Stopping By: 'Light is everything'
If you look closely at the scoreboards in Joe Dancer Park, where hundreds of McMinnville’s young people play ball each year, you’ll see more than just numbers indicating the number of runs, ...
Stopping By: Hustle and heart
Both unified sports basketball teams — the home team from McMinnville High School and the visitors from Forest Grove — cheered as an announcer introduced the players on a recent Wednesday night. Starting ...
Stopping By: Into character
Acting is a challenge Lance Nuttman loves. “Music is easy,” said Nuttman, who has been seen in several musicals and other shows at Gallery Theater since 2011. “Acting, I have to work ...
Stopping By: Flour, yeast and magic
Danny Wilser placed a slab of butter atop a rectangle of dough, beginning the lengthy process of folding and rolling that would eventually create numerous layers of crisp pastry. He eased the ...
Stopping By: Embracing a life full of thorns
Marguerite (Elkington) Keiffer, a gifted musician whose natural talents were discovered when she was 5, has suffered a lifetime of health problems, including a stroke that left her unable to play her piano. But ...
Stopping By: Farming is a ruling passion for dairy princess
Despite what many children think when they hear her title, Yamhill County Dairy Princess Chelsey McFalls doesn’t live in a castle. Yes, she has a crown and a sash. But no, she tells youngsters during ...
Stopping By: States of wonder
Everywhere they pedaled on their six-month tour of the U.S., Haley Winkelman and Lizzy Trickey met nice people. People who opened their homes and their washing machines. People who offered them food, ...
Flying free
Robbie Sturm never planned to become a pilot. In fact, she was reluctant to fly at all, even after her husband, the late Dave Sturm, bought an airplane. Stopping By Starla Pointer, who is ...
Stopping By: A cultural medley
As a child, Aida Iranzo enjoyed warm, tropical breezes as she gazed at the elaborate Christmas light displays in Puerto Rico. As a teen, she shivered in the cold winters of Valencia, Spain, and ...
Holiday traditions: Foie gras and champagne for Noel
With Christmas and New Year’s coming up, Clement Hossaert has been thinking about how he grew up celebrating the holidays with his family in northern France. Enjoying capon, foie gras and his dad’s ...
Holiday traditions: Different countries, many shared experiences
DAYTON — They grew up many miles apart, and in different countries, but Lupe Villa, a native of Mexico, and Norma Huettl, a native of Texas, have similar memories of their childhood holidays. Music, ...
Stopping By, Holiday Traditions: Scotland, where everything's better with brandy butter
HOLIDAY TRADITIONS This is the first story in a series about how local residents with backgrounds in other countries observed holidays back home, and how their roots affect them as they celebrate ...
Stopping By: Helping others and holding no grudges
Ellen McMurray has plenty of stories to tell. “My life has been an adventure,” the Yamhill resident said. “My life has not been tranquil, but I’ve had an interesting, varied life. ...
Stopping By: Creative healing
After trying many other ways to work though her grief and resolve other painful episodes in her life, Anita Sterrett found healing through artistic expression. “I was a wreck,” said the McMinnville ...
Stopping By: A life built on service, hard work
Marv Worden plays down his service during World War II, deflecting thanks by pointing out the thousands of men and women who entered the war earlier and thus were thrown into combat overseas. It was 1945 ...