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Museum group seeks additional members The Vernonia M useum ’s business meeting was held February 12. New faces were in attendance and applications for membership are being ac cepted. For application forms, contact Frances Lentz. One of the items discussed at the meeting was the devel opment of by-laws. This is a difficult step in the forming of an organization. Author Ann Fulton will be at the Vernonia Library on March 3 at 3:00 p.m. for a light-heart ed look at local history. Perspective on flge When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you nev er committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out. — I.F Stone (1907-1989) American journalist March 16, 1988 Baa you dig it? By Schann Nelson yellow jackets every time I went in the garden. Lo and behold, the It’s almost spring! Certainly these last nasty bugs had built a nest in the middle of my garlic bed. It took few very nice days could lead a person to forever to get rid of them, even after destroying their nest. Since believe that it really is almost spring. Try we didn’t want to use poison in the garden, Dennis eventually end hard to remember the nasty late freeze of ed up using his propane torch to burn out all visible pieces that re last year before you plant anything expen mained. Even then I couldn’t stay in the yard for more than half an sive or delicate. But you can get outside hour before they found me and drove me indoors, though they and do some stuff this month. Think of it as didn’t seem to bother anybody else too much. the planning, pruning and (just barely the Though honeybees have made a comeback in the last couple beginning of) planting month. of years, the importance of the native orchard mason bee is vital Now is the time to get serious about what ly important. These small, blue-black bees are champion pollina you are going to put in your garden this tors, especially in our cool, damp springs. I know it is hard to be season and where. Very organized people actually put this on pa lieve, but these bees are completely non-aggressive. We have per and create wonderful records of the progress of their gardens had a Mason Bee house on our front porch for sev from year to year. Sometimes I can manage to get the contents of eral years and you really can stand within two feet of a few beds written in my garden journal (I do have one, there’s the block and watch them go in and out and at dusk. just not much in it.). Most of my planning is done Unlike honey bees (and the standing in the garden and yard looking and ^ho rrid wasps) Mason Bees are thinking. Then I review catalogues and dream solitary creatures. They nest in ei about the cool stuff I could plant. Then I go back ther naturally occurring or man outside and try to decide what could actually made holes. Mason Bee blocks are go where and do some more looking and easy to make by drilling a series of 9/32” thinking. Around and around in this planning or 5/16” holes into sound dry wood. The circle I go, all season long and into fall for holes can be as much as 10" deep but should those winter veggies. not go all the way through the wood. Hang I practice crop rotation, especially after the your block in a sheltered, south-facing area. yellow jacket experience. After growing garlic iri Mason bees begin to emerge this month. Af the same bed for the third year in a row I noticed ter emerging and mating, females begin to lay as the season progressed that I was attacked by eggs in suitable holes and sealing them with mud. Each female will lay 4 - 6 eggs over a six-week season. You can usually watch the bees come home at dusk. When you see cham bers sealed with mud you will know your Mason Bee Block is in habited. You need do nothing but ensure that the block is not sub A ssembly of G od C hurch of J esus C hrist ject to rain or extreme wind and cold. Next year the bees will of L atter D ay S aints Darwin Harvey, Pastor emerge in time to pollinate all manner of apples, cherries and 662 Jefferson Lee Knowlton, Branch President plums in your yard. Vernonia, 503 429-4615 1350 E. Knott Street You can also buy a ‘starter set' of Mason Bees. These bees Vernonia, 503 429-7151 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. were nested in paper straws last year and have been kept in cold Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Sacrament Meeting, Sunday 10 a.m. storage for the winter. We got a starter set several years ago and Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Sunday School & Primary 11:20 a.m. every year continue to have more and more bees. These bees Bible Study, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Relief Society, Priesthood and generally don’t travel far to seek a pollen source, developing your Youth & Kids , Thursday 7:00 p.m. Young Women, Sunday 12:10 p.m. own population is easy. The Backyard Bird Shop (there's one on TV Hwy in the Fred Meyer complex in Hillsboro) says they will F irst B aptist C hurch S eventh D ay A dventist have Mason bees through February. They also sell a variety of John Cahill, Pastor Kevin Reiner, Pastor, 543-2254 ready made Mason Bee houses. 359 “A" Street 2nd Ave. and Nehalem St. Though very early to plant outside, it is possible to plant cole Vernonia, 503 429-1161 Vernonia, 503 429-8301 crops (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts) either in Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sabbath School 9:15 a.m. side to set out in a few weeks, or outside with good cover, such as Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m. a cold frame. It’s also time to plant leeks (easiest in a pot for trans Evening Worship Prayer Meeting, Wed. 7:00 p.m. plant to a trench later), and onions (outside) as early as the soil Saturday, 6:00 p.m. can be worked. If you didn’t get garlic in the ground in the fall, you S t . A ugustine (C anterbury ) can try planting now. After last year’s fiasco, I’m waiting to plant N ehalem V alley B ible C hurch E piscopal C hurch peas until the ground is a little warmer. Of course, I’m also late or 500 California Ave The Rev. Robert Grafe, Pastor dering seed and don’t have any yet. Vernonia, 503 429-5378 375 North St. (Vernonia Grange Hall) Though I did get out and prune the fruit trees and raspberries, Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Vernonia, 503 429-3700 I haven’t sprayed yet. Last year I didn’t spray and definitely had an Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday Services 10:00 a.m. increase of apple scab. It didn’t matter because all the apples Nursery available froze but it might have, and I don’t want another increase this Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m. C hristian C hurch year. I spray dormant oil and lime sulfur on the apples and (if or S t . M ary ' s C atholic C hurch ganized enough) a copper fungicide on the roses. Joel Stith, Pastor 410 North Street Look for pussy willows very soon, and bring in stems of flower Pastoral Associate Vernonia, 503 429-6522 ing quince and forsythia to bloom indoors. Spring is almost here! Juanita Dennis Enjoy the sun, but hope that the rains return soon before it gets 960 Missouri Avenue Sunday School 9:30 a.m. too dry. Vernonia, 503 429-8841 Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Church Directory V ernonia F oursquare C hurch Pastor Paul Pastor 850 Madison Avenue Vernonia, 503 429-1103 Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday School 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 6:00-7:30 p.m. Jr. & Sr. High, AWANA, Adult Study Nursery provided 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. Mass Schedule Sunday 12:00 Noon Religious Education Sunday 10:30 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. C r e a t iv e M e m o r ie s SCRAPBOOKING SUPPLIES AND CLASSES Do you have hundreds of photos to put in albums? Preserve your photographs with Creative Memories! CALL 503-429-9208
