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County lamb, wool show set June 2
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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
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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
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