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Wallowa County Chieftain
County continues
fi nancial support
of small business
By BILL BRADSHAW
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — A
donation of $10,000 to
Wallowa Business from
the Wallowa County Board
of Commissioners con-
tinued county support of
small business during the
board’s Wednesday, May
19 meeting.
Todd Rodgers and
Jolene Cox, who serve
on the board of Wallowa
Business, with the Ore-
gon Small Business Devel-
opment Center Network
of Blue Mountain Com-
munity College, asked the
commissioners for sup-
port as had been received
in the past. Rodgers noted
that the county has given
$10,000 annually to sup-
port the organization,
which supports local busi-
ness. He said the COVID-
19 pandemic has forced
his group and small busi-
nesses to alter their opera-
tions in light of forced clo-
sures experienced last year.
“We’ve obviously had
to be a bit more fl exible
with how we did that, so
we’ve had online classes
and demonstrations to help
businesses get through,”
he said. “We wanted to
see if, this year, there was
any availability of funds to
donate, though it’s proba-
bly not going to be at the
level where it has been
before. I just wanted to
see what you guys have
thought or discussed.”
But Rodgers and Cox
not only received verbal
support, they received the
fi nancial support Wallowa
Business hoped for. The
$10,000 donation from the
county came from its video
lottery fund.
Commissioner
John
Hillock expressed his
appreciation for the assis-
tance Wallowa Business
has provided in distribut-
ing federal funds to small
businesses.
“Your group was very
helpful in the distribu-
tion of the PPP (Pay-
check Protection Program)
money and helping fi ll out
applications,” he said. “I
really appreciated that …
I helped several people
where I could, but mostly
I referred them to your
group.”
Commissioner
Todd
Nash took the opportu-
nity to inquire about addi-
tional funds to help people
who had waited to get their
taxes done after the PPP
ran out.
“I also heard there was
$8 billion left in reserve
for minorities and I was
wondering if you had any
inside information on that,
and if the minorities don’t
end up taking that, if it
would be available to the
general public again,” he
asked.
Cox said she had no
information on the funds
Nash mentioned.
In other matters, the
commissioners:
• Voted to stand by the
county Planning Commis-
sion’s denial of Charles
Woods’ appeal of its denial
of a conditional use permit
to build two houses on his
property. Woods attended
the meeting by phone.
• Accepted Hannah
Miller’s resignation from
Assessor’s Offi ce.
• Transferred $35,000 to
the Wallowa Lake County
Service District water and
sewer fund and $8,550 to
Veterans Outreach.
• Approved a scope of
review of Land Appeal.
The family of Helen Bernice (Clark) Beard
would like to thank everyone who came to
Helen’s service. We also would like to express
our gratitude to all those who shared stories,
kind words and memories. Also a special thanks
to all those who made donations to the food
bank and sent cards during this time.
Your kindness has meant every-
thing to our family.
Thank You!
Gladys Huffman
January 17, 1920 - April 11, 2021
Gladys Huffman, 101, passed away peacefully
Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Joseph, Oregon.
Gladys worked as the bursar at Lewis-Clark
State College beginning in 1963, of which she was
very proud, and was an early advocate of the nation-
ally renowned Warrior baseball program. Later she
worked as the director of the Area Agency on Aging
in Colfax while keeping her home up in Lewiston.
Gladys married Paul Huffman in 1973 and they
shared a loving marriage until his death in 2017 de-
spite having to live in separate residences because of
their individual care needs.
She was an avid volunteer, served on many
boards, taught aerobics into her 80’s and acted at
the Lewiston Civic Theatre. She was famous for
many of her culinary dishes, including red velvet
cake, Christmas cookie platters, scalloped oysters,
almond roca and champagne punch (which always
seemed to amplify her British accent). She also had
a long line of saucy “Scouser ditties” and British pub
songs that were not ALL suitable for children. She
could often be heard singing “cigareeeets and whis-
key and wild wild women!!”
A member of the VFW and the American Legion she was very proud of
her military service. Gladys was a true patriot and a staunch consevative. She
always wrote in Dwight D. Eisenhower when she didn’t like who was running.
