RECORDS
Wallowa County Chieftain
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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Wallowa County ranks high in honesty
DEATH AND SERVICE NOTICES
Lavon Carol Elliott
Lavon Carol Elliott, of Redmond, died May 8, 2022.
She was born Feb. 28, 1945. A celebration of life will be
held Sept. 13, 2022, at noon, at the South Fork Grange in
Lostine.
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
building alone has forty win-
dows which will have to be
replaced.
Christy fi ghting a small fi re
near Mirror lake. Only about
520 acres were burned.
50 YEARS AGO
100 YEARS AGO
75 YEARS AGO
Michael Hulse Sr.
Sept. 7, 1922
Sept. 11, 1947
Sept. 7, 1972
Michael Hulse Sr., 74, of Wallowa, died on
Aug. 31, 2022, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital in
Enterprise. Arrangements are under the direction of
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Ser-
vices, Halfway. Online condolences may be shared at
www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Nearly
every
arti-
cle reported to the Record
Chieftain as lost in recent
weeks has been found and
returned to the owner, prov-
ing that Wallowa county
people rank high in honesty.
A severe hail storm vis-
ited the Flora country last
week, doing considerable
damage. The storm was at
its worst as it passed thru
Flora and for some two or
three miles farther north.
Hail stones as large as hen’s
eggs fell with a strong wind
which hurled them with
such force as to break win-
dows, ruining roofs, strip-
ping orchards, killing chick-
ens and pigs, and completely
destroying many fi elds of
spring grain. Hardly a west
window of any building
escaped. The Flora school
In six days 119 veterans
cashed their leave bonds for
a total payment of $28,306
or an average of $238 to
each veteran. It is estimated
that there are at least 500
veterans in the county with
leave bonds the total value
of which is about $120,000.
On October 7 the voters
will go to the polls to vote
for or against a proposed
three percent sales tax. Such
a measure has been submit-
ted to the voters four times
previously — in 1933, 1934,
1936 and in 1944. In each of
these elections the tax was
opposed by from seventy
to eighty-fi ve percent of the
voters.
A plane was used to drop
500 feet of hose, pumps,
food and other supplies to a
fi re crew manned by Henry
Fred Tippett of Joseph is
the proud owner of a new
Cessna 172 airplane that
he purchased last week. He
hopes to start a fl ying club
in the Joseph area and plans
to use the new aircraft as a
rental unit and for commer-
cial charter fl ights.
Steve Womack, 19, of
Wallowa, was mortally
injured in a one-car accident
near Wallowa that left his
three passengers uninjured.
A 24-inch mackinaw was
caught from the bank of
Wallowa Lake by Joe Ever-
est of Portland. According
to reports, it has been about
two years since a mackinaw
has been caught at the lake.
Judge Ben Boswell and
Commissioner Mike Hay-
ward have signed on to an
Oregon State Parks pro-
posal which would maintain
the section of railroad line
from Elgin to Wallowa, pull
up the rails from Wallowa
to Enterprise and install a
small, touristy type train on
existing tracks from Enter-
prise to Joseph.
A long-time 4-H mem-
ber, 13-year-old Lynna
Fischer of Enterprise, has
been named the 1997 Junior
Homemaker of the Fair.
The Enterprise High
School class of 1942 held
its 55th year reunion at
Vali’s with 17 members
present: Betty Rutherford,
Wilbur Dale, Dean Jones,
Fern Wolfe, Jack Graves,
Bruce Rutherford, Cora
Mae O’Conner, Anna Lee
Barnett, Ross Downing,
Willis Bailey, Vivian Att-
man, Deb Hansen, Tom
Misander, Sam Loftus, Jay
Pyles, Patricia Dishman and
Dale Miller.
reporting overdue hikers at
Wallowa Lake; hikers were
located.
7:23 p.m. — 911 call
reporting fi re in rural Wallowa.
8:39 p.m. — 911 call report-
ing domestic in Enterprise.
AUGUST 31
3:55 a.m. — 911 call
reporting a suspicious person
in Joseph.
7:53 a.m. — Lost wallet
reported in Enterprise.
