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NEWS
Wallowa County Chieftain
FOR THE RECORD
OCT. 19
10:35 a.m. – 911 call
requesting a public assist in
rural Joseph.
11:10 a.m. – Deer need-
ing dispatched in rural
Joseph.
11:52 a.m.
–
Drug
off ense reported in Joseph.
4:19 p.m. – Errol Glenn
Sherod, of Joseph, was
arrested on an order of arrest
and detention issued by the
Wallowa County Commu-
nity Corrections for proba-
tion violation and for pos-
session of a controlled
substance:
methamphet-
amine and failure to register
as a sex off ender x 2. Origi-
nal charge was assaulting a
public safety offi cer. Sherod
was lodged in the Umatilla
County Jail.
5:01 p.m. – Welfare
check in rural Enterprise.
9:35 p.m. – 911 call
requesting offi cer assistance
in Enterprise.
OCT. 20
4:39 a.m. – 911 call
for disturbance in rural
Enterprise.
9:58 a.m. – Report of
dogs running at large in rural
Joseph.
3:59 p.m. – Welfare check
request in Wallowa.
6:36 p.m. – 911 call
reporting a traffi c complaint
in Wallowa.
7:55 p.m. – 911 report of
road hazard rural Lostine.
8:43 p.m. – Missing per-
son in Minam area. Subject
located and is fi ne.
9:13 p.m. – Suspicious
vehicle in Enterprise.
OCT. 21
12:51 p.m. – Civil dispute
in rural Wallowa.
6:55 p.m. – Report of
road hazard in rural Wallowa.
8:23 p.m. – 911 call
reporting a disturbance in
Enterprise.
OCT. 22
6:16 a.m. – W.C. Commu-
nity Corrections issued an
order of arrest and detention
for Gerritt James Johnson,
28, of Enterprise, for parole
violation. Original charge
was delivery of a controlled
substance.
10:10 a.m. – W.C. Com-
munity Corrections arrested
Wacey Seufer, 30, of Enter-
prise, for probation viola-
tion. Transported to the
Umatilla County Jail.
10:23 a.m. – 911 driving
complaint in rural Wallowa.
12:43 p.m. – Dog as a
public nuisance complaint
in Joseph.
5:23 p.m. – Identity theft
reported in Enterprise.
7:17 p.m. – 911 request
for extra patrol in Enterprise.
10:14 p.m. – 911 report
of power outage in rural
Lostine.
OCT. 23
9:03 a.m. – Found goat
in rural Wallowa.
9:06 a.m. – 911 call for
smoke detector alarm in
Enterprise. False alarm.
11:06 a.m. – Agency
assist in Wallowa.
11:30 a.m. – Welfare
check requested in Wallowa.
2:53 p.m. – Animal com-
plaint in rural Lostine.
4:42 p.m. – Wallowa
County Sheriff ’s Offi ce
arrested Kenyon Carter
Davidson, 18, of Wallowa,
on a W.C. Community Cor-
rections’ order of arrest and
detention for probation vio-
lation. Original charge was
criminal mischief II.
5:51 p.m. – 911 possible
blown transformer at Wal-
lowa Lake.
6:36 p.m. – Wallowa
County Circuit Court issued
a warrant for Russell O. Haw-
kins, 52, of Wallowa for con-
tempt of court.
8:34 p.m. – Wallowa
County Sheriff ’s Offi ce
arrested Gerritt J. John-
son, 28, of Enterprise, for
a parole violation warrant
issued by W.C. Community
Corrections. Original charge
of delivery of meth. He was
transported to the Umatilla
County Jail.
8:44 p.m. – 911 road haz-
ard reported in rural Joseph
on Hwy 350.
9:54 p.m. – 911 call
requesting a public assist
with lockout in Enterprise.
11:16 p.m. – Report
of speeding vehicle in
Enterprise.
OCT. 24
7:24 a.m. – Public assist in
rural Joseph via telephone.
11:38 a.m. – Criminal
mischief reported in Troy.
12:18 p.m. – Trespass
complaint in Lostine.
12:34 p.m. – Request for
welfare check in Enterprise.
2:30 p.m. – Agency assist
– rural Enterprise.
3:15 p.m. – 911 report of
a fi re in Imnaha. Referred to
Blue Mountain Dispatch.
3:38 p.m. – Report of
bonfi re in Joseph.
3:40 p.m. – Criminal mis-
chief reported in Lostine.
4:04 p.m. – 911 public
assist in rural Enterprise.
5:57 p.m. – Welfare check
in Enterprise.
6 p.m. – Agency assist in
Wallowa.
6:36 p.m. – 911 call
reporting a domestic dis-
pute in Enterprise.
