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LOCAL
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
McFetridge named Father of the Year County commissioners
with youth in a number of
ways.
Gerald J. Perren, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Per-
ren, 202 Litch St., Enter-
prise, Ore., has been pro-
moted to lieutenant colonel
of the U.S. Air Force.
Colonel Perren is a fac-
ulty instructor with the Air
Command and Staff Col-
lege at Maxwell AFB, Ala.
A 1947 graduate of
Enterprise High School, the
colonel received his B.S.
and M.S. degree in meteo-
rology from Florida State
University.
OUT OF THE PAST
100 YEARS AGO
May 12, 1921
The Third Street garage,
run by O. B. Mackan and
E. D. Paxson, will move
shortly to the concrete
building which has been
occupied by Gotter & Kem-
per as a planing mill. The
building originally con-
sisted of two concrete side
walls and a roof, and was
left open on two sides for
convenience in handling
lumber. Concrete walls will
be built on the two open
sides and a floor of the same
material will be laid.
Wallowa high school
made 45 points in the county
track meet Saturday, against
32 for Joseph, 26 for Los-
tine, 23 for Enterprise. Wal-
lowa led all the way thru
from the first 100 yard dash
which Harold Lyman won
to the final relay in which
the Wallowa team was a
few feet behind the winning
Joseph group. Frank Harsin
of Joseph was the star of the
meet, scoring 18 points and
took the gold medal. Lyman
was second with 15 points,
and Kenneth Tulley of Wal-
lowa third with 14.
75 YEARS AGO
May 9, 1946
The following registered
honorable discharge papers
in the office of the county
clerk during the past week:
T-5 Elton R. Herr, Fort
Lewis, Feb. 13
ETM 3-c Harve Keneth
Hafer, Bremerton, April 22
S 1-c Jay Clifton Ward,
Bremerton, April 21
SKV 2-c William Henry
Fletcher, Shoemaker, Calif.,
April 21
S 1-c Marion Richard
Miller, Seattle, March 28
F 1-c Charles Wyanne
25 YEARS AGO
Wallowa County Chieftain, File
Five generations in one family got together in the home of
Mildred Johnson in Enterprise in this photo from the May
13, 1971, edition of the Chieftain. In the picture are: Seated
at right, Mertie (Kinney) McFetridge; Seated at left, Mildred
(McFetridge) Johnson; Standing at right, Darlene (Johnson)
Fine; Standing at left, Cindy (Fine) Fletcher; and baby
Heather Helene Fletcher.
White, Seattle, April 25
Cpl, Kirkland K. Moore,
Ft. Lewis, April 28
Pfc. Charles E. Talbott,
Ft. Lewis, April 26
RM 3-c Joe Hutton Con-
ner, Lido Beach, L. I., April
29
Mr. and Mrs. James
Brenner
(Helen
Ste-
vens) came in on the stage
Wednesday from Camp
Pendleton at Oceanside,
Calif. He has just been dis-
charged from the army.
They are visiting her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ste-
vens, and then will go on
to Minneapolis, Minn., to
make their home.
Lee Beddow, blind dis-
charged war veteran, and his
brother, Tommy Beddow,
of Detroit, Mich., came
April 17 and have been vis-
iting their cousin and fam-
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lof-
tus, in Joseph and their aunt
and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Lydell, on Imnaha.
Lee was in the North Africa
and Italy campaigns, and
it was in Italy in October,
1944, that he received seri-
ous wounds that caused the
loss of both eyes. He won
the Distinguisher Service
cross and Purple Heart.
50 YEARS AGO
May 13, 1971
Wayne McFetridge, an
Enterprise rancher, was
announced Saturday eve-
ning as the Wallowa County
CowBelles Father of the
Year. He was one of eight
nominees for the honor. In
making the announcement
some of his activities of the
past many years were cited
as being instrumental in his
selection. He has, for many
years, been a member of
school boards, has worked
with the youth of the Cath-
olic church for over a quar-
ter century, and has worked
May 9, 1996
For the fifth year in a row,
the Enterprise High School
golf team has won the Ore-
gon 2A championship.
Competing in a 14-team
field at Colwood Golf
Course in Portland, the
Savages combined for a
310-stroke finish. Other
teams in the Top Five were
East Linn Christian and
Santiam Christian with 330
each, Temple Christian with
344, and Warrenton with
348. Medalist for the meet
was Adam Williams of East
Linn Christian, who hit a
four-over-par 74.
In individual scoring,
Derek Eddy led Enterprise
with a 76. Clint Morgan,
Ryan Wulff and Rob Ander-
son carded identical 78s.
The 1996 Chief Joseph
Days Court has started off
their official rodeo season
with a bang by placing first
out of 16 royal rodeo courts
taking part in the Asotin
County Fair parade on Sat-
urday, April 27.
The court — Queen
Amber Follett and Prin-
cesses Dena Rynearson and
Amber Locke — also par-
ticipated in the run-ins prior
to the Saturday rodeo.
handle routine matters
Mental health
discussion put
off; monies
transferred
By BILL BRADSHAW
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — It was
largely routine business
that the Wallowa County
Board of Commissioners
addressed Wednesday, May
5, involving the moving of
budget monies and the par-
tial discussion of an agree-
ment with the state on men-
tal health services.
The mental health discus-
sion was unable to go much
of anywhere, since the com-
missioners were in need of
information from Chantay
Jett, executive director of the
Wallowa Valley Center for
Wellness, which contracts
with the county for mental
health services. Jett was not
present at the meeting.
“I don’t know how much
discussion we can have
on mental health, with-
out Chantay here to discuss
that,” Commissioner John
Hillock said. “I don’t know
if we want to go into any fur-
ther discussions until she’s
here because she was doing
an exploratory mission to
get more information.”
Commissioner
Susan
Roberts said that any agree-
ment with the state on men-
tal health is separate from
the one with the Oregon
Department of Health and
Human Services that the
commissioners declined to
sign because in it the state
put all the liability on the
county.
She said this agreement
that Jett is exploring “would
have the county relinquish
the title of being the mental
health authority and let that
return to the state to be con-
tracting with the providers
of these services. The county
could be at the table to dis-
cuss who might be hired and
have some input.”
She was satisfied with the
work the state has done on
mental health.
“The state agency that
handles mental health does
a really good job,” Roberts
said.
Hillock said it’s important
to include the results of Jett’s
research before proceeding.
“I would reiterate that
we’re still in the fact-finding
stage to rationalize where
we’re going with this,” he
said. “Mostly it’s about wor-
rying that the state con-
tracts have the liability that
the county has to have and
to eliminate liability on the
county. We’re still working
through that process.”
In the transfers of funds,
which Roberts said were
largely routine matters
accomplished to ensure the
books were in order for the
auditors, the commissioners
moved:
• $375 from the Road
Vacation/Sick Sinking Fund.
• $165 from the Unem-
ployment Sinking Fund.
• $125 from the Vacation/
Sick Leave Sinking Fund.
• $15 from the State
County Security Fund.
• $5,000 from the Video
Lottery/Economic Develop-
ment Fund.
• $550 from the Surveyor
Fund.
In other matters, the
commissioners:
• Hired Hailey Collier as
a new 911 dispatcher.
• Approved a revi-
sion to an application for a
Statewide
Transportation
Improvement Fund Grant.
• Approved two easement
permit applications for Cory
Walters, for power and water
on his Wade Gulch Lane
property.
• Approved an applica-
tion by Commissioner Todd
Nash for an easement on his
Alder Slope Road property
where he’s installing a cul-
vert in the driveway. Nash
recused himself from voting
on the application.
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