8:28 a.m. — Traffi c stop in
rural Wallowa; WCSO issued a
warning for speed.
8:35 a.m. — Traffi c stop in
rural Wallowa; WCSO issued a
warning for speed.
10:20 a.m. — 911 call
reporting smoke/fi re in Lostine
Canyon/Goat Ridge.
11:19 a.m. — 911 call
reporting a fi re in Lostine
Canyon.
11:52 a.m. — 911 call
reporting a fi re in rural Lostine.
12:04 p.m. — Lost items
reported in Enterprise.
1:20 p.m. — Welfare check
in rural Wallowa, Search and
Rescue activated. Subject
found safe, situation resolved.
2:05 p.m. — Report of a
stolen vehicle in Joseph; vehi-
cle was recovered.
2:47 p.m. — Follow-up
investigation in Joseph.
7:33 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
rural Enterprise; EPD issued a
warning for failure to maintain
lane.
7:49 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
rural Enterprise; EPD towed a
vehicle for no insurance and
issued a citation.
8:56 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
rural Enterprise; WCSO issued
a warning.
9:05 p.m. — Contempt of
Court in Enterprise.
10:03 p.m. — Traffi c stop
in rural Enterprise; EPD issued
a warning for failure to main-
tain lane.
SEPTEMBER 1
8:56 a.m. — Suspicious
person in Enterprise.
9:24 a.m. — Deer caught
in fence in Lostine.
12:17 p.m. — EPD towed a
vehicle for no insurance.
12:53 p.m. — Report of ille-
gal juvenile activity in Wallowa.
12:55 p.m. — Traffi c stop
in Enterprise; EPD issued a
warning.
1:09 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
Enterprise; EPD issued a cita-
tion for Driving While Sus-
pended violation and a warn-
ing for Fail to Transfer Title.
1:22 p.m. — Report of lost
fi shing pole in rural Joseph.
1:26 p.m. — Traffi c stop
in Enterprise; EPD issued a
warning.
1:37 p.m. — Traffi c stop
in Enterprise; EPD issued
warnings for illegal U-turn,
improper display of plate and
defective lighting.
1:47 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
Enterprise; EPD issued a cita-
tion for no operator’s license.
2:38 p.m. — Report of pos-
sible harassment in Enterprise.
3:59 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
rural Enterprise; EPD issued a
warning.
4:40 p.m. — Traffi c stop
in Enterprise; EPD towed the
vehicle for no insurance and
issued the driver a citation.
6:24 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
Enterprise; EPD issued a warn-
ing for no seat belt.
6:52 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
rural Wallowa; WCSO issued a
warning.
7:04 p.m. — Civil standby
in Wallowa by WCSO.
7:39 p.m. — Agency assist
in Enterprise.
7:58 p.m. — Found small,
female Border Collie-type dog
wearing a blue collar, in rural
Enterprise.
8:42 p.m. — Non-injury
traffi c crash in rural Enterprise.
8:53 p.m. — Noise com-
plaint in Enterprise.
9:55 p.m. — 911 call
reporting a possible restrain-
ing order violation in Wallowa.
SEPTEMBER 2
1:54 a.m. — Traffi c stop
in Joseph; WCSO issued a
citation.
7:16 a.m. — Found wallet
in Joseph.
8:16 a.m. — Follow-up
investigation in Wallowa.
9:11 a.m. — Report of
criminal mischief in Joseph.
11:47 a.m. — Follow-up
investigation in Joseph.
4:29 p.m. — Death investi-
gation in Enterprise.
5:27 p.m. — Report of an
injured deer in Lostine; deer
was dispatched.
9:06 p.m. — Disturbance
in Joseph.
SEPTEMBER 3
7:53 a.m. — Report of a
restraining order violation in
Enterprise.
9:08 a.m. — Welfare check
in Joseph.
9:45 a.m. — Search and
Rescue called for an IRCC SOS
notifi cation. Notifi cation in
error; SAR stood down.
11:08 a.m. — Criminal mis-
chief in Joseph.
11:15 a.m. — Agency
assist with evacuations in the
Double Creek Fire.
