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WALLOWA COUNTY<br />
CHIEFTAIN<br />
www.wallowa.com Enterprise, Oregon November 19, 2009 $1<br />
Tough time at<br />
Sterl<strong>in</strong>g Bank<br />
FDIC orders more<br />
capital, lower risk<br />
By Kathleen Ellyn<br />
Wallowa County Chiefta<strong>in</strong><br />
Elane Dickenson/Chiefta<strong>in</strong><br />
Chief, a 24-year-old geld<strong>in</strong>g, is the last of a cherished herd of black Clydesdales that made its home<br />
<strong>in</strong> the valley beneath the Wallowa Mounta<strong>in</strong>s for over a quarter of a century.<br />
He’s Wallowa County’s<br />
last black Clydesdale<br />
By Elane Dickenson<br />
Wallowa County Chiefta<strong>in</strong><br />
He’s the last black Clydesdale <strong>in</strong> Wallowa County.<br />
Once one of the leaders <strong>in</strong> the team of beautiful,<br />
black draft horses that pulled the Kooch Clydes wagon <strong>in</strong><br />
parades around the region, Chief now stands alone <strong>in</strong> his<br />
pasture just outside Enterprise.<br />
He was part of a herd of up <strong>to</strong> 30 Clydesdales owned<br />
by Creigh<strong>to</strong>n and Cheryl Kooch that were among the most<br />
pho<strong>to</strong>graphed landmarks of Wallowa County for a quarter<br />
century. After the death of Creigh<strong>to</strong>n at 66 <strong>in</strong> spr<strong>in</strong>g 2007,<br />
the herd was gradually sold off <strong>to</strong> new owners throughout<br />
the U.S. and beyond.<br />
Chief and Cass (short for Casanova), two elderly geld<strong>in</strong>gs,<br />
were all that were left. For years they had both<br />
stepped proudly at the head of the Kooch team, but then<br />
because of advanced age became “no use for anyth<strong>in</strong>g but<br />
Joseph entrepreneur<br />
<strong>in</strong>vents <strong>in</strong>novative<br />
spr<strong>in</strong>g water collec<strong>to</strong>r<br />
By Kathleen Ellyn<br />
Wallowa County Chiefta<strong>in</strong><br />
Last year, Rep. Greg<br />
Smith <strong>in</strong>vited Eric Gray of<br />
Joseph <strong>to</strong> present his <strong>in</strong>vention,<br />
the sta<strong>in</strong>less steel spr<strong>in</strong>g<br />
water collec<strong>to</strong>r, at the Eastern<br />
Oregon Entrepreneur Day <strong>this</strong><br />
spr<strong>in</strong>g at Eastern Oregon University.<br />
Eleven counties were<br />
<strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> mak<strong>in</strong>g presentations<br />
that day, but Gray was<br />
the only representative from<br />
Wallowa County. Gray, who<br />
began his full-service water<br />
systems <strong>in</strong>stallation bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
Aquarius Pump <strong>in</strong> 2003 with<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess assistance from Wallowa<br />
County Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Facilita<strong>to</strong>r<br />
Myron Kirkpatrick,<br />
returned <strong>to</strong> Kirkpatrick for<br />
help <strong>in</strong> mak<strong>in</strong>g the new presentation.<br />
“That event <strong>open</strong>ed the<br />
WALLOWA COUNTY<br />
CHIEFTAIN<br />
Serv<strong>in</strong>g Wallowa County s<strong>in</strong>ce 1884<br />
Volume 127 Issue No. 30<br />
Contact Us:<br />
541 426-4567<br />
© 2009 East Oregonian Publish<strong>in</strong>g Co.<br />
Eric Gray shows<br />
how easily his<br />
water collec<strong>to</strong>r<br />
can be transported,<br />
unlike<br />
concrete collec<strong>to</strong>rs.<br />
door <strong>to</strong> gett<strong>in</strong>g my spr<strong>in</strong>g<br />
water box listed <strong>in</strong> the U.S<br />
government’s General Services<br />
Adm<strong>in</strong>istration Catalog,”<br />
said Gray. “Rep. Smith<br />
called and got me <strong>in</strong> <strong>to</strong>uch<br />
with the Oregon representative<br />
for the catalog.”<br />
With that list<strong>in</strong>g, Gray’s<br />
<strong>in</strong>vention becomes visible <strong>to</strong><br />
hundreds of non-profits, the<br />
Peace Corps, and other government<br />
