Selling the store … keeping the memories
Pat behind the counter in the old store Lorane – As many of you already know, Jim and I have owned the Lorane Family Store in Lorane for almost 43 years now. In 1926, Bill Mitchell and his wife Hattie…
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PAT EDWARDS for The Chronicle
Pat has been a columnist for the Chronicle since 2012, and enjoys writing about local history. Throughout her life, she's been a farm wife, mother of four, store owner, local historian, author, secretary, newspaper columnist, editor and publisher. Pat and her husband, Jim Edwards currently live in Lorane and celebrated their 58th anniversary this year.
Highway project starts at Stony Point
Realignments and straightening to Stony Point on Territorial Highway is the first phase of the highway renovation project. LORANE — Drivers will need to plan for a little extra time these days. The Lane County Territorial Highway Project has finally…
Opinion: Let’s all flush away those bad early teachings
Pat Edwards Words escape me. For days now, I have been trying to figure out a way to express my thoughts about the current historical events we are living through right now since George Floyd died at the hands of…
Evaluate your actions, respect others’ opinions
Harper, 5, looks over her empire. PAT EDWARDS/PHOTO As I sit at my computer and try to record my thoughts during this Phase 1 reopening of our state under the COVID-19 pandemic protocols, I feel somewhat vulnerable. It is a…
Taking time to recall dear friends lost too soon
Beverly Farnham With the COVID-19 protocols still in place there hasn’t been a lot to relate as far as community news. Unfortunately, much of what I have to report today is not the happy kind. I just learned that we…
Constructing positive thoughts around the house …
Pat Edwards LORANE — Despite the constrictions put upon daily life, Jim and I are finding ways to celebrate these past couple of weeks. I’ve mentioned in previous columns that we have been in a state of “disaster” since last…
Letting go of life’s relics
Big Blue, once a workhouse, is now a lawn ornament in Lorane. PHOTO PROVIDED LORANE — Another quiet celebration combined with sad tones took place one morning, when Jim helped a man load his big Ford tractor onto a trailer…
Wanna get hitched? Truck yeah!
Crow residents Jim Gedeon and Michelle Middaugh share their wedding day with the community, all while providing plenty of room for physical distancing. The drive-in wedding drew dozens of people. MIKE NORDTVEDT/LIFESLICE PHOTOGRAPHY CROW — COVID-19 restrictions almost ruined Crow residents…
Taking advantage of extra time at home
Pat Edwards Week 6 of the COVID-19 “social distancing” is here and I, for one, am not having a huge problem with it. I am, for the most part, an introvert, anyway. My comfort zone is at home. Jim and…
Quarantining made better in warm weather
LORANE – Sunny and warm days are allowing us to stay outside and socially distance. Last week, our son, Rob, came over and cut up some of last winter’s fallen tree branches for firewood on our five-acre homesite. While he…