Quirk of the Week: Switching back to Mac
Folks living west of Hill Road might beg to differ, but McMinnville is essentially a flat town. Walkers and bikers are almost always on the level. Yet, head out Northwest Wallace Road to where, in this ...
John Olson: Parks and recreation bond an investment in community
Imagine a McMinnville where families, young professionals and businesses all thrive — a city with modern recreational facilities, vibrant community connections and strong economic growth. That vision is within reach, but it requires action.
Jeb Bladine: Shutdown crisis reports spawn more questions
Every crisis-related news report about our 9-day-old federal government shutdown seems to raise as many questions as it answers. Warnings of air transportation gridlock cite understaffing because so many ...
Quirk of the Week: Curiosities mark time-tested YCHS ballpark in Yamhill
There’s life in the Yamhill Carlton High School softball park, but the place looks a bit bedraggled. For years now, the vinyl sponsor banners on the north side of the field house have steadily deteriorated. ...
Quirk of the Week: Nailing down a grab bag of oddities, from the obscure to the obvious
Time for an autumn grab bag. Quirk this week includes a bit of new, a revisit or two and something seen in the rear-view … also, something obvious. Since it’s October and that means basketball ...
Investigating the Bible: Being like salt
By DAVID CARLSON PASTOR Jesus told his followers: “You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except ...
Eric Schuck: Nothing like a wedding to expose economic realities
It is a running joke in our house that while I’m great at protecting national security, I’m not exactly a vault when it comes to keeping family secrets.
Sonda Martin: Conduct of commissioners ‘dismissive and patronizing’
I gave public comment at the Sept. 25 meeting of the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners. I was prompted by the outright dismissive bullying and condescension that I witnessed from Commissioners Mary Starrett and Kit Johnston toward Commissioner Bubba King, both after Marvin Bernards’ public comment and on multiple occasions prior.
Jeb Bladine: Complicated federal shutdown has 'rules of 60'
A federal government shutdown this week comes complete with public confusion, heated rhetoric, misleading claims, maximum partisanship, political demonization and all the related anxieties. Heading into ...
Leah Gneiting: This is what learning should feel like for me
What first drew me to the Southern Oregon community of Butte Falls wasn’t the small-town setting or the school itself.
Jeb Bladine: Kent Taylor memories can be passed forward
It seemed fitting, after being privileged to speak at his celebration of life, to reminisce here about the late Kent Taylor, McMinnville’s city manager from 1986 to 2014. Much of that, however, ...
Investigating the Bible: Overcoming mistakes
James Keller, in his book, “One Moment Please!” wrote about a corrections officer at a Nebraska jail who received a letter for a man who was not an inmate. He was puzzled until he read the note scribbled on the back of the envelope: “If not in jail yet, please hold until he arrives.” Everyone makes mistakes. One leader in the Bible paid a high price for his mistake.
Quirk of the Week: In the pits
Whatever happened to horseshoes, the game? While not a dead sport (see Willamina, below), it is a great American tradition but has a forgotten feel. That is, if a fair indication is the neglected state ...
Jeb Bladine: AI takes a dive into ambulance service finances
Readers — here and far beyond — will continue and expand their engagement with artificial intelligence, which has become the quintessential research tool of our age. Each time, readers should ...
Sheri King: Hoover's humanitarianism serves as beacon for us all
When I began working as a tour guide at Newberg’s Hoover-Minthorn Museum, in the spring of 2024, I knew about as much about Herbert Hoover as most Americans — that he was the Great Depression president.
