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Here's what's on our radar this week:

Free podcasts Follow us online ONLINE gonortheastoregon.com TWITTER @gonortheastoregon PINTEREST @gonortheastoregon FACEBOOK @gonortheastoregon INSTAGRAM @gonortheastoregon

For years I've relied on podcasts, as well as music, to enliven the drudgery of an hour climbing to nowhere on my stairstepper.

Free podcasts, as anyone knows who has perused iTunes, are as common as dandelions.

(Although generally not as annoying, or as difficult to get

rid of.)

Three of my favorites, both for their content and their consistency (not a common trait of this

media category), are: • Fab 4 Free For All, a weekly show, usually about an hour, featuring three Beatles geeks from New York.

• Caustic Soda, also weekly, put out by a trio of Canadians who delight in highlighting the darker 4ence "caustic") elementsofa particulartopic.

Recent examples: mountaineering mishaps, weird wars and Ivan the Terrible.

• PGP Filmcast, generally

monthly, a group of four, sometimes five, friends who talk about movies, both current and past. Lots of humor, none of the pretension of establishment film critics.

Both Caustic Soda and PGP Filmcast have occasional profanity.

All three podcasts are available on iTunes.

— Jayson Jacoby, Baker City Herald editor

Contact our staff EDITOR Jeff Petersen email:jpetersen@ lagrandeobserver.com Twitter:

@gonortheastoregon BAKER COUNTY Lisa Britton Email: Ibritton@ bakercityherald.com Twitter:

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Your event Go! is published Wednesday in The Observer and Baker City Herald. Email your event information byWednesday for publication the following week.

MusicQaA Catching up with one of NortheastOregon's favorite musical acts:

Collard, Spivey bring Americanato the stage This week Go! interviews Add Collard of Baker City.

Go!: How did you get started?

Collard: I got my start with some fiiends my senior year of high school. They taught me to play bass in their grunge rock band, which was a ton of fun.

They movedoutoftown and I stayed behind.

I started focusing on my singing and guitar playing. Just learning songs that I liked and playing at parties. Tyler Brown gave me my first solo gig at Barley's on St. Patrick's Day in 2007,and I'veplayed forthe St. Pat's party there since. I played a long time with The Coyotes, a three piece with Nick Paulsen and Al Tiedemann. Now I do a guitar and drum duo with Dusty

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Collard: Americana. A lot of folk, rock, blues kind of stuff.

Add Collard, left, and Dusty Spivey, right, will play next at Lefty's Taphouse in Baker City.

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Go!:Whoare the band memsoul music, like James Brown, bers and their roles? and The Monophonics. There's Collard: I sing and play guitar something about all of that emoand harmonica. I'm lucky to have tion in the vocals that I just love. one of the best musicians in town I dig hip hop too, like Jurassic backing me up. Dusty Spivey 5 and Beastie Boys. They are plays drums and sings harmojust fun to listen to. There are nies with me. some great songwriters too: Josh He'safantasti c singer/songRitter, M. Ward, Iron & Wine, writer, too, so keep an eye out for Frank Turner. I love the stories him. they tell.

Go!: Who areyourfavorite Collard and Spivey's next gig musicians and why? will be at 8 p.m. Sept.11 at Lefty's Collard: I really like funk and Taphouse in Baker City.

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Lianne La Havas is one of the m ost beguil ing pop starsofour time. With her second record, she confirms this status. Aesthetically breathtaking, she is a charming and immaculately dressed 25-year-old of Greek and Jamaican origin born in London."Is Your Love Big Enough?" — her 2012 debut — earned well-deserved accolades, partly on the strength of wonderful singles such as the title track and "Forget." Her much anticipated sophomore efFort, "Blood," might not have singles with such immediate appeal.

She front-loads the crowd-pleasers: "Unstoppable," a gauzy introduction that rewards patience with a meaty beat, lush production and a sing-along chorus; "Green & Gold," a delightful, jazzy show of confidence in a mirror, a reflection on both her youthfulness and connection to an ancient bloodline; and the video-accompanied 'What You Won't Do," a riff on early '60s girl groups with a timeless, sultry edge. La Havas was in Jamaica when she got the creative urge.

Co-producer Stephen McGregor came with 4e co-produces here), and their studio sessions included Paul Epworth (one of Adele's main men on "21").

On the cover Hot air balloons will fill the sky above Cove on Saturday during the annual Cove Cherry Festival. (Go! file photo)

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Take a step back in time at photo exhibit WHAT'

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Fred Hill exhibit

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LA GRANDE — When considering buying a home, most people look for a big deck or a valley view.

Fred Hill is different. The year was 1988. He was moving back to the Grande Ronde Valley after a 38year career as a corporate photographer and print shop foreman in the BayArea. He knew he had found his dream home on Sunsetin La Grande when he saw the windowless room in the basement. Sure, the room neededwiring andplumbing,

When:Through September; gallery hours are10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday Where:Art Center, 1006 Penn Ave., La Grande

butit soon became his darkroom.

Since that day, Hill, now 95, has developedthousands ofphotographs in that darkroom. Almost 30 photos are now on display at the Art Center in La Grande.

The photographs were taken anywhere from 1936 to 1992.

While Hill has slowed down with the camera, he's still going through

his lifetime collection of negatives.

'Some of the black and white negatives I shoteightdecades agoaie still pmducing good prints,"he said.

His daughter, Vivian Matthews, a Union High School teacher, encouraged him to get his photo treasure trove sorted out and identified.

He's well under way in the process. He's given about 5,000 negatives to the Pierce Library archive on the Eastern Oregon University campus.

'They're scanning them, indexing them and putting them on their website," Hill said.'That way, anybody who is a writer, researcher or educator can get them off the website."

Hill has always done photographs the old-fashioned way and has no intention ofriding the digital wave.

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When Hill was growing up in Elgin, his mother, school teacher Etha (HuSnanl Hill, got him a box camera at about age 10. She had learned to do her own processing from her dad, Charles Daniel HuSnan, who worked with old glassplate negatives.

Four years or so later, Hill and his mom visited the Westenskows in Imbler where son Garth, who was seven or eight years older than Hill, had a darkroom in the cellar.

