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Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Amanda Farmer has found healing through her art and art therapy programs. She went through advocacy training with Henderson House in order to teach therapeutic art at the program for survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

Stopping By: Being heard, healing, helping others

Being heard means everything, said Amanda Farmer, one of dozens of sexual abuse victims who seek help, often from organizations such as Henderson House, the Yamhill County shelter and service program. In ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##McMinnville Garden Club members Judy Toliver, foreground, and background from left, Lisa Binner, Sharon Reed and Linda Velebir help repackage and label pasta and marinara sauce at the Yamhill Community Action Program food bank. YCAP Director Laverne Pitts said the food program stretches its money by buying some items in bulk. Local businesses and organizations, such as the garden club, help divide the big bags into smaller ones for distribution.

Stopping By: Beyond beautification

McMinnville Garden Club has flourished for a century

Rusty Rae/News-Register##T&E’s General Store has been a centerpiece of Yamhill life since it opened in 1903.

Stopping By: A little of everything

Landauers celebrate 50-year ownership of a true family business in Yamhill

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Joanne Tamber of McMinnville holds bamboo steamer baskets filled with Taiwanese prosperity cakes and bao in the kitchen at the McMinnville Senior Center, where she teaches cooking classes featuring recipes from her native Taiwan. Tamber will serve Taiwanese specialties at the Asian Heritage Association’s Lunar New Year Celebration on Sunday, Feb. 15, at the McMinnville Community Center.

Stopping By: Food the Taiwanese way

McMinnville woman cooks and teaches recipes from her native country, ready for Lunar New Year event Sunday in McMinnville

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Wanda Collins, née Martin, first spotted “tall, well-built” Paul Collins at a county fair in Kansas when she was 14. When his then-date Joanne started seeing a different boy, Wanda grabbed him. She hasn’t let go for 70 years.

Stopping By: For the long haul

Paul and Wanda Collins reflect on a life traveled together for 70 years

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Kelley Sharp of Yamhill holds up some of her tie-dyed clothing, which she sells through her We the Colorful Facebook page. Right: Sharp sprinkles dye over ice topping a garment that’s been tied so some areas are protected from the color. As the ice melts, the dye soaks into the fabric.

Stopping By: Dye and ice

Yamhill woman uses tie-dyeing method to create unique garments

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Madi Gregor, Peyton Gregor, Tucker VanDyke and Saige Hinckley show the medals they brought home to Yamhill Carlton High School after winning the national Agricultural Sales competition this fall at the FFA convention that attracted competitors from all 50 states. Madi, who graduated from YC in June 2025, also placed third in the nation individually, and Tucker, a current senior like his other teammates, placed fourth. They credited their national title to teamwork, hard work and support from their coaches, community and alumni.

Stopping by: Skills for life

Yamhill Carlton’s national champs advocate for FFA program

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Raghad Ben Ameur, known as Rae, shows a globe ornament from her host family’s Christmas tree, which clearly depicts her home country, Tunisia. Rae is spending her exchange year at McMinnville High School.

Stopping By: Enjoying the experiences

A native of Tunisia, Raghad Ben Ameur, known as Rae, is experiencing her first Christmas celebrations this year as an exchange student at McMinnville High School.

 

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Mark and Pattie Björnson, who met at the University of Minnesota, moved to “tropical” Oregon to start their winery. Björnson Wines now has two vineyards, one in the Amity Eola Hills and another in the VanDuzer Corridor. They have tasting rooms in McMinnville and the Eola Hills.

Stopping By: Christmas in a cold climate

Christmas meant snow, ice and traditional foods when Mark Björnson of rural Amity was growing up in North Dakota. His great-grandparents had settled there after they emigrated from Iceland in the ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Tomoki Fuchiyami, a native of Japan, helped decorate the Christmas tree in the home of his host family, the Howards of Amity.

Stopping By: KFC and Christmas cakes

Elaborate displays of lights mark the Christmas season in Japan, where Tomoki Fuchiyami lives when he’s not attending Amity High School as an AYUSA exchange student.

 

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Stewart Bone of McMinnville wears a kilt from his native Scotland. He loves books, including those by JRR Tolkien. At Christmas, he takes out five of his Bibles and reads the Christmas story in English, German, French, Icelandic and “Broad Scots.”

Stopping By: Precious memories

When Stewart Bone was a young boy in Scotland, Christmas included brightly wrapped crackers to open at the dinner table, tiny marzipan mice to nibble and a visit from a Santa — who looked just like the one he would know as an adult living in McMinnville.

 

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Donna Parkinson is among community members who will open their decorated houses for the Soroptimist Holiday Home Tour on Dec. 7.

Stopping By: A house of whimsy, memories

A Santa face — button nose, crinkly eyes, fluffy beard — smiles at visitors from a mirror in Donna Parkinson’s entranceway.  The simple but cheery paper face was created by one ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Watched closely by Lev Martin, 7, Ham Fam run founder Michael Hampton looks over a checklist of supplies for the Thanksgiving event while neighbors Jennifer Dederich, next to Hampton, and Courtney Martin, right, blow up balloons for the arch that starts and ends the event, Also pictured are Liz Wilkins, center, one of the neighbors who are continuing the Thanksgiving morning tradition, and Laura Hampton, who cofounded the event and ran it with her family for 13 years.

Stopping By: A neighborhood tradition continues

For years, residents of the neighborhood west of Adams Street and south of Memorial Elementary School — called Saylor’s Addition — have been running the streets on Thanksgiving ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register## Stanton Towner, who taught social psychology at Linfield University for 31 years, describes his early years and his life after retirement in 1988. In addition to following the Wildcats, he had been interested in birding and golf, scoring at least one hole-in-one at Michelbook.

Stopping By: A long streak of good living

Linfield professor emeritus Stanton Towner does not claim credit for the university’s 69-year streak of winning football seasons. But can it be a simple coincidence the Wildcats’ record dates ...

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