Really... She did!
Gladys spent the last three years of her life at the Alpine House in Joseph,
Oregon where she was a valued and esteemed member of their community.
At her 100 year birthday celebration, she received a telegram from Her Royal
highness Queen Elizabeth II. While Gladys saw this as one of the highest hon-
ors, all of the members of her family recognize her as our one true queen.
Gladys was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Huffman, daugh-
ter Debra Ruark Armstron, daughter Julie Ament Matthews, son-in-law
Chris Mathews and great grandson Hunter Skiles. She is survived by her
brother, Erice Favager; daughter Caryl Mackey, daughter Vickee and Ben-
nie Gockley; grandchildren Jodi and Jim Burke, Brett and Tammy Jurries,
Stormi Kime Vasquez, Melissa and Gib Quigley, Tristan and Christa Ruark, Kevin
and Adrienne Ruark, Tyler and Kara Armstron, Cory Mathews and Jake
Mathews; 18 great-grandchildren; and Kaitlyn Daisy Clarke, her great-
great-granddaughter.
A memorial service was held April 17, 2021 at the Episcopal Church of the
Nativity for family only because of COVID-19 restrictions.
RECORDS
FOR THE RECORD
MAY 10
12:50 a.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
9:43 a.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in
Enterprise.
11:50 a.m. — A medical
alarm was reported in Enter-
prise to the Enterprise Police
Department.
12:46 p.m. — Harassment
was reported in Enterprise to
the EPD.
2:01 p.m. — A complaint
of possible trespassing in
Enterprise was reported to the
EPD.
2:54 p.m. — A civil dis-
pute in rural Enterprise was
reported to the Wallowa
County Sheriff ’s Offi ce.
3:28 p.m. — A dog locked
in a vehicle in Enterprise was
reported to the EPD.
7:50 p.m. — A civil dispute
was reported in Enterprise to
the EPD.
MAY 11
9:42 a.m. — A burglar
alarm was set off in Joseph.
11:58 a.m. — A possible
impaired driver was reported
on Highway 82 in Lostine to
the Oregon State Police.
3:40 p.m. — Criminal mis-
chief was reported in Enter-
prise to the EPD.
4:51 p.m. — Perjury was
reported in Enterprise to the
EPD.
7:08 p.m. — A traffi c stop
was reported in Enterprise.
MAY 12
2:24 a.m. — A trespassing
complaint in Enterprise was
reported to the EPD.
9:41 a.m. — A traffi c com-
plaint was reported outside of
Enterprise to the WCSO.
10 a.m. — A medical alarm
was activated in Enterprise.
11:44 a.m. — A warn-
ing for distracted driving was
issued by the WCSO after a
traffi c stop in Enterprise.
1:25 p.m. — A trespassing
complaint in Enterprise was
reported to the EPD.
3:17 p.m. — Menacing
was reported in Enterprise to
the EPD.
3:19 p.m. — A theft was
reported in Enterprise to the
EPD.
5:38 p.m. — A lost black
calf was reported in rural
Enterprise to the WCSO.
4:55 p.m. — A traffi c com-
plaint in rural Joseph was
reported to the WCSO.
7:02 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in Joseph.
7:57 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in Joseph.
MAY 13
12:01 a.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in rural
Wallowa.
9:23 a.m. — A medical call
from Enterprise was made to
the WCSO.
3:04 p.m. — A dog as a
public nuisance was reported
in Enterprise to the EPD.
5:03 p.m. — A call for
search and rescue in rural
Joseph was made to the
WCSO.
5:30 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
5:55 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Wallowa.
7:16 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in Joseph.
8:54 p.m. — A welfare
check was requested in Enter-
prise. The EPD responded.
9:36 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
11:17 p.m. — A warning
was issued by the EPD after a
traffi c stop in Enterprise.
MAY 14
3:12 p.m. — A suspi-
cious vehicle was reported in
Joseph to the WCSO.
3:36 p.m. — Dogs were
found on Kuhn Ridge outside
of Enterprise and returned to
their owner by the WCSO.
5:41 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
7:14 p.m. — A domestic
dispute was reported in Enter-
prise to the EPD.
