SHELLY GWYN SORENSEN SANDERLIN
Shelly earned earned B.A. degree
in mass communications from Linfield College in 1983.
(Photo from August 2021
McMinnville FBC “The Tidings”
August
2021 issue of “The Tidings” newsletter of McMinnville First Baptist Church
includes about Shelly Sorensen Sanderlin includes:
--She was “born in Oakland, CA where her parents were in
the Navy. They decided to move to McMinnville when Shelly was just turning one,
and because they didn’t have electricity, they ate tuna fish sandwiches on her
first birthday, or so the story goes! In the first few weeks they were in town,
Shelly’s mom was visited by Anita Rogers, a Welcome Wagon associate, who
introduced them to FBC which they soon decided to join. Shelly was put on what
was called the ‘Cradle Roll’ until she was old enough to join the church as a
member herself. She attended Newby and Cook elementary schools, the ‘old’
Junior High, and McMinnville High School. Her working career started in third
grade when she was picked up in a bus driven by FBCer Nancy Singletary to pick
strawberries during the summer. Shelly was involved in the high school theater
and music programs. While in high school she also worked at the Thrifty Grill
(which was in the building where Pura Vida Restaurant is currently located) and
at the Rocket Café which was owned by her dad. As a student at Linfield, Shelly
was a Mass Communication major and she had an internship at the News[1]Register
at the classified ads desk. She played flute in the concert band, bass guitar
in the Jazz band and sang in the choir. “
Jan 10,
2008, story McMinnville N-R/News-Register about the “Old Oak” crashing to its
death on the Linfield College campus includes:
--“Workers in the (Linfield College President’s
Office) heard the crash, momentarily mistaking it for thunder. One floor below,
in the basement of Melrose Hall, 1983 graduate Shelley Sanderlin though she was
hearing thunder or the rumble of a truck on Highway 99W.”
