Starla Pointer
"Stopping By:" A reporter who knows that everyone has an interesting story to tell welcomes suggestions.
Stopping By: Quilting camaraderie
Quilters lug their sewing machines, piles of fabric, patterns, scissors, rulers and other equipment to the McMinnville Grange once a month to cut, sew and finish projects. They could sew at home, without ...
Jazz guitarist plays music in the moment
Mac High senior enjoys experimenting with sound For Mallory Mead, music is “a spiritual thing.” Whether she’s playing her guitar by herself or with fellow McMinnville High School musicians, ...
'Once you've died, you really start living'
Robert “Bob” Moxley looked through his scrapbook stuffed with memorabilia of his service in the Vietnam War — local currency; propaganda fliers offering rich rewards to American ...
The road to wellness
When Brian Trent started his fitness routine, he said, “I huffed and puffed” after slowly walking only a few blocks. A year and a half later, he feels refreshed after walking three miles in ...
Holiday traditions: Art and Nutcrackers
Art fills the walls of Mark and Julia Hamilton’s home — works by other local artists, as well as their own encaustic paintings. This Christmas season, they’ve added decorations ...
Holiday Traditions: A marrying of cultures
For both Manuel and Nevenka Gigena, childhood Christmases meant church, parties, dancing and special foods such as roast lamb or pig. Nevenka celebrated in chilly Cleveland, Ohio, where her Croatian parents ...
Stopping By: Loving the food of Christmas all year
When Dario Pisoni was growing up in northern Italy, Christmas celebrations — all celebrations, really — meant a trip to his paternal grandmother’s house. He helped his nonna cook the ...
Holiday traditions: Keeping the faith
Christmas ended in Cuba two years before Angel Aguiar was born. Officially, at least. But Christians quietly kept celebrating. Their belief in God led them to ignore the dictates of Fidel Castro, ...
Stopping By: Leading with confidence
Marti Crook had always considered herself pretty quiet and not very outgoing. Yet there she was, standing in front of a room full of her peers at a Venture Club convention — an organization for ...
Stopping By: We Three siblings stay in tune with one another
When he was a youngster, Joshua Humlie often told his younger sister and brother, Bethany and Manny, “Practice your instruments! You’ll thank me later!” He was parroting their parents, ...
Stopping By: At 90, looking back on a life of learning, teaching
When Edith Reynolds was a teen, her younger brothers started calling her “Duffy.” Stopping By Starla Pointer, who is convinced everyone has an interesting story to tell, has been ...
Positive energy: Jerry Anton's life is powered by art, meditation and optimism
Commercial artist and painter Jerry Anton depended on fine motor skills to make his living and his art. Yet he didn’t get upset when a stroke suddenly robbed him of the use of his right hand. ...
Stopping By: Cranking out the crafts
Ann Widen grows real pumpkins outside in her garden and creates whimsical pumpkins inside in her craft room. She and her crafting partner, her husband Dave, work together to make all sorts of other decorations, ...
