Cozine Creek Concerts to feature John Hoover
John Hoover and the Mighty Quinns will play original tunes and John Denver songs Friday, June 10, at the Cozine Creek Concerts. The band is making a return visit to the concert series, sponsored by McMinnville ...
Willamina summer arts camps start soon
Registrations are open for the Art Conspiracy Summer Arts Program at Willamina High School, with some sessions nearly full. The program runs June 20 to June 30 (Monday thru Thursday) with a final performance/presentation ...
Events celebrate Pride Month
Wine Country Pride will host a whole rainbow of events to mark National Pride Month, which runs throughout June. A parade, drag shows, a street fair, a queer wine festival, and more, are planned to highlight ...
‘Future Fair’ helps Sheridan High students get an informed look ahead
Ensuring future success begins now. That was the key message conveyed to Sheridan High School students at this year’s Future Fair, an event designed to help prepare them for future employment in ...
Yard of the Month: Uncommon garden
Nurturing edible and unusual plants is hobby, therapy for Mac woman Ruby rhododendrons, orange and yellow ranunculus — and the most impressive garlic ever — make passersby pause at ...
Offbeat Oregon: Treasure of lucky ‘beach gold’ prospectors may still be out there
Imagine you’re a gold prospector from the Willamette Valley, on your way to the California gold fields in the first year of the 1848 gold rush. You’re a little late to the party, and you’ve ...
Stopping by: Mac mayor moves on
Scott Hill leaves for Utah, with a fond look back at years of service to a town he’s loved for three decades For Scott Hill, McMinnville will always be home. He and his wife, Donna, soon ...
Stopping by: Robin’s swan song
Retiring McMinnville High School music teacher Robin Pederson said she’s looking forward to seeing — and hearing — former students at her final concert in May. Pederson, ...
Stopping by: Messages in the Magic
Lisa Loo Lindman calls her children’s books “her magical world.” But maybe that applies to her whole world, not just the stories she puts on paper. “I’ve always been ...
Offbeat Oregon: Oregon’s largest uranium mine was discovered by amateur rockhound
During the go-go years of the uranium-mining rush of the early 1950s, the character of the uranium prospector became iconic. He was basically the gold-seeking “miner 49er” updated for the atomic ...
A centenarian who served
Veteran Peggy Lutz delights in surprise 100th birthday parade and reception Peggy Lutz didn’t have to think very long before she made a wish and blew out her 100th birthday candle Saturday, ...
Stopping by: Competitive camaraderie
Navy and Coast Guard veterans served up bacon, biscuits and gravy, and a hefty serving of humor at their edition of the McMinnville American Legion’s Battle of Branches breakfast April 2. “I’m ...
Rohse: From papyrus to pixels, libraries exist to serve all
Once upon a time, some libraries were described as dark, musty places, not altogether pleasant. But, oh, how libraries have changed. Today, there are lists of the most beautiful libraries, the largest, ...
Zines for all seasons
Fall, winter and now spring come to life in a new “zine” created by two Yamhill County women who grew up with the miniature magazines. The seasonal publications feature drawings of ...
Stopping By: Ready to dig into gardening
Edible education sprouts for Jan Allen, as a love of plants grows along Alpine Avenue Jan Allen is looking forward to planting and tending one of Edible Yamhill’s big container gardens along ...
