REGION
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
PENDLETON
Fourth of July Parade
By JONATHAN BACH
East Oregonian
Red, white and blue
abounded Saturday morning
as the annual Fourth of
July parade made its way
from Main Street, past
the Round-Up Grounds to
Baxter Auto Parts.
Floats passed under
a broad AmeriFan Àag
hoisted stories high by two
¿re engines. The Umatilla
Tribal Fire Department let
children explore the inside
of its truck before the parade
commenced.)
But not all of the partic-
ipants were in motorized
transport.
The
Pendleton
Round-Up court rode horse-
back, smiling broadly. A
stream of Àag bearers from
Pendleton High School
made the circuit by foot.
And a mule-drawn wagon
from Walla Walla Fair and
Frontier Days rolled past
bystanders.
Rebecca Borror, 44, who
helped with the mules, later
described the parade in two
words: “fun” and “hot.”
But the sun didn’t stop
hundreds from Àocking to
Pendleton’s celebration of
American independence.
Plus, there was a reward
for the young ones: stickers
and candy ¿lled the margins
of the streets as Àoat riders
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Awards ceremony
At noon the Pendleton Veterans of Foreign Wars
handed out trophies for the best participants.
The results for first place in the 13 categories were:
Equestrian Groups: Confederated Tribes of the Uma-
tilla Indian Reservation
Equestrian Groups-Royalty: Walla Walla Frontier
Days
Equestrian with two riders or less: Happy Canyon
Princesses
Horse and Buggy: Jill Perrine
First Responders/Armed Forces: Pilot Rock Fire De-
partment
Motorized - Best Club: Blue Mountain A’s
Motorized - Judges’ Choice: Underground Tours
Civic Groups and Service Clubs: Quilts of Valor
People with Pets: Pendleton Animal Welfare Center
Business and Commercial: Cayuse Technologies
Youth groups: Children’s Museum of Eastern Oregon
Floats: Pendleton Lions Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriot Trophy: First
Church of God
Crystal Sullenger, 37, a woman with cheetah spots
tattooed on her right arm, received the trophy for
PAWS. She moved to Pendleton from Portland and said
the parade gave her a “good feeling for the town.”
Staff photo by Jonathan Bach
A float parades downtown during Saturday’s Fourth of July celebration in Pendleton.
threw handfuls for children
to snatch up.
“The
grandchildren
really enjoyed the candy,”
said Dan Wilcock, 54, at
Roy Raley Park as an Elks
/odge Àoat passed by. But,
he joked, “There were too
many Tootsie rolls.”
The National Guard also
participated in the parade,
much to the pride of one
mother.
Jennifer Fossek, 40, said
her son, Jared, 17, is now in
boot camp with the National
Guard.
She clasped an American
Àag and talked about how
Jared wants to make a career
for himself in the military.
As for the holiday itself:
“It’s very heartwarming. It’s
bringing tears to my eyes
just talking about it,” she
said.
“To know there are men
and women all over the
United States celebrating
their independence — it’s
very overwhelming,” she
said.
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Contact Jonathan Bach
at jbach@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0809.
Staff photo by Jonathan Bach
A small dog rides atop a horse at Saturday’s Fourth of
July parade.
Fifth-wheel burns near Pilot Rock
Weekend quiet for
Hermiston fire fighters
By JONATHAN BACH
East Oregonian
A ¿fth-wheel burned to
the ground Sunday evening
near Pilot Rock.
Christa Rooper, 45, said
her children had been burning
trash in a barrel near the trailer
they used as a hangout when
it caught ¿re. Rooper said
her children ran inside their
main house at 43636 Hoeft
Road to tell her about the
¿re. A propane tank exploded
in the area of the trailer, too,
according to Rooper.
A neighbor, Frank Hoeft,
73, also heard the propane
tank explode and came to
help with the ¿re.
Rooper called emergency
services at 4:58 p.m., and the
¿re was extinguished by 5:30
p.m.
Staff photo by Jonathan Bach
Emergency responders stand by a burned down fifth-
wheel after extinguishing the blaze Sunday evening.
Pilot Rock Fire assistant
chief Mark Moore praised
emergency responders and
mutual aid partners, who he
said used about 2,000 gallons
of water to put out the small
blaze.
