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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 27,2012 - SEVEN Red, White & Blues festival to Rollins graduates from branch host four bands managers school lone’s Red, White and Blues celebration is ex cited to host four bands this year. The Vermen is a Port land, OR based blues, roots rock, swing and surf band that grew out of the roots rock revival movement of the 90s. David Ward pairs his unique rockabilly and roots rock guitar attitude with the vocal artistry of a fellow veteran o f roots rock revivalist. Matt Con roy. The duo in charge of standing this band up on its rhythmic hind legs is two of Portland’s finest up-and- coming blues/rock musi cians, Chris Bourdoiseau on bass guitar and Charles Pike on drums. Terry Evan began his musical journey in Vicks burg, MS, in the heart of the Delta, where he was born. He was in the church choir as a young person and used to sing tenor, baritone and bass. In the 60s, Terry worked with an a cappella group called The Knights, touring throughout the south in clubs and juke joints. From there, Terry was lured to the west coast, where he first picked up the guitar, started writing music and soon became a prolific songwriter. For years, the soulful singer was one of Los Angeles’ foremost ses sion vocalists. He teamed up with singer Bobby King in the early 70s; they toured as a duo, appearing at many prestigious clubs and festi vals. In addition to his work with other artists, Terry recorded two albums with Bobby King, as well as eight of his own. He is now touring with his own band, and is recording a new CD for 2008. The Jim Mesi Band is headed by Portland na tive Jim Mesi. He got his start in Brown Sugar, one of the two leaders of Port land’s thriving 1970s blues scene. Brown Sugar was the springboard for the careers of vocalist and blues harp maestro Paul DeLay, gui- tarist/vocalist Lloyd Jones, and Mesi. When the group broke up in the 1980s, De- Lay and Mesi continued as the Paul DeLay Band. Throughout the decade, the DeLay Band played to audi ences of 300 to 500 people virtually every weekend. He has won many awards and received consistently enthusiastic reviews from major newspapers. He is ranked as one of Portland’s top guitarists by The Orego nian, and has been featured in Rolling Stone and Sunset Magazine. Jim Mesi, Jimmy Lloyd Rea, Doug Rowell, Randy Lilya and Rev Dan join forces as The lone All Stars. Year after year, this group of Pacific Northwest blues musicians comes together to perform just for the lone Red, White & Blues fes tival. “Each o f these musi cians is a legend in his own right,” says an event coordi nator. “We are honored that they choose to celebrate Am erica’s birthday with the lone community and our visitors year after year.” accomplishment,” said Je ff Bailey, president and CEO of the bank. “ I appreciate Bank of Eastern Or egon’s willingness Tricia to continue invest Rollins ing in my career. I look forward to put ting into practice new skills I’ve learned, which will enable me to provide the best products and services to my customers living in the communities of Morrow County,” said Rollins. Rollins graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman, MT, with a degree in business manage ment. She began her banking career with First National Bank in Belgrade, MT, and came to Bank o f Eastern Oregon from First Interstate in Butte, MT, where she served a four- year stint. Rollins and her hus band, Ed, who is the bank’s credit administrator, live in lone and have two children, Taylor and Bryce. NOAA issues monthly climate Car wash fundraiser summary for Heppner planned in lone The lone High School volleyball team will hold a car wash fundraiser on Friday, June 29, at the lone Fire Hall from 10 a.m. until “the last dirty car comes through town.” All dirty vehicles welcome. 