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NEWS
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Parenting amid
pandemic requires
some ingenuity
On
March
16th, I woke
up and realized
I would soon
become a com-
pletely different
parent than the Chantay Jett
one I was the day
before.
Since my children were longing for more time at
5 years old and 2 years home, I have a great rela-
old, I have held a full time tionship with my kids….
position, in an offi ce, sur- why am I so anxious?”
Then, the morning
rounded by sharp thinkers
came. “Mom, I can’t get on
with unmatched wit.
I defi ned myself as a the WiFi.” “Mom, would
“working mom” a busy you make me breakfast?”
mom that has a lot on her (it was 9:45 a.m.). “Mom,
plate and feels competent want to see this game I
in balancing the challenge just made up?” “Mom, we
of work life and home life. don’t have any kale to feed
I like to dress for work. I my lizard.” “Mom, mom,
enjoy the intellectual com- mom…….”
The requests, the ques-
plexities work has to offer.
In addition, I enjoy the tions, the knocking, the
drive home from work, talking, just kept coming
as I listen to my music and coming and coming.
before I jump in to that It was at this point that I
infamous phone booth to realized my husband and
emerge in my suit of wife, my children were the exact
mother, and “Chief Family same person.
A week, or maybe 10
Offi cer.”
But, what was this? A days evaporated from my
new identity creeping in life. As I was trying to
to view? An identity that focus on work tasks for
was muddy, murky, with the day, I found myself
no well-defi ned pin stripes tapping my fi ngers and
and block heeled pumps. looking out the window. I
An identity that might turned and caught a glance
wreak havoc with my at my disheveled self in
steadfast routines and par- the mirror, no makeup on,
enting strategies. My head black sweats and a hoodie;
this had become my “new
was spinning.
As I packed up my offi ce normal” and I was grumpy.
At that very moment
and drove home and parked
in front of my garage, I I decided I would no lon-
thought “this isn’t going ger be held hostage to
to be so bad, I’m always these invaders of my work-
day! I would do what I do
best, mange my way out
of a challenging situation.
I would take back control.
That control started with
myself. No more sleep-
ing in and blowing off my
work out to a later time in
the day. No more excuses
for not following my daily
work/life routine. No more
interruptions.
I was going to have to
don a teacher’s cap and
Grace Lutheran
educate my children about
Church
the etiquette of work life
409 West Main - Enterprise
and give them support in
navigating their online dis-
SUNDAY
tant learning life.
WORSHIP
I made a sign on the
at 9am
door for offi ce hours with
phone (message): 541-426-4633
a caveat at the bottom that
web: gracelutheranenterprise.com
read, “Please do not knock,
if you truly need something
that can’t wait, please text
St. Patrick’s
or message me.”
Episcopal Church
Shortly after the sign
was hung, I discovered
100 NE 3rd St, Enterprise
dogs can’t read but, they
NE 3rd & Main St
surely fi gured out how to
541-426-3439
demand my attention and
Worship Service
Sunday 9:30am
pull me away momentarily.
We posted their school
hours and discussed how
all of us need to get up,
stretch, take a walk outside
around the house, anything
to break up our day of end-
Gospel Centered Community
less screen time.
Service time: 10:30 am
We talked about self-
Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise
care and the importance
541-426-2150
of routine, good food, and
Pastor: David Pendleton
lots of water.
The best laid plans of
mice
and men often go
www.summitchurchoregon.org
awry or in our case, tran-
sitioned into some intense
Christ Covenant
arguments. What I real-
Church
ized is that we had some
decent plans but no rules to
Pastor Terry Tollefson
go with those plans. What
Church Office: 541-263-0505
was I thinking? Wasn’t that
Family Prayer 9 a.m.
Management 101? Rules
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
of engagement, we needed
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
to devise some boundaries
that we could all agree to,
723 College Street, Lostine
where we all had a little bit
of control.
Enterprise Community
What I also realized is
Congregational Church
that although the package
looks different I still work
The Big Brown Church
full time, in an offi ce, sur-
with an open door
rounded by sharp think-
To keep everyone safe,
the church will be
ers with unmatched wit.
closed until further notice.
COVID-19 has taught me
“God is our refuge & strength”
to slow down and be grate-
Pastor Archie Hook
ful for what is in front of
301 NE First St. • Enterprise, OR
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me.
My normal may not
look like your normal,
each of us needs to fi nd out
what works best for you
and yours and be confi dent
that whatever it looks like,
it’s ok.
Sometimes the path of
least resistance is the right
path to take. Now that is
Management 101.
OTHER
VOICES
Lucy participates in COVID-19 detection trials at the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary school.
