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Saturday, March 26, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022
Journalist Floyd McKay, Linfield College (1957) and McMinnville High (1953) grad, dies at age 86 on March 4, 2022, in Bellingham, Wash
Journalist Floyd McKay, Linfield College (1957) and McMinnville High (1953) grad, dies at age 86 on March 4, 2022, in Bellingham, Wash.
Link to Oregonian story:
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Here's some Floyd McKay/Linfield background ...
Floyd John McKay, born 1935 in North Dakota, was a 1953 graduate of
McMinnville, Oregon. High School. He:
--graduated from Linfield in 1957 with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and political science.
--was a Linfield adjunct professor of communications, 1969-1974.
--served as a member of the Linfield Board of Trustees, 1972-1978.
--received Linfield "Distinguished Alumnus Award," 2016.
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More links to other sources:
https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2016/05/in-2016-floyd-mckay-was-looking-forward.html
https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2017/05/journalist-floyd-mckay-class-of-1957.html
http://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2016/06/linfielder-floyd-mckay-at-oregon.html?m=1
http://wildcatville.blogspot.com/1999/02/literary-snapshot-linfield-19xx-grad.html?m=1
Friday, December 10, 2021
Mary Martin, community advocate, dies Dec 7, 2021 in McMinnville
Mary Martin, community advocate, dies
By Starla Pointer,
McMinnville N-R/News-Register 12/10/2021. Photo of Mary Martin taken in McMinnville by Mac News
on Aug. 26, 2013.
Services are pending under the direction of Macy
& Son Funeral Directors.
“We will miss her big laugh, her warm embrace,
her prophetic critique of injustice, her encouraging, challenging, generous
spirit, and her wishes for a ‘Happy Day!’ even on the hardest of days,” said
First Baptist Church pastor Erika Marksbury in announcing Martin’s passing to
fellow members of the congregation.
The church “lost another saint this week,” the
pastor said.
Until shortly before her death, Martin was still
taking an active role in helping people less fortunate in the community. She
served breakfast at the church a couple times a week and stood up for homeless
people at city council meetings and other events. She advocated for restrooms,
storage lockers and shower facilities for people in need.
She didn’t like how others portrayed those
without homes, she said in a 2017 News-Register story. “I see in our a town a
division that is them and us, and it is a very unhappy thought,” she said.
She disagreed that meal programs and other
services only enabled the homeless. “These are human beings” who need a place
where they are safe and welcome, she said. “If we could just find some place
for them to be, how different our outlook might be about them.”
Martin stood up for other causes, as well. In
October, she walked with her daughter-in-law, Cheryl, in the McMinnville
reproductive rights rally.
She told the News-Register she was “devastated”
by the continual need to fight for women’s rights yet again. Still, she said,
such rallies “may wake up a few people who are sleeping. I hope.”
Martin was named McMinnville’s Woman of the Year
in the 2017 Distinguished Service Awards.
She was humble about the honor. The positive
things she’s done in McMinnville hadn’t been that special, she told the
News-Register; they just needed doing, and she was available.
Everyone who knew her disagreed. Past winners of
the award noted Martin’s professional accomplishments in business and real
estate and her extensive community service, which ranged from supporting the
library to helping get the Gospel Rescue Mission prepared to host Linfield
international students.
Martin was “an enormously effective bridge
across a cultural divide,” a fellow woman of the year winner said.
She was a great friend, said Cassie Sollars,
another past Woman of the Year. When both worked at Willamette West Real
Estate, the shared books and loved discussing what they’d read.
“Mary devoured books. She read voraciously,”
Sollars recalled. “I loved her dearly.”
What made Martin different than some
philanthropists, said attorney Dave Haugeberg, was that she was hands-on.
“She was there with her shirtsleeves rolled up,
working hard to make a difference,” he said. “She was right there, being part
of things.”
Martin said her parents set an example of
community service when she was growing up on the Southern Oregon Coast.
Her husband, the late Noel Martin, shared her
concern for others. They came to McMinnville so he could attend Linfield; he
joined the Linfield Research Institute after graduating.
They soon had four children, Noel Paul, John, Stacy
and Robert.
“This town and our church took care of us,” she
said. “It was a good place for us to land.”
In the early 1970s, Martin joined Lois Gilmore,
Marilyn Crousser, Beverly Trenneman and Rosemary Moore to buy The Book Shop,
now called Third Street Books.
US Bank offered the five women a loan, letting
them sign for it themselves, rather than requiring their husbands’ signatures.
“That was very unusual then, and a very fine
thing,” Martin said of the all-female venture in another News-Register story.
Once again, she said, “this town was good to us.”
Martin liked being in business, but she had
always dreamed of a career selling houses. Her friend Marilyn Dell Worrix, an
agent and broker at Willamette West, guided her in earning a real estate
license. She spent the next four decades in the industry and was named Realtor
of the Year in 1995.
She helped her daughter become an agent as well.
Stacy Martin said Wednesday that she had
received numerous messages of condolence from the community. For instance,
Sylla McClelan wrote that she’d seen Mary recently and “was marveling at her
ability to be out and about and chatting away with folks.”