agencies. If listed,<br />
Gray’s <strong>in</strong>vention will rema<strong>in</strong><br />
listed for 17 years.<br />
A classified ad, advertis<strong>in</strong>g<br />
his clean-spr<strong>in</strong>g water collec<strong>to</strong>r<br />
will also appear <strong>in</strong><br />
Water Well Journal <strong>in</strong><br />
December. That trade journal<br />
goes out <strong>to</strong> well drillers<br />
nationally.<br />
Now, Gray is look<strong>in</strong>g for<br />
<strong>in</strong>ves<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>to</strong> help him market<br />
his <strong>in</strong>vention <strong>to</strong> retail buyers<br />
and homeowners across the<br />
states, and he made a pitch<br />
look<strong>in</strong>g good under the mounta<strong>in</strong>s,” Cheryl Kooch said.<br />
She said dur<strong>in</strong>g his f<strong>in</strong>al illness Creigh<strong>to</strong>n had worried<br />
about the fate of the two geld<strong>in</strong>gs, and they agreed that they<br />
would cont<strong>in</strong>ue <strong>to</strong> live <strong>in</strong> their Wallowa County pasture<br />
home the rest of their lives.<br />
Scores of Highway 82 mo<strong>to</strong>rists had admired them <strong>in</strong><br />
the past two-and-a-half years.<br />
When Cass died suddenly at age 23 <strong>in</strong> September,<br />
probably of a heart attack, Chief was left as the lone survivor<br />
of generations of Wallowa County’s black Clydes.<br />
“I just want everyone <strong>to</strong> know that he’s do<strong>in</strong>g very<br />
well,” Cheryl Kooch said. She said she is <strong>to</strong>uched by all<br />
the people who worry about the old geld<strong>in</strong>g be<strong>in</strong>g lonely,<br />
but called Chief “a loner horse who doesn’t particularly care<br />
about the company of people or other horses.”<br />
Kooch said that while Cass and Chief were good friends,<br />
<strong>to</strong> potential <strong>in</strong>ves<strong>to</strong>rs at the<br />
Oc<strong>to</strong>ber Pub Talk. Gorge<br />
Angel Inves<strong>to</strong>rs Network<br />
member Gary Ra<strong>in</strong>s was<br />
there and has already contacted<br />
Gray for more <strong>in</strong>formation.<br />
Oregon Entrepreneurs<br />
Network has also contacted<br />
Gray and suggested he do<br />
other Pub Talks presentation<br />
<strong>in</strong> front of potential <strong>in</strong>ves<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
<strong>in</strong> Bend and Hood River.<br />
What makes Gray’s <strong>in</strong>vention<br />
such a popular commodity?<br />
It’s a new take on an old<br />
problem, a “green” solution<br />
<strong>to</strong> provid<strong>in</strong>g fresh dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g<br />
water <strong>to</strong> hundreds of thousands<br />
of <strong>in</strong>dividuals who rely<br />
on spr<strong>in</strong>g water for their<br />
domestic use.<br />
In fact, Gray said, there<br />
are hundreds of folks right<br />
here <strong>in</strong> Wallowa County who<br />
rely upon spr<strong>in</strong>g water as their<br />
household source — and<br />
See CLYDESDALE, page A6<br />
Kathleen Ellyn/Chiefta<strong>in</strong><br />
many have been mak<strong>in</strong>g do<br />
with water collection systems<br />
that are not provid<strong>in</strong>g them<br />
safe water. When work<strong>in</strong>g for<br />
residents Gray is typically<br />
replac<strong>in</strong>g wood structures.<br />
“People are us<strong>in</strong>g just plywood,<br />
boards, culverts, roof<strong>in</strong>g<br />
material — just a variety<br />
of material,” he said. “The<br />
object is <strong>to</strong> make sure no ra<strong>in</strong>water<br />
or foreign substance<br />
gets <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> the source water. On<br />
some of these old boxes, if a<br />
cow drops manure nearby,<br />
you’re gett<strong>in</strong>g it <strong>in</strong> your water<br />
supply.”<br />
In addition <strong>to</strong> <strong>in</strong>stall<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
