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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018
COMMUNITY
BRIEFS
Summer warms up
with singing
STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI
An explosion of color fills the night sky above the Hermiston Butte during the 2017 Fourth of
July fireworks display. Several area communities will offer activities and fireworks shows to
celebrate Wednesday’s Independence Day.
Local July 4th celebrations
By TAMMY MALGESINI
COMMUNITY EDITOR
Parades, park activities
and fireworks shows are
featured in area towns to
help celebrate Wednesday’s
Fourth of July holiday.
Communities are going
all-out with full day or mul-
tiple day festivals. Unless
otherwise noted, admis-
sion to the events are free,
although food and some
activities cost to participate.
Independence Day events
are held on Wednesday.
HERMISTON
Stars & Stripes Celebration
• 1-10:30 p.m.
• Butte Park, 1245 N.W.
Seventh St.
www.hermistonrecre-
ation.com
The free, family-friendly
event features games, enter-
tainment, bouncy houses,
live music, local youth per-
formances, vendors, food
booths, magic shows, Bub-
ble Soccer balloon animals,
face painting and more.
The event crescendos with
a fireworks show at dusk,
which will be shot off from
the Hermiston Butte. (541-
667-5018, parksandrec@
hermiston.or.us)
Stars and Stripes Pool Party
• 7-10:30 p.m.
• Hermiston Family
Aquatic Center, 879 W. Elm
Ave.
www.hermistonpool.
com/events
$14/ages 15 and older;
$10/ages 2-14; free/ages
0-2. Pool party, barbecue
(catered by Dickey’s Barbe-
cue Pit), live music, games
and a front row seat to fire-
works display. Must pur-
chase tickets in advance at
the pool. (541-289-7665)
STANFIELD
Stanfield Fourth of July
• 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Bard Park, off High-
way 395 between Harding
and Roosevelt avenues
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Stanfield4thofJuly
Free admission. Fire-
men’s breakfast (at the
community center), 3-on-3
tournament (9 a.m.), parade
(10 a.m.), entertainment,
Cash Vault, vendors, pie
baking contest (turn in by
11 a.m.), duck race (12:30
p.m.), and raffle drawings.
Park activities end at 3
p.m., but fireworks will be
shot off at dusk. Also, Tues-
day night 6-9 p.m., Fourth
of July Fundraising Steak
Feed; $20/steak; $10/kid’s
hamburger. Includes beer
garden and music by The
Hired Guns.
Tickets are available at
Main Street Market. (541-
449-3831, sandy@cityof-
stanfield.com)
BOARDMAN
Boardman Thunder 4th of July
Celebration
• 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• Riverside High School,
downtown, pool/recreation
center & Boardman Marina
Park
www.boardmanchamber.
org
Free admission. Boy
Scout breakfast (7 a.m.),
color run ($10-$30, 8 a.m.,
RHS ), parade (11 a.m.),
tournaments (3-3 basket-
ball, horseshoes, youth
soccer), park activities
includes food/craft vendors,
kids games (12:30-5 p.m.),
music with DJ Kora, live
music with Cruise Control
(6:30-9:30 p.m.) and fire-
works at dusk. (541-481-
3014 or info@boardman-
chamber.org)
IONE
Ione Fourth of July Celebration
• 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
• Ione City Park, Ione
Fire Hall and American
Legion Hall
www.cityofioneoregon.
com/fourthofjuly
Free admission. Fire-
men’s breakfast (7 a.m.),
Creative Care PreSchool
5K run/walk (7:30 a.m.),
vendor booths, horseshoe
and 3-on-3 tournaments,
games, parade featuring
grand marshals Gregg and
Shelly Rietmann (1 p.m.),
talent show (3:30 p.m.),
Game On! featuring video
games and laser tag (5-8
p.m.) and auction/raffle
drawings (8 p.m.) Featured
entertainment
includes
Wade Aylett (2 p.m.), Cory
Peterson Band (4:30 p.m.),
James Marlin Band (6:30
p.m.) and Brewer’s Grade
Band (8:30 p.m.), followed
by fireworks at dusk.
The celebration also fea-
tured activities over the
weekend, and on Tuesday
there will be a golf tourna-
ment and Ione High School
all alumni get together. Call
541-422-7414 for more
information.
The Hermiston Summer
Choir invites all commu-
nity members 14 and older
to join together in song.
Led by R. Lee Friese,
director of Inland North-
west Musicians, there are
no auditions. Anyone that is
interested may register and
sing.
