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Friday, August 28, 2015
East Oregonian
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Free concert features
after backlash
tribute to firefighters
BAKER CITY
A trio of musical acts will heat
things up as Baker area churches and
faith-based radio station KTSY 91.1
FM sponsors a free community concert
for Eastern Oregon.
“A lot of us have been hit hard by the
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encouragement and support,” said
Baker City resident Elissa Morrison,
who is assisting the Boise-area radio
station with the event.
Morrison had been in preliminary
talks with Michelle Yeager of KTSY
about organizing a local concert. When
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said it seemed like the perfect time to
offer the community a reprieve.
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to provide a night of fun and not have
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she said. “It’s just a sad time, so many
people have lost things.”
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concert is Thursday, Sept. 3 at 6:30
p.m. The gates open at 6 p.m. at Baker
Bulldog Stadium, Ninth and E streets,
Baker City. In addition to stadium and
handicap accessible seating, people are
invited to bring a blanket or lawn chair
to get closer to the stage.
The event features door prizes,
including a chance to win a backstage
pass. There will be concessions, infor-
mation tables and special fundraising
activities to support youth organiza-
tions. And artist merchandise will be
available for purchase. Although there’s
no admission charge, freewill donations
will be accepted. Each of the artists is
performing free of charge and this is
a way to provide travel expenses and
support for their appearances, Morrison
said.
Headliner Ryan Stevenson, a 2014
Grammy nominee who has toured with
TobyMac, understands the great pres-
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Ryan Stevenson is headlining a free concert that includes a tribute to fire-
fighters Thursday, Sept. 3 in Baker City.
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medic for seven years before pursuing
a full-time career in music. Stevenson’s
urban/hip hop/pop style sends an honest
and vulnerable message about the grace
and love that guides him through life’s
trials.
Hailing from Boise, the singer/song-
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age of 18 when a youth pastor felt God
leading him to purchase the instrument
for Stevenson. His 2015 release “Not
Forgotten” topped Billboard’s Hot
Christian singles chart.
Other performers include the duo of
Desirae Bronson and Julie Turner, and
The Middle Eight.
Bronson and Turner, both solo
singer/songwriters, have recently joined
together and are currently in Nashville
recording a new album. Their duo
performance blends country and folk,
showcasing their individual talents.
Turner’s single “More Like You”
charted at No. 7 in the United Kingdom.
The collaboration with Bronson will be
her third album. The title track from
Bronson’s album, “This is Me,” was
Oklahoma court says
Ten Commandments
must be removed
OKLAHOMA
CITY
(AP) — The Oklahoma
Supreme Court Thursday
ordered a County judge to
implement a ruling that said a
Ten Commandments monu-
ment on the state Capitol
grounds is unconstitutional
and must be removed.
The state’s highest court
issued a mandate to “take
further action as required”
by its June 30 decision that
said the monument is a
religious symbol and must
be removed from the Capitol
grounds because it violates
a state constitutional ban on
using public property for
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last month when the court
denied a rehearing sought
by Attorney General Scott
Pruitt.
The Supreme Court’s
decision reversed a ruling by
Oklahoma County District
Judge Thomas
Prince,
who ruled last year that the
privately-funded monument
could stay. Prince scheduled
a Sept. 11 hearing to discuss
how the Oklahoma Capitol
Preservation Commission
will comply with the
Supreme Court’s order.
A spokesman for Pruitt,
Aaron Cooper, said his
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the order and declined
comment. Brady Henderson,
legal director for the ACLU
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the legal challenge, said his
agency will likely work with
the attorney general in deter-
mining how to comply with
the order but the next move
is up to the state.
The Supreme Court’s
mandate includes no dead-
The Willamette Week
newspaper posted a story
about the rescinded job
PORTLAND — A offer Tuesday night, and
Roman Catholic school the backlash in progressive
in Portland has changed Portland was immediate.
Students, alumni and
its policy on hiring gay
employees following the people throughout the
uproar over its decision to city criticized St. Mary’s,
Columbia
withdraw a job offer to a including
Sportswear CEO Tim
lesbian woman.
The
St.
Mary’s Boyle and Mayor Charlie
Academy board voted for Hales. Boyle is a major
the reversal Wednesday donor to the all-girls school
night, about 24 hours after his wife attended.
Girls festooned a statue
it became public that the
school rescinded the offer outside the downtown
with
rainbow
to 27-year-old Lauren school
Brown, a college counselor. colors, a quote from Pope
St. Mary’s had also offered Francis and messages
Brown six months of pay such as “Where’s the SMA
to not disclose the terms we know and love?” The
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and refrain from criticizing emerged on Twitter.
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the school.
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St.
Mary’s
president stand with Lauren Brown,”
Christina Friedhoff said tweeted City Commis-
the school — though still sioner Nick Fish.
Parents
interviewed
“deeply committed” to its
Wednesday’s
Catholic identity — was before
immediately adding sexual reversal said their daugh-
orientation to its equal ters love the school and
employment opportunity are encouraged to be
outspoken. They said
policy.
