VINTAGE N-R Chronicling life in Yamhill County through the generations with the newspaper photo archives A7 Yamhill County’s Tuesday March 23, 2021 $2 KEEPING YOU CONNECTED SINCE 1866 McMinnville, Oregon 156th year, No. 22 STOPPING BY ‘ENDLESS PAINTINGS’ Successful California artist moves views. But since a hike in Red Rock Canyon inspired her to record her impressions on her home base to McMinnville canvas, she can’t help but “see the world in a By STARLA POINTER whole new way,” she said. Of the News-Register Clouds over water. Shadows stretching from branches. Sunshine through leaves. Driving from her new home in Amity to her studio in McMinnville, landscape artist “Endless paintings,” she said. Erin Hanson notices daffodils and oaks, green As a landscape painter, she said, “my job fields and hills, moody sky and rainbows. is to bring that beauty back” to her studio and “I see 10 or 12 paintings every morning,” record it on canvas so others can enjoy it. said Hanson, an internationally known paint- Hanson said her open impressionistic Marcus Larson/News-Register er who uses a unique technique she coined paintings are not like photos, nor are they Landscape painter Erin Hanson shows off how her open impressionistic style captures called “open impressionism.” blooms at the Woodburn Tulip Festival. Her brush strokes never overlap. At first she simply appreciated scenic See ARTIST, A2 COVID-19 VACCINES County says Lambing it up residents will need to re-register with state By NICOLE MONTESANO Of the News-Register Many people who have pre- viously registered with Yamhill County for vaccination availabil- ity notices will need to re-register with the Oregon Health Author- ity, the county has announced. Yamhill County has struggled with its registration process and changed it several times. The county health department said it became overwhelmed when people who were not yet eligible tried to sign up for notifications about when vaccine appoint- ments would be made available. Now the county is switching to the statewide form operated by the Oregon Health Authority, hoping that will help streamline the process. The link for the new regis- tration process is getvaccinated. oregon.gov. People who have already received their first dose of the vaccine through the county do not need to register again, the Marcus Larson/News-Register county said. Above: Baby lambs Bonnie and, behind her, Ben drink fresh milk from a bottle held by Karla Harmon. Below: Ali the sheep, accompanied by her For more information, or for newborn baby, grazes the backyard pen of Rich and Karla Harmon of Dayton. assistance in registering, call 503-474-4100, or 211. In addition, the county has now assigned several people to make phone calls about vaccine appointments, which has helped expedite matters, Health and Human Services Director Lind- sey Manfrin said, during last week’s Elected Officials Round- table discussion. However, the county’s sys- tem appears to be plagued with inefficiency. Some people who received vaccination shots at county clinics reported they have been receiving phone calls from the county asking if they had gotten their shots. One person said he’d been told by the call- er the county had suffered a Marcus Larson/News-Register “glitch,” necessitating the que- Bonnie pauses for a moment while investigating ries. a wood pile. Everything is new to the spring Manfrin denied that, saying lambs. the county had not experienced a database loss. She said the county receives a weekly list from the state of people vaccinated through phar- macies and doctors, which it reconciles with its own internal data. She did not explain why the county appears to lack data about shots given at its own clinics. Thieves target catalytic converters One person said he has gotten multiple phone calls notifying By PAUL DAQUILANTE Of the News-Register “There has been an uptick in these types of cases statewide, See VACCINES, A6 McMinnville police, the Yamhill County including here in Mac.” — McMinnville Police Capt.Rhonda Jaasko Sheriff’s Office and law enforcement agencies nationwide are seeing a spike in catalytic con- McMinnville Police Capt. Rhonda Jaasko said. taken by their agencies. verter thefts. Sheriff’s Capt. Chris Ray said the two agen- The catalytic converter is an exhaust emission cies have been sharing information. On a McMinnville page of Nextdoor social control device that converts harmful pollutants “I know I have seen emails back and forth media application, a resident posted that a cat- Candidates into less harmful compounds. from both agencies, mainly McMinnville, dis- alytic converter was cut off her vehicle while it They contain metals like platinum, palladium cussing these thefts in the last year