Linfield theater plans 'Small Family' show
The Linfield College theater will present Alan Ayckbourn’s comic morality play, “A Small Family Business,” Thursday through Saturday, May 7-9 and 14-16, with a matinee on Mother’s ...
Beans & Greens: Seeds of good food
Crops are — finally, barely — beginning to ripen. This is a glorious moment, the meaning of which is so easily lost, with all the imported bounty of the grocery store offerings. script ...
Rohse: The hospitality of ranch wives
As a rancher’s wife in Grant County, I would have been a loser. Eastern Oregon’s hospitality dictum would have been my downfall. I loved having company for meals — if I was expecting ...
Offbeat Oregon: Famous Doolittle Raid had roots in Pendleton
When Imperial Japanese aviator Nobuo Fujita hatched his plans to bomb the United States with a submarine-launched seaplane, he had retaliation in mind. The Americans had recently sent 16 twin-engine bombers ...
Savvy Senior: Understanding Medicare enrollment
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you give me a rundown on Medicare’s enrollment choices and rules along with when and how to apply? I turn 65 next year and want to make sure I know what to do. Almost Retired Savvy ...
Writing and getting paid for it
After completing this week’s Connections section feature on Mark “The Magician” Siegel, I reflected on the fact that this would be my final story as a full-time employee for Oregon Lithoprint ...
Local Thunder Road in BOB semifinals
Thunder Road, which has its origins in McMinnville, has advanced to the semi-finals in the highly competitive Battle of the Bands at Jubitz Truck Stop in Donald, located east of Champoeg at I-5. The five-piece ...
Linfield Opera Theater to perform
Linfield College vocal students will present fully staged scenes from operas and musicals on Sunday, May 3. The free presentation will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium on campus. The ...
Happy Tails: A few more bones to pick
Another batch of annoying human behaviors Last time, I wrote about a Modern Dog magazine article by Steven Dumo called “12 Things Humans Do that Annoy Dogs.” I’m afraid I editorialized ...
Pig roast slated Sunday
LAFAYETTE — The Lafayette Citizens Fund, a nonprofit group that raises funds for the children of Lafayette, will host a pig roast fundraiser on Sunday. Dinner and a raffle will run from 12:30 to ...
Offbeat Oregon: Pioneering historian earned respect but little money
Back in 1867, Elwood Evans, a young lawyer, politician and historian in Washington Territory, started writing a book on the history of Washington’s neighbor to the south — the eight-year-old ...
Greens & Beans: Spring is in the air, on the table
Working fruits and vegetables into breakfast can seem like a challenge, but there are many delicious ways to overcome it, from blueberry pancakes to omelets to smoothies. And there are all sorts of delicious ...
Rohse: Think you know how to breathe?
Apparently, there’s a wrong way What with all the flu, colds and other viruses making the rounds, you should perhaps also be on the alert for another affliction — one apparently almost as ...
Kart racing a family sport
Children, teens and adults drive go-karts around the track at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds as part of competition sponsored by the Portland Karting Association. The group is based in McMinnville, since ...