“St. Mary’s is a diverse students were bewildered
community that welcomes by the administration’s
and includes gay and decision to reject Brown.
Stacey Ufer said her
lesbian students, faculty,
alumnae, parents and daughter, Sabrina, was
friends, including those that shocked because it went
against everything she
are married,” she wrote.
The position offered learns at school.
“My religion teacher
to Brown has since been
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it will reach out to her and body — my religion
her attorney for a possible teacher,” Ufer was told by
her daughter. “She couldn’t
reconciliation.
Brown’s
attorney, process it in her 16-year-old
Gloria Trainor, did not brain. It didn’t jibe with her
immediately return a reality of what the school
message seeking comment. promotes.”
By STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
line for the monument’s
removal and there is no
timeline for complying with
the order. What happens
to the monument once it is
removed from the Capitol
grounds has also not been
determined.
The 6-foot-tall granite
monument was authorized
by the Legislature in 2009
and was erected in 2012
after Republican state Rep.
Mike Ritze of Broken Arrow
and his family paid nearly
$10,000 for it.
The ACLU sued the
commission on behalf of
the Rev. Bruce Prescott of
Norman, a Baptist minister,
and others who alleged the
monument’s location on the
Capitol grounds violated
the state constitution’s ban
against using public property
to support “any sect, church,
denomination or system of
religion.”
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the monument was constitu-
tional because of its historic
nature and was nearly iden-
tical to a Texas monument
that was found constitutional
by the U.S. Supreme Court
in 2005.
The Oklahoma Supreme
Court’s
June
decision
prompted an outcry from
some conservative legisla-
tors who vowed to impeach
the justices or amend the
constitution to remove the
provision prohibiting the use
of state money or property
for religious purposes.
Ritze has said he is opti-
mistic the Legislature will
pass a resolution seeking a
vote of the people on whether
to amend the constitution so
that the monument can stay.
said in the past the church has
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declined donations,
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classifying the event as a “gift
HERMISTON — The to the community.” But this
Hermiston and Anchor year members would like to
Point Seventh-day Adventist make the path wheelchair and
churches are looking for stroller-accessible, replace
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improvements to their yearly SHUPDQHQW ¿[WXUHV IRU WKH
torches that light the way and
Journey to Bethlehem event.
The
living
nativity, rearrange the set to help block
presented as a 20-minute the wind.
She said people who have
journey complete with dozens
of costumed volunteers and enjoyed the presentation in
live animals, is free and open the past and want to support
WR WKH FRPPXQLW\ WKH ¿UVW the changes can mail or drop
off donations to the Hermiston
weekend of each December.
Adventist
Darla Hanson, a member Seventh-day
of the steering committee, Church, 855 Highland Ave.
featured on the TV show “The Big
Bang Theory” in 2014. She is the 2013
RAW Artist Musician of the Year.
The Middle Eight is an alternative
pop/rock band. They have performed
at a number of festivals throughout the
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Festival 2015. They are among the
featured musicians on the recently
released ReCreation Sampler, a 23-song
compilation of Creation Festival artists.
Morrison is excited about the free
concert. She said people who live in
rural communities often have to drive
quite a distance for quality faith-based
events.
“We always have to take our kids
to Boise or Seattle or California to see
great concerts,” she said. “And with
this, they are bringing the concert to
us.”
For more information, contact
208-459-5879, family@ktsy.org or visit
www.ktsy.org.
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Contact Community Editor Tammy
Malgesini at tmalgesini@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4539
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OPEN HEARTS – OPEN DOOR
www.graceandmercylutheran.org
585 SW Birch, Pilot Rock, OR 97868
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164 E. Main St. / P.O. Box 1108
Hermiston, Oregon 97838
Gladys Ave & 7th Hermiston
Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672
“Proclaiming God’s word,
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FIRST SERVICE 8:30 AM
SECOND SERVICE 10:30 AM
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Living Word
Christian Center
in Mission for Christ LCMC
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278-8082
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14 Martin Drive,
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922-3250
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201 SW Dorion Ave.
Pendleton
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www.pendletonpresbyterian.com
Open Hearted...Open Minded
241 SE Second St. Pendleton
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3202 S.W. Nye Avenue, Pendleton, OR
541-276-7590
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555 SW 11th, Hermiston
567-9497
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on 1290 KUMA noon each Sunday
Faith Center Church
Worshiping God • Loving People
108 S. Main • 276-9569
Summer Sunday
Worship 10:00 am
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Wed. 7:00 pm
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Seventh-Day
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Adventist Churc h
32742 Diagonal RD
Saturday Services
Pendleton
1401 SW Goodwin Place
276-0882
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352 SE 2nd St., Pendleton, O R
Office 276-2616
New Pastor Dr. Jim Pierce
Worship Service 9:00 AM
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Broadcast KUMA 11:00 AM
Childcare Available
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Hermiston OR 97838
Sunday School 10 am
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