Scent-detection dogs train to
sniff out coronavirus cases
University of Pennsylvania launches
COVID-19 Canine Scent Detection Study;
dogs may begin screening people in July
Martin Hackett
University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA
– A pilot training pro-
gram using scent detec-
tion dogs to discrimi-
nate between samples
from COVID-19 positive
and COVID-19 negative
patients is the focus of a
new research initiative at
the University of Penn-
sylvania’s School of Vet-
erinary Medicine.
With up to 300 mil-
lion smell receptors –
compared to six million
in humans – dogs are
uniquely positioned to aid
in disease detection.
This pioneering study
sets the stage for dogs to
be a force multiplier in the
mission to detect COVID-
19, particularly among
asymptomatic patients, or
hospital or business envi-
ronments where testing
is most challenging. Pre-
liminary screening of live
humans by trained dogs
could begin as early as July.
The study is backed
in part by the new Penn
Vet COVID-19 Research
Innovation Fund.
The fund, provided
with critical start-up sup-
port through a gener-
ous gift from Vernon and
Shirley Hill, will bol-
ster Penn Vet’s rapidly
expanding research and
response program to fi ght
the novel coronavirus.
Penn Vet will initially
begin the study with eight
dogs to perform this pre-
cise detection work.
Over the course of
three weeks through
a process called odor
imprinting, the dogs will
be exposed to COVID-19
positive saliva and urine
samples in a laboratory
setting.
Once the dogs learn
the odor, the investiga-
tors will document that
the dogs can discriminate
between COVID-19 posi-
tive and COVID-19 nega-
tive samples in a labora-
tory setting, establishing
the platform for testing
to determine if the dogs
can identify COVID-19
infected people.
The U.S. Army Com-
bat Capabilities Develop-
ment Command Chemi-
cal Biological Center will
be lending their expertise
during the study as well.
Scent detection dogs
can accurately detect low
concentrations of volatile
organic compounds, oth-
erwise known as VOCs,
associated with various
diseases such as ovarian
cancer, bacterial infec-
tions, and nasal tumors.
“These VOCs are
present in human blood,
saliva, urine or breath,”
said Cynthia Otto, DVM,
PhD, professor of Work-
ing Dog Sciences and
Sports Medicine and
director of Penn Vet’s
Working Dog Center.
“The potential impact
of these dogs and their
capacity
to
detect
COVID-19 could be sub-
stantial,” Otto said. “This
study will harness the
dog’s extraordinary abil-
ity to support the nation’s
COVID-19 surveillance
systems, with the goal
of reducing community
spread.”
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Pastor Cherie Dearth
Phone: 541-432-3102
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Enterprise
Christian Church
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Lostine
Presbyterian Church
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Worship Service 11:00 AM
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CLUES ACROSS
1. Cream of Wheat cooker
4. Warship-related
9. Uses a stopwatch
14. Wall St. debut
15. Remark to an audience
16. Caught on, as a nickname
17. *Not react to something (note each
starred answer’s “initials”!)
19. “Same here”
20. Speak to an audience
21. Spaghetti ___ (thin dress support)
23. Powdery mineral
24. A seller may counter one
27. Twilight time
30. *Well-wisher’s words
33. Clumsy character
36. Like a film about a film
37. Couldn’t help but
38. In the dark
40. “Tell me already!”
42. Ancient Peruvian
43. Was shy
44. Brian of ambient music
45. *Simple drink mix direction
49. Came to earth
50. Sty cries
51. “I goofed!”
55. Coffee ___ (break room appliance)
57. Bird on Mexico’s flag
58. Friend, in Panama
60. *Take off after a quick meal
64. Cotton-compressing machine
65. Guitarist’s combo
66. Lion’s tail?
67. Pungent salad green
68. Old boom boxes played them
69. “___ sells seashells ...”
CLUES DOWN
1. Amelia Earhart, e.g.
2. Performance often viewed
through special glasses
3. Complete
4. Statistician Silver
5. Egyptian snake
6. By way of
7. Magazine revenue sources
8. Diminish
9. Bygone Russian bigwig
10. “You’re on!”
11. Small, dirty pool
12. Environmental prefix
13. Type of winter boot
18. Tough-to-ignore feeling
22. Quadri- minus one
24. End of a walkie-talkie message
25. Big bash
26. Org. that regulates airports
28. Luxurious sheet fabric
29. City whose name anagrams
to “Tokyo”
31. Refrigerator brand
32. Say “No, no, no!” to
33. Spiritual board
34. Make void
35. Word that “fax” derives from
39. Lightbulb figures
40. Love letter acronym
41. Cats and dogs
43. “Mind your ___ business!”
46. Buck’s mate
47. Lead in a movie?
48. Part of a city grid
52. Shrek and the like
53. Like some soft toys
54. Word after “common” or “sixth”
56. Fashion designer Michael
57. Finish lines, e.g.
58. “Mixed-ish” network
59. Damage
61. “I solved the mystery!”
62. Bunk that may require a ladder
63. “How ___ you?”
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
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Church & School
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
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