MY FAVORITE RECIPES By Mary Collins: Meet Mary McGregor

Kathryn Bolles, Mary McGregor and John Bolles.

Mary McGregor spent most of her childhood in Hooper. The few neighbors were mostly family and friends whose ancestors were somehow involved in the sheep ranching and other agricultural enterprises along the lower Palouse River where the rolling hills meet up with the scablands. When she was in seventh grade the family moved to Pullman but her roots are still in Hooper where the family still gathers for special events.

After high school, Mary earned a nursing degree from WSU and later a master’s in nursing from the U of W. She worked for a number o...