new box, Gray seals the surround<strong>in</strong>g<br />
area with Ben<strong>to</strong>nite<br />
clay, places an impermeable<br />
material above the collec<strong>to</strong>r <strong>to</strong><br />
divert surface water and<br />
fences the surround<strong>in</strong>g area.<br />
Gray has improved water<br />
See SPRING WATER, page A8<br />
Sterl<strong>in</strong>g Sav<strong>in</strong>gs Bank’s local account holders have been<br />
voic<strong>in</strong>g concern <strong>to</strong> Enterprise bankers as the deadl<strong>in</strong>e approaches<br />
for Sterl<strong>in</strong>g F<strong>in</strong>ancial Corp., the bank’s parent, <strong>to</strong> submit new<br />
plans and prove that it is near<strong>in</strong>g solvency.<br />
Sterl<strong>in</strong>g F<strong>in</strong>ancial received a “cease-and-desist” order from<br />
state and federal regula<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>in</strong> Oc<strong>to</strong>ber.<br />
The Wash<strong>in</strong>g<strong>to</strong>n Department of F<strong>in</strong>ancial Institutions and<br />
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation required the company<br />
<strong>to</strong> raise $300 million <strong>in</strong> new capital, develop a new strategy<br />
<strong>to</strong> lower risk, ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> capital, reduce its commercial real<br />
estate loans and cut off loans <strong>to</strong> del<strong>in</strong>quent borrowers — all<br />
by Dec. 15.<br />
Sterl<strong>in</strong>g, which reported $12.5 billion <strong>in</strong> assets <strong>this</strong> year, has<br />
suffered significant losses <strong>in</strong> recent years, largely from real<br />
estate loans gone bad. None, however, were risky subprime<br />
loans, accord<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> Ezra A. Eckhardt, Sterl<strong>in</strong>g’s new chief operat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
officer. He and the balance of Sterl<strong>in</strong>g’s new management<br />
team announced that those losses, while significant,<br />
were not an <strong>in</strong>dication of overall health and that the bank’s<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial progress <strong>in</strong> other areas cont<strong>in</strong>ues.<br />
Harold Gilky, 70, Sterl<strong>in</strong>g co-founder and former chairman,<br />
corporate CEO and president, stepped down follow<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
order as did CEO and board chairwoman Heidi Stanley.<br />
William Eisenhart is now chairman of the board, J. Gregory<br />
Seibly act<strong>in</strong>g president and act<strong>in</strong>g CEO and Eckhardt COO of<br />
the corporation and president of Sterl<strong>in</strong>g Sav<strong>in</strong>gs Bank.<br />
A cease-and-desist order is an example of the actions taken<br />
<strong>to</strong> br<strong>in</strong>g all f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stitutions under new guidel<strong>in</strong>es, Eckhardt<br />
said, and was issued <strong>in</strong> response <strong>to</strong> the wholesale failure<br />
of hous<strong>in</strong>g loans across the country, not a vote of “no con-<br />
See STERLING, page A7<br />
Kathleen Ellyn/Chiefta<strong>in</strong><br />
A cus<strong>to</strong>mer pauses at the drive-up w<strong>in</strong>dow at Sterl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Sav<strong>in</strong>gs Bank’s Enterprise branch.<br />
Local schools<br />
out <strong>in</strong> front <strong>in</strong><br />
$100K quest<br />
By Kathleen Ellyn<br />
Wallowa County Chiefta<strong>in</strong><br />
Wallowa County schools,<br />
represented by Enterprise<br />
High School, are first out of<br />
the gate and lead by several<br />
lengths <strong>in</strong> the race <strong>to</strong> w<strong>in</strong><br />
$100,000 <strong>in</strong> the U.S. Cellluar<br />
“Call<strong>in</strong>g All Communities”<br />
contest.<br />
The contest, held first <strong>in</strong><br />
2008, will award $100,000<br />
each <strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>p 10 vote-getters<br />
among schools across the<br />
