The INDEPENDENT, March 20, 2003
The 7th Annual OSU Colum
bia County Master Gardeners’
Garden Fair and Plant Sale will
be held Saturday, April 26, at
St. Helens High School Com
mons, 2375 Gable Road, from
9:00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.
As in past years, Master
Gardeners will be selling toma
to plants for $1 each. They plan
to have all of the standard fa
vorites, as well as several heir
loom varieties. The tomatoes
are being grown this year by
Nelson’s Nursery in Warren
and Shafts Farm in Scappoose.
There will be booths with ed-
ucational information on grow
ing roses, fuchsias, rhododen
drons, wildflowers, peonies,
and, of course, tomatoes. Mas
ter Gardeners will be staffing a
plant clinic to answer all gar
dening questions.
Raffle tickets are on sale for
$1 each. Prizes include a gar
den cart, hose cart, pruners,
sprayers, gloves, planters, bird
houses and more. In addition,
gift certificates from area nurs
eries will be awarded.
Many local vendors will have
booths at the Fair, including
Blue Heron Herbery, Tide
Creek Nursery, Nelson’s Nurs
ery, St. Helens Nursery, Shafts
Farm, Happy Hollow Garden,
Shooting Star Lavender Farm,
St. Helens Book Shop, Meowie
Wowie, Sheepy Hollow Crafts,
Jerry’s Workshop, Gifts from
the Heart, Blue Moon, Apple of
My Eye, Scappoose Garden
Club and Heaven on Earth
Farms.
For more
in fo rm atio n,
call
OSU
Extension
office at 503-397-3462 or visit
<www.mstr gardener.org>.
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Pioneer Museum has copy
of O-A Lumber Co. book
The Vernonia Pioneer Muse
um Association now has a copy
of The Oregon-American Lum
ber Company, presented to us
by the authors, former Vernon
ia residents Edward Kamholz,
Jim Blain and Gregory Kam
holz.
For a quicker read, Enid Par-
row has compiled stories of lo
cal folks taken from back is
sues of Ruralite magazine.
Come in and step back in time
with old friends.
The association now has a
tax ID number and by-laws.
Work days are showing a
spruced up look, but still ongo
ing. There are lots of little, but
important things to do, too, and
HELP is needed.
One task is to paint the fla<g
pole, string a rope and fly our
country’s flag, including a light
on it so it will shine at night.
Remember, the museum is
open each Saturday and Sun
day from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Many people want to contin- these practices. The first is
ue the tradition of supporting safety, a concern created by
unknown members of the mili letters mailed last year with an
tary by sending letters, pack thrax in them. Another concern
ages and e-mails through ef is that the mail system gets
forts such as Operation Dear over-loaded, preventing mail
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At the present time, howev through to loved ones.
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There is no charge to come in
and view the treasures in the
museum, but donations are
gladly accepted.
If you have spare change, a
photographic student at Maryl-
hurst is interested in helping us
preserve our many precious
photos. He can donate time
and access to equipment, but
approximately $500 is needed
for supplies, paper, etc. Anyone
who wants to help with this
project should mark their dona
tion for "Photo preservation.”
The next business meeting
of the museum association will
be April 9 at 7:00 p.m.
Work days at the museum
are scheduled for March 22,
April 19 and April 26.
New members are welcome.
It makes no difference whether
you are an old-timer, or new to
the community. If you enjoy
blending the past and the pres
ent, stop in and see what’s go
ing on.
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