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DECEMBER 2008 INFORMATION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUTH PROGRAMS OR EVENTS CALL: 253-929-1155 100 3RD AVE SE. PACIFIC WA 98047 STAFF: JOANNE FUTCH (YOUTH / RENTAL SERVICES) Inside this issue: Spring 1 Events 2 Recipe 2 Calendar 3 Pacific / Algona “Youth Services” May 2009 You don’t have to look far to see signs of spring. From the bud- ding of the trees and the warming of the temperatures to the ani- mals coming out of their winter hideouts, there seems to be a prom- ise of new birth and color in the springtime air. The first day of spring in the U.S. is considered to be around March 20 or 21, depending on what day the vernal equinox occurs. This is when the sun sits directly above the equator on its apparent trip northward. Of course this sun isn’t moving; Earth is. As Earth re- volves around the sun, the top half, called the Northern Hemi- sphere, becomes tilted more toward the sun as winter turns to spring. Meanwhile the bottom half, the Southern Hemisphere, be- comes tilted more away from the sun. So it is autumn for people in Australia and the southern parts of Africa and South America. Unequal equinox The word “equinox” comes from Latin and means “equal nights.” Around March 20, sunrise and sunset are about twelve hours apart everywhere on Earth. Because of that, a lot of people think that day and night are of equal length on March 20. But actually the day is a little longer than the night on this date. There are a few reasons for that. Sunrise occurs when the top of the sun (not the center) is on the horizon. But the sun actually appears to be above the hori- zon when it is in fact still below it. That’s because Earth’s atmos- phere refracts or “bends” light coming from the sun, so we see the sun a couple of minutes before it actually rises over the horizon. If you add the daylight that persists after sunset, you’ll find the day on the equinox is several minutes longer than the night. GARDENING TIPS FOR SPRING Spring flower bulbs planting Spring flowers bulbs can be very rewarding once planted. Planting a flower bulb is not only easy, but nearly foolproof as well. There are a few basic rules to follow in order to be guaran- teed a vibrant and successful garden during the next growing season. The first general rule is to make sure the pointy end of the bulb is always facing up. It makes little difference what type of bulb it is because, in all cases, it should be positioned so that the pointed end is pointing towards the top of the hole. Many flower bulbs will still grow if they are pointing down but this will stress the plant and, at best, reduce flowering, or, at worst, kill the entire plant. The second basic rule is that the flower bulb should be planted about two times deeper than the length of the bulb itself. This is a standard formula and works with all different types of flower bulbs that you may want to plant during the spring. Although those two rules cover almost everything you need to know to produce a vibrant flower garden in the spring, there are a number of other things to keep in mind in spring flower bulbs planting: • Keep your separate types of flower bulbs identifiable until you plant them. Many flower bulbs look exactly alike and without the label there will probably no way to tell your white tulip bulbs from the red ones. • Flower bulbs can be planted in nearly any location in your garden as long as the soil is well-drained. Bulbs also prosper best in full sun so planting in the spring, before trees have shade leaves, is ideal. • Before planting your flower bulbs, be sure to work the soil so that it is loose. Compost, humus, or peat moss are also ideal supplements to the soil when planting spring flower bulbs if the flower garden is not yet established. Fertilizer will not be necessary for the first blooms but can be added for plants that are perennials. • If fertilizer or bone meal are used, make sure to not mix the fertilizer directly in the plant- ing hole. Fertilizer will burn the roots while bone meal can attract pests or encourage ani- mals to dig up the newly planted flower bulb. • Spring flower bulbs will create the best display when they are planted in clusters and they should never be planted alone. Planting in clusters will give the flowering plants a dra- matic concentration of color and provide for a direct impact on observers. If you are lim- ited in quantity and don't have enough for a large clusters, small clusters are also attrac- tive. Gardening Tips 4
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DECEMBER 2008 INFORMATION
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
YOUTH PROGRAMS OR EVENTS
CALL: 253-929-1155
100 3RD AVE SE.
PACIFIC WA 98047
STAFF: JOANNE FUTCH
(YOUTH / RENTAL SERVICES)
Inside this issue:
Spring 1
Events 2
Recipe 2
Calendar
3
Pacific / Algona “Youth Services”
May 2009
You don’t have to look far to see signs of spring. From the bud-
ding of the trees and the warming of the temperatures to the ani-
mals coming out of their winter hideouts, there seems to be a prom-
ise of new birth and color in the springtime air.
The first day of spring in the U.S. is considered to be around March
20 or 21, depending on what day the vernal equinox occurs. This is
when the sun sits directly above the equator on its apparent trip
northward. Of course this sun isn’t moving; Earth is. As Earth re-
volves around the sun, the top half, called the Northern Hemi-
sphere, becomes tilted more toward the sun as winter turns to
spring. Meanwhile the bottom half, the Southern Hemisphere, be-
comes tilted more away from the sun. So it is autumn for people in
Australia and the southern parts of Africa and South America.
Unequal equinox The word “equinox” comes from Latin and means “equal nights.”
Around March 20, sunrise and sunset are about twelve hours apart
everywhere on Earth. Because of that, a lot of people think that day
and night are of equal length on March 20. But actually the day is
a little longer than the night on this date. There are a few reasons
for that. Sunrise occurs when the top of the sun (not the center) is
on the horizon. But the sun actually appears to be above the hori-
zon when it is in fact still below it. That’s because Earth’s atmos-
phere refracts or “bends” light coming from the sun, so we see the
sun a couple of minutes before it actually rises over the horizon. If
you add the daylight that persists after sunset, you’ll find the day on
the equinox is several minutes longer than the night.
