftain archives Freighting to Imnaha. Mr. W.H. Wergen has established a new liquid gas company. Business for the present will be conducted in the Wergen Welding shop. The interior of the Crys- tal market was given a sur- prise painting Saturday night by the employees. Mr. Orville Adey arrived Mon- day morning to fi nd the painting job he was contem- plating already fi nished. Jack Wagner, John Born- stedt and Maurice Weaver of the Enterprise fi re depart- ment left for Portland to look at fi re engines and equip- ment there and also in the rural districts. The estimated cost of a new fi re truck, fully equipped, is around $12,000. 50 YEARS AGO January 29, 1970 The annual Jaycees award banquet was held at the Joseph Civic Center last Saturday. The Outstanding Senior Citizen award was presented to Ben Weath- ers; Leroy Graning was pre- sented the Distinguished Service award; Dick Quinn was named Outstanding Young Educator; and Tom Butterfi eld was presented the Outstanding Young Farmer award. An estimated 160 peo- ple met at the courthouse to discuss the school situa- tion in school district 21 and explore methods of thwart- ing the $2,000,000 bond issue which was approved by the voters. The outcome of the meeting was the sign- ing of petitions demand- ing the recall of each of the members of the school board. Early onset Parkinson’s disease may be present at birth May be treatable with existing drug Michele Tagliati Cedars-Sinai Medical Center People who develop Par- kinson’s disease before age 50 may have been born with disordered brain cells that went undetected for decades, according to new Cedars-Sinai research. The research points to a drug that potentially might help cor- rect these disease processes. Parkinson’s occurs when brain neurons that make dopamine, a substance that helps coordinate mus- cle movement, become impaired or die. Symptoms, which get worse over time, Marie Overton Stone October 17, 1928 - January 9th , 2020 Marie Overton Stone, 91, of Enterprise, Oregon, passed away on January 9, 2020 with her family by her side. She was born to Edward and Caroline Overton, on October 17, 1928 in San Bernardino, California. She graduated from Maricopa High School in California. She married William D. Stone in Fairview, Oregon and together they raised three children, Alan Stone, Linda (Stone) Rooper and Paul Stone, in their home in Fairview. In addition to her children, Marie is survived by numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her husband Bill Stone passed away in 1997. She courageously learned to mow the lawn, take care of minor home repairs and take charge of their yard and large garden. She and Bill always loved garden- ing and had a beautiful yard and numerous blueberry bushes. In 2002, Marie moved from her home of 50+ years to Star, Idaho to be closer to her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Ross Rooper. A stroke in 2006 affected her physical abilities and after six months in a residential rehab center (with Linda by her side) she was able to move in with Linda and Ross, who by this time had moved to Montana. Marie was generous, thoughtful and loving to everyone she met. Employed for many years as a cook for the Reynolds School District, she was an amazing cook and pie baker. Marie was deeply loved by generations of children she had cared for in the nursery at Smith Memorial Presbyterian Church in Fairview, Oregon., and loved her church, the people, the programs and the music. In addition to the church, Marie supported the Fairview Wilkes and Troutdale Historical Societies. She also volunteered at the local Meals on Wheels Program. She loved to go on adventures with family and friends. Ross and Linda took her to Hawaii in 2002 to see the places where her father was raised. She and Bill and grandson Hiram (he was 10) traveled to South Dakota and Mt. Rushmore. Ross and Linda took her camping on the Upper Imnaha, North Idaho, Snake River, or anywhere else she could get her kids to take her. Just this last July 4th she went camping at Hells Canyon Overlook with Ross, Linda and Granddaughter Malia. Fall was especially busy with camping at Unity Reservoir and Chrystal Crane Hot Springs with side trips to French Glen and Malheur Wildlife Refuge, a three-day road trip through Painted Hills and Central Oregon with Linda and finished the year with a Family Thanksgiving at Mundo Hot Springs in Cambridge Idaho. Being a child of the Great Depression, she was a saver and very creative in how to reuse and repurpose everything (like cutting the fingers off worn out rubber gloves to make rubber bands and reused mayonnaise jars for canning). Her sweet and kind way will be greatly missed. Family will announce services at a later date. include slowness of move- ment, rigid muscles, trem- ors and loss of balance. In most cases, the