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parade winners
HERMISTON HERALD
Walchli Farms won the
overall sweepstakes award
and the best business À oat
during the Umatilla Coun-
t\ Fair parade.
The event, which was
held Aug. 6, kicked of fair
week in Hermiston. Also,
Hermiston Drug & Gift
won the fair theme award,
which depicts Traditions
and Transitions.
The parade drew 145
entries and 11 received
¿ rst place ribbons in dif-
ferent categories. Those
included:
Youth Band: Hermis-
ton High School Marching
Band; Youth Dance Group:
All American G\mnastics
and Cheer; Adult Eques-
trian Group: ,[tapa Famil\
Mexican Restaurant; Youth
Equestrian Group: Con-
treras Famil\; Non-Pro¿ t
Float: Umatilla & Morrow
Count\ Child Welfare Pro-
gram; Motorized Group:
Cub Scouts Pack No. 645;
Single Motorized: Don
Waters; Business Non-
Float: First Communit\
Credit Union; Non-Pro¿ t
Non-Float: OSU HAREC
1942 Dodge; and Ro\alt\:
Happ\ Can\on Princesses.
For other fair results,
visit
www.co.umatilla.
or.us/fair or call 541-567-
6121.
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MemEers oI the StanÀ eld +igh School class oI recently held a year reunion. Classmates met July at Bard Park
in StanÀ eld. )ront row Ed +aigh John Otis Sharone McCann Linda Brown Nelson LiEEy DaYis ThomSson. Back row
John Slater Aaron Sutton Doug Myers Donna Raynalds Tom Tucker Margaret Brown Nelson Lynn Duke Dennis +aigh
Margo Jordan +erd. Not Sictured Rick Walls.
Stay-cation results in home-grown fun
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The +ermiston +igh School Marching Band marches in the
Umatilla County )air .ickOII Sarade on Saturday Aug. .
IN BRIEF
Dietitian intern
presents free
cooking demo
An upcoming cooking
demonstration will feature
prizes and food samples.
Alfredo Alvarez-Frias
will present Lunch and
Learn Anti-,nÀ ammator\
Foods 7hursda\ at noon
in Conference Center 2 at
Good Shepherd Medical
Center, 610 N.W. 11th St.,
Hermiston. People are in-
vited to bring their lunch
and enMo\ the presentation.
Alvarez-Frias is a stu-
dent doing his internship to
become a dietitian.
For more information,
contact -uli Gregor\ at
Mgregor\#gshealth.org or
541-667-3506.
Harvest Festival
seeks vendors
7he Morrow Count\
Harvest Festival is seeking
vendors.
7he event is Saturda\,
Oct. 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
at the SAGE Center, 101
Olson Road, Boardman.
Also, the Boardman Cham-
ber of Commerce will be
hosting the Harvest Festival
Car Show during the event.
The cost for vendor
booths is $35, which in-
cludes two passes for the
vendor breakfast. Vendors
will be set up on the mez-
zanine and produce vendors
will be outside the front
entr\ of the SAGE Center.
Vendors must register b\
Frida\, Aug. 26. People can
register at www.visitsage.
com.
For more information,
call 541-481-7243, 541-
481-3014 or stop b\ the
SAGE Center or chamber
of¿ ce.
Girl Scouts offer
tech support
Local Girl Scouts are of-
fering technolog\ and soft-
ware classes for the area’s
senior citizens.
The ¿ rst session is Sat-
urda\, Aug. 20 from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. and will cover
social media, technolog\
classes, Facebook, Sk\pe,
email, One Drive and Word
basics. The second class
is Saturda\, Aug. 27 from
9-11 a.m. and will focus
solel\ on more advanced
Word program skills, in-
cluding how to formulate
contact lists and mailing
addresses.
The classes will be
held in the computer labs
at Blue Mountain Com-
munit\ College ² 975
S.E. Columbia Drive,
Hermiston ² so there is
no need to bring a com-
puter. The Girl Scouts
are offering the classes as
part of their Gold Award
Project, which is similar
to the Bo\ Scout Eagle
Project.
For more information
about attending, call So-
fia Tello at 541-701-8693.
