Article content Way back in 1996 when Frances McDormand won her first Academy Award for Best Actress in Fargo, yours truly was toiling away at the West Elgin Chronicle, which at the time had its offices on the main street of Rodney. I drove there every day from Chatham and as it was a one-person newsroom, I often worked on the weekends, sometimes with the boys in tow as an added bonus. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. ROBINET: The McDormand connection⦠Back to video As you can imagine, there wasnât a whole lot of âbig newsâ going on, but the paperâs stock-in-trade was covering the events which mattered most to its readership and there was always enough to fill the pages.