Gallery Theater offers free Christmas programs online
Performers from Gallery Theater will offer not one, not two, but a dozen Christmas programs this year, all online and free to view. Gallery’s “12 Days of Christmas” includes a new video ...
Second Winds Band plans holiday parade on Monday
Members of the Second Winds Community Band will drive through town for a "Holiday Parade" Monday night, Dec. 14. Band members will play their car radios, rather than their flutes and trumpets, ...
Cantata choir concert goes virtual for 2020
The popular Christmas Cantata, in which local singers, musicians and sign language interpreters celebrate the holiday with a musical program, will go virtual this year. With coronavirus pandemic restrictions ...
Sign language interpreters bring songs’ meaning to all
Sign language interpretation starts from two places, Myk Rose said: translating directly from text, which can be practiced in advance using a written script, and interpreting from speech or song, which ...
Miles of lights: Educator pours skill and creativity into Christmas display
Matt Ross has lost count how many LED bulbs are now part of his impressive Christmas display. He knows, though, how many feet of extension cords it takes to power all those lights and moving displays, ...
New owners eager to reopen Wildwood Hotel
New owners Matt and April Haller plan to reopen the Wildwood Hotel, restaurant, bar and music venue in Willamina, once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. So far, only the restaurant is operational, offering ...
Stopping by: Growing up in a ‘land of smiles’
Kate Miller didn’t grow up with Christmas. In her native Thailand, residents observe New Year’s Eve and an even more important event marking the Buddhist new year, Songkran. The Songkran ...
Carlson: Rescue flight is uplifting news
By even the most conservative definition, optimism is hard work for me lately. Every time I turn on the news (why do I keep putting myself through that?), I hear yet another long list of important issues ...
Christmas TV show features YC teachers
The Yamhill Carlton High School teachers who founded the schools rocketry and engineering program are featured on a Discovery Channel show that starts airing Thursday, Dec. 3. Jordan Slavish, a math teacher, ...
Stopping by, Holiday Traditions: 'All about hope'
The Christmas season is a busy time for a minister. By Dec. 25, Willamina Free Methodist Pastor Sam Aldridge is usually worn out. But that neither dampens his enjoyment of the season, nor the hope ...
Stopping by: Delivering meals, smiles
John Davis, 80, has always loved driving. John Davis drove trucks and tractor-trailer rigs for the U.S. Postal Service, from which he retired after 41 years. He still enjoys driving, particularly ...
Thankful, even in 2020
Remember back in January, as many breathed a sigh of relief that 2019 was over and they could start anew? Little did we know. In 2020, we’ve fought over toilet paper and mask wearing, taken sides ...
Rohse: Giant sea scorpions are extinct, and other reasons to be grateful this year
I enjoyed gathering thanks for my 2020 list. Although some of them are rather strange, they are justly deserved. My first choice is for my extremely good fortune to have as a neighbor one who can thwart ...
Stopping by: At MV Advancements, real work for real pay
Over the decades, MV Advancements has offered a variety of job experiences for its workers with disabilities. When the nonprofit started as Mid-Valley Workshop, the standard was having workers come ...
Rohse: Consider a culinary career
I suspect that some readers will have little interest in this column when they discover it has to do with recipes and chefs and the culinary profession. But hang in there. You may be surprised. You may, ...
