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home,” he said.Maybe it was a sign. Um-

barger conceded he mightnothavebeen ready to takeon Music City at that point.He had played an array ofinstruments (violin, cello,piano, bass, drumsandgui-tar) and written songs, buthe hadn’t had much expe-rience singing in front ofaudiencesexceptat church.He put his music aside

and sold saddles at Ham-ley’s. Oddly, the job ledhimback to his Nashvilledreams. About a year ago,Hamley co-owner ParleyPearce agreed to sing aduet in the saddle shop onMen’s Night, but almost in-stantly regretted it. Whenhe discovered Umbargerknew the song, Pearce sawhis chance to gethimself offthe hook.“I endedup inserting Jeff

in this little duet,” Pearcesaid. “Heknocked it dead.”Pearce and his partner

BlairWoodfield likedwhatthey saw. Before long, Um-barger was singing on thesteakhouse lawnand in theSlickfork Saloon, mixingpopular country songswithhis original tunes.Last fall, Umbarger

walked into manager PatBeard’s office and said,‘Pat, I really like workinghere, but…’”“You’re going to

Nashville, aren’t you?”Beard interrupted. “Whenyoumake it, I want to driveyour bus.”Umbarger agreed.A couplemonths later in

Tennessee,Umbarger start-ed immersing himself inthe Nashville scene, totinghis favorite acoustic guitarwith him everywhere hewent. Three days after hit-ting the country musicmecca, he got a chance tosing in a honky-tonk whencountry artist Craig Camp-bell (“FamilyMan”) took abreak.Umbarger also regularly

participates in “writers’nights” where two or threesongwriters gather to playtheir originalmusic at barsand cafes, known as “hotspots.” Talent scouts oftenattend, trolling for new tal-ent. This week, Umbargergot a call fromapublishingcompany representativeabout one of his songs.In a townwherewho you

knowcanpropelanartist tohis first big break, Um-barger is eager to networkwith someof thebest in thebusiness. He got an oppor-tunity to rubshoulderswitha country legend when afriend introduced him toGeorge Jones at a restau-rant. The veteran singerinvited Umbarger to havelunch and the two connect-ed.A fewweeks later, JonesdroppedaChristmasgift offto Umbarger— a CD of thesinger’s music.

Even with connectionsand talent, Nashville is atough place to rise to thetopandUmbargerknows it.Excellent musiciansabound. Everyone sings.Everyone plays.“I had to think before I

went — what’s going tomake me different?”The answer, he said, is

the cowboy backgroundthat permeates his originalmusic. Umbarger grew upworking on his grandpar-ent’s cattle ranch, east ofPendleton, and rode bullsand broncs on the BlueMountain Community Col-lege rodeo teamandon theNorthwest ProfessionalRodeo circuit.Heset someofhiscowboy

adventures to song. Um-barger saidhis lyrics reflecttrue cowboy experiencetingedwitha littlepoetic li-cense. This cowboycredibility, Umbargerhopes, will set him apart.“People appreciate the

real deal,” Umbarger said.Manyaspiringartists find

themselves getting cynicalabout themusicalmachinethatNashville has become,asmuchabout connectionsand money, than music.Umbarger quoted countrysinger Chet Atkins on thesubject.“When asked ‘What’s the

sound of Nashville?’ ChetAtkins just shook the loosechange around in his pock-ets.”Umbarger said he plans

to stay positive and im-mersehimself inhismusic.Even if he never sells asongorwanglesa recordingcontract, he will certainlycome away with a musicaleducation like none other.“I’m trying to take a real-

istic approach to anunrealistic dream,” Um-barger said.Fivemonths after hitting

Nashville, Umbarger saidhe remains hopeful andhappy.“I’ve never been so con-

tent,” he said.His former bosses at the

saddle shop aren’t sur-prised. In December,Umbarger returned for avisit and they cajoled himinto performing at the atthe Hamley’s Christmasparty over the holidays.Pearce listenedwithpleas-ure to Umbarger’s clear,strong voice and tricky gui-tar licks.“He has advanced

tremendously,” Pearcesaid. “This kid is a quickstudy and in a short timehe’s developed someprettydecent connections — wethinkhe’s got possibilities.”Beard echoed Pearce.

Though he misses him atthe saddle shop, Beard en-dorses Umbarger’sNashville quest.“If you’re going to chase

your dream,” he said,“now’s the time to do it.”Country music lovers —

stay tuned.

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was born in 1930.In 1933, the Smith fami-

ly moved to the HalfwayHouse. The Wright grand-parents lived downstairsand the young Smith fam-ily lived upstairs. Haroldand Mayanna rode horse-back to the one roomByrd schoolhouse abouttwo miles away. Theschool closed in 1940 andchildren were thenbused to school in PilotRock.In 1957, Manilla and

Glenn moved to Pendle-ton to care for Glenn’selderly aunt and uncleAlfred and Lilly Smith.Their son Harold Smith

and his wife Mary movedto the ranch with theirthree children, Bobby,Glenna and Annie.The need to accommo-

date overnight travelershad declined with the in-vention of the automobileand farm trucks for haul-ing livestock.The Halfway House be-

came known simply as“the ranch,” whereHarold and Mary ran acow/calf operation.Harold died in 1988

and a few years later hisdaughter Annie and herhusband Gary Testermoved to the ranch.On July 9, 2001, a fire

started in tall grass neara power pole a couple of

miles south of the ranch.The fire swept downBridge Creek Canyon, fu-eled by the typicalnorthern summer breeze.Every barn and outbuild-ing on the ranch west ofBridge Creek was de-stroyed.The house was spared

as it was on the oppositeside of the creek and wassurrounded by a greenand shady lawn.The fire was devastat-

ing to the family andafter much consideration;they put the ranch up forsale.In August of 2003, the

Smith family sold theirranch holdings to Mattand Ronna Hayden ofLowell, Oregon.If you drive up the Yel-

low Jacket Road, justbefore milepost 7, thesolidly built two storyyellow farmhouse stillstands to the right of theroad.The Hayden family has

kept the integrity of thishistoric home, much tothe delight of the Smithfamily.Updates were made to

the heating system, thehome was insulated andthe original fir woodfloors were restored. Allimprovements to thehome have been madewith careful considera-tion to preserve the eraof this grand home.

