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A18 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2015 FROM PAGE A1 FAIR: continued from Page A1 year,” Wagner said. “Over- all, it went great.” The biggest challenge for this year’s fair turned out to be the weather. The rain stayed away this year, but heavy winds all day Friday had vendors scram- bling to keep their tents and wares from blowing away. The National Weather Ser- vice station at the Hermis- ton airports reported sus- tained winds in excess of 20 — and sometimes 30 — mph throughout the day on Friday with just gusts of more than 40 mph and a peak gust of 51 mph shortly before 4 p.m. When the high winds caused Hinder’s tour manager to make the call that it wasn’t safe for the multi-platinum rock band to perform on the Wild- horse Stage, the band was under no contractual obli- gation to stay. They would have gotten paid anyway if the show was canceled due to an “act of God,” which is what Wagner thought he would have to do. “They came out and said ‘Listen, we didn’t come out for a paycheck, we came out to put on a concert,’” Wagner said. The band ended up put- ting on a shorter show from inside the beer garden tent without most of their equip- ment, playing an impromp- tu mix of acoustic covers before spending the rest of the night mingling with the crowd. Some people were dis- gruntled when they arrived and found out that the new seating arrangement was FIRE: continued from Page A1 my Rosenbalm (Heppner) and Brennan Whittaker (Culver) have teamed up to put together a relief effort to help the Speth’s get back on their feet. It includes co- ordinating donation drop- off locations in each of their towns for clothing and STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL Customers at the Umatilla County Fair are asked to stand back as a food vendor goes to get a ladder and remove a set of banners whipping dangerously in the high winds. ¿ rst-come, ¿ rst-served, meaning some attendees who had paid for seats near the front ended up standing behind people who had re- served tickets for back-row seats. But others who had driv- en to Hermiston speci¿ cal- ly to see the band play were grateful that the organizers and band had worked to- gether to make sure their trip wasn’t in vain. Jack Halsey of Imbler said he believed organizers made the right call not to use the main stage for the safety of the band. “I think the guys were very gracious to do an acoustic show,” he said. “... As for the show, it was a very up-close and personal thing. I have seen them be- fore and the acoustic setting just showed how passionate they are about performing.” Cecili Martin-Long said she and her son were disap- pointed to see the new seat- ing arrangement but still ended up having a great time meeting the band. “I think we were one of the few that understood that sometimes you do what you can to make things work,” she said. Anderson said she ap- preciated that not only Hin- der, but also country star Dustin Lynch, were willing to spend hours hanging out with the fans after the show. other necessities for Steve, Shae and their two sons Eli and Trejan. For a few of the coach- es, there was no second thought on what to do after hearing the news. “I saw Steve’s Face- book post (after) and I immediately thought we should do something,” said Rosenbalm. “I text- ed Brian (Pickard) and he said the same thing.” Aside from the clothing and necessities donations, a Go Fund Me account has also been set up to gath- er monetary donations at GoFundMe.com/John- Daywild¿ re. The account was started on Monday, and has already received $1,000 from 15 donors in just one day of being ac- tive. According to Pickard, people have been con- stantly contacting the or- ganizers and wanting to help in any way they can. “It sorta snowballed into what it is now,” Pick- ard said. “It’s just one of those things, to do what- ever we can to help out.” Donations are being collected from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eastside Mar- ket in Hermiston, Heppner High School, Culver High School, and Weston-McE- wen High School until Saturday. After that the donations will be gathered, sorted and then delivered to the family soon after. For more information, you can visit the Heppner boys basketball Facebook page to ¿ nd clothing and shoe sizes for each of the Speth’s. Questions can also be directed to the re- spective coaches in each area. Hats off to Hermiston High School's Project Graduation Celebration Sponsors & Donors Advanced Orthopedic AJ’s Printed Apparel All That Wood American West Properties Anderson Hansell PC ASAP Flying Service Atkinson Staffing, Inc. Barak & Associates Barnett & Moro PC Bellinger Farms Big River Golf Course Bi-Mart Blue Mountain Community College Karen Bounds Bud-Rich Potato, Inc. Burger King Burns Mortuary Calpine City of Hermiston CMH Manufacturing Community Bank Cottage Flowers Cottage Rentals Desert Lanes Devon Oil Co., Inc. Domino’s, Pendleton Eagle Ranch Eagles Auxiliary The East Oregonian Elmer’s Irrigation Ann and Dean Fialka Fiesta Foods First Community Credit Union Gordon’s Electric, Inc. Granite Construction Chris Harder Hermiston Foods Hermiston Generating Co., LLP The Hermiston Herald Hermiston Veterinary Clinic Hometown Office Supply Dr. Durk Irwin, DMD, PC Jim Purswell’s Pump Company, Inc. Kiwanis Club of Hermiston Ruth Konningrud KUO Testing Labs Lifetime Vision Madison Ranches Midway Tavern Northwest Farm Credit Services NW Metal Fabricators Obie’s Express Oregon State University O So Kleen Pacific Ag Park Terrace Townhouses Payless Shoe Source Pea Ridge Embroidery & Signs Pendleton Building and Construction Pepsi Cola Bottling Company Pizza Hut Lisa and Ken Reardon Rock, Inc. Rogers Toyota of Hermiston Safeway Shelco Simplot Simply Divine 60 Minute Photo Sorbenots Southern Oregon University Starvation Ridge Farming, LLC Stratton Insurance Agency Subway, Hermiston Swire Coca-Cola Tom Denchel Ford Country Brenda Turner Two Rivers Correctional Institute Umatilla County Fair Board Union Pacific Railroad Universal Realty University of Oregon Duck Store Rita Walker Walmart Supercenter #1817 John Wambeke Western Oregon University Wheatland Insurance Center, Inc. ... and to all the parents and other individuals who donated time, money and/or supplies to help make our party a huge success we say, “THANK YOU!” HHS Project Graduation Committee & HHS Class of 2015 *AFTER $289 ROGERS DISCOUNT AND $500 REBATE PROVIDED BY TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. 3YR/12,000 MILE YEAR LEASE. PLUS TTD. ON APPROVED CREDIT. STK# 15T447. *AFTER $627 ROGERS DISCOUNT AND $1,000 REBATE PROVIDED BY TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. 3YR/12,000 MILE YEAR LEASE. PLUS TTD. ON APPROVED CREDIT. 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