Stopping by: Rescue mission
Linda Thompson casts her creative eye on whatever she sees, much of which others might call “junk.” A stray shingle becomes an inspirational sign to hang in a tree. Discarded crystal ...
Stopping by: Leadership and opportunity
Grace Adams called her FFA adviser in tears. “What’s wrong?” asked Mitch Coleman, who’s taught agriculture and led FFA programs for three decades at Dayton High School. Nothing ...
Stopping by: Picturing the world
Leroy Brown uses his camera to capture the beauty, the movement and the action around him. “I love Oregon,” said the former Marine, who’s been stationed in more than half a dozen ...
Stopping by: Fares to remember
Mark Warner is someone people talk to. Maybe it’s because he listens, or because he’s a stranger, or because the former preacher has had an array of experiences, which gives him empathy. ...
Stopping By: Helping students bloom and grow
Teaching is Jerod Harney’s second career, or his third, if you count being a stay-at-home dad. After studying mass communications at Grand View University in his home state of Iowa, ...
Stopping By: Ministers on prayer: It’s a conversation, a ‘critical connection’
Speaking directly to God — praying — is a key component of the Christian faith. Local pastors say the practice builds and strengthens the relationship. No wonder they are encouraging ...
Stopping by: Feeding the need
Food service director makes sure Dayton kids have nutritious meals Pam Johnson has eaten lunch at school every day for the past 25 years. The meals are good, she said, and she's not just ...
Stopping By: ‘Spinning yarns and telling stories’
Mike Paull is a storyteller through and through, whether his tales originated in the form of bedtime fables for his granddaughter, Carlie, anecdotes he tells his friends and fellow American Legion ...
Stopping By: At 100, still writing, still ‘happy as can be’
Even in hard times, newspaper columnist looks through ‘Rohse Colored Glasses’ News-Register columnist Elaine Dahl Rohse celebrated her April 12 birthday in an odd way. Instead of ...
Stopping by: Teacher, writer sets example for students
Language arts teacher Matt Brisbin doesn’t simply require his students to write. He sets an example for them, composing everything from essays to poems. “It’s important ...
Stopping by: After a century, she’s learned to roll with it
But McMinnville’s Dee Nolf is still irked that current events disrupted her birthday plans Delores “Dee” Nolf planned to travel from her home in McMinnville to Southern California ...
Stopping by: Growing and changing
Avid gardeners Tom and Rita Canales miss a few things they used to grow in California — citrus, for instance. But they are thrilled by what they can now grow in their garden in McMinnville, ...
Stopping by: Beaux Frères: ‘Farming is what we do’
The rich soil of a former pig farm near Newberg combined with biodynamic farming practices has created some award-wining pinot noirs at Beaux Frères Winery. “It’s the vineyard ...
Stopping by: Food, and respect, for everyone
Arriving on foot, on bikes or by bus, people start gathering around the Soup Kitchen at St. Barnabas in mid-afternoon, awaiting the start of the 4 to 6 p.m. dinner service. Sometimes they come ...
Stopping By: Decorating with (re)purpose
Ann Austin is a woman with a purpose — or maybe we should say a “repurpose.” She repurposes clothing and household items by finding new ways they can be used instead of tossing ...
