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Sept 21 197« (Sec. 2) SANDY (O re.) ROST
OSU scientist writes the first book on Oregon butterflies
An
Oregon
State
U n ive rsity
scientist
is
writing the first book ever
about Oregon butterflies —
some 200 different kinds at
the moment but at least two
or three are on the edge of
extinction.
Dornfeld added. “ Only about
two dozen of the 200 different
kinds are found statewide
Man from Butterflies?
pictured on U S stamps Its
B u tte rflie s lend them usual habitat is the upper
selves "remarkably well to Columbia Kiver area (The
studies of the evolutionary Dalles and above).
"Most are found only in
process and of the genetics of
Dornfeld plans to have life
p a rtic u la r places — the
populations," he added. In size photographs of the
Columbia Gorge, salt spray
this regard, they've drawn a different species of Oregon
meadows on the coast, the
lot of interest from the world butterflies in the book: male
Cascades, the Siskiyous. the
To get the necessary data
scientific community in the and female, wing tops and
Wallowa Mountains, etc.
past 20 years.
and specimens for study and There's a small butterfly
undersides. The colors and
photographing, Ernst J.
"Environmental changes, patterns often differ with
found only in 2-3 acres of
D ornfeld
has
tram ped
whether natural or induced sex.
swampland on the Big
Oregon from marsh to Sum m it P ra irie in the
by man, rapidly affect the
Dornfeld does all his own
butterfly populations of any photography at home And
mountain for more than 30 Ochoco Mountains,
for
years.
area,” Dornfeld observed
his p rivate collection of
example. It came down from
"Destruction of food plants butterflies — 25,000 plus — is
the
Arctic
Circle
a
long
time
“ The higher you go, the
and habitats have reduced the state’s largest.
more abundant the but ago when climate conditions
many species to an en
The
e v o lu t io n a r y
were
fa
r
d
iffe
re
n
t.
And
te rflie s ," D ornfield said.
dangered existence — and development of color and
th
ere
’s
another
b
u
tte
rfly
"M o u n ta in meadows v ir
some to extinction. A wing patterns is linked to
found on the 8,000-foot
tually swarm with them In
program of designating
protection
and
mate
summit
of
Drake
Peak
in
the
marshes, you’ll find certain
h
abitat
preserves
has recognition, Dornfeld ex
mountains of Lane County.”
rare species. Dry up the
recently been started, in plained
marshes and those b ut
cluding such an effort along
"Patterns and colors are
Eastern
Oregon,
with
its
terflies will be gone forever.
Oregon’s coast to protect the
more
varied
geography,
has
"Contrary to what many
rare Hippolyta E ritilla ry .”
b u tte rflie s
than
believe, only a few kinds of more
The U S. has about 750
western
Oregon,
Dornfeld
b u tte rflie s m igrate. Most
species of butterflies; the
notes. Coastal counties have
never go more than a few
world, about 13,000, most of
the fewest.
hundred yards from their .
them tropical varieties
birthplace. T heir lives
Most people like butterflies
Oregon’s most advertised
depend on particular plants
for their beauty. Dornfeld butterfly — seen in picture if
on which the larvae feed.”
sees them as having "great not in person — is the
Oregon’s butterflies are scientific interest and value.
gorgeous yellow-and-black
‘ ‘ e x tre m e ly in te re s tin g
There are few organisms Oregon Swallow Tail, Dorn
because of the wide range of from which you can learn so
feld reported It was selected
ecology and geography,”
much biology.”
as one of four butterflies
very otten of a concealing
nature The butterflies blend
in
w ith
th e ir
usual
surroundings — bark, leaves,
etc The bright colors dazzle
and confuse predators,*
prim arily birds The colors
and designs — such as eye
spots on the wings — are
very fu nctional. T hey're
patterns of d istra ctio n ,
warning or camouflage, not
just beauty.”
