WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016
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Road trip leads to special moments with family
A
fter
returning
from a road trip to
visit my folks — I
was reminded that there
are things about being
someone’s kid that really
rock.
Despite the fact that
I’m a college graduate,
have a full-time job, pay
a home mortgage and
have been married for
32 years, whenever I go
to Coos Bay I’m “Kidlet
No. 2.”
My mom always tells
me, “It doesn’t matter
how old you are, you’ll
always be my little girl.”
Since Coos Bay is
about a 15-hour round-
trip drive from Hermis-
ton, it’s not a weekend
destination. Needing to
take some time off from
work, I figured it was the
perfect opportunity to
cruise across the state to
see my folks.
While talking on the
phone confirming plans
for the trip, I asked my
mom if she’d make roast.
Over the years I’ve ruined
I arrived in Coos Bay
many good cuts of meat the next evening just in
trying to replicate my time for dinner. And, as
favorite family Sunday luck would have it, my
dinner. One time I
mom had prepared
even got cooking
meatloaf — another
tips from an octoge-
one of my favorites.
narian while at the
As we ate dinner,
funeral of a former
my pops asked me
boss’s mom. Even
what I wanted to
though I wouldn’t
do while I was in
be there on a Sun-
town. I didn’t have
day, my mom was Tammy
much of an agen-
Malgesini
more than happy to INSIDE MY
da, I wanted to go
prepare a roast for SHOES
to the student store
her “Tammy Sue.”
at Marshfield High
I packed the Jeep and School — my alma ma-
headed out last Tuesday ter — to get a baseball hat
afternoon with the Gen- and do some junkin’ in
eral, my 3-year-old Ger- second hand stores.
man shepherd. He makes
My mom was giddy
a great traveling part- with excitement to have
ner, but since he doesn’t me home. Sitting in the
share in the driving du- living room, we took a
ties I made a pit stop in jaunt down memory lane
Woodburn. In addition to — sharing stories from
being about halfway to days gone by. I couldn’t
Coos Bay, it provided an believe my mom was still
opportunity to get some up. Oftentimes when I
shoes for my husband at call, she’s already in bed
the outlet mall and have by 8 p.m.
lunch with some old
When my eyes started
friends.
to droop, I finally retired
to “the pink bedroom.”
When I lived in that room,
it had obnoxious smiley
face wallpaper. If you
think that sounds dread-
ful, imagine how I felt
as a 17-year-old waking
up with a hangover with
yellow, orange and pink
smiley faces everywhere.
The next day, my
brother joined us all for
lunch at a Mexican restau-
rant. Partway through the
meal my mom’s face was
beaming. “I have both my
kidlets here,” she said.
It had been almost four
years since our whole
family was all together.
That moment made the
whole trip worth it — that
and the roast beef dinner
my mom and brother pre-
pared.
———
Tammy Malgesini is
the community editor. Her
column, Inside my Shoes,
includes general musings
about life. Contact her at
tmalgesini@eastoergoni-
an.com or 541-564-4539.
Arts center seeks area shutterbugs
Regional photo
contest features
cash prizes
HERMISTON HERALD
Photographers
from
across the region are in-
vited to get their best
shots ready for the Open
Regional
Photography
Exhibit at Pendleton Cen-
ter for the Arts.
The exhibit offers both
amateurs and profession-
als a chance to share their
work in the East Orego-
nian Gallery, as well as
vie for more than $1,400
in cash awards.
Participants may en-
ter up to two photos.
The entry fee is $10 per
work for adults and $5 for
teens. The photos must
be dropped off Saturday,
April 2, between noon
and 4 p.m. at the arts
center, 214 N. Main St.,
Pendleton.
The exhibit opens Fri-
day, April 8, with a judge’s
critique at 5 p.m. and a re-
ception from 5:30-7 p.m.
The photographs will be
on view through May 27.
More than 75 photog-
raphers from throughout
the region participate
each year and organizers
expect even more in 2016.
The exhibit is non-juried,
so every work is accepted
and displayed.
Banner Bank of Pend-
leton underwrites the
event each year, provid-
ing funds for cash awards
for both adults and teens.
Visitors to the exhibit
will have an opportunity
to cast their vote for the
$200 Jacqueline Brown
People’s Choice Award,
which will be presented
on the final day of the ex-
hibition. Also, in celebra-
tion of this year’s 100th
anniversary of the open-
ing of the Carnegie build-
ing that houses Pendleton
Center for the Arts, an
additional $200 in prize
money — made possible
through the support of Jill
and Mike Thorne — will
be awarded to photos that
celebrate the building in
some way.
Hosted by the Arts
Council of Pendleton for
more than 35 years, the
Open Regional Exhibit
alternates paintings and
sculpture with photog-
raphy every other year.
Before the renovation of
the old library building,
organizers used several
venues, including Blue
Mountain
Community
College and the Pendle-
ton Convention Center.
Judging this year’s
entries is Rich Rollins, a
photographer and photo-
graphic educator. He has
a bachelor’s degree in
education from the Uni-
versity of Vermont and a
master’s of fine art from
Arizona State University.
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IN BRIEF
Congressman invites
student art entries
Artistically
talented
high school students are in-
vited to enter the Congres-
sional Art Competition and
possibly have their artwork
displayed in the U.S. Capi-
tol for one year.
