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6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL April 8, 2015 They don't call it 'catching': Family Fishing Day and a blast from the past BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel c.g. Daytripper S ome of my fondest early memo- ries take me back to a rickety dock perched over a farm pond, to the dragonfl ies resting on my bobber in the early-morning haze until that magic moment — fi rst the wobble and then the disappearance of the cork in a burst of ripples, the excited shouts of my par- ents exhorting me to keep the rod tip up and keep pressure on the fat bluegill or crappie twanging in manic circles on photo by Jon Stinnett Saturday's Family Fishing Day brought generations together at Row River Nature Park. the end of my line. These many years later, the unmis- takable tug of a fi sh taking the bait still quickens my pace, and fi shing has served as the unchallenged highlight of many an adventure undertaken amid breathtaking scenery. Instilling a love of the outdoors and of nature's gifts is one of the best in a very long line of life-affi rming lessons my parents gave me, so it's only natural that I'd take great pride in attempting to do the same for my now 3 ½-year old daughter. We’ve fi shed together before, her and I, and she’s eager to learn and be where the action is. Still, success has thus far eluded us, and I’ve become aware that, for the fi shing bug to truly catch on, it can only help for her to land a lunker of her own (or a minnow, really; a tro- phy is probably too much to ask at this point). With this in mind, we journeyed to the pond at Row River Nature Park Saturday morning for the Oregon De- partment of Fish and Wildlife’s Family Fishing Day, one of many events I’ve witnessed as a reporter for this newspa- per but am now able to enjoy fi rsthand with my own family. Fish and Wildlife stocked the pond with about 2000 hun- gry, hatchery-raised rainbow trout, and the odds looked good as we arrived ear- ly to fi nd that many fi sh were already fi nding their way onto hooks. photo by Jon Stinnett Annabelle Stinnett watches her bobber intently (for a few seconds.) Guests at the pond were able to procure all the basic fi shing necessi- ties from ODFW, including a rod and enough varieties of bait to help zero in on the perfect offering to entice the fi sh. The University of Oregon wom- en’s soccer team was also on hand, volunteering in various capacities such as passing out bait, helping youngsters with fi shing basics or cleaning fi sh al- ready caught. Most of which escaped my daughter, whose fascination with the worms we were given as bait kept her busy for the longest uninterrupted stretch of fi shing we’d undertake that morning. A little too small to cast just yet, Annabelle al- ternated between grinding stinky Power Bait between her fi ngers like Play-Doh and ripping hapless earthworms into various pieces. It was at once gratify- ing to know that she wasn’t squeamish about such things and exasperating to continually ask for help watching our bobber. Which did begin to fl utter, inci- dentally, though nothing like those of many of the families around us, who must have taken home their limit early on Saturday. Quickly it dawned on me that, for the youngun to have any suc- Please see TRIPPER, Page 7A Effi cient mason bees pollinate plants before honeybees get busy BY KYM POKORNY OSU Extension Service T he gardening season is young, but mason bees are out for their short but pro- ductive foray into the blooms of your backyard. These solitary native bees – most commonly the blue or- chard mason bee (Osmia lignar- ia) – get busy before honeybees and set to work on early-fl ower- ing plants like forsythia, pieris and especially fruit trees. “Mason bees fi ll a spot in the season when other pollina- tors are not out,” said Brooke Edmunds, a horticulturist with Oregon State University’s Ex- tension Service. “They’re really important for fruit trees, espe- cially in cool, wet areas.” As honeybees continue to struggle for survival, mason bees take on a bigger role in the backyard garden, according to Edmunds. Both serious and casual gardeners welcome these earnest pollinators to get better yields of fruits, vegetables and fl owers. Mason bees are smaller than honeybees, have a bluish hue and are often mistaken for fl ies. Rarely do you have to worry about being stung because these unaggressive bees live alone and have no hive to protect. Unlike honeybees that fl y up to four miles to fi nd their pre- ferred food, mason bees don’t go much farther than 300 feet. They move in a zigzag pattern, which makes them especially effi cient pollinators for small spaces, according to Edmunds. The single-minded bees live to bring nectar and pollen back to the nest for their larvae that SAGINAW VINEYARD LIVE MUSIC EVERY FRIDAY NO COVER CHARGE 6-9pm Fri, April 10 ................ The Huckleberrys – Americana, country Fri, April 17 Richie G and MA Beat – Americana, country, folk Fri, April 24 .............................Hank & Bill Shreve – blues, rock Fri, May 1 .......Perfect Flavor – 60s thru 90s covers & originals hatch from eggs laid between walls made of mud – another material the female bees must haul back to the nest. Leaving patches of mud close to nest- ing areas in trees or other wood will help attract them, Edmunds said. You can also encourage ma- son bees by creating a gar- den that includes plants that bloom during their excursions in March to mid- or late May. Consider plants such as crabap- ples, redbud, fl owering currant, elderberry, huckleberry, Oregon grape and lupine. Even the of- ten-dreaded dandelion is a great source of food. If you want to introduce the bees rather than wait for them to arrive in the garden, she rec- ommends purchasing a nesting house, which contains straws fi lled with cocoons that hatch in