My friends and I have four items that make regular appearances at our dinners: cheese, bread, wine and chocolate. These four things are basically the way to our hearts. I got together with two of them last night for a wine, cheese and bread night. …

I had the privilege of meeting Bill Schonely on Monday night at the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame Induction. For those of you not familiar with Mr. Schonely (or Mr. Rip City as he’s fondly referred to around here) he was the voice of the …