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Saturday, August 12, 2017
East Oregonian
HELIX
Co-headliners to rock stage as
Wheatstock celebrates 10 years
Concert Aug. 19 at
Quantum 9 Arena
Gehring has submitted two
applications to the city, one
to annex the property into
the city and one to rezone
it from “future residential”
to “low density residential.”
The proposed development
would contain 46 lots.
On Monday the council,
acting as the Hermiston
Urban Renewal Agency,
will also consider a façade
grant to Lucky Endz at 239
E. Main Street. A 50 percent
match for the stucco and
awning project would be
$7,475.
Afterward, the council
will convene into a closed-
door executive session to
conduct labor negotiations.
At a 6 p.m. work session
before the regular meeting
at 7 p.m., the council
will also discuss street
improvement
projects
needed around town, giving
the public infrastructure
committee a chance to
share their progress on
a comprehensive capital
improvement plan for the
city, and to discuss the
street portion of the project.
BRIEFLY
Stanfi eld City Council to discuss
modifying nuisance ordinance
Contributed photo
Supersuckers is one of the dual headliners for the Wheatstock Music Festival.
Celebrating its 10th year, the event is Saturday, Aug. 19 at Quantum 9 Arena in Helix.
Wheatstock
Saturday, Aug. 19
1 p.m., Guitar Pull
2 p.m., George Devore
3 p.m., Imperial Twang
4 p.m., Little McKay
Creek
5 p.m., Too Slim and
the Taildraggers
6:30 p.m., Tylor & the
Train Robbers
8 p.m., Supersuckers
— DuWayne Dunlap,
Wheatstock board president
While that may sound a bit
arrogant, Spaghetti has the
backing of many musicians
in the business. From Eddie
Vedder and Willie Nelson to
Little Steven Van Zandt and
Elijah Wood — they all sing
praises for the Seattle-based
band.
Dunlap is thrilled with
landing the group for
Wheatstock’s 10th year.
“They kind of started out
as a punk rock band and then
transitioned into a country
rock genre,” Dunlap said.
“They really are a top-notch
band.”
Too Slim and the Tail-
draggers features guitarist
Tim Langford. Formerly of
Spokane, Langford and his
bandmates are now based
out of Nashville.
“He’s an award-winning
blues guitarist,” Dunlap
said. “This guy can shred
guitar.”
Headliners for the anni-
versary show, Dunlap said,
are a bit off the Wheatstock
beaten path. Over the years,
the festival has focused
on attracting a number of
musicians from the Texas
Red Dirt scene.
“We’re just trying to keep
fresh faces and fresh music
coming on the scene,” he
said.
In addition, the music
festival provides stage time
City council weighs
ag service district,
annexing 13 acres
The Hermiston city
council will vote Monday
on whether to support a
proposed service district for
the Oregon State University
Extension.
The new district, if
approved by voters, would
have a tax rate of 33 cents
per thousand dollars of
assessed property value.
Due
to
compression,
taxpayers would not see a
higher tax bill, but other
taxing districts would see
less money, including the
city of Hermiston, which
estimates it would lose
about $87,605 per year that
would have gone to the
general fund. The money
would provide a longterm
source of funding for agri-
cultural programs.
Councilors will also
hold a public hearing on a
request to annex 13 acres
at 995 W. Gettman Road
for a planned residential
subdivision.
Developer
Frank
Wheatstock
Music
Festival is pulling out all the
stops as it celebrates its 10th
year with dual headliners in
Supersuckers and Too Slim
and the Taildraggers.
The event is Saturday,
Aug. 19 with the gates
opening at noon at Quantum
9 Arena in Helix. Tickets
are $20 if purchased in
advance or $28 at the
gate. Admission is free for
military personnel with
identifi cation and youth 12
and under.
Free camping is available
with tickets. In addition,
Andrae’s Kitchen of Walla
Walla — named the 2016
Food Truck Restaurant of
the Year — returns with
plenty of food offerings,
said DuWayne Dunlap,
president of the Wheatstock
board. Also, there will be
bouncy houses for kids and
a beer garden for adults.
Supersuckers frontman
Eddie Spaghetti doesn’t pull
any punches, calling the
group, “the greatest rock-
n-roll band in the world.”
“It’s not over-
whelming huge.
It’s just a lot of
fun and the
music we get is
all top-notch.”
HERMISTON
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Page 3A
Contributed photo
Too Slim and the Taildraggers is one of the dual head-
liners for the 10th annual Wheatstock Music Festival.
for regional musicians,
including Tylor & the
Train Robbers, referred to
as “the house band.” Tylor
Bushman Ketchum, who
grew up in Helix and cut
his teeth on the Wheatstock
stage, is making a name for
himself in the Boise music
scene. Other performers
include George Devore
(Austin, Texas), and Pend-
leton-based bands Imperial
Twang and Little McKay
Creek.
In addition, the show
kicks off with a Guitar Pull.
Various artists, including
Rob Bonifer and Tyler
Brooks, will warm up the
audience at 1 p.m.
Referring to Larry Parker
as the “grass whisperer,” the
Helix wheat farmer nurtures
the rodeo arena into a lush
blanket of grass, Dunlap
said.
“It’s just a dirt arena but
by the time August rolls
around, it’s amazing,” he
said.
In addition to providing
music to the masses, Dunlap
said the purpose of the
festival is to raise money
for the music program in the
Helix School District and to
Divide Camp, a wilderness
retreat for combat veterans
in the Wallowa Mountains.
The show is dedicated
to Army warrant offi cer
Adrian Stump, a Pendleton
man who died in a heli-
copter crash in Afghanistan
in 2005.
Nearly $30,000 has been
raised in the event’s 10-year
history, Dunlap said. And,
upwards of 500-600 people
attend each year.
“It’s not overwhelming
huge,” he said. “It’s just a
lot of fun and the music we
get is all top-notch.”
For more information
or to purchase tickets, visit
www.wheatstock.org.
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Contact
Community
Editor Tammy Malgesini at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4539
STANFIELD — Stanfi eld’s city council has
a relatively busy agenda Tuesday as the council
discusses its nuisance ordinance, a new taxing district
and fi nancing options for a new public works storage
building.
The last council meeting was packed with more
than two dozen people asking the city to do something
about the strong odor coming from 3D IdaPro Solutions’
dehydration plant in town. The council voted to use the
council’s current nuisance ordinance to fi ne the plant,
and directed city staff to look for ways to shut the plant
down — an action City Manager Blair Larsen said would
be diffi cult to do legally under the city’s current laws.
Tuesday the council will take up the topic again
and consider “potential modifi cations” to the nuisance
ordinance.
The council will also consider approval for the
Oregon State University Extension to include Stanfi eld
in the ballot measure it intends to pursue in May, which
would create a new taxing district at a rate of 33 cents
per thousand dollars of assessed value to support new
and existing agricultural programs.
The council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in city council
chambers, 150 West Coe Avenue.
Kwong’s Cafe again changing hands
PENDLETON — Kwong’s Cafe in Pendleton is
closing again. But property owner Edward Ng said he’s
already working on a new deal to keep Kwong’s kicking.
Kwong’s, 1003 S.W. Dorion Ave., closed in 2016 until
Ng reached a deal with Ji Fon, a restaurant manager and
owner from Columbia, South Carolina.
Ng in an email Friday said Fon decided to quit the
business.
“However,” Ng continued, “we have been fortunate
to have some new people to take over the business.
They plan to open up hopefully at the end of August or
beginning of September.”
The sides have yet to fi nalize arrangements, but Ng
added the “new folks seem to have the experience and
approach that will make the restaurant much better than
what it has experienced in the last year.”
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