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Brick orders still
Can ?ou Ditf It?
By Schann Nelson
Park walkway
The final order for engraved
bricks to be placed around the
Shay steam engine has been
placed for this year. Anyone
wishing to observe the engrav
ing being done will have the
opportunity on Saturday, Sept.
21 at Shay Park.
New orders may continue to
be placed with Vernonia Pride,
-but the bricks will not be en
graved until next spring/sum-
mer. Call 503-429-5201 to
place an order, or for more in
formation.
The Associate Minister un
veiled the church’s new tithing
campaign slogan last Sunday:
“I Upped My Pledge - Up
Yours.”
V ernonia F oursquare C hurch
The bulb catalogues are here! I LOVE
planting bulbs. Planting a dry, brown, ugly,
small thing in the fall, with the (almost cer
tain) knowledge that you will be rewarded in
the spring with color and beauty, is a great
act of affirmation. In the Pacific Northwest,
many, many bulbs are easy to grow. Cool
days and frequent rains are ideal for plant
ing many perennials and, of course, the
only good time to plant spring and summer
bulbs such as daffodils, tulips, iris, lilies, hyacinths, and the many
small bulbs. Vernonia Hardware has a nice line of bulbs, planting
tools and organic bulb fertilizers. Even a small space, or barrel,
planted with bulbs will bring you a welcome dose of color in
the spring.
Crocuses are a special case, as there are some va
rieties that bloom in the spring and others that bloom in
the fall. Early crocuses bloom in the spring and include
species crocus, often heirloom varieties, that are usually very
hardy, and hybrids that have been developed by plant breed
ers for their color or size. Given good drainage, the species
crocus can be naturalized in a lawn since their foliage looks
much like grass and they will come up and bloom before the grass
starts to overtake them.
Fall blooming crocus are blooming now and I have seen sever
al well-established plantings that are a solid expanse of beautiful
pale lavender flowers, nice to have right now when everything
A ssembly
of
G od
C hurch of J esus C hrist
of L atter D ay S aints
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.
Sacrament Meeting, Sunday 10 a.m.
Sunday School & Primary 11:20 a.m.
Bible Study, Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Youth & Kids , Thursday 7:00 p.m.
Relief Society, Priesthood and
Young Women, Sunday 12:10 p.m.
F irst B aptist C hurch
S eventh D ay A dventist
John Cahill, Pastor
359 “A” Street
Vernonia, 503 429-1161
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.
W ednesdays 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
Evening Worship
Saturday, 6:00 p.m.
Lee Knowlton, Branch President
1350 E. Knott Street
Vernonia, 503 429-7151
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.
N ehalem V alley B ible C hurch
S t . A ugustine (C anterbury )
E piscopal C hurch
500 California Ave
Vernonia, 503 429-5378
The Rev. Robert Grafe, Pastor
375 North St. (Vernonia Grange Hall)
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Nursery available
Vernonia, 503 429-3700
Sunday Services 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.
C hristian C hurch
G race R eformed B aptist
C hurch
S t . M ary ' s C atholic C hurch
Joel Stith, Pastor
410 North Street
Vernonia, 503 429-6522
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.
Pastoral Associate
Juanita Dennis
960 Missouri Avenue
Vernonia, 503 429-8841
Mass Schedule
Sunday 12:00 Noon
Religious Education
Sunday 10:30 a.m.
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.
since they have to be planted in late August or September and
won’t do much the first year. The colchicum varieties have much
larger foliage than traditional crocus and are not suitable for natu
ralization. In the spring, they will send up their leaves and gain
strength for a fall display, when only the flowers burst up from the
dry ground. The bulbs are much larger than crocus corms (and
correspondingly much more expensive). They need water over
the summer when the leaves are growing and may need some
shade. There are also varieties of traditional crocus that bloom in
the fall, notably c. Sativus that is the source of the cooking herb
saffron.
A final note about bulbs: I don’t plant tulips anymore un
less they are in a barrel, preferably on the porch. I see
lots of them around town in the spring and I think they
>are gorgeous, but I got totally discouraged one year. Af
ter much deliberation with catalogues, I had ordered bulbs,
planted them carefully, watched them come up and was anx
iously awaiting the opening of the blooms. Then, I went out
one morning and the bulbs had been completely eaten out from
under the flowers! That was enough for me.
The Oregon State University Extension Service publishes a
newsletter every month and will send it to you FREE. I have been
using bits from the newsletter but I certainly can’t get all of their
very valuable information in this article. Each county produces its
own newsletter so the information is appropriate for our area. You
can request the newsletter, “Country Living,” by calling the exten
sion service in St. Helens at 503-397-3462. Gleanings from this
month’s letter include the following:
• It’s time to lime. Lime frees up soil nutrients that are locked
into the acid soil in this area. It’s cheap, lasts for about three
years, and it’s easy.
• Feed your strawberries a balanced fertilizer.
• Plant a new lawn. (A whole page of information from Tom
Cook of OSU, the “lawn guru,” in the newsletter.)
• Apply parasitic nematodes to soil beneath rhododendrons and
azaleas. If you see half-moon shaped holes eaten off the edge of
the leaves, you have root weevils and this is how you get rid of
them.
• Harvest winter squash when the “ground spot” changes to a
white to cream or gold color.
Every couple of years we plant parts of the vegetable garden in
a winter cover crop. Cover crops protect the soil from erosion and
protect the surface from constant battering by heavy rains. Our fa
vorite cover crops are Austrian Winter peas and crimson clover.
The peas do very well in heavy soil and produce a thick crop of
vines in early spring. Crimson clover does better if provided with
good drainage, as in the established beds of the garden. In theo
ry, you would till the foliage back into the garden in the spring to
provide organic matter and recapture nutrients. Since we don’t till,
and chopping this stuff in with a hoe is WAY too much work, our
cover crops grow until I get ready to plant. Then I pull them out
and lay the foliage down. Instant Mulch! We also get to enjoy the
sight of a bed full of bright red clover of our very own. Protect your
soil with cover crops, or mulch, and you will reap the benefits in
the spring.
P.S. Thank you, George, for the gift certificate. Come see my
crocuses in the spring!
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