Polk County Itemizer-Observer • February 25, 2015 3A
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CORRECTIONS
In a story and headline
for the story headlined
“Woman killed in Hwy. 22
crash,” which appeared on
Page 5A of the Feb. 11 issue
of the Itemizer-Observer, the
gender of Carrol L. Davis,
70, who was killed in the ac-
cident, was incorrect. Davis
was a man. The I-O regrets
the error.
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In a photo cutline that
accompanied a story head-
lined “Library a gardening
resource,” which appeaed
on Page 2A of the Feb. 18
issue of the Itemizer-Observ-
er, Monmouth Library Di-
rector Krist Obrist’s last
name was misspelled. The I-
O regrets the error.
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Woman charged with animal neglect
38 horses, 20 goats and several fowl seized from location on Pioneer Road near Dallas
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — The long
process of finding new
homes for 38 abused and
neglected horses and 20
goats began Tuesday.
Up until then, the animals
that were seized on Feb. 13
from the 300 block of Pio-
neer Road near Dallas were
still receiving veterinarian
care, said Polk County Lt. Jeff
Isham.
Animal owner Monica
Foster, 41, of Dallas was
charged with first-degree an-
imal neglect. She was cited
and released on Feb. 18.
Polk County deputies, a
local veterinarian and the
Polk County Sheriff’s Mount-
ed Posse determined 38
horses, 20 goats and more
than a dozen fowl were in
poor health, emaciated, mal-
nourished and in immediate
need of care, according to a
Feb. 18 press release from
the sheriff’s department.
One dead horse also was
found on the property.
Results from blood tests to
determine the extent of the
neglect were not complete as
of press time.
“We’re working with a
POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT/ for the Itemizer-Observer
A herd of 38 abused horses seized Feb. 13 from the 300 block of Pioneer Road includes
miniature horses. Also seized from animal owner Monica Foster were 20 goats.
horse rescue out of the Seat-
tle area,” he said. “They
came down (Sunday) and
took photos of each animal
and touched the animals.”
Once the animals have
been categorized, the horse
rescue group will prescreen
applicants to make sure the
animals aren’t put from one
bad situation into another,
Isham said.
The 20 goats who were
rescued will go through a
similar process, he said.
The more than dozen fowl
— geese, ducks and chickens
— were quickly rehomed with
help from Cross Creek Alpaca
Rescue, Isham said. The or-
ganization also is helping find
new homes for the goats.
Finding homes for horses
is proving more complicated
than it was for alpacas,
Isham said, referring to the
animal abuse case last year
outside of Falls City involv-
ing 180 alpacas.
“They’re not like alpacas,”
Isham said. “With alpacas,
you can have the wool. With
horses, you can ride them
and they eat a lot of food, and
you’ll be stuck with them.”
The Polk County Sherriff’s
Office applied for a grant
from the American Society
for Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals to help pay for ex-
penses. A representative from
California happened to be in
town and stopped by to talk
about the case, Isham said.
“He wanted to see the
property and the animals
and report back to the grant
people,” he said.
The same property was
involved in a different ani-
mal abuse case in May 2013
involving nine malnourished
and dehydrated horses, but
the two cases are not related
and involved different peo-
ple, Isham said.
POLICE REPORT
Information for the police re-
port comes from law enforce-
ment agencies. Not all calls for
service are included. The status
of incidents repor ted may
change after further investiga-
tion. Individuals arrested or sus-
pected of crimes are considered
innocent until proven guilty.
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DALLAS
Arrests/Citations
• Jacob J. Blair, 32, of Dallas
in the 300 block of Northeast
Polk Station Road on Feb. 11
on a violation of his release
agreement.
• Dakota Dunn, 24, of Dallas
in the 600 block of Main Street
on Feb. 13 on a Dallas Municipal
Court failure to appear warrant.
• Glenn A. Jones, 23, of Dal-
las at the corner of Southeast
Washington and Southeast
Shelton streets on Feb. 14 on a
charge of failure to return a
suspended, revoked or can-
celed license.
• Richard K. Wilson, 31, of
Dallas in the 300 block of A
Street on Feb. 15 on a proba-
tion violation warrant issued
by Polk County.
• Megan B. Genthner, 27, of
Dallas in the 200 block of
Southeast Dimick Street on
Feb. 16 on a charge of second-
degree child neglect.
• Michael D. Rogers, 51, of
Dallas in the 300 block of
Southeast Needham Street on
Feb. 17 on a charge of tele-
phone harassment.
