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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 17, 2015 OTTO AT IONE FOURTH Yokel, Brian Richards, rock legends like Blue Oys- -Continued from PAGE ONE interested. Food vendors and a beer garden will also be a part of the festivities. (See next week’s Gazette- Times for a full schedule of events.) The evening’s live mu- sic will kick off with the popular FrogHollow Band from Walla Walla, WA at 6:30 p.m. FrogHollow, with members Ty Lane, Jerry Bruno Giniesis, Kit Lane and Jim Pearson, showcases original material that cross- es genres, meshing Classic Rock, Classic Country and Alternative Country into a blend of music that is 100 percent all their own. The FrogHollow Band has performed shows with major acts like Sara Evans, Restless Heart and even ter Cult. Thanks to grants from the Morrow County Uni- fied Recreation District, the concert is free; just be sure to bring a lawn chair or blanket, as seating is not provided. Then stick around for the fireworks display happening around dusk. Ione has been making a community tradition of LOCAL FIRES -Continued from PAGE ONE for an hour or two before crews arrived. No structures or wheat were destroyed; Morgan said the fire was burning slowly across CRP and scab ground, with little wind to drive it. Morgan es- timated that 150-200 acres of grass and scrub burned in the Brenner Canyon fire. Although the south end of the county has been fortunate to escape any real damage beyond grass and scrub land, the several large fires that crews have already had to fight this month don’t bode well for the rest of the fire season, said Morgan. “Gonna be a pretty rough one, I think,” he said. The fire stories don’t end with grassland, how- ever. Shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, a call went out for a structure fire at Hep- pner Auto Parts on May St. in Heppner. Heppner Fire Chief Rusty Estes said the Heppner crew had just returned from the Brenner Canyon fire when they got the call. “We were sitting in the station in our brush rigs A fire Monday morning damaged Heppner Auto Parts. Owner Jason Patterson says structural damage was minimal and he hopes to be back in business in a couple of weeks. –Photo by David Sykes. when we got the call,” he Heppner also received said. “We had to jump out, mutual aid from Ione and get into our structure gear, Lexington. and get over there. We had The building on May a 15 second response time.” St., which also houses a hair the Fourth of July since the 1940s, beginning with a fireworks display and emerging as an all-day, family-oriented celebration with something for every- one. Visitors of all ages are welcome but dogs will not be allowed in the park. For more details, find the Ione celebration on Facebook or visit www.cityofioneore- gon.com/fourthofjuly. salon and laundromat, is owned by Jason Patterson. Patterson said at least part of the structure dates back to the 1930s. Estes said the fire appeared to have started on the outside of the building, burning its way from the outside wall in. However, he said the actual cause of the fire was still under investigation. Crews immediately got the fire under control but stayed on the scene a couple of hours making sure the building was secure. Estes and Patterson both said structural damage was minimal but that there was a lot of smoke, which caused extensive damage. “A lot of water. A lot of smoke damage,” empha- sized Estes. However, fire crews cleared the building and Patterson said he is now working with the insur- ance company to determine repair needs and schedule. Heppner Auto parts will be closed while repairs are being made, but he expects to be back in operation in a few weeks. QUEEN IVY -Continued from PAGE ONE ing categories. Lainey An- last week in Prineville. Sandford will be travel- ing with fellow teammates to Rock Springs, WY on July 7 and competing for the national title of Miss National High School Ro- deo 2015 at the National High School Finals Rodeo, which starts on July 9 and runs through the 18 th . She will be competing for the title against queens from 42 states, five Canadian prov- inces and Australia. Sandford is a member of the Intermountain High School Rodeo Club and competed along with two other contestants for the state title. She won the horsemanship, appearance, speech, impromptu, written test, personality and model- derson of Hermiston, a fel- low club member, won the photogenic, interview and Miss Congeniality awards. Anderson will get to travel to Nevada and compete for Miss Silver State Interna- tional Rodeo Queen at the end of the month. “Both young ladies did an outstanding job repre- senting their communities, schools, club and state as- sociation. Oregon will be greatly represented!” stated Sylvia Sandford, Queen Coordinator for the asso- ciation. This also means that the state queen’s crown is once again residing in Ione. Sandford’s sister Lil- lian Sandford was the as- sociation’s queen during TAKING THE STAGE AT 8:30PM Ione library board of directors to meet The Ione Library District Board of Directors will hold