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• 1975 and Newer Truck:
Michael Jacobsen, of Walla
Walla, Washington, for his
1975 Ford F-100 pickup.
Award sponsor: Longhorn
Espresso.
• 1964-74 Car Original:
Greg and Nina Rhodes, of
Joseph, for their 1969 Plym-
outh Road Runner. Award
sponsor: Red Rose Boutique
and Kellermann Logging.
• 1964-74 Car Modifi ed:
Pete Sather, of Ontario, for
his 1969 Chevrolet Camaro.
Award sponsor: Gordon and
Adam Wolfe.
• 1964-74 Truck: Scott
and Lonna McDonald, of
Meridian, Idaho, for their
1967 Chevrolet Stepside
pickup. Award sponsor: Wal-
lowa Food City.
• 1955-63 Car Original:
Bryan Makin, of Wallowa,
for his 1960 Chevrolet Cor-
vette. Award sponsor: Com-
munity Bank.
• 1955-63 Car Modifi ed:
Jerry Hamblen, of Spokane,
Washington, for his 1956
Chevrolet 210 Modifi ed.
Award sponsor: Rick Berend
Trucking.
• 1955-63 Truck: Bill and
Teresa Henke, of Wallowa,
for their 1956 Ford F-100
pickup. Award sponsor: Wal-
lowa Lake Lodge.
• 1940-54 Car Original:
Harold Hartley, of Enterprise,
for his 1950 Plymouth Sta-
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Bob Hanna, of La Pine, with Kathy Johnson, of Enterprise,
pulls his 1923 T Bucket Roadster into the parking lot Friday,
Aug. 19, 2022, just prior to the cruise to Imnaha from Joseph
as the fi rst event in this year’s Main Street Show and Shine.
tion Wagon Woody. Award
sponsor: Stangel Industries.
• 1940-54 Car Modifi ed:
Ron Jett, of Joseph, for his
1946 Chevrolet Convertible.
Award sponsor: Enterprise
Electric and Chopper’s Car
Wash.
• 1940-54 Truck: Andy
Sloan, of Elgin, for his 1948
Chevrolet pickup. Award
sponsor: NorthWest Fence
Co.
• 1939 and Earlier Car
Original: Milo Schleifer, of
Enterprise, for his 1929 Ford
Model A. Award sponsor:
Kooch Century Farm.
• 1939 and Earlier Car
Modifi ed: Jim and Mike
Boyer, of Payette, Idaho, for
their 1934 Ford Roadster.
Award sponsor: Mountain
View Motel and RV Park.
• 1939 and Earlier Truck:
Larry Bacon, of Enterprise,
Hail:
for his 1929 Ford Model A.
Award sponsor: Favorite
Finds on Main.
• Too Close to Not Win:
Lew Baynes, of Joseph, for
his 1931 Packard 840 Pha-
eton. Award sponsor: Wilder-
ness Inn.
• Best Bike: Wayne
Stucker, of Clarkston, Wash-
ington, for his 2002 Har-
ley Heritage Softtail Classic.
Award sponsor: Main Street
Show and Shine.
• Determination and Per-
severance to Get Here Today:
Michael Jacobsen, of Walla
Walla, Washington. The
emcee said Jacobsen fi nally
made it on his third try,
after numerous breakdowns.
Award sponsor: Main Street
Show and Shine.
• Bring a Classic Pair of
1914s: Ralph Swinehart, of
Enterprise, with his 1914
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Ford Model T and Indian
Motorcycle. Award sponsor:
Main Street Show and Shine.
• A Cool Ride: Roy McAl-
lister, of Joseph, with his
1941 Willys. Award sponsor:
Main Street Show and Shine.
• Best of Wallowa County:
Bill and Teresa Henke, of
Wallowa, for their 1956 Ford
F-100 pickup. Award spon-
sor: Wortman Family Trust.
• Elks’ Choice: Greg and
Nina Rhodes, of Joseph, for
their 1969 Plymouth Road
Runner. Award sponsor: Pon-
derosa Motel.
• Mayor’s Choice: Brenda
Brock, of Enterprise, for her
1954 Nash Metropolitan.
Award sponsor: Harris Motor
Sports.
• Kids’ Choice: Matt
Sirrine, of La Grande, for
his 1947 Dodge Power-
wagon. Award sponsor: Wal-
lowa County Chamber of
Commerce.
• People’s Choice: Todd
Rodgers, of Enterprise,
for his 1975 Ford F-250
pickup. Award sponsor:
NAPA-Thompson’s
Auto
Supply.
• Emcee’s Choice: Brett
Hays of Roots Ministry.
• Club Participation
Award: Rods of Idaho and
Oregon. Award sponsor: City
of Enterprise.
Trophies were provided
by TW Bronze, Sterling
Webb’s blown glass, Olaf
Pottery by Ted Juve and mis-
cellaneous art by Stangel
Industries, Candor Custom
and Stein Distillery.
START OF SCHOOL DELAYED IN WALLOWA
WALLOWA — The Wallowa School District is
delaying the start of classes due to extensive
damage caused by the hailstorm on Thursday,
Aug. 11.
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Some water from the thun-
derstorm that brought the hail
seeped through the damaged
roofs. Computers and printers
in classrooms were seriously
damaged as a result but little
else. Jones said it has not been
determined if insurance will
cover the cost of replacing the
computers and printers.
Items lost to the hailstorm
include the school district’s
greenhouse, its Ford Expedi-
tion SUV, and the scoreboard
and fi eld lights at the foot-
ball fi eld. Jones said it is not
known if insurance will cover
these losses.
Another expense the Wal-
lowa School District will
have to pay for will be remov-
ing the glass that fell from the
football fi eld’s lights. About
half of the fi eld will have to
be vacuumed before games
can be played on it, Jones
said.
