‘You’re a girl. You shouldn’t play baseball.
“You’re too short. You’re not strong enough. Why don’t you play softball instead?”
Editorials
Nothing's what it seems with edicts descending from D.C.
Sometimes it seems as though we’ve tumbled down Alice’s Wonderland rabbit hole and joined her at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, where nothing is as it seems. At least it has in the eight ...
Private and public failings leave toxic stench in Sheridan
Late last month, one of North America’s largest treated-wood producers pleaded guilty in Yamhill County Circuit Court to 10 misdemeanor counts of unlawful water pollution, based on a legacy of toxic ...
Fire district can't allow revenue to go untapped
“Declining Medicare reimbursement from the federal government, combined with an increasing Medicare patient load, have driven up the cost of providing ambulance service in the last few years. “The ...
Bond issue never easy sell, but good case can be made
The city’s community center has passed the century mark and its aquatic center is about to turn 70. The ravages of time have left both in a state where a serviceable makeover would run nearly as ...
Steering a school of tradition through a time of transition
Traditions and timeless features are hallmarks of Linfield University. Pioneer Hall, Streak Street, the Paul Durham statue, the Murdock Hall sundial, the acorn ceremony, to name a few. But this is a ...
Garvin fits the mold as interim manager of the city
Before being named city manager in McMinnville in 2017, Jeff Towery had already served four tours in upper-level city management posts, dating back 30 years. He had also earned a master’s degree ...
Fair has come a long way to enjoy sustained success
In previewing this year’s edition of the Yamhill County Fair & Rodeo with the Board of Commissioners last week, Manager Gary Wertz said: “Oregon’s oldest fair is ready for you. Just ...
County takes first step in making parks a priority
Imagine, if you will, an alternative universe where the Yamhill County Parks system included: - The Stuart Grenfell Park County Campground, attracting RVers and others to West Valley for overnight ...
Airport finally taking flight in the skies over City Hall
The future has never looked brighter for the 650-acre, dual-runway airfield the city inherited from the military in 1943, at a time when World War II was still raging in both the European and Pacific theaters. Over ...
Massive mixed-use venture moving to forefront in Mac
Fasten your seat belts, McMinnville dwellers. You will soon be hearing and seeing a lot about another major local development project — one the city council got its first formal look at in conceptual ...
Letters
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Letters to the Editor: Sept. 12, 2025
Oregon, not Ohio Thank you for highlighting in your Sept. 3 edition the quirk found in Dayton. When one sees these things every day, they can be taken for granted. Regarding the sign: When you Google ...
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 5, 2025
Lost trust The subject of mail-in ballots has been in our news lately, and not surprisingly, our left-wing Democrats don’t want the practice to stop in Oregon. As a Republican, I have to admit ...
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 29, 2025
Open letter Dear Chief Godfrey: Having served as an elected board member and vice president with the La Pine Rural Fire Protection District, I understand your financial issues with providing under-reimbursed ...
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 22, 2025
A cheaper way There is a significant shortfall in funding the transportation and water/sewer infrastructure projects that have been delineated by the city of Carlton, even at the most basic level. Some ...
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 15, 2025
Role of citizen In Germany, and across much of Europe, there is a project underway to commemorate the lives of the victims of the Nazi regime and the systematic disappearance of Jews, Gypsies, some Catholics ...
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 8, 2025
Our Mad King Tyrants can’t handle the truth. They invent their own version, insist their subjects subscribe to it and punish those who refuse to go along. One of the first jobs of an up-and-coming ...
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 1, 2025
A special place I recently received literature from Henderson House indicating President Trump’s administration has proposed a 50% cut in assistance for domestic violence. My sister, Mary Henderson, ...
Letters to the Editor: July 25, 2025
Better with less Regarding the article from July 18 about the county parks situation, which raises some questions and need for comment. First, ask us if we want more parks and are willing to pay for ...
Letters to the Editor: July 18, 2025
Stuck with bill I watched the president talking about tariffs on TV. He said the United States had collected somewhere in the neighborhood of $65 billion from his tariffs so far. He said this was money ...
Commentary
Brad Lunt: Kent Taylor was one of the good ones
I went to get a new phone a couple of months ago and endured a conversion process that keeps getting harder the older I get.
Rob Davis: Spread of misinformation torched wildfire risk map
About the writer: A native of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Rob Davis cut his journalistic teeth in Virginia. He’s spent more than a decade now working as an investigative reporter in Oregon. Before ...
Investigating the Bible: Age is not a barrier
Economist and prolific author Thomas Sowell is ninety-five, so he is qualified for opinions about old age: “Some people age like fine wine and others just turn into vinegar.” An elderly champion of the Bible demonstrated how to keep living productively.