7:29 p.m. — A fi rearms
complaint in rural Lostine was
reported to the WCSO.
8:21 p.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in Elgin.
The WCSO responded.
9:03 p.m. — A noninjury
traffi c crash was reported in
Enterprise to the EPD.
9:14 p.m. — A request
for search and rescue in rural
Wallowa was reported to the
WCSO.
MAY 15
2:01 a.m. — A burglary
was reported in Enterprise to
the EPD.
11:03 a.m. — A nonin-
jury, single-aircraft crash in the
Snake River area near Imnaha
was reported to the WCSO.
11:43 a.m. — A complaint
of harassment and stalking in
Enterprise was reported to the
EPD.
1:17 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
12:56 p.m. — A complaint
of stalking in Wallowa was
made to the WCSO.
2:05 p.m. — A road hazard
was reported in rural Joseph
to the OSP.
2:10 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in Joseph.
3:34 p.m. — A child was
found wandering around
Enterprise by the EPD and was
reunited with the parents.
5:49 p.m. — An agency
assist was requested of the
WCSO with an attempt to
locate a runaway child out of
Baker City. The juvenile was
located and reunited with
parents.
6:15 p.m. — A cow dog
was found in rural Wallowa by
the WCSO.
10:03 p.m. — A warning
was issued in Enterprise after a
traffi c stop by the EPD.
MAY 16
7:20 a.m. — Harassment
was reported in Hells Canyon
to the WCSO.
9:05 a.m. — A suspicious
person was reported in Enter-
prise to the WCSO.
9:30 a.m. — An ambulance
was requested in Joseph.
9:35 a.m. — An ambulance
was requested in Enterprise.
10:16 a.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in Joseph.
12:51 p.m. — A distur-
bance was reported in Enter-
prise to the EPD.
2:10 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
3:33 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
4:14 p.m. — Mason Mar-
tin, 28, of Joseph, was arrested
by the WCSO on charges of
DUII after a driving complaint
in rural Lostine.
5:06 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in rural
Enterprise.
6:03 p.m. — A report of
criminal trespassing in Enter-
prise was made to the EPD.
6:37 p.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in
rural Wallowa. The WCSO
responded.
8:45 p.m. — A warn-
ing was issued by the WCSO
during a traffi c stop in rural
Enterprise.
MAY 17
12:55 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
2:15 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in Joseph.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
3:41 p.m. — A warning
was issued for speeding by the
WCSO during a traffi c stop in
Wallowa.
5:44 p.m. — A two-vehicle,
noninjury crash was reported
in rural Wallowa to the WCSO.
6:25 p.m. — Lost hikers
were reported in the Eagle
Cap Wilderness to the WCSO.
The hikers reportedly made it
back to their vehicle.
7:57 p.m. — A hit-and-run
was reported in Wallowa to
the WCSO.
11:20 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
MAY 18
12:23 a.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
7:41 a.m. — A small,
black Labrador retriever was
reported running at large in
Enterprise to the EPD.
3:40 p.m. — The EPD
tagged two vehicles for ordi-
nance violations and removal
in Enterprise.
6:38 p.m. — A male Chi-
huahua was reported lost in
Enterprise to the EPD.
8:35 p.m. — A vehicle-vs-
deer crash was reported on
the Wallowa Lake Highway to
the OSP.
8:45 p.m. — A welfare
check was requested in Enter-
prise to the EPD.
MAY 19
5:18 a.m. — A welfare
check was requested in rural
Enterprise to the WCSO; med-
ical units were dispatched.
9:14 a.m. — A welfare
check was requested in Enter-
prise to the EPD.
8:42 a.m. — An ambulance
was requested in Wallowa.
10:20 a.m. — A road hazard
was reported in rural Wallowa
to the WCSO.
10:48 a.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
11:39 a.m. — A scam was
reported in Wallowa to the
WCSO.
8:14 p.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in Enter-
prise to the EPD.
11:45 p.m. — A traffi c
crash was reported in rural
Wallowa to the WCSO.
MAY 20
4:03 a.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in rural
Joseph.
