Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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By Denise Ruttan Image of a rose Photo by Lynn Ketchum March is a good time to plant roses in western Oregon. Roses have such fanciful names and alluring colors, so how do you choose which ones to plant? "If I'm going to grow roses I tend to grow roses that have fragrance," said Barb Fick, a horticulturist with the Oregon State University Extension Service. “Some people go for color. I also go for disease-resistance.” Fick advises buying roses that are immune to the fungal threats of rust, powdery mildew and black spot. The Pacific Nor...
Early downtown Portland, OR By Finn J.D. John One November evening in 1885, Portland residents walking past a row of tiny houses at Third and Yamhill heard screams coming from one of them. Bursting in, they found the mutilated and lifeless remains of a 33-year-old French beauty known as Emma Merlotin. Someone had killed her brutally with a hatchet and then slipped away into the night. Emma, whose real name was Anna DeCoz, was a well-known “nymph du pave,” as the Evening Telegram phrased it — basically, a courtesan. Her clientele inc...
