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Wilsonville Pump It Up is offering Summer “Beat The Heat” Party
Invite up to 14 of your friends for  up to 1.5 Hour private party for $195  on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday any time  from July 1-August 31, 2008 (Call for availability).
This 1.5 hour extravaganze includes 1 hour in party Arena, 30 minutes in party room
Reach Wilsonville Pump It Up at 503.582.1331  25749 SW Canyon Creek Rd., Ste 700

Alrighty then.  I have to admit, in this particular climate,  in the spring when the grass grows like nobody’s business, a push mower just ‘doesn’t cut it" , if you’ll pardon the pun.  Now that things are finally heating up and drying out, the grass has slowed significantly.  If you’ve been considering abandoning that noisy gas-using thing you’ve been using, this is the time.  Hang on to the old mower for next spring. 

The key with a push mower is to keep the blades sharp, and mow when the grass is good and dry.  The benefits are - you get a really good workout - how good depends upon the size of your lawn - you don’t use precious gasoline, the noise is negligible compared with the gas mower, and your lawn is still getting mown.

It’s a thought.  And just a note from me - I think for those of you who are sticking with the noisy gas powered mowers, consider getting together and picking a day to mow, would you?  I hear mowers going all day, all weekend long.  There’s a relaxing noise.  Does anyone else notice that?

Tomorrow from 10 AM to 4PM  and Sunday from 1 PM - 3 PM the City of Wilsonville Celebrates the opening of the Boeckman Road  extension and bridge. Beginning with a one mile fun run, and followed by Opening ceremonies, a variety of family-friendly activities will take place.  Live music will be performed by Acoustic Amour - face painters, balloon artists, and food booths will be present. 

Expert geologist Richard Waitt will give a presentation on the impact of the Missoula ice Age Floods on the local area. (Hence the name for the event - Missoula Palooza)

Sunday’s main event is a bike rodeo.

It’s just about strawberry time.  Ok, we’re running a little late this year due to the weather, but it IS almost strawberry time nonetheless!

If you typically lose some of your berries to birds, here is a tip I found that will save your berries for yourself.

When your strawberries set on and are still green, paint some small strawberry sized rocks red, and scatter them near the plants.  The birds will try to eat the ‘fruit’, but will soon realize these aren’t good to eat.  By the time your berries ripen, the birds will have moved on to someone else’s untended berry patch and you’ll be able to harvest yours.

This past few weeks, our local officers encountered a LOT of drunk drivers.  Thank goodness they are there to make our roads safer!

5/19/08  Susan Michelle Brown charged with Theft I, held on PV Assault IV (Bail = $5,000)and on a warrant out of Yamhill Co.  for Resisting Arrest (Bail = $5,000)

5/27/08  Daniel Tinoco-Garcia  Charged and Cited with Offensive Littering and Placing of Offensive Substance in Water.

5/28/08  William Dix Winslow II  Held on a charge of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.  (Bail = $40,000)

5/29/08  Michael floyd Jordine  Charged and Cited with DUII

5/30/08  Kevin Lawrence Guild Charged and Cited with  DUII

6/01/08 Melinda Sue hawkins  Charged and Cited with Wreckless Driving.  Specific charges include exceeding speed limit 100+, driving uninsured, and unlawful or unsignalled lane change.

6/02/08  John Khanh Nguyen  Charged and cited with DUII- Drugs

6/04/08 Sarah Althea Cooper Charged with Assault III (Bail = $15,000) and Menacing I (Bail = $7,500)

6/06/08 Lisa Terese Cinnera was charged and held for Detox

6/07/08 Kevin Patrick Baumer charged and Cited with Theft III

6/08/08 Johnie Joe Davila was arrested on existing warrants out of Malheur County.  (Bail was set at $5,000 for each of three counts.)

6/8/08 Sean Michael Briggs Charged and Cited with DUII

6/10/08 Brian Lance Bouska Held on a Warrant for Theft II out of Washington County. (Bail = $3,710)

Wood Middle School has said there are new immunization requirements for  incoming 7th graders this year.  Parents - watch your mail for details from the school nurse.

Just a friendly reminder that school gets out today.  Watch for kids on the road and in the neighborhoods at times of day you’re not used to seeing them.  (…and watch your yard signs……one disappeared from my yard last night.)

The Wood Middle School robotics team is looking for a new coach to mentor during the 2008-9 season and to take over the team in the 2009-10 season. The team competes in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), http://usfirst.org/, a high school robotics competition that allows middle school students. The well-regarded Wilsonville High School robotics team competes in FIRST’s
FRC competition.

Coaching a team requires a time commitment from October through March. Parents of current sixth graders with an interest
in robotics are encouraged to consider the position. The 2007-8 team had five seventh graders and two sixth graders. There is room for three more students on the team in the 2008-9 season.
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nterested persons please call Craig Faiman at 503.970.5471 for more information.

Your roses have finally begun to bloom.  You want to keep them healthy and blooming as long as possible.  Here are some useful tips:

First, after your first batch of blooms, get busy pruning those rose bushes.  They need to be thinned, and the spent blooms need to be removed.  This will discourage black spot, which is most prevalent during the mid summer months, and will encourage more blooms throughout the summer.

This can be a really thorny job, so be sure to wear protective gear on your arms.  A tip I just read about in 1,001 Gardening Secrets by Gayle K. Wood suggests using tongs to hold the stems as you prune.  This definitely reduces the risk of you looking like you just got out of a fight with a feline after a rose pruning session.

Also, when you are pruning, keep some rubbing alcohol and some cotton pads with you.  As you move from rose bush to rose bush, take a second to clean your pruners with the alcohol to reduce the spread of any diseases such as blackspot.

In this climate, especially, I find that pruning roses does nothing to slow down their production of blooms.  Have at it, and enjoy a colorful yard all summer and autumn.