75 YEARS AGO
March 7, 1946
The problem of the Madras Air Base was carried a good step further toward satisfactory solution Monday night, when a joint meeting of the City Council of Madras and the County Court of Jefferson County was attended by representatives of the U.S. Reclamation Bureau, irrigation district and citizens of the city and surrounding community and the session was ended with adoption of a joint resolution of the council and court requesting a joint sponsorship of the air base.
The adoption of the joint sponsorship resolution carried, following considerable discussion but without a dissenting voice, was the sequel of meetings held here last week between various local interests and Ray N. Harper, representative of the Civil Aeronautics authority, here from Seattle.
Some types of garden winter storm damage can’t be healed: Ask an expert
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With all the ice and snow, it may not seem like it, but we’re heading toward to spring and the gardening season. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and Master Gardeners reply to queries within two business days, usually less. If you’re looking for answers, simply go to the and type in a question and the county where you live. Here are some queries from other gardeners. What’s yours?
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Some of us still recoil in horror at the arrival of bugs. But we ve learned over the years how beneficial insects and spiders and all their family members can be.
Some of the time, anyway. There are plenty of critters that will eat us out of house and home and pass diseases to boot.
Richard Hilton knows them well from his work as an agricultural entomologist for the Oregon State University Extension Service.
He has many bug tales to share, and we hear some of them in this month s edition of
Eugene and Springfield councils meet Monday. Lane County officials meet Tuesday. There's a joint meeting of Eugene and Lane County officials Wednesday.
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All the warnings about creating defensive space around rural homes to slow wildfires became moot in the Almeda Drive Fire in September 2020. Because the fire burned down suburban homes, not isolated houses in the sticks.
The events of Almeda Drive and other urban fires raise questions about local vegetation and how it burns. Chris Adlam at
Oregon State University Extension has been studying the questions and reporting on his findings.
We pick his brain about plants especially native plants and how they can help or hinder a fire when it heads for our homes.
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