"He showed me the process," Hill said.'When I saw an image coming up in the developer, fiom a piece of white paper, I was hooked."

Hill soon outgrew his own cellar darkroom and the family found an empty building that could be rented in Elgin for $3 a month, including water. By the time he was a high school senior, he had a thriving business.

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He convinced the school superintendent he could take class pictures with his 5x7 camera and soldthem for25centsa print.

In 1940, the National Guard unit he belonged to was mobilized into federal service as World War II broke out. Eventually, he was able to transfer to the Air Force and was stationed in New Guinea as a lab chief specializing in the timely development ofreconnaissance photos.

Aftergetting outofthe service, Hill attended the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco.

Thatgave further momentum to Hill's lifetime love for black and white photography.

O. See the arts Want to see artist exhibitions in Northeast Oregon? Here is a list of where to find local art.

BAKER CITY • Anders Atelier, 1802 Main St. • Crossroads Carnegie, 2020 Auburn Ave. • Dancing Elephant Gallery, 1788 Main St. • Peterson's Gallery, 1925 Main St. • ShortTerm Gallery, 1829 Main St. ENTERPRISE • Skylight Gallery, 107 E. Main St. • TW. Bronze, 202 Golf Course Road JOSEPH • Aspen Grove Gallery, 602 N. Main St. • Fire Works Pottery Studio trt Gallery, 62378 Hurricane Creek • Kelly's Gallery on Main, 103 N. Main St. • Lakeside Interiors, 305 N. Main St. • Stewart Jones Designs, 2 S. Main St. • The Sheep Shed, 207 N. Main St. • Uptown Art, 18 S. Main St. • Valley Bronze Gallery, 18 S. Main St. LA GRANDE • Art Center at the Old Library, 1006 Penn Ave. • Mitre's Touch Gallery, 1414 Adams Ave. • Nightingale Gallery, Loso Hall, 1 University Boulevard • Potter's House, 1601 Sixth St. SUMPTER • Lynn Bean Gallery, 293 Mill St. WALLOWA • Gene Hayes Gallery, 301 Donald St.

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Live music venues Want to hear live music in Northeast Oregon? Here's a list of where to catch your favorite musical act.

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BAKER CITY • Barley Brown's Brewpub, 2190 Main St. • Corner Brick Bar and Grill, 840 Main St. • Earth 8t Vine, 2001 Washington Ave. • Geiser Grand Hotel,1996 Main St. • Paizano's Pizza, 2940 10th St. ENTERPRISE • Lear's Main Street Pub 8t Grill, 111 W. Main St. • O.K. Theatre, 208W. Main St. • Terminal Gravity, 803 SE School St. JOSEPH • Josephy Center for Arts 8t Culture, 403 N. Main St. • The Local Loaf, 19 S. Main St. • Mutiny Is Brewing, 600 N. Main St. • Outlaw Restaurant 8t Saloon, 108 N. Main St. • Redhorse Coffee Traders, 306 N. Main St. LA GRANDE • Bear Mountain Pizza Co., 2104 Island Ave. • Benchwarmer's Pub and Grill, 210 Depot St. • Bud Jacksons Sportsmans Bar and Grill, 2209Adams Ave. • Jefferson Street Depot, 1118 Jefferson St. • Joe Bean's, 1009Adams Ave. • Short Stop Xtreme, 1709 Gekeler Lane • Ten Depot, 10 Depot St. UNION • LG Brewskis, 267 S. Main St.

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SUMPTER — Music in the Meadow 6 has two days of performers lined up for this year's event happening Saturday and Sunday in Sumpter.

Activities and musicians are scheduled fiom noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The suggested donation is $5.

Food will also be for sale.

This is the event's sixth year, and the fourth that Leanne Woolf has helped organize.

Like last year, Music in the Meadow will be closer to the main street, near the Sumpter Dredge State Heritage Area. In previous years, all the action was set up at the fairgrounds up the hill from the main part of town.

The new location is also close to the Sumpter Valley Railroad depot.

"Certainly when you have a steam locomotive pulling into your venue, it adds energy,"Woolf said.

She suggests that those attending bring their own chairs as well as shade because there are only a few trees in the area.

The weather is anyone's guess.

"Be prepared for 100 and sunny or 50 and rainy. It's summer in the mountains," she said.

The days will also feature activities for the kids — '%n oldfashioned games,"Woolf said.

The audience varies throughout the day — some stay the entire time and others wander in and out, she said.

Others arrive by the Sumpter Valley Railroad and are usually surprised to find a music festival when they disembark the train.

When: Noon to 9 p.m.

Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday Where:Sumpter, near the state park Information:www. musicinthemeadow. wordpress.com SVRR trains depart the McEwen Depotand head to Sumpter at 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. both days.

For those who do drive to the festival, parking will be at the dredge, so"wear shoes you can

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Public meetings are scheduled to review the : assessment work completed to-date and outline design concepts for the proposed Elgin to Joseph Rail-with-Trail Concept Plan. . The meeting dates, times and locations are:

Tuesday, August 18, 2015, :: Elgin Community Center, 6 to 8 p.m. (' = y: Wed~ ay , A u g ust 19, 2015, ' - WaKovz~ e n im Center, 6 to 8 p.m. hursday, A'ugust 20, 2015, Jqse h

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The Concept Plan reviews the feasibility and suitability of a 63 mile rail-with-trail located in the Wallowa Union Rail Road Authority's Joseph Branch right of way.

Public Comments are encouraged. The information gathered at these meetings will be incorporated in the final Concept Plan.

The draft report is available for review at https://www.eou.edu/rails-with-trails/ or in print at the city halls, community libraries, and county commission offices.

For more information or if special accommodations are neededcontact Terry Edvalson at (541) 377-6355or Dana Kurtz at https:Ilwww.eou.edu/rails-with-trailsl.

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Boise troupe presents musical in Baker City BAKERCITY — Opera Elect, a newlyformedproductioncompany &om Boise, Idaho, thatshowcases avarietyofyoung talentand gives afreshtasteonclassicalmusic, willbring amusical to Baker City thisweekend.

The Fridayand Saturdayshows begin at7p.m., withthe Sunday matineebeginning at3p.m. All performanceswill takeplace at the Iron Gate Theatreinthe Basche-Sage Mall.

