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OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian Page 8A Thursday, July 5, 2018 Stanfield celebrates its annual Fourth of July bash By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN East Oregonian Stanfield residents didn’t mind getting up early on a holiday for one of the city’s traditions: the annual Fourth of July celebration at Bard Park. Many came decked out in patriotic colors and cele- brated the nation’s birthday by being with their family and friends, and participat- ing in events many locals have come to look forward to each year. By 8 a.m., the 3-on-3 bas- ketball tournament was in full swing, drawing a crowd that grew for the parade later that morning, and other activities like a footrace and a pie contest. “I’ve been doing this 30 years, and it’s been going on longer than that,” said Scott Morris, a city of Stanfield employee, of the event. Stanfield’s main street was lined with families eagerly awaiting the floats in the parade, and children scattering to collect the candy that accompanied it. This year, parade entrants included a homemade Bat- Staff photo by Jayati Ramakrishnan Children scatter to pick up candy tossed from the Echo Fire Department float at the Stanfield Fourth of July parade. mobile, horses and riders from the “Glory Riders of Oregon,” and a Stanfield Library float. Gurpal Singh, owner of Stanfield’s Center Market, stood at the sidelines hand- ing out free water and corn dogs to parade participants. “It’s always the best,” he said of the parade. “Every year we do this.” Daniel and Lacey Sharp have organized the 3-on-3 tournament for the last 10 years. “We’ve topped out at 34 or 35 teams,” Daniel Sharp said, adding that most years there are at least 30 teams. Lacey Sharp said many teams come down from the Tri-Cities, and that win- ners of the contest receive gift certificates to local restaurants. Rose Johnsonglen of Umatilla came to the Stan- field celebration for the first time this year, invited by her relatives who were having a barbecue. She said her favorite part of the holiday is getting everyone together. “It’s where family and friends can meet up and enjoy everybody,” she said. PARADE: ‘Nobody should forget why this is important ... what started it’ Continued from 1A ing out turf at Aaron’s, 2225 S.W. Court Place, to watch the nearby fireworks show. “I really hope everyone realizes why were having a fireworks show this year,” she said. “Max Driskell’s lit- tle boy.” That boy, Pendleton mid- dle school student Devan Driskell, worked with Rotar- ian Jerry Imsland to raise more than $10,000 to deliver a big show this year after there was no public show last Fourth. Devan rode in the parade with Imsland while Max Driskell was among the throng watching. The elder Driskell said the parade and fireworks display are good community bonders, but there is room for more. “I think it’s important to get the community together like when we were kids,” he said. Driskell recalled Pendle- ton’s day-long celebrations of the Fourth some years ago at Community Park, which ended with family and friends stretching out on blankets and lawn chairs to gape at the fire- works show overheard. Fire safety concerns ended those shows, but Driskell said maybe someone could help next year to create that kind of get-together. His friend Tim Clark agreed. The Fourth should be about community, he said. Clark said he saw the parade as an educational opportunity. He brought his daughter and her friend downtown and asked them why Pendleton was having a parade. They gave all sorts of answers, he said, from getting candy to the Pendleton Round-Up. He said he set them straight. “It’s about Independence Day and why that matters,” he said. Baird, a member of the National Guard, said that’s the kind of thinking he is on board with. “Nobody should forget why this is important,” he said. “Nobody should forget what started it.” Staff photo by E.J. Harris Left: A group of children wait for candy to be throw their way while watching the Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday in Pendleton. Right: Happy Canyon director Kenzie Hansell, center, throws a handful of Tootsie Rolls into the air while riding in the Fourth of July parade on Wednesday in Pendleton. PERDUE: Optimistic about passing new Farm Bill Continued from 1A tographs, Perdue focused his comments first on the administration’s looming trade war with China. Start- ing Friday, the U.S. is set to impose a 25 percent tariff on roughly $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. In turn, China has pledged retalia- tory tariffs on 545 American products — especially tar- geting agriculture. As one farmer pointed out, cash bids for hard red winter wheat have dropped from around $7 per bushel to $6 per bushel amid the turmoil. Between 85-90 percent of Oregon wheat is exported overseas. “I’m well aware of what percentage of crop here in the Northwest goes over- seas,” Perdue said. “We are mindful of that, not only in your wheat crop but in your specialty crops.” Perdue added that U.S. soybeans have taken a 20 percent hit over the last few weeks. Other farm imports subject to increased Chinese tariffs include everything from fresh fruit to beef and pork. Perdue said the USDA is working on “some sort of compensatory mitigation strategy” for farmers, but did not offer specifics. “(Trump) knows that you all are great patriots. He knows that you stand behind him when he calls out China for cheating for years,” Per- due said. “But he also knows the bank is going to need more than patriotism to pay the bills.” Perdue said he is more optimistic about passing a new Farm Bill before the current package expires Oct. 1. Both the House and Sen- ate have passed their own versions of the bill, and though there are differences between the two, Perdue said he believes they can be resolved. Sherman County farmers also spoke up for changes in regulations they would like to see, including provisions in the National Organic Pro- gram requiring organic farm- ers to comply with all state and local weed ordinances. That request stems from an incident last year between Azure Farms, a 2,000-acre organic operation near Moro and neighboring wheat farms. Growers had complained for years about weeds blowing into their fields from Azure Farms, prompting the county to intervene. Alan von Borstel, a wheat farmer near Grass Valley and vice president of the Oregon Wheat Growers League, asked Perdue about the USDA Transition Incen- tives Program, which is designed to help new farm- ers get started while also tak- ing land out of the Conser- vation Reserve Program, or CRP, and putting it back into production. The program works by paying retiring farmers or ranchers two more years on their CRP contracts, on the condition they sell or rent the land to a beginning grower — someone who has not been a farm or ranch operator for more than 10 years. However, the transition cannot be made between direct family members, such as father to son, which von EARTHLINK INTERNET HIGH SPEED INTERNET Continued from 1A Staff photo by E.J. Harris Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue shakes hands with Moro wheat farmer Bryan Cranston on Tuesday during a visit to a farm outside of Rufus. Borstel criticized as being discriminatory. “They want these guys to succeed, yet they build this kind of wall between family members,” von Borstel said. Logan Padget, a neigh- boring Grass Valley wheat farmer and member of the Oregon Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers committee, said he got his start in farming thanks to the Transition Incentives Pro- gram, taking on a neighbor’s former CRP ground. The program is a valu- able risk management tool, Padget said, especially since it takes two years for a grower to harvest that first wheat crop in a dryland fal- low rotation. “I’d like to see that same opportunity if it arose with my own family,” Padget said. For his part, Perdue said he is not convinced the pro- gram’s rules are discrimina- tory, but would be open to further discussions. Jenny Freeborn, whose family farms in the mid-Wil- lamette Valley, said she would like to see more of a safety net to accommodate Oregon’s diverse specialty crops. “How you do that, I don’t know,” said Freeborn, chair- woman of the Oregon Young Farmers & Ranchers. “But I do know, as a member of a family farm, I’ve barely fol- lowed the Farm Bill at times because it’s not going to have an impact on our farm.” Perdue said it is his job to make sure these ideas and concerns are heard back in Washington, D.C. “I’m not (Henry) Kissinger, but I want to be an unapologetic advocate for American agriculture, farm- ers and ranchers to the pres- ident’s administration,” he said. Later on Tuesday, Perdue visited the site of the Eagle Creek fire in the Columbia River Gorge with Walden, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and local officials. His tour wraps up Thursday in Alaska with Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Get Connected for as low as Get Connected for as low as 14.95/mo. $ 49.99/mo. 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