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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016
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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.
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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.
MASTER PRINTERS NW BY SOFI
SMITH
The 2016 Umatilla County
Fair logo was unveiled
during the Jan. 30 Fair
Appreciation Dinner at
Thompson Hall on the
fairgrounds in Hermiston.
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