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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1973)
toot, a oMTOUT lu r e i r u County lamb, wool show set June 2 GREEN V700D TREE Walt Herdt, chairman of the 1973 Clackamas county spring lamb and wool show announced tins week that the committee has met and plans are well underway for another event Saturday, June 2, is the date of this year’s show It will be held at the county fairgrounds, Canby A new feature of this year's show w ill be the addition of By Sylvan Hurtu* Sandy Golden Age host study group Sylvan Hurt us Adaptive Willows beneath. The underside is quite hairy. Crowing in coastal marshes as it does, this tree has Eastern Oregon has its own adapted to the salt water en special w illow , Salix vironment No ill effects are Amygdaloides, the Peach shown whether the tree finds its leaved Willow This species is water fresh or sally. really not too different from the The Hooker Willow is a rest of the genus Its water p ro lific seeder, and dense needs are as severe, and clumps of it may be found Seed although found in arid country, dispersal of the fine seed is it is only along water sources widespread as many isolated such as intermittent streams or individuals are also found marsh edges Dial it is plentiful alni(*t anywhere the conditions This willow is a continent are right for a willow to grow wide species, ranging from Shade is intolerable to this Quebec in the East to species and as a result, it has Washington and Oregon in the never invaded the coastal West The upright ascending forest beyond th e ir outer branches make this a narrow margins It is found in tide flats headed tree As the name and stream sides, or among the suggests, the shiny bright grasses in the salt marshes green leaves are shaped like Karely a specimen can be those of the peach Beneath, the found struggling along in a dry leaves are white Very pale or situation white undersides characterize There are other willows than the leaves of all the willows. the six mentioned that can be Mature trees have heavily found in Oregon and probably fissured dull bark in sharp identified by one well trained contrast to the smooth shiny None of these w ill be in suf red of the younger twigs Both ficient number to be important male and female trees put out Willows as a genus are hardy long slender catkins ahead of The dwarf Blue Willow of the the leaves The male catkins Arctic tundra is one of the consist not much longer than hardiest plants known to man the full unfolding and growth of Alaska and Northern Canada the new leaves The female have several Willow species of catkin develops the seeds exceptional hardiness, and an rapidly and disperses the seed occasional outpost of these in early summer This early northern species may be found seed dispersal is again a tupical this far south Some of the heat willow trait loving species from California We have to go Io the coast to may have established colonies find the remaining one of in Southern Oregon Oregon's prominent willows The willows in the nursery This Coast Willow, or Hooker’s trade are exotics from other Willow, Salix Hookeriana, has regions The various weeping the most unwillowlike leaves willows are a group of selected They are quite broad and varieties from an Asiatic coarse appearing, are quite species The Shrubby French large and in shape resemble Pussy Willow is a European those of the Red Alder This is species The Laurel Willow is rarely a single trunked tree, from the Eastern United but usually a cluster of short States Because of their ex rather stubby trunks as it cessive water requirem ents rarely exceeds 18 feet, although and their susceptability to wind the trunks may exceed 6 inches damage, willows do not make The older trunks have thin the best of landscaping sub scaly bark of a reddish cast jects However, in a water New twigs are hairy with a nch environment such as alongside brown smooth bark beneath the a pool or stream, the Weeping hair Willow does have a beauty that The heavy leaves are glossy cannot be obtained from any bright green above and white other tree pens of 20 Herd! reported that it was necessary to insert this class due to the large number of lambs tfiat are now shipped and to make the over all show more com petitive fo r com m ercial lamb raisers in the county Herdt commented that this is an opportunity for producers to market lambs through the lamb pool during the show It is not necessary to show and On Thursday, April 26 the Sandy Golden Age Club w ill be host to the Clackamas County Task Force at a noon potluck dinner served in the IOOF Hall The Task Force is a group of approximately 35 men and women from the various communities in the county m aking up a study team working under the direction of the Clackamas County Senior Citizen Council. Following dinner with the Golden Age Club, the Task Force w ill adjourn to the Com m unity Action Center where they will hold their monthly meeting. The Task Force is divided into several committees, each studying a special area per taining to senior citizen ac tivities. Among these activities are health, transportation, Male Itraneh Peach I.cal VV illou (Salix Amygdaloides) legal aid, nutrition, housing, education, recreation and multi-purpose senior centers. The .Sandy Golden Age Club is interested in all phases of these committee efforts but the multi-purpose center is up permost in their attention. It is difficult to organize activities in the other fields of interest without a center from which to operate Each committee w ill report to the Task Force on progress it has made since first organized in March Three leaders in the field of aging will also be on the afternoon program. Miss Jody M ille r, Clackamas County Senior Citizen Director, will chair the business meeting Local members of the Task Force are Joe Youngbluth, Brother Barnabas and Clyde Sutherland SPECIAL!! everyone is welcome to bnng market lambs and sell them during this event The lambs are sold in a pool to the highest bidder prior to the actual show All market lambs must grade choice and weigh 90 lbs and up, he said He also mentioned that the Miss Shepherdess contest will again be featured, Mrs Ed Stritzke, Aurora, serving as chairman of this event. Young ladies interested in applying for the Miss Shepherdess contest are urged to contact the Ex tension office or Mrs Stritzke for information and start now getting their ewes halter broken Mrs. Ralph Elligson, chairman of the wool craft classes, encouraged all women to enter this event. It is a recent addition to the show of the past two years and is picking up in popularity Chairman Herdt also an nounced that this year plans are to have a barbecued lamb luncheon and Tery Dugan, sheep producer from Macksburg will be chairman of this G resham B ible Shop " T h e Latest and Greatest In C hristian Books" Q U A L IT Y B O U N D B IB LE S 666 5209 27 N W First, Gresham Across from Glass B u tterfly r Treehill Day School NOW REGISTERING PRE-SCHOOLERS - ROE 3 thru 6 Academic Program, Swimming Classes, Hot Lunches, Snacks. 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