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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
East Oregonian
CONDON
Crews contain Scott Canyon ire
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
Fireighters
were
expected to fully contain
the Scott Canyon Fire in
rural Gilliam County by
late Monday, according to
a spokeswoman with the
Central Oregon Interagency
Dispatch Center.
The
blaze,
which
started Thursday on private
land near the John Day
River, has burned 33,587
acres between Condon
and Arlington. A Type 3
incident management team
responded Saturday from
the Deschutes and Ochoco
national forests, as well
as the Bureau of Land
Management’s Prineville
District, to assist local
ireighters.
The ire was human-
caused, though investiga-
tors are still working to
determine exactly how it
started. High winds fanned
the lames up and down
several canyons in the
area, making for tricky
ireighting
conditions.
Crews on the ground were
Photo contributed by Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center
The Scott Canyon Fire has burned 33,587 acres in rural Gilliam County between Condon and Arlington.
supported by six single-en-
gine air tankers and three
helicopters, which dumped
water and retardant around
the ire perimeter over the
weekend.
The ire did destroy
one
old
homestead,
which was unoccupied.
No other structures were
damaged. Lisa Clark, ire
information oficer with
the Central Oregon Inter-
agency Dispatch Center,
commended the initial
response for keeping local
farms and ranches safe.
Another ire in central
Oregon
also
erupted
Sunday about 13 miles
east of Warm Springs. That
blaze is now roughly 4,800
acres, but wasn’t immedi-
ately threatening homes.
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Contact George Plaven
at gplaven@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0825.
East Oregonian
Contributed photo
Big Bridges kicks off the second season of Wednesdays
in the Park. The free event is Wednesday, July 27 at Roy
Raley Park in Pendleton.
The Aug. 3 show brings
in 1939 Ensemble, an instru-
mental trio from Portland.
With an unusual lineup
of drums, vibraphone and
noise, the group draws inlu-
ences from krautrock, jazz
and new wave. Their sound
moves between ominous
dissonance noise to sharp
bombastic beats.
Central
Washington’s
hauntingly beautiful song-
crafters Planes On Paper will
perform Aug. 10. The duo of
Navid Eliot and Jen Borst
will be joined by Sam Watts
(lead singer/songwriter for
Ghosts I’ve Met) on drums
and Kent Ueland (frontman
of The Holy Broke and
Terrible Buttons) on bass.
Hardly needing an intro-
duction, the Pendleton-based
band Imperial Twang will
perform Aug. 17. They play
alternative country rock.
The inal show of the
season on Aug. 24 brings
Alaska native Annalisa
Tornfelt to town.
Growing up, Tornfelt
listened to classical music,
Disney, and Chuck Mangi-
one’s song “Children of
Sanchez.”
She
played
bluegrass for decades and
recently discovered rock
when her bandmates (Black
Prairie) asked her to sing a
cover of “The Song Remains
the Same” at a New Year’s
Eve party.
People are invited to
bring a chair or blanket and
enjoy the tunes. Also, bring
an appetite and some cash, as
Great Paciic Wine & Coffee
Co. will be serving pizza,
beer and wine, and Delicious
Dogs will offer hot dogs.
For more information,
visit www.pendletonpark-
sandrec.com or search
Facebook for “Wednesdays
in the Park.”
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Contact
Community
Editor Tammy Malgesini at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4539
BRIEFLY
BOARDMAN — A
semitrailer hauling potatoes
and a commercial semitrailer
were involved in an early
morning crash Saturday on
Interstate 84.
At 4:28 a.m. on July 23,
Oregon State Police and the
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Ofice responded to reports of
an accident at milepost 160
westbound near Boardman.
OSP is still investigating
but, according to trooper
Amy Ford, one truck rear-
ended the other. Both drivers
sustained injuries. One male
was lown via helicopter to
Kadlec Regional Medical
Center in Richland, Wash. A
second male was taken via
ambulance to Good Shepherd
Medical Center in Hermiston.
The westbound lanes of
trafic were closed for about
19 minutes.
Hermiston School
District to begin
registration
HERMISTON —
Registration for Hermiston
schools begins Monday,
Aug. 1. Previously enrolled
elementary and middle school
students are not required to
register unless the family has
moved over the summer.
Elementary students new
to the district or to a particular
school can register Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday or
Friday at the individual
school from 8-11:30 a.m. or
from 1-3 p.m.
Registration for new
middle school students will
be held at each middle school
building from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On Tuesday Aug. 2, school
staff will be in a morning
training and only available for
registration in the afternoon.
If parents are unable
IRRIGON — Irrigon Rural Fire
Protection District responded to a
house ire Sunday night on 11th
Street.
