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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019 | 9A Community Voices DENTURE SERVICES INC. LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED Natural Perspective — Beating the Beetles Open 4 days a week! Here to serve your denture needs: Dentures Partial Dentures Immediate Dentures Implant Dentures Relines & Repairs Same Day Monday-Thursday 10am - 2 pm William Foster LD Sherry, Offi ce Manager “As a denture wearer myself, I can answer your questions and address your denture concerns.” ~ William Foster, LD Financing: Citi Health Card 12 Month no Interest 524 Laurel St. 541-997-6054 By Emily J. Uhrig, Ph.D Special to Siuslaw News Stocks. Bonds. CDs. IRAs. Mutual funds. Andy Baber, AAMS® Financial Advisor . 1010 Highway 101 Florence, OR 97439 541-997-8755 www.edwardjones.com W ith winter nearing its close, we’re entering spring cleaning season. In suburban yards, post-winter cleanup usually entails pick- ing up a few fallen branch- es. However, for many rural properties, more substantial work is needed thanks to winter storms. As Oregon’s Department of Forestry has warned, fallen firs create ideal conditions for out- breaks of Douglas fir beetles. Native to Oregon, Doug- las fir beetles are usually present in our forests in low numbers, but populations can rise substantially under certain conditions. These small, dark-colored beetles live beneath trees’ outer bark and can be quite destructive. Their feeding on a tree’s interior tissues creates networks of tunnels that eventually kill the tree by disrupting its nutrient flow. Beetles can also bring in harmful fungi that con- tribute to the tree’s demise. After overwintering under the bark, fir beetles emerge in April and fly off to col- onize new trees. Outward signs of infestation include the fir’s needles yellowing and then turning brown. Healthy trees can general- ly fend off pests by produc- ing chemicals that act as nat- ural pesticides or resinous pitch that repels insects. However, stressed or dam- aged trees, like those top- pled in storms, have com- promised defenses and are more easily colonized. Thus, removing this winter’s fall- en trees before the beetles’ spring emergence is import- ant for preventing an out- break. Additionally, if the trees are cut into firewood, stack- ing it in a sunny location, away from living trees, and covering it with clear plastic will help kill any beetles al- ready in residence. Other methods of beetle control involve using chem- icals. Initially, commercial insecticides were the go-to approach, but this was costly and often logistically diffi- cult. More recent methods use the beetles’ own biolo- gy against them. Initially, when beetles arrive at a tree, they emit natural chemicals (pheromones) that attract other beetles. Later, to prevent over- crowding, they stop produc- ing attractants and begin producing pheromones that act as a “no vacancy” sign to keep other beetles away. Both types of pheromone can be made in laboratories and used in beetle control. Traps can be baited with attractant pheromones to lure beetles into a certain area and packets of repellent pheromone can be placed throughout a stand of trees to create a beetle exclusion zone. So, anyone procrastinat- ing about spring clean-up on their property should keep in mind the clock is ticking on beetle emergence. Don’t let the beetles get to your trees before you do. Military Heritage Chronicles — Welcome Home Member SIPC Cal Applebee Special to Siuslaw News In 2019 we will be celebrating the 80th anniversary of our business in Florence. It is time to express the appreciation and gratitude we feel, and have always felt, for the friendship, trust and loyalty of those who live in this community. It is your confi dence in us and your continued patronage that has made these 80 years such a pleasurable experience. Th ank you. Johnston Motor Company Since 1939 Ho us Go eho od ld s 2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence (541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475 I have written roughly one hundred Military Heritage Chronicles over the last de- cade, covering a wide variety of eras of military disciplines. A few of those have dealt with the Vietnam War, which I always struggle with, as I did not serve there, or then, when many of my friends and acquaintances did. Last year’s April Chroni- cles was one such article, as it covered the growing number of memorials to our Vietnam veterans, scattered around the nation, and particularly the state of Oregon. And, it was also timed to coincide with the newly es- tablished national holiday, National Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day, on March 29 of each year. So it is only appropriate that I re-visit the topic as we approach that date again, particularly when we had the Oregon Memori- al Traveling Wall dedicated to our state’s Vietnam vets, visit Florence this past De- cember, and anticipate the arrival of “The Wall That Heals” in April. The Wall That Heals is be- ing brought to Florence by Spruce Point Assisted Living & Memory Care and is one of several replicas of the origi- nal Wall in Washington D.C. We have had variations of the Wall come to Florence twice in the past. This one coming in April is a differ- ent version at three-quarter scale and 375 feet in length. Its only 2019 appearance here Trea s ures in Oregon includes a 53’ Mo- bile Education Center which displays multiple elements of the Vietnam Veterans Memo- rial Fund programs, such as items left at the actual Wall in D.C. On Saturday, April 6, at 1 p.m., members of the vari- ous Veteran Service Organi- zations here in Florence will conduct a remembrance cer- emony which I encourage the entire community to attend. Despite — and in contrast to — our society’s response to our returning Vietnam veter- ans at that time in the 1970’s, the Wall memorial in our na- tion’s capital was created in the early 1980’s to honor the more than 58,000 Americans who died in that war. Since then, over 400 names have been added as well. It is one of the most visited memorials in our nation’s capital. There are nearly a half-doz- en traveling wall replicas of the wall, and multiple state and local memorials to the service of those brave Veter- ans in existence as well, and they are growing with two more being created here in Oregon as you read this — Medford and Salem. I personally have never vis- ited the Wall in D.C., nor any traveling replica. I have heard multiple stories from friends and acquaintances over the years who have visited, and there is a common theme in what they have experienced and witnessed: Many Viet- nam Veterans do experience a healing. That certainly lends itself to the visiting wall’s name. There is another theme, or common saying, in our so- ciety: “It’s never too late” or “Better late than never.” There is no greater appli- cation of those statements than today with the growing number of tributes to recog- nize the overdue recognition of the service and sacrifice of our Vietnam-era veterans. Remember to thank our Vietnam veterans on March 29, their official recognition day. And I encourage you to visit The Wall That Heals when it is here in Florence, to witness that healing impact it has on our vets. 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