Stopping by: WARM MEMORIES OF A COLD CLIMATE
Artist and writer Dianne Barske was showing her paintings at a gallery in Anchorage when she was approached by Sammye Seawell, founder of the Alaska Zoo, then called the Alaska Children’s ...
Rohse: Walker a faithful companion
Last week, a friend asked what I was writing about this week. I told her I was writing about walkers — but not the kind of walkers that use two legs to walk — rather, it was about those devices ...
Yard of the Month: Just the right ratio
Beauty and therapy thrive in the Hollands’ garden No need to look for Beccie and John Holland’s address as you drive south on Cypress Street; their bountiful flowers make it clear ...
Rohse: The gift of growing up in the Great Depression
Editor’s note: This column was originally published in 2005. Our parents gave us many things: food, shelter, love, shoes, a dollhouse, roller skates, a love of reading. But their biggest gift to ...
Stopping by: Making things fly
Veteran Bill Fuller helps give wing to American Legion golf tourney Bill Fuller makes golf balls fly almost every day, even on the hottest day of a record-setting heat wave. “Monday was ...
Rohse: Oregon still offers bounty, generosity
In a recent column, I recounted Oregon’s negative aspects. I mentioned that I would try to make amends by stressing positive things about our state in an upcoming column. Today, I detail some of ...
Stopping by: GIVING THEM A GOOD LIFE
Farm animal sanctuary offers permanent home Billy Blue Eyes hobbled out of the barn and across the pasture, heading for some tasty-looking flowers near the fence. With his eyes on those prize ...
Rohse: Beyond coins and paper bills
Around the world some weird kinds of currency have cropped up. They vary from giant wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese in Italy to a strange “currency” popular among drug dealers and their ...
Carlson: ‘Punk’s Plight’ inspires courage to trust again
Every now and again one of our talented local authors writes a book about dogs, and gives a copy to me to preview, which of course I enjoy every much. Recently author Hope Walter did this with her new ...
Stopping by: Wishing on a YouTube star
‘Sub T Ronan’ battles illness, gives to others through his cyber skills
History’s doors reopen
Yamhill County’s two historical museums — the varied collections in the Miller Museum Research Center in Lafayette and the agriculture-focused Yamhill Valley Heritage Center in McMinnville ...
SCAMMING SENIORS: She stood up to the lawyer who stole from her
Financial exploitation victim Bonita Pursel sat in a Yamhill County Circuit Courtroom in August 2019, anxiously waiting for Judge John Collins to return a verdict against now-disbarred attorney ...
Rohse: Road trips, and a room with a view
Homer and I both loved to travel and our first goal after we were married was to visit each of the 48 states, with Hawaii and Alaska to follow. But we also wanted to save money and buy a house. We did, ...
Stopping by: Full floral palette
Beds of perennials, annuals and evergreens, separated by cushy green lawn, surround Elsie Williams’ home at 1035 N.W. Crestbook Court, winner of the June Yard of the Month honors from the ...
Locals get college honors
Several Yamhill County residents recently received degrees or honors from institutions of higher learning. They include: Leslie Wallace of McMinnville and Chloe Wassei of Newberg have been named to the ...