nation. Seventy-three <strong>in</strong>dividuals<br />
visited the U.S. Cellular<br />
dealership on Ma<strong>in</strong><br />
Street <strong>in</strong> Enterprise <strong>to</strong> cast<br />
their votes onl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> the first<br />
week of the 2009 contest,<br />
putt<strong>in</strong>g Enterprise<strong>in</strong> first<br />
place. Bremen High School<br />
of Midlothian, Ill., is a distant<br />
second with 46 votes.<br />
“We’re the only school<br />
west of the Mississippi <strong>in</strong> the<br />
<strong>to</strong>p 26,” said Wallowa County<br />
U.S. Cellular dealer Sam<br />
Summers.<br />
This is where the county<br />
was last year as well – break<strong>in</strong>g<br />
out <strong>in</strong> the <strong>to</strong>p 10 schools<br />
early. But the county lost by<br />
a nose at the f<strong>in</strong>ish, slipp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
off the <strong>to</strong>p 10 <strong>in</strong> the last<br />
weeks of the race.<br />
This year <strong>to</strong> keep the lead<br />
all Wallowa County residents<br />
will have <strong>to</strong> vote and get their<br />
friends, relatives and grandparents<br />
<strong>to</strong> vote.<br />
It’s an easy process: visit<br />
the U.S. Cellular s<strong>to</strong>re on<br />
Ma<strong>in</strong> Street <strong>in</strong> Enterprise and<br />
step up <strong>to</strong> one of the two computers<br />
at the Education Station<br />
that are ready <strong>to</strong> record<br />
votes. Summers or one of his<br />
staff will supply a vot<strong>in</strong>g code<br />
card and assist with the process.<br />
The onl<strong>in</strong>e form will<br />
require an email address<br />
along with name and address.<br />
However, last year’s participants<br />
report that they did not<br />
end up on any noxious mail<strong>in</strong>g<br />
lists and received only a<br />
gift certificate from U.S. Cellular<br />
as a result of provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that <strong>in</strong>formation. “U. S. Cellular<br />
will not sell your<br />
address,” said Summers.<br />
The important detail <strong>to</strong><br />
remember when vot<strong>in</strong>g is <strong>to</strong><br />
choose Enterprise High<br />
School when asked <strong>to</strong> choose<br />
See $100K, page A6
Page A6 November 19, 2009 www.wallowa.com Wallowa County Chiefta<strong>in</strong><br />
Clydesdale<br />
From page A1<br />
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Sat. 9-6 Sun. 9-4<br />
Ad. $6.00<br />
Church Direc<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
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Enterprise<br />
Community Church<br />
Church Services 11 a.m.<br />
Sunday School • 11:15 a.m.<br />
(child care available)<br />
Children Church School 11:15 a.m.<br />
301 NE 1st • Enterprise<br />
541-426-3044<br />
Enterprise<br />
Christian Church<br />
207 East Ma<strong>in</strong> - (541) 426-3449<br />
Worship at 8:15 & 11:00<br />
Sunday School at 9:45<br />
Even<strong>in</strong>g Worship at 6:00<br />
(nursery at A.M. services)<br />
“ Lov<strong>in</strong>g God & One Another ”<br />
David Bruce, Sr. M<strong>in</strong>ister<br />
Grace Lutheran<br />
Church<br />
“Our trust is <strong>in</strong> the Lord”<br />
ELCA Synod<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>r Wayne Haas<br />
Worship Service<br />
Sundays 9 a.m.<br />
409 W. Ma<strong>in</strong> Enterprise<br />
541-426-4633<br />
Lost<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Presbyterian Church<br />
No Adult Sunday School<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the Summer<br />
Church Service<br />
9:30 a.m.<br />
(child care available)<br />
134 Hwy. 82 • Lost<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Church: 541-569-2451<br />
St. Patrick’s<br />
Episcopal Church<br />
Worship Service<br />
Sunday 9:30 am<br />
Wallowa Lake Chapel<br />
July-August 11am<br />
Senior Warden Ann Hayes<br />
Infor. 541-426-3439 or 541-432-4834<br />
3rd & E. Ma<strong>in</strong>, Enterprise<br />
