McMinnville baseball team takes 2nd in state in a game played 7/15/2018 in Lebanon, Oregon

McMinnville baseball team takes 2nd in state in a game played 7/15/2018 in Lebanon, Oregon
8 Lincoln - Richardson
7 McMinnville - Foster
JBO Junior National

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McMinnville Turkey Rama carnival July 13, 2018.

McMinnville Turkey Rama carnival July 13, 2018





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EDITORIAL: Shadow on two McMinnville traditions (July 8, 2018)

MAC NEWS EDITORIAL -- July 8, 2018

Recent announcements cast a shadow on two McMinnville traditions.

One, tradition, ‘Turkey Rama,’ started in 1960 or 1961. The other, ‘Dragging the Gut’ Festival, began in 2010. In both cases, these events have brought positive national attention to McMinnville.

For years, Turkey Rama boasted its world's largest turkey BBQ. And, half turkey meals barbecued on giant grills either downtown or Wortman Park were bought and gobbled up by Turkey Rama-goers. Forget it. 

Turkey Rama continues, but no barbecued turkey or turkey meals from those giant grills.

A younger event, a good one, too, was Dragging the Gut, a brainchild of McMinnville High and Linfield College grad Ruben Contreras Jr. of McMinnville. It featured cars cruising/dragging the gut on McMinnville's downtown Third Street, a car show, and money and food donations for Yamhill Community Action Partnership’s food bank. 

It was great. Now. like the turkey BBQ and meals, it’s in McMinnville's dustbin. 

No matter if a copycat event takes over, it won't be the same. And, that's a shame. Mr. Contreras started it and should be allowed to continue it. If the City of McMinnville really cared it'd find a way. 

Sometimes change is good. In this case it's a double dose of bad. McMinnville is the loser. Twice.

Retain turkey, history (Letter to N-R July 6, 2018)

Letter to editor of McMinnville News-Register/N-R July 6, 2018. Name of letter writer*, who lives in McMinnville, withheld on request. 

Retain turkey, history

1) I agree with the June 29 letter from Claudia Spawn, headlined “Please bring the turkey back!” No turkey sides or BBQ for Turkey Rama 2018 is a major disappointment.

2) What year did Turkey Rama start?

Much of what I’ve read says 1961. However, a June 28, 1983, Oregonian story by correspondent Jo McIntyre said this “community extravaganza” emerged from “relatively small beginnings in 1960.”

I’ve seen the 1960 date indicated elsewhere, too.

The History of The Rotary Club of McMinnville #922 reports, “On 12/6/47, 49 local area turkey growers were guests of the club. The first week of December had been proclaimed Turkey Week, with exhibits, judges, speeches and entertainment. This might have been the forerunner of what became Turkey Rama in 1960, a huge celebration in McMinnville each summer.”

A photo cutline in The Oregonian of Aug. 9, 1963, called that year’s Turkey Rama the third. The newspaper’s July 5, 1972, edition referenced the 12th and its July 11, 1976, edition the 16th. All three references would suggest a 1960 start.

Xxxxx Xxxxx*McMinnville

Bring the turkey back! (Letter to N-R, June 29, 2018)

Bring the turkey back!

Letters to the Editor: June 29, 2018, McMinnville News-Register/N-R

Last week, I read in the News-Register that there will be NO turkey sides or BBQ for Turkey Rama this year.

My heart sank. There is NO Turkey Rama without turkey!

Our family has looked forward to the BBQ every year since 1974. I know many more citizens of McMinnville and Yamhill County have been here more years than us, and looked forward to the turkey, too.

I am so disappointed. When I told my children and grandchildren there will only be turkey legs available, they were also disappointed.

Please bring back the turkeys!

Claudia Spawn
McMinnville

Turkey Rama 2018 Special Burrito

A McMinnville business into the spirit of Turkey Rama 2018, although would assume meat for burrito is not turkey! :) Coupon from Summer 2018 ShopLocal McMinnville magazine.

Before Alf’s there was Belveal’s, before that Trill’s

Ad, 5/16/1965 Sheridan, Oregon, Sun 

If you attended Linfield you may have had a meal or two at 1250 S Baker, also known as 1250 SW Baker.

Address not ring a bell? It’s a restaurant on 99W. To get there is an easy walk from campus. And, the answer is:

--Trill’s Ice Cream.

--Belveal’s Ice Cream.

--Alf’s Ice Cream & Burgers.

All three are correct. It depends on when you were a Linfield student.

In 1934 Trill’s went into business, says the 1984 McMinnville News-Register/N-R. No restaurant. 

A story in the June 26, 2018, N-R about a McMinnville High School Class of 1958 reunion quotes a class member who worked "scooping up 32 flavors of ice cream at Trill’s, the forerunner of Alf’s" during her junior and senior years, that would be fall 1956 to spring 1958.

Listing, 1956 Yamhill County City Directory.

Listing (see photo) for Trill's Ice Cream at 1250 S. Baker, phone number 1-0491, McMinnville, is included in the 1956 Yamhill County City Directory. 

The Feb. 28, 1958, Oregonian mentions that Mrs. Audrey Trill of McMinnville is vice president of the Northwest Retail Ice Cream Manufacturers Assn. 

Later, maybe in late 1950s or early 1960s, Lawrence & Audrey Trill sold and it became Belveal’s. Restaurant added.
In 1962 Albert Alfred “Pat” Alf Jr. and his wife, Grace, moved to McMinnville after buying Belveal’s and changed the business name. 

Ad, 1969 Linfield Oak Leaves yearbook.

After owning/operating Alf’s for many years, the Alfs sold in 1984.
Serving Linfield students must have been a highlight for the Alfs, now both deceased. But, a story in the Aug. 27, 1984, N-R quotes Pat as saying Alf’s being featured in the 1983 movie “Quarterback Princess” and on the KATU-TV Portland program “Faces and Places” were his most exciting memories while running Alf’s.

The movie stars Helen Hunt as a Canadian teenager living in McMinnville. She causes a stir when trying out for the McMinnville High football team. Actor Tim Robbins played Marvin Blaylock, one of her teammates.

An online site says the movie was “filmed (in 1982) primarily in McMinnville, Oregon. Because of legal issues, various signs were modified to say ‘Minnville.’ ”

POSTSCRIPTS:

-- Among firms responding to a vocational survey mailed July 1, 1964, was Belveal's Ice Cream of McMinnville. Perhaps those mailing the survey didn’t know Belveal’s had sold to the Alfs. And, perhaps the Alfs responded, not indicating on the survey that ownership and name of the business had changed?

-- Speaking of ice cream, the March 26, 1926, Oregonian newspaper mentions Kimball's Ice Cream of McMinnville. The May 25, 1958, edition of the same newspaper has a classified ad about McMinnville's Speed Freeze Drive-In being for sale.