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Polk County Living Polk County Itemizer-Observer • June 21, 2017 9A Tomato lovers: nix disease, grow the best CORVALLIS, Ore. — Knowing the whys and hows of tomato diseases gives gar- deners a leg up for success- fully growing the most-trea- sured of vegetables. Brooke Edmunds, a horti- culturist with Oregon State University Extension Service, troubleshoots the following common problems that might afflict your tomatoes as the season goes on. Blossom drop — It's usu- ally caused by dry soil and dry winds, but also may be caused by a sudden cold spell, heavy rain or too much nitrogen. Usually not all blossoms will fall off, and an- other set of flowers will ap- pear. Blossom-end rot — The end of the fruit farthest away from the stem turns brown or black — a condition caused by irregular watering practices and calcium defi- ciency. It is most common in western Oregon. Water deeply and regularly. Add lime to the soil in the fall to increase the calcium level for next year’s crop. Leaf roll — A physiological problem that is most often the result of heavy pruning K YM P OKORNY These Polk County groups would welcome individuals who have time or expertise to volunteer. Organizations that would like to be added to this list should call 503-623- 2373 or email IOnews@polkio.com. Your Garden or root injury. Some tomato cultivars display leaf rolling as a normal growth habit. Plants may lose leaves but will recover. Learn more in Extension’s guide on leaf roll. Sunscald — Green toma- toes can get sunburned if ex- posed. There is no cure, only prevention by reducing fo- liage diseases that can cause leaf loss. Take care when pruning to protect the devel- oping fruit. Early and late blight — These are fungal diseases caused by warm, wet weath- er and characterized by irreg- ular, greenish water-soaked spots on lower leaves and stems. The spots rapidly en- large to form purplish black lesions, which girdle the stems and leaves, killing the foliage. Avoid overhead wa- tering, give plants plenty of room, stake and prune to keep air circulating and plants dry. Remove diseased HTTPS://FLIC.KR/P/VMWODA Be on the lookout for tomato problems so that you can treat them appropriately and have a successful harvest. leaves. Slow-ripening fruit — Temperatures above 85 de- grees can slow the ripening of tomatoes, which ripen quickest at 70 degrees to 75 degrees. Wait for cooler weather to allow for vine- ripening to occur. Fruit just showing color changes can be picked and stored at room temperature to ripen. For more information, photos and control methods for these and other tomato maladies, consult Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Management Handbook. Or call your local OSU Exten- sion Master Gardeners. For general information about growing tomatoes, check out Extension’s publi- cations Grow Your Own Tomatoes and Tomatillos in English and Spanish. MI TOWN Our newly-minted West- ern Oregon University grad- uates bid farewell to MI Town following Saturday’s graduation ceremonies that combined happy tears with nostalgia, optimism and abundant good wishes. We’d like to add our congratula- tions and high hopes as our best and brightest begin an- other exciting chapter in their lives. Come September, we’ll welcome new freshman students eager to start on a new journey of their own as well as our returning sopho- more, junior, senior and graduate students. WOU is indeed the crown jewel in MI Town’s crown and we look forward to so many good programs, classes and activi- ties our hometown universi- ty has to offer. — Summer activities are in full swing at the Independ- ence and Monmouth Public P ATTY T AYLOR D UTCHER Columnist Libraries and if you’d like to learn more about what’s happening for kids — stop by your nearest library dur- ing open hours or browse through all the program in- formation on their web sites. There are programs for all ages with live music per- formers, summer book and prize giveaways and free family friendly movies. If you’re new to the area, please take a few minutes from your busy day and see what activities would be best for you and your family. It’s also a great way to meet your neighbors and make new friends. Thanks to the Friends of the Independence and Monmouth libraries for helping to provide funding, so we can all share interest- ing activities for the sum- mer. — The schedule is out for the Music in the Park Series at Main Street Park Amphithe- ater in Monmouth. The Shinkle Family Band will en- tertain us