Stopping by: Teacher, writer sets example for students
Language arts teacher Matt Brisbin doesn’t simply require his students to write. He sets an example for them, composing everything from essays to poems. “It’s important ...
Stopping by: After a century, she’s learned to roll with it
But McMinnville’s Dee Nolf is still irked that current events disrupted her birthday plans Delores “Dee” Nolf planned to travel from her home in McMinnville to Southern California ...
Stopping by: Growing and changing
Avid gardeners Tom and Rita Canales miss a few things they used to grow in California — citrus, for instance. But they are thrilled by what they can now grow in their garden in McMinnville, ...
Stopping by: Beaux Frères: ‘Farming is what we do’
The rich soil of a former pig farm near Newberg combined with biodynamic farming practices has created some award-wining pinot noirs at Beaux Frères Winery. “It’s the vineyard ...
Stopping by: Food, and respect, for everyone
Arriving on foot, on bikes or by bus, people start gathering around the Soup Kitchen at St. Barnabas in mid-afternoon, awaiting the start of the 4 to 6 p.m. dinner service. Sometimes they come ...
Stopping By: Decorating with (re)purpose
Ann Austin is a woman with a purpose — or maybe we should say a “repurpose.” She repurposes clothing and household items by finding new ways they can be used instead of tossing ...
Stopping by: Everything airplanes
When a pilot scooped up young Richard “Dick” Wood and set him in the cockpit of a World War I plane in 1925, the 5-year-old was smitten. From that day onward, “everything was ...
Stopping By: A sailor’s life for him
When, on his first day of Navy boot camp, Bill Hall’s commanding officer told the men to write letters home to their mothers, Hall applied himself. It was about 2:30 a.m. when he took pen ...
Stopping by: Faith and family
Tom and Nancy Paul celebrated their first Valentine’s Day as husband and wife 50 years ago. They’d been married for two months. They were wed on Dec. 6, 1969, by a justice of the peace ...
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 ...
