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Submitted photo##Earth & Elevate instructor Jessie Tay, center, poses with members of the McMinnville aerial studio’s competitive team, including Natalie Kondor, left, Nisha Kumar and Holland Bertsch, right. The girls brought home medals from their first competition.

 
Aerialists bring home medals

... and Christmas colors. Other team members will walk along the route.The team also participated in the UFO Festival parade. Tay said aerial work uses muscles throughout the body. Aerialists must develop pulling ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Audience members dance to live music by Camp Crush, a Portland band, playing in Mattie’s Room at the Hotel Oregon. The large venue is hosting concerts again on Friday and Saturday nights; many of the performers are Yamhill County bands.

 
Music returns to Mattie's Room at Hotel Oregon

... Street has frequently hosted musical performers over the years, both during special events such as the UFO Festival or New Year’s Eve and throughout the year. Since Covid, however, most of the performances ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Kari Edie, director of food and nutrition at Willamette Valley Medical Center, makes a salad with pasta and assorted vegetables. In addition to making salads and desserts for the hospital cafe, she oversees the staff and the special diets for patients with various medical needs.

 
Stopping By: Feeding the needs

Hospital culinary manager finds fulfillment in caring for patients through food

Submitted photo##A customized UFO-themed mural is one of the features of the newly remodeled McMinnville Walmart. Company officials said the store now has larger selection of food products and a pharmacy area twice the size it was previously.

 
Along the Street: Walmart expands pharmacy, food sections, adds mural

... unveiled a mural depicting local images — vineyards and people witnessing the appearance of a UFO. Signage, displays and lighting have been improved throughout the story, according to Anne Hatfield, ...
Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##“Antique” technology is on lofty display (or for sale) in the Primisys showroom.

 
Quirk of the Week: Winging it, with a first or last look at the here and gone or back again

... they were left for a year and removed each June when new ones were created. Past images were of grapes, UFOs, bicycles, birds, flowers and many other beloved McMinnville images, as well as historical, cultural ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Dressed in her vintage hat and dress, Ric Rac BBQ owner Shelby Wilcox removes slowly cooked meat from her huge smoker in preparation for a pop-up restaurant event. Wilcox cooks at The Preserve and offers catering. Her side dishes include recipes from all over the world, as well as traditional barbecue companions such as cornbread and greens.

 
Ric Rac combines traditional barbecue with international inspiration

... Foundation’s adult Easter egg hunt fundraiser, for instance, and sold meat at the 1109 Lafayette Bar during the UFO Festival. She also has frequent pop-up events she announces through social media, and places handmade ...

Proposed PD cuts partially reinstated by budget committee

... burnout on an overworked force if the cuts remain. On Wednesday, he used an example from a shift during UFO Fest to describe impacts if the department were forced to lower staffing below the current four officer ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Jason Catron works on a watercolor painting during the art hour at McMinnville’s First Presbyterian Church. He said he doesn’t plan his art projects; his hands take over and create something.

 
Life stories sketched and painted during Art Hour at McMinnville church

... until the next Wednesday, or the next. His first depicts what might be a mushroom — or maybe a UFO. That’s up to the viewer, he said. “I just let my hands do the work,” said Catron, ...

 
Quirk of the Week: McMinnville’s marquee figures

Quirk of May 14, with its UFO Fest focus, once again spotlighted a distinctive odd trend that had also been celebrated in 2024: the ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Colorful crowds pack the corner of Cowls and Third streets in downtown McMinnville on Saturday as the UFO Festival parade rolls by.

 
UFO Fest marks 25 years of weird, wild times in McMinnville

... McMinnville over the weekend as downtown was transformed into an intergalactic gathering for the 25th annual UFO Festival. UFO enthusiasts, alien hunters and sci-fi fans arrived to see with their own eyes. The festivities ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Kathryn Ellis, academic advisor at the Chemeketa Yamhill Valley Campus, adjusts alien decorations inside a claw machine, modeled after “The Claw” from the movie “Toy Story,” for the campus’ float in Saturday’s UFO Festival parade. Chemeketa staff have an entry every year; participating brings people together and reminds the community about the offerings at the community college, Ellis said.

 
UFO Fest ready for takeoff this weekend

... aliens or antennae to show you embrace them, there’s room for you at McMinnville’s annual UFO Festival today through Sunday morning. There’s plenty of room for your little green or gray friends, ...
Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##The Trent mural at 1109 Lafayette Bar will be featured during Saturday’s intergalactic gala.

 
Quirk of the Week: Space oddities abound in Mac

... on a board in the window of Oregon Stationers, one of many businesses again reveling in the upcoming UFO Fest, May 15-17. The Sagan quote is truly fitting, a seven-letter aphorism that also suits the concept ...

MDA still seeking UFO Fest volunteers

... McMinnville Downtown Association has several volunteer slots needed to be filled for this weekend’s UFO Fest. Volunteers are needed for tasks prior to and after the parade, which begins at noon, and help ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Mike and Robin Murto talk about their new home, one of Hillside Retirement Community’s single family cottages. The former longtime Dundee residents were the first to move in to the line of seven single-family homes on Hillside Parkway near West Second Street. The new homes, including two duplexes still under construction, were dedicated May 6.

 
Along The Street: Hillside celebrates opening of new residences

... Street Pizza building have a new look: a mural featuring aliens just in time for McMinnville’s UFO Festival, which will be held May 16-18 downtown. The restaurant has been closed for two years following ...
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UFO Fest invades McMinnville May 16-18

... thousands of visitors Saturday, May 17, for the parade and other activities associated with the 25th annual UFO Festival. McMenamins Hotel Oregon launched the festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Trent ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##The mezzanine of The Pub features banquettes and easy chairs to promote socializing. Straight chairs and long padded benches provide seating downstairs. The new bar and restaurant will open Friday.

 
Along the Street: Pub to open on Davis Street

... art and taste wine. Third Street also caught readers’ attention because of events such as the UFO Festival, which is coming up May 16-17, and for programs such as Mac Fresco, when dining and shopping ...

Along the Street: Aerial showcase, ‘Once Upon A Dream’ planned

... parking lot in McMinnville and on Highway 99W southwest of Dundee.   Volunteers needed to help with UFO Festival Volunteers are needed to help with the UFO Festival, which will be held May 16-17 in downtown ...

Along the Street: New group forms to support Sheridan Library

... exhibit refers to many local events that happen across the state – including McMinnville’s UFO Festival, he said. Both exhibitions will be made into traveling exhibitions that will be displayed ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Grettel Briseno, left, and Juan Mendoza-Ayala discuss Juan’s tinfoil hat as director Caroline Goin, center, talks production details with the rest of the cast of “The Day the Aliens Attacked Fairfield.” The play runs Thursday and Friday at Duniway.

 
Duniway students return to theater with UFO-themed interactive comic play

... blocking, costumes, and comic bits. “I liked the story a lot for its comedy and mayhem, and the UFO subject is a good one for McMinnville,” Goin said. “It also has a message about accepting ...

Along the Street: Safe Route program looks at immigrants’ rights

... program from 8 to 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at 518 E. First St., Newberg.   Applications opening for UFO, farmers market vendors McMinnville Downtown Association will start taking applications on Feb. 3 for ...
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