Bill McGinnis is famous around Corbett for his pickles. Before Dorthy Larsen passed away, she shared with Bill her special recipe. Bill took his 15 years of previous pickle experience and some jalapeno peppers, and played around with Dorthy's recipe. He now has some pretty "famous" pickled pickles that he freely shares with family and friends every year. Bill says it has been about 30 years now since he first started. Bill retired 12 years ago as a Civil Engineer. He and wife Judy moved to Corbett from SE Portland in 1985. They found nearly 80 acres of land and built a pole barn. It was always Judy's dream to live in a log home, so they lived in their barn for 18 months while they built the home. Each weekend they had a party on the property and many Corbett folks heard about the fun and came out to help build and get to know the new neighbors. Bill says those are some of his very fondest memories since first buying the land in 1984. Bill has volunteers at the Grange Hall each Monday to help cook a hot meal for all the seniors in the community and has also been a volunteer Corbett firefighter for 11 years. He is no longer active as a firefighter, but is on the Board for the Fire Dept. Bill will freely tell you that he and Judy are "living the dream" out here in Corbett. Each Christmas they have a holiday gathering and invite friends and neighbors. Although they both love to travel, it is the wonderful community that always reminds them that "there is no place like home!"