www.t<strong>in</strong>yurl.com/StPats23<br />
Cass was more dependent on<br />
his buddy than the other way<br />
around.<br />
Chief gets fed every day<br />
along with the McClaran<br />
Ranch cattle, and a can of<br />
oats and three apples are part<br />
of his special daily ration,<br />
along with hay. “He’s liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
very well,” Kooch said.<br />
Chief is 24 years old now,<br />
raised from a foal <strong>in</strong> Wallowa<br />
County and tra<strong>in</strong>ed by<br />
Creigh<strong>to</strong>n Kooch himself.<br />
“He put Chief <strong>in</strong> the lead<br />
when he was only 2 years<br />
old. That’s very unusual,”<br />
Cheryl Kooch said. “Chief<br />
was his ma<strong>in</strong> man.”<br />
She said that the geld<strong>in</strong>g<br />
responded <strong>to</strong> Creigh<strong>to</strong>n’s<br />
voice commands, even<br />
though her husband was a<br />
soft-spoken man.<br />
She recalls the time that<br />
Chief and another lead horse,<br />
Major, ran away with a<br />
wagon haul<strong>in</strong>g radio station<br />
KWVR’s Lee and Carol-Lee<br />
Perk<strong>in</strong>s dur<strong>in</strong>g the grand<br />
entry of the Chief Joseph<br />
Days rodeo. “I th<strong>in</strong>k it was<br />
so noisy Chief couldn’t<br />
hear,” Kooch said, add<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that few people even realized<br />
there had been a runaway.<br />
Creigh<strong>to</strong>n’s father, Cy,<br />
had raised and showed Belgian<br />
draft horses for about<br />
40 years, but jo<strong>in</strong>ed his son<br />
<strong>in</strong> the enthusiasm he developed<br />
for black Clydesdales.<br />
Son and father brought<br />
home the first team of Clydes<br />
<strong>in</strong> 1982, and soon developed<br />
a breed<strong>in</strong>g program for the<br />
rare black Clydesdales, a<br />
breed <strong>in</strong> which bay is the<br />
most prevalent color.<br />
At one time the Kooches<br />
had one of the largest herds<br />
of black Clydes <strong>in</strong> the country,<br />
with about 20 at the time<br />
of Creigh<strong>to</strong>n’s death.<br />
Sell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> carefully selected<br />
horse lovers, Cheryl found<br />
homes for the horses <strong>in</strong> Oregon,<br />
Wash<strong>in</strong>g<strong>to</strong>n, California,<br />
Ohio, South Carol<strong>in</strong>a and<br />
Arizona. One geld<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
Magic, even made it back <strong>to</strong><br />
Scotland, where Clydesdales<br />
orig<strong>in</strong>ated.<br />
A woman <strong>in</strong> Scotland saw<br />
the picture of the “big, beautiful<br />
boy” on the Internet, and<br />
fell <strong>in</strong> love. “She paid<br />
$10,000 for the shipp<strong>in</strong>g, a<br />
lot more than for the horse,”<br />
Kooch said.<br />
The geld<strong>in</strong>g was quarant<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
for two weeks <strong>in</strong> Canada,<br />
flew <strong>to</strong> England and then<br />
was trucked and ferried <strong>to</strong><br />
his new home <strong>in</strong> Scotland.<br />
Cheryl Kooch is retired<br />
$100K<br />
From page A1<br />
a school. A vote for Enterprise<br />
High School is a vote<br />
for Joseph, Wallowa and<br />
Enterprise. A vote for Enterprise<br />
Grade School or any<br />
other school would divide the<br />
votes. By agreement, Enter-<br />
First Baptist Church of<br />
Enterprise<br />
S UNDAY S CHOOL : 9:15 A . M .<br />
S UNDAY W ORSHIP :<br />
10:30 A . M .<br />
P ASTOR M ARK G ARLAND<br />
1420 W. N ORTH<br />
E NTERPRISE<br />
541-426-3135<br />
Christ Covenant<br />
Church<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>r Terry Tollefson<br />
Church Office: 541-426-0301<br />
Family Prayer: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.<br />
Worship Service: 11 a.m .<br />
723 College Street • Lost<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Providence Academy<br />
Joseph United<br />
Methodist Church<br />
3rd & Lake St. • Joseph<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>r Kaye Garver<br />
