Harvey to play at Mac High
McMinnville High School will present “Harvey,” a comedy about a gentle man who happens to be friends with a 6-foot tall white rabbit. Performances run Friday through March 14. The show will ...
Sheridan First Wednesday series kicks off
SHERIDAN - The first in a series of seven Sheridan First Wednesday events will be held March 4 with a chili cook-off from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Sheridan Fire District Main Station, 230 S.W. Mill St. Each ...
Cal Tichenor and the My Lai court martial
For Carroll “Cal” Tichenor, who retired from a military career as a Judge Advocate General’s Corps colonel, and from a subsequent civilian career as a Yamhill County Circuit Court judge, ...
Justice and faith - Cal Tichenor’s many courtroom roles
Carroll “Cal” Tichenor has the upright posture of a career Army officer. The logic of an attorney. The fairness and compassion of a judge. The “quack, quack” ringtone of an Oregon ...
Guidelines to choosing healthy chow for your pup
It’s that time of year: I have in hand the 2015 Whole Dog Journal list of approved foods for your dog. Which means I am once again about to plunge into the abyss of dog food labeling. Please take ...
Good Friday wasn’t good at all
Good Friday, March 27, 1964, was not a good day. In Alaska it was not a good day. In California it was not a good day. And at Beverly Beach State Park on the Oregon coast, it was the saddest day imaginable. Four ...
Lafe Pence’s crazy plan: Wash mountains down to fill up lake
In 1904, a sharp-eyed 61-year-old hustler named Lafe Pence stepped off the train in downtown Portland for a meeting of the National Mining Congress. The conference he was attending has been long forgotten. ...
SIP! Wine Awards 2015
The 22nd annual McMinnville Wine and Food Classic is still two weeks away, but the kickoff for this always popular event, set for March 13-15 at The Evergreen Space Museum, took place a month ago. On ...
How to be a holiday mom
I knew I wanted to be a holiday mom before either Pinterest or my kids came into being. Long before people were creating virtual alternate realities, I was clipping ideas and recipes for fun things to ...
Be kind, persistent in order to shut the safety trap
DEAR CAROLYN: My neighbor thinks I’m a bad parent. Not just a bad parent, a dangerous parent. She thinks this because I do things like let my daughter climb the tree in our backyard and let my son ...
All the world’s a stage
McMinnville High’s Eric Armstrong claimed top honors in this year’s Performing Shakespeare competition for Oregon high schoolers, winning an all-expenses-paid trip to nationals in New York ...
Cold science
Jared Larson saw his first wild polar bears during a trip to the Arctic in 2012 — big males hunting for food and mothers shepherding their babies away from potential danger. One moved within a few ...
Offbeat Oregon: Roseburg train robbery
It was just another work night for the engineer and crew of the No. 15 California Express Jan. 29, 1897. They’d passed all the long, lonely stretches where train robbers liked to operate and were ...
Homemakers take note
I’m far from being a Heloise or a Handy Mandy, so I’m always happy to increase my collection of household hints. And I’ve lately acquired some new ones I think are winners. I wish I’d ...
Time to raid the freezer
This is the time of year all those hours in the kitchen last summer and fall were spent ito help. Now, when there’s little in the garden and less in the orchard, is the hour of the pantry. It’s ...