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Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Joey McKenzie plays his mandolin during a recording session at Rorschach Studio in McMinnville, which is owned by his longtime friend Keith Sommers, right, who is in the background with another old friend, Jon Sherwood, who is making an EP of several new country-influenced songs.

Stopping By: Music in three players time

Reunion of friends brings back music made right

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Artist Bob Frosty talks about the paintings and other art, as well as items such as furs from a bear and other animals, that hang in his Eagles Nest Gallery. His is selling the contents.

Stopping By: Frosty the art man

Longtime gallery owner, artist selling off stock of wooden sculptures, other works, materials 

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Lisa Hansen has enjoyed driving around the county as a home inspector for the Housing Authority of Yamhill County. It s beautiful, she said. Hansen retired last month after 30 years with the agency.

Stopping By: Safety and security

Longtime Housing Authority inspector calls it a career

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Danna Bone, who does community service as a member of Soroptimist International of McMinnville, shows off auction paddles she created for the club’s fundraising Women Who Wine Summer Soiree. Bone also uses her graphic design skills to make brochures and create the club newsletter.

Stopping By: Making friends, and a difference

Danna Bone has a long history of service to her church and her community. When she moved to McMinnville in October 2019, volunteering seemed like a way to make friends, as well as to make a difference. “Service ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Abraham and Sara Hanson admire the golden cedar slab bench he crafted from a tree felled in their yard — one of many family-friendly garden features visitors will see during the McMinnville Garden Tour on Sunday, June 8. A wooden tepee in the background, constructed during a socially distanced birthday party, now stands as a playful garden relic.

Stopping By: A garden for growing

Abraham and Sara Hanson’s garden has grown and changed over the years, just as their children have. In fact, many of the changes — planting fruit trees so the children could snack, adding ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Barry Brown, a retired Army and National Guard helicopter pilot, stands beside the UH-1 Huey he flew during his service with the Oregon Air Guard. Now a docent at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Brown is helping restore the very same aircraft.

Stopping By: Flying to help others

Evergreen docent Barry Brown recalls wartime experiences in Vietnam, Iraq 

Stopping By: Learned confidence

Mac native enjoying platform that comes with Ms. Black Oregon title

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Woman of the Year Sylla McClellan loves being a small business owner in McMinnville, where she has operated Third Street Books for 21 years. Among her recent community activities was leading the campaign to raise funds to replace the twinkle lights downtown, for which she was honored as “Friend of Downtown” at the McMinnville Downtown Association awards.

Stopping By: Books and community

Downtown bookseller Sylla McClellan named DSA Woman of the Year

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Bill Willis, a longtime woodworker, stands with a display of some of the pieces available at Earth & Wood, the Amity shop he runs with his son, Dan Willis. The elder Willis created the wood items, with a collaborator providing the metal tree.

Stopping By: A life working in wood

Shoppers may know Bill Willis as the friendly face behind the counter of Earth & Wood gift shop, which features the work of nearly three dozen artists and crafters. But Willis is more than that — ...

##Paul Haddeland

Stopping By: McMinnville, medicine good choices for co-winner Haddeland

Dr. Paul Haddeland said he felt “a little sheepish” when his friend Stan Primozich delivered the news that Haddeland had been named co-winner of this year’s McMinnville Man of the Year ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register## Steve Rupp said he was “flabbergasted” when his friend Dave Haugeberg, a former Man of the Year winner, told him he was one of this year’s winners.

Stopping By: Longtime arts advocate named Man of the Year co-winner

Steve Rupp, co-winner of the Distinguished Service Awards Man of the Year award, literally has changed McMinnville’s landscape. [See also: McMinnville, medicine good choices for co-winner ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register ##Pastor Steve Hopper stands beneath stained-glass windows inside the Pioneer Evangelical Church sanctuary on Tuesday, reflecting on the history of both the windows and his tenure at the Dayton church. He is retiring after Sunday. Installed in the 1870s, the windows were funded by local donors, including a central pane honoring town founder Joel Palmer. “It’s the highlight window,” Hopper said. “It’s one piece, and it says ‘God is love’ — that kind of summarizes everything.” The flanking windows display the Greek symbols Alpha and Omega, symbolizing God as the beginning and the end.

Stopping By: A final sermon

Longtime Dayton pastor and fire chaplain’s Easter service will be his last

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Mel Baughman speaks up for children who are involved in court cases as a Court-Appointed Special Advocate. She had a rough time growing up, and uses her experience to help others. She said more volunteers are always needed by the CASA of Yamhill County program.

Stopping By: Advocating for children

CASA volunteer draws on own experience to help others

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Jack Boersma, who marks his 50th anniversary of ownership of Boersma’s Sewing Center on April 1, talks about one of the long-arm quilting machines he sells, installs and teaches to quilting enthusiasts. He is the No. 1 dealer in long-arm machines in the world, he said. Boersma’s devotes 2,200 square feet to quilting fabric — cotton cloth with colorful, often whimsical designs.

Stopping By: A career sew good

Jack Boersma had been the main repairman at Boersma’s sewing and vacuum center for six years by the time he took over ownership of the McMinnville store. It was April 1, 1975, and he was 18 years ...

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