7:55 p.m. – Public assist
in Enterprise.
Grace Arlene (Estes) Gray
October 8 , 1931 – January 12, 2020
Grace Arlene (Estes) Gray went into the
presence of her Lord and Savior on Sunday,
January 12, 2020, at Wallowa Memorial
Hospital in Enterprise. A graveside service will
be held Saturday, November 7 th at Prairie
Creek Cemetery in Joseph at 1:00pm. There
will be a reception at the Hurricane Creek
Grange immediately following the service
until 4:00pm.
Grace was born on Upper Prairie Creek at
home October 8 th, 1931, to Hugh Esker Estes
and Georgia May (Beard) Estes. She joined siblings Fern and Bud. She
attended Joseph schools.
On October 18 th, 1947, she married Tyrrell Mason Gray in Enterprise.
Together they raised three children, Lois, Danny, and Janice.
Grace & Tyrrell belonged to the American Legion, Hurricane Creek
Grange, and Enterprise Christian Church. She cooked at the Communi-
ty Connections meal site for many years. She was known there for her
homemade biscuits.
Grace was preceded in death by her husband Tyrrell, her parents
Hugh and Georgia Estes, her brother-in-law Norman Witherrite, and
sister-in-law Edith Estes.
Her surviving relatives include her sister, Fern Witherrite, her
brother Bud Estes, her children Lois (Bill) Ensminger, Joseph; Danny (Kay)
Gray, Gresham; and Janice Reidel (Paul Kickman, recently deceased),
Gresham; grandchildren Tim (Sheila) Ensminger, David Gray, Nikki
(Dennis) McCarthy, Angela Ensminger, and Cody Stoler;
great-grandchildren Morgan, Madison
and Mason Ensminger and McKenna
McCarthy; Numerous nieces
nephews, and cousins.
WALLOWA COUNTY
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
O’Malley fi ned, jailed for elk kill
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
100 YEARS AGO
Oct. 28, 1920
C.H. O’Malley was fi ned
$200 and given 30 days in
jail for killing one of the elk
that was liberated at the head
of the lake last spring.
Showing their apprecia-
tion of the Enterprise High
School football team, of
which their son Clarence is a
member, Mr. and Mrs. W.S.
Westfall honored the team
with a dinner at Hotel Enter-
prise. Covers were laid for
twenty-one.
A large crowd gathered
at the opera house last night
and enjoyed the dance given
by the Catholic Ladies Aid
society. A lunch counter,
laden with a bountiful sup-
ply of sandwiches and cake
and coffee proved to be a
good source of revenue to the
ladies in charge.
75 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1945
Alfred Marks and son,
Elmer, lost their home Sun-
day by fi re. There was an
unusually strong wind blow-
ing and Mr. Marks and Mr.
McManus, who were in the
house, didn’t discover the
fi re until the upstairs was
all in fl ames and was fall-
ing through. Very few things
were saved.
The Halladay plane
landed in the Lester Robi-
son fi eld bring Lou Warnock
and Leland Duckett in from
Joseph. This was the fi rst
plane ever to land on Imnaha.
Residents were out in full
force to watch them land.
Wallowa County Chieftain, File
Fred McCully at the Joseph First Bank. Date unknown.
The new 1946 Ford will
be displayed for the fi rst time
in Wallowa county tomor-
row in the show rooms of the
Main Street Motors. The new
Ford is massive in appear-
ance, shows no skimping of
materials, and has a number
of refi nements over the 1942
models.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 29, 1970
After eight days of stormy
weather, residents of the Wal-
lowa valley awoke Monday
to fi nd the sun shining and
the temperature far below
freezing (hitting 11 above in
Enterprise).
Russell Roundy, a sci-
ence major senior at Oregon
State University, is a mem-
ber of the 150-piece March-
ing Band at the university.
Rated one of the top march-
ing bands in the West, this
year the band will present the
half time show for the San
Francisco-Green Bay profes-
sional football game.
On Oct. 10 the Joseph
FFA chapter sent three of
their members to the national
FFA Convention in Kan-
sas City. Members attend-
ing were Logan Lovell, Rick
Sandlin and Brian Carper.
25 YEARS AGO
Oct. 26, 1995
Jerry’s Main Street Mar-
ket was burglarized shortly
after 3 a.m. last Friday, the
second time Joseph’s only
grocery store was hit by bur-
glars in 10 months. Cash and
checks totaling over $6,000
were stolen.
During the annual 4-H
Family Appreciation Night
award program at Cloverleaf
hall, Friends of 4-H winners
were announced. Sharing
the honor were the Wallowa
Lions Club, Lee Perkins of
KWVR, and John and Nancy
Roberts.