11:27 a.m. — Report of
suspicious circumstances in
Enterprise.
11:42 a.m. — Report of an
injured deer in rural Joseph.
12:42 p.m. — Found dog
near the Joseph Lookout; dog
and owner were reunited.
1:25 p.m. — Public assist in
Wallowa.
3:26 p.m. — WCSO per-
forming extra patrol in Enter-
prise for the Juniper Jam.
3:44 p.m. — Joseph Fire
and Wallowa Fire assisting
ODF.
5:49 p.m. — Follow-up —
USFS is investigating.
5:51 p.m. — Hit and run at
Salt Creek and the 39 road.
6:04 p.m. — Hit and run
reported in rural Joseph.
6:40 p.m. — 911 call
reporting a person running a
chainsaw and falling trees in
rural Joseph; Joseph Fire Dept.
was advised.
6:48 p.m. — Noise com-
plaint in Enterprise.
7:01 p.m. — Report of a
baby deer stuck in a fence in
Wallowa.
7:06 p.m. — 911 call
reporting a traffi c complaint in
Wallowa.
9:36 p.m. — Follow-up
investigation in Enterprise.
10:51 p.m. — 911 call
reporting a disturbance in
Joseph.
11:53 p.m. — Traffi c stop
in Enterprise; EPD issued a
warning.
SEPTEMBER 4
8:50 a.m. — Report of a
non-injury hit and run at Wal-
lowa Lake.
12:47 p.m. — Search and
Rescue performing an agency
assist in Imnaha.
5:23 p.m. — Suspicious
activity in Enterprise.
6:18 p.m. — 911 call
reporting a disturbance in
rural Joseph.
8:28 p.m. — Public assist
request in Enterprise.
8:57 p.m. — 911 call
reporting a possible domestic
in Enterprise.
SEPTEMBER 5
10:36 a.m. — Request for a
welfare check in rural Lostine.
Retha Mae (Kirkpatrick) Walker
Retha Mae Walker, 91, of Wallowa Lake, died at
Grande Ronde Hospital, La Grande, Tuesday, Aug. 30,
2022. She was born May 30, 1931. A private family burial
was held at the Enterprise Cemetery. A celebration of life
will be held Sept. 17, 2022, from 2-4 p.m. at the Hurri-
cane Creek Grange, 82930 Airport Lane, Joseph. A full
obit will follow at a later date. Bollman Funeral Home is
entrusted with arrangements.
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High Low
Conditions
Sept. 8
74
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sunny
Sept. 9
76
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sunny
Sept. 10
86
52
sunny
Sept. 11
85
49
partly cloudy
Sept. 12
79
46
partly cloudy
Sept. 13
76
44
partly cloudy
Sept. 14
74
43
partly cloudy
FOR THE RECORD
Phases of the moon
Sept. 10
Sept. 17
Full Moon
Last Quarter
OUT OF THE PAST
Sept. 25
Oct. 2
New Moon
1st Quarter
WALLOWA COUNTY SUNRISE & SUNSET SEPT. 8 – 14
(from the U.S. Naval Observatory)
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Thomas Bernhardt
May 25, 1961 - August 19, 2022
Thomas Hall Bernhardt, 61,
formerly of Wallowa, Oregon,
passed away Aug. 19, 2022 at his
home in St. Paul, Oregon.
Tom was born in La Grande,
Oregon, on May 25, 1961 to
Johnny and Edna Mae (Burress)
Bernhardt.
He was a 1979 graduate of La
Grande High School, where his
larger-than-life personality made him a standout in
the classroom, in athletics and as a friend to all. Tom
excelled on the football field. His hard-hitting, never-
quit playing earned him a place on the 1979 Shriner’s
football team.
Tom loved the outdoors from an early age and spent
most of his youth and adult years planning the next
hunt, many times with lifelong friends.
A year after graduating, Tom moved to the Grand
Junction/Fruita, Colorado area, with a group of close
friends to work on the pipeline. After returning home,
he worked in logging and various mill jobs to purchase
land and cattle, a lifelong dream. Tom settled in Wallowa
County, cowboying for local ranchers and adding cattle
to his herd year by year.
