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 ...
Stopping By: Improvising through life
John Hamilton worked hard to perfect his lines for his first show at Gallery Theater. Both of them. It paid off. His small, but eye-catching contribution to “Miracle on 34th Street” won “Best ...
Stopping By: Putting the brake on Jakes
Steve and Mary Allen say goodbye to customers after 38 years in the deli business
Stopping By: Taking their wheels out for a spin
While their wooden wheels revolve rapidly, members of the Mac Spinners sit quietly, centered and calm. Only their hands and feet move, and even then the movements are subtle: feet rhythmically press pedals ...
Stopping By: Brothers in uniform
Not long after his 2012 graduation from McMinnville High School, where he studied physics and chemistry at the Engineering and Aerospace Sciences Academy, Ben Dority tried to enlist in the Navy. It ...
Stopping By: Yamhill couple team up for Art Harvest tour
YAMHILL — Artists Marc and Veronica Bartlett put down their usual tools — saws and sanders in his case; clay, paints, a camera and found objects in hers — for a few days in order to spruce ...
Stopping By: The shape of things to come
Joe Kleemann is man of many dimensions. The McMinnville resident has developed, taught himself and created a wide range of skills over the years — in product design, welding, mold-making, plastic ...
Stopping By: Strong in Faith
The Strong family starts each day with prayer. Shaun, Emilie and their four children bow their heads together at the breakfast table before heading off to their separate activities — Kellen and ...
Stopping By: Stitches in Time
SHERIDAN — Donna Hulett uses different fabrics, different patterns and different colors in each of her quilts. But they all have one thing in common — an informative label on the back. “They ...
Stopping By: Treated like family
Food lured Larry Snider and his wife, Cheryl Nangeroni, to Greece. The people drew them back. "They treated us like family," said the McMinnville couple, who are encouraging other adventurous travelers ...
Stopping By: As the earth turns
When Glen Watts was a little boy, horses pulled the plows and cultivators on his family’s farm and most of the farms around them. But about 1935, when he was still in elementary school, an exciting ...
Stopping By: Scripting a life
Norm Tognazzini has been writing and acting, both for pleasure and for pay, almost all of his life. He’s often intertwined the two, writing scripts that draw on his knowledge of how actors bring ...
Stopping By: An Unbreakable Bond
From clay and glass and fire, Dan and Susan Wheeler have forged a relationship that makes them partners in business and life. Dan is a potter who makes functional, beautiful items from porcelain clay. ...
