Ponzi named Linfield director of wine studies
Linfield University has named Anna Maria Ponzi as Director of the Center for Wine Studies, removing the interim tag she has held since January. “I’m delighted, this is an opportunity to use ...
Linfield appoints president search committee
Linfield University is ready to begin the search for its next president, announcing the names of a 16-member search committee and hiring of a consultant to assist with the process Monday. Presidential ...
Connecting with cursive: Youngsters learn to follow their own script
Lines of b’s, g’s and w’s, all connected, marched across sheets of lined paper as young people practiced cursive writing at the McMinnville Public Library during spring break. The letters ...
Next year could be last for after-school program
The McMinnville School District’s after-school care program may be shut down if additional funding for scholarships isn’t identified. Funding for the Camp Fire Columbia program — which ...
‘Make it your own’: Visiting authors encourage Willamette student writers
It’s likely that many Willamette Elementary School students are spending part of their spring break putting pencil to paper as they write their own stories. Children’s authors visited the ...
Hampton donates $1M for tech center
Hampton Lumber has announced a $1 million donation to the Sheridan School District to assist in development of the Barbara Roberts Career Technical Education (CTE) Center. The planned 24,000 square-foot ...
Sheridan school receives array of musical devices
Children at Sheridan’s Faulconer-Chapman School are learning rhythms, dynamics and other musical skills using new instruments donated by the Snowman Foundation. The collection of instruments was ...
Debaters from Ireland, Linfield spar over St. Patrick’s Day question
Keep the celebrations. An hour-long debate involving Irish and American university students resulted in a firm affirmation of Americans’ way of expressing Irish-ness. Held March 15 in the ...
Willamina chooses superintendent
Willamina School Board on Monday chose Mike Gass of Colorado as the next school superintendent. He will join the Willamina School District this summer to replace Carrie Zimbrick, who is retiring. Gass ...
Greninger honored at culinary competition
Both McMinnville High School culinary teams placed second Monday in the Oregon ProStart competition, held in Salem. A student who competes on both teams earned the ProStart Student of the Year Award. Genevieve ...
School safe zones idea on agenda
School safe zones will be back in the spotlight Monday at a joint meeting of McMinnville City Council and the McMinnville School District Board of Directors. Council has discussed, at several meetings, ...
School district starts to look at trimming costs
McMinnville School Board on Monday set a timeline for evaluating Superintendent Debbie Brockett, a process that usually takes place in April. The board also approved her contact, which had already been ...
Pursuit of precision: Mac High culinary prepares for competition
McMinnville High School’s competitive culinary team is cooking up a storm this week in preparation for the ProStart contest on Monday. The cooking team and another team, focusing on restaurant design ...
Mac High robotics teams head to state
Both McMinnville High School robotics teams, Ursa Mechanica and Chronobreak, will compete in the state First Robotics championship tournament this weekend. They will show off the robots they built and ...
Podcast studio unveiled in memory of young video creator Ronan Godfrey
Ronan Godfrey loved making and narrating videos for his YouTube channel, Subterranean Gaming. When he told Make-a-Wish Oregon that he wanted to become a YouTube star, the nonprofit that helps critically ...
