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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 26,2013 The blues are back at lone celebration lone students lone Fourth lineup includes one-hit wonders, blues classics graduate from EOU and edgy riffs Tommy Tutone will be one of the groups performing al this year's Red, White and Blues celebration in lone. If you call 867-5309. you may not reach a girl named Jenny. You will, though, have the name of one musical hit that will be performed during this year’s Fourth of July cel ebration in lone. In 1982, Tommy Tu tone exploded onto the music scene with what is one of the best known songs in history. The song that sparked millions of prank calls is none other than “Jenny/867-5309.” Coming on the scene at the same tim e as MTV certainly didn't hurt either, thus cementing the group a place in the culture of the 80s. But to define Tommy Tutone by "Jenny” would only tell half the story . First, Tommy Tutone is the name of the band, and the lead singer is named Tommy Heath. The band was named Tommy & The Tutones, but so many peo ple identified Heath as the face of the band, they called him Tommy Tutone, and the moniker stuck. G row ing up an Air Force brat, Heath was ex posed to a wide range of musical influences, from Buddy Holly and Elvis, to folk music and su rf rock. His catalog of music breaches rock, pop, country, folk, and his new sound, which he likes to call...soul twang. The band rode their popularity through the 80s and early 90s before taking a break. Finally, Tommy Heath went to Nashville and did a good bit of writing and recording, discovering his new 'soul twang' sound, before moving back to Port land, OR. He gathered the band again and started tour ing with his new sound, but never forgetting his legion of hard core fans in the process. Tommy Tutone will take the stage at the lone Amphitheater from 6:30-8 p.m. on Thursday, july 4, during the Red, White and Blues celebration. While the other groups featured on the Fourth can’t boast a one-hit wonder like Tommy Tutone, they prom ise to heat up the night right until the fireworks take to the sky at dusk. Hi Fi Mojo will take the stage at 3 p.m. to start thing off right. Drummer, lead singer and songwriter Marty Henninger began playing drums in 1967. Fie began singing in 1969, when the lead singer in his first band got tossed from the high school dance they were supposed to play that night. After working as a side- man in dozens o f bands over the years, in 2001, Marty decided to strike out on his own. He loves all mu sic, but for Henninger, the blues is what it all comes down to. Joining him sing ing the blues in Hi Fi Mojo are Mark "Rev” Sexton on guitar, slide, blues harp and vocals, and Gerry Valvona on bass guitar and vocals. Sexton was born in Denver, CO, in 1969 into a musical family and prides himself as a “singer friend ly” guitarist. Valvona was born on the Isle of Wight, England. He sang choir as a child, and picked up the guitar around 12 years old, and the bass at 15. Blues, rock and folk were big influences. On stage at 4:45 p.m. will be Billy D and the Hoo doos. Bom on the south side of Chicago, Billy Desmond grew up surrounded by the blues and early rock & roll. He started playing profes- sionally at teen dances and parties at the age of 14, and by 18 he was sneaking into the blues clubs of Chicago. By the late ‘70s he had formed his first band. Skid City Blues Band. In the mid ‘90s, he moved to Santa Fe, NM and began focusing on writ ing and playing his original songs. Within the year, Billy D and The Hoodoos were formed. After several more successful years in New Mexico, Billy left the Southwest for Oregon in early 2010. Taking the stage after Tommy Tutone, at 8:30 p.m., will be the Vicki Ste vens and Sonny Hess Band. In it, Vicki Stevens from Seattle and Sonny Hess from Portland have joined forces. The dynamically talent ed vocalist Vicki Stevens, originally from Las Vegas, now makes Albany, OR her home. Stevens fronted The Vicki Stevens Band for four years before resigning from that group of musicians to move on to the Portland area to pursue her music career on a different level, adding funk and soul to her list of genres. Veteran guitarist, vo calist and songw riter Sonny Hess first picked up a guitar as a kid age eight; by the time she was a teenager she was picking up gigs all over. The late Paulette Davis gave Sonny the nickname ‘Sonny Smokin' Hess.’ She has played with, sung with and composed with many of the region’s top artists. The pair is joined by Kelly Pierce, drum/percus- sion man, and bass man and veteran player Jim Hively. lone announces honor roll lo n e C o m m u n ity School has announced its second semester 2012-2013 honor roll. The following students received a 4.0 GPA for lone Community School for the first quarter for the 2012- 2013 school year: Kaitlin G arrett, Morgan Orem, Roman Sheena Rodriguez, Dayshawn Neal, Tristan Estabrook, Katelyn Bass, Maia Fuchs, Ann Rietmann, Rachel Holland, J Oskar Peterson, Emily Holland, Gus Peterson, Evan Re- itmann, Tim Emmel and Stacee Halvorsen. The following students have earned honor roll sta tus at lone Com m unity School (3.5-3.99): Mag gie Flynn, Sonia Medina, Ally Haguewood, Karsen Dumler, Tatum Clark, Sadie Hasbell, Austin Carter, Han nah Flynn, Jason Juarez, Jessie Flynn, Joshua Still man, Lauren Garrett, Joe Doherty, Rita McElligott, Jaqueline Juarez, Joel Still man, Luke Jobes, Larissa Jones, Bailey Haguewood, Lacey Thom pson, Kirk Haguewood and Julianne Carlson. The following students have earned honorable men tion status at lone Com munity School (3.0-3.49): Austin Morter, Wyatt Mc- Nary, Emily Taylor, Karsyn Rios, Danny Doherty, Cord Flynn, Breawna Teeman, M arisol Avila-Ram irez, Yaniva Garcia, Babali Pe terson, Yaneri Calvillo, Ashley Medina, Hannah Padberg, Cassidy Braun, Daniel Holtz, TJ Patton, Adara Hasbell, Brianna Snyder, Zane King, Evette Calvillo, Tyrell Barnett, Stewert Syverson, Shad ow Kendrick and Jordan Braun. Beautification project to begin Horseshoe tourney for Heppner returns The next project for the City of Heppner will