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Saturday, July 20, 2019
Blue Mountain
Electric sizzles
with top
parade award
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — The
Patriot Trophy was won
by Blue Mountain Elec-
tric during the Pendleton
Fourth of July parade. The
special award is given each
year to the entry that most
exemplifies patriotism and
the parade’s theme, which
this year was “Only in
America.”
Other trophy winners
were announced in numer-
ous categories: Equestrian
groups: Blue Mountain
Riders and Los Vaque-
ros Del Valle; Eques-
trian royalty: Happy Can-
yon princesses; Horse
and buggy/wagons: Beach
Acres
and
Pendleton
Round-Up Wagon Train;
First
responders/armed
forces: Oregon National
Guard and Pilot Rock Fire
Department; Motorized/
best club: Wal-Mart and
Blue Mountain A’s; Peo-
ple with pets: Civil War
Couple; Motorized judge’s
choice: ZOM B 13; Bands:
Round-Up Mounted Band
and Pendleton High School
Varsity Drum Line; Civic
groups/service clubs: Uma-
tilla County Republicans,
Main Street Cowboys &
Side Saddlers and Mil-
ton-Freewater Elks; Busi-
ness/commercial: Willow-
brook Terrace residents,
Oregon Grain Growers
Brand Distillery and 4
Gates; and Youth groups:
Umatilla Tribal Youth
Group and Scouts BSA
Troop 700.
The parade was hosted
by the Pendleton Let’er
Buck Post 922. For more
information, contact Fred
Bradbury at fbradbury@
yahoo.com.
Contributed photo
A group of 25 students and 14 chaperones from McLoughlin High School traveled to Southern California June 14-17 for a Crimson & Black Choir perfor-
mance.
Crimson & Black Choir takes magical trip
East Oregonian
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The
Crimson & Black Choir from
Milton-Freewater’s McLoughlin
High School performed at Disney
California Adventure Park June
15 in Anaheim, California.
Music teacher Melissa Cun-
nington said 25 students and 14
chaperones embarked on the trip
to Southern California June 14-17.
In addition to an enormous amount
of fundraising projects, she said
the group went through a rigorous
selection process and pre-quali-
fying audition in order to be eligi-
ble to perform at the Disney park.
Other area schools, Cunnington
said, have experienced the honor
as well — including Pendleton
High School earlier this spring and
Hermiston High School last year.
Jamie Brown, whose son and
niece performed a duet together,
said it was a memorable trip and
experience for the students.
“We are so proud of these kids
and their talents,” she said.
In addition to their performance,
the entourage from Milton-Freewa-
ter participated in a recording ses-
sion at Disneyland. Cunnington
said it was a great opportunity for
the students.
“They learned about the record-
ing process and profession while
recording their voices to a Disney-
land movie scene,” she said. “It was
amazing!”
Cool Rides classic car show offers classic fun in Hermiston
East Oregonian
HERMISTON
—
James & Frances Kosko
of Naches, Washington,
drove away with the best of
show with their 1936 Buick
Business Coupe during the
Cool Rides Car Show. The
winner of the best of show
home-built was Bill Stark
of Hermiston with his 1947
Ford Coupe.
In its 24th year, the event
was hosted by the Hermis-
ton Classics Car Club July
13 at McKenzie Park in
Hermiston. A total of 137
vehicles were on display.
Other awards included:
People’s Choice: Robert
Hartwig of Richland, 1956
Chevrolet Bel-Air Hard
Top; Host Car winner: Jim
Hampton of Hermiston
(club vice president), 1964
Dodge Dart GT; Police
Chief Award: Dennis
Schopp of Pasco, 1941 Ford
Pickup; Fire Chief Award:
Jack & Judy Herrick of
Kennewick, 1940 Chevro-
let Master Deluxe; Motor-
cycle Award: Mike Gillow
Staff photo by Tammy Malgesini
Staff photo by Tammy Malgesini
James and Frances Kosko enjoy a picnic in front of their 1936 Buick Business Coupe during
the Cool Rides Car Show July 13 at McKenzie Park in Hermiston. The Naches, Wash., couple
drove away with the best in show during the 24th annual event hosted by the Hermiston
Classics Car Club.
