Vintage News-Register
Click scrolling arrows on side of pictures to pause slideshow. Chronicling life in the Yamhill Valley through the generations with the newspaper archives. Vintage galleries are printed each Friday ...
Stopping By: Hybrid vehicle
Chloe is looking forward to some fun: Many other mules and horses will be joining her at the Flying M Ranch for the Oregon Mule Skinners’ 35th annual Memorial Day Trail Ride. Just ...
Yard of the Month: Tranquil seating
Homeowner creates serene spots to pause and enjoy the view By HEATHER BROOKS Of the News-Register Benches are arranged outside the McMinnville home Jerri Solan shares with her husband, Tom, so passersby ...
Rohse: Buzzwords and other language we love to use
Fashions in clothing are forever changing, as per the tight-legged pants that presently are a choice. But clothes aren’t the only things that change. Change is everywhere — including words, ...
Carlson: Dogs behaving badly, and what to do about it
I’ve gotten behind on reading my dog magazines again. In my defense, they have an uncanny ability to arrive while I am engrossed in a page-turner mystery, and when I’ve finally gotten to the ...
Offbeat Oregon : Station keeper’s cowardice cost 11 sailors their lives
Tales of the heroism of U.S. Lifesaving Service rescue boat crews (and their successors in the Coast Guard) are so frequent as to be almost unremarkable. After all, theirs is a job that attracts ...
Sweet as honey
Dave Merz’s great-great-grandparents kept bees in Switzerland before they immigrated to the U.S. in the 1880s. Two generations later, Merz donned a protective hood and jacket and became a beekeeper ...
The buzz on bees and honey
* Bees can't see white or red. Beekeepers often uses hives that are white so they appear neutral, and non-threatening, to bees. Merz paints his hives pale yellow, aqua, green and gray to help his bees ...
Shop offers Carlton Valley Honey
Three kinds of honey are available from Dave Merz's Carlton Valley Honey shop. They are named for the flowers from which bees gathered nectar to make the honey: Poison oak, blackberry and wild forest. ...
Stopping By: Woven legacy
Katia Johansen, a textile conservationist who worked for the Danish royal family, flew from Denmark to Oregon in April to look at the tapestries created by her mother, the late Margaret Johansen. Well-known ...
McMinnville makes way for billions and billions of visitors
Scheduled to touch down on a street near you: McMinnville’s 20th annual UFO Fest, which runs from Thursday through Sunday, May 16 to 19. Part serious and part flat-out fun, the festival ...
Kindergarten teacher is always learning
Memorial’s Molly Bousquet named outstanding educator Kindergarten teacher Molly Bousquet can name many outstanding educators, including her peers at Memorial Elementary School and instructors ...
Farming life suits Yamhill’s Fuerst family
YAMHILL — Brad Fuerst grew up helping his father in the family’s hay and straw baling business. Now, he runs it himself with his wife, Crystal. “We like farming,” he said. ...
Carlson: And, furthermore! Another round of pet peeves
It’s been some time since I launched into a rant and rave about my pet peeves, but since I have plenty, why put off another any longer? First and foremost: prong collars. Why on earth can you still ...
Rohse: Unwanted plants invading fields, streams, gardens
They’re dangerous. They’re stealthy. They’re insidious. And you may not even be aware of them. But they’re sneaking up on us and invading our premises. These miscreants are invasive ...
