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Wallowa.com
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
FOR THE RECORD
Courtesy of Move Oregon’s Border for a Greater Idaho
This map shows the June 3, 2020, progress of eff orts to the Oregon/Idaho border to include
rural Oregon counties into the more conservative state. A ballot measure similar to one that
failed in Wallowa County in November 2020 may be voted on this year.
Measure to discuss Oregon’s
border may return to ballot
Commissioner
Hillock, county
Clerk Lathrop,
fi le to run again
By RONALD BOND
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — A vari-
ation of a
measure that
just missed
passage in
Wa l l o w a
County in
the Novem-
ber
2020
Hillock
general elec-
tion will be
on the ballot this year, pro-
ponents hope.
Measure 32-007, which
would require the county
commissioners twice a year
to meet to discuss the relo-
cation of Idaho’s border,
will be voted on in Novem-
ber should those pushing for
the measure gather enough
signatures.
If the measure sounds
similar, that’s because it is.
Measure 32-003, in the 2020
general election, required
county commissioners to
meet three times a year to
discuss the interests of the
county joining Idaho, part of
the Move Oregon’s Border
movement that has gained
traction in recent years. The
measure passed in several
counties in 2020, but fell
by a razor-thin margin in
Wallowa County, receiving
2,478 yes votes and 2,519
no votes.
“I thought we would be
like Union County and it
would pass here in Wallowa
County was what I antici-
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the Wallowa County Chieftain, File
Wallowa County Clerk Sandy Lathrop, shown with ballots
to be mailed in October 2020, has fi led for another term as
county clerk.
pated,” Commissioner Todd
Nash told the Chieftain fol-
lowing the failed 2020 vote
and referring to neighboring
Union County’s passage of
the measure. “I think there’s
some sentiment and frus-
tration with the way Ore-
gon has legislated, and so
I thought that it might be
tilted a little bit more. Not
completely surprised, either,
that it failed.”
The measure that would
be voted on this year is
almost verbatim of what
was voted on in 2020. The
main diff erence is commis-
sioners would be required
to meet just twice a year —
on the fourth Wednesday of
February and August — “to
discuss how to promote the
interests of Wallowa County
that would be relevant to a
relocation of state borders,
and to prepare the county
for becoming a county of
Idaho.”
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“The commissioners, if
the voters vote it in, we’ll
comply with what they
said,” Commissioner John
Hillock said.
Two positions are also
up for election: Position 3
on the county board of com-
missioners, held currently
by Hillock, and the county
clerk, which currently is
Sandy Lathrop.
Both Hillock and Lathrop
have fi led to run again for
their respective positions.
Currently, nobody else has
fi led to run in opposition.
“I’ve been honored to
serve the county, and feel
like I still have some energy
left to carry on another four
years. I think things have
been running relatively good
in county government,”
Hillock said.
The fi ling deadline was
March 8, and as of 1 p.m.
that day, no one else had
fi led for the two spots.
FEB. 28
6:02 a.m. — Hazard-
ous road conditions in
Enterprise. Referred to
Oregon Department of
Transportation.
6:07 a.m. — Motorist
assist in Enterprise.
6:44 p.m. — Report of
road hazard in rural Enter-
prise; referred to ODOT.
MARCH 1
2:39 a.m. — Report of
large boulder in east bound
lane of Highway 82 just east
of Minam. ODOT advised.
7:54 a.m. — Two-vehi-
cle, noninjury, motor-vehi-
cle crash reported in rural
Lostine.
9:19 a.m. — Road haz-
ard reported in rural Wal-
lowa on Highway 82.
11:42 a.m. — Report
of scam/fraud in rural
Enterprise.
2:51 p.m. — Public assist
in Elgin.
3:18 p.m. — Attempt to
locate in Enterprise.
3:29 p.m. — Attempt to
locate in Enterprise.
7:38 p.m. — Traffi c com-
plaint in Enterprise.
8:21 p.m. — Report of
suspicious person in Joseph.
MARCH 2
8:26 a.m. — Fraud
reported in rural Joseph.
10:17 a.m. — Assault
reported in Wallowa.
11 a.m.
—
Scam/
fraud call reported in rural
Enterprise.
1:50 p.m. — Fraud
reported in rural Wallowa.
3:03 p.m. — Theft com-
plaint in Enterprise.
3:27 p.m. — Public assist
in rural Enterprise.
MARCH 3
10:57 a.m.
—
EPD
attempt to locate for state-
wide warrant.
11:15 a.m.
—
EPD
attempt to locate in Enter-
prise for statewide warrant.
12:50 p.m. — Commer-
cial fi re alarm activation in
Joseph.
2:51 p.m. — Theft
reported in Enterprise.
2:59 p.m. — Agency
assist in Enterprise.
4:09 p.m. — Civil dis-
pute in Enterprise.
5:41 p.m. — Theft com-
plaint in rural Wallowa.
8:01 p.m. — Distur-
bance reported in Wallowa.
MARCH 4
7:52 a.m.
—
Scam
reported in Enterprise.
9:20 a.m. — Civil dis-
pute in Wallowa.
12:07 p.m. — Traffi c
stop in rural Lostine; Wal-
lowa County Sheriff ’s Offi ce
issued warning for speed.
3:18 p.m. — Traffi c com-
plaint in Wallowa.
4:06 p.m. — Public assist
in Enterprise.
4:22 p.m. — Attempt to
locate in Enterprise.
5:33 p.m. — Domes-
tic disturbance reported in
rural Enterprise.
7:44 p.m. — Noise com-
plaint in Lostine.
8:34 p.m. — Alarm acti-
vation in Joseph.
A3
9:01 p.m. — Patrick
Angelo Maroney, 63, of
Enterprise, arrested by the
EPD on a charge of proba-
tion violation.
9:15 p.m. — Traffi c stop
in Enterprise; EPD issued
a warning for failure to
display/lighting.
9:50 p.m. — Trespassing
reported in Enterprise.
MARCH 5
2:39 p.m. — Report of
lost item in Enterprise.
4:03 p.m. — Report
of suspicious person in
Wallowa.
7:09 p.m. — Traffi c stop;
driving without insurance in
Enterprise.
7:22 p.m. — Distur-
bance call in rural Joseph.
8:49 p.m. — Crimi-
nal mischief reported in
Wallowa.
MARCH 6
10:49 a.m. — Public
assist in Enterprise.
2:21 p.m. — Traffi c com-
plaint in rural Wallowa.
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