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Women’s Resource
Center closed for
repairs, cleaning
The Starting Place, Colum
bia County Women’s Resource
Center’s domestic violence
and/or sexual assault shelter,
will be closed for two weeks,
from June 15 through June 30.
The crisis line, 503-397-6161
and 866-397-6161, will have a
recording giving alternate
phone numbers for various
services, including emergen
cies.
Cleaning supplies, paint and
other miscellaneous materials,
as well as money, are needed
to help purchase the items
needed for repairs. Volunteers
are also needed to help during
this two-week project.
For more information, call
503-397-6161.
Chnreh Bulletin Bloopers
Don't let worry kill you off - let
the Church help.
V ernonia F oursquare C hurch
Can you dig it?
By Schann Nelson
Normally at this time of year I find myself
craving color in the landscape. Red, yellow,
the oh-so-elusive blue, ANYTHING to
relieve the unrelenting sea of green that
surrounds my property on all sides. This
year however, after a very stressful trip to
eastern Oregon, it is a balm and a blessing.
The very air provides an outlet for built-up
anxiety, watering is a blissful activity here,
where we don’t have to protect every drop.
I’m sure everyone’s gardens are mostly in the ground now.
Some are well on their way. Some lucky few
have started to harvest peas and spinach has
been a good crop for most. I just didn’t get any
planted. My beans are up, and the corn should
be up this week if the weather cooperates.
The surprise in the tomato patch is that it’s
hard to tell the tomatoes I replaced after the
frost from the ones I left in place because I saw
signs of life. All of my tomatoes are nearly the
same size. Any blooms from a month ago are long
gone but several plants (Stupice, La Roma, Golden Nugget &
First Lady) have buds that will open soon. Two of my favorites,
Tiger-Like (an orange-striped early tomato) and Persimmon (an
heirloom that I grow because the few tomatoes that actually get
ripe are so good they’re worth the wait) are survivors. The per
simmon, in particular, took freezing nearly to the ground as an
A ssembly
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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:
All Family Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.
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
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship
Saturday, 6:00 p.m.
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.
Kevin Reiner, Pastor, 543-2254
2nd Ave. and Nehalem St.
Vernonia, 503 429-8301
Sabbath School 9:15 a.m.
Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m.
Prayer Meeting, Wed. 7:00 p.m.
S t . A ugustine (C anterbury )
E piscopal C hurch
The Rev. Robert Grafe, Pastor
375 North St. (Vernonia Grange Hall)
Vernonia, 503 429-3700
insult and responded with such vigorous growth that I’m very glad
it’s in the largest cage I have.
Moving things around is always interesting. Sometimes it’s
successful. I have Dutch iris that bloomed this year for the first
time even though I’ve had them for fifteen years or more. Three
years ago I moved three clematis in order to put a better founda
tion under the sinking front porch. A beautiful, vivid pink clematis
(Dr. Rumpol) is clearly very happy at its new location where it’s
really putting on a show right now. However, the dark purple
“Jackmani” looks like it’s really struggling to survive; it may still
recover though. My third clematis, a white “Montana” that I
babied along for two years, looked awful last year and I real
ly thought it was going to give up the ghost. Lo and behold,
3 this spring it sends up new growth from the
ground that looks strong and healthy.
I mulch my entire garden in straw. I plant rows
of beans or corn and mulch between the rows
immediately. I put straw down between the broccoli
plants as soon as possible. Hopefully, I get this done
right after I’ve pulled or chopped any weeds that might
be there and when the ground is well watered. This
way I have very few weeds and the soil stays damp and moist
far longer than it would without mulch. This, of course, is also the
perfect environment for our spineless friends, the slugs (said in
my absolute most sarcastic voice). This is the one area where I
stray from my organic gardening credo.
I bait constantly for slugs. I throw them over the fence to the
chickens and ducks. I chop the slimy little monsters up. I battle
them constantly and gloat over my victories. The most recent vic
tory was the death of a whole phalanx of slugs that had been
attacking a young Arctic Kiwi. The poor thing had already had to
start over after getting severely nipped by the frost and the new
growth close to the ground was apparently very attractive. A good
dose of bait last night, and this morning lots of deceased slugs.
Very rewarding.
The brassicas (members of the cabbage family) have also
been interesting this year. Most of them I potted up in 4” pots and
kept inside for a couple of weeks. There were a few, however, that
I didn’t have room for, so they went outside under hot caps with a
little transplanted garlic. (The diamond pattern bed I talked about
in my first column.) The cabbages and Brussels sprouts that were
in pots are beautiful—huge, well grown and filling up the bed. The
assortment planted outside is very inconsistent. I have one nice
head of cabbage that will be part of dinner tonight, and a couple
of what look like broccoli plants that are just going to flower with
out making heads at all and others that are making small heads.
Remember, there are no failures in gardening. I want to thank
the person who said to me this month, “Failure is just another
opportunity for compost.” I also like to watch the chickens and
sheep enjoy what might otherwise be a garden disappointment.
Happy gardening!
THE SPAR TREE
B reakfast - L unch - D inner
Sunday Services 10:00 a.m.
C hristian C hurch
Prime Rib
Dinner.........
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S t . M ary ' s C atholic C hurch
Joel Stith, Pastor
410 North Street
Vernonia, 503 429-6522
Pastoral Associate
Juanita Dennis
960 Missouri Avenue
Vernonia, 503 429-8841
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Breakfast Served All Day
Mass Schedule
Sunday 12 Noon
Every Wednesday:
Ladies' Bible Study 9:15 a.m.
Children’s Choir 3:00 p.m.
Family Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
G reat place for P arties or
M eetings , C all for D etails
H ours : T u -T hu 6 am -7 pm • F r -S at 6 am -8 pm • S un . 7 am - 5 pm
Religious Education
Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Women's Fellowship, 2nd & 4th
62467 Nehalem Hwy. N (Hwy 47), Vernonia
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Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m.
EVERY SATURDAY
Orders to Go: 503*429*0191