FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 17, 2015
OTTO AT IONE
FOURTH
Yokel, Brian Richards, rock legends like Blue Oys-
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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
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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
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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.