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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 17, 1952
Volume 69, Number 18
Chamber Hears of
4-H School; Talks
Recreation Plans
Two Morrow county 4-H club
members told Heppner-Morrow
-'county chamber of commerce
members Monday of their activi-
ties at the recent 4-H summer
school held on the Oregon State
college campus at Corvallis.
The two 4-H members, Patricia
Peck and Jim Hayes told of the
various courses and activities
provided for them at the two
week session. They also ex
pressed thanks to th individuals
and business houses who donated
scholarships which made the trip
possible. They were introduced
by Maud Casswell, county exten
sion agent.
The chamber also discussed the
possibility of encouraging the
development of recreation areas
in the mountains above Heppner.
It was pointed out that this area
is closest to the many residents
living in the Hermiston-Umatilla
area and that there is a steady
growing influx of fishermen and
sportsmen using this section of
the Blue mountains. It was point
ed out that there are no forest or
state parks in the entire section
designed to accommodate any
large number of persons.
Wayne West, Umatilla National
forest supervisor, and other
chamber members, pointed out
there are numerous places within
a few miles of Heppner where the
construction of small dams would
provide excellent fishing lakes.
One private dam is being con
sidered, but it is not expected to
be large enough to provide much
relief for the area.
It -was pointed out that the
"people ae going to come", and
it will be to the benefit of this
area if some type of recreational
area can be provided for them.
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Cooler Temperatures
Recorded For Week
- The weatherman eased off
slightly in Heppner this week
after giving the area two nays ot
97 degree temperatures, last weu
nesday and Thursday.
Since then Heppner weatner re
corder Leonard Gilliam reported
the maximum temperatures
stayed in the low' 90s with 92
being recorded Tuesday. Winds
this week helped to keep tem
peratures down and thunder
storms away from the area.
Care Requested In
Water Use; Future
Rationing Possible
City water superintendent Vic
tor Groshens this week asked
residents to be a little "scotch" in
their use of water, suggesting
that they irrigate early in the
morning or in the cooler evening
hours.
Groshens stated the city is not
facing any critical shortage of
water at the present time as long
as care is shown in irrigating
and water use, however, a con
tinuation of hot weather could
necessitate future rationing. One
of the first groups to suffer should
it be necessary to ration, would
he the children as the swimming
pool would have to be shut down.
It takes a heavy volume of water
to keep it operating.
During recent days water is
being used practically as fast as
it comes from the wells, making
it hard to keep a sale level in ilie
reservoirs.
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Kickoff Dance
Set For July 26
The Kickoff dance, the start of
a series of events leading up to
the Morrow county fair and rodeo
will he held at the Heppner tair
pavilion Saturday, July 2G, Jack
Van Winkle, chairman of the
dance committee announced this
week.
The traditional dance, planned
to nresent Queen Kathryn Camp
bell and her court to the people
of the county, will lead off a ser
ies of six dances held on consecu
tive weekends. At each of Ihe
following dances the individual
niineesses and the ciueen will le
feted by their sponsoring groups
Van Winkle stated that Ken
Knott's orchestra from Portland
has been obtained for the start
ins dance. Though a newcomer
to this section of the country, the
band Is well known in and
around Portland for its popular
and western style arrangements
nanfinw hn heen scheduled to
start at 9 o'clock.
Ti.Uoic will lie made available
lo the public shortly.
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Swimming Lessons
To Start Monday
At Local Pool
GRASS BURNS
A erass fire which burned
section of the hillside behind the
p. w. Mahonev residence on WU
low creek road, was controlled by
Hennner firemen Tuesday even
!nr There was no damage. The
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origin was unknown.
LISTS
STATE GAME COMMISSION
TENTATIVE HUNTING REGULATIONS
Highlights in the tentative 1952
hunting regulations set last
weekend by the game commis
sion include a September 27 to
October 17 buck deer season fol
lowed by a three-day hunter's
choice deer season for hunters
with unused tags, a November 1
to 20 general elk season, and a
pheasant season opening October
24 and ending November 2 in
western Oregon and ending No
vember 9 in eastern Oregon.