Justin Stark of Hermiston won the low-rider category with
his 1965 Volkswagen Bug during the Cool Rides Car Show. A
unique aspect to the car is the custom add-on swamp cooler.
of Richland, 2019 Harley
Davidson Ultra Limited;
Import 1980 or newer: Rick
Bell of Pasco, 1993 Nissan
3002X TT; Import 1979 or
older: Lynn & Marlene
Long of The Dalles, 1979
Mini Special; Truck 1960
or newer: Paul Rascon of
Kennewick, 1970 Chev-
rolet C-10; 1959 or older:
Cory McBee of Vancouver,
1954 Ford F-100; Car 2000
or newer: Mike Weddle of
Kennewick, 2017 Chevrolet
Corvette Convertible; Car
1990-99: Walt Fendrich
of Moses Lake, 1991 Ford
Mustang GT; Car 1980-89:
Jose Munoz of Kennewick,
1998 Pontiac Firebird; Car
1970-79: Chuck Over-
street of Pendleton, 1979
Camaro Z-28; Car 1960-
69: Cary & Cynthia Sher-
row of Hermiston, 1969
Plymouth Roadrunner; Car
1950-59: Dwayne Widener
of Kennewick, 1957 Chev-
rolet Bel-Air; Car 1940-49:
Chip Chipman of Salem,
1941 Willys Coupe; Car
1939 or older: Doyce &
Ruth Lockhart of Bur-
bank, Washington, 1935
Ford 5 Window Coupe;
Low Rider: Justin Stark
of Hermiston, 1965 Volk-
swagen Bug; In Progress:
Chuck Smith of Hermis-
ton, 1972 Oldsmobile 442
W-30; Pedal Car: Archie
Ball of Heppner, 1927 Jor-
dan Pedal Car.
The Hermiston Classics
Car Club meets the first Fri-
day of each month — usu-
ally at Desert Lanes, 1545
N. First St. Also, during
the summer months, group
members hang out on Fri-
day nights from 6:30-
8:30 p.m. at Les Schwab
Tire Center, 830 N. First
St.
For more information
about the club, contact Lisa
Sturgeon at 503-410-9906,
hermistonclassicscarclub@
gmail.com, visit www.
hermistonclassicscarclub.
com or search Facebook.
Symphony receives boost from Miller Foundation
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — A three-
year grant from the James F.
and Marion L. Miller Foun-
dation will support strings
education in Pendleton.
The Oregon East Sym-
phony received the $30,000
grant, which supports the
foundation’s mission of
enhancing the quality of life
of Oregonians by promoting
classroom education and the
performing, visual and liter-
ary arts. Based in Portland,
the foundation envisions Ore-
gon as a place where the arts
thrive in supportive commu-
nities, and educational sys-
tems support the effectiveness
of teaching and learning in
every classroom.
Playing for Keeps, the
Oregon East Symphony’s
youth music education proj-
ect, serves hundreds of young
people in the area and encom-
passes several unique pro-
grams, Janet Miller, the Ore-
gon East Symphony grant
coordinator, said in a press
release. Along with two pre-
paratory orchestras, Sym-
phony Strings is an after-
school beginning strings
program for fourth and fifth
grade students. It’s a collab-
orative effort between the
symphony and the Pendleton
School District.
In November, a Young
People’s
Concert,
pro-
grammed by OES artis-
tic director Beau Benson,
is planned. It is designed to
introduce students to the fun-
damentals of music, instru-
ments within a symphony
orchestra and proper concert
etiquette, Miller said.
Also, the symphony’s
Summer Strings Music
Camp, scheduled for July
22-26, will focus on building
individual playing technique
and ensemble performance.
Applications are still available
through the symphony office
or during the opening day of
the camp at Peace Lutheran
Church, 210 N.W. Ninth St.,
Pendleton
For more information
about youth activities, season
concerts or other symphony
events, call 541-276-0320,
visit
www.orgoneastsym-
phony.org or search Facebook.
BIRTHS
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
JULY 9, 2019
ALANIZ-BENITEZ — Lorena Alaniz
and Juan Alaniz of Umatilla: a girl, Genesis
Alaniz-Benitez.
HERRERA — Kasi Herrera and Jaime
Herrera of Hermiston: a boy, Cole Ruben
Herrera.
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