Month: September 2016

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Special athletes hone football skills at camp on Viking turf

A host of SpecialOlympic athletesfrom the Gem Stateconverged on ValeHigh School lastSaturday to takepart in a campspearheaded by Vikingsenior DillonKaschmitter. Valegrad Gabe Morenocoordinates theOlympic program.(The Enterprise/John L.Braese) By John L. Braese Malheur Enterprise VALE – Athletes were out on the Vale High School football field early last Saturday, practicing flag[Read More…]

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Stalking a good season

Area hunters will once again take to the fields, forests and hills in Eastern Oregonwhen deer rifle season kicks off Saturday, Oct. 1. (Submitted photo) By John L. Braese The Malheur Enterprise VALE — Although wildfires have displaced hunters from some prime spots, the general outlook for the hunting season[Read More…]

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BLM may fund new deputy slot

By Pat Caldwell Malheur Enterprise VALE – Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe is working on a plan to hire a deputy to patrol the backcountry. He said last week the position would be funded by the Bureau of Land Management. The position was among the issues discussed at the first[Read More…]

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Agency scraps wild horse plan

By Pat Caldwell Malheur Enterprise BURNS – The Bureau of Land Management has scuttled its controversial experimental program to spay wild horses in Oregon. The federal agency announced last Friday it would not move ahead with the project that was to begin at the agency’s wild horse facility near Hines.[Read More…]

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District tests its water

Vale Middle School student Heather Lamb sips from a fountain at the school Monday. The Vale School District istesting water sources after one of its other schools – Willowcreek Elementary – had elevated lead levels in 2015. (The Enterprise/John L. Braese) By John L. Braese Malheur Enterprise VALE – The[Read More…]

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Beware the ol’ county fair buy out

On the Edge of Common Sense By Baxter Black, DVM “Roy, can you show us the scar? It’s gotta be a big one!” “What scar?” “Where they took your conscience out!” “Aw Kendall, you’re full of it! What would an order buyer know about a conscience anyway!” “I was just[Read More…]

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