The rehearsals are Mon-
day and Wednesdays from
6:30-8:30 p.m. between
July 16 to Aug. 1 They are
held at the Hermiston Com-
munity Center, 415 S. High-
way 395. The cost is $15
for Hermiston residents and
$19 for non-residents. The
choir will crescendo with a
public performance, which
is Sunday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m.
For more information or
to register, visit www.herm-
istonrecreation.com,
call
541-667-5018 or stop by the
recreation office, located at
the community center.
Neon Nights lights up
trail
After the sun goes down,
the Oxbow Trail will light
up to help support the Scott
Firefighter
Stairclimb,
which benefits the Leuke-
mia & Lymphoma Society.
The Neon Nights 5K is
Saturday, July 14 at 10 p.m.
at the Oxbow Trail. The
event will start at the trail-
head at 1100 W. Elm Ave.,
located west of Good Shep-
herd Medical Center, Herm-
iston. On-site registration
runs from 8-10 p.m.
The registration fee is
$25 or $15 for youths ages
5-15, which includes a glow
gear race packet with glow-
in-the-dark accessories and
a T-shirt (register by July
3 to be guaranteed a shirt).
Kids ages 4 and under are
free, but they won’t receive
a race packet.
In addition, partici-
pants are invited to take
their glow factor up a notch
and come decked out in all
things neon. Prizes will be
awarded to the top two “best
glowers” of the evening.
To register, visit www.
club24fit.com/neonnights
or stop by Club 24 located in
the Hermiston Plaza at 832
S. Highway 395. For ques-
tions, call 541-701-0477.
Echo plans all-school,
all-community
reunion
An evening social, din-
ner, dancing, reminisc-
ing and tours are featured
during the Echo All School/
All Community Reunion.
The event kicks off Fri-
day, July 6 with a meet-and-
greet from 5:30-10 p.m. at
Sno Road Winery, 111 W.
Main St. Registration for
the event is Saturday, July 7
at Echo City Park. Tours are
available Saturday, includ-
ing St. Peter’s Catholic
Church, 33208 Marble St.
(11 a.m.), Echo School Dis-
trict (2 p.m.) and the Echo
Historical Museum, 230 W.
Main St. (1-4 p.m.).
The Saturday, July 7 din-
ner at 5 p.m. features tri-
tip, various salads, baked
beans and rolls. The cost is
$30 per person and must be
paid in advance. Dancing
follows from 8-10:30 p.m.
at Echo Ridge Cellars, 551
Thielsen St.
Free recreational vehi-
cle parking is available at
the school. For tee times at
Echo Hills Golf Course, call
541-376-8244.
For more information
or to register, call Diane
(Schultze) Wilson at 541-
376-5505, Chris Betten-
court at 541-571-1472 or
Darrylin Collinsworth at
541-449-1138.
HHS class of ‘83 sets
reunion
Several activities are
planned for the 35-year
reunion of the Hermiston
High School class of 1983.
The event is scheduled
for July 13-15 and includes
two catered dinners, golf,
wine-tasting and general
visiting. Classmates are
encouraged to join in for a
little visit or all the options,
with varying costs.
Class organizers are col-
lecting contact information,
so all members of the class
of 1983 are encouraged
to get in touch to assist in
updating the list. For more
information or to request a
reunion registration form,
contact Kevin Fisher at kev-
inf@bmi.net, 541-720-1268
or Delia Fields at dorran-
fields@gmail.com,
541-
571-4210. Those planning
to enjoy the Friday or Sat-
urday dinners are urged to
respond by Friday, July 6.
Spanish country band strums for park series
Los Potrillos de Nayarit,
a Norteño (Spanish coun-
try) band, will take the stage
as part of Morrow County’s
Music in the Parks.
Based in Hermiston, the
band features four mem-
bers, who play accordion,
bass, 12-string guitar and
drums. The group plays
ballads, true legends and
stories from the past —
offering beats that range
from semi-slow rhythms
to cumbias, which are
faster-paced.
The free event is Mon-
day, July 9 at 7 p.m. at
Boardman Marina Park.
Pack a picnic or bring some
cash, as the Boardman
Little League will offer
concessions.
People are encouraged
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Los Potrillos de Nayarit, a Hermiston-based Norteno band.
to bring a blanket or lawn
chair and stake out a spot
along the Columbia River
to enjoy the concert. In case
of inclement weather, the
performance will be held at
the SAGE Center.
The free concert series
alternates each Monday
through Aug. 13 between
Boardman and Irrigon
marina parks. For more
information, contact Jackie
McCauley at utility.clerk@
cityofboardman.com
or
541-720-1289.
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