Stopping by: Speaking of Toastmasters ...
Carolyn Smithrud made it through her first speech at the Toastmasters club. It wasn’t easy, and she didn’t think she did very well, but she made it through. Her second speech ...
Stopping By: For auld lang syne
Robert Burns was the guest of honor Saturday, Jan. 18, at the McMinnville Celtic Alliance’s annual celebration of Scotland’s favorite poet. Burns, who lived from Jan. 25, 1759, to ...
Stopping By: Rider to writer
One thing led to another for Denny Bershaw. His parents, his dentist and his schoolmates led him to study dentistry. Dentistry led him to join the Army. Being stationed overseas fueled his nascent ...
Stopping by: Born for the stage
Evan Ewing has always had a passion for the arts — singing, dancing, performing in general. No wonder, since he was born into a family that lives and breathes theater, speech and music. His ...
Stopping By: Making a world of difference
When physical therapist Katherine “Katie” Porter started swimming as a child, she didn’t realize she was beginning to train for her future career. If she became a therapist or ...
Holiday traditions: The gift of education
One of the best gifts Gerardo Partida ever received was a bicycle — not because it was something to play with, but because it made getting to school not only easier, but possible. The bike ...
Holiday Traditions: ‘Jul’ is more joyful these days
Christmas wasn’t much of a celebration during the Great Depression in North Dakota. But when Olaf “Ollie” Johnson was a little boy, his mother managed to prepare some ...
Traveling the world one conversation at a time
During my first December in McMinnville, in 1978, a Saturday stretched ahead of me. My Linfield College roommate was on the way to Portland, along with several other residents of Grover Hall, so ...
Stopping by: Swimming through the holidays
When Murilo Martins was a boy, Christmas meant asking Papa Noel for gifts, partying into the night with his grandparents and swimming in the surf a few blocks from his home. The ocean was always ...
Decorating for family and friends old and new
For Rori and Ryan Hartzell, Christmas is about getting together with family and old friends. This year, they’ll open their home to many new friends, as well, as they take part in the annual ...
Holiday traditions: Snow in Russia, art in America
Artist Natalia Novikoff misses snow — real, Russian snow, the kind that once nearly covered her grandmother’s house or fell on the ice castles and slides her town built for the winter ...
Stopping by: Birds of a feather
Artists Lynn Van Horn and Laurie Lewis use their creative talents to make all sorts of things, from upcycled clothing to lampshades and whimsical sculpture. Their most important creation, ...
To protect and to serve breakfast
As soon as Yamhill-Carlton Elementary School opened its front doors last Tuesday, students rushed in and lined up for breakfast. Eighty to 85 children usually eat the morning meal at the 360-student ...
Stopping by: Cycling 101
Teacher takes time to pedal the coast In June, Levi Grabner was finishing his master’s degree studies and student teaching. He already had a job lined up for fall: in a science classroom ...
Stopping by: A matter of miles
Economics professor Randy Grant marked 26.2 years at Linfield College in September. He celebrated by running 26.2 miles in Hartford, Connecticut. The impressive distance wasn’t a stretch ...
