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138th Year, No. 7
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
WALLOWA.COM
Wallowa County set to celebrate the Fourth
By BILL BRADSHAW
Wallowa County Chieftain
Tim
Melville
Enterprise
Longtime
farmer
appreciative
of freedoms
ENTERPRISE — Tim Melville has
been living in Wallowa County for
about 58 years and farming most of
that time.
He and wife, Audry, raised two
sons here. The elder Melvilles, their
sons and their sons’ wives own and
operate Cornerstone Farms Joint
Venture, one of the largest farms in
the county at more than 5,000 acres
of a variety of crops. Now, some of
their seven grandchildren are getting
in on the operation, too.
“It’s enough to keep us busy,” he
said.
He has a few favorite things about
Wallowa County, such as “no street-
lights, the people and the mountains.”
On a sunny Tuesday, he was par-
ticularly pleased with the weather.
“You can’t beat a day like today,”
he said. “It’s fantastic.”
Although a farmer relies on rain,
he needs dry weather, too. Melville
has had enough rain for one season.
“We started putting hay up yes-
terday,” he said. “We need a couple
weeks of weather exactly like this.
And then, we need another good
rain.”
With Independence Day coming
up, Melville has defi nite thoughts on
its meaning.
“I love the country and what it
means to be free,” he said. “Because of
the freedom of religion and the First
and Second Amendments, they’re
very important. The rest of the world
just doesn’t realize how bad it can be
in other countries and how import-
ant these freedoms are to us.”
In addition to farming this sum-
mer, he hopes to get a little time off
for hiking.
“I want to go up to Slickrock,
three miles up Hurricane Creek,” he
said. “It’s a beautiful spot to hike up to
with a beautiful gorge and the water
just rushing down through there.”
Like many in the county, Melville
likes Wallowa County as it is and has
fi rm advice for anyone thinking of
moving here.
“If you want to come here, come
here and adapt to this lifestyle,” he
said. “Don’t bring Portland up here.”
— Bill Bradshaw,
Wallowa County Chieftain
WALLOWA COUNTY — The
246th anniversary of the signing of
the Declaration of Independence
will once again get a rip-roaring
recognition from one end of Wal-
lowa County to the other, Monday,
July 4, with the Old-Time Fourth
of July Parade and Celebration in
Wallowa.
Parade
The parade, which usually
includes 30-40 entries, kicks off at
11 a.m. from the high school foot-
ball fi eld.
“We’re hoping we have a lot,”
said Carolyn Harshfi eld, city
recorder.
This year’s parade is not
expected to have the spirit of rebel-
Wallowa County Chieftain/File Photo
The Wallowa Independence Day Parade gets underway July 4, 2021, led by
two vehicles from Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4307 bearing the colors
and gaining a respectful response from parade-goers. Wallowa will hold
this year’s parade Monday, July 4, 2022.
CHIEF JOESPH DAYS RANCH RODEO
FENCE CREEK
RANCH cleans up
Brown, state
lawmakers
widely
condemn
decision
By LYNNE TERRY AND
ALEX BAUMHARDT
Oregon Capital Chronicle
By BILL BRADSHAW
Wallowa County Chieftain
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FOR MORE RODEO PHOTOS
GO TO PAGE A7
See Fourth, Page A7
U.S. Supreme Court
overturned nearly
50 years of abortion
rights protections
CJD events
kick off over
weekend
OSEPH — The winners of
the 2022 Chief Joseph Days
Ranch Rodeo were led by
the team from Fence Creek
Ranch of Hanley Miller, Hadley
Miller and Sy York when all was
said and done Saturday, June 25, at
the Harley Tucker Arena in Joseph.
The rodeo began the day before
as a couple dozen riders took
part in a trail ride from the arena,
through town and up the East
Moraine above Wallowa Lake.
But the real action took place as
local teams of wranglers demon-
strated working ranch skills of
branding, doctoring, sorting and
roping, as well as seeing budding
young future cowboys and cowgirls
try their hands at a stick horse race.
Robin Lewis, one of the rodeo
organizers, said about 200 peo-
ple attended and the event raised
about $5,500, including funds
raised through the live and silent
auctions and a percentage of the
Calcutta. The funds raised go to
local high school students who
graduated this year.
