6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • May 13, 2015
Polk County News
Two communities, one clean-up
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
Whitford
Dunaway
Hill
Cavallucci
Lee
Corrections posts ‘most wanted’
POLK COUNTY — Polk
County Community Correc-
tions lists these individuals
as “most wanted” for May.
Citizens with information
on the whereabouts of any
of these individuals should
call Community Corrections
at 503-623-5226.
• Jeremiah Patrick Whit-
ford, born Oct. 23, 1975, 5-
7, 165 pounds, black hair,
brown eyes. Charges: Fail-
ure to perform the duties of a
driver, possession of heroin.
• Dwight David Dun-
away, born April 23, 1988,
5-10, 140 pounds, blond
hair, blue eyes. Charges:
Second-degree assault,
fourth-degree assault.
• Jeremy Lee Hill, born
July 8, 1980, 5-11, 200
pounds, brown hair, green
eyes. Charges: Possession
of heroin, endangering a
child.
• Michael Edward Caval-
BUSINESS
NOTEBOOK
Rosevear honored with top awards
DALLAS — Betty Rosevear of Dallas received four awards at
the recent Avon President’s Club Gala.
Rosevear was recognized for being No. 1 in district sales, No.
1 in district sales increase, No. 1 in team sales and No. 1 in the
division (among 11,000 representatives) for team growth.
Rosevear has been an Avon representative for 17 years and is
a member of Avon’s Rose Circle. She leads a downline of 130
representatives.
For more information: Betty Rosevear, 503-623-5817; email
to bettyavon@aol.com; online at www.youravon.com/brose-
vear.
Chamber moves down the street
DALLAS — The Dallas Area Chamber of Commerce/Visitors
Center has moved to a new location on Southwest Court St. as
of Friday.
The new chamber home at 168 SW Court St., across the
street from Grandma's Attic, isn’t far from the former location
on the same block.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. For more
information: 503-623-2564.
Money available for organic certs
SALEM — The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) is
accepting applications for partial reimbursement for some of
the costs paid to become organically certified or renew a certi-
fication by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) accredited
certifier.
Oregon growers, processors and handlers who are certified
organic by USDA accredited certifiers are eligible to receive 75
percent of their certification fees reimbursed, up to a maximum
of $750 per certification or category of certification. Recertifica-
tions also may qualify.
Applications must be received by Oct. 31.
Authorized by the U.S. Farm Bill, the program is designed to
assist growers, processors, and handlers of agricultural prod-
ucts in obtaining certification under the national organic
guidelines.
Information and application forms are available online at
www.oregon.gov/ODA/programs/MarketAccess/MACertifica-
tion/Pages/OrganicCostShare.aspx.
For more information: ODA’s Marketing Program, 503-872-
6600.
OBITUARIES
Mildred L. Schoenborn
Feb. 14, 1927 – April 30, 2015
Memorial service for Mildred L. Schoenborn, 88, of
Monmouth is Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Church of Christ
in Monmouth. A potluck luncheon will follow at the
church.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center handled arrangements.
To send an online condolence: www.dallastribute.com.
lucci, born June 26, 1970,
5-2, 170 pounds, brown
hair, brown eyes. Charges:
First-degree sexual assault,
failure to register as a sex
offender.
• Christopher Shawn Lee,
born July 6, 1984, 5-11, 195
pounds, brown hair, blue
eyes. Charges: Possession
of a controlled substance,
manufacture of a controlled
substance, driving under the
influence of intoxicants.
MONMOUTH/INDEPENDENCE — Sat-
urday, Riverview Park will be the site to bring
any trash, wood waste, metals, yard debris
and other garbage building up in your lawn.
The Monmouth-Independence Clean-up
Day runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
The refuse collection will not accept paint,
chemicals, cement, fuel, TVs, microwaves or
household garbage.
Umpqua Bank will provide a confidential
shred service for personal documents.
Cost is $10 per load for Independence and
Monmouth residents; $12 per load for coun-
ty residents.
This year, the event will be held in part-
nership with Solve Oregon, whose mission is
to bring Oregonians together to improve the
environment and build a legacy of steward-
ship, according to the website, solve
oregon.org.
“It’s great to get the community in shape
for all the outdoor activities people want to
enjoy the rest of the season,” said Independ-
ence Community Service Officer Sue Albee.
Her list of tasks include things small
groups or individuals can complete to larger
projects for big groups.
Litter pickup as well as weed pulling are
just a few projects that need tackling, Albee
said.
Monmouth and Independence residents
are encouraged to show support by beautify-
ing their own properties and volunteering
for the greater communitywide clean-up,
which will include such projects as park
restoration, riverbank clean-up, and down-
town and roadway beautifications.
