Sweet Lorane Community News – October 22, 2015

October 22, 2015Newspaper ColumnsCreswell High School, Hannah Edwards, Italy, Linsey Kau, Lorane Family Store, Rural Art Center, Soverns, Sportsman Dinner and Auction, The Farm Store, Trunk or Treatpaedwards Leave a comment

Fern Ridge Review
Creswell Chronicle
Sweet Lorane Community News
October 22, 2015
By Pat Edwards

A reminder to those of you who are outdoors enthusiasts. The third annual Sportsman’s Dinner and Auction is scheduled for Saturday evening, October 24, in the Crow Middle/High School gym. The barbecue dinner is $16, but there is no admission fee to the auction. This event is sponsored by the C-A-L Booster Club as one of its two major fundraisers. Proceeds go towards funding projects for all age levels throughout the school district.

The Lorane Trunk or Treat will be happening again this year on Halloween, October 31. Decorate your car trunks or pickup beds and bring treats for the little ghosts and goblins that show up in the parking lot in front of the Lorane Christian Church from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. There will be hot spiced cider and hot soup for all. Adults are also encouraged to come in costume. There will be a big woodstove for warmth if the night is cold. Come join your neighbors for some fun and conversation.

Crow will be having its own Trunk or Treat party that night at the Nazarene Church from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. They’ll have booths, prizes and hot dogs!

The very active Rural Art Center will sponsor its next half day of art on November 4 in the art room at Applegate Elementary. Portland artist, Jani Hoberg will be sharing some of her watercolor techniques. Be sure and contact Alyssa Shepherd of RAC, 541-556-8151 or malyssa2@yahoo.com, to get more information.

The Lorane Fire Department is looking for some more volunteers. If interested, please contact them directly.

The release of our Groundwaters’ first annual issue is complete with the Eugene distribution held last Wednesday at the Songbrook Community Center on Royal Avenue. Thank you to Vicky Soverns and the Farm Store in Veneta for agreeing to be the West Lane distributor of the book. For those wanting to obtain a copy, stop by the Farm Store on Territorial, south of Veneta. It is also available at the Lorane Family Store in Lorane. Thanks to all of our contributors, supporters, readers and advertisers for making it happen!

I need to make mention of the special pride that Jim and I are feeling towards one our older granddaughters, Linsey Kau. She graduated from Crow High School in 2010, obtained her B.A. at the University of Oregon and will be returning there next spring to earn her Masters’ degree. She left on September 29 for Macerata, Italy where she is living in the dormitory of a relatively small rural school and teaching English to Italian children for three months. It was quite an undertaking for Lins whose comfort zone has always been close to home. Since her arrival, she and other young teachers-to-be who are there on the same type of program, have been taking weekend excursions to visit other areas of Italy… so far, Florence and Venice. She’s saving Rome until she’s joined by her boyfriend, Brent, for the last two weeks before returning home.

For those who know Lins or even those who don’t, the blog that she has been writing is highly recommended reading. It’s not only filled with her wonderful experiences since she’s been there, but also her thoughts, struggles to adapt and how the experience is opening her eyes and her heart to the world. (http://linseytakesitaly.blogspot.it/2015/10/day-one.html) Her Facebook page is also loaded with the beautiful pictures of Italy that she has been taking, too. She’s allowing us to live her experience with her through her writing. Best of all, though, was the early morning phone call that I got this morning… “Hello, Grandma! This is Linsey in Italy!”

Also, kudos to the Creswell JV1 volleyball team for which another granddaughter, Hannah Edwards, plays! Like the varsity, they are undefeated! Good job, girls!

Sweet Lorane Community News, June 04, 2015

June 4, 2015Newspaper ColumnsLorane Family Store, Lorane Growers' Market, rug hookingpaedwards Leave a comment

Fern Ridge Review
Creswell Chronicle
Sweet Lorane Community News
June 4, 2015
By Pat Edwards

I think that I’ve always portrayed myself as a rather peaceful person, so I hope that I don’t upset anyone by telling you that I’m preparing to declare war. After getting my yard almost in shape and looking fairly good, I went out the morning after I mowed and spotted no less than 20 mole hills in the small space that I call our front lawn. Those little buggers also provided a straight-line march of freshly dug hills along the fence line that we try to keep mowed bordering Easy Acres. Now, I’m an animal lover and I’ve been known to even trap an errant spider in a piece of tissue and throw him out my back door. I dislike destroying anything until it begins threatening my quality of life. I’d give these moles permission to dig in any other part of our 5 acres on this side of Territorial and all of the 20 on the other side, but they’ve chosen to dig their tunnels in my little patch of green lawn… so let the war begin!

The Lorane Community Association is discussing moving the Lorane Growers’ Market to the Lorane Family Store this season since the Lorane Deli is closed indefinitely. They are going to get together with Jim and figure out when and where to set it up if all agree that it’s what they want to do. I hope that each of you are planting a little extra in your gardens to share with the community as it ripens. This year, I’ve planted two large planter boxes for the first time. I haven’t had a full-size garden since our kids were all home… usually my more recent plantings involved one or two tomato plants in one of my flower beds. I’m sure there will be quite a bit more than Jim and I can eat, so we’re looking forward to being able to contribute some of our produce as well as buy or swap for some that wouldn’t fit in the planter boxes.

Jim and I have been hearing little snippets of information these past couple of weeks that indicate there might be some activity in negotiations on the possible transfer/purchase of the Lorane school property. I don’t have any confirmed details that I would be comfortable in sharing, but there might be some soon. I’m hoping that something will happen that will allow our beautiful school building to take on a new life where it will be used and loved once more. It looks so forlorn, even though the home-schoolers have been putting it to some use recently.

I am too late in letting you know about the June 4 meeting of the Lorane Rug Hooking group, but here’s some more information on it from Maureen Waff so that you can attend the next one… It is time again to gather up the wool and get together at the Lorane Fire Station for rug hooking. We have received our fabulous Bee Line wool cutter and stand (thanks to a grant from Plum Creek) and we have some show-and-tell from the dye session that included Karen, BJ, Maureen and Lisa. (Wow! Is that Pendleton wool yummy!) On the horizon, another dyeing session, this time with natural dyes (onion skins, bedstraw, turmeric). Several of the new improved travel frames are out on spec. Contact the Rural Art Center at ruralartcenter@gmail.com to get more information on the meeting schedule and other questions you may have.