Tom was a cowboy at heart and his time in the saddle
on Smith Mountain found him at The Hill Top House,
when the boys were in town. That’s where he first met
the McKillip Family. Never one to shy away from a
good time, that big personality soon became a regular
with the hunting crew, where he noticed a picture from
that summer. They said that’s our sister. Oh...you never
told me you had a sister!
Off to the St. Paul Rodeo, the fun-loving single guy
went, where he met the love of his life, Shelly McKillip,
in 1993. They married in 1997, built a home on Diamond
Prairie and had their only son, Will, in 1999.
In 2015, they sold their ranch and moved to Saint
Paul, Oregon, to get the help they needed with his
early onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis and be closer to their
grandchildren.
Tommy loved thunderstorms, fireworks and a
beautiful sunset. His roaring laugh and teasing nature
will be remembered by all, especially his hospice gals,
Heidi and Malia.
Tom was preceded in death by his parents and a
sister, Brenda Bomberger.
He is survived by his wife and son, Shelly and Will
Bernhardt of Saint Paul, Oregon; daughters Jayme Fair
of Newberg, Oregon, Stacie Price of Saint Paul, Oregon
and Katy (Miles) Baker of Newberg, Oregon; nine
grandchildren, Alexa, Tristan (Paige), Jezzie, Jillian,
Camden, Johnny, Chloe, Natalie and Isabele (his partner
in crime); and many, many nieces, nephews, cousins,
extended family and close friends.
A Celebration of Life will be Sept. 24, 2022, at 3
p.m. on Smith Mountain in Wallowa, Oregon, where he
married his bride 25 years ago.
Donations in Tom’s name can be sent to Wallowa
School District, PO Box 425, Wallowa, OR 97885 for
help with the recent hailstorm recovery for victims/
students or Brighton Hospice, 8050 SW Warm Springs
St., Ste. 205, Tualatin, OR 97062.
Arrangements are by Attrell’s Funeral Chapel.
AUGUST 29
12:11 a.m. — Traffi c stop
in rural Lostine; EPD issued a
warning.
8:42 a.m. — Injured deer in
rural Enterprise.
10:04 a.m. — Request
for traffi c control assistance
in rural Enterprise on Hwy
82; referred to Oregon State
Police.
11:44 a.m. — Report of
loose cow in roadway in rural
Enterprise.
12:03 p.m. — 911 call
reporting a loose cow on the
roadway in rural Enterprise.
4:41 p.m. — Follow-up
investigation in Enterprise.
6:48 p.m. — Fire alarm
reported in Joseph; false alarm.
7:13 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
Enterprise; WCSO issued a cita-
tion and towed the vehicle.
9:24 p.m. — Traffi c stop
in Enterprise; EPD issued a
warning.
10:44 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
rural Enterprise; EPD arrested
Andrea Christine Stendar, 39,
of Durango, CO, for DUII and
Reckless Driving. Subject was
released to a sober third party.
AUGUST 30
9:13 a.m. — Commercial
fi re alarm in Enterprise; false
alarm.
11:25 a.m. — Agency
assist in Wallowa.
11:30 a.m. — Report of
possible restraining order vio-
lations in Wallowa.
12:20 p.m. — Possible ani-
mal neglect in rural Joseph.
12:34 p.m. — Report of
theft in rural Joseph.
12:52 p.m. — Report of
deceased deer in rural Joseph;
referred to ODOT.
12:57 p.m. — Report of
smoke behind and to the
south of Wallowa Lake; infor-
mation to NE Dispatch.
2:54 p.m. — 911 call
reporting a non-injury traffi c
crash in Enterprise.
3:10 p.m. — Traffi c stop in
rural Enterprise: WCSO issued a
warning for speed.
3:37 p.m. — 911 call
reporting smoke in the area
of Hat Point; referred to NE
Dispatch.
5:49 p.m. — Report of
low hanging power line in
Enterprise.
7:14 p.m. — 911 call
WHAT’S HAPPENING
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7
ROTARY CLUB OF WALLOWA
COUNTY: Noon-1 p.m. Odd
Fellows Hall next to the Enter-
prise Library.
