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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 17,2011 Sidewalk Stompers to appear at Music in the Parks The Morrow County Unified Recreation District and Portland General Electric will to present The Sidewalk Stompers, August 22, at 7 p.m. at Music in the Parks in Irrigon. The Sidewalk Stompers is a traditional jazz band formed in 1997 in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. The name Sidewalk Stompers identifies the band as a small acoustic street band able to play anywhere without piano and drums and small enough tt> move from spot to spot, similar to New Orleans street bands. Occasionally the band is augmented with a guest jazz pianist when a stage venue allows. The Sidewalk Stompers are strictly an off-the-cuff extemporaneous group, no charts. Listeners may recognize most all of the tunes, twenties and thirties standards. “Nothing obscure, just a lot of great old tunes you haven’t heard for a long time,” according to a news release. Sidewalk Stompers The band plays for parties, winery functions, pubs, jazz clubs, and jazz festivals. The Sidewalk Stompers have been the traditional jazz band stomping the sidewalks of Ellensburg at their July jazz festival (Jazz in the Valley) every year since it started in 1998. This will be the sixth year the band will be performing for the finale of the Irrigon/ Boardman Music In The Parks program. The band is lead by Karl Walterskirchen. Karl moved to the Tri- Cities from San Francisco in 1993 to work at Hanford as a mechanical engineer. Originally from Missoula, Montana, he started playing banjo with traditional jazz bands in the San Francisco area in the mid 60's. He played on and off at the Red Garter in San Francisco and played banjo with numerous San Francisco style and New Orleans style traditional jazz bands in the San Francisco area. After moving to the Tri- Cities Karl played with the local Three Rivers Jazz Band before starting the Sidewalk Stompers. This year’s ensemble at Irrigon will include trumpet, clarinet, banjo (or guitar), and jazz piano. ODFW reports wildlife viewing opportunities in Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler counties Our fledglings have grown into immature birds and are working on filling out before they head south for the winter. See American robins, northern oriels, black-headed grosbeaks, house finches, the occasional pine siskin and black-chinned hummingbirds. In the riparian and wetland areas, see yellow-headed and red-winged blackbirds, marsh wrens, black necked stilts, American avocet, great egret and the occasional Lazuli bunting. Along the waterways, look for blue-winged, green winged, and cinnamon teals, mallards, northern shovelers, gadwall, American wigeon, redheads, bufflehead, Barrow’s goldeneye, as well as common and hooded mergansers. In the grasslands, you can spot short-eared owls, prairie falcons, northern Tumbling demonstration at Rebekahs plan craft bazaar fair Oct. 8 Cindy S u m n er’s tumbling students will be doing a tumbling demon stration during the Morrow County Fair. The presentation will take place Friday, Au gust 19 at 5 p.m. between the Snack Shack and the stage at the fairgrounds. Everyone is invited to stop by and watch these talented tumblers. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If Y O U have a family member who suffers from gambling addiction, Y O U can also receive F R E E treat ment even if the gambler is not receiving treatment. If you are a resident of Morrow County and you wish to take advantage of the services above or desire more information, Please call any of the following numbers to set up a L O C A L appointment or just to talk: Bobby Harris @ 541-676-9925 or 541-256-0175 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) @ 541-676-9161 O R 1-877-695-4648 (1-888-MYLIMIT) ALIGNMENT The 2011 edition of the “Morrow County Chronicles” is on sale this week at the Morrow County fair. After the fair closes on Sunday, the “Chronicles” will be It your vehicle experiences any o l these symptoms then It is tim e to have the alignment o f your vehicle checked. We use the finest parts and have the latest equipment. We service dom estic/im port cars, trucks and suv 's. "At Les Schwab, we re proud o f our FREE Warranty It s a tremendous value worth up to $250 o l valuable services ” We stand behind our warranty at over 425 stores throughout the West. Visit LesSchwab com for the store nearest you! 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The court also discussed and agreed to transfer $20,000 from the General Fund to the CSEPP fund to cover current charges pending the arrival of funds from the State Emergency Management fund. Road Report: The crew is currently working on pothole patching on some of the paved roads. To date they have patched the west end of Juniper Lane, Ione-Boardman Road, Ella Road and Dry Fork Road. They are currently working in the lone Gooseberry Road area. The grader and a few trucks have been hauling gravel and base rock to alkali blowouts on the Cutsforth Road, Dolven Road, Nichols Lane, Turner Lane and Petty’s Canyon Road. Another grader is working in the French Lane area. They are now working on Strawberry Lane. Part of the crew is ripping up and processing a short piece of asphalt on Grieb Lane reverting it back to gravel. Dave Pranger has finished the paint striping in Morrow County for now and is currently paint striping in Umatilla County. A 1.4 mile section of Sunflower Flat Road has been watered, graded, rolled and dust abatement has been applied in the area of the cabins and homes. The court conducted the following business: The court reviewed and signed an addendum to the Depot Hazard Analyst IGA with InterMountain ESD (formerly Umatilla- Morrow ESD) forthe period October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. The court reviewed and agreed to make the payment for fair entertainment by Tiller’s Folly to Nolan Murray. The court was introduced to the OYCC crew that has been working in Morrow County this summer. The crew was also provided with a tour of the courthouse and spoke with most of the department heads to learn how the county operates. R e v i e w e d m i s c e l l a n e o u s correspondences and discussed upcoming meetings. Anyone whowould like to be placed on the list to receive county minutes, may contact Karen Wolff at (541)676-5620. DEADLINE FOR NEWS AND ADVERTISING- MONDAY AT 5:00