exact cause of neuron failure is unclear, and there is no known cure. At least 500,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Parkinson’s each year, and the incidence is rising. Although most patients are 60 or older when they are diagnosed, about 10% are between 21 and 50 years old. “Young-onset Parkin- son’s is especially heart- breaking because it strikes people at the prime of life,” said Michele Tagliati, MD, professor in the Department of Neurology at Cedars-Si- nai. “This exciting new research provides hope that one day we may be able to detect and take early action to prevent this disease in at-risk individuals.” “What we are see- ing using this new model are the very fi rst signs of young-onset Parkinson’s,” said Svendsen. “It appears that dopamine neurons in these individuals may con- tinue to mishandle alpha-sy- nuclein over a period of 20 or 30 years, causing Parkin- son’s symptoms to emerge.” The investigators also used their model to test a number of drugs that might reverse the abnor- malities they had observed. They found that one drug, PEP005, which is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating precancers of the skin, may be effective. The drug also countered another abnormality they found in the patients’ dopa- mine neurons — elevated levels of an active version of an enzyme called protein kinase C — although the role of this enzyme version in Parkinson’s is not clear. For the next steps, Tagliati said the team plans to inves- tigate how PEP005, cur- rently available in gel form, might be delivered to the brain to potentially treat or prevent young-onset Parkin- son’s. The team also plans more research to determine whether the abnormalities the study found in neurons of young-onset Parkinson’s patients also exist in other forms of Parkinson’s. Wallowa County’s First Baby of the Year made a late appearance this year, arriving on Jan. 21. Little Jarel Anthony Shahim is the new son of parents Annette Bernier-Shahim and Amir Shahim, of Lostine. A Kentucky man lost his life when the truck he was driving left Hwy 82 near Wallowa and plunged into the Wallowa River in foggy weather early Satur- day morning. Chet and Linda Verstrate have moved their Top Hand eatery to new quarters with a view on the outskirts of Enterprise. Winners of this year’s annual Ground Hog Day poster contest are all Joseph third graders in Betty Belcher’s class: Justin Welch, Amanda Exon, and Andy Hayes. The condition of the Imnaha River Woods road is very bad, but the Wal- lowa County Road Depart- ment states that it will not be grading secondary roads. OBITUARIES Rene’e Princena July 29, 1965–January 20, 2020 Rene’e Princena has passed from her short bat- tle with cancer on January 20, 2020. Rene’e touched the lives of many families in the county. She cared for hundreds while working at the old hospital, Alpine House, Wallowa River House as well as several years of in home care and some years as the cook at Wallowa Preschool. Rene’e Princena was born July 29, 1965, in Richland, Washington, to Norman Schnell and Joella Wilson. She leaves behind her husband of 28 years, Ardan, her 3 sons Dax- tyn, Cameron and Joseph, her daughter- in-law Paige and her two sis- ters, Robin and Norma Schnell, along with sev- eral nieces and nephews. Her absence will leave a large scar on the com- munity and her smile and laugh will be missed. A Celebration of Life Cere- mony for Rene’e will take place later in the year. ABOUT OBITUARIES News obituaries are a free service of the Wallowa County Chieftain. Obituaries are accepted from family members or a funeral home. No handwritten obituaries will be accepted. Information submitted is subject to editing. Obituaries that exceed 400 words will be referred to the advertising department for paid memorials. Send obituaries by email to editor@wallowa.com; fax to 541-426-3921 or mail to P.O. Box 338, Enterprise, OR 97828. Deadline to submit an obituary is 10 a.m. Monday for publication the same week. Obituaries submitted after deadline will be queued for publication in the next edition. Info: 541-426-4567. Weather Forecast facebook.com/Wallowa Courtesy of Weather Underground • wunderground.com High Low Conditions Jan. 30 43 35 AM Snow showers Jan. 31 46 41 Showers Feb. 1 53 40 Mostly cloudy Feb. 2 43 26 Rain/Snow showers Feb. 3 33 20 AM Snow showers Feb. 4 35 24 Partly cloudy Feb. 5 39 31 PM Snow showers WALLOWA COUNTY Phases of the moon Feb. 1 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 1st Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter Feb. 23 New Moon WALLOWA COUNTY SUNRISE & SUNSET JAN. 30 – FEB. 5 (from the U.S. Naval Observatory) 519 W. North Street, Enterprise THUR FRI SAT SUN MON TUES WED 541.426.3413 7:13 4:51 7:12 4:53 7:11 4:54 7:10 4:55 7:09 4:57 7:07 4:58 7:06 5:00 Mon-Thurs 9 to Noon/1-5pm; Fri. 9-1
