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Saturday, June 30, 2018
Area communities blast into Fourth of July
Parades, park activities and fire-
works shows are featured in area
towns to help celebrate Wednesday’s
Fourth of July holiday.
While some communities offer
only a couple of activities, many are
going all-out with full day or multi-
ple day festivals. Unless otherwise
noted, admission to the events are
free, although food and some activi-
ties cost to participate. Independence
Day events occur on Wednesday, July
4 unless otherwise noted. Websites
addresses and/or contact informa-
tion to obtain additional information
about events in local communities
include:
Ione Fourth of July Celebration
• 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
• Ione City Park, Ione Fire Hall
and American Legion Hall
www.cityofioneoregon.com/
fourthofjuly
Free admission. Firemen’s break-
fast (7 a.m.), Creative Care PreSchool
5K run/walk (7:30 a.m.), vendor
booths, horseshoe and 3-on-3 tourna-
ments, games, parade featuring grand
marshals Gregg and Shelly Rietmann
(1 p.m.), talent show (3:30 p.m.),
Game On! featuring video games and
laser tag (5-8 p.m.) and auction/raffle
drawings (8 p.m.) Featured entertain-
ment includes Wade Aylett (2 p.m.),
Cory Peterson Band (4:30 p.m.),
James Marlin Band (6:30 p.m.) and
Brewer’s Grade Band (8:30 p.m.), fol-
lowed by fireworks at dusk. The cel-
ebration also features activities Sat-
urday (bingo and poker tournament,
Movie in the Park: “Ghostbusters”),
Sunday (volleyball tournament) and
Tuesday (golf tournament and Ione
High School all alumni get together).
(541-422-7414).
Salute to Freedom 4th of July
Parade
• 10 a.m.
• Downtown Pendleton
Free. Starts at Pendleton City
Hall, travels east on Dorion Avenue
to Main Street, then west on Court
Avenue to the Pendleton Convention
Center. Awards will be presented in
14 categories and Pendleton VFW
Let ‘er Buck Post 922 will present a
“Patriot Trophy” to the entrant with
the most judge’s votes at noon at
Hamley’s Park on Main Street. (Fred
Bradbury, fbradbury@yahoo.com or
541-377-7474).
Staff photo by Tammy Malgesini
An explosion of color fills the night sky above the Hermiston Butte
during the 2017 Fourth of July fireworks display.
vendors, food booths, magic shows,
Bubble Soccer balloon animals, face
painting and more. The event cre-
scendos with a fireworks show at
dusk, which will be shot off from the
Hermiston Butte. (541-667-5018,
parksandrec@hermiston.or.us).
Stars and Stripes Pool Party
• 7-10:30 p.m.
• Hermiston Family Aquatic Cen-
ter, 879 W. Elm Ave.
www.hermistonpool.com/events
$14/ages 15 and older; $10/ages
2-14; free/ages 0-2. Pool party, bar-
becue (catered by Dickey’s Barbecue
Pit), live music, games and a front
row seat to fireworks display. Must
purchase tickets in advance at the
pool. (541-289-7665).
Pendleton Fireworks
• Dusk
• Launch site, property west of
Wal-Mart
Free. After a one-year hiatus due
to fizzling fundraising, efforts for
the 2018 fireworks show flourished
when Devan Driskell, an eighth-
grader at Sunridge Middle School,
ponied up $1,000 of his hard-earned
money. That inspired Jerry Imsland
of the Pendleton Rotary Club meet-
ing to get involved to help revive the
Pendleton’s Fourth of July fireworks
display. Imsland said the group raised
more than its $1,000 goal and prom-
ises a bigger and better show than in
past years.
MILTON-FREEWATER
Old-Fashioned Independence Day
Celebration
• Saturday, July 7; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Yantis Park, 200 Dehaven St.
www.facebook.com/
events/184239605764578
Free admission. Vendor booths,
kids’ games, program with MC
Coyote Joe, national anthem, color
guard and reading of The Decla-
ration of Independence (10 a.m.),
square dancers, apple pie contest,
strawberry shortcake, ice cream and
free hot dogs (while they last). (541-
938-3731). Also, registration for the
Kiwanis Color Me Freedom 5K run/
HERMISTON
Stars & Stripes Celebration
• 1-10:30 p.m.
• Butte Park, 1245 N.W. Seventh
www.hermistonrecreation.com
Free admission. The fami-
ly-friendly event features games,
entertainment, bouncy houses, live
music, local youth performances,
walk starts at 7:30 a.m.; race begins
at 9 a.m.
STANFIELD
Stanfield Fourth of July
• 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Bard Park, off Highway 395
between Harding and Roosevelt
avenues
www.facebook.com/
Stanfield4thofJuly
Free admission. Firemen’s break-
fast (at community center), 3-on-3
tournament (9 a.m.), parade (10
a.m.), entertainment, Cash Vault,
vendors, pie baking contest (turn
by 11 a.m.), duck race (12:30 p.m.),
and raffle drawings. Park activities
end at 3 p.m., but fireworks will be
shot off at dusk. Also, Tuesday night
6-9 p.m., Fourth of July Fundrais-
ing Steak Feed; $20/steak; $10/kid’s
hamburger. Includes beer garden and
music by The Hired Guns. Tickets
are available at Main Street Market.
(541-449-3831, sandy@cityofstan-
field.com).