This one-actmusical features thelives of tworoommates,Alex and Jill,both trying to follow their artisti cdreams.

However,Jill'sfutureasanaspiringoperasinger threatenstheduo's fiiendship,andAlex'sownpersonal strugglesaren'thelpingeither.

According topersonnelwith thecompany, the showis aperfect combination for aneveningof classical andmodernmusic. This showis also familyfriendly, with noinappropriatelanguage.

Tickets for the showwillbe availableatthedoor. Prices

are$20foradultsand $15for students.

runs &om 8p.m.to 10p.m.

Old time fiddlers play for show at Elgin Fire Hall ELGIN — The Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlerswillplayfor a fiddle showbeginning at6p.m.

Saturdayat the Elgin Fire Hall.

Admissionis $5 for adults($4 with afiddlers membershipcard) andyounger than 12 are &ee.

The showis sponsoredbythe Elgin Fire Department.

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Opera Elect of Boise, Idaho, will be performing three shows this weekend in Baker City. All performanceswill take place at the Iron GateTheatre in the Basche-Sage Mall. perform from 5:30p.m. to 7p.m.

Thursday as partof the Courthouse Concert Series.

The concertpromises smiles and harmonies &om countryto blues. Admission to the concertis free, and the musicis played at theWallowa County Courthouse gazebo.

Theconcertseriesrunsin conjunctionwith the Community Farmers Market, whichstarts at 4p.m.

are set to playfrom 9a.m. to noon Saturdayat MaxSquarein La Grande as part of the Music at the Marketconcert series.Admissionis free. The musicruns in conjunctionwith the La Grande Farmers' Market.

Ten Depot Street sets live music schedule

Brann & Family perform during courthouse series Sum People play Music at the Market in La Grande ENTERPRISE — Darrell Brann & Family are set to

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Jamie Nasario, Luke Basile and Dennis Rogerswillperform ThursdayatTen Depot Street. Thereis no admissioncharge. Themusic

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aspectsofhistory.

Nitzstresses that there are manythings about theWallowa areabefore1877 that are special and unique. On Thursday, he will offer a free presentationon some of the extraordinaryand innovativeartifactsofthe past, including Nez Perce place names, technologyand tools, and arts and theoreti caldiscourse.

JoinWallowa LandTrustfor Nitz's presentationat7p.m.at Stage One, 119S. River St.in Enterprise.

Get tickets now for Barn Dance in 3oseph

JOSEPH — The seventhannual Barn Dance, abenefitfor Wallowa Resources, will takeplace &om 5p.m.untillateAug.22at the Blue Barn, located at63327 TenderfootValley RoadinJoseph.

Tickets,$30,are presale only Event covers regional andlimited. Theyare available at history, heritage The Bookloft, Red Horse Coffee ENTERPRISE — Regional Traders, the Lostine Tavernand heritageis something Wallowa Wallowa Resources.

Countycelebratesregularly,but Musicwillbe performedby Henry Kinsleyandhis band, while thedetails ofthis historycan becomefuzzywhenwereachback cateringis by ZaneAnderson and 150yearsormoreinto thepast.

Backyard Gardens. The eventwill Tim Nitz,Oregon-Washington include anauction. unitmanagerof the Nez Perce NaFormoreinformation, call tional Historical Park,isdedicated 541-263-0648. toensuring weunderstand and — Go! staff appreciatetheseoften-overlooked

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Coming up Put these upcoming festivals from around Northeast Oregon on your calendar.

MAIN STREET SHOW & SHINE Where:303W. North Street and Main Street, Enterprise When: Friday and Saturday About: Car cruise with a show and shine event, poker run, street dance COVE CHERRY FAIR Where: Downtown Cove When: Saturday About: Fun run/walk, sourdough pancake breakfast, parade, hot air balloon lifts, Clover Haven bike ride, Cove history MAXVILLE GATHERING Where:Wallowa Nez Perce Homeland Site, 1/8th mile east of Wallowa When:10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Aug. 22 About: Celebrates logging history of Wallowa County; mule-drawn tours, guest storyteller, live music, food, vendors WALLOWA COUNTY THUNDER RUN Where:Wallowa County Fairgrounds, Enterprise, and Main Street, Joseph When:Aug. 20-23 About: Live music, poker run, biker game, food, drink, vendors EIGHTH ANNUAL CELTIC FESTIVAL AND HIGHLAND GAMES Where: Union County Fairgrounds, La Grande When:Aug. 22-23 About: Celtic Clan Village, ladies Welsh skillet toss, kilted kilometer race, music, food

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When: Friday and Saturday Where:Main Street, Enterprise Cost:Early registration, $15 registration upon arrival, $20 Information:www. mainstreetshownshine.com or 541-426-2100.

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ENTERPRISE — There's something about classic car shows that bring on waves of nostalgia.

Think about cruising the gut, or visiting the local drive-in on a balmy summer's night, only to see a lineup of cars that were builtin the Great Depression or in the years Dwight"I Like Ike"was president.

Enterprise gets in the mood and groovethisweekend for aclassic car invasion.

The first Main Street Show & Shine in Enterprise, held in 2014, was a rousing success, and this year's could be even bigger.

"Last year we were hoping to hit 100 entries and we got 134,"said Doug Crow, chair of the organizing committee.

This year's show will unfold Friday and Saturday. Registration of cars begins at 9 a.m. Friday at 303 W. North St. There will be a cruisein and poker run, a new event

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Downtown Enterprise was a hopping spot for the first Main Street Show &. Shine in 2014. this year, throughout the Wallowa Valley Friday. There also may be a walking event downtown Friday so visitors to the community can see all Enterprise has to offer.

The day will culminate from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with a street dance.

The best tim eforspectatorstogo see the cars, though, may be fium 9 a.m.to 4p.m. Saturdayin downtown Enterprise. There will be 24 awatd categori es,includinga castbronze trophy for Bestof Show and People's Choice made at the local foundries.

There are many unique other awards, all designed by the large and talented Wallowa County arts community. They include awards m ade ofblownglass,ceramic pot-

tery and metal art as well as an original painting. ''We've expanded on the awards

with more than 270 entries.