beginning at 6:30 p.m. on July 5. We’ll pack our picnic baskets or have the opportunity to buy food and beverages right in the park, and enjoy a concert featuring folk and country music with our families, friends and neighbors. Several local busi- nesses have provided fund- ing for these free summer- time events, so please sup- port your community mer- chants and organizations. — The June birthday celebra- tion at Monmouth Senior Center is scheduled for June 30 at 1 p.m., and all area sen- iors are welcome to share cake and ice cream, games and other fun activities. The center is located at 180 War- ren St. S., in Monmouth. — If you didn’t have the op- portunity to read Larry Dal- ton’s letter to the editor in last week’s I-O, please take a moment to find the paper or check the webpage (www.polkio.com). No mat- ter what our political or reli- gious views may be, nothing is accomplished by demean- ing others whose ideas are different. Let’s take the time to be kinder to one another. — Want to meet a NASA sci- entist? Stop by the Mon- mouth Library at 3 p.m. today, and discover what’s going on with the space pro- gram. Kids of all ages will enjoy this event. PEDEE NEWS Portia Perkins and hus- band Jack hosted Portia’s sis- ter Paula Taylor and hus- band Chuck, of Davenport, Iowa, for a week at the first of the month. Portia showed them the Oregon sights, in- cluding Woodburn Mall, which Paula loved, and the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMin- nville, which Chuck loved as he is a WWII buff. A few days after they arrived, Portia’s nephew and wife Jason and Sheryl Taylor, son Jordan, and daughter Jasmine flew into Portland to join the group on a trip to Pacific City, where they rented a house and enjoyed beach life, walking the beach and watching the very tame wild life. They climbed the Cape Kiwanda sand dunes one day, and of course, stopped at the Lincoln City Mall to shop, then checked out Newport Beach and Tillam- ook, and went on to the Port- land Zoo, and OMSI. — A RLENE K OVASH Columnist This was the first trip to Portia and Jack’s home for Chuck, Sheryl and Jasmine. Portia feeds a ton of birds daily so they got to see the huge flock of pigeons, her crows and ravens and the scrub and Stellar jays. She feeds the pigeons and jays right outside her front room/dining room windows and Jack built a 6-foot high platform that is further away for the crows and ravens. It was the perfect time of day with the sun hitting the win- dows so that the birds were unable to see everyone watching them and taking pictures. — VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES The open house for Au- drey Cameron’s retirement from 25 years of teaching at the Weekday School of the Bible in Dallas was especially nice, with many old and new friends, plus family, coming to honor her. Several Pedee people and former Pedee people were there, including Joan Kaiser, whom I hadn’t seen in several years. She still lives in a grand old house in Monmouth. — In lieu of a traditional Va- cation Bible School (VBS) this year, Pedee Church will be having several opportuni- ties for kids and families to gather for activities through- out the summer. Their first activity will be a “Lawn Camp” in Daniel and Heidi Russell’s back yard Friday, from 4 p.m. until the next morning at 10 a.m. They will be cooking over a fire and sleeping in tents or under the stars. Then the next week everyone will meet at our house on Friday afternoon from 1:30-4:30 for a scav- enger hunt in the woods, plus play lawn games. Then each succeeding week an- other family will host the group for more fun activi- ties. This is for anyone who would like to come out, so call Heidi at 503-838-2129 if you’d like to participate. If you can’t come, please send your kids for a fun time. We’d love to get to know you! — The women’s Bible study is taking a break for the summer and will get going again in September. They’re all too busy planting and weeding, and then canning and freezing. — Many people will be coming to Oregon and par- ticularly our area for the eclipse on Aug. 21. If you do something special for that week, please let me know. My phone number is 503- 838-3512 and my email is kovasha@gmail.com. • AARP Foundation Tax-Aide – 503-930-7636 • After DARC — 503-623-9501 • American Cancer Society Road to Recovery — 1-800-227-2345 • Arc of Polk County — 541-223-3261 • Ash Creek Arts Center – 971-599-3301 • Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Polk County Inc. — 503-623-8473 • Central School District — 