The Aug. 11 hailstorm that
caused damage on the Wal-
lowa School District campus
struck the Wallowa commu-
nity with equal force, leav-
School will start on Monday, Aug. 29, said Wal-
lowa School District Superintendent Tammy
Jones, four days later than planned.
“We want to give families and staff more time
to get things cleaned up,” she said. “This is a
community tragedy.”
Within the Wallowa community almost
every roof was seriously damaged, cars were
destroyed, windows were shattered, people
sustained concussions and large trees were
uprooted, she said.
Jones said it has been remarkable how people
in the community have rallied to help one
another out in the midst of the disaster.
“The response to the storm has really shown
the strength of the Wallowa community and
the surrounding area,” she said. “Neighbors are
helping neighbors and people are banding
together. Support has come from everywhere.”
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“It ended up changing
my life. Eight years later
now, I do not have a sin-
gle bout of depression,”
Kurtz said. “Medically, it
worked for me; it changed
my life and that’s why I had
to show up today and speak
to you guys.”
He agreed psilocybin
has its down side.
“Is it a drug that can be
used to get high? Abso-
lutely. But there’s a lot of
drugs around that allow
people to do that,” he said.
“Psilocybin is quite diff er-
ent. If you want to take that
every day in a high dose …
you’re not going to want it.
It’s an animal. It’s powerful
stuff , I will grant that. But
it can be powerfully used in
really positive ways. I think
allowing it to be in a more
regulated therapy setting is
a great thing.”
Kurtz said he didn’t
have a facility available. He
took psilocybin at home on
his family’s ranch.
“I was alone and it was
a little bit scary,” he said.
“But it changed my life. I
would love for folks to have
the opportunity to change
their lives.”
Kurtz said he believes
it can do a better job than
many prescription drugs.
“I was on Prozac for
10-20 years and noth-
ing.
But
(psilocybin)
changed my life,” he said.
“I think it’s, quite frankly,
extremely arrogant to pro-
hibit others from having
that opportunity. I grant that
it’s dangerous and I grant
that regulation’s needed,
but we’re not outlawing
video poker, booze, ciga-
rettes and all these other
things that cause so much
COVID:
— Dick Mason, The Observer
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Katy Nesbitt/For the Wallowa County Chieftain
The battered scoreboard at the football fi eld in Wallowa on
Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, is a vivid reminder of the Aug. 11
hailstorm that caused damage throughout the town.
ing a high percentage of its
homes with badly damaged
roofs and windows.
The school district will
reach out to storm vic-
tims in a big way on Friday,
Aug. 26, when it will con-
duct an open house from
noon to 2 p.m. Many items
will be provided to families
at the event, including shoes,
clothing, bedding and back-
packs — items that will help
the community’s children be
ready for the new school year.
School will start in the Wal-
lowa School District on Mon-
day, Aug. 29, four days later
than originally scheduled due
to the storm.
Jones said the school dis-
trict’s staff wants to make
sure everything possible is
done to help families, espe-
cially their children.
“We want to make sure
that the kids feel safe and
cared for,” Jones said.
Tom Crane, superinten-
dent at Enterprise schools,
said district offi cials meet
monthly instead of weekly
with Dr. Elizabeth Powers
at Wallowa Memorial Hos-
pital and get updates on the
current COVID situation,
such as whether the num-
ber of cases is increasing or
decreasing and the number
of available hospital beds.
But this fall, there’s lit-
tle change from the spring,
when much of local control
damage in our community.
… I do believe that psilo-
cybin, while it has its dark
side, has an extremely posi-
tive side to be explored.”
“This is something I am
so passionate about I will
be knocking on as many
doors as I can throughout
this fall and tell my story
to the community because
that’s how I feel about it.”
Not arrogant
Kurtz and Rusty Hogg
recommended a couple
documentaries Netfl ix has
on psilocybin.
But Roberts said she’s
watched the documentaries
and has become informed
about the drug.
“Everybody
assumes
we’re arrogant and we hav-
en’t done that and that’s not
true,” she said.
A Vietnam-era veteran,
Roberts also said she had
acquaintances who’ve ben-
efi ted from psilocybin.
“One thing I want to
point out is it’s not arro-
gance on our part,” she
said. “We represent all the
people in the county and I
understand your feelings.
Having served in Vietnam
in the Marine Corps, I also
had a lot of friends who
used it.”
Hogg agreed.
“They swear by it,” he
said.
But Roberts also recalled
people who got high on it
and nearly suff ered serious
injuries, thus the need to
have it well regulated.
“In doing this, we’re
not saying we’re going to
do this forever,” she said.
“We’re often told that
because we live in a fron-
tier county, our voters are
not very bright. That’s not
the case. But the law says
we either go permanent or
we don’t do it. … We either
do one or the other.”
returned. In March, districts
changed to optional face
masks, social distancing of
3 feet, daily monitoring for
COVID symptoms and test-
ing if one or more symp-
toms were discovered or a
known exposure to some-
one sick with COVID was
determined.
“That’s where we’ll be
this year,” Crane said.
“It’s still about choice,”
he added. “We may have stu-
dents and staff who want to
wear masks and we encour-
age them to” if they choose.
Offi cials at Joseph Char-
ter School were unavailable
for comment.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
To: Wallowa County Grain Grower True Value Customers
I would like to inform all of our customers, that due to a labor shortage
with-in the True Value Store, we have decided to close the store for
business on Sundays until further notice.
This is a necessary step to help keep our current employees from
burning out. Short staff and more days worked for each of them has
been the trend for a long period. This will go into effect on Sunday
August 21st 2022. We apologize for this inconvenience and hope
that the labor pool will get better in the future.
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