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BRYCE
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September 26, 2018
Bryce Leggett was born in Seattle in 1987 to Ame and
Rocky Leggett. He is the third of four siblings. The entire
family moved to Wallowa in 1990 when mom, Ame, got
a job with Coleman and Chrisman Insurance and dad,
Rocky, got a job as custodian at Wallowa Valley Memo-
rial Hospital.
Bryce attended school in Wallowa, and graduated in
2006. He pursued a passion for cooking by attending the
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts at Western Culi-
nary Institute in Portland where he became a pastry chef.
After graduation, he returned to Wallowa County and
worked at a variety of places — Cloud 9 Bakery, Mad
Mary’s and the Methodist Church Camp — before set-
tling in as the head chef for Community Connection mak-
ing senior meals.
“I enjoy it,” he said. “This is a great position to have.”
Bryce enjoys walks with his dog, Sirius, working puz-
zles, fishing and — most of all— acting. He has appeared
in more than a dozen plays with MidValley Theatre Co.
“When we moved to the county, we went and saw a
play and my family got hooked,” he said.
His brothers, mother and father are all part of the
group.
Q. Why live in Wallowa County?
A. I say that the big reason for me to stay is that I hav-
en’t had a job that would support me elsewhere — but
Wallowa County Chieftain
maybe I’m just more comfortable being close to home. I
don’t really care for the city. Wallowa County is what I
know, and a slower pace is easy. I like the mountains. I
can pretty much find what I need here.
Q. What has Wallowa County taught you?
A. Maybe that I’m an easy going, slow going person —
maybe that’s just who I am. I prefer it that way. Wal-
lowa County is an easy going place and you can take your
time to decide what you’re going to do or how to handle
things.
Q. Can you recall a book you read when you were
a child that really impressed you? And can you
recommend a book you’ve read recently?
A. One series of books I really enjoyed was “The Magic
Tree House” by Mary Pope Osborne. The kids in the story
went into a magic tree house and started reading a book
and became part of the story. I enjoyed the second-hand
adventure. As a kid I would think “Oh, That Would be
Fun to do That!” (The books were a series of 55 sto-
ries beginning with 28 books for children 6-9 years and
another 27 books for children 7-10 years).
I like Rick Riordan as an author, too. I recently read
“Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard” by Riordan. It’s
a kids-style book, an easy read and fun to do. Disney Pub-
lishing Worldwide publishes the fantasy trilogy.
MidValley Theatre Co. losing its performance, storage venue
Church is
repurposing
Lostine facility
NEXT PRODUCTION IN THE WORKS
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
After nearly two decades,
MidValley Theatre Co. is about
to reinvent itself. They’ve had
a long run –– 14 years in the
Providence Academy gymna-
sium in Lostine, but the church
that owns the facility has other
plans for the space.
“We kind of defied the
odds,” said theatre spokes-
person Jennifer Hobbs. “It
To celebrate its past and transition, MidValley will produce
a play that includes scenes from many previous shows. The
play, titled “Encore.” will include excerpts from many different
sources, short sketches, songs and poems. Open auditions for
the show will continue 6-8 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday evenings
through Oct. 2 at the Lostine Presbyterian Church.
Info: Kate Loftus: 541-569-2302 or Jennifer Hobbs jhobbs@
eoni.com.
shouldn’t be possible for
this group to have done what
we’ve done on the incredibly
low funds we have and in the
circumstances we have, but
it’s been great. Everyone who
has performed, including kids,
has gotten tremendous enjoy-
ment out of it.”
Past productions included
the ambitious staging of the
30-kid cast “The Best Christ-
mas Pageant Ever,” “The
Music Man” (58-member cast)
“The Miracle Worker,” “To
Kill a Mockingbird,” “Diary
T HE B OOKLOFT
of Anne Frank,” “Cheaper by
the Dozen,” “The Egg and I,”
“I Remember Mama,” “Des-
perate Ambrose” and many
more. While the size of casts
in near-future productions may
be smaller to accommodate
new set design requirements,
no drop in public support is
anticipated.
“We’re definitely viewing
this as an opportunity mov-
ing forward,” said Hobbs. “We
don’t feel we’re at risk of stop-
ping, we’re just at a spot where
we have to make choices.”
The group has already done
plays in the OK Theatre and
the Enterprise Odd Fellows
Hall — choosing plays with
minimal sets that are easy to
produce and rehearsals were
held in the basement of the
Lostine Presbyterian Church.
“We’ll be trying to be light
on our feet, build light, like the
set for ‘Our Town’ that was
set up at OK Theatre,” Hobbs
said.
The group is actively seek-
ing community input about
where they might establish a
permanent rehearsal and per-
formance venue and where
they might store their sever-
al-container-loads of equip-
ment and costumes.
But the show must go on.
Long-term, the group
would like to have a facility of
its own.
“Theoretically, a commu-
nity this size could support
that,” said Hobbs.
She has a folder of poten-
tial grant sources and is posi-
tive about the group’s chances
with grants.
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“It’s a challenge, but a wor-
thy one,” Hobbs said. “We’re
trying to create something that
fits nicely within the rest of
the art movements in the com-
munity. We’ve worked col-
laboratively with Fishtrap, for
instance.”
However, to qualify for
grants, groups generally need
a permanent homes, an address
of a theatre, to begin the appli-
cation process.
Community members with
ideas, suggestions, or wanting
to volunteer to help may con-
tact Hobbs at jhobbs@eoni.
com or visit the group’s face-
book page.
“Maybe a solution we hav-
en’t even thought of will pop
out of the woodwork,” said
Hobbs.
To donate to the cause, send
tax-deductible donations to
MidValley Theatre Co., 64707
Lostine River Road, Lostine
OR 97857 and label it for the
“New Theater Fund.”
The company is also listed
at bit.ly/2NyW22U.
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CLUES ACROSS
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5. Creepy crawler
11. Blacklisted artists
14. Fought for position
15. Outer layer of the eyeball
18. Gymnopedies composer
19. Membranes
21. Short-term memory
23. Comfort
24. Icelandic poems
28. Breezes through
29. In the general surface area
30. Replacement worker
32. Days have 24 of them (abbr.)
33. Bro or sis
35. Large, flightless bird
36. Future hovercraft
39. Complication
41. Core muscle
42. Electronic point of scale
44. Language of Cameroon
46. Skin problem
47. Slowly drink
49. Meaty part of a chicken
52. Bangladeshi currency
56. Shout
58. National capital
60. Word derived from a noun
62. Dances
63. A memorable garden
CLUES DOWN
1. The woman
2. Leaders
3. “Sin City” actress Jessica
4. A type of machine
5. Enhancing an offer
6. Detachable aircraft unit
7. Priestess of Hera
8. Tooth caregiver
9. A way to engrave
10. Count on
12. Williamson Airfield code
13. Ancient Greek city
16. Range
17. Ancient Roman poet
20. Scottish tax
22. Doc
25. Bad grades
26. A great pitcher
27. Helpers
29. Former CIA
31. Guy (slang)
34. Actress Ling
36. One from the Balkans
37. Unofficially boxes
38. Mathematical ratio (abbr.)
40. Atomic # 64
43. Broken glass
45. Equally
48. Serbian currency
50. Envisions
51. Source of the Blue Nile
53. Leo’s acting pal
54. Sour
55. What relief pitchers do
57. Ma
58. Spy organization
59. Monetary unit
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