Rohse: Concept of quarantine isn’t new to Northwest
In the late 1800s in the northwestern corner of Oregon, residents were worried. They had good reason. Rohse Colored Glasses McMinnville's Elaine Rohse is fascinated by words, books ...
Rohse: Ours is a world of walls
I’m wondering if the Trump barrier, when finished, will measure up to any of the world’s now famous walls. Although I have not yet seen any part of the Trump Wall, I do not have a very high ...
Rohse: Superstitious? You may be in luck
It all began about 3500 B.C.: the attempt to outwit evil and bad luck by dreaming up a way of getting around it and replacing it with good luck. These efforts were known as superstitions. Rohse Colored ...
Rohse: In early days, a good doc was hard to find
Roads and bridges were not the only scarcities in early Yamhill County. There also was a shortage of doctors and hospitals. The earliest doctors arrived with the explorers and independent fur traders. ...
Rohse: Is census participation important? Count on it
No one is going to come knocking at my door. I’ve done it — filled it in — dropped it in the mail slot. I won’t have to do it for another 10 years: I’ve submitted my 2020 ...
Rohse: In the younger years of Yamhill County
In the early 1840s, settlers began heading out on the Oregon Trail for the Land of the Setting Sun, in numbers reminiscent of a Saturday sale. Rohse Colored Glasses McMinnville's Elaine ...
Rohse: Our ranch animals had minds of their own
Animals provided much of our fun on the ranch in Eastern Oregon. I had a dog as a pet before we moved to the ranch, but with ranch life we added cattle, horses, chickens, turkeys, pigs, ...
Rohse: Seeking a few new signs of the times
In these days of coronavirus, we are not smiling enough. We are laughing less. Now we are advised that we may be subject to quarantine fatigue. Rohse Colored Glasses McMinnville's Elaine Rohse ...
Rohse: What’s it like to be 100? Let me tell you
This column is particularly directed to those of you who, in the not too distant future, will have a centennial birthday. Rohse Colored Glasses McMinnville's Elaine Rohse is fascinated by words, ...
Rohse: Amid plagues, humans persevere
Our world has had some fearful enemies: cholera, malaria, bubonic plague, influenza, measles, yellow fever, infantile paralysis and, especially, smallpox, which has killed some 300 to 500 million people ...
Rohse: Houseplant may be your new BFF
In these days of self-confinement, if your stir-crazy symptoms are increasing, and your hunger to talk to someone is growing greater, there is a simple remedy: Make friends with your houseplants. Rohse ...
Rohse: Dayton firm helped save America
More than a century ago, a Dayton, Oregon, business won acclaim for helping save the U.S. during the war years. The company was Dayton Evaporating and Packing Co. Rohse Colored Glasses McMinnville's ...
Rohse: Wagon roads paved with fraud
In its fledgling days, vast unsettled Oregon Country was sorely in need of roads and bridges but they were virtually nonexistent. Rohse Colored Glasses McMinnville's Elaine Rohse is fascinated ...
Rohse: Wild edible plants may be well worth researching
Some predict that in the future, if it keeps growing, the United States will be unable to produce enough food to feed its population. Rohse Colored Glasses McMinnville's Elaine Rohse is fascinated ...
Rohse: Don’t dwell on the past, but remember it
From time to time we are reminded that it is not wise to live too much in the past. If such is the case it perhaps behooves us to take time to be grateful for some of the amazing modern techniques and ...
