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Plane pull benefits Special Olympics

... benefit Special Olympics. Embold Credit Union is sponsoring the fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. Registration will start at 9 a.m., with opening ceremonies at 10 a.m. and ...
News-Register file photo##Dick Wood at home in February 2020.

 
Aviation enthusiast dies at 103

Dick Wood, who grew up near the Wright Brothers and volunteered as a docent at the Evergreen Aviation Museum for 25 years, died Monday in McMinnville. He was 103. No services are planned. Wood, ...

Champions Run honors heroes Sept. 9

The See Ya Later Foundation will host its annual Champions Run for Heroes Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Evergreen Aviation Museum campus. The 5K run and walk, 10K run and half-mile kids’ run will honor local ...

Whatchamacolumn: Time to advise city on taxes, services

... available — the ninth annual Walnut City Music Festival, live this Saturday and Sunday at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum campus. Then, with summer wound down, citizens can focus on more mundane ...

Contractor to speak to Band of Brothers

... meeting is open to veterans and their spouses. It starts at 11:30 a.m. in the Mighty Endeavor Room at the Evergreen Aviation Museum. Walton will talk about his mission of building schools, homes and civic centers in ...
Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register file photo##Yamhill County band Bootleg Jam, shown here at last year’s Walnut City Music Festival, will return this year to perform on the Main Stage at 12:45 p.m. Sunday.

 
National, local bands to be featured at Walnut City Music Festival

... City Music Festival. The family-friendly festival will be held in the shade of the oak grove on the Evergreen museum campus. Nationally known, regional and local acts will perform from noon to 11 p.m. each day. ...

Along the Street: New downtown restaurants to open soon

... Laurel Ridge; Pike Road; and Black Dog Vineyards.   Friday Greeters The theater on the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum campus will host the Friday, Sept. 1, Chamber Greeters program. The ...

Lafayette Mall introduces 'Date Night'

... ranging from cruise ships to Broadway, and from local stages and wineries to the Wine Food Classic at the Evergreen Space Museum. Wines from Ricochet, founded in 2018, can be found at The Crushed Grape (located in The ...
Starla Pointer/News-Register##Evergreen’s newly featured Venom plane was used by the air force in Switzerland. Triangle sign at right, next to the cockpit reads “Warning: Ejector Seat” in French and German.

 
Museum to unveil new plane

Evergreen Aviation Museum and the Air Force Band on Saturday, Aug. 26, will welcome a new exhibit that’s ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Forester Ken Nygren presents sisters Marcy Satalich, left, and Mary Ann Nolan, center, with a sign certifying their woodland as a family forest. Nolan handles most of the regular forest management decisions in consultation with Nygren, as Satalich lives in Portland, but both sisters cherish their memories of the property.

 
A small woodland with a big purpose

... everything nearby, and you can look across the valley to see the traffic on the Highway 18 bypass. When the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum hosted a fireworks display, Kevin Nolan said, “We’d put our chairs ...

Today's sad stories produce memories

... story of my 24-hour whirlwind trip to Maui to cover the 1980-ish story of Hawaiian charter flights by Evergreen International Airlines. I checked into the historic Pioneer Inn in Lahaina, but spent the day, night ...

 
Colleen M. Hanson 1939 - 2023

... John Lutheran Church in McMinnville, Oregon, with Pastor Bill Herring officiating. Interment was at Evergreen Memorial Park in McMinnville. Contributions may be given to Cassy’s Hope Scholarship; https://chemeketa.thankyou4caring.org/home ...

 
Donna Dee Frasier 1946 - 2023

... smile. In 1984, She moved to Newberg, Oregon, where she met her husband, Mick Frasier. Donna worked for Evergreen Aviation for 17 years in the payroll department, with her last year as payroll manager, retiring in ...

 
Tim A. Roberts 1947 - 2023

... European countries. Throughout his adult years, he enjoyed spending time in his yard. He volunteered at Evergreen Aviation Museum as a docent for five years and guided visitors through the Spruce Goose. Tim’s ...

County wants suit over 747 back taxes dismissed

... the sale. It was owned by Jet Midwest, an aircraft parts and leasing company that purchased it after Evergreen International Aviation filed bankruptcy in 2014. McMinnville Properties foreclosed on the plane and ...

All-volunteer force is topic of talk

... meeting. The organization for veterans meets at 11:30 a.m. on the first Thursday of each month in the Evergreen Aviation Museum. Eric Schuck, an economics professor at Linfield University, will speak. He is a captain ...
Rachel Thompson/ News-Register##Bobbi Dabling cuddles Tucker, her beloved cat. She spends time with Tucker when she’s not swimming or doing other activities with her daughters and friends.

 
Stopping By: She is the champion

... Seattle. Bobbi moved to Willamina, then back to McMinnville for the last time when she took a job at Evergreen International Airlines. Her friend, Donna Nelson, convinced her to become the company’s switchboard ...

Evergreen talk will explore gravitational waves

... that will explore gravitational waves and how they are studied will benefit the Carlton Observatory at Evergreen. Physics professor Shane Larson will present “Songs from the Stellar Graveyard: Probing the Cosmos ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Tim McDaniel and his pup, Doug, show off the array of native plants the McMinnville resident grows from seeds he has collected.

 
Stopping By: Encouraging respect for Oregon’s native plants

... native plants — both annuals and perennials — progress through their life cycles. Perennial evergreen “snow queen,” for instance, is the first to flower as winter turns toward spring. Buttercups ...

Fireworks calls light up Mac police switchboard

... still offered an organized fireworks show, such as ones previously held at Patton Middle School and Evergreen International Aviation, residents would be less likely to purchase and set off illegal fireworks. He ...
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