Historical society
meets Sunday
The Tuarterl\ meeting
of the Morrow Count\
Historical Societ\ is com-
ing up.
The group is dedicated
to preserving the histor\
of Morrow Count\. ,n ad-
dition, the\ sponsor trips
to visit historical sites and
events.
The no-host meeting
is Sunda\ at the Mustang
Diner, 180 N. Chase St.,
Heppner. Visitors are wel-
come to attend. The annual
dues for historical societ\
members are $5.
For more information,
call Dave DeMa\o at 541-
676-8017.
recentl\ took a couple
of da\s off and hung
around Hermiston for
a long weekend.
I rarel\ do sta\-cat-
ions. However, that ma\
change in the future ²
it’s a great wa\ to get
awa\ from work for a
bit without \our pock-
etbook taking a major
hit. I got to spend time
with some of m\ favor-
ite people (and canines)
doing fun things.
Thanks to a luck\
draw at work, I won tick-
ets to Thursda\ night’s
Farm-Cit\ Pro Rodeo.
M\ husband, -ohn, and I
even got hospitalit\ tent
passes for a free dinner.
I’ve been to a num-
ber of rodeos over the
\ears, including that one
in Pendleton. And, all I
gotta sa\ is Farm-Cit\ is
the best ² hands down
There’s nothing quite
like being in a box seat
so close to the action that
dirt from the arena À ies
into \our lap.
John and I took our
German shepherds, Lu-
cifer and the General, to
the river Frida\ morn-
ing. We had great fun
taking a dip in the water
and prett\ much had the
beach to ourselves.
I do have a shiner be-
low m\ left e\e. In his
exuberance, the General
rammed m\ sunglasses
into m\ face. I think the
goof\ gu\ thought I was
hiding from him (we of-
ten pla\ hide-and-seek)
and ran smack dab into
me.
Although the rea-
son for the event was a
somber one, Ron’s Pink
Memorial Part\ was
3rinted on
recycled
newsprint
VOLUME 110 ɿ NUMBER 32
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one craz\ gathering. Held Oh, and sampling some ¿ ne
Frida\ night in the Let µer huckleberr\ desserts.
Buck Room, it celebrat-
In the evening, we headed
ed the life of a gu\ I knew to Hermiston Super Oval for
through m\ previous job the School Bus Trailer Rac-
with Umatilla Count\.
es. I even got to ride in one of
Ron Fisher died Aug. 4 the buses. It was before the
in a freak car wreck
actual bus races and
in Baker Cit\. The
was supposed to be
shindig was prett\
for kids (and their ac-
wild with most ev-
compan\ing parents).
er\one wearing pink.
I sort of nonchalantl\
In addition, the of¿ ci-
got in line and climbed
ant was a drag queen
aboard. I’m a kid at
² with great legs, I
heart.
Tammy
might add.
After watching the
Malgesini
The thing that ,16,D( 0<
hornets and legends
struck me is how cool 6H2(6
race, the grand ¿ na-
it was that his famil\
le featured full-sized
and close friends threw the school buses dragging trailers
t\pe of part\ Ron would have and racing through the ¿ gure-8.
loved to attend. Ron wasn’t
Seriousl\, take a moment
a stuffed shirt t\pe of gu\ ² and visualize that. Sparks
neither was the farewell gath- À ew and trailers were de-
ering held in his honor.
stro\ed The last bus with
On Saturda\, John and I a trailer still attached was
enjo\ed looking at exhibits declared the winner. I
at the Umatilla Count\ Fair. laughed. I laughed a lot.
Sunda\ provided some
much-needed
girlfriend
time. I went gol¿ ng with
m\ besties, Carol Greene
and Deana Cordell.
With our bus\ schedules,
it’s been awhile since the
three of us have shared face-
to-face time together. In ad-
dition to taking sel¿ es, post-
ing on Facebook and making
plans for our annual fall trip
to the coast, we also swung
our clubs a few times.
I returned to work Mon-
da\ morning ² reading
emails, making phone calls
and t\ping some words.
I think I need another
sta\-cation.
²²²
Tammy Malgesini is
the community editor. Her
column, Inside my Shoes,
includes general musings
about life. Contact her at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4539.