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I Record-Courier 7 Pûte & Sayte Tami Waldron • tami@pinetel.com Oh my, it is hot. Larry Cantrell ?v=S7k4ekntag8&featuressshare captured a temperature of 113 12046 degrees on his thermometer in VFW Bingo Halfway on Friday. It has been Dorothy Brower shared the fol hot, hot, hot. lowing - The VFW Bingo hall Fourth of July was nice and cool while outside Where do you want to be on it was very hot. We had 16 per July 4? in Halfway, Oregon of sons come out to play bingo. We course. The parade starts at 5 had a family from California who p.m. Live music by the Brady have a place here also, and I be Goss Band is at the fair grounds. lieve the last name is Huff. We Kids games, pie auction and fire also had three nice young fellows works! Come on down, the event come in. They were here from is free. Bring a blanket, chairs, Spokane Washington and riding sunscreen and mosquito spray. bicycles all the way. They were The deep pit Beef BBQ dinner going to Hells Canyon tomorrow costs are $15 adult, $8 child. The and then back to attend the Junior dinner includes deep pit BBQ, Rodeo. cowboy beans, coleslaw and bev The pots were $7 each. The erage. jackpots thought it was too hot Brady Goss sent out a huge outside and decided to stay in one welcome on this youtube video. more time. The next bingo will https://www.youtube.com/watch be July 10. The regular jackpot will be $70 for 59 numbers called and the special jackpot is $800 for 56 numbers. This is not a mis print. We have decided to up this jackpot, so come on out and try for the big bucks. The consolation of $14 was won by Mrs. Huff and one of the bicycle riders. Hells Canyon Jr. Rodeo It was a hot one, but a good one. Parade, two days of rodeo and now awaiting the results. Main Street Stage An eclectic three piece group entertained us at the Main Street Stage in Halfway last Sunday. One of the musicians played a saw. It was an interesting sound....it could sing. Coming up at the end of the month - Kathryn Claire - July 31 starting at 7 p.m. www.kathryn- clairemusic.com Ending Looking forward to a Fabulous 4th of July. Halfway, Oregon. There is no place like home. For all who are coming to town, drive carefully...arrive safely. And we end with - My patriotic heart beats red, white, and blue. -Author Un known I I I I I I I H ells C anyon R efrigeration Residential & Commercial * Refrigeration ‘Heating *Air Conditioning CCB #200985 47533 Cornucopia Hwy Halfway, Oregon joe.dakotakid@gmail.com Joey Young ■ Evening parade, deep pit BBQ, live music and fireworks 541-540-2687 Halfway Carriage Autobody Repair Est. 1979 Second Mile Electric, Inc. 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The "Conversations on the Arts" provide an opportunity to gain insight into theworks per< formed on the concerts and to share your own creative ide as in art, poetry, and of course, music. Pre-concert talks will also be held at 6:30 before each concert to provide interesting con text and background on the works to be per formed. Registration is required for Clear Creek Kids chorus, Community/Festival chorus, the Conver sations program, lessons, and the Piano Festi- val/Workshop activities. Registration forms, including the discounted fees for local students, are at the Hell's Canyon Journal office and the Halfway Library. Contact the festival at clearcreek@flash.net or Sheila Allen at 682 553- 8662 for additional information or to receive an e-mail registration form. This tool can be used by individuals working in dependently or by groups with a facilitator and in cludes native language support for 19 languages. Those languages include Amharic, Bengali, Eng lish, French, Haitian Creole, Japanese, Nepali, Russian, Spanish, Urdu, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, German, Hindi, Korean, Portuguese, Somali, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. To access Basic ESL, go to the library’s website at www.bakerlib.org , select the Resources page, and click on the Basic ESL link. First Friday Art Exhibition for July 3,2015 The Crossroads Carnegie Art Center welcomes five local artist’s creating art work inspired by Horses. Nancy Allen will be show ing pen &ink, and colored pencil artwork. Terri Berthelsen is showing rawhide Braiding. William Lee Huston will show sad dles and silversmith work. Brenna Tyler will be show ing her sculptures. Nancy Allen, is a colored pencil and pen and ink artist; she is also a signature member of The American Academy of Equine Art. Terri Berthelsen studied with Tim George, a braider for Hamley’s Western Store in Pendleton. William Lee Huston, specializes in Tree less Soft Saddles, quality leather work and custom silver work. Jean Huston, has been working side by side with Bill Huston for years. Brenna Tyler, is a sculptor. Brenna creates limited edition bronze sculpture, one of kind sculpture and oil paintings. On First Friday July 3, there will be an opening re ception for the artists from 5:30- to 8 p.m. This exhibition is made Spend the Fourth of July in Halfway! Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Library Now Offering Basic ESL Baker County Library District is pleased to an nounce a new free digital service for our online users. Basic ESL for Libraries is an online English language learning program that improves an indi vidual’s listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through a simple to follow, yet proven cur riculum. Students learn English quickly and effec tively on relevant topics including: family, home, school and many other topics. In each lesson stu dents learn key vocabulary and how to use that vo cabulary in conversation. \ > : 541-742-2063 Clear Creek Music Festival Enters its Fifth Year Once again the hills of Halfway, Ore. will be alive with the sound of music. The Clear Creek Music Festival celebrates- a half-decade of music making with activities from July 8-24. The two-week program for select college-age stu dents taught by internationally known music fac ulty offers three public concerts by Festival students and faculty, the last of which will in clude the world-premiere of the first in a series of compositions entitled “Scenes from the Ore gon Trail” by Festival Composer-in-Residence Dr. Blaise Ferrandino. An exciting new feature of this summer’s ac tivities will be the Clear Creek Junior Piano Fes tival, held from July 8-14. This program, for pianists from age 8-high school, will provide concentrated enrichment instruction for young students and the opportunity to perform in a supportive, non-competitive atmosphere. Space remains in the program for local students and scholarships are available for area students. In addition to the instruction and group ses sions, internationally known guest pianists Deb orah and Chung Lee will present a workshop on Saturday, July 11. They will discuss their expe riences teaching piano in S. Korea and Hawaii, perform new piano teaching literature, and offer a master class in which Festival participants and students of local teachers may perform in a non competitive atmosphere. Piano teachers, stu dents, and all persons interested in an international perspective on music making are invited to attend this day-long event. As in the past, there are many kinds of oppor tunities for the residents of Baker County to par ticipate in the Festival. This year, the Festival/Community Chorus for teens and adults takes on Bach, a setting of "The Lord is My Shepherd" by John Rutter, and Joseph Martin’s ‘The Music of Life.” Lauren White Escalante returns to conduct the Clear Creek Kids camp Monday, 7 THURSDAY, JULY 2,2015 possible through the gener ous support of Umpqua Bank. Light Refreshments pro vided by Friends of Cross roads. Music by Gene Nelson and Debbie Fried man. No host bar by Cop per Belt Wineries. This exhibition will be on dis play and available for pur chase through Saturday, Aug. 1. - “The Horse Show” CLOTHING • GIFTS • HOME DECOR Something for Everyone I I Coverage for what is truly important... 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