I thought you would en-joy a few recipes EmmaWright kept in a blackcomposition notebook.Emma cooked on a woodcook stove all her life sothere aren’t many refer-ences to temperature ortime.In the back of her

recipe book, Emma haswritten the recipe forcuring meat and forpreparing liniment and acure for colds.For one hundred

pounds of meat: 5 lbs ofsalt, 1 qt brown sugar, 1oz. saltpeter, 1 oz. borax.Water enough to covermeat - - Boil water andlet cool before putting onmeat.For colds:1 lb. white Vaseline1 oz. menthol crystals1 oz. chloroform10 drops eucalyptus.White liniment:1 pint turpentine1 pint vinegar1 oz. chloroform1 oz. camphor.Dissolve camphor in

turpentine, add 3 or 4eggs beaten in the vine-gar — then addchloroform.Here is her mincemeat

recipe:1 gallon ground meat

(cooked)1 gallon ground apples

(or more)½ gallon of syrup

(maple)

½ gallon of vinegar½ gallon of meat broth½ cup of butter1 piece of suet1 tsp. cloves2 tsp. cinnamon2 tsp. nutmeg2 tsp. allspice2 boxes of raisins3 boxes of currents½ gallon of sugarWhiskey if liked.Mix and let stand

overnight. Cook slowly 45minutes. Pour in sterilejars and seal.Many recipes feature

various ways of preparingpickles or conserves suchas “The Best Pickles inthe World.” Emma hadfourteen different picklerecipes in her hand writ-ten book!I wish to thank Mayan-

na Smith Kopp, AnnieSmith Tester, Mary SmithDearborn, Glenna SmithRion, Bobby Smith andJean Hemphill for theircontributions to this arti-cle.

�Bonnie Sager of Pilot

Rock has lived in UmatillaCounty most of her life. Sheworks for a local health in-surance company and ismarried to Scott. They havethree daughters, Shelley,Kelly and Jodi and sixgrandchildren. She lovesbeing in the mountains,cooking, walking and ob-serving birds, wildflowersand nature in general.

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cent history, all in thename of sex (of whichthere is surprisingly littlegoing on). A quick check-list: bowel movementjokes, unneeded nudity(both male and female),cheating (both imaginedand real), weird sexsounds, the motley crewof sidekicks who add lit-tle value, ludicroustopics including fakeforeplay nicknames andso much more. Oh, andlet’s not forget theboyfriend-who-was-never-actually-a-boyfriendgoing all Charlie Sheen-like and crazying up thejoint. It’s a veritable bevyof moronic situationsbested only by how clue-less the main charactersare in their quest toscore. The one thing totake away: Applebee’s is

probably not the bestplace to pick up hornywomen, but you’re morethan welcome to try.But no worries: It’s not

just the plot that scrapesagainst the bottom of thebarrel. Whether it wasthe script or an innatelack of chemistry, Wilsonand Sudeikis appear tohave to brutally battle to

make their characterssync up. At no point doyou feel they are actuallyfriends. Instead, we getsome painful excuse foracting, cringe-worthy inall the wrong ways. How-ever, the wives did a bitbetter, making you wantto knowmore about them.But sans some quick cut-aways to them at thebeach house gettingdrunk with college-agedbaseball players, they arelost in the simply under-whelming storyline (andthat’s saying something).And everyone else justfades into the back-ground, never to beremembered again. ButBo Burnham got a smallpart as a bartender, so it’snot all doom and gloom.Strangely, the concept

of freeing husbands totravel on their own mean-dering whims in order to

come some enlighteningepiphany just doesn’thold water. And the Far-relly Brothers, returningto their infantile base,have done a great dis-service to the name ofcomedy.What else is there to

say? “Hall Pass” pandersto the lowest common de-nominator. Why wasteyour time watching thisdreck when you canwatch real talent beingrecognized at the Oscarstonight? There’s a prettygood chance no one willdefecate on a showerwall there.One out of five stars.

�Dominic Baez is the copy

editor/paginator for theEast Oregonian. Follow hismovie blog, Silver Screen-ing, for the latest trailers,clips and extras at silver-screening.wordpress.com.

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HALFWAY: Hayden family has kept integrity of historic home

REVIEW: ‘Hall Pass’ panders to lowest common denominator

SINGER: ‘Peopleappreciate the real deal’

The OscarsCheck out the EO’smovie blog atsilverscreening.wordpress.com for thelatest info abouttonight’s AcademyAwards, includingnominees, winners,commentary andmore. Who do youthink will win big?

BBRRIIEEFFLLYYJohn Lasseter winslifetime achievementawardWEST HOLLYWOOD,

Calif. (AP) — John Las-seter’s pair of Oscars havea new friend: a lifetimeachievement trophy. ThePixar and Disney anima-tion chief received theaward Friday night for hisdedication to the 40-min-utes-or-less medium fromShorts International, an

entertainment organiza-tion which promotes,distributes, broadcastsand produces short films. “It feels fantastic be-

cause I love short films,”said Lasseter. “I love theart form and what it didfor me as a filmmaker. Ilearned so much frommaking short films.They’re these little gems,these fantastic little ideasthat are not meant to be afeature film. They’re per-fect unto themselves. ...”