"That car show was in June, and we thought we would fill the void, but move our show to later in the program this year," Crow said.

"They'reallartistcreated and one- summer," Crow said.'We wanted of-a-kind awards." to put something together that Organizers gottheidea for the would help our downtown mershow whentheOregon Mountain chants and the city of Enterprise."

Cruise Car Show, held for about a Early registration for the show quarter century in Joseph, was not is$15,and registration upon going to be held in 2014. The show arrival is $20. Register online at returned this year for a 26th year www.mainstreetshowshine.com.

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Writing soothes Summerville poet's soul

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LA GRANDE — Poetry is to Puerto Rico what corn is to Iowa.

As a young child, Summerville's Amelia Diaz Ettinger began reciting poetry and grew to lovethe artform.

"It was something that was very present in most Puerto Rican families," she said."The extended families would get together for big lunches and dinners where poetry was recited.

It was natural. Poetry was also

prevalenton TV, featuring Carribbean poets."

Now Ettinger has had a collection ofher poems, "Speaking at a Time," published by Red Bat Books. A book launch party will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Looking Glass Books in La Grande.

The recently retired La Grande High School biology, world science and Spanish teacher said the poems all originated fiom a time when she was missing Puerto Rico.

"There'sa thread ofnostalgia woven through the poems," she sard.

"I miss the extended family," Ettinger said."Most of the poems in the book were written when my kids were little. I was thinking about the enrichness they were missing. The food. I

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Imissed the beaches,the coral reefs, thepartiesthatalways included dancing and music."

Ettinger gets lots of her inspiration from reading. A couple of Ettinger's favorite poets when she was writing the book were Fed-

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erico Garcia Lorca from Spain and Pablo Neruda from Chile.

Growing up, Ettinger was inspired by two poets who were very visible and recited their negroid onomatopoeic poems on TVPales Matos of Puerto Rico and Nicolas Guillen of Cuba.

Tastes, however, change.

"I now read a wide eclectic group of writers, "she said.

Poems, she said, are born in different ways. e You take a framework and begin adding and subtracting until you get something that conveys what you want to say and something that might give people some fulfillment," she said.

Ettinger said she believes writing a poem is a lot like cooking.

"Peopleeitherlovecooking or they don't," she said."In poetry, I have a thought and then I see it onpaper.When you finish,you think, Wow, that's kind of cool.'

You cantasteit,feelit,be m oved byit."

The poet believes a key to good writing is to immerse yourself in a lotofgood poetry.

"I like to play with words," she said."Alotofgood poetry isplaying with words. I like to take a poem in Spanish and sit down and translate it into English. Writing down poems on paper opens areas in your brain. You see how words are put together by a master, and it improves your own writing."

Because of her career, along with raising a family, Ettinger took a long hiatus in writing. Now she isback fullforce,rediscovering work she did earlier, rewriting and polishing.

"I'm still writing poetry," she said, "butit'smoreeclecticnow, not as thematic as the book."

Ettinger is also writing a novel carrying the working title"False Memories." It's a loosely autobiographical tale about growing up on the islands.

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Go Set a Watchman,"

by Harper Lee 2."The Girl on theTrain,"

by Paula Hawkins 3. "All the LightWe Cannot See," by Anthony Doerr 4."The English Spy," by Daniel Silva 5."Code of Conduct' by BradThor HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. "Between the World and Me," byTa-NehisiCoates 2. "The Wright Brothers,"

by David McCullough 3. "Modern Romance," by Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg 4. "Down the Rabbit Hole,"

by Holly Madison 5. "Barbarian Days," by William Finnegan E-BOOK FICTION 1. "Go Set a Watchman,"by Harper Lee 2."The Girl on theTrain," by Paula Hawkins 3. "Grey," by E. L. James 4. "The Good Girl," by Mary Kubica 5."Speaking in Bones," by Kathy Reichs E-BOOK NONFICTION 1. "Between the World and Me," byTa-NehisiCoates 2."The Boys in the Boat," by Daniel James Brown 3. "Terry Jones' Medieval Lives," byTerry Jones and Alan Ereira 4. "Down the Rabbit Hole," by Holly Madison 5. "Modern Romance,"

by Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg Source: NewYorkTimes

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schedule • 7 a.m.— 11 a.m.: Pancake Breakfast in Founders Hall, adults $6, age 5-11 $3, younger than 5 free.

Menu: Alaskan sourdough pancakes, sausage and eggs, coffeeand juice

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and the one that eats the slowest, the daintiest and for the longest extended time wins the prize," Arnson said.

"A lotofpeople enterjustto stufF pie in their face," Silveira said.

"This will be different. People will eat pie as politely as they can, and it will be judged by anonymous

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MAIN EVENTS • 7 a.m.: Registration begins for CCA Fun Run/Walk, Founders Hall • 8 a.m.: Race start time, 1-mile: $5 individual, $15 family; 10K: $10 individual, $25 family • 8 a.m.to10 a.m.: HotAir Balloon Lifts, Ascension Camp, kids free; adults by donation • 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Library Book Sale, Founders Hall porch • 9 a.m.: Parade lineup; parade runs from Methodist Church to Ascension School • 10 a.m.: Parade start time; right after parade Cherry Fairies honored on main stage • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Cove history, Founders Hall Library • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Kiddie Carnival • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Elgin Lions Club DuckTrain • 11:30 a.m.: Check in for Lumberjack Competition, Ascension School •Noon to3 p.m.:Lum berjack Competition • 2 p.m.: Wasteland Kings, main stage • 3 p.m.: Lawnmower Races, Cove Sportsman's Club, $5 per contestant • 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.: Wasteland Kings, Cove Drive-In

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JEFF PETERSEN jpetersen@lagrandeobserver.com @goNEoregon COVE — Are you good at whistling? Doing farm animal imitations? Eating cherry pie in a dainty fashion? Spitting cherry pits? Running three-legged races?

Tossing water balloons?

If so, the Cove Cherry Fair on Saturday has something for you.

The day starts with yard sales, new this year, and a pancake breakfast at the Founders Hall to fuel all-comers for a day of fun.

"A lot of people come to town that weekend, and we want to make the yard sales more visible to draweven afew more people," said Betty Arnson of the Cherry Fair committee.