4-H club to hold bake sale The lone Community Livestock 4-H Club is hosting a bake sale July 2 from 2-5 p.m. at the lone grocery store. The sale will include harvest portions of coffee cake, breakfast bars, cookies, jam and scones. Local man seeks to form archery club Sam Hornbeck of Heppner is work ing on forming an archery club in the Heppner area. Any one with an interest in archery or wanting to be part of the club Sam is urged to call Horn- Hornbeck beck at 676-5140. H ornbeck has been archery in contact with the N orth East Archery Club of H erm iston, and local people can d e c id e i f they w ant the local club to be affili ated. He also has other plans for an range in this area. TEACHER RETIRES -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE as math teacher at Heppner Heppner High School in 1974. After graduating from high school, he attended Blue Mountain Commu nity College for two years, then transferred to Oregon State University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in general science in 1979. He later obtained a master’s degree in science education from OSU, in 1983. When Hunt graduated from college, he spent some time as a long-term substi tute at Riverside Jr./Sr. High before going back for more schooling. He returned to Lexington for what he in tended to be a brief stay; he said he hadn’t been home 24 hours when he got a call asking him to finish the year Tricia Rollins, Hep pner Branch Manager for Bank of Eastern Oregon, recently graduated from Oregon Bankers Associa tio n ’s Advanced Branch Managers School. Once a quarter, Rollins spent two days in Portland continuing her banking education. Ses sions included topics such as strategic planning, busi ness development, human resources and budgeting. “The bank would like to acknowledge Tricia’s dedi cation and perseverance it took to attend the school and congratulate her on the High School. He finished the last two months of the school year there, and then transferred to Columbia Junior High in Irrigon. He spent the rest of his career in Mor row County, except for a brief stopover at Armand Larive Middle School in Hermiston in 1992. He said he made the move to Herm iston looking for a shorter commute, since he lived in that community, but re turned to Columbia Junior High after a year because “nothing against Hermis ton,” but he liked teaching in Irrigon better. As he faces retirement, he says he will miss the kids and everyone he has worked with dur ing his time as a Morrow County teacher. Adult softball has first game Sunday W hen tim e allow s, Hunt likes to golf, garden and do some traveling ev ery year. His wife, Becky, has relatives in Alaska, and they visit there frequently. The couple has a daughter, Miranda, in the Hermiston area and a son, Jeff, who teaches in South Korea; Hunt didn’t say whether overseas travel was in his retirement plans. He also works on the family CRP ranch in South Morrow, and says he will continue to do that into retirement. He hopes to continue to travel, and would like to get on the golf course more. He may even substitute teach. “Knowing my person ality, I w on’t be sitting around,” he says. “I’ll find something to do.” According to prelimi nary data received by NO- AA’s N ational W eather Service in Pendleton OR, temperatures in Heppner averaged slightly colder than norm al during the month of May. The average temper ature was 55.2 degrees, which was one degree be low normal. High tempera tures averaged 67.9 degrees, which was 0.8 degrees be low normal. The highest was 87 degrees on the 16,h. Low temperatures averaged 42.5 degrees, which was 1.1 degrees below normal. The lowest was 31 degrees, on During a recent meet ing, the Boardman City C o u n c il a d o p te d the 2012-2013 city budget of $9,874,395 and the Urban Renewal Agency adopted their 2012-2013 budget of $545,000. City property taxes will be levied at a rate of $4.2114 per $1000 of assessed valuation and $471,000 will be levied for bonded indebtedness not subject to Measure 5 or Measure 50 limitations. City Finance Director Thomas Kligel said the projected year-end position for the city looks to be very promising. Cash carryover is projected to be up over the previous year. He said the 2012-2013 budget will be able to meet the chal lenges o f the new fiscal year. This strong financial base for the upcoming year will also allow the city to preserve additional reserve funds for future year ex penditures. Kligel said this budget is a no-frills budget that establishes more con tingency funds and creates some reserve funds to pro Youth fishing derby fun for all The adult softball league will hold its first game this Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Heppner Little League field where the high school plays its games. Organizer Jason Hanna says there is still time to get on a team, with applications being available on Sunday, or you can pick up an application at Bucknums Tavern or the Green Feed Store in Heppner. Hanna’s phone number is 541-980-4922 for those wanting more information. vide the city more