2020 Columns

December 2020

December 3, 2020 – Holiday food baskets; Angel Tree; Territorial Road Project ends for winter
December 10, 2020 – 2 letters from Jerusha Petrie of Lorane to her son, Chan, in Wisconsin written in 1883
December 17, 2020 – Holiday traditions; 2020 recap
December 24, 2020 – No column this week – Christmas
December 31, 2020 – 2020 Christmas exchange with Barbara and Dwight Isborn; 2021 wishes

October 1, 2020 – No column this week
October 8, 2020 – Territorial Highway Project update for October
October 15, 2020 – COVID-19 increase; Lorane Christian Church; Lorane Trunk ‘n Treat; Territorial Highway Project; VOTE
October 22, 2020 – Vote in the 2020 election
October 29, 2020 – Saying goodbye to Charles Drullinger; Territorial Highway Project at Stony Point; “The Birds;” BRING Recycling “100-year Time Capsule Project;” 2020 Groundwaters anthology

September 3, 2020 – “The Lorane Rural Fire Protection District: Keeping Our Community Safe and Solvent”
September 10, 2020 – Wildfires; Blue River, Oregon; McKenzie High School
September 17, 2020 – Wildfire off of Lorane Highway; Saying goodbye to Mike Plank, Sharon Malcolm, and Margeinea Bloom
September 24, 2020 – 2nd wildfire between Carpenter’s By-Pass and Territorial roads.

August 6, 2020 – Rainy day in the summertime; Wearing masks; Saying “Welcome to the World” Hudson Ross Haxby!
August 13, 2020 – Crow-Applegate-Lorane School Districts 2020 Fall schedule; Saying goodbye to Michael J. “Hoss” Barker; local grange news
August 20, 2020 – Recap of former Lorane Community Picnic and Lorane Ice Cream Social; ART Drive-In Concert
August 27, 2020 – 2020 Groundwaters Anthology; Creswell Grange’s “Picnic in a Box”

July 2, 2020 – History of the Lorane Service Station / Lorane Family Store and the COVID-19 mask mandate
July 9, 2020 – Sam and Mattie Reynolds and their son, Bob Reynolds; Pat’s hope for future generations.
July 16, 2020 – Crow Grange “Joe’s Chicken BBQ;'” Multi-Family Yard Sale in Lorane; Pat’s bird stories
July 23, 2020 – Summer heat, COVID-19 mask use; troubled times
July 30, 2020 – No column this week

June 4, 2020 – Essay on racial prejudice following George Floyd’s death
June 11, 2020 – Memorial Day 2020 and My Mother’s Guardian Angel
June 18, 2020 – Saying goodbye to Randy Joseph; Lorane update on COVID-19
June 25, 2020 – Phase One of the Territorial Highway Project; history of Stony Point

May 7, 2020 – (Special article) – Michelle Middaugh and James Gedeon drive-in wedding during COVID-19 social distancing protocol
May 14, 2020 – Saying “Goodbye” to Beverly Farnham, Tom Laing, and Janet Martin; Lorane Community Picnic and Ice Cream Social cancelled; Jim and Pat’s restoration project is complete.
May 21, 2020 – COVID-19 Phase One reopening; Pat’s philosophy
May 28, 2020 – Crow High School drive-in graduation; Crow Middle School 8th Grade drive-thru recognition; Lorane Christian Church’s drive-in Sunday services

April 2, 2020 – Week 3 Pandemic – Edwards’ restoration project; finding the positives in day-to-day life
April 9, 2020 -Week 4 Pandemic – affect on high school seniors; beautiful spring days
April 16, 2020 – Week 5 Pandemic – Yardwork and sunshine; accidental death of Lorane resident, Mark Lanzarotta; passing of Tiny Ramp; virtual gender reveal party
April 23, 2020 – Week 6 Pandemic – not so bad for introverts; social distancing at Wildlife Safari and at the Lorane Christian Church; visiting our great-grands from our car; treacherous driving conditions on Stony Point
April 30, 2020 – Week 7 Pandemic – restoration project FINALLY done; saying goodbye to “Blue” and “Big Blue” tractors and an end to Jim’s life as a rancher

March 5, 2020 – Movie Night; Creswell Grange Mini-Pie Making Workshop; King Estate closing public rooms
March 12, 2020 – the Coronavirus pandemic
March 19, 2020 – Living in self-imposed isolation
March 26, 2020 – Making peace with self-imposed isolation

February 6, 2020 – Crow High School Alumni basketball game and memories of the importance of extracurricular activities in high school; Eta Theta Rho “Parents’ Night Out”
February 13, 2020 – “Life is an Adventure;” Pat and Jim’s adventures
February 20, 2020 – No column – Jim’s surgery and hospitalization
February 27, 2020 – Jim’s recovery; Lane County Territorial Project; Twinkle Morton’s Celebration of Life; Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s Celebration of Life

January 2, 2020 – Happy New Year!; Family; Rob Edwards
January 9, 2020 – Preparing for winter weather; tax season; gearing up for 2020 activities
January 16, 2020 – the UO Women’s Basketball; C-A-L school news; ART, Inc. Reader’s Theater auditions
January 23, 2020– Chuck Booher’s 100th birthday
January 30, 2020 – Thoughts surrounding the death of Kobe Bryant and 8 other people in a helicopter crash