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Vineyard Mountain Gazette

 

 

 

INDEX:

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Main Story…A1

Classified Ads…A2

Weather…A2

 

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Cooking…B1

Gardening Tips…B2

The Locke Fire Station

and

The Open House

 

    The Locke Fire Station also known as Station 6 has been open since October 9th 2000. The station was supposed to be done in July, but the company building the fire station was very slow.

 

    The name Locke comes from The Locke family, Mrs. Amort (Locke) that gave them a very good deal on the land that they had owned since 1857, Fire district could not have built the fire station if Mrs. Amort were not so generous.

 

    At the fire station they have one full time person and 9 students volunteer fire fighters living there. They each have their own room. Most of the time there are two people working but 4 to 5 can respond on a call.

 

   The firefighters work day starts at 8 o’clock a.m. They have had about 200 calls averaging 1 to 2 a day with as many as 4 a day. The fire station has a medical unit, but it is not being used, they are just storing it.

 

    The Locke Fire Station is having an open house on May 5th 1:00 to 4:00. At the open house you will get a tour of the building you may get to see the inside of the engines and refreshments will be served.

 

 

 

 

 

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Classified Ads

 

 

Help

Needed

Animals for Sale

Company

Advertising

Mark your calendar

Any Responsible young person who would be willing to feed and pet a cat while we are gone. Call the Hoffman’s at 745-5956

Bush Goat

Lamanch a Brush

Goat is available to a good home. Friendly 4yrs. Female, good on blackberries Is a great pet call Debbie at 745-7544 please leave a message.

   Thank You

Posters and Name Tags

The Aryn Company makes posters and name tags. To order one, call Natalie at 745-5803 for an order form. Then fill out the order form and give to Natalie.

May 5th- Pet Day starts at 9:00am events are 10:00am-4:00pm at OSU Magruder Hall, 30th and Washington

 

 

May 5th- Locke Fire Station open house see more Main Story

Yard Work

Guinea Pig

Advertise

Thank You

I need help with yard work- Please call Paula at 745-5304.

FREE guinea pig. Silky male, named silver. He has been to the Benton County Fair and won a blue ribbon. You can buy a cage for 10$ if you don’t all ready have one. Call Debbie at 745-7544 please leave a message.

You could advertise your company here for only 1 cent please call 745-5304

The Gazette would like to thank all its subscribers.

 

I really appreciate the thoughtful notes and ideas.

 

 

 

Weather

Today: Cloudy with occasional showers. High 58. Winds S to SW 15 to 20 mph. 60% chance of precipitation.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Low 41. Winds S to SW 10 to 15 mph. 40% chance of precipitation.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with rain. Highs in the mid 50s and lows in the mid 30s.

Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Highs near 60 and lows in the upper 30s.

Thursday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the low 40s.

 

 

 

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Cooking

 

 

Ginger Lemonade

Ingredients

  

 

     

3 cups white sugar

4 quarts water

14 slices fresh ginger root

4 cups fresh lemon juice

2 lemons, sliced

 

 Directions

  

 

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In an 8-quart saucepan combine sugar, water and ginger root. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.

2

Stir in lemon juice. Cool 15 minutes. Remove ginger. Refrigerate lemonade at least 1 hour, or until chilled.

3

Serve over ice and garnish with lemon slices.

 

 

Apple Dip

Ingredients

  

 

     

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

 

 Directions

  

 

 

In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, brown sugar and vanilla. Mix well until all of the brown sugar has been blended into the cream cheese and vanilla. If the mixture is too runny for your taste, add a small amount of brown sugar to the mixture. If the mixture is too thick for your taste, add a small amount of vanilla extract.

 

 

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Gardening Tips

 

 

Where Carrots Grow Best

Carrots grow best in cool temperatures of early spring and late fall. Night temperatures of 55 degrees and day temperatures of 75 degrees are ideal for carrots. High temperatures cause poorly colored, low quality carrots. They will grow in some shade and do well in small gardens and flowerbeds.

 

Dogs in your Garden

 

Man’s best friend can be your gardens worst enemy, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Sunset’s Magazine has 4 tricks for enjoying your pet and your garden together.

 

FIRST: Feed your dog outside whenever the weather will allow. Why? This makes the garden part of the dogs regular realm like the indoors, not just a place to frolic, romp and run.

 

SECOND: Dogs are creatures of habit. Teach your dog where not to go. A beautiful bed of daffodils, clearly in need of protection from a running dog. Placed small cedar stakes along the path edge. Place the stakes close enough together that your dog doesn’t want to go in between them. The dog learns to go around the stakes and stay on the path rather than going through the flowers. After a short time you can remove the stakes and the dog will continue in the learned pathway.

THIRD: Plan two places for a dog to sleep in the yard, one in the shade and one in the sun. Grass and tough ground cover plants such as Mundo Grass are sturdy. Dogs can walk on and lay on many of these. These plants will spring back with no damage. They can provide a nice soft green space for a nap and look great.

 

FOURTH: Dogs are territorial and protective. They want to run the perimeter of the property. An 18-inch space between plantings and fencing will give your dog a natural run, space for them to patrol for squirrels, cats, or intruders without disrupting your plantings. Have four narrow paths radiating out from the center of the garden to this perimeter path. Planning for this buffer will help your garden and your dog will be happy.

 

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