News Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, January 13, 2016 A3 :\OOLHZLQV¿IWKFRQVHFXWLYHPDJD]LQH3KRWRJUDSKHURIWKH<HDU Photographer captures rodeo moments By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com — “The Competitor News” Contributed photo/LindseyWyllie.com — “The Competitor News” This photo taken by John Day resident Lindsey Wyllie of steer wrestler competing at the Spray Rodeo was featured on the June 8, 2015, issue of “The Competitor News” magazine. Wyllie won Cover Photo of the Year from the magazine for the image. He was also named the magazine’s Photographer of the Year for the fifth consecutive year. Wyllie said he’s humbled DV KH ORRNV EDFN RYHU SKRWR- JUDSKVKH¶VWDNHQRYHUWKH\HDUV During the past 10 years, his SKRWRV KDYH EHHQ LQFOXGHG LQ magazines, newspapers, rodeo SRVWHUV DQG À\HUV DQG KH DOVR sells his work on his website OLQGVH\Z\OOLHFRP ³:RUGV ZHUH QHYHU WDNHQ WR heart as much as the ones that a FRZER\EXOO¿JKWHUIULHQGRIPLQH 3& Continued from Page A1 $IXOOUDQJHRIVHUYLFHVDUH DYDLODEOH IRU ERWK UHVLGHQWV DQGYLVLWRUVLQFOXGLQJJURFHU- ies, hardware, gift and coffee shops, banks, lodging, camp- LQJ JDV VHYHUDO UHVWDXUDQWV DPLQLPDUWDQGHYHQDODXQ- GURPDW An abundance of year- round outdoor recreation LV QHDUE\ 7KH 6WUDZEHUU\ Mountain Wilderness to the VRXWKDFURVVWKHYDOOH\'L[- ie Butte and the Dixie Rope Tow to the east and Magone Lake, about 35 miles to the QRUWKZHVW DOO RIIHU ¿VKLQJ hiking, biking, hunting and camping enjoyment for all DJHV Bates State Park, one of the newest in Oregon, is about 20 miles to the north- HDVW 2QH RI RQO\ WZR VWDWH parks in Grant County, it was established on the site of the former lumber town of Bates and commemorates the histo- ry and memory of the town, ZKLOHRIIHULQJRYHUQLJKWUHF- UHDWLRQDORSSRUWXQLWLHV Prairie City has not one EXW WZR SDUNV &LW\ 3DUN LQ the center of town, with an adjoining picnic area next to city hall, and Depot Park, at Bridge and Main streets, which is also home to Depot RV Park and the Sumpter Valley Railway Depot Mu- VHXP The community also has two gathering places for In this photo by Lindsey Wyllie, a young bareback rider is assisted by a pickup man at the Heppner Rodeo. This photo was featured on the Sept. 21, 2015, cover of “The Competitor News” magazine. Prairie City Mayor Jim Hamsher PHHWLQJV HYHQWV DQG IDPLO\ IXQFWLRQV,QWKHEXLOG- ing that had been the longtime home to the United Method- ist Church became the Prai- ULH &LW\ &RPPXQLW\ &HQWHU $QG DV RI -DQ WKLV \HDU the Prairie City senior citi- zens group took ownership of the Strawberry Grange hall and changed its name to the Prairie City Senior Cen- WHU 6HQLRU PHDOV ZKLFK DUH open to the community, will continue to be held there at QRRQRQ:HGQHVGD\V The tight-knit community KDVVHYHUDOHQHUJHWLFJURXSV ZKRNHHSUHVLGHQWVDQGYLVL- WRUVEXV\ZLWKDFWLYLWLHVDQG HYHQWV WKURXJKRXW WKH \HDU including the Grant County )RXUWK RI -XO\ IHVWLYLWLHV The Prairie City Communi- ty Association, Talents and Treasures, Green Thumb Garden Club and American /HJLRQ DQG $X[LOLDU\ 1R DOOVWULYHWRLPSURYHWKH Let our family of Pharmacists serve you! 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Heppner & Condon said to me at the end of the rodeo season this past year, that I was a great ambassador to the sport of URGHR´:\OOLHVDLG³,KDGQHYHU had thought of it that way before, DQGLWPDGHPHWKLQN´ When the Oregon High School Rodeo starts in Eugene in February, Wyllie’s schedule will pick up again, and he’ll be The Eagle/Sean Hart back on the road with his camp- Lindsey Wyllie received this belt buckle honoring HUXQWLOODWH6HSWHPEHU his 2011-2015 Photographer of the Year awards. sometimes come in to city be erected, highlighting the hall — the kind that “big DUHD¶VULFKKLVWRU\ city” city halls don’t get, She said the city will also VKHVDLG6RPHDUHUHJDUGLQJ launch an “Adopt a Project” critters — neighbors’ mules program and plans to hold a gone astray from across town FLW\VXUSOXVVDOH or annoying woodpeckers