Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 27, 2001 - FIVE
lo n e p la n s F o u r th F e stiv a l
Headliner Sonny Rhodes
Robbie Laws
lone will hold its annual 4th of
July Celebration and Blues Festival
on July 3-4 this year. Following
is a schedule of events:
Tuesday, July 3
Eighth Annual GolfToumament
at 10 a.m., Willow Creek Golf Club.
Heppner. Call 422-7410 for more
information. Money to go toward
local scholarships.
Music in the park provided by
local band "Wood" featuring local
musicians: Dustin Padberg, Jeff
Eynetich and Dave Anderson at the
lone Amphitheater beginning at 8
p.m. Food vendors will be set up
and serving 6 p.m.
W ednesday, July 4
Dawn's Early Light Fun Run,
7 a.m., meet at lone School Parking
lot.
Coffee, muffins, lone park 7:30
a.m. lone City Park.
Parade, 11 a.m. featuring the fifth
annual Blues Cruise classic car
show. Clubs are coming from three
states with over 75 prizes to be
presented. Call 989-8148 for more
information. This year the parade's
theme will be "Big Time Music With
Small Town Hospitality". Grand
Marshals will be World War II
veterans.
12 noon, food vendors will be
serving Texas-style barbecue,
gourmet foods, burgers and Polish
dogs. People are encouraged to bring
their ice chests, favorite beverages,
lawn chairs and blankets.
Numerous family-oriented fun
will be held, such as tncycle races,
frog jumping contests, dunk tank,
straw money pile, swimming, bingo
and more.
Music kicks off at 2 p.m. with
a Portland-based band called "Too
Loose." playing old-rime rock and
roll. Music spanning several
generations from the 50's to the
present will be performed.
Bill Runnion, singer and guitarist
for the band, grew up in Pendleton
and looks forward to performing
for many family and friends living
in the area. People may remember
him and his brothers Steve and Todd
from years back in a band called
"The Sliver Fox's". They played
at several Morrow County Rodeo
dances. Sister Janet Jobes from
Salem and brother Steve Runnion
from San Mateo, California, will
join in and perform a few tunes with
them making it a real "family event"
and a lot of fun for everyone.
The Blues Music will begin
around 4 p.m. with returning Blues
band "Too Slim and the Tail
Draggers." This band has a huge
devoted regional and national
following. They have opened for
such famous headliners as Robert
Cray, Bo Diddley, Roy Rodgers,
38 Special, Los Lobos and many
more. They play to packed clubs
from the Canadian border to the
Rio Grande. They've been nominated
for over 40 blues awards and the
Hall o f Fame. They are fast
becoming a legend and best known
for their "high speed, twangin', up
on your feet" style guaranteed to
convert all to Blues lovers.
Next up comes another lone
Amphitheater returning favorite,
"The Robbie Laws Band." Robbie
is known nationwide for his
phenomenal blues guitar playing.
Robbie is looking forward to coming
back to lone for the third straight
year. Northwest fans fill local
nightclubs to hear this impressive
high-energy artist jam. Those of
us who have heard him before,
anxiously await the privilege to hear
this extremely talented musician
again.
The headliner for this year's
festival will be self-proclaimed
"Blues Disciple" Sonny Rhodes.
Sonny Rhodes is the world traveled,
"been-there-done-that"
Blues
musician playing all over the United
States, Canada, Europe and more.
Sonny loves most, "bringing the
music to the people." Rhodes
became famous for his unusual style
of playing a lap steel guitar,
delivering a unique sound to the
Blues world. Due to the bright red
suits and the bejeweled turbans,
tangerine colored trousers and patent
leather shoes, he is certainly known
as the "snappiest dresser" in the
Blues.
Bom in the heart of Texas, Sonny
picked up his first guitar at age six.
A quite well known "Stony Plain
Recording Artist," lone welcomes
this, "powerful, and deeply
emotional" performer to their stage.
Rhodes performs mostly his own
imaginative self-written music and
lyrics in over 250 shows a year. lone
audiences are sure to enjoy some
astonishing Blues music from the
unique incredibly entertaining
musician and his overwhelming
talented band.