be starting the first of July. JAL Construction, Inc., from Bend, OR, will begin mobilizing next week. Ac tual construction will start July 8. A c c o rd in g to city manager Kim Cutsforth, this project will have four phases. The first phase will be improvements on Elder and Quaid Streets, to include sewer, water, paving and sidewalks. Phase two will involve replacing the sidewalk be tween the library and the RV Park (Baltimore), im proving the bridge, and replacing and terracing around the walkway at the sports field. Phase three is new side walks and paving from Main to Gale Street on Center Street. Phase four includes new sidewalks on Court Street from August to the end of Hager Street. Some of these projects will be done concurrently. Please watch for restricted traffic during construction. The contactor is esti mating the completion of these jobs by late October. The City o f Heppner appreciates the citizen’s patience during this time. Calling all Equestrian Trail Riders! 3 days of trail competition for the Silver Buckle Series Grab your horse, your children and friends and come to Whispering Pines Benefit for Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch F rid a y - After being missing from the lone Fourth of July roster for a few years, the Ken Turner Memorial Horseshoe tournament is back this year. The tour nament starts at 9 a.m. at the horseshoe pits near the park. It will be a doubles tournam ent with single elimination. The entry fee is $ 10 per team. Third-place winner gets $10, second place gets $20 and first place takes the remainder of the entry fees collected. Three lone residents participated when Eastern Oregon University held its 83rd commencement cer emony on Saturday, June 15, at the La Grande Com munity Stadium. College President Rob ert Davies awarded two lone High School graduates their diplomas. Clay Morter, son o f Ralph and Anne Morter, received a Bachelor of Sci ence in business adminis tration, and Eric Jepsen, son of Bill and Nancy Jepsen, graduated sum m a cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in multidisciplinary studies. In addition, Stephanie Spivey, lone sixth-grade teacher, earned her master’s degree in education. In 2013, Eastern Or egon University awarded 104 master’s degrees, 978 bachelor’s degrees, 28 nurs ing degrees, and 42 degrees in agriculture in partnership with Oregon State Univer sity. Local students make OSU honor roll Three local students have been named to the Oregon State University scholastic honor roll for the spring term, the university announced this week. Students who made the honor roll with a GPA of 3.5 or better were Emily J. Thompson o f Heppner, a junior studying biology; Mary V. Rietmann of lone, a sophomore studying hu man development and fam ily science; and Tanner J. Rietmann, also of lone, a sophomore studying agri cultural sciences. Other Morrow County students named to the honor roll were Matthew B. Hyder of Boardman, junior, pre mechanical engineering, 3.5 or better; Adriana San chez of Irrigon, freshman, pre-business, straight-A av erage; and Ivan A. Estrada of Irrigon, junior, exercise and sport science, 3.5 or better. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Pranger named to dean’s list Justin Pranger of Hep and veterinary sciences. pner has been named to the “ Your natural intel Dean’s List for the Uni lectual abilities combined versity of Idaho in with the w illing Moscow. ness to work hard Pranger, a 2012 are reflected in this academic achieve graduate o f Hep pner High School, ment," college dean earned the distinc Kurt S. Pregitzer, tion by earning a Ph.D. wrote in a minimum 3.5 GPA letter to Pranger. “You have already as a full-time stu Justin learned that dedica dent as o f spring Pranger tion, perseverance, semester 2013. He recently finished and the pursuit of his freshman year in the excellence will serve you u n iv ersity ’s C ollege o f well for now and in the Natural Resources, where future.” he is pursuing a Bachelor of Pranger is the son of Science degree in rangeland David and Anita Pranger of ecology and management Heppner. Local youth named national scholarship recipient Local American Quar- pner and will be attending ter Horse enthusiast, Gar- Oregon State University rett Robinson o f this fall majoring in agricultural sci Heppner, has been named as an Ameri ences. can Quarter Horse Robinson was selected as the re Foundation Schol cipient of the Farm arship Recipient. & Ranch He r i The fo u n d a tage Scholarship, tion’s scholarship Garrett which allows up to program aw ards Robinson $12,500 in scholar outstanding mem bers for their dedi ship funding. cation to higher education. Since 1976, the founda R ecipients are selected tion has funded over 1,200 based on academic achieve students for more than $5.7 ment, references and par million in scholarship fund ticipation in equine-related ing. For more information activities. of the AQHF Scholarship Robinson is the 18- program, visit the founda year-old son of Kyle and tion’s website at www.aqha. Darcy Robinson of Hep- com/foundation. RAFFLE!- I talian dinner for 8 *2013 You a n d se v e n o f y o u r frie n d s w ill have a d e lig h tfu l e v e n in g Sunday w ith a m a z in g fo o d in a p e a c e fu l co u n try se ttin g! Ju ly 5th -7th re $5 each - ALL MONEY FROM TICKET SALES will benefit Relay for Life Tickets can be purchased at the Heppner &. lone W heatland o ffice and d uring Celebrate Heppner 3 miles north of the OHV Park Hwy 207 Deadman Hill Loop Road out of Heppner OR. Free camping to all contestants, free entertainment nightly, potluck hamburger barbecue Saturday, free sit-down breakfast for those who attend Sunday morning worship service with Dr. Dick Temple. For more information check out Whispering Pines Ranch, Heppner, OR on facebook Dinner prepared by Card and Missy at the Snider home on Rhea Creek, with the Wheatland staff serving. The date and time of the dinner will be determined once the winner has been drawn. D raw ing w ill be held d uring Relay for Life the first w eekend in A ugust. 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