GARDENING TIPS FOR SPRING
Spring flower bulbs planting
Spring flowers bulbs can be very rewarding once planted. Planting a flower bulb is not only
easy, but nearly foolproof as well. There are a few basic rules to follow in order to be guaran-
teed a vibrant and successful garden during the next growing season.
The first general rule is to make sure the pointy end of the bulb is always facing up. It makes
little difference what type of bulb it is because, in all cases, it should be positioned so that the
pointed end is pointing towards the top of the hole. Many flower bulbs will still grow if they
are pointing down but this will stress the plant and, at best, reduce flowering, or, at worst, kill
the entire plant.
The second basic rule is that the flower bulb should be planted about two times deeper than
the length of the bulb itself. This is a standard formula and works with all different types of
flower bulbs that you may want to plant during the spring.
Although those two rules cover almost everything you need to know to produce a vibrant
flower garden in the spring, there are a number of other things to keep in mind in spring
flower bulbs planting:
• Keep your separate types of flower bulbs identifiable until you plant them. Many flower
bulbs look exactly alike and without the label there will probably no way to tell your
white tulip bulbs from the red ones.
• Flower bulbs can be planted in nearly any location in your garden as long as the soil is
well-drained. Bulbs also prosper best in full sun so planting in the spring, before trees
have shade leaves, is ideal.
• Before planting your flower bulbs, be sure to work the soil so that it is loose. Compost,
humus, or peat moss are also ideal supplements to the soil when planting spring flower
bulbs if the flower garden is not yet established. Fertilizer will not be necessary for the
first blooms but can be added for plants that are perennials.
• If fertilizer or bone meal are used, make sure to not mix the fertilizer directly in the plant-
ing hole. Fertilizer will burn the roots while bone meal can attract pests or encourage ani-
mals to dig up the newly planted flower bulb.
• Spring flower bulbs will create the best display when they are planted in clusters and they
should never be planted alone. Planting in clusters will give the flowering plants a dra-
matic concentration of color and provide for a direct impact on observers. If you are lim-
ited in quantity and don't have enough for a large clusters, small clusters are also attrac-
tive.
Gardening Tips 4
Pacific / Algona Youth Activities May 2009
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
1 3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
7:00 PM—10:00 PM
Pacific Community Church
Late Night Program
4 10:00AM—11:00AM
“Yoga” Video Class
3:00PM—6:00PM Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
5 10:00AM—11:00AM
Tiny Tot Program
3:00PM-6:00PM Open Gym– After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
6 10:00AM—11:00AM
Dancersize Class
(Hip, Hop, ABS Video)
3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
7 10:00AM—11:00AM
Tiny Tot Program
3:00PM—6:00PM Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
8 3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack
Program
7:00 PM—10:00 PM
Edgewood Community Church
Late Night Program
11 10AM—11:00AM
“Yoga” Video Class
3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
12 10:00AM—11:00AM
Tiny Tot Program
3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym–After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
13 10:00AM—11:00AM
Dancersize Class
(Hip, Hop, ABS Video)
3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
14 10:00AM—11:00AM
Tiny Tot Program
3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30 PM
Healthy Snack Program
15 3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School
Program 4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
7:00 PM—10:00 PM
W.R.V.L. Club Late Night
Program
18 10:AM—11:00AM
“Yoga” Video Class
3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
19 10AM—11:00AM
Tiny Tot Program
3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
20 10AM—11:00AM
Dancersize Class
3:00PM—6:00PM Open Gym—After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM Healthy Snack Program
21 10AM—11:00AM
Tiny Tot Program
3:00PM—6:00PM Open Gym—After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM Healthy Snack Program
22 3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
25 All City Offices
And Programs
Closed Today
Memorial Day
26 10AM—11:00AM
Tiny Tot Program
3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
27 10AM—11:00AM
Dancersize Class
3:00PM—6:00PM Open Gym—After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM Healthy Snack Program
28 10AM—11:00AM
Tiny Tot
3:00PM—6:00PM Open Gym—After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM Healthy Snack Program
29 3:00PM—6:00PM
Open Gym-After School
Program
4:00PM—4:30PM
Healthy Snack Program
YOGA—FITNESS FOR MOMS AND KIDS
Come join us on Mondays from 10am to 11am. It’s free and you will have fun doing yoga
exercises to an instructional videotape.
DANCERSIZE CLASS
Come join us on Wednesdays from 10am to 11am. What a fun way to exercise and
get in shape exercising to music as a group. It’s free. All ages welcomed.
TINY TOT PROGRAM
Free play group Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10am to 11am.
Parent participation required.
Mother’s Day is May 10, 2009
JUST A REMINDER:
We have Late Night Programs the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Friday of each
month from 7PM to 10PM located in the Pacific Community Center
Gymnasium. Late Night Programs are hosted by Edgewood Community Church,
White River Valley Lions Club and Pacific Community Church.
Mother's Day is celebrated to honor all mothers
and express gratitude for the hardships they bear in
bringing up a child. Most countries including US,
Australia, Canada and India celebrate Mothers Day
on the second Sunday of May. Mothers Day came
into being due to the efforts made by Ms Julia Ward
Howe and Ms Anna Jarvis. The Resolution for hav-
ing a dedicated Mother's Day was signed by US
President Woodrow Wilson on May 8, 1914. Since
then people across the world have been celebrating
Mothers Day with joy and devotion.
