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COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 Brushes with greatness: From Fair theme highlights Super Bowl rings to Jagger sings ‘Traditions & Transitions’ D uring the on special teams when the introduction of -ets won Super Bowl III. past Super Bowl Being inquisitive, I MVPs during the pre- asNed Steve if he tooN game festivities of Super showers with quarterEacN Bowl , Àashed EacN -oe 1amath. He laughed, to when I tried on a and con¿rmed they used championship ring from the same locNer room fa- Super Bowl III. cilities. Most of the celeEri- A Eig man with gigan- ties I’ve met over the tic hands, the ring was years are athletes. humongous on my Although I’ve never ¿nger. Always a really Eeen one to huge sports fan, get star strucN I ad- the ring was prac- mit I did get a little tically as Eig as the misty-eyed when I smile on my face. met EaseEall greats Also, EacN in BoE *iEson and Don the day, I ran with Mattingly. It should Tammy Steve Prefontaine. Malgesini come as no surprise INSIDE MY Despite the fact to those who Nnow SHOES he died nearly me that I actually 41 years ago, he asNed Steve 7hompson if hardly requires an intro- I could try on his Super duction. )or those unfa- Bowl ring. miliar with Pre, he ran at My husEand -ohn the University of Oregon, lived with Steve’s fam- competed in the 1972 ily for awhile as a foster Olympics and at one time Nid while growing up was the American record near Everett, Washington. holder of seven different Steve played at /aNe Ste- distance events). vens High School and the I didn’t thinN it was a University of Washington Eig deal ² Prefontaine Eefore Eeginning his 1)/ was a Coos Bay Nid and career as a defensive line- was in town to visit his man with the 1ew <orN folNs. A 1969 Marsh¿eld High School graduate, -ets. Chosen in the second Prefontaine hung out with round of the 1968 draft, our tracN team while we Steve missed the Eetter practiced that spring day part of his rooNie season in 1975. Another Erush with ce- due to an injury. However, he returned Eefore the end leErity I’ve had over the of the season and played years was running into Warren Zevon (“Were- wolves of London,” “Ex- citaEle Boy” and “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” are among his more well- Nnown hits). BarEe Peerson, who could recite Zevon’s lyr- ics proEaEly as well as the Earitone-voiced sing- er himself, and I were in Portland to see a show. With festival seating, we got to the venue early so we could get a good seat. Warren Zevon came out of the men’s restroom aEout the same time Bar- Ee exited the women’s. I gestured to BarEe so she would notice who it was. “Excuse me,” he said. “Warren Zevon talN- ed to me,” I later told my husEand aEout the en- counter. “He had to, you were in his (expletive) way,” BarEe said in setting the record straight. And, there was the time I sang with MicN -agger. Well, MicN was standing on the stage and I was standing on my chair ² Eut we were Eoth singing. ²²² Tammy Malgesini is the community editor. Her column, Inside my Shoes, includes general musings about life. Contact her at tmalgesini@eastore- gonian.com or 541-564- 4539. Board unveils new 2016 logo Born and raised in Hep- pner, Smith studied art at Lin¿eld College in McMin- nville, although never com- pleted her degree. Mostly a self-taught artist, she has worNed her entire career in newspapers and com- mercial print shops. Smith lives in Pendleton, with her husEand, Darrell. 7hey have two sons, Spencer and -ames. Details aEout another logo contest will Ee avail- aEle soon. Angie Mc1al- ley, fair administrative assistant, said Nids in ¿rst through ¿fth grades can create a design for the )un at the )air Day Camp. 7he winning logo will Ee featured on camp 7-shirts and other materials to promote the camp, which focuses on things for Nids to do on the fairgrounds during fair weeN. 7he camp includes arts and crafts, sci- ence experiments, music and more. )or more information, contact Mc1alley at 541- 567-6121, 800-700-3247, angie.mcnalley@umatil- lacounty.net, visit www. co.umatilla.or.us/fair or stop Ey the fair of¿ce at 515 W. Orchard Ave., Hermis- ton. includes information aEout children’s developmental stages, as well as Easic ¿rst aid and child CPR. Upcoming sessions are offered Saturday, )eE. 2, or Saturday, March 12. 7he class runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Conference Center 1 at *ood Shepherd Med- ical Center, 61 1.W. 11th St., Hermiston. 7he cost is $30, which includes lunch and all class materials. 7hose who plan to attend must pay in advance. 7o register or for more infor- mation, call 541-667-3509. By TAMMY MALGESINI Community Editor A ferris wheel, musical performer, farm animals and a Elue riEEon ² items synonymous with the Uma- tilla County )air ² are featured in the logo for the 2016 event. 7he logo was unveiled during the annual )air Appreciation Dinner, held -an. 30 at 7hompson Hall on the fairgrounds in Hermiston. 7he 2016 fair is Aug. 9-13. Representing the theme “7raditions 7ransitions, it was created Ey So¿ Smith of Master Printers 1W. Smith said the Pend- leton company participated in the logo contest as a way to show support for the fair. 7he runner-up was Ma.en- ]ie Mi]e, a senior at *ris- wold High School. 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