HYPER-LOCAL NEWS for Springfield, Creswell, Cottage Grove, & Pleasant Hill, Oregon
Uncategorized 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 bought the land on both sides of the road, where[Read More…]
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 begun in earnest and is in its first phase. The[Read More…]
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 rogue police officers in Minneapolis. These were men who went[Read More…]
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 scary time — not just because of the fear of[Read More…]
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 have lost three more of our longtime friends and neighbors[Read More…]
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 January. All of a sudden, what I thought was a[Read More…]
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 and haul it away. Big Blue and his less-powerful mate,[Read More…]
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 Jim Gedeon and Michelle Middaugh’s wedding. Almost. Mustered by[Read More…]
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 I will never be among those seniors who decide to[Read More…]
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 was here, I mowed our property on our riding lawn[Read More…]