Phone: Church 541-432-3102<br />
Home: 541-432-9029<br />
Sunday Worship Service<br />
11 a.m.<br />
Children welcome<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g service.<br />
Seventh-Day Adventist<br />
Church & School<br />
305 Wagner (near the Cemetery)<br />
P.O. Box N, Enterprise, OR 97828<br />
541-426-3751 Church<br />
541-426-8339 School<br />
Worship Services<br />
Sabbath School 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.<br />
Worship Hour 11:00 a.m. - Noon<br />
Pas<strong>to</strong>r Steve Gilmore<br />
The Cross<strong>in</strong>g<br />
“Meet<strong>in</strong>g people<br />
where they’re at.”<br />
Sundays 10:00 a.m.<br />
Community Connections Build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Enterprise<br />
www.ragamuff<strong>in</strong>sforjesus.org<br />
now, and the only animals<br />
she owns are cats, chickens <strong>in</strong><br />
the spr<strong>in</strong>g and Chief.<br />
“I loved them,” she said of<br />
the black Clydesdales – and<br />
the life they represented. “I<br />
especially miss the babies <strong>in</strong><br />
the spr<strong>in</strong>g.”<br />
Now, her 160-acre farm<br />
between Enterprise and<br />
Joseph is for sale and while<br />
Kooch is <strong>in</strong> no hurry, she said<br />
she will be ready <strong>to</strong> move on.<br />
She has five grown children,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Creigh<strong>to</strong>n’s kids,<br />
and five grandchildren – all<br />
with deep roots <strong>in</strong> Wallowa<br />
County – and enjoys spend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
time with them.<br />
When Cass died, Kooch<br />
was away from home, and<br />
she was mistakenly <strong>to</strong>ld at<br />
first that it was Chief who<br />
had been found dead. “No,<br />
grandma. It wasn’t Chief,”<br />
corrected her 9-year-old<br />
granddaughter, Addie Kilgore<br />
of Joseph. “I know my<br />
Clydesdales.”<br />
Chief now represents all<br />
of the black Clydesdales,<br />
now gone, who once looked<br />
very, very good under the<br />
Wallowa Mounta<strong>in</strong>s.<br />
Chief is not <strong>in</strong> the best<br />
health, however, and while<br />
he is still enjoy<strong>in</strong>g his life,<br />
<strong>in</strong> some not so distant future,<br />
the black Clydesdales will be<br />
only a cherished Wallowa<br />
County memory.<br />
prise High School will share<br />
any w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs with Wallowa<br />
and Joseph school districts.<br />
Out-of-<strong>to</strong>wn voters can<br />
visit any U.S. Cellular dealership<br />
<strong>to</strong> receive a voter code<br />
card. On the second page of<br />
the short voter registration,<br />
where it reads “Please enter<br />
your school zip code,” 97828<br />
should be entered, then Enterprise<br />
High School..<br />
The third page will ask for<br />
address and telephone number,<br />
but the telephone number<br />
isn’t required.<br />
Enterprise<br />
House Light<strong>in</strong>g Contest<br />
Name<br />
Address<br />
Phone#<br />
Prizes - $100, $75, $50<br />
Submit entry forms <strong>to</strong> Debʼs Apparel<br />
by 12/19/09 at 1:00 pm.<br />
Judg<strong>in</strong>g will take place on Saturday 12/19/09;<br />
w<strong>in</strong>ners will be contacted no later than 12/21/09<br />
and will be published <strong>in</strong> the Chiefta<strong>in</strong> on 12/24.<br />
Elane Dickenson/Chiefta<strong>in</strong><br />
One of the favorite veiws of Wallowa County from a bygone era, a new baby Clydesdale<br />
at the Kooch ranch. Visi<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>to</strong> the county frequently s<strong>to</strong>pped on the edge<br />
of the road along the highway <strong>to</strong> Joseph <strong>to</strong> capture Clydes aga<strong>in</strong>st the mounta<strong>in</strong><br />
backdrop <strong>in</strong> their cameras.<br />
Ford group <strong>to</strong> <strong>in</strong>stall bike<br />
racks as 2009 project<br />
Wallowa County Chiefta<strong>in</strong><br />
Wallowa County’s Ford<br />