Jeb Bladine: City manager transparent on costs for bonds
Interim McMinnville City Manager Adam Garvin this week provided some welcome candor about taxpayer costs being estimated for McMinnville’s proposed $98.5 million recreation bond measure on the November ...
Quirk of the Week: Collection of county curiosities
Pasture boat, bear on a log, quizzical owl are stops on an imaginative route We start another around-the-county Quirk tour back where we left off last week, in Dayton. At the city’s dormant Palmer ...
Max Chase: The future is now for women's pro baseball
‘You’re a girl. You shouldn’t play baseball.
“You’re too short. You’re not strong enough. Why don’t you play softball instead?”
Jeb Bladine: Bringing it home with AI's database research
What’s the big deal with artificial intelligence? Well, for one, at least according to AI itself: “AI revolutionizes data-based research by automating data collection and analysis, identifying ...
Jeffrey Cohen: End genocide in Palestine and preserve our humanity
Israel and The United States of America are committing genocide. And while Israel continues to kill thousands of Palestinians, and the U.S. continues to provide the weapons of mass destruction that Israel is using to carry out that genocide, the entire planet is sitting on its thumbs giving lip service to recognition of Palestine as a separate nation.
Quirk of the Week: Distinctly different in Dayton, Oregon
Aside from the sand-and-gravel silos along Highway 18, with two-story wine bottles painted on them, and a few other examples, Quirk coverage has largely neglected Dayton. No more, for there is plenty ...
Investigating the Bible: Acts of love
Carol Burnett is an award-winning comedian. Her childhood was hard, with a divorced and alcoholic mother, an absent father, and surviving on welfare. Her grandmother, “Nanny,” was her loving and trusted caretaker.
Quirk of the Week: Linfield’s top 10 quirks
This is the first week of classes at Linfield University and, with new president Mark Blegen on board, it means it is time to revisit a few examples of campus Quirk and roll out some new ones, amounting ...
Rep. Cyrus Javadi: Politically convenient option or one that actually works?
About the writer: Republican Cyrus Javadi, a married father of five, is in his second term representing Clatsop and Tillamook counties in the House. In his private life, he owns and operates a Tillamook ...
Jeb Bladine: Reducing abuse of Oregon foster care children
Oregonians had a glimpse into the world of child foster care, but transparency is fleeting. From a report in The Oregonian: “Disability Rights Oregon and national advocacy group A Better Childhood ...
Investigating the Bible: Courage to accept
In 1956, Black student Autherine Lucy attended her first class at the all-white University of Alabama. Soon riots erupted and violence escalated. Lucy locked herself in a classroom, praying for strength. The University expelled her, claiming it was for her own safety and campus peace. Dr. David Jeremiah reported that in 2019, Autherine returned to the University of Alabama for an honorary doctorate and shed tears. She said, “I wasn’t crying — tears were just rolling down my eyes because it’s just so different. …I see laughing faces instead of people frowning and displeased at me being here.” One man in the Bible had courage to accept a feared Jew.
Eric Schuck: Whole generation missing out on benefit of fostering fitness
Like a lot of 50-somethings, I have a complicated relationship with my body.
When I look at a photograph behind my desk of an 18-year old me flying over a hurdle, I’m not going to lie: I miss that body, and the speed and grace it carried.
Investigating the Bible: Salvation today
James Keller wrote of an airplane making a bombing raid over Germany in WWII. An army chaplain had joined the crew. Soon their airplane was attacked with anti-aircraft fire and enemy planes. Trying to ...
Jeb Bladine: Government mixes weaknesses with strengths
Government isn’t bad, we keep reminding ourselves. It protects our property, educates our children, and builds our roads and bridges. Government arrests and prosecutes criminals among us, and writes ...
Sarena Neyma: Excluding ordinary people from extraordinary places
For decades, I’ve returned to Truro, Massachusetts, drawn by some of the most breathtaking vistas on Cape Cod. I never tire of biking through the dunes, hiking the sandy bluffs of the National Seashore, or watching the sun rise over the tidal flats.
Quirk of the Week: ‘Soup,’ stump and signs: McMinnville miscellany
Call this McMinnville Miscellany: some Quirk finds, most of them fun, discovered mid-summer around town. Quirk listings have focused here and there on readerboards, the changeable ones seen at some businesses ...
Scott Gibson: Boys falling by the wayside as soeciety's demands evolve
About the writer: Scott Gibson has practiced medicine in his hometown of McMinnville since 1989. He and his wife, Melody, raised their three children in McMinnville before moving to the Eola Hills in 2017 ...