The hunter's choice season for
one deer of either sex is aimed at
rrnnnintr deer from agricultural
areas and problem ranges where
a brosvse shortage threatens
hp.iw winter losses. The dates
are October 18, 19, and 20,
with thn excention of Hood
river vallev and White River val
ley (Wasco county l, the hunters
choice area in eastern
noe pt nf The Dalles-Califor
nia highway north to Redmond
and east of the Jefferson, Wasco,
and Gilliam county lines. The
greater part of central and south
oct0 Dree-on are included in
the either-sex area, but Malheur
county south of hignway m, "
of Umatilla national iuiei, F.
Moris of Orchoc, Wallowa, Whit
man and Deschutes national for
Npwhorrv crater area
'a'T Rend: and the high desert
between Millican and Wagontire
mountain are excluded from the
nrnnnsed hunter's choice season,
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One special deer season of 300
norm is wnn (i be nein in uie
Newbridce area of Baker county
A total of 1200 permits would be
available for antelope hunters in
the same three areas opened last
year.
Buck Deer Season
Open season, September. 11 to
October 17, inclusive, in all coun
ties fnr hlack-tailed and mule
rieer havinc not less than a forked
anUer: and In Douglas county tor
white-tailed deer having not less
ihan n fnrWpd ant er. Bag limit
r.na Hopr hflvinf not less tha
forked antlers.
Hunter's Choice Deet Season
Onen season, October Is
October 20. inclusive. Bag limit
one deer of either sex for those
hnntprc nnsspssinp unused deer
tags.
Open areas Eastern Oregon in
elude all lands outside of the ex
terior boundaries of national for
ests in Crook, Wheeler, Morrow,
Union, Umatilla, Wallowa, and
that portion of Grant county north
of the North Fork of the John Day
river.
That portion of Wasco county
south of Fifteen Mile creek; west
of highway 23 (Dalles-California);
and north of Oregon high
way 52.
A complete digest of the 1952
hunting regulations will be
available at sporting goods stores
within a few weeks.
Swimming lessons for Heppner
children will start at the munici
pal pool next Monday, July 21
nder the direction of Mrs. Wil
liam Labhart, Red Cross instruc
tor. The instruction is sponsored
bv the American Red Cross.
The two weeks course follows
the completion of a similar
course given by Mrs .Labhart at
the local pool for Condon child
ren. Condon has no swimming
pool and the children have been
brought over by bus each day
for the past two weeks. Their
course concludes this Friday.
Nearly 50 Condon residents re
ceived training.
Mrs. Labhart states that both
beginners and intermediates are
quested to report at the pool at
10 o'clock Monday where they
will be registered and later di-
ided for instruction periods.
There is no charge for the in-
(ruction.
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UN Pilgrimage In
New York City Sunday
Jack Summner, Uniled Nations
Pilgrimage delegate from Hepp
ner reached New York City Sun
day Julv 13.
While there the delegates win
bo able to make a first nana
study of the organization and
funct onine of the United XNa
tions. They will see councils and
eomm ssions ot tne united na
tions in action. A fascinating
xuerience will be actually sitting
n the council chambers with ear
phones over which tney may tune
n on any one of the live oinciai
lancuaces used in all sessions,
There will be interviews witn
mem tiers of the delegations of
various countiies. The pilgrim
age delegates will mingle with
U. N. personnel from all over the
umrid as thcv eat at tne u. in.
cafeteria.
En Route to New York, Jack has
sent cards lrom uegina, aasK.
Canada, where they spent the
night of July 6, the next night
hey were in Winnipeg, MannoDd,
Canada where they ate wim iwo
Mounted Police and visited the
legislative building of Manitoba.
