FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 7
Outdoor Rec / Local
Vocational rehab a success for
self-employed local artist
BY SAMANTHA
O’CONNER
Samantha@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Friday, September 22nd,
artist Patty Bradford held
an open house to show
case her many paintings
and highlight the special
fu ding she received from
Vocational Rehabilita-
tion. Bradford is hearing
impaired.
In July, Bradford was ac-
knowledged by the state of
Oregon as a self-employed
small business owner, the
fi rst in State to be recog-
nized as such.
Her small business is
Burnt River Watercolors
and she works from home,
painting and selling her
works.
Marilyn Parry, a Care
Provider through Eastern
Oregon Social Services
Brokerage, explained that
Bradford has always been
interested in crafts and arts
her whole life and in high
school, she began painting.
She has been working on
her art for several years.
She uses acrylic, water
colors, brusho powders,
and pastels for her paint-
ings.
Parry has worked for
Bradford for seven years
and helps her so she can
continue living by herself
with support.
Bradford also takes retro
windows—old windows
that people remove from
their homes—and paints
on the glass using acrylic
paints. She will make dif-
ferent scenes of fl owers
Samantha O’Conner / The Baker County Press
Patty Bradford shows off one of her works of art. Bradford has received numer-
ous awards for her work.
and animals and she also
does commission works.
People have ordered
specifi c paintings on the
windows and she has done
a lot of them. She also
does commission water
color paintings as well.
She free hands all of her
work; she does not trace
or copy her images, but
will look at an image and
paint it.
Bradford has been in
Baker City since 2009
and has made calendars
for four years now. For
three years, her calendars
were barns of Burnt River
valley.
She has taken lessons
from Becky Litke at Cross-
roads Carnegie Art Center
for fi ve years. She helps
Bradman learn different art
mediums and which she
likes to work with. Litke
has taught at Crossroads
for 17 years, teaching
primarily pastels, acrylic,
oil painting, drawing, and
composition designs.
“Patty’s quite the artist,”
said Litke. “She’s very
talented, she doesn’t ever
copy anything, and she
draws everything. She
has no pattern; she’s very
creative.”
It took two years for the
Vocational Rehabilitation
process and she was rec-
ognized with funding for
new pieces of furniture and
supplies for her art.
“She’s registered with
Vocational Rehab,” ex-
plained Parry. “They were
trying to help her fi nd a job
and that was for three or
four years, off and on. And
then we made a presenta-
tion about Patty and the
fact that she loves to paint
and she has earned income
from it. So, as a result
of that—it took a couple
years—Vocational Reha-
bilitation recognized her
as a self-employed person.
She’s the fi rst one in Or-
egon that they’ve offi cially
given that recognition. And
it was an application, she
had to do a business plan
and a budget and explain
what she was going to do
with the funding and how
she needed it, so that’s how
that came about.”
Bradford will be among
other artists to show their
work at Crossroads for a
Studio Show October 7th.
OSP seeks public’s help in poaching
The Oregon State Police
Fish & Wildlife Division is
asking for the public's help
to identify the person(s)
responsible for the unlaw-
ful taking and wasting of a
bull elk in Harney County.
On the morning of
September 23rd, 2017,
Oregon State Police Fish
and Wildlife Troopers were
notifi ed of a dead bull
elk on the Silvies Valley
Ranch property.
The
The deceased bull elk
was discovered by a ranch
employee near the south-
west corner of the ranch,
near Buffalo Reservoir.
An OSP Fish & Wild-
life Trooper responded to
the Silvies Valley Ranch
and discovered the bull
appeared to have been shot
with a high powered rifl e
during archery season.
The bull was left to
waste and was possibly
shot one or two days prior
to being discovered.
If you have any in-
formation regarding this
incident please contact
F&W Trooper Dean
Trent through the Turn In
Poachers (TIP) hotline at
1-800-452-7888 or 541-
589-2547.
Poaching wildlife and
damaging habitats af-
fects present and future
generations of wildlife,
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impacts communities and
the economy, and creates
enforcement challenges.
Rewards:
Bighorn sheep, mountain
goat, moose $1,000
Elk, deer, antelope $500
Bear, cougar, wolf $300
Habitat destruction $300
Illegally obtaining
Oregon hunting or angling
license or tags $200
Game fi sh, shell fi sh
$100
Upland birds, waterfowl
$100
Furbearers $100
A reward of up to $5,000
is being offered by the
Silvies Valley Ranch for
information leading to an
arrest and conviction in
this case.
ATV advisory
committee
needs members
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD)
is seeking volunteers to fi ll three positions within the new
All-Terrain Vehicle Highway Access Routes Advisory
Committee. The successful candidates will serve on a
committee alongside representatives from other govern-
ment agencies.
New committee positions include the following:
All-Terrain Vehicle users (two positions available)
Member of the public
The Oregon Legislature established the All-Terrain
Vehicle Highway Access Routes Advisory Committee in
2017 under Senate Bill 344 and tasked it with accepting,
evaluating and conducting fi eld reviews of proposed ATV
highway access routes on portions of state highway rights
of way.
These members along with other committee members
will consult with road authorities, law enforcement and
other government agencies.
The ATV Highway Access Route Advisory Committee
will meet as needed at locations throughout the state to
review, evaluate, advise and report on proposed access
routes on portions of affected state highways.
The Committee Interest Form is available through a
link under ATV Committees within the menu section
located online at oregonohv.org. Applications will be ac-
cepted until 5 p.m. Nov. 3, 2017.
For more information, contact Jeff Trejo at jeff.trejo@
oregon.gov or 503-986-0585.
Ladies golf and
bridge scores
The Quail Ridge Ladies Golf and Bridge scores for
September 6 are, golf: 1st Flight Linda Taylor; 2nd Flight
Karen Wollard, and 3rd fl ight Carol Irvine. Birdie: Linda
Taylor.
Bridge: 1st Lavelle Raley, 2nd Dianne Ellingson, and
3rd Marlene Cross.
For September 13 golf: 1st Flight Myrna Evans; 2nd
Flight Sammye Linzel; and 3rd Flight Nancy Ferree.
Bridge: 1st Place Lavelle Raley; 2nd place Shannon
Sullivan; and 3rd place Betty Combs.
September 20 Bridge: 1st Janice Smull; 2nd Shannon
Sullivan and 3rd Martha Cassidy.
Men sought in
poaching case
Submitted Photo.
The OSP Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for
the public’s assistance in identifying two individuals
caught on camera on private property in Morrow
County. There is believed to be a third person who
were camped in the area of Martin Prairie off FS
Road 21 in the Heppner Unit. At least 3 elk were
then illegally killed between September 16 and Sep-
tember 23 and much of the meat was left to waste.
Call OSP at 541-561-7581 with information.
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