211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211
333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
Partly sunny and
pleasant
Partly sunny;
breezy, pleasant
85° 60°
82° 53°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Clouds and sun;
breezy, nice
Partly sunny and
nice
Mostly sunny and
beautiful
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
75° 48°
73° 49°
87° 55°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
87° 54°
89° 62°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
79°
84°
102° (2008)
53°
55°
37° (1898)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.42"
1.05"
6.49"
11.30"
7.56"
through 3 p.m. yesterday
HIGH
LOW
84°
84°
105° (2008)
58°
56°
44° (1964)
PRECIPITATION
0.00"
0.14"
0.58"
5.10"
6.59"
5.69"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
Albany
80/56
Eugene
82/54
TEMPERATURE
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
90° 52°
Spokane
Wenatchee
73/52
79/56
Tacoma
Moses
66/52
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 83/56
73/53
62/56
65/53
84/53
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
70/58
84/62 Lewiston
89/60
Astoria
82/63
64/56
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
76/60
Pendleton 76/52
The Dalles 89/62
85/60
82/61
La Grande
Salem
80/57
80/58
Corvallis
79/54
HERMISTON
Yesterday
Normals
Records
78° 50°
Seattle
65/56
ALMANAC
Yesterday
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80° 51°
5:09 a.m.
8:48 p.m.
10:34 p.m.
7:26 a.m.
First
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John Day
81/54
Ontario
87/59
Bend
83/50
Today
WEDNESDAY
Burns
81/48
Caldwell
85/58
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
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WINDS
Medford
92/59
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
85/48
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny today;
pleasant in the south. Clear to partly cloudy
tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny
and pleasant today. Partly cloudy tonight.
Western Washington: Times of clouds and
sun today. Partly cloudy tonight. Partly
Eastern Washington: Periods of clouds and
sunshine today. Partly cloudy tonight. Partly
sunny tomorrow.
Cascades: Partly sunny and nice today.
Patchy clouds tonight. Partly sunny tomor-
row.
Northern California: Plenty of sunshine
today; hot in central parts. Clear tonight.
Today
Sunday
WSW 8-16
WSW 8-16
WSW 8-16
WSW 10-20
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sun.
WORLD CITIES
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• 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Downtown Condon, city park,
Memorial Hall
www.condonchamber.org
Free admission. Community
breakfast, Windmill Classic 5K Run/
Walk (8 a.m.), program with flag cer-
emony and introduction of grand
marshals Kevin and Eileen Potter (9
a.m.) contests, book sale, beer/wine
garden, barbecue, parade (noon),
25th annual Soap Box Derby, side-
walk chalk art, free swimming, kids
games, Artisans Market in the Park
(4-7 p.m.), raffle drawings (6:30
p.m.), live music with Hyatus (7
p.m.) and fireworks at dusk. The cele-
bration also includes activities Friday
through Sunday. (541-384-7777).
———
Contact
Community
Editor
Tammy Malgesini at tmalgesini@
eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4539
• 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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ECHO — Kayak Public
Transit will be making stops
in Echo starting July 1.
The free public bus sys-
tem run by the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation will make multi-
ple stops per day at City Park
between Bridge and Dupont
streets.
Echo residents can take
the Hermiston Hopper into
Stanfield, Hermiston, Uma-
tilla, McNary or Irrigon in
the morning and return in the
afternoon. They can also take
the bus into Pendleton, with
connections to La Grande and
Walla Walla.
Susan Johnson, manager
of Kayak, said people can find
the full schedule at ctuir.org/
tribal-services/planning/kay-
ak-public-transit and encour-
aged riders to call dispatch at
541-429-7519 with questions.
“Our dispatchers are here
to help people plan their
trips,” she said. “It can be
confusing for riders to figure
out the schedule, but they are
very helpful.”
Condon’s Fabulous 4th of July
Boardman Thunder 4th of July Cele-
bration
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Kayak Public
Transit adds
Echo stop
CONDON
BOARDMAN
Subscriber services:
For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops
or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1
— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
SUNDAY
HERMISTON — Uma-
tilla County officials detected
West Nile virus in three sam-
ples collected along the south
bank of the Cold Springs
Reservoir, according to a
press release from the West
Umatilla Mosquito Control
District.
Residents living in the area
can expect an ultra low vol-
ume of insecticide spraying
from trucks running after sun-
set when mosquitoes are most
active.
People infected with
West Nile experience mild
flu-like symptoms such as
fever, headache, body aches,
and occasionally swollen
lymph glands or a rash. More
extreme cases can cause
inflammation of the brain.
Horses are also susceptible
to West Nile, although a vac-
cine is available.
Report mosquito infesta-
tions or dead birds to the dis-
trict 541-567-5201
IONE
PENDLETON
TODAY
West Nile virus
detected east
of Hermiston
Free admission. Boy Scout break-
fast (7 a.m.), color run ($10-$30, 8
a.m., RHS ), parade (11 a.m.), tour-
naments (3-3 basketball, horseshoes,
youth soccer), park activities includes
food/craft vendors, kids games
(12:30-5 p.m.), music with DJ Kora,
live music with Cruise Control (6:30-
9:30 p.m.) and fireworks at dusk.
(541-481-3014 or info@boardman-
chamber.org).
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
St.
BRIEFLY
2
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided by
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National Summary: Sweltering heat and humidity will surge from the Central States to the
Northeast today. As cooler air pours into the northern Plains, severe thunderstorms will
threaten the Upper Midwest and central Plains.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 104° in Imperial, Calif.
Low 32° in Tuolumne Meadows, Calif.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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Minneapolis
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Nashville
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New Orleans
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New York City
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Oklahoma City
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Omaha
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Philadelphia
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Phoenix
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Portland, ME
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Providence
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Raleigh
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Rapid City
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Reno
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Sacramento
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St. Louis
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Salt Lake City
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San Diego
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