or so,” Ray was parked in a local grocery store parking lot. file for May and rhodium that are valuable to metal dealers. said. The theft happened between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 election A5 “There has been an uptick in these types Neither Jaasko nor Ray were able to provide U|xaIICGHy02366qzZ of cases statewide, including here in Mac,” statistics regarding the number of theft reports See CONVERTERS, A5 A2 Tuesday, March 23, 2021 News-Register/McMinnville, Oregon phone, to ensure everything’s Artist right. Then she adds her sig- KEEPING YOU nature as a final approval. Continued from A1 “I try not to care what oth- CONNECTED ers think. I judge according to intended to be. They are visu- my plan,” she said. al depictions of the feelings she experienced when look- HOW TO REACH US Hanson was born in Port- ing at the roiling waves or the land in 1981. In the 1970s, Editor-in-Chief Sports Editor rising fog or the final rays of her mother had lived in the Ossie Bladine Logan Brandon daylight slipping away. Delphi commune in Yamhill 503-687-1269 503-687-1205 “I choose what part of a County, a forerunner of what [email protected] [email protected] scene I want to focus on, is now Sheridan’s Delphian maybe dramatize part of it, to School. Associate Editor Viewpoints Editor remind people,” she said. Hanson and her three broth- Racheal Winter Steve Bagwell Possibilities are limitless, ers attended a similar Delphi 503-687-1246 503-687-1226 she said. [email protected] [email protected] program in Los Angeles, “We live on a beautiful where their mother taught. planet,” she said, shuffling The education she received WEATHER through a thick stack of pho- there taught her to read and tos she’s taken of views she learn on her own, she said. McMinnville area Local climate, past 7 days couldn’t resist. She uses her camera as “It helps me keep learning High Low Precip. and applying what I learn TODAY Monday 49 29 trace another set of eyes, she said; another way to remember her to real life,” said Hanson, Tuesday 54 29 -- who graduated from the high Wednesday 60 31 -- inspiration. H 57 school program at 16. L 37 Thursday 52 37 .19 Many of her photos were Friday 55 43 .07 taken on her solo hikes. When her daughter, Sierra, Saturday 55 41 .15 was born in 2019, she knew Partly cloudy, “Some of the most pow- Sunday 51 40 .05 she wanted to return to Ore- winds light and variable erful moments are when I’m Actual March to date 1.42 gon eventually so the young Average March 1-31 4.03 alone at dawn in Zion or girl would be able to attend WEDNESDAY Actual year to date 14.64 some other natural park,” she Average year to date 13.36 said. “Just me, the birds, the the Delphian School. H 52 Average Jan.1-Dec. 31 39.74 insects ... I can spiritually The coronavirus closures L 40 Recorded at McMinnville Airport at connect.” and subsequent switch to 5:30 a.m. daily. M=missing data. online sales, which led to Light rain, Hanson’s style is related Hanson’s strongest year ever, SSW winds 10 to 15 mph Historical temperatures to that of post-impression- helped her decide to make the THURSDAY March High Low Precip. ists, such as Van Gogh, but move right away. Average 56 34 4.03 it’s entirely her own. About Sierra now is 21 months Extreme 87 14 11.93 15 years ago, she developed old. Her cousin, gallery man- H 53 From records 1894 to present ager Amy Jensen’s daughter L 36 open impressionism, which Temperature extremes uses wide brush strokes that Piper, is 14 months. In the new headquarters, Light rain, Oregon extremes for the 24 hours never overlap — assembled ending at 5:30 a.m. Monday: the girls have their own play- W winds 5 to 10 mph more like a mosaic than a High temp: Ontario .................. 57 room near Hanson’s painting Low temp: Sunriver ................ 30 typical painting. FRIDAY The results may look studio. There’s an art area, of High precip: Astoria............0.91 course, and Sierra already is Source: National Weather Service impressionistic, but they are H 59 carefully planned and exe- adept at holding a paintbrush. L 37 Local warnings cuted. When Hanson herself was No advisories are in effect for “It takes a lot of skill to that age, she recalled, she Partly cloudy, Yamhill, Lincoln, Tillamook paint loosely,” said Han- loved drawing pictures of her winds light and variable counties. Source: Weatherbug. son, who so far has finished cats and house, or creating Come Celebrate SATURDAY 2,500 landscapes using open stick figure people. Her moth- Tides at Yaquina Bay impressionism. er kept every piece of art she H 65 High tide Low tide Her colors are intense; produced, including her first EARTH Tuesday perfect for capturing autumn oil painting of a purple chair L 39 8:03 a.m.