Lessons learned poolside
When I set off to visit my parents in Palm Springs, where they live when they aren’t back in the Old Country, I knew my boys would learn some new words in my native tongue of Slovak. script ...
Offbeat Oregon: 'Sand Pounders' kept Oregon coast secure
During the summer of 1942, our sleepy and obscure West Coast state suddenly realized that if Imperial Japan should make any military moves against the continental states, it would be in the very front ...
Greens & Beans: Nutritious foods, free for the taking
Lately, I’ve been reading a number of heartbreaking stories about people finding themselves unable to afford vegetables or other nutritious food, and fearing their health is suffering in consequence. Times ...
One-act festival offers four plays
Gallery Theater will bring four other community theaters to McMinnville on Saturday, March 28, for the American Association of Community Theatre Region IX One-Act Fest. The performances will be open to ...
Rohse: Tripped up by dance etiquette
Emily Post, America’s etiquette guru, should have been dethroned because of the etiquette she devised for ballroom and public dances: The etiquette of gals submissively following male partners as ...
Miller Woods offers spring break activities
Kids can spend part of their spring break learning about nature, survival and camouflage by signing up for Spring Explorations at Miller Woods. The Greater Yamhill Watershed Council is sponsoring the ...
Ember Eastman loves the stage
She sings, dances and acts in "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" at the Gallery Theater
Terroir registration coming
Registration is open for Terroir, the popular creative writing festival that will take place all day Saturday, April 18, at Chemeketa Community College’s Yamhill Valley campus in McMinnville. The ...
Plant seeds of bright new days
Every 24 hours, we wake up to a bright new day. Will we, then, just sit down, receive this day — and bask in its bright newness until it passes? Or will we give a bit of thought as to why this day ...
Ruling is a leap for non-mankind
I was trudging along on a Sunday morning not long ago, walking one of my dogs, when I heard the familiar voice of NPR’s Linda Wertheimer telling me about the fate of an orangutan named Sandra. It ...
CASA seeks volunteers
The Yamhill County Court-Appointed Special Advocate program is part of a nationwide system of volunteers who help protect the interests of young people whose cases are in the courts and child welfare systems. Compared ...
Linfield to present lost play starting March 17
“Temporal Powers,” a play about the conflict between man, wife, poverty and the need to do what is right, will play March 17 to 20 at Linfield College. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. nightly in the ...
The Cork: Don't be mis-lead by crystal wine glasses
Minimizing the health risks of those gorgeous glasses
Offbeat Oregon: Ill-fated mining venture paid off for 'Tarzan' fans
In 1903, in a little mining town on the Snake River just across the border from Idaho, native Chicagoans Edgar and Emma Burroughs were stepping off the freight wagon that had brought them to their new ...
For those who speak French
I wish I were an accomplished linguist and could converse in Spanish, or Italian, or French — or even Russian — but I was somewhat disadvantaged at the outset. Our school at Monument offered ...
