Stopping By: A cultural medley
As a child, Aida Iranzo enjoyed warm, tropical breezes as she gazed at the elaborate Christmas light displays in Puerto Rico. As a teen, she shivered in the cold winters of Valencia, Spain, and ...
Holiday traditions: Foie gras and champagne for Noel
With Christmas and New Year’s coming up, Clement Hossaert has been thinking about how he grew up celebrating the holidays with his family in northern France. Enjoying capon, foie gras and his dad’s ...
Holiday traditions: Different countries, many shared experiences
DAYTON — They grew up many miles apart, and in different countries, but Lupe Villa, a native of Mexico, and Norma Huettl, a native of Texas, have similar memories of their childhood holidays. Music, ...
Stopping By, Holiday Traditions: Scotland, where everything's better with brandy butter
HOLIDAY TRADITIONS This is the first story in a series about how local residents with backgrounds in other countries observed holidays back home, and how their roots affect them as they celebrate ...
Stopping By: Helping others and holding no grudges
Ellen McMurray has plenty of stories to tell. “My life has been an adventure,” the Yamhill resident said. “My life has not been tranquil, but I’ve had an interesting, varied life. ...
Stopping By: Creative healing
After trying many other ways to work though her grief and resolve other painful episodes in her life, Anita Sterrett found healing through artistic expression. “I was a wreck,” said the McMinnville ...
Stopping By: A life built on service, hard work
Marv Worden plays down his service during World War II, deflecting thanks by pointing out the thousands of men and women who entered the war earlier and thus were thrown into combat overseas. It was 1945 ...
Stopping By: Improvising through life
John Hamilton worked hard to perfect his lines for his first show at Gallery Theater. Both of them. It paid off. His small, but eye-catching contribution to “Miracle on 34th Street” won “Best ...
Stopping By: Putting the brake on Jakes
Steve and Mary Allen say goodbye to customers after 38 years in the deli business
Stopping By: Taking their wheels out for a spin
While their wooden wheels revolve rapidly, members of the Mac Spinners sit quietly, centered and calm. Only their hands and feet move, and even then the movements are subtle: feet rhythmically press pedals ...
Stopping By: Brothers in uniform
Not long after his 2012 graduation from McMinnville High School, where he studied physics and chemistry at the Engineering and Aerospace Sciences Academy, Ben Dority tried to enlist in the Navy. It ...
Stopping By: Yamhill couple team up for Art Harvest tour
YAMHILL — Artists Marc and Veronica Bartlett put down their usual tools — saws and sanders in his case; clay, paints, a camera and found objects in hers — for a few days in order to spruce ...
Stopping By: The shape of things to come
Joe Kleemann is man of many dimensions. The McMinnville resident has developed, taught himself and created a wide range of skills over the years — in product design, welding, mold-making, plastic ...
Stopping By: Strong in Faith
The Strong family starts each day with prayer. Shaun, Emilie and their four children bow their heads together at the breakfast table before heading off to their separate activities — Kellen and ...
Stopping By: Stitches in Time
SHERIDAN — Donna Hulett uses different fabrics, different patterns and different colors in each of her quilts. But they all have one thing in common — an informative label on the back. “They ...
