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December 13, 2017
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Photo book explores ‘This Side of Paradise’
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Robert Dawson is publish-
ing a new book featuring Wal-
lowa County sites called “This
Side of Paradise: Photos of Mt.
Joseph and Wallowa County.”
Dawson is a renowned
photographer of the west
with four previous books and
award-winning photos in mag-
azines such as Western Horse-
man, American Cowboy and
Cowboys & Indians. He is also
a philanthropist who has raised
many thousands of dollars
through donations of his work.
“This will be the first book
I’ve ever done that’s strictly
wildlife,” Dawson said from
behind the desk at his gallery
at 15 S. Main St. in Joseph
The 142-page book, printed
in the United States, features
more than 140 photos of vari-
ous facets of the county’s wild-
life, landscapes and western
life. Dawson said he conceived
the idea for the book more than
a year ago after talking with
Copper Creek store owner
Tammy Strampe, who said that
customers were looking for
something a little larger than
post cards, although post cards
were selling well.
“I told her I couldn’t make
any money off post cards, so
why don’t we put together
a small coffee table book of
nothing but photographs,” he
said. “It can be used as a gift
or for tourists to show where
they went during the summer
instead of selfies on their cell
phone. A lot of people who
come here see maybe 10 per-
cent of it. I want them to get a
feeling there’s more here.”
Dawson said he has spent
nearly 700 days in the field.
“Out of that 700 days, I got
maybe 250 pictures for the
layout firm to pick from, and
they picked between 140-160
images,” Dawson said.
The photographer said he’s
sweating bullets about the
project, as he had 1,000 books
printed.
“I’m hoping that I don’t
end up with 500-1000 books
to use as doorstops,” he said.
Scenery is Dawson’s favor-
ite part of the book. He noted
the cover photo of Wallowa
Lake was his favorite.
“It was done early in the
morning in November or early
December,” he said. “Driving
up to that lake every morn-
ing is absolutely gorgeous ––
it’s paradise. It’s hard to really
pick a favorite place in the
county to shoot because it’s all
gorgeous.”
Despite his photography
skills, he said he couldn’t have
put the book together with-
out help. Between 10-15 peo-
ple helped with scouting for
wildlife or inviting him to their
property when wildlife was
present.
The books shipped out
from the printer Dec. 8 with
Dawson expecting their
arrival Dec. 14-15. The bulk
of the books will be sold by
Missy’s Uptown Art, whose
space is shared by Dawson.
After the weekend, the books
will be distributed to select
stores throughout the county.
Along with Missy’s, both Mad
Mary’s, Copper Creek and
possibly other stores will carry
the books in Joseph.
CHORALE IN CONCERT
Courtesy Photo/Robert Dawson
Local photographer Robert Dawson will release a wildlife/scenery book of his photographs
called “This Side of Paradise: Photographs of Mt. Joseph and Wallowa County.” Dawson
spent 700 days shooting landscapes and wildlife around the county for the 142-page book.
Expect to see the book in local stores around Dec. 15.
Gingerbread party
planned for children
IN BRIEF
Building Healthy Families will
host its first-ever Gingerbread Mania
Party 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, 207 NE
Park St., Enterprise.
The event includes an afternoon
of stories, crafts, games, snacks and
decorating gingerbread men for the
holiday season.
Activities and games have been
designed for children ages 2-10.
RSVP is requested: 541-426-9411.
trombone.
The production tells the story of
Jesus from the King James version
of the Bible, and includes the famous
“Hallelujah Chorus” at the end of
Part II, Scene 7.
Foundation gets
funding support
The Endowment Committee for
the Wallowa Valley Library Founda-
tion has been busy fundraising over
the past few weeks.
Soroptimists International of
Wallowa County provided a grant of
$1,000 and also auctioned off items
for the foundation. Another $1,090
was raised from a bicycle raffle.
The winner was Ruth Uhrig. Outlaw
Motor Sports donated the bicycle.
The Joseph Holiday Bazaar
Two local musicians
will play in ‘Messiah’
Paul Wahl/Chieftain
Randy Morgan was the director for the 2017 Christmas Concert per-
formed by the Wallowa Valley Chorale on Dec. 7 at Enterprise Chris-
tian Church.
Two performers from Wallowa
County will be part of the orchestra
for this year’s community produc-
tion of Handel’s “Messiah” 7 p.m.
Dec. 17 at La Grande High School.
Kathy Vernon from Lostine
will play the clarinet and Michelle
McMillan of Enterprise will play the
proved a big success for the com-
mittee as well, raising $1,460 from
a booth there. The bazaar organizers
donated the committee’s booth fees.
The funds are being used to
endow the foundation so that it can
continue to support libraries through-
out all of Wallowa County.
Buy raffle tickets for
guided deer hunt
Enterprise Education Founda-
tion is selling tickets for a three-day
guided deer hunt on the Nature Con-
servancy’s Zumwalt Prairie. A win-
ner will be drawn April 13, 2018, at
the “We Love Our Kids” dinner and
auction.
The tags were donated by the
Nature Conservancy.
Tickets are $25 each or five for
$100. A maximum of 400 tickets
will be sold at Neil’s Body Shop,
Miller Plumbing or by calling Cindi
at 541-426-2039.
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