spring. They’re available online or at garden centers. Alternately, you can drill holes into a solid piece of un- treated wood. Make the holes fi ve-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, six inches deep and three-fourths of an inch apart. Insert paper straws with co- coons inside the holes. Whatever you end up using, hang houses or containers under eaves or other protected areas where they’ll be protected from wind, rain and sun. Some people will bring the cocoon-fi lled houses inside over winter to keep them out of reach of predators. They’ll also spend time removing cocoons and washing off mites or parasites and reinserting them into clean straws. “There are two schools of thought,” Edmunds said. “Some BINGO COUPON COTTAGE GROVE ELKS LODGE 755 North River Road Information 942-3554 PUBLIC WELCOME Every Wednesday (except Holidays) Warm Ups 6:30pm Regular Games 7:00pm Frequent Smoke Breaks, Exciting New Game Program “Bingo Burger Menu” Available Open daily 11 am for complimentary tasting. 2 PROGRESSIVE JACKPOTS 942-1364 • www.saginawvineyard.com Bring this coupon and receive a 2nd Warm-up Pack FREE CG people want to get into high maintenance and harvest, clean and store cocoons. But that’s not necessary. You can always buy additional cocoons each year. 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MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE AFFORDABLY WE LIVE IN THE SAME TOWN WE WORK IN “ NO MONKEY BUSINESS!” www.automotivespecialties.biz DUSTIN TULLAR & RUSS OWENS 541-942-8022 • COTTAGE GROVE W orship D irectory 6th & Gibbs Church of Christ 195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822 Pastor: Aaron Earlywine Youth & Families Pastor: Seth Bailey Services: 9am and 10:30am Christian Education Nursery for pre-k - 3rd Grade www.6thandgibbs.com Calvary Baptist Church 77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290 Pastor: Riley Hendricks Sunday School: 9:45am Worship: 11:00am The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm Calvary Chapel Cottage Grove 522 E Whitaker • 541-942-6842 Pastor: Jeff Smith Two Services on Sun: 9am & 10:45am Wednesday Service 6:45 pm Child Care 10:45am Service Only Youth Group Bible Study: Wed. 6:45 pm & Sat. 6 pm www.cgcalvary.org Center for Spiritual Living Cottage Grove 700 Gibbs Ave (Community Center) Rev. Bobby Lee Meets Sunday 3:00 p.m. Info: 541-767-0182 (Mrs. “T”) Church of Christ 420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565 Sunday Service: 10:30am Cottage Grove Bible Church 1200 East Quincy Avenue 541-942-4771 Pastor:Bob Singer Worship 8:30am, 11am Sunday School:9:45am YouthGroup Mondays 6:30pm AWANA age 3-8th Grade, Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm www.cgbible.org Cottage Grove Faith Center 33761 Row River Rd. • 541-942-4851 Lead Pastor: Isaac Hovet www.cg4.tv Sunday Service: 9am and 11am Full Childrenʼs Ministry available Delight Valley Church of Christ 33087 Saginaw Rd. East 541-942-7711 Pastor: Bob Friend Two Services: 9am - Classic in the Chapel 10:30am - Contemporary in the Auditorium First Baptist Church 301 S 6th St 541-942-8242 Pastor: Steve Johnson Sunday School: 9:30am Worship: 11:00am Come Worship with us First Presbyterian Church 3rd and Adams St • 541-942-4479 Pastor: Rev. Bruce Cameron Worship: 10:00am Sunday School: 10:00am www.cgpresbynews.com Grove Community Church 77820 Mosby Creek Rd. Cottage Grove, OR 97424 541-942-0123 Pastor: Bryan Parsons Worship: 10:30 a.m. Nursery: Infant - Pre-K Kidʼs Church: K to 5th grade Hope Fellowship United Pentecostal Church 100 S. Gateway Blvd. • 541-942-2061 Pastor: Dave Bragg Worship: 11:00am Sunday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday www.hopefellowshipupc.com “FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE” Living Faith Assembly 467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612 Pastor Rulon Combs Sunday School All Ages 9am Worship & Childrenʼs Church 10:30 am “The Bridge” Saturday Evening Service 6:00pm Youth ABLAZE: Wednesday 6:30pm Childrenʼs Breakout Class: Wednesday 6:30pm Non-Denominational Church of Christ 1041 Pennoyer Ave * 541-767-0447 Preachers: Tony Martin & Robert Evans Sunday Bible Study:10:00am Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm www.pennoyeravecoc.com Old Time Gospel Fellowship 103 S. 5th Street • 541-942-4999 Pastor: Herb Carson Sunday Service: 10:00am Sunday Bible Study: 6:00pm We sing the old time hymns. Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Philip Benizi Catholic Churches 1025 N. 19th St. 541-942-3420 / 541-942-4712 Pastor: Roy L. Antunez, S.J. Euch. Liturgies; Sat. 5:30pm Sun. 10:30am St. Philip Benizi, Creswell: 552 Holbrock Lane • 541-895-8686 Sunday: 8:30am St. Andrews Episcopal Church 1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050 Rev. Lawrence Crumb “Church with the fl ags.” Worship: Sunday 10:30am All Welcome Seventh-day Adventist Church 820 South 10th Street 541-942-5213 Pastor: Kevin Miller Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40 am Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 6:45 pm Trinity Lutheran Church 6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373 Pastor: James L. Markus Sunday School & Adult Education 9:15am Sunday Worship 10:30am Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur 5:00pm TLC Groups trinitylutherancottagegrove.com United Methodist Church 334 Washington • 541-942-3033 Pastor:Jerry Steele Worship: 10:00am Adult & Sunday School: 9:00am Comm. Dinner (Adults $5, Kids Free) Mon. 5-6:30pm cottagegroveumc.org “VICTORY” Country Church 913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913 Pastor: Barbara Dockery Worship Service: 10:00am Message: 11:00am “WE BELIEVE IN MIRACLES” Our Worship Directory is a weekly feature in the newspaper. If your congregation would like to be a part of this directory, please contact the Cottage Grove Sentinel at 541-942-3325.
