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4 community bulletin board/letters to the editor august15 2013 Joy Creek Nursery Offers Free Classes Joy Creek believes their classes are a good way for garden- ers of all levels to improve their knowledge of plants and their gar- dening skills. The classes also of- fer an opportunity for gardeners to meet others who share a similar passion. Joy Creek hopes they give confidence to the beginner and in- spiration to the long-time gardener. Saturday, August 17 Twilight in the Garden Come and join us at our annual eve- ning open-house. As the sun goes down, our gardens undergo an ex- traordinary transformation. Enjoy the magic that takes place in the light of the setting sun. Music and light refreshment. Sunday, August 25 Fern Tables and Tiny Shade Gar- dens - Richie Steffen Join Richie Steffen as he dem- onstrates the principles and tech- niques for creating unique displays of shade loving plants on table tops and in unusual containers. Richie’s naturalistic style uses plants, moss and weathered wood to form min- iature woodland gardens that are perfect for the patio. Sunday, Sept. 1 Berries and Thorns - with Nadine Black The title of this talk grew out of Na- dine Black’s desire to plant a new garden along her back fence. This space had been taken over by a 25- foot cherry tree, a large compost pile, and even larger “chipper pile,” some unkempt raspberries and some killer blackberry vines from her neighbor’s yard. This combi- nation, she discovered, was ideal habitat for ground nesting birds. Nadine’s talk is a discussion of her efforts to replant the space while still accommodating the birds... with Berries and Thorns. 20300 NW Watson Road Scappoose, OR 97056 503-543-7474 www.joycreek.com Vernonia’s Voice is published twice each month on the 1st and 3rd Thursday. Look for our next issue on September 5th. Vernonia Weather July 2013 HIGH 1 88 2 82 3 78 4 67 5 72 6 76 7 74 8 81 9 84 10 74 11 72 12 68 13 78 14 81 15 82 16 85 17 75 18 79 19 79 20 79 21 77 22 80 23 87 24 86 25 85 26 83 27 74 28 67 29 76 30 78 31 72 Ave/Tot 78.0 LOW PRECIP 57 0 48 0 44 0 46 0 44 0 46 0 48 0 50 0 48 0 45 0 38 0 38 0 40 0 43 0 46 0 46 0 54 0 53 0 54 0 54 0 54 0 48 0 45 0 44 0 42 0 42 0 43 0 49 0 53 0 53 0 0 54 47.4 0 Weather data is collected at the U.S. Weather station at the Vernonia Water Plant Readers Lend Their Voices... To the Editor, Thank you to everyone who supported the Vernonia Fire volunteers during Jamboree. From the Toy & Joy Donation booth, Golf Benefit & Logging Show food booth, your continued support is appreciated. We will be raffling off a cord of wood during Salmon Festival and Christmas in Vernonia. Hope to see you there. Randy Carlton Vernonia Fire To the Editor, I would like to extend a great big thank you to the Class of ‘73 for the opportunity to see a high quality, high powered performance at the Give Back Bash on Saturday! What a bargain for people my age not to have to drive or fly miles away, stay in a hotel, buy meals, park, etc. in order to watch a profession entertainer work very hard to give a great show!! We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly at both shows. How wonderful if we could get something like that here again sometime! Judy Budge Vernonia To the Editor, My neighbor, Heather Johansen, is running as a write-in candidate for District 5’s position on the WOEC Board of Directors. I am supporting her candidacy, because she is the ideal person to represent the majority of WOEC members. Please note, no matter which district you live in, you can write in Heather Johansen’s name for District 5 on your WOEC ballot. I was shocked to learn that our electric cooperative has the highest rates in the state of Oregon. This is a huge problem for families and businesses. Throwing gasoline on the flames, WOEC plans to DOUBLE the basic utility charge in a few weeks and simultaneously increase our rates, once again, by 10%. I am asking for a price freeze. Would you support that? If our schools were producing the worst students in Oregon, people would be carrying pickets in the street. This problem of excessively high rates for electricity is equally urgent. Please write in Heather Johansen for District 5 on your WOEC ballot and please ask WOEC for a price freeze. Eileen Williams Vernonia, OR To the Editor, I want to thank everyone for all the cards, letters, flowers, telephone calls, food and all your visits. It is wonderful to know I have so many friends. It has all been greatly appreciated. Eleanor Thompson Vernonia, OR HOW TO SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Vernonia’s Voice welcomes and requests your thoughts, opinions and ideas. Please include your name, address and phone number, limit your letters to 300 words or less. Vernonia’s Voice reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted. We will print letters space permitting. Deadline is the 1st and 3rd Mon- day of each month. Email: scott@vernoniasvoice.com or mail to: Letters, PO Box 55, Vernonia, OR 97064.