• Kyle D. Prock, 27, a transient
in the 200 block of Academy
Street on Feb. 18 on charges of
second-degree theft from a
motor vehicle, unlawful entry
into a vehicle with intent to
commit theft, and 25 counts of
improper use of 9-1-1 system.
• John M. Hurley, 26, in the
100 block of Southwest Court
Street on Saturday on a charge
of second-degree criminal tres-
passing.
• Tracy L. Young, 55, of Falls
City on Saturday on charges of
failure to return a suspended,
canceled or revoked license,
driving while suspended or re-
voked, and driving uninsured.
INDEPENDENCE
Arrests/Citations
• Gustavo Alvardo-Facundo
Jr., 21, of Monmouth on
Williams Street on Feb. 13 for
unlawful possession of
methamphetamine.
• Joshua Tyler Cooper, 29, of
Independence in the 100 block
of South Main Street on Feb. 15
for misdemeanor fourth-de-
gree assault and physical ha-
rassment.
• Wyatt Bradford Mills, 20, of
Salem in the 300 block of
South 10th Street on Feb. 16
for menacing with threats or
intimidation and misdemeanor
fourth-degree assault.
• Adan Reyes-Santiago, 55, a
transient in the 400 block of
North Ash Street on Feb. 18 on
a warrant for misdemeanor fail-
ure to appear.
MONMOUTH
Arrests/Citations
• Moaidh A. Alqahtani, 32, of
LaGrande, at Volunteer Hall,
144 Warren St. S., on Feb. 11 on
a bench warrant for failure to
appear.
• Carissa L. Garcia, 24, of In-
dependence at Volunteer Hall,
144 Warren St. S., on Feb. 11 on
a bench warrant for failure to
appear.
• Tyler Kirk Toedtemeier, 26,
of Monmouth at the corner of
Main Street West and Mon-
mouth Avenue South on Feb.
12 for fourth-degree assault.
• Steven Wayne DeVault, 35,
of Salem at Volunteer Hall, 144
Warren St. S., on Feb. 13 on a
warrant for failure to appear –
criminal citation.
• Jarred Austin Kienholz, 19,
of Independence at the corner
of Main Street East and Catron
Street North on Feb. 15 for de-
positing lighted material on
land or on a highway.
• William Zackory Swails, 25,
of Monmouth at the corner of
Clay Street East and Craven
Street South on Feb. 14 for mis-
demeanor driving under the
influence of intoxicants.
Community leader Cable dies unexpectedly
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
MONMOUTH — During
his 80 years in life, Carol
Cable influenced his com-
munity more than even his
children knew.
“I have heard more things
in the last 48 hours (since he
died),” said daughter-in-law
Lori Cable. “A grandma came
over to me and said, ‘Carol
Cable made it possible for
me to graduate from high
school. ... Because of him, I
was the first in my family to
graduate high school.’”
Carol Cable, who died un-
expectedly Feb. 17, worked
as a math teacher, basketball
coach and
vice princi-
pal at Cen-
tral High
School be-
fore retir-
ing
in
1974.
During
his years at
Cable
Central, he
was a mentor for kids, Polk
County Commissioner Mike
Ainsworth said.
He was vice principal
while Larry Dalton went to
school.
“He was a man that I
would say I loved,” Dalton
said. “He convinced me to
run for (Monmouth city)
council, and I spent a lot of
years there. He was just a
very respected man in the
community.”
After working in educa-
tion, Carol Cable started C
Cable Realty and helped
people achieve the American
Dream of home ownership
— many of whom didn’t
think they could afford it.
“I’ve had people come
back (to the real estate of-
fice) years later and say, ‘We
were renting our house and
he (Carol Cable) knew of a
program,” said son Timm
Cable. “It helped (them) go
from renting a house to get-
ting one of (their) own, the
interest (Carol) took in walk-
ing them through that.”
The family of four chil-
dren and eight grandchil-
dren are close, both physi-
cally and geographically.
Carol Cable was definitely
a family man, with children
who also are active in the
community.
“Those grandkids made
his last years so happy, be-
cause he could watch them
grow and help them with
their activities,” said Jack
Rye, a friend of Carol Cable’s
since college.
Rye, 79, said Cable was a
cowboy at heart. Recently —
just 12 or 15 years ago — they
took up team roping together.
“It opened up a new chap-
ter for him,” Rye said.