“They got down there
quickly, brought down the
right equipment and did
SUBMIT COMMUNITY NEWS
Staff photo by Jonathan Bach
Bald eagle rescue
A young female bald eagle stands atop
a perch at Blue Mountain Wildlife outside
Pendleton Monday. The female bird of prey was
sent from Washington to Blue Mountain Wildlife
on the Fourth of July after it was found in a body
of water, according to Lynn Tompkins, BMW’s
executive director. The fledgling probably got into
an altercation with an older osprey, which chased
it into the water, said Tompkins. She hopes to
send the underweight bird back to Washington
on Thursday. For more information, visit www.
bluemountainwildlife.org.
Submit information to: community@eastoregonian.com or drop
off to the attention of Tammy Malgesini at 333 E. Main St.,
Hermiston or Renee Struthers at 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendle-
ton. Call 541-564-4539 or 541-966-0818 with questions.
U m atilla C ou nty H istorical
Society’s Fu n-Filled Fam ily Event
Back in Time:
An Old Fashioned Picnic at Heritage Station
Saturday, July 11, 11:00 am – 2:00 p.m.
Tickets $15.00 adults, $5.00 children 12 and under
Picnic lunch
Live music by Joe Lindsay
(formerly of the BMCC ensemble Absolutely Nobody )
Interactive pioneer station for kids
BRIEFLY
Idaho man killed
in Baker crash
BAKER — A car driven
by Enrique Jiminez, 64, of
Boise, Idaho, was traveling
west on I-84 near Durkee
when it swerved into a
pickup truck and rolled
several times in Baker
County, according to a
news release from Oregon
State Police.
Jiminez was ejected
from the Hyundai.
Emergency personnel
arrived early Saturday
morning and declared him
dead on scene. The pickup’s
owner, Taylor Grove, of
Phoenix, Arizona, was not
injured.
Of¿cials suspect alcohol
consumption by Jiminez
as a contributing factor to
the crash. A preliminary
investigation indicated he
was not wearing a seatbelt.
The investigation
is ongoing and more
information will be released
as it becomes available.
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exactly what they were
supposed to do,” he said.
Pilot Rock Fire Depart-
ment and one of its mutual aid
partners, Custom Spraying,
emphasized that there is a
burn ban currently in effect
in both Umatilla and Morrow
counties.
In Hermiston, three small
brush ¿res and a garage ¿re
made for a relatively benign
Fourth of July weekend this
year.
“Surprisingly, based on
how hot and dry it was, it was
pretty quiet,” Hermiston Fire
Department ¿re marshal Tom
Bohm said.
He said during the evening
of the Fourth of July the
department responded to a
small brush ¿re on Minnehaha,
one on Southwest 17th St. and
one near Warehouse Beach off
Highway 730. All three were
caused by ¿reworks.
He said the garage
¿re, which happened on
Powerline Road on Sunday
afternoon, was caused by an
electrical short and was not
¿reworks-related.
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Jade McDowell contrib-
uted to this story.
Contact Jonathan Bach at
jbach@eastoregonian.com
or 541-966-0809.
THANK YOU!
The Ione 4th of July
Celebration Committee would like
to thank the following for their
support:
Morrow County Unified Recreation Dist.; Smitty’s
Ace Hardware; Morrow County Parks; Morrow
County; The Gazette Times; The Hermiston
Herald and the East Oregonian.
Thank you to all those businesses and individuals
who helped sponsor:
1000 Yard TV Shoot; Red, White & Blues Poker/
Cribbage Tournament & BBQ Chicken Dinner; 2015
Golf Tournament; 2015 Blues Cruise.
Tickets available at Armchair Books and Heritage Station Museum.
Briefs are compiled
from staff and wire reports,
and press releases. Email
press releases to news@
eastoregonian.com
Call Heritage Station
Museum at
541-276-0012
for information
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Vendors
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Entertainment in
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Dancing, Piping
&
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Competitions
Kids’ Games
Story Tellers
Caledonian Tattoo
Kirkin O’ The
Tartan
Celtic Harp
Horseshoe
Tournaments
www.athenacaledoniangames.org
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