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  • Secrets of monster pumpkin growers revealed

    May 8, 2014

    Big pumpkin By Denise Ruttan Halloween may be months away but if you are hoping to grow monster pumpkins, now is the time to start planting. The world record monster pumpkin of 2013 weighed in at 2,032 pounds, according to the New York Botanical Garden. Maybe you won't achieve quite that size of a pumpkin, but choose the variety ‘Dill's Atlantic Giant’ and you, too, can grow the great pumpkin of Charlie Brown's dreams, said Jim Myers, a vegetable breeder for Oregon State University. "I've had these types growing in fields and without doing any...

  • May 7 - 13, 2014

    May 8, 2014

    Walterville Market, 39317 McKenzie Hwy., Walterville Shopping Center. 541-726-6355/541-746-1875 Featured Items - Ad Prices Effective May 7 - 13, 2014 5/7 insert Member United Grocers, Inc. Items & prices subject to stock on hand. We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Some items may not be available in all stores. The full, 8-page advertising tabloid is inserted in the McKenzie River Reflections newspaper every week - available on news stands or by subscription at: http://mckenzieriverreflectionsnewspaper....

  • Be careful on Hwy. 242

    May 8, 2014

    Oregon Dept. of Transportation crews finally completed blowing snow out of the middle of Highway 242 late Monday. However, according to ODOT spokesman Rick Little, "It is very important that early users understand they will likely encounter a layer of ice on the asphalt when temperatures remain near freezing and high water conditions when the temperature is warmer." In addition, and very importantly, the extreme cold temperatures of the winter have resulted in the heaving of asphalt at two locations: Milepost 72.01 and 75.03. "These will...