No one was home at the time of
the ire, which a neighbor called in at
about 7 p.m.
Lt. Kelly Shelton said one room
was destroyed by lames and others
were damaged by smoke, but the
house was not a total loss. She said
she believed a family of four lived in
the home.
The cause is unknown. Boardman
Rural Fire Protection District
provided mutual aid.
to register their student
during these times they are
encouraged to contact the
school directly to schedule an
appointment.
Parents or guardians
enrolling new students are
asked to provide a record
of the student’s birth (i.e.
birth certiicate, baptismal
certiicate or passport), proof
of residence/physical address,
health records and previous
report cards or transcripts to
complete the process.
Registration for Hermiston
High School students is
scheduled from Aug. 15-19:
Monday-Wednesday from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 4-7
p.m.; Thursday from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m.; and Friday from
8 a.m. to noon. Seniors and
juniors can register on the
MILTON-FREEWATER — The
Milton-Freewater Rural Fire
Department quickly put out a trailer
ire just outside the city Thursday.
Fire Chief Rick Saager said a
nearby egg cooler caught ire and
burned a travel trailer as well as a
part of a single-wide trailer at 52800
W. Ballou, a few miles north of
Milton-Freewater.
The call was put out at 1:35 p.m.
and under control just after 4 p.m.
With the resident family
unharmed, Saager said the single-
wide received minimal smoke
damage and will be inhabitable once
the power is returned.
PENDLETON
Big Bridges kicks off Wednesdays in the Park
Two trucks
involved in
freeway crash
Fireighters extinguish
Irrigon house ire
Fire burns travel trailer,
single-wide trailer
PENDLETON
Local and regional music
acts are featured during a
free weekly summer concert
series in Pendleton.
Wednesdays in the Park
kicks off its sophomore
season Wednesday, July 27
from 6-8 p.m. at Roy Raley
Park, 1205 S.W. Court
Ave., Pendleton. Presented
by Pendleton Parks &
Recreation and Sounds
Like Entertainment, the irst
all-ages show features Big
Bridges.
The multinational, all-star
rock band features Oregon’s
own Casey Neill and Japan’s
Takashi O’hashi. Neill —
of Casey Neill and The
Norway Rats — is a solid
presence around Portland,
spinning out heavy gauge
country-rock with some
folk inluence. O’Hashi is
a legend in Japanese metal
circles. In addition, he’s done
different kinds of projects
throughout his career.
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15th, sophomores on the 16th
and freshmen on the 17th.
Open registration will be
Aug. 18-19 for any remaining
students.
District open houses will
be held Thursday, August 25.
For additional
information, contact your
student’s school.
Parking lot sale
beneits Agape
House
HERMISTON —
Furniture, clothing and
kick-knacks are available
during a parking lot sale at
Agape House.
The event is Saturday
from 8:30-11 a.m. at 500
Harper Road, Hermiston.
Clothing will be priced at
three items for a dollar,
furnitures is priced as marked
and knick-knacks are you
name the price. Donations for
the sale are welcome through
Friday.
Agape House serves
individuals and families in
need. For more information,
call 541-567-8774.
Microdistillery
set to open in
September
East Oregonian
The next batch of
Pendleton-made liquor is
coming this summer.
Rodney
Bullington,
who owns the Oregon
Grain Growers distillery
with his wife Kelli, said
its tasting room will have
a soft open in August and
open fully in September.
The Bullingtons held
an open house Saturday,
where
they
showed
people some of the equip-
ment they installed and
explained the distilling
process.
Rodney said he will
begin distilling within the
next week with the intent
to offer vodka and white
whiskey to start.
The couple will also
begin to barrel age a
darker
whiskey
and
bourbon, which takes 18
months and four years to
do, respectively.
Rodney and Kelli have
been planning to start a
microdistillery for years
and have been working
to convert the building at
511 S.E. Court Ave. from
a defunct antique store to
a functional distillery and
business.
Before it was an
antique store, the building
was a car dealership and
service station, and the
new owners are trying
to redesign the outside
to resemble the facility’s
mid-century past.
Both Bullingtons were
Pendleton Grain Growers
employees and used a
PGG burlap sack as the
basis for designing their
vodka label.
Rodney thinks Oregon
Grain Growers will be a
good it in the region.
“Distilling is an exten-
sion of agriculture,” he
said.
Eventually, the Bulling-
tons plan to expand their
operation to include a bar
and restaurant.
But in the meantime,
they’ve prepared for their
tasting room opening by
building a following on
Oregon Grain Growers’
social media accounts and
consulting with the owners
of Prodigal Son Brewery
and Pub, another couple
that was able to turn an old
auto shop into a successful
microbrewery and restau-
rant.