Peopleshould call541-568-4451 to get on the yard sale map.

The contests and games kick ofF at 11:30 a.m. with whistling for all.

"I workedatthe Sonoma County iCalifornial Fair for 15 years and have lots of experience with on-the-spot contests," said John Silveira, who calls himself the "Crazy Contest Guy.""I carry

Live music, dancing and more are slated for the Cove Ascension Camp grounds Saturday for the Cherry Fair.

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aroundthisportable stage called the vest pocket stage. I'll jump up on it and call everyone over, and it will be judged by the crowd."

That's followed by the popular farm animal imitations — sheep, cows and goats, oh my.

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Events for the entire family will take place Saturday as part of the annual Cove Cherry Fair. year, the Cherry Fair is sponsoring a polite pie-eating contest.

"As I understand it, each person is given equal portions

Silveira said once a man came extremely well-prepared to the Sonoma fair to win the polite pie contest, as he was dressed in a white shirt and bow tie.

Capping ofF the games is the cherry pit spitting contest in honor of the thriving cherry industry in Cove for which the festival is named.

'You can do the cherry pit or a whole cherry, no matter," Silveira said.'You're the one providing the lung power to shoot it."

Other fun events Saturday include, weather permitting, hot air balloon lifts that will run from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

"They need to go up early becauseitneeds to bea certain temperature and they want to avoid gusty winds,"Arnson said.

The popular parade will begin at 10 a.m. and feature antique car groups, horse clubs and rodeo clubs. This year's grand marshals are Don and Adrienne Hagey.

The day also includes a Lumberjack Competition and the honoring of the Cherry Fairies, another nod to the lively history of Cove. There is also plenty of quality music, including La Grande Americana group the Wasteland Kings featured at 2 p.m. on the main stage and from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.fora streetdance atthe Cove Drive-In. Back by popular demand, Wallowa County old-timey band Homemade Jam alsomakes an appearance at noon on the main stage.

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• CountrySwing Dance: 7:30 p.m .;$3before 8 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m., student discount with ID; Maridell Center, 1124Washington Ave., La Grande.

• Courthouse Concert Series:Darrell Brann Br Family perform; 5:30 p.m.;Wallowa County Courthouse gazebo, Enterprise.

• Enterprise Farmers Market:4 p.m.-7 p.m.; Wallowa County Courthouse lawn.

• Live Music by Jamie Nasario, Luke Basile& Dennis Rogers:8 p.m.; Ten Depot Street, La Grande.

• Opera on Main Street:6 p.m.; no cover charge; reservations requested, call 541523-1889; Geiser Grand Hotel's Palm Court, 1996 Main St., Baker City.

Baker City.

• Opera Elect Musical:7 p.m. $20 adults, $15 students; Iron GateTheater, 2101 Main St., Baker City.

• Powder River Music Review Concert Series:2 p.m.; Geiser Pollman Park, Baker City.

• Sumpter Valley RailroadTrain Robbery: departs McEwen Station 10 a.m. 5.1:15 p.m., round trip from Sumpter at noon; $1750 adults, $15 seniors, $11child, $50 family.

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• Dr. Bathasar Frontier Medicine Show: 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Br 2p.m.; Leo Adler Theater, National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, 22267 Oregon Hwy 86, Baker City.

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• Dr. Bathasar Frontier Medicine Show: 10:30 a.m.,12:30 p.m. Br 2p.m.; Leo Adler Theater, National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, 22267 Oregon Hwy 86, Baker City.

• Enterprise Summer Arts Classic:5:30 p.m. doorsopen,6p.m.dinner,StageOne;8p.m. entertainment, Odd Fellows Hall; $45 dinner Br concert, $15 concert only.

• Live Music by KeithTaylor:5 p.m.;Veterans Center, 1901 Main St., Baker City.

• Main Street Show & Shine:registration 9 a.m., cruise-in and poker run, street dance 7-10 p.m., 303W. North St. BrMain Street, Enterprise.

• Opera Elect Musical:7 p.m. $20 adults, $15 students; Iron GateTheater, 2101Main St., Baker City.

• PFLAG Board Game Night:6 p.m.; Bear Mountain Pizza, 2104Island Ave., La Grande.

SllAIIG.15 • Cove Cherry Fair:7-11 a.m. pancake breakfast, Founders Hall; 7 a.m. fun run/ walk registration, Founders Hall; 8 a.m. race starts; 8-10 a.m. hot air balloon rides; 10 a.m. parade; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. kiddie carnival, Cove history, games Brcontests, lumberjack

Barbecued cherry chicken is a tradition of the Cove Cherry Fair, to be held Saturday competition, live music,Ascension Camp; 3 p.m. lawnmower races, Spoltsman's Club; 7-10 p.m. Wasteland Kings, Cove Drive-ln.

• Dr. Bathasar Frontier Medicine Show: 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Br 2p.m.; Leo Adler Theater, National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, 22267 Oregon Hwy 86, Baker City.

• Eagle Cap Excursion Train, Two Rivers Bonus:lunch and a special end-of-the-trip treat are included; departs from Elgin Depot at 10 a.m.; $80 adults, $75 seniors, $40 ages 3-16, free for kids younger than 3; tickets available through Alegre Travel.

• OldTime Fiddlers Show:6 p.m.; $5 adults ($4 with membership card), younger than 12 free; Elgin Fire Hall.

• Joseph Farmers Market:10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Joseph Avenue BrMain Street.

• La Grande Farmers' Market:9 a.m.-noon; Max Square, Fourth Street and Adams Avenue.

• Main Street Show & Shine:9 a.m.-4 p.m.; downtown Enterprise.

• Musicat the Market: Sum People performs; 9 a.m.-noon; Max Square, Fourth StreetandAdams Avenue, LaGrande.

• Musicinthe Meadow: kidsgames,belly

dancers, fire dancers Br live music by regional musicians; gates open 11a.m.; $5 suggested donation, children 7 and younger free; downtown Sumpter.

• Opera Elect Musical:7 p.m. $20 adults, $15 students; Iron GateTheater, 2101 Main St., Baker City.