Service is Saturday at 2:30
p.m. in the Central High
School gymnasium in Inde-
pendence.
(Obituary on Page 6A)
New Internet provider targets Dallas, Monmouth
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
POLK COUNTY — As-
tound Broadband is coming
to Dallas and Monmouth.
The company will offer
fiber service to commercial
businesses and other enter-
prises that need a fast fiber
connection, said Mark Peter-
son, company spokesman.
In Dallas, the city council
approved the first reading of
a franchise agreement Feb.
17 and declared it an emer-
gency, which means that on
the second reading, the
agreement will take effect.
Normally, ordinances and
other actions taken by the
council would become effec-
tive 30 days after the second
reading. City Manager Ron
Foggin said this agreement
was declared an emergency
because Astound Broadband
LLC had a utility easement
agreement with the city that
expired on Dec. 31.
The agreement will bring
$5,566 per year in franchise
fees.
“It’s taken this long to get
the agreement in place,” he
said. “Instead of letting any-
more water run under the
bridge, we wanted to get
them current.”
The agreement is for the
company’s fiber backbone,
which runs through the city
as part of cellular tower up-
grades.
“Once they’ve got this
backbone in place, they’re
looking for anybody who is
looking for better, faster or
just more Internet,” Foggin
said. “They have govern-
ment pricing, so we’re (the
city) going to be one of their
customers for fiber.”
Foggin said the service
will provide the city with a
redundant connection, so if
one system goes down, an-
other will pick it up. It also
will provide faster access to
the Internet.
In Monmouth, the city
council approved a first
reading of a franchise agree-
ment with Astound on Feb.
17, but no emergency clause
was attached.
Monmouth’s agreement
with the company stipulates a
rental fee of $5,000 a year, City
Manager Scott McClure said.
“If they started serving our
customers more directly and
getting revenue, then we’ll
use a (standard) franchise
fee,” McClure said.
But charging a standard
percent franchise fee is
tricky with a company such
as Astound, McClure said,
because the basis of the
service is wireless.
“You can only have a fran-
chise fee on phone service
and cable TV service,” he
said. “We don’t get revenue
Church moving into downtown Independence location
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — The
Grove Community Church is
moving into the old Lenora’s
Ghost location at 114 S.
Main St. in downtown Inde-
pendence.
The congregation held
services in the Monmouth-
Independence YMCA, but
has doubled in size, said pas-
tor Andy Johnson.
“One day I was walking
downtown and noticed they
had new ‘for lease’ signs,”
Johnson said. “Next thing
you know, we’re moving.”
The lease was signed on
Jan. 5, the day the Independ-
ence Planning Commission
approved the conditional
use permit required for a
church to operate in the
downtown area, Johnson
said.
In addition to holding
weekly Sunday services and
Bible studies, Johnson sees
the building as more of a
community asset.
“We’re adding a new com-
ponent,” Johnson said.
“We’ll be opening a down-
town coffee shop that will be
open about 25 hours a
week.”
The shop will benefit the
church, but also serve as a
benefit to the community, he
said.
“We’re going to open it up
to the community,” Johnson
noted. “We’re looking at it as
social enterprise.”
For example, the coffee
shop could be used to raise
money to help kids pay for
summer camps or go on a
senior trip.
Johnson said his congre-
gation is building a space for
children to play together.
“We’re going to call it the
treehouse,” he said. It won’t
be a place for parents to
“dump” kids, but rather a
parent-supervised play area.
“There will be tables they
can color at, sensory tables
where they can play with
sand and water, depending
on the time of year,” Johnson
said.
Part of his inspiration for
the play area is his own son,
who has special needs.
Sometimes when Johnson
has to meet with people, his
son gets bored downtown.
“Someone like me, I can
take the kid, do a quick
meeting, and have a space
where my son can really be
enjoying himself,” Johnson
said. “I can connect with
people and interact with
people at the same time.”
The Grove meets at 10:15
a.m. on Sundays. Johnson
said he hopes to have the
first service at the new loca-
tion on March 8. All are wel-
come to attend services.
from wireless services, such
as Direct TV or Dish TV.”
Astound will be compet-
ing with any company that
provides Internet services in
Dallas and Monmouth, Pe-
terson said.
“We are uniquely posi-
tioned as the fastest growing
local fiber provider that actu-
ally owns our infrastructure,”
he said, noting that Astound
will be collaborating with
Monmouth-Independence
Networks (MINET) to maxi-
mize the ability to serve cus-
tomers in the community.
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