Photos: 1,500 pounds of plastic
Zero Waste' Great Plastic Roundup diverts more 1,500 pounds of plastic from the landfill
Blood drivin' man: Mac's Walter Wierenga reaches 20-gallon donation mark
For the 160th time, Walter Wierenga of McMinnville extended his arm Friday so an American Red Cross medic could draw his blood. He lay back, resting, while about a pint of red fluid filled a collection ...
Letter to Readers: Helping girls to Dream It, Be It
When I was in junior high, we all took a class called “Self-Understanding Through Occupational Education,” or SUTOE. We learned about various careers, the education needed to work in those ...
Course teaches people to grow own food
Yamhill County Master Gardeners is seeking people who are low-income or live with food insecurity to participate in Garden to Table, a free, six-week course that teaches how to grow produce in raised beds. The ...
Tickets avaible for Lions fundraiser
McMinnville Lions Club will host its third-annual “A Roaring Night of Giving” Saturday, Feb. 21. The club’s biggest annual fundraiser, the event will be from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Evergreen ...
Unidos aims to protect, give voice to Latino community
Unidos Bridging Community has advocated for Yamhill County Latino residents for over a decade, but a shift in mission last year has propelled the nonprofit further into the local spotlight. Through its ...
Lunar New Year event Feb. 15
Yamhill County’s annual Lunar New Year celebration on Sunday, Feb. 15, will usher in the Year of the Horse. This year’s fourth annual celebration will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the McMinnville ...
Plastic recycling event planned
Zero Waste’s Plastics Project will hold a hard-to-recycle plastic collection event Saturday, Feb. 7, at the McMinnville Covenant Church, 2155 N.W. Second St., McMinnville. “The Great Plastic ...
Free tickets available for Provoking Hope fundraiser
Provoking Hope will hold its annual fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 7, with a twist — tickets are free, and donors can give to the peer-supported recovery program through an online auction and an auction ...
Work of Heart dinner supports schools
Students in the McMinnville School District get to play glockenspiels, compete in the Battle of the Books reading program, work directly with artists-in-residence and enjoy many other projects that enhance ...
Pilot food donation project seeks coordinators
A new effort to address hunger and nutrition in Yamhill County is seeking volunteer coordinators to oversee donation groups. Coordinators work with groups of neighbors, friends or co-workers to collect ...
Melt Down marks 10 years
A decade ago, nine McMinnville restaurants grilled bread sandwiched with cheese and other ingredients on behalf of the Yamhill Community Action Partnership’s countywide food bank. For 28 days — ...
Program tackles plastics problem
Zero Waste’s Plastic Project is promoting reusable dinnerware and food containers as a way of eliminating single-use plastics, In 2023, it started a program encouraging local restaurants to offer ...
Melt Down coming to a grill near you
The Melt Down, Yamhill County’s annual cheese-focused fundraiser, will start with a 10th-anniversary open house on Saturday, Jan. 31, at Golden Valley Brew Pub, McMinnville. After that, 53 restaurants ...
Stopping By: Green advocate works to 'reframe, retrain'
Living a green lifestyle is not difficult, said Brynn Moir, who cofounded Zero Waste’s Plastic Project with Jeri White. “It’s just different.” Her goal is to “reframe and ...