• Sumpter Valley Railroad Starlight Express Train:includes complimentary cake Br coffee and views of Perseid Meteor showers; departs McEwen Station at 8 p.m.; $20 adult, $18 senior, $13 child, $60 family.

• Sumpter Valley RailroadTrain Robbery: departs McEwen Station10 a.m. 5.1:15 p.m., round trip from Sumpter at noon; $1750 adults, $15 seniors, $11child, $50 family.

• Wallowa County Stock-Growers Ranch Rodeo:noon; 6 p.m. social hour, dinner Br dance at Cloverleaf Hall; Wallowa County Fairgrounds, Enterprise.

SllgAIIG.1$ • Dr. Bathasar Frontier Medicine Show: 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Br 2p.m.; Leo Adler Theater, National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, 22267 Oregon Hwy 86,

tll/AIIG.1G • La Grande Farmers' Market:3:30-6 p.m.; Max Square, Adams Avenue BrFourth Street.

• Tango Milonga:6:30 p.m.; Art Center at the Old Library, 1006 PennAve., La Grande.

UI/pAIIG.1s • Baker City Farmers Market:3:30 p.m.; Baker County Fairgrounds, 2600 East St. • Live Music by BlueMountaineers:11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center,1504 N. Albany St, La Grande.

• Quilt Questers:6:30 p.m.; City Hall, Island City.

AGG2II tllUIIS • 12 Aces Pinochle:1 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St, La Grande.

• CountrySwing Dance: 7:30p.m.;$3 before 8 p.m., $5 after 8 p.m., student discount with ID; Maridell Center, 1124Washington Ave., La Grande.

• Courthouse Concert Series:Heidi Muller Br BobWebb perform; 5:30 p.m.;Wallowa County Courthouse gazebo, Enterprise.

• 'Never Miss a Chance to Dance' Lessons: 6:30 p.m.;VFWHall, 2005Valley Ave., Baker City.

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This summer the Trail Tenders has offered a series of Dutch oven workshops to the community.

The TrailTenders is a nonprofit group that supports programs at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City.

The next workshop is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the center.

At this session, participants will learn how to make peach cobbler and apple crisp.

During the lesson, students will also get information on how to select, prepare and care for cookware; convert historic recipes; determine cook times; control fire temperatures and adjust for weather and altitude conditions.

Each class member receives a book of recipes and the skills to start cooking with a Dutch oven.

Cost is $10. All supplies and equipment are furnished and included in the price.

Pre-registration is required, class size is limited.

Call 541-523-1852 to sign up or for more information.

The last Dutch oven workshop will be Dutch oven bacon quiche on Sept. 19.

The center also offers videos and living history programs throughout the week.

For a complete schedule of events, go to www.oregontrail.blm.gov and click on "Events." From there you can view or print the monthly calendar.

— Lisa Britton

BAKER CITY — He makes it sound too good to be true, this fast-talking salesman selling a "miracle medicine for man or beast."

Dr. Balthasar is the epitome of a "snake oil salesman" — a slicktongued shyster who makes you want to believe his product will cure what ails you.

This fancy salesman is the invention of Mike Follin, a living history interpreter who is with the Ohio Historical Societyin Gncinnati.

He is again bringing his show to the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City, and can be seen Friday through Monday at 10:30 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. each day.

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According to a pressrelease,Follincreated the characterofa 19thcentury frontier patent medicine salesman to help modern Americans understand frontier history and early day health care.

The Dr. Balthasar character uses the rapid fire patter and entertaining techniques that attracted early American country when he assumes his character, folkto attend a salestalk and he transports the audience back purchase mostly useless tonics.

Follin opens and closes his 40-minute programs with modern viewpoints and facts about this early industry and frontier life, but

in time as they become part of the good doctor's sales spiel.

And for those who still aren't convinced, heoffersample "evidence" of those who didn't take his medical advice — such as a man who simply exploded.

The Trail Center is located five miles east of Baker City on Highway 86. Take Exit 302 from Interstate84.

The Center is currently open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

Admission for adultsis $8;for seniorsit's$4.50;children 15 and underare admitted forfree.Federal passes are accepted.

Call541-523-1843 for updates on programs and events.

For more information about the Trail Center, visit www.oregontrail.blm.gov.

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ers in"Prune" trim or guide a treearound barren,light-starved LOS ANGELES — Not too long atmospheres. The more precise ago Joel McDonald was working the direction, the more flowers the on video games in which players trees will grow. Described as a"love could pummel bullets into trees. letter" to nature,the $4.59 game brings with it an abstract look and Today, he's crafted a puzzle game in which players nurture trees. a meditative sound to plant life.

"Prune's" instant success also The result? This former "Call of Duty" designer has one of the hot- settles a bet McDonald had when test games on the market. he left his job contributing to His mobile game"Prune"was blockbuster games. He wagered near the top ofApple's paid App that today's gamers are hungry Store charts for much oflast week. fordifferentexperiences,perhaps Not bad for a game in which the goal even calming ones. He was right.

"I don't see the point in making is to watch a tree sprout flowers.

With swipes of the hand, playa game that' s already been made," Los Angeles Times

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"Prune" definitely stands out among its App Store competitors, and not just because it's absent angry birds in its trees. For one, it's a puzzle game that looks and feels ambient. The art owes a debt to Japanese ink-wash paintings.

As trees grow, they look as if they're being drawn to life amid bold and simple backgrounds.

Branches can quickly become rather intricate, which is where the game becomes challenging. As treesgrow fast,playershave to sculpt faster. Trim one branch to let another one live — or change

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There are obstacles. A red sphere, forinstance,isdangerous.

Don't let the tree grow into one or it will quickly become brittle and die.

The tone is forlorn. The music, designed by Kyle Preston, is otherworldly. Melancholic electronics sound as if they're mimicking a string section. It's patient — a sound for a leisurely stroll through a museum, perhaps.

That's fitting because "Prune" is a game that feels like an art piece.

It all brings a sense ofheft to the mission at hand.

Here, glowing dark orbs act as sortofseedsin theskythatprovide instant growth spurts. Backgrounds are often formed by little more than gray- or tan-tinted lines and black circles. Combined, they create spotless and unpolluted patterns, which the player must navigate.

