Page 22 The INDEPENDENT, June 18, 2009 Can You Dig It? WEATHER REPORT MAY 2009 From page 6 I’ve almost decided to attempt to make real rose beads this year. The beads are supposed to last and retain their fragrance for many years. When I searched for a recipe I discovered that these beads “strung into rosaries (from the Latin rosarium, meaning gar- land of roses or rose garden), the beads assisted the devout in saying their prayers. Indeed, many believed that the lovely per- fume, released into the air as the beads were handled and worn, wafted to heaven and disposed God to listen kindly to all their en- treaties.” [Mother Earth News] Of course it must also have made congregations of unwashed bodies easier to endure. The recipe is basically to collect petals and cook them gently in a little water, in cast iron, stirring with a wooden spoon until they turn into a thick paste. It’s a bit more complicated than that and the cast iron may not necessary. All colors of petals get very dark, but only one source indicated that is was possible to achieve any rec- ognizable color. The cast iron guarantees a very dark reddish black, cooking in stainless, glass or enamel may yield a lighter col- or, closer to the color of the petals you use. Modern roses, devel- oped largely for disease resistance, may not have much fragrance and you may have to add scent. Be sure that any roses that you do use have not been treated with chemicals – especially if you in- tend to wear or handle the beads. There is a very old rose at the corner of our house that has huge double fragrant flowers in early summer. After that first bloom it just sits there reaching for the sun and getting black spot. I’d love to be able to preserve that fragrance. I may eventually take cuttings to grow somewhere else, and begin trying to elimi- nate it from the now shady corner. It would take years of cutting it to the ground several times a season (or chemical warfare) to kill it. It has been growing in that corner since before we moved here. May you have joy of the ever changing earth. Listen! Smell! See! Touch! Hear! Pay attention! Relax into being here now and let the cares of the world float away for at least a little while. VHS scholarships announced From page 11 Gavin Roberts. Karen Pitt-Kilgore Memorial ($500); Alexandria Chadek, Justin Caputo. Kris Duane Crowston Memorial ($500); Gavin Roberts. ($1000); Byron Schorzman, Nicholas Young. Mike Busch Memorial ($500); Taylor Smith. Mist/Birkenfeld Helping Cir- cle ($750); Megan Hieronimus. PEO ($500); Rebekah Young, Tara Ostrander. Vernonia Boosters ($500); Samantha Lee, Rebekah Young, Nicholas Young, Gavin Roberts. Vernonia Education Associ- ation ($400); Tara Ostrander. ($800); Byron Schorzman. Vernonia Lions’ Club ($500); Blake Moeller, Gavin Roberts, Samantha Lee, Rebekah Young, Nicholas Young. VOLTA - WOEC Vocational Training ($2500); Eric Budge. VHS Alumni ($1000); Gavin Roberts. Wauna Federal Credit Union ($1000); Gavin Roberts. Windermere ($500); Gavin Roberts. WOEC, Sam Hearing ($500); Taylor Smith, Gavin Roberts, Nicholas Young. Zack Rumbolz Memorial ($750); Ashley Paleck, Justin Caputo, Blake Moeller, Gavin Roberts. ($1000); Eric Budge, David Allen, Taylor Smith, Tara Ostrander. Chance to Become ($5000); Ashley Paleck, Justin Caputo. TRIVIA ANSWERS (from page 17) 1. Three: off Cannon Beach, off Cape Kiwanda, and in Wallowa County. 2. Northwest Champion Sheepdog Trials and the Lamb & Wool Festival. 3. Spain. 4. Law. 5. Pitcher. 6. Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge. Celebrate the first day of Summer Sunday, June 21 DATE TEMPERATURE HI LO PRECIP. 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