Scholarship recipients this year
were Ian Goodrich of Joseph and
Alona Yost of Enterprise. There
was no entrant from Wallowa.
Points won for the day among
the teams — after the Fence Creek
Ranch — were Temple Ranch of
Brian Temple, Tristin Bales and
Joshua Bales in second; Quail Run
Ranch of Barrie Qualle, Casey Lit-
tle and Jerry Cobb in third; and
Smiling M Ranch of Bo Patzke,
Damion Patton and Shawn More-
head in fourth.
liousness exhibited two years ago
when, against state government
orders, Wallowans went ahead
and held their Independence Day
Parade without government sanc-
tion — or an offi cial closure of
Highway 82 through town. With
the COVID-19 pandemic virtually
over, there’s no need to close such
events, Harshfi eld said.
Ruby Frazier will serve as grand
marshal of the parade.
Last week, Little Miss Fourth
of July and Little Mister Liberty
were selected. Greta Kennedy and
Dylan Wortman will ride near the
start of parade behind the grand
marshal.
Entrants are asked to sign up by
June 30, Harshfi eld said.
“There can be last-minute ones
Photos by Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Chief Joseph Days Rodeo Queen Maggie Zacharias, right, leads riders
across the road from the rodeo grounds Friday, June 24, 2022, at the
start of a trail ride to kick off the CJD Ranch Rodeo. The riders rode
through Joseph and up the East Moraine.
The Temple Ranch team of, from left, Tristin Bales, Joshua Bales and
Brian Temple direct a calf into a pen during the team sorting event
Saturday, June 25, 2022, of the Chief Joseph Days Ranch Rodeo in
Joseph. The team came in second for both the event and the day.
WINNERS OF THE
EVENTS WERE:
TEAM BRANDING
First: Quail Run Ranch
Second: Fence Creek Ranch
TEAM DOCTORING
First: Fence Creek Ranch
Second: Smiling M Ranch
TEAM SORTING
First: Fence Creek Ranch
Second: Temple Ranch
A couple dozen riders rode up the East Moraine above
Wallowa Lake on Friday, June 24, 2022, during a trail
ride that kicked off the Chief Joseph Days Ranch Rodeo.
TEAM ROPING
First: Fence Creek Ranch
Second: Campbells — Jaycee
Campbell, Amy Campbell and Bucky
Campbell
THE CALCUTTA
Hadley Miller, with Lowell Lewis in
second and Karen Rahming in third
JIM PROBERT TOP HAND AWARD
Tristin Bales and Jerry Cobb.
BEST COWGIRL AWARD
Amy Campbell
The U.S. Supreme Court’s
decision Friday to overturn
nearly 50 years of abortion
rights protections sparked an
outpouring of condemnation
in Oregon where reproductive
rights are protected by law and
Democrats hold the majority of
state offi ces.
Political leaders, from the
state’s U.S. sen-
ators and rep-
resentatives to
legislators and
candidates for
offi ce, called
the
decision
“heartbreak-
Brown
ing,” “infuriat-
ing” and “dan-
gerous” while Republicans
praised it.
The decision, written by
conservative Justice Samuel
Alito, overturns Roe v. Wade
and Casey, a subsequent deci-
sion affi rming abortion rights.
“The Constitution does not
confer a right to abortion; Roe
and Casey are overruled; and
the authority to regulate abor-
tion is returned to the people
and their elected representa-
tives,” the decision said. That
conclusion was anticipated
after a draft of the ruling was
leaked earlier this year.
Abortion rights are protected
by law in Oregon, and the pro-
cedure is free, even to undoc-
umented immigrants. But 13
states have “trigger” laws antic-
ipated the court’s decision that
will make abortions illegal,
either immediately or within a
certain time frame. Idaho’s ban
will go into eff ect in 30 days.
Abortions rights advocates
expect those bans to create a
dramatic uptick in demand for
abortion in states like Oregon,
Washington and California,
where reproductive rights are
protected.
About two hours after the
decision was released, the gov-
ernors of the three states issued
a “Multi-State Commitment to
Reproductive Freedom” that
not only affi rmed abortion rights
but also pledged to protect from
prosecution and extradition
those patients who seek care in
one of the three states. The pact
See Abortion, Page A7