From Canada they went into Du-
uth. Minnesota on July 9, and
then crossed back into Canada.
The pilgrimage will have six
davs in New York betore tney
head back home.
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Two Deaths Occur
Here Wednesday
Water Prospects Good
At New Heppner Well
Prospects looked brighter this
week for an augmented water
supply for Heppner as the new
well being drilled by the city on
the Frank Wilkinson property
about three miles east of town
appeared to be producing a sub
stantial flow.
Mayor J. O. Turner, said the
well was now down to slightly
over 100 feet and that four sepa
rate veins had been tapped.
While the well has not yet been
given a volume test, the dip tests
given recently show a flow or
at least 200 gallons per minute.
A sample of the water has been
sent to the state board of health
for a quality test to determine
ardness and purity. The results
An ll-tim Oregon record for iignnurn on imtiativ petition!
ha bn t with 59, 192 certified namee filed with State Regietrar
Dave O'Hara on constitutional amendment establishing the
baaia lor a fair truck tax bill. Here Ellery Sills, presidsnt oi the
Oreoon Hiohway Council (left) and Phil Brady (right), president
. r - . i t- t fi t-.' l ft..
oi the Joint council ot urivera no. oj, inwmuunu im.i.i,
hand aome ol the last o the Multnomah County petitions to
registrar of elections, James W. Oleason. Eighty-nins and
seven-tentha percent of the 69,991 signatures were declared
valid by O'Hara.
NEW MCGG ELEVATOR TO BE READY
FOR WHEAT HAULERS IN SHORT TIME
The new 203,000 bushel elevator
of the Morrow county Graini
Growers 11 miles north of Lex-
ington will be ready to accept Its
first wheat sometime this week
end, Bill Richards, association
manager stated today.
The new plant has been ready
for operation for over a week, but
the loss of a part of a shipment
of machinery held up final in
stallation until the present time,
Richards said. While the delay
caused some inconvenience to
growers in that area, the bulk of
the harvest is still to come and
the new elevator will shorten the
haul for most ranchers in that
section of the cotinty. .
Wheat is coming in to the
grain growers elevators at Lex
ington, lone and McNab, but not
In any great quantity yet, it is re
ported. The Lexington elevator
has been averaging slightly over
40,000 bushels a day for the past
week. High winds the early part
of the week has slowed harvesting
in some sections,
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P P O L Makes Plans
For Two More Lewis
River Power Plants
Two deaths occured at the Pio
neer Memorial hospital Wednes
day July 16.
They were Martin E. Cotter of
lone. He is survived by his wife
Mabel and family.
George Jimmy Williams, infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. - Glen Wil
liams of Kinzua is survived by
two brothers besides his parents.
Funeral arrangements are
pending and other ' information
was unavailable at press time.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Lovgren, Heppner a 7
lb. 5 oz. boy born July 12, named
Mark. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Lee Dunn, Kinzua a 8 lb. girl born
July 12, named Judith Diane. To
Mr." and Mrs. Ellis Thompson,
Spray a 7 lb. 12 oz. boy born July
15, named James Ellis.
Ma ior Surgery Judith Carol
Juett. Heppner; Mrs. Bertha Dun
"an. Hermiston; William Struth
ers, Heppner, dismissed.
Minor Surgery Andrew Pen
nington, Condon, dismissed;
Roger Smith, Dayville, dismissed;
Doroihy Harris, Portland; Evelyn
Sweek," Monument, dismissed.
Medical Walter Wallace, Lex
incton; Lavelle Burghardt, Spray;
Mrs. Maggie Hunt, Heppner,
transferred here from Pendleton;
I.eo Farnsworth, Condon; Bert
r.av. Hennner? Peggy Hubbard,
lone; Ruth Connor, Kinzua.