Joseph High School’s
homecoming queen is Jenni
Steele. Enterprise’s home-
coming court is queen Bri
Adams, and princesses Erica
Gilliland and Christy Punco-
char. Wallowa’s homecom-
ing court is queen Jeanette
Johnson and princesses Pam
Hagenah, Crystal Lee and
Bobbi Rhodes.
Joseph man arrested for parole violation
Had been charged
with assaulting
offi cer, failing
to register as
sex off ender
Chieftain staff
ENTERPRISE — A
Joseph man was appre-
hended Monday, Oct. 19, on
a statewide felony warrant
for parole violation, accord-
ing to the Wallowa County
Sheriff’s Offi ce.
The warrant for Errol
Glenn Sherod, 58, was
issued Oct. 14.
He
was
originally
charged with assault on an
offi cer in Union County, the
sheriff’s offi ce said Oct. 19.
The sher-
iff’s offi ce
reported
M o n d a y,
Oct. 26, that
Sherod also
was charged
with
two
Sherod
counts
of
failure
to
register as a sex offender.
Lt. Jason Hayes, of the
La Grande Police Depart-
ment, said his original arrest
was in July 2016 as a result
of a report being made to
the LGPD of possible drug
activity occurring in the
WHAT’S HAPPENING
SUNDAY, NOV. 1
FERGI WORK DAY: Noon
to 5 p.m. Fergi Ski Run. Help is
needed in stacking and burn-
ing brush.
DRIVE-BY DINNER: 5-7 p.m.
Joseph High School cafeteria.
Pick up pork loin dinner curb-
side for $12. For tickets call or
text 541-398-8120.
THURSDAY, NOV. 5
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Barbara Kay Miller (Bronson)
March 4, 1947 – October 16, 2020
Barbara Kay Miller (Bronson), 73, of Cald-
well, Idaho, died on October 16, 2020, at home
surrounded by her husband and three daugh-
ters. Barbara was born on March 4, 1947 to
S. E. (Slim) and Margaret (Peggy) Bronson in
Rifle, CO. The family moved to Joseph, OR
when Barbara was a small child and she spent
all of her public school years there.
On September 27, 1967 Barbara married
the love of her life, Ronald Miller. Together
they raised three daughters, Audrey, Rhonda
and Lisa.
Barbara spent her life caring for her family, as well as others. She
was a loving and devoted wife and mother, not only to her own family,
but to many others who she felt needed love and comfort that a mother
can give. She was a natural at caring for stray animals and stray people.
Ron and Barbara built their life together and raised their children in
Caldwell, ID, however, the Wallowa Mountains and her family and friends
in Joseph, OR were always in her heart.
Barbara became a dedicated & baptized Jehovah’s Witness on
November, 16, 1975. She was devoted in her love of Jehovah God from
that point forward in her life and shared her knowledge and love of the
Bible with her children and many others.
Barbara is survived by her husband, Ron Miller of Caldwell, ID, and
her children, Audrey (Marc) Subin of Idaho Falls, ID, Rhonda (Wade) King
of Salem, OR and Lisa (Guy) Bollinger of Caldwell, ID, her grandchildren,
Torin (Nikki) Subin of Caldwell, ID, Lauren (Drake) Abrams of Caldwell,
ID and Liam Subin of Idaho Falls, ID. Barbara is also survived by her two
brothers, Don Bronson and Wayne (Donna) Bronson of Joseph, OR, as
well as her nieces and nephews.
bathroom of one of the city
parks there.
A La Grande police offi -
cer, who now works for
Oregon State Police, made
contact with Sherod and a
female in the restroom. The
offi cer said Sherod resisted
arrest, assaulted the offi cer
and attempted to fl ee the
scene. Sherod was in pos-
session of 1.85 grams of
methamphetamine at the
time of the arrest, the offi -
cer said.
Hayes said the case was
adjudicated and Sherod was
sentenced to 25 months in
prison to run concurrent with
a Wallowa County case. He
also was put on three years
of post-prison supervision
with a recommendation for
substance-abuse treatment
for the assault on an offi cer.
Hayes said the charge of
possession of meth resulted
also in a guilty plea with 10
days in the Umatilla County
Jail and a sentence run con-
current with all previously
imposed sentences. The
resisting arrest charge was
dismissed.
Sherod has had other
run-ins with the law.
In March 2017, he was
arrested by the Union
County Sheriff’s Offi ce for
possession of methamphet-
amine and assault on an
offi cer.
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541-426-3840.
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541-426-3906.
Fishtrap 541-426-3623.
Hurricane Creek Grange
541-605-8233.
Josephy Center for Arts
and Culture 541-432-0505.
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541-886-4265.
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541-263-1663.
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