Formal wear donation drive
With an in-person prom approaching, McMinnville High School is seeking formal wear for students who plan to attend the big dance. Community members can drop off clean, gently-used male and female formal ...
Wine & Food tickets available
Advance tickets are available — and recommended by organizers — for the McMinnville Wine and Food Classic, which will be held March 11 to 13 in the Evergreen Space Museum. The event is limited ...
Renner: Beyond animal care
In 1980 I visited the zoo in a major U.S. city and found row after row of bare concrete boxes with jailhouse-style bars occupied by animals from around the world.
The animals appeared to be in good physical condition, but many were staring into space or pacing restlessly around the edges of their tiny quarters. It was depressing.
Brave and remarkable animals earn place as heroes in history
Lots of school kids, I suspect, might enjoy history with a new set of heroes to study. Our country has outstanding heroes such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson ...
A warm thank you: American Legion Auxiliary to veterans: ‘We don’t want to forget’
“We don’t want to forget anybody,” said Carol Doege as she and other members of the McMinnville American Legion Auxiliary prepared to hand out crocheted blankets at Brookdale Senior Living ...
Paper Gardens entries due
Entries are due March 3 for the annual Paper Gardens Creative Writing Contest. Writers of all ages can enter fiction or non-fiction prose of 1,000 words or fewer, or poetry in four categories: traditional, ...
Mac High presents ‘The Addams Family’
McMinnville High School students will perform the musical “The Addams Family,” Feb. 25 to March 5. Drama teacher Danielle Potter is directing the show. It will be staged at 7 p.m. Friday and ...
DAR honors young essayists
Yamhill Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, honored three middle school students as winners of the 2022 History Essay Contest. Gabbie Wharff won the fifth-grade division of the competition. ...
Stopping by: The struggle to be seen, heard
Linfield University master’s degree candidate Ray Crain, who goes by “Ray Ray,” likes to carry his research materials and other belongings in his backpack. It’s handy, and he always ...
Menus go gooey this month for good cause
Mikey Beckwith of The Diner sliced freshly baked sourdough bread, slapped the slices on the grill, spread them with smoked tomato and bacon jam, and sprinkled on smoked gouda and cheddar cheeses. After ...
Program to feature author Urrea
The Mac Reads community reading program will feature a novel by Luis Alberto Urrea, who will visit McMinnville for a reading and discussion in early May. Featured is Urrea’s book, “The House ...
Morrows step down, but Mac film festival on path to grow
Nancy and Dan Morrow founded the McMinnville Short Film Festival in 2011, back when the film buffs owned Movietime Video. They’ve nurtured it as it has expanded from a local event to a major festival ...
Rohse: The good ol’ days of ‘Hit Parade’
Once upon a time, young misses dressed in bobby socks, saddle shoes, pleated plaid skirts and Sloppy Joes, with their hair in pageboy-style, huddled around on Saturday nights with the radio dial turned ...
Thanks to Rose Marie: Mural artist paints tribute to late McMinnville volunteer
The late Rose Marie Caughran, known for nurturing trees throughout McMinnville,once again will tend to her plants on a mural planned for Third and Cowls streets this spring. Artist Ashley Hope ...
Stopping by: Fitness coach, cook has a lot on his plate
Which comes first, the energy to run a gym and do half a dozen other things at once, or the exercise that gives J.P. Kloninger that energy? The answer is undetermined. But for Klonginger, a native of ...
