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soundboard.
Peter
Walters,
the
program’s
founder,
welcomes the expansion.
When it started out, “we had
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and cranny of this thing,”
he said of the Center for the
Arts building. Years ago, the
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into an agreement with First
Christian Church across the
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a third building in which to
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campers attend, according
to Walters. A decade later,
that number has more than
doubled to 80, according to
a count by Bonnie Day with
the Center for the Arts.
Walters attributes the
success of the camp to the
fact that enthusiasm of
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(surely no pun intended) by
adults in the community.
He estimates thousands of
dollars in donations and
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free for 10 years,” he said.
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campers to learn on. Now
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with a surplus of equipment.
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bling around for instruments
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camp that ends with a concert
on Main Street on Friday.
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with more experience and
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attended the camp for a
couple years “they’re more
mature than we are,” Walters
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Twins Nicole, 18, and Melissa Hood, 18, from Stanfield work on a design for a
concert poster on Wednesday during Rock & Roll Camp X in Pendleton.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Councilor Levi Cecil of Portland sets up a microphone
to record a song by Sophie Arnold, 15, of Vancouver,
Wash., during a studio production class Wednesday at
Rock & Roll Camp X in Pendleton.
recording studio during
lunch Wednesday. Luis, 15,
is here for his fourth year
and he comes all the way
from Portland to attend.
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often, notes the difference
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in Portland and the Pendleton
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focuses mostly on teaching
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is fun,” he said.
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camp for three years.
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guitar recently — and wrote
her song the night before.
A new event center
Roger Bisnett, who
owns the Christian Science
building and Bisnett Insur-
ance, said he, Walters and
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came up,” he said of letting
camp organizers use the
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within the next 60 days,
though contractors need
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the space up to standards.
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the old church to go toward
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Hospitals for Children.
The building was erected
in the early 1920s. Bisnett
purchased the building in
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space, then as a practice
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repurposing the space, but
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aligned with his.
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succeed in this,” he said.
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one small onion grated and
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about 85 tri-tips at once, he
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the recipe for their lamb
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Jeff Marks checks on his lamb kabobs that won the
lamb division at the Umatilla County Fair Backyard
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in the contest but came in six points behind overall
winners Mike and Deannie Simon.
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I am moving my medical
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where I will continue to see
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All medical records for patient care will be available
at Gifford Medical. Please continue to call our office
at 541-276-0852 to schedule appointments at our
current and future location. After October 1st, please
call 541-567-2995 to schedule appointments or
request records. I look forward to continuing to meet
your health care needs.
While other ratios were
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tually settled on the 70-30
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Although some coun-
cilors proposed a larger
percentage for bad streets,
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Patterson said spending less
money to maintain the city’s
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ally cause their deterioration
and exacerbate the current
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which the city already uses
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gas tax and the utility fee
would generate a combined
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reconstruct.
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need to be answered ahead
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the new street funding.
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bandied about a 10-year list,
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be feasible to project out that
far.
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hard time with anything
beyond two years out in
front.”
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that any new street funding
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until 2017, which would
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necessary engineering plans.
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resident and the co-owner
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immediate impact.
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because the expectation is, ‘I
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the problem with starting
street projects sooner is that
it would require the city to
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put it into effect.
Pendleton city council
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streets on August 25 at
7 p.m. at city hall.
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Contact Antonio Sierra
at asierra@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0836.
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