S o m e Poisonous
A few butterflies, such as
the famed Monarch, contain
poisonous substances as a
protection. A bird that tries
to eat a Monarch butterfly
will become violently ill,
Dornfeld explained
"One bitter bite teaches a
lesson that is long remem
bered. The Viceroy butterfly,
by RITA S. GERKE
special writer
If you are willing to don
your boots, bend your back
and bring your own con
tainers, there is still time to
get top quality vegetables at
local U-pick farms, open
seven days a week until the
first frost. Besides being
open for U-pick, local farms
have th e ir own produce
stands and sell to local
distributors. The vegetables
you buy at grocery chains,
for example, may have come
from one of these farms,
which grow many of the
same varieties of vegetables
as the home gardener, such
as the delicious ‘Golden
Jubilee' corn, tomatoes,
beans, cucumbers, peppers,
parsnips, and zucchini
squash Can you imagine 30
acres of zucchini? Many of
these vegetables are sold
only to the wholesale market,
rather than U-pick
After looking over one U-
pick farm, I checked prices
of these vegetables at four
Gresham area stands and a
local grocery store. The
conclusion is as one would
expect.
You have to be aware of
prices
and
constantly
compare. U-pick and can
ning boxes from produce
stands are usually, but not
always, the cheapest. There
was not as much difference
between the store and the
produce stands as might be
expected, but this varied
with the item.
On the day I checked, the
actual price of corn varied
from a low of 5 cents to a high
of 14 cents per ear. This
becomes important when you
are freezing a year’s supply,
canning tomatoes could be
bought at one produce stand
for 21 cents a pound.
There was a large variance
of prices among local
produce stands on some
vegetables. For example,
cauliflower varied from 49-79
cents per pound. Pickling
cucumbers varied from $2.98
to $4.75 per flat for No. Is.
Always check the grade and
size or weight of box on
these.
The
Painted
Lady
(brow nish red) b u tte rfly ,
fam iliar to most Oregonians,
migrates in great swarms.
"B ut not annually. Only in
certain years,” says Dorn
feld "We don t know why ”
Motorists know well of
migrations of the orange
colored California Tortoise
Shell butterfly. "In certain
years, they come north from
C a lifo rn ia in tremendous
numbers,” says Dornfeld.
"The swarms on the Cascade
Mountains highways are so
big sometimes that cars
driving into them get their
rad ia to rs plugged, th e ir
windshields covered, and the
roads can even become slick
from dead bodies of but
terflies ”
Dornfeld’s book w ill list
usual flight periods for the
various butterflies of the
state The normal activity
period for most runs from
June to August But some
species start earlier and a
few fly into November
Flight periods are tied to
sun
and
tem perature,
Dornfeld stated "They have
to have certain amounts of
heat to fly, in contrast to
moths that don’t Notice next
time how quickly the but
terflies go into the grass
when clouds eover the sun."
B u tte rflie s are “ very
specific” in their feeding, the
scientist pointed out The
larvae live — and chew — on
usually one particular plant
sage, wild carrot, violet, etc.
Adults get energy by sucking
the sugars of flower nectars
P-n -
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S avings
Garden news
Compare produce stands,
groceries for best buys
which
looks
lik e
the
Monarch, is harmless food
but birds leave it alone too
because it looks like the
butterfly to be avoided ”
The Monarch is unique in
its m ig ra tio n habits too,
Dornfeld noted "AH of the
Monarchs we see here are
m igrants from Southern
California or Mexico They
may lay some eggs here as
they pass through The
larvae feed on milkweeds,
but the species can’t survive
the winter here ”
Scientists have m arked
Monarchs, then released
them to study migration The
longest migratory trip to
date is 2,400 miles The
longest distance traveled by
a butterfly in a day is 80
miles.
FREE
Houseplants
and
Green Stamps
A fte r checking a ll the
prices, I had the satisfaction
of coming home and picking
corn from our own garden
Price — 70 cents for one
large package of seed.
And I didn't even have to
water it this year.
/
Public notices
The Sandy E lem entary School
District No. 46 complies with
U S. Public Law 94 142 and
Section
504
of
th e
U.S.
