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Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Carlton Observatory founder Janet Zuelke, left, and Bill Mackie, a retired physics professor from Linfield, demonstrate the laws of motion during the Science Fest

 
Photo Gallery: Science Fest expands, electrifies

Plasma ball entertains and educates at Saturday’s Science Fest, hosted by Carlton Observatory at Evergreen Aviation Museum. Participants placed lightbulbs,  foil, coins, and other conductors against the glass, filled with gases and a high-voltage electrode. This affects the current’s flow through filament, creating colorful tendrils of light.

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##St. James School preschoolers Cade Coussens, left, and Fernanda Flores-Curiel use a light table to express their imaginations using plastic squares and triangles. Students at the Catholic school are boosted by proceeds raised at the annual Wine & Food Classic, which runs Friday through Sunday in the Evergreen Space Museum.

 
This weekend’s annual wine and food extravaganza benefits St. James students

... teachers themselves. The Wine & Food Classic happens Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 7 to 9, in the Evergreen Space Museum. The annual community event has been St. James’ biggest fundraiser since it started ...

Along the Street: What's going up March, 2025

... well. For more information, go to mcminnvilleava.org.   ‘Wicked’ sing-along planned Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum will host a “Wicked” sing-along and costume party March 7-8 ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register file photo##At the 2024 Wine & Food Classic, Marcus Glaze, left, of McMinnville talks wines from Lolati Wines with Theresa Richmond-Woods from Portland. Lolati Wines, with roots in South Africa, is based in Sherwood.

 
Classic opens Friday, seeks volunteers

... are expected to attend the 21-and-older event, which runs Friday through Sunday, March 7 to 9, in the Evergreen Space Museum. Hours are 3 to 9 p.m. Friday, with an admission price of $28; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, ...

Along the Street: Melt Down program runs through Feb. 28

... Area Chamber of Commerce Greeters program from 8 to 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28. The location will be the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, 500 N.E. Captain Michael King Smith Way. In Newberg, the Chehalem Valley ...
##Hannah Straus

 
The happiness shows through

... visiting a variety of locations, from Mount Hood to the coast, as well as nearby attractions such as the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum and Vista Hot Air Balloon adventures. Straus particularly enjoys the special ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Firefighter cadet Chelsea Boyer takes the lead in hosing down nearby evergreen trees to minimize damage from the heat. Lieutenant Jeff Phillips backed her up during the McMinnville Fire District’s open burn exercise on Brockwood Avenue.

 
The hotter, the better: ‘Free burn’ of McMinnville house wraps up hands-on fire training

... mostly consumed in flames and hose teams on the Bravo (left) side provide a consistent flow on three tall evergreen trees. Standing across the street, the heat is intense. It feels like standing next to a bonfire or ...

Observatory show film about NASA scientist who beat the odds

The Carlton Observatory at Evergreen will offer a local screening of a movie about a young girl who dreamed of becoming an astrophysicist ...
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Dunaway sixth-grader Brayden Bounyavong get a little air as he flies over a ramp he and others made Friday morning on a hill in McMinnville s Lower City Park.

 
Winter storm disrupts school, sports schedules

... McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce to cancel its Friday morning Greeters events. Chamber After Hours at Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum has been postponed a month from Thursday to March 13. McMinnville city offices ...

David R Reid 1955 - 2025

... nieces, and cousins. There will be a Celebration of Life at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 16, 2025, at the Evergreen Lodge, 500 Cumulus Avenue, McMinnville, Oregon.
Starla Pointer/News-Register##Yamhill s new gas station and convenience store is now open. Valley Market is located at Maple (Highway 47) and First Street in the middle of town.
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Along the Street: Yamhill gas station and more 'What's Going Up'

... facing. Meyer Signs Co. of Oregon will compete the $14,000 project. - The new reception hall on the Evergreen museum campus received a temporary certificate of occupancy on Jan. 16. The hall is owned by McMinnville ...
Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##On a cold and slippery Thursday morning, Breanna Heady of McMinnville runs on Riverside Drive, where she reported the kindness of a driver stopping to alert her to the slick road surface ahead.

 
Letter to Readers: Finding the bright side of the road can still be slippery

... photographers such as me, But I kept an eye out. School bus turning in Lafayette? No. Gravestones in Evergreen Cemetery? No. Nothing stood out in the fog. Meanwhile, deadline day duties calling, I needed to be ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##During one of their Thursday gatherings at Bob Lunt’s house, carvers work on their wood projects. From left are Tim Wahlberg, Forrest Peterson, Lunt and Ralph Juda. As they whittle, they talk about their lives and come up with solutions to local and world problems.

 
Stopping By: Carving Quartet

... Wahlberg’s stories, as well. “Tim has been all over the world,” he said. Wahlberg worked for Evergreen International Aviation for 43 years, and served as the company’s president. Retired from Evergreen, ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Collections volunteer Jean Herkamp, left, wearing white protective gloves, shows 80-year-old Japanese correspondence to Consul General Yuzo Yoshioka, right, and Keiko Ziak of the Obon Society, during Wednesday’s ceremony at Evergreen Aviation Museum.

 
After languishing for decades, mail intended for Japanese soldiers starts its way home

... Yoshioka of the Consular Office of Japan, told a group of about 60 people in Wednesday’s gathering at Evergreen Aviation Museum, as the mail was formally given to the Astoria-based nonprofit Obon Society. “On ...

Remembering some of the community members we lost

... Memorial Fund, 1271 N.E. Highway 99W No. 446, McMinnville, OR 97128. Toan Van Nguyen, who had retired from Evergreen Helicopters, died Nov. 4, 2024, at age 95. He was the author of “Journey to Freedom,” a ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Evergreen museum CEO Scot Laney stands with his favorite plane, a Skyraider used in the Korean and Vietnam wars. Laney, named CEO in August, wants everyone in Yamhill County to come to the museum to see the rare and historic aircraft and space vehicles.

 
Stopping By: Stories of flight

Evergreen’s new CEO is an advocate for education, and the people behind the planes

 
Looking back instructive, looking ahead constructive

... McMinnville, Dayton and Carlton. Major new lodging and events center additions are also being eyed at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum out on Highway 18 in McMinnville, further expanding a tourist footprint ...

 
It was a year of openings, accolades, evolving plans and changing leadership

... other top business stores we covered in 2024 are: * Work is underway on a new event center on the Evergreen museum campus, which is owned by McMinnville Properties. The event center will open in 2025 next to ...

Letter to Readers: A quarter-century ago, Y2K was a boon, then a bust

... two-year period when I had left the newspaper industry and gone to work as public information officer with Evergreen School District in the east half of Vancouver, Wash. My job involved press releases and other external ...

 
2024 Year in Review

... building at 3850 S.E. Three Mile Lane, near the McMinnville Municipal Airport, was formerly owned by Evergreen Aviation. It underwent a $3 million renovation in 2017 and features offices, conference rooms, a professional ...
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