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Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Susan Pinto, 60, is almost done with her first two years of school on her way to becoming an art therapist. She plans to transfer from Chemeketa Community College to Linfield University for a four-year degree, then pursue a master’s degree at Lewis & Clark. Below are submitted photos showing examples of her creations. She learned beading and leather work from her grandmother when she was a girl in Oklahoma.

Stopping By: Moving forward

‘Live Your Dream’ grantee pursues art as creative outlet, and education as art therapist

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##First-grade teacher Mariana Fernandez shows illustrations in “Dinorella” to Mason Templeton, left, and other students as she reads the fairy tale, based on “Cinderella.” Dinosaurs are among the first-graders’ many interests, she said. Fernandez, who is bilingual, graduated from Linfield in 2024 and teaches at Wascher Elementary School.

Stopping by: Good day, every day

Inspiring kids by example, first-year teacher sees results are often ‘mágico’

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##A window in the Great Wall of China provided the framework for one of Struxness’s images of the landscape.

Stopping By: Wonders of the world

Career in medicine sustains, informs local photographer’s global image-making

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Tuesday Senior League President Larry Hartman, right, congratulates Roger Miller on a successful roll during a game at Walnut City Lanes. The men say bowling is great exercise for seniors — and a great way to socialize.

Stopping by: Lanes for life

A strike and a spare, and friendship, keep seniors coming back to bowling alley

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Kent and Rosie Minor share a moment in their new home, Brookdale City Center. They enjoy having dinner together and just spending time in one another’s company. If there’s a chance for a kiss, they’re all for that, too.

Stopping By: Valentines forever

On their first official date, 16-year-old Rosie Minor clambered onto the handlebars of her future husband Kent Minor’s bicycle. Off they went to a Tony Curtis movie. They’ve been traveling ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Shana Levin shows some of the tiny needles she uses at the Peaceful Owl Acupuncture clinic in McMinnville. The needles usually don’t cause pain, she said. On their own or with other techniques, they relieve pain, help people sleep and address other health problems

Stopping By: Healing with needles, Chinese techniques

Acupuncturist Shana Levin knows what many of her patients are feeling: they just want the pain to stop. She felt that way herself after being injured in a car wreck; she also suffered ongoing pain from ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Yu-Shan Chen, in traditional dress, shares a Lunar New Year meal with friends and fellow members of the Asian Heritage Association Wednesday at Yan’s Chinese Restaurant. Chen, who works at Linfield University, is originally from Taiwan. She will join the AHA in hosting a community celebration of the Lunar New Year on Sunday at the McMinnville Community Center.

Stopping by: From the heart

Asian Heritage Association is one way Yu-Shan Chen extends the hospitality of her native Taiwan and helps educate the community about her culture

Rusty Rae/News-Register##During one of their Thursday gatherings at Bob Lunt’s house, carvers work on their wood projects. From left are Tim Wahlberg, Forrest Peterson, Lunt and Ralph Juda. As they whittle, they talk about their lives and come up with solutions to local and world problems.

Stopping By: Carving Quartet

Four men with knives gather every Thursday to whittle away at both wood and the world’s problems. Wearing leather aprons and one or two protective gloves each, Bob Lunt, Ralph Juda, Tim Wahlberg ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##“It’s like a big giant family here,” Abi Von Derahe, right, says of working at Willamette Valley Medical Center, along with her mother Jennifer. Abi was born at WVMC, with her mother’s colleagues assisting in the delivery.

Stopping By: Mother, daughter continue tradition of caring for others

Jen Von Derahe first saw her daughter’s face when she was born in the Willamette Valley Medical Center delivery room. Now she sees Abi almost every day, since they both work at the hospital. Von ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Judie Folgate, whose volunteer job with the Friends of the Library is overseeing the memorial and celebration book program, checks on new volumes purchased with donations in honor of local residents. Folgate also oversaw the program when she worked at the library before retiring in 2006.

Stopping By: Information for all

Books themselves, and the libraries that contain them, mean a great deal to Judie Folgate, a McMinnville woman who has been associated with libraries since she was in second grade. “Our ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Evergreen museum CEO Scot Laney stands with his favorite plane, a Skyraider used in the Korean and Vietnam wars. Laney, named CEO in August, wants everyone in Yamhill County to come to the museum to see the rare and historic aircraft and space vehicles.

Stopping By: Stories of flight

Evergreen’s new CEO is an advocate for education, and the people behind the planes

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Jules Fohom and his son, Curtis, wear traditional outfits from Cameroon, where Jules grew up. Now a postal carrier, he came to the U.S. in 2012 to join his wife, Marie Noussi, who teaches French and Francophone studies at Linfield University. Curtis is a fifth-grader at Newby Elementary.

Stopping By: Jules’ Joyeux Noel

On New Year’s Eve, Jules Fohom will celebrate a special day — the 25th anniversary of God answering his prayers for a wife.

 

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Kamalini Kumar of McMinnville, dressed in traditional clothing from India, where she grew up, checks the decorations on her Christmas tree. In her home city of Bangalore, her family would put up a real tree or a tree branch. As Christians, during the holidays they focused on the birth of Christ.

Holiday traditions: A Kulkul Yule

Food and faith stand out among memories of a Christian Christmas in India

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Alex Kachkovskyi, who grew up in Ukraine, stands in the chapel at Rock of Ages Retirement Village. As chaplain at the McMinnville facility, he said he enjoys meeting and working with residents, and helping them with their spiritual needs.

Holiday Traditions: Ukrainian Christmas

During Rock of Ages chaplain’s childhood, the holiday season started after New Year’s

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