Rehabilitation Act dealing with
the education of handicapped
students and the rights of han
dicapped persons. The district
conducts two census surveys
each year to identify han
dicapped students not in school.
If you are aw are of a han
dicapped child not receiving an
education, please contact Clark
Lund, Superintendent of Schools
or Lura Dell Callaghan, Director
of Pupil Personnel Services
Phone 668 5541.
P-9-21-78
C IT Y OF SANDY
OREGON
SOUTH B L U F F ROAD
IM P R O V E M E N T S
PHASE A
R E T A IN IN G WALLS
N O TICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed proposals for furnishing
all m aterials and constructing
retaining walls on South Bluff
Road for the City of Sandy, will
be received by the City Council
at the City Hall in Sandy, Oregon
until 8 00 p m Pacific Daylight
Tim e on October 2, 1978, and
thereafter
w ill
be publicly
opened and read.
The proposed work consists of
furnishing all the m aterials and
constructing two retaining walls
along
the
proposed
west
realignm ent of South Bluff Road,
a total length of 420feet; clearing
and
grubbing the proposed
ro ad w ay
a d ja c e n t
to
the
retaining walls, and constructing
embankm ent as required.
A lternate bids will be received
for a steel bin wall and concrete
retaining wall.
Bidders prequalifications must
be on file with the City at least
five days before opening of bids
P la n s ,
S pec if ¡ c a t io n s ,
instructions to Bidders and
Forms for Proposal and Contract
may be examined at the Sandy
City Hall or at the offices of
Cunningham Associates, Inc.,
9401
SE
McLoughlin
B lv d ,
M ilw aukie, OR 97222 Copies
may be purchased by qualified
prospective bidders upon the
receipt of $25 00 by check made
payable to the City of Sandy,
Oregon The purchase price will
be refunded only when a bid is
s u b m itte d
O th e rw is e ,
the
payment will be retained to
offset the cost of printing
Proposals must be submitted
on the forms furnished with the
Specifications and must be ac
companied by a bidder's bond
payable to the City of Sandy,
Oregon, in an amount equal to or
exceeding ten percent (10 per
cent) of the total bid, A one
hundred percent (100 percent,
corporate surety performance
and payment bond will be
required at the tim e of execution
of the contract A maintenance
bond guaranteeing the repair of
all damage due to improper
worxm anship or m aterials for a
period of one year after ac
ceptance of the work by the City
will also be required The suc
cessful bid d e r m ust show
evidence of adequate liability
and property dam age insurance.
The City of Sandy reserves the
right to postpone the award of
the contract for ten (10) days and
to reject any or all bids for good
and sufficient reasons. The
award of the contract w ill be
made to the responsible bidder
submitting the lowest acceptable
proposal
By order of the M ayor and City
Council of Sandy, Oregon
June Isakson
Recorder
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9 28 78
N O TICE OF
H E A R IN G
On September 25, 1978, at the
hour of 7 30 p m , in Courtroom
2, second floor County Court
house, Oregon C ity, Oregon, the
P lan ning
C om m ission
w ill
review a proposed amendment to
the Zoning
O rd in a n c e . On
October 4, 1978, the Board of
County C om m issio ners w ill
re v ie w the P lan n in g C o m
mission's recommendation for a
proposed amendment to the
Zoning Ordinance.
This
proposed
amendment
would change Section 10, Non
Conforming Use, to comply with
ORS 215.130. Specifically, this
proposal amends subsection 10.4.
Damage and Destruction to
allow reestablishment subject to
specific c rite ria , subsection 10.51
Expansion of Non-Conforming
Use to not allow expansions, and
10.6 Repairs to allow upgrading
of s tru c tu re and prem ises
subject to Design Review ap
proval.
The file no. ZO-79 is available
for inspection in the office of the
Clackam as
County
Planning
Departm ent, 940 W arner M ilne
Road, Oregon City, Oregon,
during normal working hours, 8
a m. to 5p.m .
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