its monthly meeting and budget hearing on Thursday, June 25, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Ione Public Library, 385 W. 2 nd Street, Ione. The public is welcome to attend. First volleyball tournament planned for Ione Fourth The first annual Ione Beach Volleyball Tournament is being planned for 10 a.m. July 3 at Howard Mullins Park as part of the Ione Fourth of July festivities this year. Entry fee is $25 per team of two (plus one sub), with a first-place prize of $75 plus bragging rights to be awarded. Sign up June 29 through July 2 at the Turquoise Yeti Cof- fee Co. or sign up the morning of the event between 9-9:45 a.m. Creative team names and uniforms are encouraged. Proceeds go to support the Ione swim team. Ione basketball tournament back for a second year After a successful run last year, Ione is bringing back the three on three basketball tournament during this year’s Fourth of July celebration. The tournament will begin at 10 a.m. on July 4. Cost is $10 per player with four players per team. Early sign-ups are encouraged; age brackets will be determined based on sign-ups. Contact Luke Jobes to sign up at 541-377-4817, 541-422-7243 or ldjobes@gmail.com. Players are asked to arrive around 9 a.m. to guarantee an on-time start. Ione Firecracker 5K planned for July 4 Ione’s annual 5K walk/run, billed this year as the Firecracker 5K, will take place shortly after dawn’s early light on the Fourth. Participants should meet at Ione City Park for regis- tration starting at 7 a.m.; the run/walk will begin at 7:30 a.m. The $10 registration fee goes to support Ione’s Creative Care Preschool. For more information, contact Camie Padberg, camiecrum@gmail.com. CBEC director attends NRECA legislative conference Columbia Basin Elec- tric Cooperative Board President, Lori Anderson of Condon, recently attended the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s 2015 Legislative Confer- ence in Washington, DC. Anderson was among 20 other participants from the state of Oregon. In ad- Ivy Sandford of Ione (left) and Lainey Anderson of Hermis- ton (right) will represent Oregon at the National High School dition to meeting with leg- Finals Rodeo in July, Sandford as Miss Oregon High School islative officials concerning Rodeo. –Contributed photo the years of 2012 through 2014. So, being no stranger to the process and demands of rodeo, promoting the as- sociation and rodeo queen pageants, Ivy says she feels excited and ready to make Oregon proud. Her first appearance will be at the Ione Fourth of July celebration parade and participating at the fun in the park that day. A dunk tank will be set up for fundraising and she will be selling raffle tickets for a half of a cut and wrapped pig to help offset the costs of going to the national finals. Tickets are $10 a ticket or $50 for 6 tickets. An official coronation dinner will be held later this summer with more details to follow. Opening at 6:30pm No Dogs Allowed in Park Talent TALENT Show SHOW (3:30pm) (3:30PM) FIREWORKS BIGGS FIRE -Continued from PAGE ONE prior to press time, but sources say they both have health problems that make their loss even more of a trial for them. “Keep in mind that the fire took everything they owned; they have nothing right now,” stresses Hep- pner man Phil Carlson, Connie’s employer and owner of TREO Ranches. To help the Thurstons recover from the disaster, their daughter has created a GofundMe account at http://www.gofundme.com/ wqcjn2j, as well as an ac- count through Wells Fargo to which donations can be made directly. IONE RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BURNING BAN For more information visit: www.cityofloneoregon.com/FourthofJuly OR https://www.facebook.com/Ione4thOfJuly Music funded in part by Morrow County Unified Recreation District proposed bills effecting rural electric cooperatives, Anderson joined directors from several other electric cooperatives in the United States discussing rural elec- tric issues and concerns. Some of the topics dis- cussed at the conference were the Columbia River Treaty, Waters of the United States, and Protect the Rate- payer. EFFECTIVE JUNE 18, 2015 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Phil and Kathy Carlson have also set up a local ac- count at the Bank of Eastern Oregon Heppner branch for donations to the Thurstons. They say TREO Ranches will handle transactions and deposit them into the account for the Thurstons; checks can be made to TREO Ranches in care of Connie & Sam Thurston Donation Account. TREO will also accept donations through Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards. The Carl- sons can be reached at Treo Ranches Inc., Phil and Kathy Carlson, 49926 Hwy. 207, Heppner, OR 97836 or by phone at 541-676-5840. Community lunch menu St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish members will serve lunch on Wednesday, June 24, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, summer squash and zucchini, cucumbers and onions, hot rolls, and bread pudding. Milk is served at each meal. Sug- gested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.