Work Started On
Business Building
Work was started early this
week by Howard Keithley on a
new office building, being con
structed by W. C. Collins on pro
perty immediately south of the
Heppner Cleaners plant in Hepp
ner. The building, 35 by 75 feet is
being built of tile and brick and
will contain two rental spaces, it
will resemble in style the clean
ers building.
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Tickets Available
For Shrine Game
Tickets for the Shrine All-Star
high school football game to be
held on Saturday, August 30 at
Pendleton are available in Hepp
ner by contacting Dr. L. D. Tib
bies. Over 100 have already been
sold in Heppner and another
block is now for sale.
Heppner has two regular play
ers and one alternate picked to
play on the East team.
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Mr. and Mrs. Durward R. Tash
returned Friday from Redmond
where they attended the Nichols
family reunion in honor of Mrs.
Tash's sister and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam E. Freels of Oak
ridge Tennessee who are makfiig
their first visit to Oregon in 34
years Others attending the gath
ering were the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Nichols, hosts for the
affair; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lyman,
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Nichols,
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Brown, Mrs,
Arrhip Rrown and Mrs. Walter
Darron.
Mrs. Venice Stiles is here from
Portland to visit her mother, Mrs.
Josie Jones. Mrs. Styles came up
with Leslie L. Matlock and James
Cowins who spent several days
last week in the city.
Plans for investigation of two
new hydroelectric sites on the
Lewis. River, which would add
85,000 kilowatts to tire Company's
('cneralintr capacity and contri
bute importantly to the regional
power supply, were announced
this week by Pacific Power and
Light with the filing ot appn
cations for preliminary permits
with the Federal Power Commis
sion.
The proposed projects are up
stream from the Company's 100,
000-kilowatt Merwin Plant and its
108,000-kilowatt Yale Develop
ment, now being rushed to com
nlet ion.
The Company is prepared to
spend $100,000 on test borings and
detailed surveys of tne new sues,
the nermit applications stated
If development of the Swift
Creek and Muddv River sites
riroves feasible, the additiona
storage provided at these reser
voiis would sustantially increase
firm power production at both the
Yale and Merwin Plants, which
are designed for ultimate expan
uinn to a combined capacity of
41G.000 kilowatts.
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sent and proposed oam.s wuum
give the Company a total ot Jin
000 kilowatts of peak load gener
atine capacity on the river,
approximately the equivalent of
a Bonneville Dam.
Along a 43-mile stretch of the
Lewis River, a staircase of res
ervoirs would drop the stream
total of 1.150 feet through a ser
ies of turbines to help meet the
rapidly increasing power require
ments of the region.
The proposed new develop
ments would represent another
major step in the Company's long
range program for the conserva
tion of the water resources of the
Lewis River.
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Heppner Car Stolen,
Stripped; Police
Urge Extra Caution
A car belonging to Nate Mc-
Bride of Heppner was stolen
sometime Sunday night and was
stripped of wheels, tires and other
ccessorles.
The car was discovered Monday
by Ralph Beamer parked behind
haystack on his Bairn iorK
ranch. He immediately notified
fficers. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman
reported the car had been stripped
of all wheels and tires including
the snare, tools and a spotlight.
Both Sheriff Bauman and ponce
hief Charles Gomllllon urged
particular caution on local resi
dents In view of recent car mens
and other burglaries in this sec
Mon of the state. Bauman re
ported that a large safe contain
ng more than S4,(MK) in casn ana
a large amount of other valuables
was stolen from the Kinzua Fas
time last Saturday night. This
followed closely the theft of two
snfps from business houses in
Redmond a few nights earlier
Gomillion urged motorists to
take particular care not to leave
kevs in parked cars. "They're
Just asking for trouble," he said
There were no definite clues
eported in the McBrlde car theft
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Steers Show High
Average Weight Gain
An excellent weight gain re
cord was made by eight 16-month
old Shorthorn steers which were
fed on grass and grain by W. C.
Cox of Heppner. Cox stated tne
eight gained an average ot umo
pounds per day over a lib uay
period. They were sold last week
to a Walla Walla meat company
and weighed 1018 pounds each.