Institute Leadership Group<br />
recently surpassed their<br />
fundrais<strong>in</strong>g goal of $5,000 for<br />
a project <strong>to</strong> put bicycle racks<br />
<strong>in</strong> front of county bus<strong>in</strong>esses.<br />
The money will be matched<br />
by the Ford Institute.<br />
The f<strong>in</strong>al fundrais<strong>in</strong>g project<br />
was a bicycle raffle. Diamondback<br />
bicycle company<br />
donated several Diamondback<br />
Venom BMX bikes <strong>to</strong> the<br />
cause, through Joseph Hardware.<br />
W<strong>in</strong>ners of the Nov. 3 raffle<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude the Tree of Giv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(thanks <strong>to</strong> an anonymous ticket<br />
purchaser), Keithanne<br />
Boueve, James Tippet, Nancy<br />
Green and Delbert Pratt.<br />
“Wallowa County is<br />
known for it’s beautiful<br />
Fifth Annual<br />
Night of the Nativity<br />
Community Christmas Program<br />
Commemorat<strong>in</strong>g the birth of the Savior<br />
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 • 7-8 p.m .<br />
(View over 100 different Nativity Scenes <strong>in</strong>side start<strong>in</strong>g at 6:30 p.m.)<br />
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Sa<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
(located across the street from the Enterprise Airport)<br />
Nativity Narration<br />
Refreshments Served After Program<br />
Christmas music performed by<br />
Gail Swart<br />
Women’s Ensemble<br />
Primary Children’s Choir<br />
Amy Nash - Harp<br />
Lenahan Family Trio<br />
Helene Hipple<br />
and More!<br />
scenery and what better way <strong>to</strong><br />
see it from the saddle of a<br />
bicycle,” said Kate Forster, a<br />
member of the local group .<br />
The addition of the bike<br />
racks dispersed around Wallowa<br />
County will not only be<br />
convenient for local bicyclists,<br />
but encourage more<br />
The group”s goal is <strong>to</strong> start<br />
the <strong>in</strong>stallation of the bike<br />
racks <strong>in</strong> the spr<strong>in</strong>g of 2010.<br />
For more <strong>in</strong>formation, contact<br />
spokesman Troy Nave at<br />
398-0338 or<br />
troy@wallowaresources.org.<br />
EOU’s enrollment jump<br />
Courtesy pho<strong>to</strong><br />
President Bob Davies of Eastern Oregon University<br />
greets the new freshman class. The La<br />
Grande university has 473 freshmen, a 34.8<br />
percent <strong>in</strong>crease over a year ago and the largest<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> the Oregon University System. Total<br />
EOU enrollment is 1,806, a 13.6 percent<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease. Of those students, 70 are from Wallowa<br />
County.<br />
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The family of<br />
Vandon C. Mart<strong>in</strong><br />
would like <strong>to</strong> express our s<strong>in</strong>cere<br />
appreciation of all who made<br />
such a difference <strong>in</strong> our lives<br />
while Dad was <strong>in</strong> and out of the<br />
hospital <strong>this</strong> last year. Special<br />
thanks go <strong>to</strong> all of Wallowa<br />
Memorial Hospital staff.<br />
Nurs<strong>in</strong>g staff, you were<br />
wonderful and so understand<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
you will not be forgotten.<br />
Doc<strong>to</strong>rs from Wallowa Mounta<strong>in</strong><br />
Medical and W<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g Water<br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ic, we can’t thank you<br />
enough for help<strong>in</strong>g us through<br />
the difficult decisions. Special<br />
thanks <strong>to</strong> Drs. Ca<strong>in</strong>e and<br />
Sheahan for your car<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
compassion. Thank you friends<br />
and family, for visit<strong>in</strong>g with us,<br />
send<strong>in</strong>g cards and, most of all,<br />
your support.<br />
Gerry Mart<strong>in</strong>, Patsy (Mart<strong>in</strong>)<br />
Allen & our Families