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Neal Hulkower: Reject rank choice voting; a better option is out there

Voting is easy when there are just two candidates. Our current plurality voting method works just fine for that.

But things get complicated when there are more choices.

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##“Love your mother” reads the small sign near the vivid rendition of a watermelon at the community garden next to Renshaw Hall.

 
Calendar of Quirk: Just in time for homecoming week, the Linfield edition

... names connected to the Ted Wilson Gymnasium building…. The Paul Durham Lobby and Foyer….. Dutch Bros …. Wilson Court … and the gym space is known as the “Catzone.” ...
Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##An all-abilities playground was built this year at Jay Pearson Park with help from the McMinnville Kiwanis Club.

 
Parks director spells out big picture

... keeping the other restrooms safe and see a lot of breaking into restrooms and a lot of bad activity ... just because it’s a place where there’s no eyes, nobody watching them. So we know we need ...

 
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 27, 2024

... quote from the Second Amendment: “A well-regulated militia, being the right of the American people ... “ So which militia does she belong to? Are there more than one currently operating in our county? I’d ...

Mac council reviews diversity-equity assessment

... plan,” Miller said. “It is up to someone in the city to drive it and if it’s not driven ... it will be a car that’s not workable.” “If the passion is not within the city this ...

Bake sale, knife sharpening benefit Mac Tool Library

... later this year. The fall bake sale will include both sweet and savory items. It will run from 4 to 7 p.. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at ForeLand Brewery, 777 N.E. Fourth St., McMinnville Volunteers also will offer ...
Starla Pointer/News-Register##Contractor Dan Martin, left, and engineer Monty Hurley, a Yamhill Carlton Booster Club member, talk about how well the Laughlin Stadium renovation turned out. They were among project organizers, donors and other community members who turned out for a dedication event Wednesday night. The stadium, which had been closed for two years, now is structurally sound and once again proudly proclaims “YC” in the school colors.

 
YC reopens refurbished stadium

... Build Contractors LLC did the construction work, with the latter donating part of its fee, Hurley said.. The school district paid for repainting the stadium in the school colors: black seating with the letters ...

Mac budget committee leans toward biennial cycle

... committee I don’t feel like we get a lot of people (at meetings), so I’m hopeful that maybe this ... will improve our public process.” The current budget is hard to navigate and the software could ...

 
Clarence Leroy Campbell 1938 - 2024

... to become certified, not only in real estate, but he also became a broker and began acquiring property.. Somehow along the way, he acquired a license to be an appraiser.  Hearing that the Clackamas County ...
Image: SERA Architects##Third Street concept illustrations show the current planned design and five alternatives that move gradually away from that design. The various options could be mixed and matched to form the final concept, according to project consultants.

 
Downtown improvement committee proposes big changes in Third St. design

... sink them that way and you put the metal decking on top, it’s a much more expensive installation ... but it’s less likely, far less likely that the roots are going to start buckling the sidewalk,” ...
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Rusty Rae/News-Register##Lori Robertson holds an example of a part made at Cutting Edge Metals of McMinnville, whose clients include the aerospace industry and other businesses. Hunter Roth, behind her, processes customers’ drawings on a computer in order to create directions for the company’s cutting machines. Signs on the wall reflect the set of core values Robertson and her husband, Dennis, identified from the day the company was created.

 
Stopping By: Mettle in metal

McMinnville company is young and growing, always seeking to be Cutting Edge

Yamhill fire board seeks OSP inquiry into July break-in

... call out the fact that it’s time for new leadership and transparency for how the district is run.... “It’s time for the town to step up and demand more and that means we need to educate ...

Flooding delays airport lease agreement

... relatively expensive repair,” he said. “The repairs could be up around $60-70,000 overall ... it all depends on what, if any, insurance money we get back.” Water was turned back on at the ...

RV dealer Ruben Bernt gets 20-year sentence for thefts

... said. “Ruben is a friend that would give you the shirt off his back, a place to sleep, a warm meal .. I’ve been blessed to witness his kindness first-hand though countless situations where Ruben has ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Rush hour traffic, such as this congestion on Highway 99W on Wednesday afternoon, is an urban-area symptom yet is a reality in McMinnville, still a “rural” community in the eyes of many funding sources. The next census could shift McMinnville to urban status, though it still faces other obstacles typical of rural communities.

 
Growing city faces shrinking funding

... could tell you a person is 85 years old and that person might be vibrant and go for a walk everyday ... and that person might be isolated in a nursing home and not able to get out of bed. Eighty-five doesn’t ...

Aquatic center closes Aug. 26 to Sept. 4

... department. Fall swimming classes start on Sept. 17, and signups are underway, at mcminnvilleoregon.gov/aquatic.. Visit the website for information about other programs, including lifeguard training, water fitness, ...

Planners working through transitional housing hurdles; advisory committee to meet

... per unit and McClellan questioned needing that much for transitional housing. “It seems that ... people in these situations often maybe do not have cars and so the parking requirement could be lower ...
Image: Salem Public Libraries##A representative of the helicopter-logging company Sky King stands next to his company’s brand-new 1959 Buick looking at an exhibit of an enormous old-growth log at the Centennial Exposition.

 
Offbeat Oregon: $2.6 million party highlighted Oregon’s ‘age of innocence’

... have changed a lot over the last 50 years. And, for the most part, it’s changed for the better ... but not entirely. Sociologists would say this change was the transition from a “modernist” ...

Mac council OKs Recology trash rate hike

... hasn’t been an issue, which Drabkin refuted. “I’m just going to push back on your response ... that it’s just not an issue and you don’t hear it’s an issue. You’ve been hearing ...

Sheriff’s Office racking up big overtime bills

... been spoken about,” he said. “We need every person we have to show up to work every day ... and so the long-term benefits of avoiding some of those issues are worth the investment on the front ...
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