6:26 a.m. — A motor-ve-
hicle crash was reported on
Highway 82 in rural Wallowa
to the WCSO.
9:27 a.m. — A welfare
check was requested in Wal-
lowa to the WCSO.
10:38 a.m. — A noninjury
traffi c crash was reported in
Enterprise to the EPD.
1:26 p.m. — A hit-and-run
with property damage was
reported in Wallowa to the
WCSO.
2:14 p.m. — An all-ter-
rain vehicle traffi c complaint
in Joseph was reported to the
WCSO.
3:29 p.m . — A welfare
check was requested in rural
Wallowa to the WCSO.
4:32 p.m. — Criminal mis-
chief was reported in Enter-
prise to the EPD.
MAY 21
7:17 a.m. — Ryan Daniel
Barstand, 36, of Joseph, was
served a warrant issued by
Wallowa County Circuit Court
by the WCSO for attempting
to elude police in a vehicle. He
was served while in custody in
the Umatilla County Jail.
10:01 a.m. — A welfare
check in rural Enterprise was
referred to the OSP.
10:42 p.m. — A welfare
check in rural Enterprise was
referred to the WCSO.
10:08 p.m. — Peggy Sue
Harris, 57, of Pendleton, was
arrested in Enterprise on
charges of DUII by the EPD.
She was cited and released to
a sober third party.
12:20 p.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in Enter-
prise. The EPD responded.
1:57 p.m. — An animal
complaint in Joseph was
reported to the WCSO.
3:53 p.m. — Two border
collies were found in rural Wal-
lowa by the WCSO.
3:56 p.m. — A traffi c com-
plaint in rural Wallowa was
reported to the OSP.
4:22 p.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in
Enterprise.
5:29 p.m. — Terry Len Jon-
son, 31, of Pendleton, was
arrested by the WCSO after a
single-vehicle, noninjury crash
in rural Enterprise. He was
released to a sober third party.
7:22 p.m. — An injured
deer in Enterprise was
reported to the EPD.
11:50 p.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in Enter-
prise. The EPD responded.
MAY 22
8:14 a.m. — An ambu-
lance was requested in Joseph.
10:54 a.m.
—
Public
assistance was requested in
rural Enterprise. The WCSO
responded.
11:21 a.m. — A dog fi ght
in Wallowa was reported to
the WCSO.
11:33 a.m. — A male
Jack Russell terrier was found
in Enterprise. The WCSO
responded.
11:53 a.m. — Multiple
border collies and a brown-
and-white Chihuahua were
found in rural Wallowa by the
WCSO. The border collies were
reunited with their owner.
12:48 p.m. — A fi rearms
complaint in rural Joseph was
reported to the WCSO.
1:53 p.m. — An old female
cattle dog with a blue and
gray striped collar without
tags was found in Enterprise
by the EPD. She was reunited
with her owner.
8:01 p.m. — A noise
complaint in Enterprise was
reported to the EPD.
11:47 p.m. — The WCSO
issued a warning during a traf-
fi c stop in rural Enterprise.
MAY 23
8:01 a.m. — A brown pit
bull/lab mix dog was found
in rural Wallowa and reunited
with its owner by the WCSO.
8:59 a.m. — A noise com-
plaint was reported in Joseph
to the WCSO.
1:25 p.m. — The WCSO
issued a warning for speed-
ing during a traffi c stop in
Enterprise.
1:37 p.m. — A report of a
domestic disturbance in rural
Enterprise was responded to
by the WCSO.
4:05 p.m. — The WCSO
issued a warning during a traf-
fi c stop in Enterprise.
Weather Forecast
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High Low
Conditions
May 27
70
39
showers
May 28
59
37
partly cloudy
May 29
69
41
partly cloudy
May 30
75
46
sunny
May 31
80
50
sunny
June 1
84
52
mostly sunny
June 2
89
54
mostly sunny
Phases of the moon
June 02
June 10
June 17
June 24
Last Quarter
New Moon
1st Quarter
Full Moon
WALLOWA COUNTY SUNRISE & SUNSET MAY 27 -JUNE 2
(from the U.S. Naval Observatory)
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5:06
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8:32