Terroir writing fest this weekend
Writers, hoping-to-be-published authors and other word lovers will gather Saturday, April 18, for the sixth-annual Terroir creative writing festival. Workshops, readings and presentations will run from ...
Yard of the Month: A Floral Transformation
Gardening is a joint endeavor for Craig and Linda Saunders, who won the McMinnville Garden Club’s April Yard of the Month award. Craig says Linda comes up with the plans and he implements them. Both ...
The Cork: Knudsen releases its first chardonnay
After more than four decades of involvement in the wine industry, I am always delighted to spend time with younger wine professionals who are representing the industry well. If there’s any field ...
Innocence in a time of evil
Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager, spent two years hiding in secret rooms with her family and other refugees who hoped to avoid capture by the Nazis during World War II. An intelligent girl and avid writer, ...
District renews noxious weed outreach
The Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District is planning to renew its efforts to inform the public about invasive weeds classified as noxious. “It’s something everyone should recognize,” ...
Linfield offers wine workshops
Linfield College will offer the public two wine workshops geared for beginning wine enthusiasts. The workshops, limited to 25 participants each, will meet from 1:30 to 5 p.m.on Saturdays in 201 Riley ...
Camelia Festival blooms on Saturday
NEWBERG — Flowers, Asian art, a 5- or 10-kilometer run, food, music and dance will be featured Saturday, April 11, at the seventh-annual Camellia Festival. The event is named for Newberg’s ...
Air Force quintet to play April 16 at Linfield
The U.S. Air Force Golden West Winds quintet will perform Thursday, April 16, at Linfield College. The free concert will start at 4 p.m. in the Vivian A. Bull Music Center on campus. The quintet will ...
Greens & Beans: When comfort food is just the thing
Being able to cook is immensely valuable for many practical reasons. It’s also valuable for less practical ones, such as the ability to make exactly the right comfort food when it’s wanted. script ...
Rohse: There's so much knowledge to know
Despite being an educated person, you cannot know everything. And, with that in mind, here are bits of diverse knowledge you may not have yet acquired. Although it is true that these may not greatly increase ...
Savvy Senior: Easier screenings for colon cancer
DEAR SAVVY SENIOR, Are there any easier alternatives to a colonoscopy to check for colon cancer? I’m in my sixties and would like to be tested, but hate the idea of drinking all that laxative solution, ...
Offbeat Oregon: Legendary author started with poetry, dime novels
In January of 1865, a poised, attractive 39-year-old woman stood on the doorstep of Oregon legal legend Matthew Deady. She had come to ask his advice about a new project, which she’d decided to ...
She's loved every day of her 100 years
Ruth Ellingson was busy Monday, the day after she turned 100. She had presents to open, people to see, parties to attend. It was a good day, just like all the days that came before. “I’ve ...
Happy Tails: Accentuate the positive behaviors
A while back I wrote a column debunking the dominance theory in dog training — the school of thought that in order to train a dog, one had to teach him that the person was in charge and he was not. ...
Rohse: Do you remember way back when?
Certainly, it is not wise to live in the past. But that’s not to say we shouldn’t enjoy the nostalgia of “Yesteryear McMinnville” — the l960s, ’70s, and before and after. Rohse ...
