Stopping By: Adding college to her life
Mother of two embracing her return to higher education Jamie Corff tried college once, immediately after graduating from high school in her home state of Wyoming. Stopping By Starla Pointer, ...
Stopping By: Acting out loud
Josiah “J.P.” Phillips took a deep breath, expanding his diaphragm to fill his lungs to their fullest extent. He opened his mouth, relaxed his throat and let the air flow across his vocal chords ...
Stopping By: A lifetime of teamwork
LAFAYETTE — What Melva Proctor will miss most, now that she’s retired from a half-century career in nursing, is the teamwork. She loved helping patients deal with their fears, as well ...
Stopping By: Star search
Space is truly the final frontier, according to Jack Higginbotham, an Evergreen museum docent, nuclear science professor and head of the NASA Space Grant Consortium for Oregon. And he’s pretty happy ...
Stopping By: So many ways to help
Helping someone is the best thing a person can do, said Rex Smith, a pastor and veterans’ chaplain who spends his days listening and counseling. “If someone needs encouragement, comfort ...
Stopping By: For choir leader, singing is key to life
Years ago, choir singers were taught to stand still, blending their voices as an immobile unit. Not so with the choirs Robin Pederson directs at McMinnville High School and in the larger community. Stopping ...
Stopping By: Set builder exiting the stage
Ben Frum may be building his final set at Gallery Theater. After decades of involvement with most of the community theater’s productions, he’s ready to retire from the unpaid job. Not ...
Stopping By: 'Light is everything'
If you look closely at the scoreboards in Joe Dancer Park, where hundreds of McMinnville’s young people play ball each year, you’ll see more than just numbers indicating the number of runs, ...
Stopping By: Hustle and heart
Both unified sports basketball teams — the home team from McMinnville High School and the visitors from Forest Grove — cheered as an announcer introduced the players on a recent Wednesday night. Starting ...
Stopping By: Into character
Acting is a challenge Lance Nuttman loves. “Music is easy,” said Nuttman, who has been seen in several musicals and other shows at Gallery Theater since 2011. “Acting, I have to work ...
Stopping By: Flour, yeast and magic
Danny Wilser placed a slab of butter atop a rectangle of dough, beginning the lengthy process of folding and rolling that would eventually create numerous layers of crisp pastry. He eased the ...
Stopping By: Embracing a life full of thorns
Marguerite (Elkington) Keiffer, a gifted musician whose natural talents were discovered when she was 5, has suffered a lifetime of health problems, including a stroke that left her unable to play her piano. But ...
Stopping By: Farming is a ruling passion for dairy princess
Despite what many children think when they hear her title, Yamhill County Dairy Princess Chelsey McFalls doesn’t live in a castle. Yes, she has a crown and a sash. But no, she tells youngsters during ...
Stopping By: States of wonder
Everywhere they pedaled on their six-month tour of the U.S., Haley Winkelman and Lizzy Trickey met nice people. People who opened their homes and their washing machines. People who offered them food, ...
Flying free
Robbie Sturm never planned to become a pilot. In fact, she was reluctant to fly at all, even after her husband, the late Dave Sturm, bought an airplane. Stopping By Starla Pointer, who is ...