The steers were purchased from
the Ray Ferguson herd.
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Virginia Gonty, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gonty, is In the
Good Samaritan hospital in Port
land undergoing dielery diabetic
treatment. She has been there
for about two weeks.
Heppner Joins in "Operation Skywatch' Help Needed
I r u j. otonci r.pnnrai Rpninmin W. Chidlaw.l again evident in your sincere
of
upnnnpr joined hundreds
other communities throughout
the country in the activation of a
24 hour "Operatin Skywatch at
the request of civil defense and
Air Force officers. '
Three Heppner men are at the
present time
the entire staff of
i. u-atrh organization. They
are Ervin Anderson, county co
ordinator for the ground observer
corps, Walter DePuy, Heppner
head and Bradley Fancher The
three are at the present time
keeping a daytime check on al
S". but Anderson stated that
additional help is badly needed
if the area is to be served pro
perly. Anderson asked for a total of
40 persons to stand two-hour
watches throughout the 24 hours
at the Heppner station which is
the Anderson Building Supply
building on Gale street. He stat
ed that three planes have been
reported to the filter center over
Heppner since the 24 hour watch
was started last Monday.
inriprsnn was present at a
exn aineu now raaar siauuns
operated, what their limitations
were and why it is necessary to
have the ground observer corps.
Anderson asked that anyone
wishing to serve as an obser-r,
contact either himself or the other
two Heppner men for instructions.
Four other observer stations
are requested in the county, but
at the present time only Heppner
has a post in operation.
As explanation of the need for
special ground observers meeting the ground observers, tne spo
held at McChord Field in Tacoma kane Air Defense Filter Center
last Wednesday where American ! Wednesday released the follow
and Canadian Air Force officers! ing statement:
General Benjamin W. Chidlaw,
Commanding General of the Air
Defense Command acknowledg
ing the activation of "operation
skywatch,' today made the fol
lowing statement.
"Initiation of twenty-four hour
duty for the Ground Observer
Corps once again indicates to all
the world that America is ever
ready to take positive measures to
retain its security and its free
dom. Since the first day of our
history, American citizens have
always been alert to any chal
lenge to their freedom. Defend
ing night and day, the spirit is
again evident in your sincere and
selfless effort to build a stronger
Air Defense System for this na
tion. At this time, when your
participation in the Air Defense
System is so greatly needed. Your
volunteer activity in the orouna
Observer Corps is a major step
in securing this nation against
anv potential enemy. To each
member of the Ground Observer
Corps. I extend not only my own
personal feelings, but those of
each member of my command
when I express sincere apprecia
tion for your participation in
"Operation Skywatch."
Extra Fire Care
Urged on Loggers
Power saw operators and log
gers with other power equipment
were urged today ny judge oarnn
Barralt, Morrow County Keep Ore
gon Green chairman, to exert
fverv possible precaution una
summer to stop logging fires.
Thp f irp prevention leader said
a good many blazes were caused
i:iKt summer bv the pure careless-
ness of power saw oiierators. Main
cause of fires was filling power
saws with gasoline In danger
areas and failure to keep saws
cleaned of sawdust which causes
fires.
Lowers in this county were
urged to observe these simple
rules of fire safety during the
hot. drv summer months:
lkeep fire tools nanay anu
n I nsti... fin1
in orMPr 2 Keen iiuimna "
tank trucks full and ready to go,
have a camp fire marshal
named who is responsible lor lire
fighting and prevention around
camp, 4 stop smoking except at
lunch or protected areas in uie
woods, 5 keep walcnman ai
endings for safe period aner
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work stops, ft mane reguiai
check of all power equipment and
eliminate any exhaust flame or
nthpr nossible fire starter, 7
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keep fire roads open ana marKeu
The Keen Oregon Green county
chairman said a statewide drive
is now being mounted to reduce
all forest fires In the most ag
gressive campaign since the
founding of the nationally famed
fire prevention association eleven
years ago.
