By LLOYD PASEMAN/For The Herald — Have the Ducks finally gotten their act together? Are they the team that shocked the college football world on Sept. 11 by defeating the always-mighty Ohio State Buckeyes at their home field in Columbus by a score of 35-28? Or are they the team[Read More…]
Month: October 2021
Commentary: On the road again, this time heading for home, sweet home in Oregon
By BEN OLSON/For The Herald — A trip of 2,300 miles begins with a fifty-dollar fill-up. The quote isn’t famous yet, but it’s as true as any other quote about beginning a journey. I did a lot of things on my trip back to Wisconsin, but I’m not going to[Read More…]
Oakridge will have a Sugar Plum Festival this year, COVID-19 be darned
Yes, Virginia, the Oakridge Booster Club plans to put on the community’s beloved Sugar Plus Festival this December, even though it had to be canceled last year because of COVID-19 and even though the pandemic is still going on. The boosters announced this week that the event will be held[Read More…]
Former NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof, now living in Yamhill County, launches campaign for Oregon governor
JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle — Longtime New York Times columnist Nick Kristof officially launched his campaign for Oregon governor on Wednesday, joining a crowded Democratic primary. Kristof, who grew up in Yamhill and returned to his family’s farm a few years ago, has been publicly considering a run for governor[Read More…]
Art, adjacencies and Kathy Ariosa: Making a new creative beginning in the heart of a timbered empire
By JANET HANSEN/For The Herald — Kathy Ariosa, the Oakridge Art Council’s featured artist of the month, is a relatively new member of our flourishing artists colony, which has enjoyed a small corner of the local landscape for decades. Kathy’s work embodies intangible strengths found universally among the most successful[Read More…]