Prairie City School, with a KDPPHULQJRQWKHKRXVH6KH current enrollment of 143 in VDLGRQHFDOOHUZDQWHGDGYLFH grades K-12, plus preschool, on the shortest route to Hood RIIHUV D YRFDJ SURJUDP DQ 5LYHU DFWLYH ))$ FKDSWHU DQG D Recent city happenings complete athletics program include the acquisition of an IRUERWKER\VDQGJLUOV ambulance from Blue Moun- Prairie City’s roots lie in tain Hospital, facelifts for the mining, lumber and rail- Depot RV Park and Museum, URDG LQGXVWULHV ,W ZDV SUH- Prairie City City the start of a “Lids for Kids” ceded by another community, Recorder Taci Philbrook program and the closure of the Dixie Town, which sprang up WRZQ¶VODQG¿OO in the summer of 1862 along community’s lifestyle and Changes are planned for Dixie Creek which runs along VSLULW 2016, too, Philbrook said, the north and west side of Philbrook, who has been LQFOXGLQJ D VWUHHW UHSDYLQJ WRZQ7KH\RXQJPLQLQJWRZQ the city recorder since July project, upgrades to the city’s ZDV ORFDWHG DERXW PLOHV 2014, said one of the things sewer project, and in con- north of present-day Prairie she enjoys most in her job is junction with the Strawberry &LW\ watching an idea start at the +LVWRULFDO$VVRFLDWLRQ D YLV- Incorporated in 1891, Prai- FLW\ FRXQFLO OHYHO DQG WKHQ LWRU¶V LQWHUSUHWLYH NLRVN ZLOO rie City’s original business FRPHWRIUXLWLRQ “Knowing I am part of the process that betters Prai- rie City warms my heart,” A TTENTION G RANT C OUNTY 3KLOEURRNVDLG City officials include mayor Jim Hamsher, mayor Did you know there may be VA benefits available for pro-tem Georgia Patterson you as a result of your spouses’ military service? and councilors Carole Gar- See your Grant County Veteran Services rison, Les Church, Henry Officer today for more information, Goslin, Dottie Miller and Vi- located at Grant County Court House. ROD5RVH Call 541-575-1631 for an appointment Philbrook noted some of the humorous calls that Open: Mon, Wed, & Fri 10am-4pm by appointment. V ETERANS : Contributed photo/Jeff Meyerholz — MeyWow Photography John Day resident Lindsey Wyllie holding “The Competitor News” with his award-winning cover photo. section was in the northeast part of town, in the area of North Main and East Third VWUHHWV ,Q WKH 6XPSW- er Valley Railway in Baker &LW\H[WHQGHGVHUYLFHWR3UDL- rie City which operated until The City Council meets at SPWKHVHFRQG:HGQHVGD\ RIWKHPRQWK &LW\ KDOO KRXUV DUH DP WR SP 0RQGD\V WKURXJK )ULGD\V Call 541-820-3605 for PRUHLQIRUPDWLRQ Learn more about Prairie &LW\ DW ZZZSUDLULHFLW\RUH- JRQFRP RU YLVLW 3UDLULH &LW\ 2UHJRQ(YHQWVRQ)DFHERRN THE REVENANT R Leonardo DiCaprio. Hugh Glass, a frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s, is on a quest for survival after being brutally mauled by a bear. 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FRI & SAT (3:50) 6:50 9:35 SUN & MON (3:50) 6:50 TUES-THURS (4:10) 6:50 $9 Adult, $7 Senior (60+), Youth 03306 JOHN DAY — Profession- al rodeo photographer Lindsey Wyllie kept his camera clicking last year and was awarded “The Competitor News” magazine’s 2015 Photographer of the Year, IRUWKH¿IWKFRQVHFXWLYH\HDU Competitor News is the largest rodeo publication in the ZHVW DOVR FRYHULQJ 0RQWDQD DQGRWKHUVWDWHV Wyllie, a John Day resident, DOVRUHFHLYHG&RYHURIWKH <HDUIRUWKHSXEOLFDWLRQ +HDWWHQGHGURGHRHYHQWV last year, and he’s been a pho- tographer for six organizations, including the Oregon High School Rodeo Association, Northwest Professional Rodeo Association and Pro-West Ro- GHR$VVRFLDWLRQ +LV SHUVRQDO IDYRULWH FRYHU photo went on the Competitor’s 6HSWHPEHUFRYHU In the photo taken at the Ore- gon Trail Pro Rodeo in Heppner, a young bareback rider is about to be bucked off and hung up, when pickup man Cody Quillan rides up and positions himself beneath the rider, allowing him to push back up on the horse and IUHHKLPVHOI “The photo depicts the total unity of horse and his rider, to- tally committed to doing their MRE´:\OOLHVDLG That’s what it’s all about he said — “capturing that mo- PHQW´