What moves the settled soul to rise and emigrate, to leave a familiar homeland for the unknown, against the risks to life and limb? To those of us sedentary, set in our ways, we may scratch our heads, call them mad, ill-prepared for reality.

Orin tugs Susan’s hand, saying, “We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing.”

She smiles, responding, “We do.”

Orin and Susan Holman sit side by side in the mouth of the open double doors of the 1962 primer gray Ford Econoline van, their camping shelter.

There remains something regal about the Lyon folk. Down through the generations this Warhaven family has cast an aristocratic air about them, some aura at levels casual, aloof, and deeply personal. This family was, after all, Scottish and noble, with Clan Lyon roots back before the 14th Century, to the ancestral home of Glamis Castle in Angus, home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

Vickie Crone Sallee and Myron Egbert are the 2023 Wasco County Pioneer Woman and Man of the Year, chosen for their service and contributions t…

The return to in-person learning marked the return of the annual homecoming week festivities at Hood River Valley High School.