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden,
R-Ore., invites area stu-
dents to submit their art-
work for the contest, which
began in 1982. A panel of
artists and art professors
will judge each student’s
work and choose the win-
ner and the runners-up.
Besides having their art-
work displayed in the 2016
national student art exhibit
in the nation’s capital, the
winner will receive compli-
mentary round-trip airfare
for two to visit Washington,
D.C., see the exhibit and
attend a reception in their
honor. The runners-up will
have their artwork hung in
one of Walden’s of¿ces in
Bend, Medford, La Grande
or Hood River.
To enter the contest, stu-
dents must submit no more
than two pieces of artwork
and the Student Informa-
tion & Release Form by
Wednesday, April 20. To
enter, send photos of the art-
work and the student release
form to Kirby Garrett at
kirby.garrett@mail.house.
gov. Forms and information
is available at www.walden.
house.gov/art-competition.
Author shares life
with Parkinson’s
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
A visitor views photos in the 2014 Open Regional Photography
Exhibit at Pendleton Center for the Arts. Submissions for this
year’s event will be accepted Saturday, April 2 from noon to 4 p.m.
An author who was di-
agnosed with Parkinson’s
disease in 2008 at age 62
will share about her new
book, “If I can Climb Mt.
Kilimanjaro, Why Can’t I
Brush my Teeth? Courage,
Tenacity and Love Meet
Parkinson’s Disease.”
Sponsored by Hermis-
ton’s Parkinson’s Disease
Support Group, Parkinson’s
Resources of Oregon and
Altrusa International of
Hermiston, Nan Little will
speak Monday, March 7, at
6 p.m. in Conference Room
2 at Good Shepherd Medical
Center, 610 N.W. 11th St.,
Hermiston. The presentation
is appropriate for patients,
caregivers, health care pro-
viders and others touched by
Parkinson’s disease.
Little is a wife, grand-
mother, adventurer, cyclist,
teacher, volunteer, speaker
and Parkinson’s advocate.
Her recent book provides
honest and raw insight into
what one goes through in
the diagnosis and treatment
of a neurodegenerative
disease. Even with the dis-
ease, Little has climbed Mt
Kilimanjaro, cycled across
Iowa four times, trekked
to Annapurna Base Camp
and hiked the Inca Trail to
Machu Picchu.
The book will be avail-
able for purchase. For
more information, call
541-720-4256.
Blu Cru plans dinner,
auction
The Blu Cru Umatilla
Vikings Booster Club will
host its ninth annual Steak
Dinner & Auction.
The event is Saturday,
March 12, at 5:30 p.m.
at the Hermiston Confer-
ence Center, 415 S. High-
way 395. Tickets are $25
each and can be purchased
at Umatilla schools, the
district of¿ce and select
Umatilla businesses. If
the event doesn’t sell-out,
additional tickets will be
available at the door.
For more informa-
tion, visit www.facebook.
com/events/1112751458
759325.
Rollins said there is no
single subject matter that
he prefers. It’s the vision
of the photographer that
draws him into the work
as he seeks to discover
their world, what they
hope to communicate and
the meaning it has for
them.
“I am eclectic in my
photographic
interests,
enjoying everything from
the whimsy and mystery
of less than sharp pinhole
and plastic camera im-
ages to photographs that
render the world with ex-
traordinary depth and de-
tail,” he said.
For entry forms and
complete
information,
stop by the arts center or
visit www.pendletonarts.
org. For questions, call
541-278-9201.
Area students chosen for youth tour
Lauren Santoyo of Herm-
iston High School and Kate-
lyn Bass of Ione Communi-
ty School were selected to
represent Umatilla Electric
Cooperative June 9-16 at
the 2016 Washington, D.C.
Youth Tour.
Santoyo is the daughter
of Luis and Norma Santoyo
of Hermiston. She has main-
tained a 3.8 GPA during her
high school years. Also, San-
toyo is a member of Key Club
and is running for president
of the DECA (Distributive
Education Club of America)
Club. She played volleyball
during her freshman and
sophomore years, and works
at the school’s Student Store
and Kennison Concession.
In addition, Santoyo is an
active participant in youth
group activities at Our Lady
of Angels Catholic Church.
Bass is the daughter of
Gary and Lani Bass of Board-
man. She has maintained a
4.0 GPA and is very involved
in her school and communi-
ty, including 4-H and FFA.
She plays volleyball, basket-
ball and tennis. A member of
the National Honor Society,
Bass has received Outstand-
ing Achievement Awards in
biology, physical science and
band. By the end of her soph-
omore year she had earned
more than 20 college credits.
“We are excited to contin-
ue to promote this program
and be able to ¿nd great can-
didates who will represent
UEC in Washington, D.C.,”
said Connie Shrum, manager
of Member Services.
The two young ladies
will join 1,500 other stu-
dents from across the United
States on a week-long edu-
cational trip hosted by the
National Rural Electric Co-
operative Association. They
will get to speak with Ore-
gon’s state representatives,
visit the World War II, Viet-
nam, Iwo Jima war memo-
rials, the Smithsonian and
Holocaust museums, hear
motivational speakers, learn
about electric cooperatives
and participate in many fun
activities.
This opportunity was open
to area high school juniors
whose parents or guardians
are members of Umatilla
Electric Cooperative.
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