Stacy said she marveled at her mother, too. “She
never met a stranger,” she said.
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Saturday, November 27, 2021
Getting to know Charlie and Cherie Walker of McMinnville
CHARLIE and CHERIE WALKER
Getting to Know Our
First Baptist Church Family
By Gloria LaFata - Membership
Highlight, December 2021 edition, FBC Tidings newsletter of First Baptist
Church (FBC), McMinnville, Oregon. Some minor edits were made by the poster.
I had the joy and
the privilege of interviewing Charlie and Cherie Walker recently. They have
been married for 62 years and I believe the title of this marriage could be
"Loving Partnership" or as Cherie suggested, "Travels with
Charlie!" Here is their story.
Cherie, an only
child, was born in McCook, Nebraska. Her father died when she was only 9 months
old, leaving her mom a single working mother. Without family support, and
working as a secretary, they moved often - to Texas, Louisiana, Colorado, Utah
and eventually, San Francisco.
Consequently,
Cherie was in Boarding Schools until 8th grade, when she and her mom started
living together in an apartment in Salt Lake City. Summers were spent in
Nebraska with an aunt.
She took her first
job at 14, working in a San Francisco flower shop, after school and weekends.
In College at San Francisco State, she worked part time in the Admissions
Office. (Johnny Mathis was a fellow student!) From there, she went to New York
City to get her MA at Columbia. She was secretary to the female head of her
department. It was at Columbia that she met Charlie.
Charlie, an only
child, was born in Bolivar, Pennsylvania. His mom died when he was 6 years old,
so he lived with his grandparents. His first job was in 9th grade, working in a
grocery store after school, packing potatoes in bags by the peck, earning 5o
cents every Saturday.
In his Senior year
he got a job writing for a small town newspaper. Benefits included his own
phone, a free newspaper and he was paid 11 cents an inch! In his high school graduation
class of 18, 3 of them went off to college, including Charlie. He commuted 6o
miles, each way, to the U. of Pittsburgh.
In his Junior year
of College, he decided his small town needed an Appliance Store. He got the
collateral, rented space, contracted with Westinghouse and hired a blind man to
mind the store when he was at college. It all worked out well and Charlie
learned a lot about blind people and how to run a small business.
After graduation,
Charlie got a job teaching Junior High in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. While
there, he was called into the Army for two years, the Army Signal Corp. After
his two-year commitment, he went back to his old job that they had held for
him, where he stayed two more years.
When his
grandfather died, he inherited a little money, so decided to go to Columbia
University in New York to earn his MA. There he met Cherie. At Columbia he had
two part time jobs: mentoring an African-American youth, who had no male figure
in his life, and working at a YMCA as an Activities Manager for Youth.
He finished his MA
in one year and went on to Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois, as Dean of
Men, Director of Placement, Assistant Professor of English and Assistant Tennis
Coach (something he had to teach himself). After a year, Cherie joined him
there and they married. They stayed two more years and Cherie worked as a
District Director with the Girl Scouts in Rockford.
Their next move was
to Stanford for Charlie's Doctorate, where he studied higher education and
Latin American Studies. Cherie worked as District Director of Girl Scouts in
Redwood City, California. While working on his PhD, Charlie taught two classes
at Menlo College and patrolled the dorms, enabling them to get a rent free
apartment and save money for a trip they were planning!
After Charlie got
his PhD, they took a 3-month trip on a freighter to South America, stopping at
all the Central American ports along the way. After this trip, it was on to
Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Charlie was Academic Dean for
6 years. It was there they adopted their two children, Douglas and Christy.
Because of the way she was raised, Cherie wanted to be the one to raise their children
so that was the end of her Professional career. Her Unprofessional career as
hostess began then, for the many guests Charlie invited into their home.
Their next move was
to Troy, New York, for five years where Charlie was President of Russell Sage
College, a women's college. Since it wasn't a great fit, they searched for a
new opportunity, which brought them to McMinnville and Linfield College.
It was 1975 when
Charlie became President of Linfield. His first order of business was to get
Linfield on solid financial ground. He established the International Exchange
Program and started the RN Program.
Something that was
really important to him was bringing outstanding, world renowned people to
Linfield and inviting the community to hear them speak. He wanted to unite the
college and the community. Speakers included Henry Kissinger, President Gerald
Ford, President Jimmy Carter, Beverly Sills, Chancellor Helmut Kohl, etc. Each
speaker was invited into their home for dinner, along with other guests. Cherie
says it was definitely challenging, but such an honor to meet so many
outstanding and famous people.
Cherie and Charlie,
upon arrival, searched for a church. They chose FBC because of the friendly
people, Bernie Turner, and the wonderful Children's Program, where Cherie
team-taught with Roz Turner and Mary Martin.
When Charlie
retired in 1992, the couple moved to Neskowin, on the Oregon coast, because
they love the ocean. Charlie was instrumental in starting a Library and
developing the Neskowin Chamber Music Series. Cherie volunteered at the
Tillamook County Health Department and started her own business, creating and
making wedge-shaped placemats when none could be found for their round table.
