Oregon's Main Street: U.S. Highway 99: "The Folk History" Tapa blanda - 2016

Pat Edwards is the author of two books on the history of her home community of Lorane, Oregon. The first, Sawdust and Cider; A History of Lorane, Oregon and the Siuslaw Valley, was written with co-authors Nancy O'Hearn and Marna Hing in 1987 to help celebrate the community's centennial. In 2006, Pat wrote a major revision of the book called From Sawdust and Cider to Wine. She and Jim have owned the Lorane Family Store since 1977 and will soon be celebrating their 50th year of ownership. Their family of five children have given them grandchidren and now great-grandchildren. Pat spent 15 years at the Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Oregon, many of those years working as the communication coordinator for a group of scientists who were doing landmark developmental biology and genetic research using the zebrafish, a hot new research model whose popularity had caught on internationally. Since then, Pat has taken on the role of Managing Editor for a small press publishing company called Groundwaters Publishing. It's main focus for over 10 years was to publish a local literary quarterly by the same name. By 2015, when the cost of printing it became too much, Pat and her co-editors began publishing the equivalent of 4 quarterly issues into one annual book format called the Groundwaters Anthology which is now available on-line at http: //groundwaterspublishing.com. They also prepare books for self-publishing for themselves and for others. Pat also is the community correspondent for two small Lane County weeklies, the Fern Ridge Review and the Creswell Chronicle. "I'm blessed with a large, loving family. Jim and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in 2014 and our family and home are our highest priorities." Check out Pat's personal website at: http: //allthingslorane.com (edwards@groundwaterspublishing.com)