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EMRY
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in Idaho and that he had re-
moved the serial number pri-
or to bringing it to Oregon.
Prosecutors said Emry
was also in negotiations
to sell the machine gun in
Oregon to a person he had
been told was a felon and
the captain of a Texas mili-
tia group, who was actually
an undercover law enforce-
ment officer. They said Emry
also possessed a belt of blank
.50-caliber shells for the gun
and the blasting cap, which
is a detonator for a bomb.
MARCH
porting to be a felon and the
captain of a militia — poses
a serious danger to the com-
munity,” they said.
According to an article
on The Voice of Idaho News
website, Emry was the pro-
prietor of that organization,
as well as The Voice of North
Idaho and The Voice of Grant
County, Oregon.
The case was investigat-
ed by the FBI in close collab-
oration with the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives, and is be-
ing prosecuted by Nathan J.
Lichvarcik, assistant United
States attorney for the Dis-
trict of Oregon.
They also mentioned Emry’s
testimony from a 2004 case
in which Emry admitted to
illegally made a bomb out of
C-4 and a silencer for a drug
dealer but cooperated as a
witness to avoid prison and
that he illegally made 66 ma-
chine guns for a friend.
“A man with a history of
making a bomb and silencer
for a drug dealer to kill wit-
nesses, and manufacturing
66 machine guns for anoth-
er person in preparation for
a civil revolt — who then
brings a .50 caliber machine
gun to our state during a time
of unrest and then negotiates
to sell it to someone pur-
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Some marchers sported
homemade pink-eared “pussy
hats” to make a visual state-
ment and show solidarity with
marchers across the nation,
according to the Pussy Hat
Project. The hats were also
intended to help reclaim the
derogative term common-
ly used for female genitalia.
Stevick said they were also in
reference to comments Trump
made in 2005 to about grab-
bing a woman by her genita-
lia.
The marchers carried signs
with messages ranging from
“Love always trumps hate”
to “Silence = violence” and
slogged through slush and
hopped around puddles on
their way downtown.
The protesters heard
speeches from the Oregon
Rural Action, the local senior
center and other community
organizations.
“How can women pursue
happiness when they live in
fear of rape and domestic vio-
lence?” speaker Dave Wahler
asked the crowd in Max
Square. “I may be a man, but
I know all too well that any
government which takes away
the freedoms of our women
will be coming for mine next.
And that’s why I’m speaking
up now, right here alongside
you.”
Other speakers encouraged
people at the rally to write to
their state and federal repre-
sentatives, have conversations
with people who disagreed
with them and to stay politi-
cally active.
The idea for the march was
started by Hawaii resident
Teresa Shook, according to
the Los Angeles Times. Frus-
trated by the 2016 election,
Shook invited a few dozen
WYLLIE
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Wyllie said he felt fortu-
nate to have the opportunity
to bring Rose’s skills and
accomplishments to light
through photography.
“The rodeo family lost a
great member,” he said.
The photographer also
has a knack for announcing
— as an auctioneer, sports-
caster, emcee for events and
rodeo announcer. Wyllie
said he plans to add more
rodeo announcing events on
his to-do list this year.
He’ll still spend time “be-
hind the lens,” he said, and
his first rodeo photography
event will be in February
at the Eugene High School
Rodeo.
Wyllie
shared
his
thoughts about being a ro-
deo photographer in Au-
gust while at the Deschutes
County Fair and Rodeo in
Redmond:
“As I sit here in rodeo
camp tonight as a photog-
rapher, I cannot express the
life in just a few words. The
people, the friendships, the
lifestyle and again I say the
friendships.
“I see things that are the
real world, what we live and
do every day, and I don’t
know how to express that
all in pictures. The good-
night hugs and kisses by
the parents to their kids that
they are teaching the way of
life. The bonding of a rodeo
committee as they deal with
putting on the rodeo. ... The
pain and hardship of a fallen
contestant that will require
hospitalization for injuries
sustained in competition.
The people who come to-
gether to put on a meal for
the workers after the rodeo
performance, who gather up
everyone’s clothes to wash
and bring back the next day?
How do you photograph the
Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com
Featured on the June 6, 2016, cover of the “Your
Competitor News” magazine is a photo Lindsey Wyllie
took of 15-year-old John Barry Rose, right, competing
in ribbon roping with Natalie Thompson at a junior
high rodeo in Burns. Rose, a Burns resident, passed
away Nov. 17, 2016, in a vehicle crash. Wyllie said the
photo is a good memory of a young cowboy who
was “well-liked by all” and was “well on his way to
stardom.”
its true meaning. As a pho-
tographer how do you pho-
tograph the long travel time?
The sleepless nights? The
endless practice time, time
spent in dusty arenas when
people are tired and sore and
just keep going? ... I think
it comes down to instead of
capturing emotion you have
to capture motivation, and I
don’t know how to do that
yet! But in the meantime, I
will travel down this rodeo
road and treasure the times,
the friendships, the lifestyle
and its people!
“And know this, it is and
always will be the best road
ever! Long live our lifestyle!
And that is how I see it.”
announcer that brags about
the contestants or builds you
up with your accomplish-
ments as a photographer?
How do you photograph
how a sponsor feels about
giving to a rodeo produc-
tion?
“I stare at a buckle I re-
ceived for photographer of
the year for five years in a
row; that is the most cher-
ished award I have ever
earned! I struggle to be the
best I can be, no matter what
I do! But I feel I have a long
way to go.
“They say a picture is
worth a thousand words, but
sometimes a picture needs a
thousand words to bring out
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
By Sean Hart
Blue Mountain Eagle
Volunteer ambulances in
Monument and Long Creek
are back in service.
Both ambulances, staffed
by community volunteers un-
der Blue Mountain Hospital
District management, have
responded to local emergen-
cy calls in both cities in the
northern part of the county
this year, hospital CEO Derek
Daly said.
Other new policies also
aim to reduce response and
travel times for patients. The
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who staff the ambulances
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Day are now at the hospital 24
hours per day, in shifts, rather
than being on-call, to respond
quicker, Daly said. The vol-
unteer ambulances, including
those in Prairie City and Sen-
eca, have also been directed
to begin transporting patients
toward the hospital to meet
ambulances dispatched from
the hospital halfway, he said.
“We’ve been through some
challenges, but I think we’ve
got a really positive path mov-
ing forward,” Daly said.
Challenges and disagree-
ments between the hospital
district and local volunteer
agencies had caused prob-
lems for about a year and a
half, he said, leading to both
northern ambulances being
taken out of service. Some
volunteers left, and others let
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their qualifications lapse. He
said compliance with federal
and state regulations was one
component in the problem, so
he recently held training and
orientation to help clarify the
guidelines, and some of the
volunteers have returned.
Oversight of the ambu-
lance crews had also been
transferred to a doctor in
Pendleton, but Dr. Keith
Thomas, a surgeon at Blue
Mountain Hospital, has now
taken on that role as well.
“It’s always good to have
local physicians providing the
support and oversight for the
things that we’re doing,” Daly
said. “It’s been great working
with him in this capacity.
“I can see some of the pro-
gressions we’ve made in the
last couple of months since
I’ve been here, and I know
we’ve had good communi-
cation, good dialogue with
people,” he said. “I really
think we are going to be able
to move forward and do some
good things and get back to
facilitating local access to
health care as best as we
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