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Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Classic car enthusiasts look over the vehicles parked on
Joseph’s Main Street on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, during the
Wallowa Mountain Cruise.
Cruise:
for their 1957 Chevy extended
cab.
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Classic Restored Truck 2nd:
Larry Bacon of Enterprise for
his 1929 Ford Model A.
Wallowa County, presented
to a local entrant. Denny
Kehl of Joseph won that for
his 1934 Ford Cabriolet.
The other two winners of
the top categories were Ron
and Karen Robel of Bend,
who won King of the Moun-
tain, for their 1936 Desoto
Airfl ow, and Ron and Trudy
Jett of Joseph who won the
fi rst-place People’s Choice
award for their 1946 Chevy
convertible.
The complete list of win-
ners is:
King of the Mountain: Ron
and Karen Robel of Bend for
their 1936 Desoto Airfl ow.
Garaged in Wallowa County:
Denny Kehl of Joseph for his
1934 Ford Cabriolet.
People’s Choice 1st: Ron and
Trudy Jett of Joseph for their
1946 Chevy convertible.
People’s Choice 2nd: Rick
Latham for his 1957 Chevy
3100.
Ladies’ Choice: Jason Cun-
ningham for his 1967 Plym-
outh Satellite.
Kids’ Choice: Matt and Nancy
Sirrine of Lagrande for their
1947 Dodge Power Wagon.
4x4: Michelle and Robert Sa-
bados of Eagle, Idaho, for their
1976 Ford Bronco.
Moonshine Hauler 1st:
Patrick and Kandy Parsons of
Yakima, Washington, for their
1935 Plymouth Taxi.
Moonshine Hauler 2nd: Steve
and Julie Evanson of Bend for
their 1955 Chevy 210 Handy-
man.
Moonshine Hauler 3rd:
Robert and Cathy Hoover of
Lewiston, Idaho, for their 1952
International F-110 Pickup.
Classic Restored Truck 3rd:
Dan Low of Wallowa County
for his 1957 Chevy 3100.
Classic Restored Car 1st: Roy
and Lynda Humphries of Boise,
Idaho, for their 1950 MG.
Classic Restored Car 2nd: Kay
Neely of Meridian, Idaho, for a
1961 Chevy Belair bubbletop.
Classic Restored Car 3rd: Bob
and Geri Kesler of Lewiston,
Idaho, for their 1972 Oldsmo-
bile 442.
Modifi ed Custom Truck 1st:
Guy and Darlene Blakeslee
of Boise, Idaho, for their 1955
Ford pickup.
Modifi ed Custom Truck
2nd: Norris and Lynda Irish of
Lewiston, Idaho, for their 1954
Ford F100.
Modifi ed Custom Truck 3rd:
Roch and Amy Belisle of Keizer
for their 1939 Chevy truck.
Modifi ed Custom Car 1st:
Pete and Jan Bradford of
Arbuckle for their 1935 Hupp
J-4 door.
Modifi ed Custom Car 2nd:
Phill and Sharon Murray of
Bend for their 1937 Ford Two-
door sedan.
Modifi ed Custom Car 3rd:
David ad Cherlyne Boyntch
of Bend for their 1957 Chevy
Bellair.
Hot Rod 1st: Richard and Nita
Saddler of Elgin for their 1936
Ford two-door sedan.
Hot Rod 2nd: Robert and
Kathy Hanna of LaPine for their
1923 Ford T-Bucket roadster.
Hot Rod 3rd: Roger and Joyce
Odle of Spokane, Washington,
for their 1937 Ford panel truck.
on-site all year,” Pinker-
ton said. “We had to make
extreme accommodations.”
Some of those accom-
modations including tearing
down walls to make larger
classrooms and putting up
curtains to separate classes.
This year, with state
requirements being mod-
ifi ed from 6 feet between
school desks to 3 feet, the
schools are better able to
make use of their space.
“I think the (state) had
some refl ection time to
determine this,” she said.
“Initially, it may have been
overkill to have kids 6 feet
apart.”
Pinkerton said Enterprise
schools also have the online
option and this year they
are partnering with Baker
Web Academy, a Baker
City-based statewide virtual
charter school.