ability to respond to the difficult challenges ahead. In other city business, Brenda Profitt was sworn as a city councilor, filling a vacancy for a term ending December 31, 2014. Coun cilors passed a resolution declaring one o f its used police cars as surplus. Also, Mayor Phillips presented Justyce Smith with a Cer tificate of Achievement for winning the 2012 Oregon OSAA Girls Class 3A 200 Meter Sprint Champion ship. The next meeting of the Boardman City Council will be Tuesday, June 19, at 7 p.m. Baptists start evening services Willow Creek Baptist Church is trying something different for summer. Starting on Sunday, July 1, they will be holding their regular services in the evening instead of in the morning. Sunday School for all ages will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a regular church service to follow at 6:30 p.m. and expected to finish around 8 p.m. This schedule will continue for all of July and August. In addition, this first evening gathering of the m onth will include ice cream sundaes after the ser vice as part of the monthly “Birthday Sunday” celebra tion. Those who attend are asked to bring a lawn chair along to enjoy the refresh m ents outside, w eather permitting. Willow Creek Baptist Church is located at 560 Minor Street in Heppner. Justice Court Report M orrow C ounty Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has released the following Justice Court Report. - A m be r Dawn Dima, 26, of Heppner pled no contest to Illegal Dis- play/Switched Plates. She was also ticketed for No Ops and given 30 days to produce a valid license. She was fined $260. -John Callahan Do herty, 33, of Lexington pled no contest to Failure to Drive within Lane. He was also ticketed for Driving While Suspended-Violation for a license suspension in Montana, which will be reduced to a No Ops charge if he provides proof that his license is not suspended in Oregon. He was fined $260. Wildhorse alerts locals of scam ALMOST FAIR TIME .1 Deadline to be included in the Special Fair Edition- July 31 below normal. The outlook for June from NOAA’s Climate Pre diction C enter calls for below-normal temperatures and above-normal precipita tion. Normal highs for Hep pner rise from 73 degrees at the start o f June to 81 degrees at the end of June. Normal lows rise from 47 degrees to 51 degrees. The 30-year normal precipita tion is 1.38 inches. The National Weather Service is an office of the National Oceanic and At mospheric Administration, an agency of the U.S. Com merce Department. Boardman adopts 2012-2013 city and URA budgets Still time to sign up Heppner Gazette- Times will be putting together the special fair edition. To submit articles or to place an ad call or email The Heppner Gazette-Times at 541-676-9228 or ed itior@ rapid serve. net megan@rapidserve.net the lO"1. There was one day with a low temperature below 32 degrees. Precipitation totaled 1.22 inches during May, which was 0.44 inches be low normal. Measurable precipitation of at least .01 inch was received on seven days, with the heaviest, 0.40 inches, reported on May 25. Precipitation this year has reached 7.9 inches, which is 0.62 inches above normal. Since October, the water-year precipitation in Heppner has been 9.7 inches, which is 1.64 inches Kami Holtz casts her line during the youth fishing derby held at Willow Creek reservoir on Sunday, June 10. The event was one of four free kids' fishing derbies scheduled in the Umatilla National Forest over that weekend to celebrate National Fish ing Week. -Photo by Megan Futter Marriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk has issued the follow ing marriage licenses: June 20: -Robert Howard Smith III, 23, of Hep pner and Heather Nicole Wiggers, 21, of Heppner. June 21: Logan Jeffrey Place, 23, of Hermiston and Rebbecca Danielle Kelley, 29, of Hermiston. Pendleton, OR— Wild horse Resort and Casino has been made aware that someone is making phone calls informing people that they have won a Wildhorse Resort and Casino gift cer tificate, the business an nounced last week. To claim the prize, vic tim s are told they must only give their credit card information to pay a small handling fee. “Wildhorse Resort and Casino would like to notify the public that they are not running such a promotion,” states a Wildhorse release. “Please do not give your credit card information to an unsolicited caller.” ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISING DEADLINE: M O NDAY AT 5 P.M. \