Loggers will be singled out for
special attention because of the
large number of new workmen in
the forests who are not yet con
scious of the great danger from
the carelessness with fire. Hunt
ers, farmers who burn debris and
pasture, plcknickers, and smokers
who flip cigarettes from moving
cars will feel the source of pub
lic opinion as newspapers and
radio join hands to stop wasteful
destruction of the forests.
of this test are expected eariy
next week.
Turner stated the city will pro
bably continue drilling the well
to around the 150 foot depth In an
effort to increase the flow and as
sure a steady supply of water.
While no temperature check litis
taken, the water is considerably
colder than that obtained from
the present wells further up Wil
low creek.
The city has been pressed dur
ing recent hot weather to keep an
adequate supply of water in the
reservoirs and it is hoped by the
council to have the new well tied
into the system, if it checks out
satisftctorlly, before the end of
the summer.
Should the new well provide
sufficient water to supply tne
city, the council does not plan to
discontinue the upper wens, u
was felt by the members that
wells and pipeline should be
kept operating for emergency.
Biggest difficulty is not tne
amount of water available from
the wells, but the difficulty in
getting it to the reservoirs
through the old pipeline. Re
placement costs of the old line
is estimated at more than $100,000
many times greater than the cost
of drilling a new well.
Water used in Heppner during
the hot spell has averaged about
350,000 gallons per day.
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Church Cleans Up
Explosion Damage!
Services Resumed
Services will be conducted in
the Christian church building
again this Sunday following the
furnace explosion nearly two
weeks aeo which knocked off
considerable plaster and deposit
ed a heavy layer of soot through,
out the building. Total damage
Is now estimated at more than
$1,500.
Cleaning of furniture and the
floors will be completed by this
weekend and damage to the
walls and the furnace will be
repaired in the near future.
Rev. Earl Soward, pastor, an
nounced Miss Loma Mae Jones,
who recently graduated from the
Texas Christian university will
be the speaker at the Sunday
evening service.
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Many Vets Receive
State Bonus Checks
The Department of Veteran's
Affairs reported Friday that 59,-
675 bonuses have been paid to
living Oregon veterans and 4Jo
to next of kin ot deceased ex-servicemen.
The next of kin include unre-
married widows, children, or par
ents of Oregon men who died in
service or following discnarge.
Carl Cover, chief of claims ior
the department's bonus division,
said many bonus recipients ap
peared to be puzzled about me
method bv which the amount of
their payments were computed.
Their inquiries to the department
indicate that they feel tney ma
not receive payment for the full
amount of time served, cover
said.
On the other hand, a conscien
tious ex-Wave wrote In to state
she believed she had been over
paid $10.
1. The bonus act says payments
will be on the basis of $10 ior
each full month of stateside duty
and $15 for each full montn or
foreign or sea duty. Fractions of
month's don't count, except as
they may be added together to
total one full month.
2. The bonus act says such
payment will be only for the ac
tive duty served between Eept. 16,
1940, and June 30, 1946. Some
veterans have written the depart
ment, citing their months of ser
vice after June of 1946. The
bonus act doesn't permit payment
for those months.
3. The date a man enlisted
doesn't count. It's the date he
actually entered active duty.
Some men were enlisted for sev
eral months before they were
called to active service. A num
ber of payees who wrote the de
partment about short payments
have overlooked this fact.
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NEW GRANDCHILD
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cox. of
Springville, Utah, are the parents
of a son born July 11. He has
been named Steven Dee. He Is
the first grandchild of Mr. and
Mrs. Dee Cox of Heppner.
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CLUB TO MEET
It was announced this week by
officers that the Past Noble
Grands club will hold a potluck
dinner for club members and
husbands at the John Bergstrom
home this Sunday at 6 p. m.
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