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Page 6 The INDEPENDENT, January 3, 2001 Birds have special needs in winter Senior News By Karen Miller resolving to be a better neigh bor would make this world a brighter place. I would like to share this. I found it on a plaque at a (where else) senior thrift store out of town: Good neighbors are a blessing They bring you peace of mind You never have to ask them They always have the time One such as you, dear friend Is very hard to find Thank you, Zada Snook, a Vernonia resident for the past 65+ years, and who has been the best neighbor to my family anyone could ever have. We love you. Happy New Year, Grandma Snook! I guess I won’t be bringing Vernonia Vern home with me after all, but he couldn’t have found a better home in a better place! Congratulations to Don Foster, winner of the logger doll raffled away at our Christmas INFORMATION NUMBERS dinner. Don is owner/operator COLCO Transportation of Rising River Ranch Adult ........................ 429-4304 Foster Care, so we know Vern Senior Advocate.. 429-9112 will get good care! Way to go, Senior Center..... 429-3912 Don! I am enjoying my Kentucky Dogwood poster of a photo graph by Christopher Burkett, raffled off at Dan and Heidi Brown’s opening weekend at Grey Dawn Gallery here in Ver Cold can damage outdoor leaves, compost or bark chips, nonia. My husband thanks coarse enough to drain well. Dave VanMeter for drawing my woody plants. Plant cell fluids Also, mulch outdoor potted winning ticket. He loves trees freeze and rupture cell walls, plants to prevent their roots and the poster is going in his resulting in ruptured bark or scorched leaves, explains from freezing. new rec room. A group of us enjoyed an Ross Penhallegon, horticultur 2. Prevent ruptured bark by ist with the Oregon State Uni evening trip on the COLCO van draping the plant with burlap or December 16 to watch the versity Extension Service. shading the plant in some way The amount of temperature during the day to prevent the Christmas ships and have din ner at the St. Helens Cafe. fluctuation from daily high to alternate freezing and thawing. Thank you to the little birdie low usually affects how well Or paint the tree or shrub bark who graciously donated some plants will fare in subfreezing with white exterior latex paint extra money to all of us for the weather. to help avoid splitting. Mix the “A night of extreme cold fol paint one to one with water. occasion. Everyone got home safely that rainy night in spite of lowed by warming during the Check the plants in a few an extra stop or two; well, day on the south and west weeks to see if there is bark houses are hard to see in the sides of the plan can cause damage. bark to split and foliage to dark. 3. Once plants get cold, A note from Willie Brewer at become scorched or frost- the senior flea market: The flea burned,” said Penhallegon. If keep them cold rather than market portion of the center will the plant is actively growing, allow them to thaw during the be closed for business from sub-freezing weather will dam day and freeze at night. It is the freeze-thaw action that does 12:00 to 12:30 during the lunch age the non-dormant growth. On the other hand, if the the damage. hour beginning January 3. Scorched leaf tips and mar The Senior Companion Pro plants are dormant and the gram has begun in Vernonia. temperature remains cold, gins (desiccation) are a com We still need help, though, and there is rarely much damage mon problem after a cold spell, particularly in broad-leaf ever are looking for a senior man from cold. The key is to protect the greens including rhododen who would like to receive a small income for visiting isolat plants as best as possible from drons and azaleas. They take ed seniors in Vernonia. We are the cold. Penhallegon recom on a droopy look. Dry cold aiming towards 20 hrs. per mends the following tasks to winds are often the cause. week. Our current companion help minimize cold injury to “The injured leaves will is looking for more female your fruit trees, berry bushes eventually drop,” said Penhal clients. Your referrals greatly and landscape plants: legon. “In most cases, the plant appreciated. will recover in the spring, so 1. Mulch all perennials with The St. Helens Senior Cen three to six inches of organic don’t prune the plants until ter will be hosting their deli material such as shredded then.” cious annual crab dinner Satur day, January 20. Cost: $15 for 3/4 pound of crab meat, cole Serving the Community slaw, potato salad, baked beans, garlic bread, crab dip since 1993 and drinks. Sponsored by St. R e tire m e n t Residence Helens Senior Center, SNAPP and COLCO. Call our office for further information. Licensed • Class-II Our new year is upon us and I am sure you would agree that D O N & D O N N A FOSTER - PROVIDERS Help your landscape plants survive freezing tem peratures - River n An Alzheimer's Specialty Home Welcome Additions COLTON J. KINNERSLEY Colton James Kinnersley was born December 23, 2000, to Dan Kinnersley and Jaime Ceballos of Portland. He weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Mary Ann □dam of Indiana, Tom and Cindy Murray of Texas, Bill Kinnersley of Yakima, Wash., and Gordon and Marsha McLaughlin of Vernonia. Great-grandparents are Lorraine and Larry Borst of Vernonia, Jack Odam of Ver nonia and Bonnie Kissire of Portland. 16941 Timber Rd. East • Vernonia, OR 97064 • 503-429-1152 As winter comes on, ponds, stand and rest nearby. Even if puddles and shorelines may you only have a small win freeze. Resident birds will have dowsill, porch or patio, a shal a harder time finding drinking low tray of water with some water. Backyard bird watchers rocks or plants place nearby is can help birds out by keeping much better than doing nothing fresh water available through for the birds. Make sure cats cannot reach the watering out the winter. Water will attract birds more area. Many birds are attracted to readily to an area than any oth er thing you can provide, dripping water. Hang a bucket explains Dan Edge, wildlife full of water with a small hold in specialist with the Oregon the bottom over a birdbath or State University Extension shallow pan and watch the birds come by. Use a mister or Service. Lure wild birds into view by dripper especially designed for providing water in birdbaths or this purpose. Keep water unfrozen during other artificial puddles. The containers should be shallow- cold spells by adding fresh from one-and-a-half to three lukewarm water or by placing inches deep, preferably with an electric oil dipstick heater gently sloping sides. The sur inside a piece of conduit in the face of the bath or puddle water. There are also small should be rough so the birds birdbath heaters available at can get sure footing. Cement is garden, farm or bird feeding stores. Birds need water, not ideal. Place a few water-smoothed only for drinking and bathing, stones or flat rocks at the but also as a source of water water’s edge for a place for borne foods such as insects birds to get out of the water, and algae. 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