“That way our stu-
dents remain our students,”
she said, adding that the
online option allows stu-
dents to participate in clubs
and other extracurricular
activities.
Another small school, the
Troy School, is part of the
Enterprise district. Teacher
Fred Byers said he expects
only two students, “but we
have room for plenty more.”
He said they, too, will all
be in-person, with a remote
capability possible.
“The school hopes to
totally avoid (remote),” he
said. “This is pretty much
what we were able to do
last year. Troy didn’t have
to shut down in the 2020-
21 school year because of
our small number, remote
location and care taken to
keep students safe by fol-
lowing good practices
consistently.”
Government mandates
All county schools are
doing their best to comply
with government mandates
requiring face masks, social
distancing and that teachers
and staff be vaccinated. On
Aug. 19, Gov. Kate Brown
ordered that all teachers,
staff and volunteers be vac-
cinated by Oct. 18.
The most apparent
adherence to the govern-
ment mandates is wearing
masks.
“Even though masks are
Sports Car 3rd: John and Geri
Dudder, of Bellevue for their
1965 Corvette roadster.
Unrestored Car/Truck 1st:
Mike and Connie Liorenz of
Lewiston, Idaho, for their 1966
Pontiac Catalina.
Unrestored Car/Truck 2nd:
Jamie Kidwell for a 1971 Plym-
outh Barracuda.
not normal, our educational
setting will be normal for
the students,” Pinkerton
said of Enterprise schools.
And masks are a must,
as Wallowa’s Jones said.
“That’ll be something
we work with kids on,” she
said. “We’re not allowed
to serve kids if they’re not
masked.”
Byers, in Troy, said his
students accept the mask
requirement.
“The students don’t
enjoy masks, but they
have readily accepted that
masks are needed inside
the school,” he said. “Since
they can be easily sepa-
rated, the need for masks
outside the building is
minimal.”
Imnaha’s
Warnock
agreed.
“We follow the same
rules as everybody else,”
she said.
outside.
School meals, too, can
be eaten outdoors, school
offi cials said.
“Just like last year, kids
can go outside,” Joseph’s
Homan said.
Byers said the same
plan is in place for Troy.
“If the weather is good,
and the air is not smoky,
the students eat outside at
the school’s picnic tables
under the trees,” he said,
alluding to the recent fi res
that plagued the area.
Buses also are still
operating, but kids must
be masked and keep their
distance, although there
has been a relaxation of
restrictions.
“Last year, if a kid got
sick on the bus, we had to
force all those kids into
online learning,” Pinker-
ton said. “This year, those
kids will get to continue to
come to school.”
She said the same rou-
tine applies to classes — a
child gets sick and rather
than send all home, only
those who show symptoms
are sent home.
Glad to be back
Overall, school offi cials
are just glad to be back in
session with a semblance of
normalcy.
“The coming year is
going to be a great one for
kids,” Jones said in Wal-
lowa. “We’re focused on
building back pride and
sense of community.”
“I’m very pleased we
still get to be on-site and
ready to learn and that our
school district can be uni-
fi ed,” Pinkerton said.
“This group of kids is
always so happy to be back
and this year’s no diff er-
ent,” Warnock said of her
Imnaha brood. “We’re all
happy to be here.”
Innovations
Most schools are tak-
ing advantage of the
still-pleasant weather to
conduct classes outdoors.
“We’re so lucky with
our climate down here we
can be outside a lot,” War-
nock said. “We create as
many opportunities to be
outside as we can.”
Jones said the outdoor
opportunities are a bless-
ing in disguise.
“Just like we all liked to
do, kids can go outside and
read under a tree or some-
thing,” the Wallowa super-
intendent said, adding that
no masks are required
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Sports Car 1st: Patrick and
Yvonne Clark of Middleton for
their 1966 Shelby Cobra.
Sports Car 2nd: Donna and
Rick Hughes of Longview,
Washington, for their 1967
Jaguar E Type.
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Students wait for their parents to pick them up Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, after their fi rst
day of classes for the year at Joseph Charter School.
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Unrestored Car/Truck 3rd:
Harvey and Diane Dixon of
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Classic Restored Truck 1st:
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