The INDEPENDENT, May 16, 2002
Time for Vacation
Bible School
Alarms are sounding and
the banner outside Vernonia
Christian Church, 410 North
Street, declares “Jesus to the
Rescue!!!’’ as another fun-
packed
Vacation
Bible
School/Summer Ministries pro
gram takes place daily 9:00
a.m. to noon, June 17-21.
“We’ve packed the com
mand center full of fun, excite
ment, great games, creative
crafts and yummy treats," said
Pastor Joel Stith. So grab your
gear and get on board. To sign
up, call Alethea Graham at
503-429-6551, or the church
office at 503-429-6522.
Church Bulletin Bloopers
Announcement
in
the
church bulletin for a National
PRAYER & FASTING Confer
ence: "The cost for attending
the Fasting and Prayer confer
ence includes meals."
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Can you dig it?
By Schann Nelson
I don’t know about you, but I am really
tired of seeing FROST on the ground in the
morning. The first cold snap on April 23rd
was a surprise and I did not go out and put
an extra blanket over my hot caps. If I had
it might have saved more of my tomatoes.
So far, of the varieties I put in the ground,
two have succumbed to slugs, two died in
the frost and nine were heavily damaged.
The notable undamaged, strong survivor is one (still) unaffected
Persimmon. Go figure, guess that’s why it’s an heir
loom variety.
Of course, since so many tomatoes died I had to
get more so, I just had to go to the Columbia
County Master Gardener’s Plant Sale. What
great fun! I did come home with tomatoes...also
three big, beautiful hostas, a gorgeous weeping
cedar, a bunch of herbs and assorted flowers
highly recommend you watch for their sale next
year. The prices were very good, the plants were well rooted but
not pot bound, and I didn’t even look at any of the assorted books
or garden art also available. The new tomatoes, by the way, are
still inside and I’m replanting parts of other beds.
One of the few times I can actually advocate the use of
rototillers is to break new ground for a garden. Once you have
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Church Directory
V ernonia F oursquare C hurch
A ssembly
of
G od
Pastor Paul Pastor
850 Madison Avenue
Vernonia, 503 429-1103
Darwin Harvey, Pastor
662 Jefferson
Vernonia, 503 429-4615
Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.
Children’s Sunday School
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.
Wednesdays 7:00 p.m.
Evening Service
Youth Ministry
Children’s Ministry
Nursery Available
Men’s Ministry 7:45 a.m.
3rd Saturday each month
V ernonia C ommunity C hurch
Grant Williams, Pastor
957 State Avenue
Vernonia, 503 429-6790
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Children's Church w/Nursery
Sunday Youth Group
Junior High 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Senior High 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Prayer Meeting, Wed. 7:00 p.m.
Women’s Bible Study, Thurs. 7:00 p.m.
G race R eformed B aptist
C hurch
D.J. Dickey, Pastor
Grant & North Streets
Vernonia, 503 429-1919
Sunday Services: Adult Prayer &
Children's Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:15 a.m.
Evening Worship 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Service:
AU Family Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.
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Men’s Study, Tuesday 10:30 a.m.
Women’s Study, Wednesday 1:30 p.m.
Youth & Kids , Thursday 7:00 p.m.
C hurch of J esus C hrist
of L atter D ay S aints
Lee Knowlton, Branch President
1350 E. Knott Street
Vernonia, 503 429-7151
Sacrament Meeting, Sunday 10 a.m.
Sunday School & Primary 11:20 a.m.
Relief Society, Priesthood and
Young Women, Sunday 12:10 p.m.
S eventh D ay A dventist
F irst B aptist C hurch
John Cahill, Pastor
359 “A” Street
Vernonia, 503 429-1161
tilled whatever area you want to turn into a garden, you can fairly
easily make raised beds by shoveling the dirt from the “paths” up
onto the “beds.” It takes a little time, but it's worth it to develop
beds that never get walked on again. If you make your beds about
4 feet wide, you can reach into the center of the bed from either
side. The beds then get more and more workable as you add
organic material, compost, and other amendments. One of the
biggest advantages in our wet springs is that raised beds drain
and are workable long before the ground can be tilled in most
places. When the weather (finally) does get hot, and water grows
short in supply, a well-developed raised bed allows you to
carefully apply water where you want it and not on all the
stuff in between. Generally, you can grow more stuff in a
smaller space than you can if you till up every
thing. Tilling every year works great for some
people with lots of space, especially if you only
grow vegetables in the summer, but it’s just not my
F i s í l style.
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Potatoes are one of the easiest vegetables to
grow. Since they actually like relatively unimproved
acid soil (the basic soil found in this area), as long as
it’s not really heavy clay, potatoes are a richly rewarding crop to
grow. If you till up a piece of dirt, stick in some seed potatoes
about every two - three feet and keep the bed watered, you
should be able to harvest a good crop of potatoes in the fall. You
can even get early, or “new" potatoes soon after the plants bloom,
by pulling and digging early. Of course they won’t be full size, but
they will have that great taste.
A word or two on gardening books. Most books are NOT writ
ten for the Pacific Northwest maritime climate. They assume a
short spring and a long, hot growing season. Apparently, many of
the pests and diseases that our gardens are subject to, are sim
ply not problems in most of the country and are not addressed in
most garden books. Books can be a very helpful source of infor
mation. Just don’t expect the kind of quick germination and fast
growth written about in most, though certainly not all, garden
books.
I usually take all of my houseplants outside for summer vaca
tion on May Day. Fortunately, I have not had time to do that this
year, so I haven’t lost any of those, yet. I’m getting tired of water
ing in the house though, so it’s time for stuff to go out. This cold
weather can’t last much longer. Can it?
Kevin Reiner, Pastor, 543-2254
2nd Ave. and Nehalem St.
Vernonia, 503 429-8301
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Sabbath School 9:15 a.m.
Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m.
Prayer Meeting, Wed. 7:00 p.m.
Evening Worship
Saturday, 6:00 p.m.
S t . A ugustine (C anterbury )
Farmwoman's Nursery
Best Little Nursery Around!
Hanging Baskets
Color Bowls
E piscopal C hurch
N ehalem V alley B ible C hurch
500 California Ave
Vernonia, 503 429-5378
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Nursery available
Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.
S t . M ary ' s C atholic C hurch
Pastoral Associate
Juanita Dennis
960 Missouri Avenue
Vernonia, 503 429-8841
Mass Schedule
Sunday 12 Noon
Religious Education
Sunday 10:30 a.m.
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The Rev. Robert Grafe, Pastor
375 North St. (Vernonia Grange Hall)
Vernonia, 503 429-3700
Sunday Services 10:00 a.m.
Bark Mulch...3/$995
C hristian C hurch
Potting Mix w/Fertilizer
Joel Stith, Pastor
410 North Street
Vernonia, 503 429-6522
£075 OF FRUIT &
SHADE TREES
Bedding Plants & Veggie Starts
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Every Wednesday:
Ladies' Bible Study 9:15 a.m.
Children’s Choir 3:00 p.m.
Family Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
Women's Fellowship, 2nd & 4th
Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m.
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up soon for
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J une 2 & J une 22 • 10 AM - 5 PM
O pen W ednesday - S aturday 10-6
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