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
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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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