Jeff Ginalias raced in middle school but didn’t compete again — until he found the Senior Games.
Stewart Wershow wonders if in a few years, the tree-lined streets of his neighborhood north of Corvallis High School will look totally different. Corvallis and other Oregon cities are grappling with a new bill requiring cities to allow duplexes, triplexes and other forms of denser housing in single-family neighborhoods. Proponents of House Bill 2001 said
Shawn Mehlenbacher is on an endless search for the perfect nut. He walks quickly past trees of all shapes and sizes. As he stops to explain their characteristics, he poses to show how they grow, lifting his arms out or stretching them wide. Mehlenbacher and his team at Oregon State University oversee 50 acres of
John Gardner’s work lives in charts and graphs, which the physicist once scoured for patterns that could reveal a breakthrough. Then an eye operation meant to treat his glaucoma took his sight instead. He could no longer see the patterns, and he couldn’t find technology that would allow him to continue his work. Gardner used
Lainey Morse’s office has no desk. Her colleagues stand on hooves. They have coarse fur. And they love to eat — everything from shirtsleeves to maple leaves. Morse started Original Goat Yoga more than three years ago. The animals nuzzle participants and occasionally cuddle with them as they stretch. In the last two years, Morse’s creation has gone
Four million empty cans tower over Dave Takush. Easy Squeezy, Pacific Pineapple, Made Marion: the fruits of his labor from the past nine years. 2 Towns Ciderhouse entered the cider industry at just the right time, launching in a two-car garage in 2010 and growing into Oregon’s largest producer of craft cider. The Corvallis cidery’s ascension
A plant that has had prison time attached to its name for decades has the potential to treat cancer and Parkinson’s disease. It could be used to build and insulate houses. It could replace hops to flavor beer. Many believe newly legalized hemp could be revolutionary, and Oregon scientists want to be at the forefront.
Shoes squeak and players hustle as Kylor Kelley roams the court at Gill Coliseum. But on this summer morning, the Oregon State University senior has no shots to block or rebounds to grab. Instead, Kelley is helping lead a basketball camp, running kids through dribbling and shooting drills while offering encouragement and advice. Oregon State
Tricia Salcido had a confession to make on a recent afternoon: She brought a single-use coffee cup to work. Salcido owns Softstar Shoes, a handmade leather shoemaker that is one of Oregon’s greenest footwear businesses. She said her 32 employees would never carry in a single-use cup. “No way,” she said. Softstar, located in Philomath,
Sydelle Harrison visits the Pendleton Woolen Mills almost every time she goes home. As a clothing designer, she is constantly looking for new blankets and patterns to make her sought-after jackets, cowls and bags. For Harrison, who is Yakama and grew up on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the mill isn’t just