Blues music will play into the
fireworks display in the perfect
setting at the lone Amphitheater,
promising to be a memorable, fun
4th of July celebration for the whole
family.
For additional information, call
422-7414 or 422-7243.
Program offered
at fossil beds
On Sunday, July 1, a fossil
discovery program will be offered
for young visitors at John Day Fossil
Beds. The program will take place
from 10 a.m.-noon, at the visitor
center in the Sheep Rock Unit.
Participants will visit an ash deposit
and "discover how fossils are like
puzzle pieces that make pictures
of the past." The program includes
lab and museum activities
demonstrating how fossils are
preserved through science.
Space is limited to 15
participants. The program is
designed for ages 7-10. Call the
visitor center at 987-2333 to sign
up or for more information.
lone players, coach chosen for
eight man all-star team
Zach Fabian
Brooks Rea
Four lone ball players and coach
Dale Holland were selected for the
eight-man all-star football game
held Saturday, June 16, at Linfield
College stadium in McMinnville.
The first half was a shootout,
with the quick-footed east team
scoring first, but going in at halftime
Korey Morgan
behind, 20-18. The two-point
difference and failure to convert
the extra points were the difference
in the game.
The second half turned out to
be a defensive struggle with each
team scoring just one touchdown.
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Landowner assistance available
Morrow, Gilliam and Umatilla
County Soil and Water Conservation
Districts have been approved for
a combined one-year grant from
the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board in the amount of $59.000.
The grant funds will be used to
hire two engineering technicians
and lease survey equipment to
complete surveys, inventories and
preliminary designs to relocate or
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Hie Parks in Irrigon earlier in the
month. You can also catch Tony
Madrigal "Memories in Motion"
at the Boardman Music in The Parks
on Monday, July 2.
Tony's group specializes in 50s
and 60s music from such artists as
the Righteous Brothers, Elvis
Presley, Roy Orbison, Rolling
Stones, Buddy Holly and a long list
of other well-known artists. They've
played such places as the Portland
Rose Festival, Oregon State Fair,
Portland Stem wheeler, Vancouver
Sausage Festival and Portland Expo
Car Show, just to list a few.
from Echo; and Lyle Brittain from
South Wasco County.
Coaches were Dale Holland from
lone and Mike Wisdom from Echo.
The other 12 each team players were
selected from the Old Oregon and
Tri-Co Leagues.
Next year, the all-star game will
be played in LaGrande at the Eastern
Oregon University campus.
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conservation programs such as
Continuous Conservation Reserve
Program (CCRP) and Continuous
Conservation Reserve Program
(CREP).
This grant is an effort to address
an expanding awareness o f the
requirements of the federal Clean
Water Act.
For more information, contact
Janet Greenup, Morrow SWCD
district manager at 676-5452.
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Madrigal to perform in Boardman
Boardman is bringing back a
favorite musician and his band to
Boardman for the Wednesday, 4th
of July festivities. Tony Madrigal
"Memories in Motion" will perform
at the Boardman Marina Park
following the parade on Main Street.
The performance starts at 11 a.m.
and will continue all day at the park
into the evening.
Tony is no newcomer to the
region. He has performed the
Boardman 4th of July for several
years, as well as at the Irrigon
Watermelon Festival. Most recently
the group performed at Music in
team defeated the east, 28-26.
Starting for the east team were
lone's Brooks Rea, wide receiver;
Korey Morgan, defensive safety;
Zach Fabian, special teams; and
Cody Erickson, defensive nose
guard.
Others on the team from the Big
Sky Conference were Casey Spike,
Chris Marcum and Kyle Fife, all
HHS teacher to receive
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School's out ...but not for Dave
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training this month. Upon successful
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Morrow County School district.
The Intel Teach to the Future
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to help teachers effectively integrate
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classroom curriculum to improve
student learning and achievement.
During the workshop, teachers
learn how to incorporate the Internet,
Web page design, multimedia
software and Microsoft Office
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lesson plans. The teachers also learn
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the fabric of day-to-day teaching
to enhance "higher-order thinking"
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