They were so popular that in 1994 she got a contract with Norm Thompson's
Solutions Catalog. She loved every minute even though it was a steep learning
curve.
The Walkers moved
back to McMinnville in 2014, and have been active in our church ever since.
Charlie on the Endowment Committee, Deferred Maintenance Committee, the 150th
Anniversary Committee, the Board, etc., and Cherie with Buildings and Grounds,
the Winter Shelter, and Sew & Sews.
The Walkers have
two children. Their son Douglas is in Atlanta, soon to be in Portland, and their
daughter Christy is in Kansas with her two children, the Walkers’
grandchildren.
Cherie and Charlie
love the ocean, ships, their Delightful Dinner Group, trips to Ashland for
Shakespeare plays, traveling, entertaining, reading, music, the Walking Group
and Charlie loves to make Ice Cream and Homemade Soup! They've had wonderful
trips from a simple overnight double round trip on a Lake Michigan Car Ferry,
to Europe to South America to Australia to the elegant trip across the Atlantic
on the Queen Mary II and so many more. "Travels with Charlie!"
indeed.
We are so fortunate
to have Cherie and Charlie in our community and our church, sharing their wisdom,
talents and generosity with us all. What a privilege to call them friends.
Thank You!
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Friday, October 22, 2021
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Paper cranes of peace at First Baptist Church
Paper cranes of peace at First Baptist Church
Raising funds for the WFC/World Friendship Center, a peace
organization in Hiroshima, Japan, is focus of a Peace & Joy art exhibit and concert
at McMinnville’s First Baptist Church.
Some 1,000 colorful paper peace cranes – made by church
members and others – are hanging from the church’s sanctuary ceiling. They will
be hand-delivered by church member Malachi Nelson to the WFC’s Children’s
Memorial.
Nelson will soon become WFC assistant director. He will
serve for two years. JoAnn Sims, church member and event chair, and her
husband, Larry Sims, are former WFC directors.
JoAnn Sims said the Peace & Joy events are reflective of
the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the U.S. east
coast and “because little acts can add up to make a big difference.”
The Peace & Joy art exhibit will be held 1-5 p.m., Thur.
Oct. 14 through Sun., Oct 17, in the church’s chapel Room.
Sanctuary
of the church, 125 S. E. Cowls St., will be site of the Peace & Joy concert
featuring singer/songwriter Michael Stern. The concert will take place 7-9 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 16.
Guitarist/singer Stern, Seattle, incorporates lyrical themes
of “peace, diversity and spirituality” in his presentations, said Sims.
Joining Stern will be banjo player/vocalist William Jolliff,
Newberg. He mixes his presentations with songs and commentary.
Their music will lighten our spirits (and) inspire us to be
peace-makers,” said JoAnn Sims.
During the concert, a free will offering will be taken. Funds
will be given to the WFC, one of the church’s international missions.
McMINNVILLE
N-R/NEWS-REGISTER Oct. 12, 2021:
“Peace and Joy Concert and Art Exhibit, McMinnville First
Baptist Church, 125 S. E. Cowls St., Sat., Oct. 16, 2021, 7-9 p.m. with musician Mike Stern; free
will offering accepted. Art show runs Oct. 14-17, 1-5 p.m. daily, featuring
local artists.”
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Photos/video clip:
Frosty Lay works with paper cranes in McMinnville First Baptist Church sanctuary on 10/12/2021 morning. Photos/video by Mac News on Oct. 12, 2021. Photo of FBC readerboard, Oct.8, 2021.
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Below are Mac News photos taken Oct. 15, 2021, near or in the McMinnville FBC chapel.
=Olga Santiago's "Balsamroot and Lupines" providing a view "perched high about the Columbia River Gorge at Rowena Crest."
=JoAnn Sims, Peace & Joy art exhibit and concert organizer, with her painting depicting the Yaquina Bay Bridge on the Oregon coast in Newport.
=An illuminated Japanese lantern made by Kyle Sims, son of JoAnn and Larry Sims.
Friday, October 8, 2021
On July 2, 2021, a shed was moved
A shed was moved on July 2, 2021
From:XXX
Subject:XXX Activity
Date: June 30, 2021
Hi Everyone,
Some months ago I decided to put a small building in my back yard/patio.
It is finally complete and ready for delivery. The company who
built this “she shed” is delivering it on Friday, July 2nd. A semi and a
crane will be in the XXX area for a while that morning. They expect to
arrive about 10 AM with the “drop” to my back yard about 11:30. I don’t have
any idea about how much XXX space they will be needing and using. They
have been here a couple of times so know that there drive ways and people come
and go…..but I am just trying to do a “heads up.” Maybe, xxx” folks know
they will have to go somewhere; they might park a little down the street, just
to be safe. The big vehicles (crane and semi) shouldn’t be here much past
the “drop” time while the rest of the folks from the company stay and complete
work in my back yard.
I thought about selling tickets….. (What a money maker, huh?)…..but, of course,
if this kind of thing is fascinating to you, find a spot on the sidewalk and
watch the action!
Thanks for your patience.
XXX
XXX
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