503-838-0030 • City of Dallas — 503-831-3502 • City of Independence — 503-838-1212 • City of Monmouth — 503-751-0145 • Crime Victims Assistance Program — 503-623-9268 • Dallas Area Chamber of Commerce — 503-623-2564 • Dallas Fire Department — 503-831-3532 • Dallas Food Bank — 503-623-3578 • Dallas Kids, Inc. — 503-623-6419 • Dallas Police Department — 503-831-3582 • Dallas Public Library — 503-623-2633 • Dallas Retirement Village — 503-623-5581 • Dallas School District — 503-623-5594 • Delbert Hunter Arboretum — 503-623-7359 • Ella Curran Food Bank — 503-838-1276 • Falls City Arts Center — 503-559-6291 • Falls City School District — 503-787-3531 • Family Building Blocks – 503-566-2132, ext. 308. • Friends of the Dallas Library — 503-559-3830 • Girl Scouts of Southwest Washington and Oregon — 1-800-338-5248 • H-2-O — 503-831-4736 HART (Horses Adaptive Riding and Therapy) — 971-301-4278 • HandsOn Mid-Willamette Valley — 503-363-1651 • Heron Pointe Assisted Living — 503-838-6850 • Independence Health and Rehabilitation — 503-838-0001 • Independence Public Library — 503-838-1811 • Kings Valley Charter School — 541-929-2134 • Luckiamute Watershed Council — 503-837-0237 • Luckiamute Valley Charter School — 503-623-4837 • Meals on Wheels — 503-838-2084 • Monmouth-Independence Chamber of Commerce — 503-838-4268 • Monmouth-Independence YMCA — 503-838-4042 • Monmouth Public Library — 503-838-1932 • Northwest Human Services — 503-588-5828 • Oregon Child Development Coalition — 503-838-2745 • OSU Extension Service - Polk County — 503-623-8395 • Perrydale School District — 503-623-2040 • Polk Community Development Corporation — 503-831-3173 • Polk County Community Emergency Response Team — 503-623-9396 • Polk County Museum — 503-623-6251 • Polk County Public Health — 503-623-8175 • Polk County Resource Center — 503-623-8429 • Polk Soil and Water Conservation District — 503-623-9680 • Relief Nursery Classroom — 503-566-2132 • SABLE House — 503-623-6703 • SALT (Senior and law enforcement together) — 503-851-9366 • Salvation Army — 503-798-4783 • SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) — 503-391-8423 • Salem Health West Valley Hospital — 503-623-8301 • Victim Assistance Program-Polk Co. District Attorney’s Office — 503-623-9268 x1444 • Willamette Valley Hospice — 503-588-3600 • WIMPEG Community Access Television — 503-837-0163 Music from the Redgate Winery & Fieldhouse Friday, June 23 6-9 PM Orvil Ivie Duo $5.00 cover _________________ Tasting fees $10 • Glass of wine $5 Must be 21. Food Available. 8175 Buena Vista Road Independence • 503-428-7115 www.redgatevineyard.com Matinees are all shows before 6pm. New pricing for matinees are: Adult $8.00 Children $7.00 • Senior $7.25 Pricing does not reflect 3D showings. FRIDAY - TUESDAY • JUNE 23 - 27 CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS (Digital) (PG) IT COMES AT NIGHT (Digital) (R) 47 METERS DOWN (Digital) (PG13) TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (Digital) (PG13) CARS 3 (Digital) (G) WONDER WOMAN (Digital) (PG13) ROUGH NIGHT(Digital) (R) PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (Digital) (PG13) THE MUMMY (Digital) (PG13) (12:25 2:40 4:55) 7:10 (12:25 2:45 5:10) (12:15 3:30) (11:30 2:05 4:40) (12:45 3:50) (11:50 2:15 4:40) 9:25 7:25 9:45 6:45 10:00 7:15 9:50 7:00 10:05 7:05 9:30 (1:20 4:15) 7:10 10:10 (11:35 2:10 4:45) 7:20 9:55 WEDNESDAY • JUNE 28 47 METERS DOWN (Digital) (PG13) TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (Digital) (PG13) BABY DRIVER (Digital) (R) CARS 3 (Digital) (G) WONDER WOMAN (Digital) (PG13) ROUGH NIGHT(Digital) (R) PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (Digital) (PG13) THE MUMMY (Digital) (PG13) (12:25 2:45 5:10) (12:15 3:30) (1:45 4:25) (11:30 2:05 4:40) (12:45 3:50) (11:50 2:15 4:40) 7:25 9:40 6:45 10:00 7:05 9:45 7:15 9:50 7:00 10:05 7:05 9:30 (1:20 4:15) 7:10 10:10 (11:35 2:10 4:45) 7:20 9:55 THURSDAY • JUNE 29 47 METERS DOWN (Digital) (PG13) THE HOUSE (Digital) (R) TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (Digital) (PG13) BABY DRIVER (Digital) (R) CARS 3 (Digital) (G) THE MUMMY (Digital) (PG13) DESPICABLE ME 3 (Digital) (PG) ROUGH NIGHT(Digital) (R) PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (Digital) (PG13) WONDER WOMAN (Digital) (PG13) 9:40 7:15 (12:15 3:30) 6:45 10:00 (1:45 4:25) 7:05 9:45 (11:30 2:05 4:40) 7:15 9:50 (11:35 2:10) 6:00 8:15 (11:50 2:15 4:40) 7:05 9:30 (12:25 2:45 5:10) (1:20 4:15) 7:10 10:10 (12:45 3:50) 7:00 10:05 The Polk County Itemizer-Observer in print and online at www.polkio.com
