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Jeb Bladine, third-generation News-Register publisher, was born into a McMinnville community with fewer than 6,000 people.
He graduated from McMinnville High School, spent a year at Linfield College, then completed his education at the University of Oregon.
His weekly newspaper column spans 50 years of political, civic, cultural and economic evolution, but his warmer memories involve family and friends sharing Oregon’s ocean shores, rivers, lakes and ski slopes.
He and spouse Michelle, their two children and four grandchildren, are missing Sunday night dinners while awaiting arrival of COVID-19 vaccines.