A pizza lunch will be served to all volun-
teers. All needed supplies will be provided.
City workers will be available to pick up
any garbage for those who are unable to de-
liver it to Riverview Park because of physical
limitations.
For more information or to request a pick-
up: Independence Police Department, 503-
838-1214; Monmouth Public Works, 503-
838-2173.
Bees: Queen, hive get new home
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Smith watched, fascinat-
ed.
“Well, we will let them be
and hopefully they will
move on,” she said, giggling
at her unintended pun. “Let
them be. ...”
Pierce’s plan worked.
Within a few minutes the
bees in the box began “fan-
ning” out the queen’s scent
to call the rest of the colony
to its new hive. In another
five minutes, most of the
bees had filtered into the
box.
“I’m glad you called instead
of just killing them,” said Deb-
bie Blando, Pierce’s neighbor
and fledgling beekeeper who
joined him on the call.
“No way. We’ve got to have
our honeybees,” Miller said,
referring to reports of hon-
eybees dying off.
Pierce said he believed
there are two causes to the
startling decline in bee
colonies. One is two species
of mite that can devastate
bee populations. The other,
ominously called colony col-
lapse, is more mysterious,
but Pierce believes it is
caused by pesticides. His
theory is that thirsty bees
drink water contaminated
JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer
Gary Pierce stuffs newspaper in the opening of the colony’s new hive Friday in prepara-
tion to move it from Applegate Trail Drive to his property off Oakdale Road in Dallas.
with pesticides and that
causes the mass die-offs.
“We are going to be in a
lot of trouble if we lose all
our bees,” he said. “There
are other insects that polli-
nate, but not as much as
bees do.”
He said colony collapse
hasn’t been seen much in
Polk County, thankfully. And
it’s less likely to happen to
Smith’s unexpected guests.
Pierce is going to take the
colony to his property on
Oakdale Road.
After a few days, he will
check on the queen to make
‘Monmouth Engaged’ survey kicks off
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
MONMOUTH — Attention
all Monmouth residents: your
city wants you — or at least,
your ideas and thoughts
about what the future of
Monmouth will look like.
Monmouth Engaged, a
communitywide visioning
process, is underway with
surveys going out to resi-
dents and businesses on Fri-
day.
“The primary purpose of
this process is to engage
everyone in the communi-
ty — new members to the
community, people who
have lived here their whole
lives, university students,
high school students,” said
Libby Barg, co-coordinator
for the project.
Barney & Worth Inc., out
of Portland, was contracted
by Monmouth City Council
to organize the engagement
project, as well as collect
data and help the residents
of Monmouth develop a vi-
sion for the city’s future as
well as a road map on how
to get there, Barg said.
“The first stage is just get-
ting people’s ideas about
what makes Monmouth spe-
cial,” she said. “What ideas
SANDRA ROBINSON
BARKLEY KOKKELER
May 11, 1948 - April 20, 2015
Sandra Robinson Barkley Kokkeler, of
Eugene died April 20, 2015 in Springfield.
She was born May 11, 1948, in Dallas,
Ore., to Elwyn and Lucille Robinson.
She spent many years as supervisor of
environmental services at Bay Area Hos-
pital in Coos Bay.
She is survived by her husband, Rollie
Kokkeler of Eugene; children, Bret, Aaron and Melody
Barkley, all of Eugene; grandchildren, Brianna Matthews
and Miya Ott; and sisters, Vicki Richards of Independ-
ence and Toni Weaver of Roseburg.
No memorial service will be had at this time.
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sure she’s producing enough
eggs to sustain the colony —
workers only live 15 to 30
days and have to be re-
placed. If not, he will order a
new queen.
“Ok girls, we’re going
home,” he said, placing the
hive in the back of his SUV.
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they have, what might be
missing in Monmouth that
they’d like to see.”
In addition to surveys,
community “open houses”
will be scheduled. The first
one is at Yeasty Beasty on
May 27.
Open houses are a place
for people to share their
ideas, Barg said.
“Monmouth has never
had a vision document be-
fore,” she said. “Monmouth
is a fabulous community —
stable, with a rich history. It’s
a really exciting time right
now to take a moment and
think about what Mon-
mouth wants to see in the
future.”
The Monmouth council’s
goal in the process is to en-
gage residents and business
owners who don’t normally
participate in government,
Barg said.
“It’s also building under-
standing of shared commu-
nity values,” she noted.
For more information:
Monmouth City Manager
Scott McClure, 503-751-
0146.
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