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AND FURTHERMORE: Kids impress with fire-starting

I got to help out recently with the Wallowa Resources WREN program (Wallowa Resources Exploration of Nature), where…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Lostine students win scrap paper drive contest

100 YEARS AGO Dec. 4, 1913 In his quest for a second wife, F.M. Ghormley, teacher of the…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Wallowa County joins world in mourning President Kennedy

100 YEARS AGO Nov. 27, 1913 Thanksgiving will be quiet in Enterprise. Families will gather in their homes…

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JABBERWOCK II: No one can escape accountability forever

This column might appeal to persons who enjoy thriller, even espionage shows either on the big screen or…

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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: Assassination’s impact very long-reaching

Typically I write my monthly column for the Chieftain about a week and a half ahead of its…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Wallowa County’s budget $151,750 for year 1914

100 YEARS AGO Nov. 20, 1913 In accordance with laws passed by the last session of the Oregon…

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UP WITH FREEDOM: Reflect on JFK loss, then be done with it

With 50 years now elapsed since JFKs slaying, we can at last pull the plug on that terrible…

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MAIN STREET: Doomed by ‘the way insurance works’

My birthday was in October, and a friendly insurance agent suggested that now was the time to relook…

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GUEST COLUMN: Second Amendment not so endangered

We live in a rapidly changing world with a rapidly growing population and exponentially changing technology. It is…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Injured farmer helped in show of old pioneer spirit

100 YEARS AGO Nov. 13, 1913 A radical step, intended to give Wallowa County better roads, was taken…

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