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Polk County News Polk County Itemizer-Observer • March 2, 2016 3A Grant to outfit FC’s athletes DEADLINES NEWS DEADLINES For inclusion in the Wednesday edition of the Itemizer-Observer: Social news (weddings, engagements, anniver- saries, births, milestones) — 5 p.m. on Thursday. Community events — Noon on Friday for both the Community Notebook and Community Calendar. Letters to the editor — 10 a.m. on Monday. Obituaries — 4 p.m. on Monday. ADVERTISING DEADLINES Retail display ads — 3 p.m. Friday. Classified display ads — 11 a.m. on Monday. Classified line ads — Noon on Monday. Classified ads are updated daily on www.polkio.com. Public notices — Noon on Friday. CORRECTIONS David Ritchey, on the Monmouth-Independence Networks board of directors, did not work for the Mon- mouth Police Department. He was a reserve officer, which is a volunteer position. As of Tuesday, Ritchey is fill- ing in as a part-time, tempo- rary officer. The I-O regrets the confusion. The Polk County Itemizer- Observer is committed to publishing accurate news, feature and sports reports. If you see anything that re- quires a correction or clarifi- cation, call the newsroom at 503-623-2373 or send an e- mail to ionews@polkio.com. WEBSITE The Polk County Itemizer- Observer website, www.polkio.com, is updat- ed each week by Wednes- day afternoon. There, you will find nearly every story that appears in the print version of the newspaper, as well as some items, in- cluding additional photos, that do not appear in print due to space limitations. The Itemizer-Observer is also on Facebook and Twit- ter. Watch for breaking news, links to stories, sports scores updates and more. WEATHER RECORDED HIGH LOW Feb. 23.............. 60 Feb. 24.............. 63 Feb. 25.............. 64 Feb. 26.............. 57 Feb. 27.............. 60 Feb. 28.............. 55 Feb. 29.............. 55 31 37 37 40 45 41 39 RAIN .00 .T .00 .28 .05 .16 .11 Rainfall during Feb. — 2.91 in. Rain through Feb. 29 — 10.73 in. By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer EMILY MENTZER/ Itemizer-Observer Independence City Council President Nancy Lodge readies a fuji apple tree, one of three that will be planted in a hole she dug, with Rick Schack in Inspiration Garden. Casa orientation to No space too small to garden begin this Friday Gardeners demonstrate ‘small space, easy harvest’ orchard By Jolene Guzman By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer INDEPENDENCE — In the fruit orchard at the In- spiration Garden at Mount Fir Park, three fruit trees share one hole. They were placed in their new home on Friday. It isn’t a mistake, but a new way to make more out of small spaces, said Darrell Ward, Polk County Master Gardener. “There is a new technique that has come out for the urban gardener that requires absolutely no space,” he said. By planting three trees, each a different variety and blooming cycle, urban gar- deners can enjoy fruit for a longer season, Ward said. “There will be one that blooms early, one mid- bloom and one late bloom,” he said. “So an urban gar- dener that just had room for one box could essentially have three varieties of ap- ples, and they would be har- vestable from early August to September-October.” Each cluster was planted in a 4-by-4 foot box to help control growth, weeds and to raise the plants up in a particularly wet part of the garden, Ward said. The trees will be kept small through pruning. Because they are starting out in one hole, they will have to compete for nutri- ents, which will also slow growth, Ward said. “We will keep those down to a max of 8 feet high and 8 feet across,” he said. “We’ll treat the whole thing as one tree.” Now is the time to be planting any new trees, fruit- ing or otherwise, Ward said. “You could have gone a little earlier, but with the weather we’ve had, this is al- most ideal,” he said. “You at least have enough good weather that it’s halfway dry.” The trees were bought The Itemizer-Observer Plant fruit Darrell Ward, Polk County Master Gardener, recom- mends using raised boxes to plant wherever possible to help control growth and weeds. It also helps if the ground doesn’t drain well. • Use three fruit trees of varying blooming times to ex- tend harvesting. • Find trees of similar age. If one tree is older, it may be more successful in getting nutrients and outgrow the oth- ers. • The irst cut is the hardest, Ward said. On Friday, he struggled to cut the 2- and 3-year-old trees down to just 18 inches from the ground. It seems counterintuitive to slash that much of the tree of so early, but Ward said it is necessary to control the growth and keep them small. • Plant the three trees in one hole about 18 inches wide and trim them together as one tree. • For more information about gardening: http://exten- sion.oregonstate.edu/polk/mg. through a $500 grant from Tree City USA to help pay for the “small space, easy har- vest” fruit tree demonstra- tion. About a dozen people from the city of Independ- ence joined Master Garden- ers Friday morning to learn how to plant the fruit trees. City Council President Nancy Lodge picked up a shovel and started digging. The fruit orchard features apple, peach, persimmon, quince, plum and crabapple trees. A total of 46 fruit trees will be planted in 2016 and 2017. The orchard includes a more traditional layout, with single fruit trees, as well as the small space, easy harvest demonstration. The Inspiration Garden has a variety of display gar- dens, from winter, children’s, a memorial rose garden, ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING LUCKIAMUTE DOMESTIC WATER COOPERATIVE Thursday • 7:00 p.m. MARCH 17 Location: Business Office 8585 Suver Rd. Monmouth 503-838-2075 vegetable, medicinal and a Japanese garden. It is on F Street in Inde- pendence. Furniture Upholstery Bob Timmerman Kelly K. Denney Financial Advisor Financial Advisor Financial Advisor 503-606-3048 503-623-5584 503-623-2146 193 E. Main Street Monmouth, OR 97361 159 SW Court Street Dallas, OR 97338 244 E. Ellendale, Suite 2 Dallas, OR 97338 Monday 7:00 p.m. March 14th Location: Business Office 8585 Suver Rd. • Monmouth Join the team What: Casa volunteer training orientation. When: Friday at 5 p.m. Where: Polk County Courthouse conference room, 850 Main St., Dal- las. 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Also, repairs, RV cushions, slipcovers, High Quality since 1966 Stephen BOARD MEETING 503-838-2075 POLK COUNTY — Casa (Court-Appointed Special Ad- vocates) is holding its volun- teer orientation on Friday at the Polk County Courthouse conference room, 850 Main St., Dallas, from 5 to 6 p.m. Orientation introduces po- tential volunteers to what the program does before the re- quired 10-week training class begins March 18. Casa oi- cials are hoping to graduate a class of 12 from its spring training. Polk County’s program needs help to reach its goal of “a casa for every child” by 2018. To foster that growth, Casa will host new fundraisers this year: the Casa Superhero Race, in partnership with Casa of Marion County, on April 9, and a golf tournament later in the year. The run will take Ben Meyer, AAMS ® Rick 503-437-5398 LUCKIAMUTE DOMESTIC WATER COOPERATIVE FALLS CITY — High school and middle school sports teams in Falls City will soon be donning new uniforms thanks to a grant through the Portland Trail Blazers. Falls City will receive $2,000 to buy new uni- forms through the grant. The district is working to determine which teams will benefit. “A needs assessment will be completed in order to see where the funds will go,” said Falls City High School physical education teacher Emily Kenagy, who applied for the grant. On Monday, Kenagy and a group of five students will be heading to the Moda Center, the Blazers home court, to accept the grant. The grant is through Trail Blazers Foundation’s Take it to the Court for Education program, sponsored by Wells Fargo. This year $100,000 in grants went to 20 schools in Oregon. For more information about the grant, go to http://www.nba.com/blaz- ers/community/foundation. 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