Stopping By: Unleashed enthusiasm
Luna’s ears pricked up when she heard the most magical word. “Park!” said her mom, Fe Reynaga. What joy! What excitement! Luna jumped into the car. It was time — oh yes! — ...
Stopping By: Where love lives
When Corvallis native Debbie Anvick first met fellow Oregon State University student Calvin Kearns, she saw a man who was kind and good, peaceful and stable. Perfect, in fact, except for one thing: He ...
Stopping By: Good pointe
At age 12, Mia Audova left everything familiar — her home in Lafayette, her classroom at Patton Middle School, her family — in order to pursue her dream of becoming a prima ballerina. Only ...
Stopping By: School resource officer enjoys teaching kids about law enforcement
While he’s there to enforce security, prevent and investigate crime, and make arrests when necessary, the role School Resource Officer Doug Cummins really relishes is that of educating students. He’s ...
Stopping By: Parks offer peace, picnics and play
Only a few miles west of McMinnville, Ed Grenfell County Park offers a kind of quiet you won’t find in town — a musical quiet, lush with the rushing of Baker Creek, the singing and calling ...
Stopping By: Wedding of a lifetime
Fourth proposal is the charm for McMinnville couple who prefer to do things their way.
Stopping By: Step right up
One day, Jan Jones wasn’t a clogger. The next day, she was. She attended a clogging demonstration in Medford about 15 years ago. A group of people wearing shoes with metal taps bounced in rhythm ...
Stopping By: Alien artistry
On a wall of Adam Diesburg’s dental office stands a cowboy, stern and stoic. Beside him, a creature from outer space reads him the riot act. The compact green creature — which Diesburg added ...
Stopping By: Aboard the wide Missouri
Virgil Wray celebrated his 89th birthday at almost the same spot where he celebrated his 20th and 21st birthdays. But this time, there was a lot more fanfare. On March 10, Wray marked his birthday by ...
Tim Roberts at Linfield
Tim Roberts first came to McMinnville as a Linfield College student in the mid-1960s. He lived in Hewitt Hall. He first studied education, then shifted to the sciences, figuring that would help him get ...
Cal Tichenor and the My Lai court martial
For Carroll “Cal” Tichenor, who retired from a military career as a Judge Advocate General’s Corps colonel, and from a subsequent civilian career as a Yamhill County Circuit Court judge, ...
History buff
Kory Knutz studies Yamhill County’s past to learn how events and practices shaped what we do and say today
Pair tie the knot at care center
Care home residents find true love in Sheridan.
Waves and wings
Glenn Smith has survived a plane crash, battled 12-foot waves on Lake Tahoe and posed as a drug runner, all in the name of helping others
Leadership and service
Serving others, community comes naturally for Yamhill-Carlton High School senior