Whether intentional or not, there's a slight underlying sensation of sadness. After all, it's in the hands of theplayertorestorelife to these seemingly infertile worlds.

Each time a flower grows, it does so with a chime, a briefbright burstofnoise thatpiercesthe softlybleak score.

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O. Top tours TheTop 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

1.The Rolling Stones; $7,836,716; $174.50.

2. U2; $6,030,279; $111.53.

3. Taylor Swift; $4,848,729; $109.85.

4. Take That; $4,461,359; $108.93.

5. Fleetwood Mac; $2,979,569; $122.77.

6. Kenny Chesney; $2,120,110; $84.86.

7. Shania Twain; $1,327234; $97.83.

8. Bette Midler; $1,265,913; $127.55.

9. Luke Bryan; $1,264,112; $63.26.

10. Neil Diamond; $1,233,631; $101.21.

11. Mana; $1,187,936; $101.54.

12. Rush; $1,120,184; $85.71.

13. Andre Rieu; $1,100,450; $79.10.

14. Herbert Gronemeyer; $958,492; $57.49.

15. Dave Matthews Band; $879,008; $59.11.

16. Backstreet Boys; $865,891; $63.32.

17. Maroon 5; $783,712; $57.73.

18. Ed Sheeran; $742,302; $59.84.

19. Romeo Santos; $717996; $87.91.

20. New Kids on the Block; $683,598; $59.65.

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Aug. 26,Western Idaho Fair, Boise, concerts free with fair admission, idahofair.com Sublime: 6 p.m. Aug. 27, Idaho Center, Nampa, $20-$40, fordidahocenter.com Gary Allan:7:30 p.m. Aug. 27, Western Idaho Fair, Boise, concerts free with fair admission, idahofair. com Saxon:8 p.m. Aug. 28, Knitting Factory Concert House, Boise, $25$47, bo.knittingfactory.com Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo: 7:30p.m.Aug.28,W estern Idaho Fair, Boise, concerts free with fair admission, idahofair.com

Brandi Carlile:8 p.m. Aug. 12, Knitting Factory Concert House, $30, sp.knittingfactory.com Three Days Grace:8 p.m. Aug. 21, Knitting Factory Concert House, $30, sp.knittingfactory.com

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A crowd of about 20,000 is expected at the Whitman Athletic Fields in Walla Walla, Washington, according to the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, to experience the two-day "Gentlemen of the RoadTour," which features the Foo Fighters, above, on Friday night and Mumford &. Sons on Saturday night.

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"Cargo for a Continental Crossing" is open through Oct. 13 at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City.

Upon entering, you first pick up a small cloth sack with three beans inside.

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After touring the exhibit, visitors are encouraged to write down the top three items they would take on the Oregon Trail in 1852, or what they would take on a road trip in 2015.

For this decision, the choices are: grandmother's patchwork quilt, the cribbage board your faor will you leave? own adventure" books with three ther made you or the journal you Knowing the hattfships those options: go next year, go now, or wrote in each night. emigrants faced, it's a tough decision. stay home.

Sentimental items versus the As the text says:"The prospect Icastmy votetogo. written record of the journey?

That's a tough one. In reality I of free land is exciting, but are Next up is the decision on what would choose the quilt or cribbage you willing to cross 2,000 miles of to pack: wilderness to getit?"

• Beans, dried frtut, the family board, but for this I added my bean It's a bit like those "choose your Bible, trade goods to the"journal" jar, thinldng ofhow • Flour, bacon, spare wagon much we wouldn't know if pioneers hadn't kept their journals. wheel, guns and ammunition • Flour, whiskey, beefjerky,cofJournals are what inspired "Pioneer Perspectives," a new addition fee,carpentry tools I like jerky and coffee, so that's to the center's main gallery. how I cast my vote. The second Visitors can pick up a small choice has by far been the most paperbookletand readjournal ofarealpioneer. popular, judgingby thenumber of entries beans in that jar.

There are seven different As you make your way around people featured, and each had the room, text panels tell stories mentioned five specific sites along aboutthejourney,and maps the trail — Platte River, South trace the various trails taken by Pass, Salmon Falls, Snake River and Columbia River. pioneers.

PASSION! FIRE aPATRIOTISM Authentic artifacts are on As you walk through the exhibit, display as well — some earlier you'll find wooden boxes near the versions of camping equipment, as displays forthese sites.Attached well as the necessities for travelto the boxis acrayon to make an ing by wagon, such as tools and etching inside the booklet. oxen shoes.

At the end of the tour, the book10:30 TO 1:00 PM The final choice to make with the let tells what happened to each third bean is'What's still with you?" pioneer, and then leaves spacefor Many pioneers started out with you to enter your own story and TOM MCDOWELL PARK too much stuff and tossed out get a pass port stamp from the ELGIN items along the trail as they went. center's information desk.

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O. See the museums and interpretive centers Want to see museums and interpretive centers in Northeast Oregon? Here is a list of where to find them.

BAKER CITY • Adler House Museum, 2305 Main St. • Baker Heritage Museum, 2480 Grove St. • National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center 22267 Highway 86 HAINES •EasternOregon Museum, 610 Third St. HALFWAY • Pine Valley Community Museum, 115 E Record St. HUNTINGTON •HuntingtonMuseum, 395 First St. JOSEPH • Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, 403 N. Main St. • Nez Perce Homeland Project Exhibit, 302 N. Main St. • Wallowa County Museum, 110 Main St. • Wallowology, 508 N. Main St. LA GRANDE • Blue Mountain Crossing, Interstate 84 Exit 248 • Eastern Oregon Fire Museum, 102 Elm St. SUMPTER • Cracker Creek Museum of Mining, across from Sumpter Valley Dredge State Park • Sumpter Municipal Museum, 245 Mill St. • Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge, 482 Mill St. UNION •Union County M useum, 333 S. Main St. WALLOWA • Nez Perce Interpretive Center, 209 E. Second St.

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Northeast Oregon eats Where Iate: Elkhorn Saloon, 180 Mill St., Sumpter What I Ordered:¹27 Cheeseburger in Paradise The Cost:$9.05 The Verdict:My husband, Duane, and I absolutely love to take weekend drives and explore all the different things that Northeast Oregon has to offer — and it has quite a bit to offer.

