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Wednesday, August 1, 2018
HORSES
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At age 9, she bought her
first mule for $15, which she
later sold for $200 at age 11.
Then she bought her first filly.
“Next thing I knew, I was
loading horses, working with
troubled horses, mustangs and
so on,” she said.
On her 6-acre property in
Prairie City last year, Moss
took in a 20-year-old skittish
rescue horse — a “heartbro-
ken mustang who needed a
chance” — whose outward
scars reflected a difficult life.
She said working with him
brought her horse communica-
tion to a new level.
“He has shown me try, un-
derstanding, frustration and
temper tantrums beyond my
imagination,” she said while
working with him. “All the
while, he was finding himself.
I think most of all he wants to
belong.”
Moss divides her time be-
tween working alongside her
husband, Tracy, at their Can-
yon City business, Russell’s
Custom Meats, and writing
and speaking.
She is known for her
award-winning cowboy poetry,
which captures Western living,
including the hard-working,
can-do spirit from the saddle.
Her respect for the cowboy
lifestyle and an awareness of
horse communication is shared
not only in her poetry but also
in her novels.
She almost chose not to
publish her first book, “Unspo-
ken,” but with encouragement
from friends, she decided to go
DEBATE
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Since winning the Dem-
ocratic nomination in May,
McLeod-Skinner said in an
interview Monday that she
and Walden have received
numerous invitations from
various organizations will-
ing to sponsor a debate.
Nichole van Eikeren, Mc-
Leod-Skinner’s campaign
manager, said some of those
Contributed photo
At a previous event, horse trainer Joe Wolter works with Kathy Moss of Prairie City.
ahead. It was released in 2015,
the first in a trilogy.
“If this helps one person
understand horses a little bit
better, or understand our West-
ern living a little bit better,”
she said, “then it needs to go to
print.”
A year after the first novel
was released, Moss received
a call from a girl who said she
had been thinking of suicide but
reconsidered after spending the
night reading the entire book.
“Whatever she got out of
the book, I don’t know, but it’s
about pulling through and get-
ting through things that are real-
ly tough to do,” Moss said.
The first book was followed
by “Finding Home,” and then
her editor suggested she write
about the therapeutic effects
horses have on people with au-
tism.
Her final book in the series,
“From the Heart,” was released
last month, and she has spoken
about it in Queens, New York,
at therapy centers associated
with the Professional Associa-
tion of Therapeutic Horseman-
ship International.
The book is about a young
girl with autism and an injured
draft horse who develop a rela-
tionship of trust.
While Moss has calmed and
won the hearts of many horses
over the years, she’s found in
her interactions with the ani-
mals that they also have much
to give.
“I had always thought
horses had a sense about them
that was healing,” she said.
“There is something in the
brain that is therapeutic when
the body feels the motion of
a horse.”
organizations include Cen-
tral Oregon Community
College, the American Asso-
ciation of University Women
and the Grants Pass Daily
Courier.
McLeod-Skinner said her
campaign accepted these
invitations, but they didn’t
receive word about Walden
agreeing to the debate.
With both candidates
in Joseph for the parade,
McLeod-Skinner said “it
seemed like a good time to
invite him face-to-face.”
McLeod-Skinner said she
would like to debate Walden
in all 20 counties of District
2 to give as many voters a
chance to see the candidates
as possible.
Regardless of the number
of debates, McLeod-Skin-
ner said she would like to
see them formatted as either
a moderated debate with a
neutral moderator or a town
hall-style debate where
members of the audience can
ask questions.
If the two parties can
secure a debate in Eastern
Oregon,
McLeod-Skinner
suggested Eastern Oregon
University as an ideal spon-
sor.
McLeod-Skinner said she
expects Walden to honor his
word and schedule some de-
bates, noting that the U.S.
House of Representatives
was currently in recess and he
was making time for a fund-
raiser in Wilsonville Monday
night, which The Oregonian
reported to include Speaker
of the House Paul Ryan.
Neither Walden’s cam-
paign or legislative office re-
turned requests for comment.
Rep. Knute Buehler of Bend.
Christian
Gaston,
Brown’s campaign spokes-
man, wrote in an email that
the three hosts will be Chil-
dren First, and television
stations KOBI and KGW.
Although the final details
are still being determined,
KGW and Children First are
in Portland while KOBI is in
Medford.
“I think it’s important
to note that television de-
bates are closed events and
are not open to the public,
so the physical location
doesn’t matter as much as
the statewide reach of the
event online and on broad-
cast,” he wrote. “We will
work with all three hosts to
make sure that they are open
to rebroadcast with partners
statewide and that the event
is available online for every-
one in the state to watch.”
Monica
Wroblewski,
Buehler’s campaign commu-
nications director, said the
campaign continues to re-
quest a 10-debate schedule,
two debates for each con-
gressional district.
If Brown were to agree to
such a schedule, Wroblews-
ki said a location in Eastern
Oregon would be included.
Both Brown and Bue-
hler’s campaigns have con-
firmed that they’ll be mak-
ing future appearances in
Eastern Oregon as a part
of the campaign trail, but it
likely won’t be in a debate
setting.
The Westward Ho! Pa-
rade during the Pendleton
Round-Up is a standard stop
for office holders and polit-
ical challengers alike, and
both gubernatorial candi-
dates plan to participate.
McLeod-Skinner
also
plans to attend, and although
Walden’s campaign didn’t
return a request for com-
ment, the congressman has
been a regular presence at
the non-motorized parade.
Governor’s race
While Eastern Oregon
could play a role in the Dis-
trict 2 debate schedule, it
doesn’t appear a likely set-
ting for the race between
Gov. Kate Brown and her
Republican challenger, state
. Local support
throughout the year
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