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OFF PAGE ONE Wednesday, August 10, 2016 MUSIC: County gets slice of merchandise What does it pay to play? Continued from 1A Coke, two of Diet Coke with Splenda and 24 bottles of water. Creedence Clearwater Revisited has the longest rider this year, at 40 pages, which lists 37 items for the dressing room, from a jar of natural peanut butter to eight bottles of ine red wine to plenty of fresh coffee. “Homemade cookies,” the rider also notes, “are always appreci- ated.” The county, though, attaches a ive-page addendum that supersedes the riders and cuts out bunches of the speciic requests, including the booze. “Purchaser” — which in these cases is the county fair — “shall provide well balanced meals as advanced with production manager,” according to the addendum. “Dressing room hospitality will be limited to snacks and beverages. Purchaser will not provide alcoholic beverages or tobacco products, or any food or beverage for off-site consumption.” Umatilla County counsel Doug Olsen said some artists have speciic and expensive tastes in alcohol and the county does not want the head- ache of furnishing that. He also said the county does not ask others to provide libations for bands, but contract language does not prohibit another party from doing that. The county is giving 80 compli- mentary tickets to the performers, with The Bellamy Brothers and Creedence Clearwater Revisited each receiving 25. The addendum also allows the county to get a slice of sales merchandise from the big names on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday night. The groups agree to hand over 25 percent of gross sales from T-shirts and other “soft merchandise.” A Thousand Horses and Brothers Osborne, though, also agree to give the county 10 percent of sales from compact discs and other “hard merchandise.” Olsen said that, overall, the fair makes a little money. County budget oficer Robert Pahl said this year the fair budgeted expenses of $1.15 million and revenues of $1.2 million. A Thousand Horses $30,000, 10 complimentary tickets The county receives 25 percent of gross sales from T-shirts and other “soft merchandise,” and 10 percent of sales from recordings and other “hard merchandise.” The Bellamy Brothers $10,000, 25 complimentary tickets The county receives 25 percent of gross sales from T-shirts and other “soft merchandise.” Brothers Osborne $20,000, 20 complimentary tickets The county receives 25 percent of gross sales from T-shirts and other “soft merchandise,” and 10 percent of sales from recordings and other “hard merchandise.” Montez De Durango $9,000 Tormenta De Durango $500 Domador De La Sierra Contract not available as of Wednesday Creedence Clearwater Revisited $65,000, 25 complimentary tickets The county receives 25 percent of gross sales from T-shirts and other “soft merchandise.” East Oregonian Page 7A WIND: Would be second largest wind farm in state Continued from 1A to a substation at the Port of Morrow. But Irene Gilbert, who works with the Friends of the Grande Ronde Valley group that has opposed large wind farms in the past, said approving a wind farm without a connection to the power grid would create a dangerous precedent. In addition, she said there are no other develop- ments that have committed to connecting to a UEC-owned line, and no guarantee there ever will be. “They are basically treating UEC as a subcontractor, in my mind,” Gilbert said. “That’s not how the rules work.” Gilbert argues the transmis- sion line needs to be included in the site certiicate applica- tion to mitigate possible risk for landowners. She plans to ask the Department of Energy for a contested case hearing on the matter. “I can’t see letting a prece- dent like that happen,” Gilbert said. Only parties who commented on the draft proposed order are allowed to participate in a contested case. The deadline to request party status is Friday, Aug. 26. The Energy Facility Siting Council has the inal say on whether to grant a site certif- icate for the project, taking into consideration both the proposed order and contested case. If a site certiicate is granted, Wheatridge will be allowed to break ground. At 500 megawatts, Wheatridge would be the second-largest wind farm currently operating in Oregon. Shepherds Flat Wind Farm dwarfs all other developments at 845 megawatts, operating in Morrow and Gilliam counties. PO BOX 1 • 101 Olson Rd • Boardman, OR 97818 • 541-481-3014 www.boardmanchamber.org • email: info@boardmanchamber.org BOARDMAN CHAMBER MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! Do you know someone needing a job? Greetings Chamber Members! You can now follow the Boardman Chamber of Commerce on Twitter! Follow us so we can follow you! Find us @ChamberBoardman or search for Boardman Chamber on your twitter app; you can begin tweeting things you want us to re-tweet or send us something for the newsletter or Chamber ALERT email. Send them to Express Employment Professionals, a Boardman Chamber Member! Express Employment Professionals 541-567-1123 phone The WIOA 167 MSFW Program assists Farmworkers in obtaining permanent and higher paying employment opportunities. Major services are: • Vocational Classroom Training • English-as-a-Second-Language • General Educational Diploma Instruction • On-the-Job Training • Direct Job Placement/Job Development and Referral • Training-Related Support Services • Counseling and Case Management The Bank of Eastern Oregon collects school supplies… The Bank of Eastern Oregon is once again collecting school supplies for local students in need. Call (541) 701-0550 or go to www.ohdc.org for more information Con Agra / Lamb Weston is currently looking for individuals to work at their plants. Contact their HR Department for more details. Boardman Foods is currently looking for individuals in a variety of positions. Contact their HR Department for more details. • Each year employees of the Boardman Branch of BoEO join together to collect supplies for local community elementary schools. • The Boardman Branch front lobby is a drop-off point for local elementary schools during the month of August. • The bank will also be off ering a drawing for a backpack fi lled with supplies for lucky students, in addition to collecting supplies for the schools or ESD offi ce to distribute. • The local branch invites community members to “celebrate the spirit of your hometown” by bringing school supplies in to the bank. • Anyone who has a grade school student is invited in to fi ll out a drawing ticket to enter for a chance to win a school backpack for the student. • Entrants and those wishing to donate do not need to be a customer to participate. The SAGE Center is looking for local vendors for the October 1 Harvest Festival, celebrated at the SAGE... There are a large variety of categories to enter from, including local homemade food items, crafts, soaps, beers/wine, homegrown produce, and much more! • Deadline for submitting applications is August 26, 2016. • Applications can be found on the SAGE Center website. Look for Morrow County Harvest Festival, complete and submit. • You can also contact the SAGE Center at (541) 481-7243 for more details. 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