Mac News salutes Deluxe Billiards on McMinnville's famous Third Street

Photos by Mac News taken 12/19/2014 and 12/29/2014

Photos below by Mac News: 12/5/2014, MB. 12/29/2014 LT.

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Music at McMinnville's First Baptist Church Sunday 12/7/2014

Following a First Baptist Church, McMinnville, Ore., 12/7/2014 service, pianist Brynn Hurdus plays.

Decorating for Christmas 2014 in McMinnville

Mac News was there to take these photos on afternoon of Wednesday 11/26, 2014, near McMinnville Public Library and the city Aquatic Center. C and D Landscape of McMinnville decorated the city's Christmas tree next to Adams Street/99W.

And, on the afternoon of 11/29/2014, it was at Town Homes West/THW in McMinnville, too, when THWers put holiday lights on the neighborhood's Northwest Willamette Drive entryway trees.

Holiday 2014 decorations on McMinnville's Third Street

Mac News photos taken 11/24/2014

Holiday decorations signal start of McMinnville's 2014 Christmas season

It's that time of the year. Specifically, Mac News took these photos 11/16/2014 in the McMinnville Fire Department parking lot. This decoration-filled trailer indicates it won't be long before these will be on display on streets of McMinnville to celebrate the Christmas season. 

It's KAOS in dowtown McMinnville

Story below by McMinnville N-R with supplementary info from Mac News. Photo by Mac News taken 10/31/2014

Crews begin work on KAOS project
Downstairs restaurant to feature bistro fare, upstairs more casual

By Nastacia Voisin, 6/10/2014, McMinnville News-Register print edition

Construction began Monday morning on the first phase of Bob Emrick’s three-story KAOS project, going up on the former McMinnville Glass site at 645 N.E. Third St.

Emrick, who headed Western Oregon Waste before orchestrating its sale to California-based Recology, plans to start with a restaurant, bar and office complex. In the second phase, he plans to add a boutique hotel capable of accommodating 30 guests.

Emrick originally envisioned erecting a three-story structure featuring hotel rooms on the second floor, sandwiched between a ground floor and rooftop restaurant. But financing and environmental challenges led to a series of delays and changes.

At a Friday groundbreaking ceremony, Emrick mentioned the obstacles, but said they were not going to stop him from altering the paradigm of downtown McMinnville with a major new magnet development serving to help fuel a push east.

He said he was hoping to hold construction to a 10-month schedule, allowing him to stage a grand opening on May 15, 2015.

“We’re now a tourist community,” said Emrick, who came to McMinnville to attend Linfield and never left. “We’re no longer farmers and loggers.”

When it is fully built, he said, KAOS will add an entirely new dimension to a Third Street experience already enjoyed by visitors.

Plans he submitted to the city Building Department call for a 4,733-square-foot first floor featuring a restaurant, bar, winetasting room and open-air patio for outdoor dining enthusiasts.

The second floor will contain offices. The third will have a second restaurant and bar — with outside seating — encompassing 4,216 square feet.

Emrick recently purchased a pair of lots on the other side of Fourth Street. They figure into a plan for development of parking space for 25 cars.

Emrick has hired Dustin Wyant of Bend to serve as general manager of the overall operation.

Wyant said the two restaurants won’t be similar. Each will feature its own set of unique culinary concepts.

He said steak and wild game would be served downstairs. The more casual rooftop eatery will feature burgers, wood-fired pizza and other offerings of that ilk.

Ingredients will be locally grown and sourced when possible, Wyant said, possibly at some point from KAOS’ own five-acre farm.

“When you come in, the idea is to make you feel at home,” he said. To that end, he said, repurposed materials will be integrated into the building wherever possible, including wood and corrugated tin from old agriculture structures.

Despite the period look, Wyant said, the building will be highly energy-efficient.

Emrick said he expects KAOS to develop into an environment with a singular identity. He said he envisions it hosting a constant cycle of events throughout the year, with jugglers, acrobats, comedians and musicians all playing a part.

“We’re going to change the mass of Third Street,” he said. “We think it will be a magnet for the community.”

Emrick attended Linfield College and graduated from Oregon College of Education, now called Western Oregon University.

'Behind Barbed Wire:' Lilly Kodama, Herb Tsuchiya and Yosh Nakagawa

“Behind Barbed Wire” featured Lilly Kodama, Herb Tsuchiya and Yosh Nakagawa telling the stories of their experiences as Japanese-Americans interned at Camp Minidoka in Idaho during World War II. Their presentations  -- 10/30/2014 evening in Linfield College's Riley Hall -- were part of a series of programs presented by the Seeking Justice Project at the college and in McMinnville. For more info, click here. Photos by Mac News.

Bumper-to-bumper: Hazardous waste McMinnville event October 2014

Mac News was there to take this exclusive photo during the Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, YCSW (Yamhill County Solid Waste) Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event in McMinnville at WOW (now known as Recology Western Oregon) Recovery Zone on Northeast Orchard Avenue. When the event started, there was bumper-to-bumper vehicles with people inside bringing items for disposal or recycling.

Annual Pancake Feed of McMinnville Fire Dept. 10/12/2014

Mac News photos

Pumpkin-headed alien drives UFO: McMinnville Downtown Assn. 2014 Scarecrow Contest

Combining Halloween with McMinnville's connections to UFOs  is this entry in the 2014 McMinnville Downtown Assn. 2nd Annual Scarecrow Contest. The entry is located on Northwest Adams Street near the McMinnville Aquatic Center and the McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce. Mac News photos/video from 10/8/2014. For slideshow only, visit http://youtu.be/meHOaPCUovY

Here’s to blimps in Tillamook

OK, Tillamook is not McMinnville. Tillamook is on the Oregon Coast, almost 70 miles from McMinnville. Its claims to fame include being home of the Tillamook Cheese Factory and Tillamook High School, home of the Cheesemakers, who are also called the “Mooks.” Despite the fact Mac is not Tillamook; Mac News thought these blimps in Tillamook related photos (some taken by Mac News) would be of interest. 

For more blimp photos and info click here.