A few weeks ago we decided to ride the rails in Sumpter and grab some tasty food. As a self-proclaimed "foodie," the minute I heard of a place — the Elkhorn Saloon — that served 43 different hamburgers, including a cherry pie style burger, I knew I had to check it out. While I wasn't as adventuresome as I would have liked to be, I did try the Cheeseburger in Paradise.

A savory coconutand pineapple burger with oozing cheddarcheese,topped off with a side of curly fries (with every bite leaving me thinking how my personal trainer would be requiring me to do a few extra jumping jacks). The Elkhorn Saloon was the perfect place to end our Sumpter adventure and well worth the extra workout.

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move from our house in Vancouver, Washington, to an upstairs apartment in Baker City, so damned if I would chuck all my brew equipment, too.

On our first trip back to see family, I rifled through the storage shed and garnered enough stuff to try my hand at apartment-style homebrewing. I stared at my pop keg, beer-dispensing system with a heavyheart,knowing thatwe now had only the one fiidge — so bottlingit would be. I had somewhat preparedin advance by"emptying" enough beer bottles for a five-gallon batch — rather quickly I might add.

BEND — The owners of Rat Hole Brewing have started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to help renovate a building in Sunriver for their brewery.

Susan Toepfer, who, with her husband, AlbertToepfer, owns the nanobrewery on McArdle Road east of Bend, said the couple plan to move the brewing equipment to Sunriver. They also plan to open a second RatHole Brewpub there,she saidTuesday.The couple recently moved to Sunriver, she said.

"We thought it would be nicer if we didn't have to do a 30-mile trip every day," she said.

SusanToepfer's brother, Les Keele, owns the Rat Hole Brewpub at 384 SW Upper Terrace Drive, in Bend, and the property on McArdle Road where the Toepfers brew their beer. Susan Toepfer said Keele plans to sell the McArdle Road property, so the Toepfers have to move their 2.5-barrel brewing system.

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10 lbs. two-row pale ale malt 1 lb. 40-50L crystal malt 2 oz. hops of your choice (mine were homegrown, dried Cascade) 1 tsp. Irish moss Ale yeast to your liking 3/4cup of corn sugar or — JosephDitzler, I/I/esCom News Service 1/2 cup of honey (my preference) for bottling Add the crushed grains to 1.75 galOn our next monthly shopping bathtub. I had been spoiled back lons of168-degree F water.The mash foray to Boise, Idaho, I purchased home — basement sink, patio, pro- should stabilize at150-155. Hold that my grains and yeast. I grew my pane crab cooker, garden hose.... temp, as close as you can, for an hour. own hops for years and had plenty apartmentbrewing was gonna be Sparge with 4.5 gallons of170-degree in the freezer. a whole new ballgame. water. Add water as needed to brewI am not overly scientific when The mashing went fine on the pot for a total of 6 gallons. it comes to homebrewing. I follow electri cstove,butmy sparging When it is "finally" boiling add the recipe and try to keep the system looked like an experiment 1 oz. hops, boil 75 minutes. Add temperatures somewhat close. gone bad — chair on table, stacked 1/2 oz. hops, Irish moss and boil Keeping things sanitary is books, footstools,protectiveplastic 15 minutes. Turn off heat and add another story. Ever worked half garbage bags spread out for the the last hops, steep for 2 minutes. inevitable spills and disasters. a day, on what you know will be Homebrewers know what to do the best brew ever, only to watch Waiting for six gallons of wort next — others can read a book. it spoil in the carboy? Cleaning my equipment was the first of many obstacles I encountered while brewing in unfamiliar territory. The only sink big enough o• for buckets, carboys, etco was the

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CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent lllya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) are forced to put aside their hostilities and worktogether to stop the evildoers in their tracks.

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FANTASTIC FOUR 100 minutes I PG-13 I Action Playing at Granada 3Theatre, Eltrym Theater The Fantastic Four is a tale of two young friends, Reed Richards (MilesTeller) and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell). After an event transforms the boys, they find themselves empowered with bizarre new abilities. Reed becomes a scientific genius who can stretch, twist and re-shape his body. Ben becomes a monstrous, craggy humanoid with orange, rock-like skin and super-strength.

However, the two end up being owned by the government and used as weapons.

Remembering fond, childhood memories of his trip to Walley World, Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) surprises his wife (Christina Applegate) and two sons with a cross-country excursion to America's favorite fun park.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION 130 minutes I PG-13 I Action Playing at Granada 3Theatre, Eltrym Theater

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With the IMF now disbanded and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, a new threatcalled the Syndicate — soon emerges. The Syndicate is a network of highly skilled operatives who are dedicated to establishing a new world order via an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Faced with what may be the most impossible mission yet, Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with Lisa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), a disavowed British agent who may or may not be a member of this deadly rogue nation.

When aliens intercept video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack Earth, using the games as models. Knowing that he must employ a similar strategy, PresidentWill Cooper (Kevin James) recruits his childhood pal, former video-game champ and home-theater installer Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), to lead a team of old-school arcade players (Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad) and a military specialist (Michelle Monaghan) to save the planet.

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Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.

1. "Mission: ImpossibleRogue Nation," $29.4 million ($65.5 million international).

2. "Fantastic Four," $26.2 million ($34.1 million international).

3. "The Gift," $12 million.

4. "Vacation," $9.1 million.

5. "Ant-Man," $7.8 million ($9.2 million international).

6. "Minions," $74 million ($18.2 million international).

7."Ricki and the Flash," $7 million.

8. "Trainwreck," $6.3 million ($5.2 million international).

9. "Pixels," $5.4 million ($9.2 million international).

10 "Southpaw" $48 million Source: TheAssooated Press

Redbox's Top 10 DVD rentals The Top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks for the week of July 27: 1. "Get Hard" — Warner 2."Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" Sony 3. "The Gunman" — Universal 4."Unfinished Business" — Fox 5. "Run All Night" — Warner 6. "Kingsman: The Secret Service" — Fox 7. "Focus" (2015) — Warner 8."Ex Machina" — Lions Gate 9. "Jupiter Ascending" Warner 10. "The Lazarus Effect"— Fox -

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