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Hermiston Herald ld WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016 HermistonHerald.com Page 7 HERMISTON FALLS TO THE TRIANGLE ALL-STARS SPORTS Page 8 $1.00 Pacifi c Ag acquires Calagri Hermiston Relay for Life celebrates 20th Business Page 4 ON THE MAIN STAGE Fair to include top entertainers HERMISTON HERALD T he Umatilla County Fair is gearing up for top- notch per- formers each night during the Aug. 9-13 event, includ- ing Creedence Clearwater Revisited, who will take the stage Saturday, Aug. 13. Other main stage musi- cians include A Thousand Horses (Tuesday, Aug. 9), The Bellamy Broth- ers (Wednesday, Aug. 10), Brothers Osborne (Thurs- day, Aug. 11) and a trio of Latino bands (Friday, Aug. 12). The concerts are at 9 p.m. (except Friday’s show, which begins at 8 p.m.) on the Wildhorse Resort & Ca- sino Main Stage at the fair- grounds in Hermiston. General admission seat- ing is available with fair admittance. Reserved seats are $12 each, which does not include fair admission. Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” may not have intended it, but their band Creedence Clearwater Re- visited has taken on a life of its own. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rhythm section from the legendary group Creedence Clearwa- ter Revival launched the project in 1995 to perform Creedence Clearwater Re- vival hits. Though the pair initial- ly only planned to play private parties, Creedence Clearwater Revisited now performs up to 100 shows a year and released the album “Recollection.” “We never really had any intention of playing for the public,” Cook said. “But a friend wanted to promote a couple of concerts. We got See FAIR, A12 PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JEFF DOW VIA UMATILLA COUNTY FAIR Creedence Clearwater Revisited will perform Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Umatilla County Fair. ABOUT TOWN Landing Days fi reworks and entertainment set for Saturday Blue Tattoo will headline Landing Days in Umatilla on Satur- day. The Hermis- ton-based cover band, which bills itself as “classic rock with atti- tude,” will play at the Umatilla Marina from 6 p.m. to dusk, followed by fi reworks over the river. Earlier in the day visitors to the marina will also have the op- portunity to watch per- formances from a vari- ety of local artists from 1-4 p.m. Food vendors, ranging from Polyne- sian food to elephant ears, will be on hand. The Landing Days parade will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the marina. The Umatilla Chamber of Commerce is still accepting entries. Months ago the chamber announced that Landing Days had been canceled for a lack of volunteers, but after renewed interest in the event, a scaled-back version was planned for Saturday. The annual event celebrates the his- tory of Umatilla. For more informa- tion contact the Uma- tilla Chamber of Com- merce at 541-922-4825. Hermiston Municipal Airport closed for construction A Thousand Horses will perform Tuesday, Aug. 9. FOR MORE INFO: co.umatilla.or.us/fair Brothers Osborne will perform Thursday, Aug. 11. The Bellamy Brothers will perform Wednesday, Aug. 10. Montez De Durango will perform Friday, Aug. 12. Fire damages Columbia Court Club building By ALEXA LOUGEE Staff Writer STAFF PHOTO BY ALEXA LOUGEE Firefi ghters work to contain a structure fi re at the Columbia Court Club. A Monday fi re at Co- lumbia Court Club in Hermiston has been ruled accidental by Hermiston Fire Marshal Tom Bohm. The fi re, while still under investigation, appears to have started from an elec- trical short in the attic. Bohm stated there was a power strip, extension cord and space heater all with- in a three foot radius, but the specifi c point of origin has not been determined. The fi re closed one lane of northbound traffi c on High- way 395 Monday morning. Hermiston Fire Depart- See FIRE, A12 Hermiston Munici- pal Airport is closed for construction until July 9. The closure is part of an ongoing series of upgrades at the airport, which started with Fed- eral Aviation Adminis- tration funding to move the taxiway to comply with FAA standards for the distance between taxiways and runways. The project has since expanded to include moving and enlarging the fuel station, new paving and new taxi- way and runway light- ing. Mark Morgan, as- sistant city manager, said the airport is also getting new signs and paint after being in- formed that the runway must be renamed. Run- ways are named based on magnetic heading, and after decades of shifting magnetic fi elds on Earth, Hermiston’s runway will now be Runway 5-32 instead of 4-22. The airport has an estimated 30,000 take- offs and landings per year, including aerial applicators, corporate planes, hobby planes, 10 UPS freight planes per week and helicop- ter traffi c. The airport is currently closed to all of them for safety reasons while contrac- tors work near the run- way and there are open trenches. — Jade McDowell
