Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, June 27,2012
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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
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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.”
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