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United Church of Christ V BS hosts 30 kids Sö 3 3 l o ««tA O il u of o Neasp»?*1* u l 0 ' a J Eugens» OR ^7^y‘ Approximately 30 children participated in lone's United Church of C hrist's VBS School. June 16-20. The theme lor the week was Son Country Harvest and the children learned about growing the “fruits of the Spirit.” St. Pat’s/St. William’s enjoys another year of RVS VOL. 122 NO. 26 8 Pages Wednesday, June 25,2003 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Town of lone gears up for its annual 4th of July Celebration lo n e’s 4th o f July and Blues Festival will begin July 3 with a g o lf tournam ent and conclude w ith firew orks on July 4. The them e this year is “ L eap In to l o n e ’s Celebration.” The G rand M arshalls for th is y e a r ’s p a ra d e are C oach Del L aR ue and the w inning lone track teams. The parade will be held at 11 a.m. Local musicians, Jeff E y n e tic h , Jim L o g an and Dustin Padberg will open the music celebration w ith music at 7 p .m .,o n J u ly 3 . July 4 music will begin at 3 p.m., with headliners for the event being Eddie Kirkland a n d M ich ael B u rk s. A lso perform ing will be Joanne C onnors and Jim m y Lloyd R ay. T h e b a n d s a re a ls o headliners for Portland Blues Festival. E d d ie K ir k la n d performs a range o f styles from old-style delta blues to R&B to reggae. He has been in the music business for around 50 years. M ichael B urks w as touted as a child prodigy who grew up playing in his family’s Arkansas roadhouse. He then put his guitar aside and took on a “ 9 -to -5 ” jo b , b e fo re deciding to return to m usic. Jo an n e C o n n o r began her career back in 1984 and has been perform ing ever since. She pens m any o f her ow n songs and enhances her guitar playing w ith “ im passioned” vocals. Jim m y Lloyd Ray a fam iliar face at the B lues Festival will once again join in the celebration. He will also be bringing a couple o f other b lu es m u sic ia n s from the Portland area. Ray recently had a kidney transplant and his body reje cte d the kidney, w h ich c a u se d sp e cu la tio n a b o u t h is a tt e n d a n c e , however, he pulled through and will be in lone. O ne o f R ay’s known hits is “G oing Back to Baker City.” Children gather to register for St. Patrick's/St. William's religious vacation school. R elig io u s V acation School began M onday, June 23 for St. P atrick’s and St. W illia m ’s parishes. K athy w eek dealt w ith the B ible Fullm er stated that she was accounts o f events along the v e ry e x c ite d w ith th e N ile. T h ere w ere v a rio u s attendance. The topic o f the activities and music. Local inventor creates industrial sensor The lone Cardinal’s winning track teams will be Grand Marshalls, along with Coach Del LaRue (not pictured), for the lone 4,h of July Celebration. O th e r a c ti v it ie s include a golf tournament at the Willow Creek County Club in Heppner. The tournament w ill begin at 9:30 a.m ., on July 3 and will cost $35 per golfer. For more information you can contact C raig H olland, 422- 7455. A fun run will be held July 4 at 7:30 a.m., starting at the lone School. For m ore information on the run you can contact Jim R aible at 454- 2830. The horseshoe pits will o p e n at 10 a .m ., a n d th e P a ra d e an d B lu e s C ru ise C lassic C ar Show will begin at 11 a.m. New this year w ill be a volleyball tournam ent held ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINErMONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. L o w e ll G rib b le , a local inventor, has com e up w ith a "unique" sensor unit that can find air leaks, steam leaks and electrical problems. G ribble and his tw o sons have been w orking on this invention for over 30 years. G ribble has already begun working on a slightly improved m odel that should be a little easier to use than his first. G ribble has been a tro u b le s h o o te r fo r m an y industrial companies, such as Boise Cascade, PGE, etc., as well as the U.S. Coast Guard. T h e C o a s t G u a rd e v e n n ic k n a m e d him a “ g h o st buster" after he found som e m alfunctions w ith a boat that had just com e from repairs. B e s id e s in d u stria l uses, Gribble says this product can also be used on homes and businesses. In the past Gribble has u sed a unit from H ew lett P a c k a rd , but say s he has stopped using it and has been u s in g h is p ro d u c t in h is business for quite some time. “There's nothing like it," stated Gribble. Gribble said that they will not be selling the sensor unit, but will be leasing it out for high schoolers and young adults after the parade. Other Lowell G rib b le w ith his sensor a c tiv itie s in clu d e pie and to those interested in using the lubricant sensor that can be coffee, used book sale, bingo, product. placed on the end o f a grease straw money pile, a fish pond, F o llo w ing in h is gun to let the operator easily balloon races, bicycle raffle, father’s footsteps, G rib b le’s fin d p la c e s th a t n e e d dunk tank and a frog jum ping son, D ouglas, has created a lubricated. c o n te s t. P r iz e s fo r th e c h i l d r e n ’s g a m e s w e re purchased with donations from the TV Shoot held earlier this Heppner High School A s o c ia l h o u r is rem inisce about the good old graduating classes o f 1946, planned forò p.m., with dinner days. year. The pool will be open 1947 and 1948 have planned served at 7 p.m. Please call Jeannie at 2 p.m ., for free sw im m ing a three-class reunion at the All alumni and friends Ball at 676-9666 to m ake and the lone Booster Club will H eppner Elks C lub on July are inv ited to attend and to dinner reserv ations. host a shirt sale. 12, 2003. A t 7 p.m ., at je t boat fishing trip auction will begin W E W ILL BE CLOSED O N FRIDAY, JULY 4th with the benefits o f the auction ' - > ^ / / / " going to the M ike M athew s Scholarship Fund and lone Education Foundation. The fireworks display will be held at dusk. HAVE A SA F E A N D H A P P Y 4 th o f JU L Y l ' Look for a com plete schedule o f events in next w eek's paper. Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 For form eq u ip m en t, m i t our web »Ite at W W W mejj net HHS classes of ’46-'48 to hold reunion and OPEN ON SATURDAY, |ULY 5th FROM 7 a.m. TO 12 NOON * M orrow County Grain Growers
