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People watch as the aircraft “Hell-er Bust” takes off from the runway during the Wallowa County Fly-In on July 9, 2022.
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“It’s just a beautiful air-
show in a beautiful location.
Look at those mountains, I
mean really!” Miller said.
For visitors like Blakely,
the friendly vibe from the
local volunteers and ven-
dors makes this air show a
lot more authentic than oth-
ers he’s attended.
“It’s a neighborhood
event, it’s not so much a
commercial event,” he said.
Mike Webber from Tuc-
son, Arizona, and his fam-
ily were one of the countless
groups of related spectators
who turned up to the event
which entertained those of
all ages.
While he most enjoyed
the noise and horsepower, he
recognized that his little ones
were enjoying themselves as
well, especially his daughter
and her sno-cone.
“Oh yeah they’re having
fun,” Webber said.
For these reasons and
others, this event is one that
tends to bring out the whole
community. Clay men-
tioned that they usually have
around 1,000 people on the
tarmac each year.
“That’s a sixth of the
county,” he said, “so that’s a
huge number.”
Around 10 a.m., every-
one either in chairs, stand-
ing or laid out on the grass
shifted their attention to
the skies as the West Coast
Ravens started to leave the
runway. They did a six-plane
performance that included
diff erent feats of formation
fl ying.
The performance that
seemed to stun the audi-
ence the most was the tan-
dem two-airplane display
from Undaunted Airshows,
which included some cre-
ative smoke drawings like a
giant loop right above Chief
Joseph Mountain.
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Everyone learned Tim’s
rule: “You do not rush the
meat! The meat is ready
when it’s ready!”
This was a lesson many
learned the hard way. But they
also learned that although
Tim could not be persuaded
But psilocybin’s greater
use has been as a recre-
ational
hallucinogenic
drug that concerns the
county commissioners.
Roberts said she’s
aware psilocybin can help
in therapy, but she and
the other commissioners
are concerned that allow-
ing even heavily restricted
psilocybin into the county
may open the door for rec-
reational use.
“The best-laid plans
always end up …” she said.
“That’s grand. You have to
stay there until the eff ects
of the thing wear off and
then you can go, but pretty
soon, people will start
wanting that changed, you
know, ‘Can I only have this
much and take it home?’
and what they said to begin
with doesn’t matter.”
There’s also the chance
that if the county bans it,
the cities within the county
and neighboring counties
might not.
“We just ban it in the
county and the cities
are able to do what they
want,” Roberts said.
There’s also the pos-
sibility that if the county
does not ban it and the cit-
ies in the county do and
neighboring counties do
as well, Wallowa County
could become a haven for
the psilocybin industry.
Although she did not
have a recommendation
on how the commissioners
should act, Sully did off er
insight into consequences
of possible actions.
“The problem is that
if you approve it, all your
adjacent cities and coun-
ties, if they ban it, guess
where it will locate —
that one jurisdiction that
hasn’t,” she said.
Sully said the state has
yet to establish its rules for
the Psilocybin Services
Section, but it’s expected
to be ready to start issuing
licenses by January, thus
it’s in the county’s interest
to take action.
The
commissioners
wondered how legal psi-
locybin compares with
legal marijuana. Oregon
legalized the medical use
of marijuana in 1998 and
then added recreational
use in 2016.
While there is a sim-
ilarity in the medical
legalization of psilocy-
bin and marijuana, Sully
said, there is no similar-
ity between legal psilocy-
bin and recreational mari-
juana. The only dispensary
for recreational marijuana
in the county is in Joseph.
Sully emphasized that
under the 2020 law, such
recreational use of psilo-
cybin won’t be allowed.
“This will be like mari-
juana. You’ll have to have
a licensed facility to grow
it and it will be tracked and
records kept and you will
have to use it on site,” she
said. “It will not be avail-
able for personal use in your
home or anyplace else.”
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Onlookers view Undaunted Airshows fl ying during the Wallowa County Fly-In on July 9, 2022.
“I liked the two-ship (per-
formance,)” Miller said. “I
thought they were very nice.
Really tight and you know,
lazy-playing and enjoying
themselves up there.”
Stephen
Christopher
pilots one of the planes
along with his partner Todd
Rudberg, who both travel all
across the Pacifi c Northwest
doing air shows and showing
off their act. Being a profes-
sional, he fi nds it diffi cult to
compare the feeling of fl ying
a plane to anything else.
“Getting the experience
of being up in the air, with
the movement and motion of
seeing everything, it’s very
special,” he said.
He describes Joseph as
one of his favorite small
town venues in the area, and
he fl ew in the show last year
when there was smoke com-
ing from the fi res.
“The farm community,
the backdrop, the enthusi-
asm of the families and the
kids,” Christopher said.
Luckily on a clear day,
the plains and mountains
are beautiful for everyone to
observe on the ground. But
Christopher’s view during
some of his stunts in the
atmosphere is breathtaking.
“I get to see most of that
when I’m upside down. I get
to see the world spinning by
as a backdrop,” he said.
The show wasn’t just a
meaningless display, the
North East Oregon Aviation
Foundation was fundraising
for the STEM career techni-
cal program at Joseph High
School to help expose stu-
dents to aviation employ-
ment possibilities.
For the fi rst time a four-di-
mensional experience from
the U.S Air Force called
“Operation Shadow Strike,”
which simulates a special
operations mission, was sta-
tioned toward the front of the
tarmac. One of the event’s
organizers, Joe Basile from
Joseph, said that the purpose
of the inclusion wasn’t just
for entertainment purposes.
“The Air Force needs
pilots, they need mechanics,
they need technicians … it’s
a recruiting tool,” Basile said.
to rush the meat, his bark was
bigger than his bite.
Tim and Shelley were
both awarded the coveted
Justin Boot Committee-
man of the Year Award. This
award is part of the John
Justin Standard of the West
program. Each year, only
125 individuals across the
country are presented with
this award.
After serving on the Chief
Joseph Days Rodeo Com-
mittee in an offi cial capacity
for 19 years, Shelley decided
it was time to move on. The
Marshalls offi cially hung up
their hats in 2020. They now
keep busy chasing 6-year-
old grandson Marshall Call
Sutfi n.
“We are excited to honor
Tim and Shelley as our
grand marshals,” Chief
Joseph Days Rodeo Pres-
ident Terry Jones said. “It
is a very well-deserved
honor, and we appreciate
the many years and count-
less hours they devoted to
Chief Joseph Days.”
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People socialize amid the aircrafts at the Joseph State Airport
during the Wallowa County Fly-In on July 9, 2022.
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