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Pop artist Alex Boye to perform in La Grande
Scout camp at Farragut State
Park.
“You have all these acts
that like to go to the big
cities, We just like to go to a
city,” Boye said. “This isn’t
like an Alex Boye concert,
this is a mental health,
suicide prevention aware-
ness concert. That applies to
anyone and everyone.”
The Kelloggs have been
seeing to all the details that
go into bringing in a nation-
ally known artist in a short
period of time.
“We have a lot going on,”
Don Kellogg said.
With help from an
‘angel’ La Grande
couple arranged
free concert to
raise awareness
about suicide
By ANDREW CUTLER
The Observer
LA GRANDE — Cassy
Kellogg wanted to do some-
thing special for her chil-
dren and other kids after the
strain of nearly two years of
COVID-19 mandates.
So, one day earlier this
month, when Kellogg saw a
clip of an Alex Boye concert
on social media, on a whim
she reached out to Boye’s
camp to inquire about possi-
bly having the Utah-based
singer perform in Union
County.
“When I watched how
fun those concerts are, I just
thought I want my kids and
their friends and the kids in
our area to be able to have
that experience,” Kellogg
said.
Boye’s free, public “Bend
not Break” suicide awareness
concert will begin at 1 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 30, at the
Union County Fairgrounds.
Mag icia n /mot ivat ion al
speaker Brad Barton will
open for Boye. Don Kellogg,
Cassy Kellogg’s husband,
met Barton in 2000 at a Boy
attendees to bring blankets
and folding chairs to the
concert.
Boye’s background
Finding an ‘angel’
Alex Boye/Contributed Photo
Utah pop artist Alex Boye will perform a suicide prevention concert on Saturday, Oct. 30,
2021, at the Union County Fairgrounds.
When she reached out
to Boye about coming to
La Grande, Cassy Kellogg
said she was given a couple
of options about raising the
money to pay for the concert
— find sponsors or “find an
angel.”
The couple found an
unnamed “angel” who
donated $50,000 to make
the concert happen. Don
Kellogg, who retired a couple
of years ago after a long
career with Avista, is rais-
ing another $15,000 to pay
for Barton and the rest of the
event.
Cassy Kellogg said find-
ing either a sponsor or an
“angel” was a key factor in
making sure the concert
happened.
“Alex and I were half in
tears reading the note that
they found an ‘angel,’ Eddie
Wenrick, Boye’s manager,
said. “These people are seri-
ous. They want to help kids.
We have to show up.”
Boye’s shows routinely
draw as many as 10,000
people. The Kelloggs are
optimistic the Union County
show can draw as many as
2,500 fans.
“There’s people who will
travel from Boise and the
Tri-Cities to see Alex,” Don
Kellogg said.
Sharing a positive
message
Cassy Kellogg said she’s
seen, and heard about, young
people struggling emotion-
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“That’s a win for me,” he
said.
Exhibitors will have
booths to provide resources
and the Kelloggs also are
working with the La Grande
Lions Club to open their
booth at the fairgrounds to
sell hamburgers.
“That would be another
charity people would be
donating to if they bought
lunch,” Cassy Kellogg said.
The concert will strive
to follow all COVID-19
mandates, including masks
and social distancing.
“We want everyone to
wear a mask,” Cassy Kellogg
said.
The Kelloggs also urge
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ally and mentally during the
pandemic. When she saw the
clip of Boye’s performance
on his “Ignite the Light” tour,
she thought having him bring
his show to La Grande and
offering suicide prevention
resources could be beneficial.
“People come to watch
the concert, but the purpose
in the tour is to connect local
people with local resources,”
she said. “So the Union
County Safe Communities
Coalition is supporting us.”
Boye said mental health
therapists, called “thought
leaders,” will share during
the concert and will be avail-
able for anyone who wants to
talk about mental health.
Boye has resided in Utah
for two decades. He is a
former member of the Euro-
pean boy-band “Awesome”
and of the Mormon Taberna-
cle Choir.
Boye’s professional career
has included recording reli-
gious and Latter-day Saints
music.
In recent years, he has
built a massive YouTube
following by perfor m-
ing Africanized versions
of popular music, includ-
ing “Let It Go” and “Circle
of Life,” from the Disney
movies “Frozen” and “The
Lion King,” respectively, as
well as the Taylor Swift hit
“Shake It Off.”
Boye also appeared on
America’s Got Talent and
was named the 2017 artist
of the year and grand prize
winner in a music contest
sponsored by Pepsi and
Hard Rock Cafe. This past
December in Miami, he
performed a halftime show
for NFL’s Monday Night
Football.
“I’m hoping that La Grande
can prove to the rest of the
world that you can get Alex
Boye to come because Los
Angeles, Miami, Salt Lake
City, those are his venues so
far,” Don Kellogg said.
House arrest lifted for
College Place man accused
of child sex crimes
WALLA WALLA — A College Place man
accused of raping a child is no longer on house
arrest but must still wear an electronic home
monitoring device while awaiting trial.
Ryan Dahlin, 30, who has pleaded not
guilty to four counts of criminal activity
involving the same 12-year-old Walla Walla
girl, was in Walla Walla County Superior
Court on Tuesday, Oct. 19, to request the
removal of the house-arrest order.
A condition of earlier release, dated Oct.
6 stated Dahlin must live at his home under
house arrest and could only leave for medical,
legal or work-related reasons.
The new condition of release keeps certain
restrictions in place. He has to reside at his
current home on Ash Street in Walla Walla,
keep in weekly contact with his attorney,
not leave Walla Walla County, not have any
contact with any state witnessed, and he must
wear an electronic home monitoring device.
Only the house arrest portion of the order
has changed.
The order was issued by Judge Brandon
L. Johnson after hearing remarks by defense
attorney Nicholas Holce, prosecutor Michelle
Mulhern and Dahlin himself, according to
court documents.
Dahlin was arrested in College Place
in November 2020 and faces charges of
second-degree rape of a minor, second-de-
gree child molestation, communication with
a minor for immoral purposes and indecent
exposure.
According to court documents, a 12-year-
old girl told police Dahlin had touched her
inappropriately several times for multiple
months.
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