12 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Local
Snake River car show fills park
• HUNTINGTON
EVENT CELEBRATES
3RD YEAR IN
LIONS PARK
Sumpter flea
market held
BY EILEEN DRIVER
Eileen@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Saturday, September 5
dawned as a rainy gloomy
day in Huntington. But by
noon it was a bright
sunny day fi lled with shiny
vintage cars and trucks
for the 3rd Annual Snake
River Car Show in Lions
Park, sponsored by the
Huntington Chamber of
Commerce.
The diehard car fans
started the day with a
pancake breakfast that was
standing room only since
the picnic tables were
damp but spirits were not.
Throughout the day
while rocking to the music
of the 50s and 60s car
enthusiast admired beauti-
fully restored and original
classic cars and trucks
from 1929 to present.
50/50 and prize raffl es
were won every 15 min-
utes all day long.
In the afternoon was a
poker run benefi tting the
Huntington Food Bank
where visitors played
a series of six different
games, earning a playing
card at each game, to see
who would collect the best
Poker hand.
Entry to the game was a
food donation to the food
bank.
Rounding out the day
was the presentation of
Car Show Awards and the
Steak feed at the VFW
Hall/Community Center
sponsored by the Hun-
tington Senior and Youth
Organization.
Snake River Car Show
gave out 21 awards this
year, the top four winners
were:
• Best of Show. Tom
Duger’s 1955 Chevy
Belair.
• Mayor’s Trophy. Ken
& Sally Schuh’s 1935.
• Chevy Street Heat Fire
Department Trophy. Bruce
& Ginger Moyers’ 1928
Ford Model A Tudor.
• People’s Choice. Lee
Swiger’s 1929 DeSoto.
Meghan Andersch / The Baker County Press
This model stamp mill was set up in the Hotdogs for
History booth.
BY MEGHAN ANDERSCH
Meghan@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Eileen Driver / The Baker County Press
Tom Duger’s 1955 Chevy Bel Air won Best of Show.
Eileen Driver / The Baker County Press
Ken and Sally Schuh’s 1935 Chevy.
The Best of Show trophy
was sponsored by the
Huntington Chamber of
Commerce.
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The Mayor’s Trophy
sponsored by City of Hun-
tington.
The Street Heat trophy
was sponsored by Hunting-
ton Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment.
Despite the chilly wet
start to the weekend that
dampened attendance
and some vendors’ wares,
the weather turned sunny
and clear on Sunday and
Monday, allowing folks to
enjoy Sumpter’s last Flea
Market of the year.
Vendors lined both sides
of Main Street and fi lled
the Fairgrounds, offering
everything from buf-
falo burgers to homemade
“dreamsicle” cinnamon
rolls, books by local au-
thors to antiques.
Paul Opp had a table at
the Fairgrounds to bring
awareness to his People of
Peru Project, a humanitar-
ian organization dedicated
to “caring for children,
relief of human suffering,
education for self help,
planting seeds of hope.”
Opp, who fi rst traveled to
Peru with his daughter’s
school group in 2000, said
he saw a huge need there.
He said he did not
intend to launch an or-
ganization, just knew he
needed to do something to
help. Among the children
Opp has assisted, two
were orphans he found
on the street and later
adopted, raising them in
their culture in Peru. Now
that the sisters are grown,
he spends about half his
time in Peru and half in
the United States, raising
awareness and fundrais-
ing. More information is
available at peopleofperu.
org and an “award-winning
documentary” is available
upon request.
Also at the Fairgrounds,
Sumpter Valley Commu-
nity Volunteers sold con-
cessions such as hotdogs,
hamburgers, and drinks,
and also accepted dona-
tions. The money raised
goes to help the communi-
ty in various ways, whether
to assist a resident with
utility costs, or to support
local organizations, such as
the rural fi re departments.
The Hotdogs for History
booth was back, set up on
Main Street, selling con-
cessions to raise funds to
support the Cracker Creek
Museum of Mining.
Julie McKinney, City
Recorder, reported 56 ven-
dors for the weekend just
at the Fairgrounds.
Haines Rodeo
Court Tryouts!
Haines Rodeo
Grounds
September 20, 2015
Sunday — 1:00 p.m.
Judged on
horsemanship,
appearance &
interview
Call Angie for more
information
541-403-2671.
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