WALK WITH A DOC: 12:30-
1:30 pm. Meet outside in front
of Wallowa Memorial Hospital.
Every Wednesday Dr. Emily
Sheahan will host a brief dis-
cussion around a health topic,
and then the group will head
out on the walking path that
encircles the hospital campus
— about a half-mile long, fl at
and well equipped with rest-
ing benches along the way.
WINE GLASS PAINTING:
5-7 p.m. Josephy Center. Give
back to the community with
your fi nished painted wine
glass. Ages 14 and up. Free.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8
WALLOWA-ABLE BALANCE
CLASS: 1-2 p.m. Wallowa
Memorial Hospital classroom.
Designed for older adults to
focus on safe cardio, strength-
ening and coordination. To
register, call 541-426-5314.
WALLOWA MOUNTAIN QUIL-
TERS GUILD: 5:30 p.m. Monthly
meeting. VFW Hall, Enterprise.
Visitors and new members
welcome.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 9
HELLS CANYON MULE DAYS:
Wallowa County Fairgrounds,
Enterprise. See full schedule
at www.hellscanyonmuledays.
com.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 10
HELLS CANYON MULE DAYS:
Wallowa County Fairgrounds,
Enterprise. See full schedule
at www.hellscanyonmuledays.
com.
ALL YOU CAN EAT BREAK-
FAST AND BAZAAR: 7-11 a.m.
Hurricane Creek Grange, at
the intersection of Hurricane
Creek Road and Airport Lane.
Pancakes, breakfast meat,
eggs, biscuits and gravy, juice
and coff ee. Requested dona-
tion: $8.
WALLOWA COUNTY FARM-
ERS MARKET: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
604 N. Main, Joseph, next to
Stein Distillery. Vegetable,
herb and fl ower starts, crafts
and produce.
DISCOVERY WALK: 9-11 a.m.
25 YEARS AGO
Sept. 4, 1997
SEE THE EXPANDED ONLINE CALENDAR AT
EASTERNOREGONEVENTS.COM
Meet in the lobby of Wallowa
Lake Lodge. Join Wallowolo-
gy’s Nature Discovery Guide
for family-friendly walks.
LOWER VALLEY FARMERS
MARKET: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 110 E.
First St., Wallowa. Fresh, local
products in a social gathering
place.
OUT OF THE DARK: LUMI-
NARY VIGIL FOR SUICIDE
PREVENTION: 7-9 p.m. Wal-
lowa County Courthouse. Get
a bag to decorate and leave
for the luminary vigil at Wal-
lowa Memorial Hospital, Jose-
phy Center, Building Healthy
Families, Winding Waters
Clinic, Enterprise Library, Wal-
lowa Library, Hearts for Health
Building. Bags will be available
from Aug. 17 to Sept. 7. Visit
the courthouse the night of
the event to see the messages
of hope. For info, call 541-426-
4524 x 1031.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 11
HELLS CANYON MULE DAYS:
Wallowa County Fairgrounds,
Enterprise. See full schedule
at
www.hellscanyonmule-
days.com.
COWBOY
ACTION
FUN
SHOOT: Set up at 10 a.m.;
event begins at noon. Pot-
luck
dinner
afterward.
Revolvers, lever guns, shot-
guns. Eagle Cap Shooters
gun range, 69105 Ant Flat
Road, Enterprise. For info call
541-263-2077.
DAY BY DAY CANCER SUP-
PORT GROUP: 2-3:30 p.m.
Joseph Community Center,
102 E. First St. Support group
for cancer patients and loved
ones.
MONDAY, SEPT. 12
WALLOWA COUNTY CHESS
CLUB: 3:30-5:30 p.m. Jose-
phy Center, Joseph. Free. Play-
ers of all ages and levels are
welcome.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 13
QUILTING GROUP: 10 a.m.-
3 p.m. Wallowa Senior Center.
WALLOWA-ABLE BALANCE
CLASS: 1-2 p.m. Wallowa
Memorial Hospital classroom.
Designed for older adults to
focus on safe cardio, strength-
ening and coordination. To
register, call 541-426-5314.