Polk County Itemizer-Observer • March 11, 2015 3A
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By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — The
Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks isn’t what most
people think it is: a bunch of
old men sitting around
drinking in a smoky lounge.
Sure, Independence Elks
Lodge No. 1950 has its share
of older members, but overall
it has a strong core of
younger, energetic — and fe-
male — members, said Exalt-
ed Ruler Cynthia Jaramillo.
“We always try and talk
people into joining our
lodge,” Jaramillo said.
And now, while other
lodges and service clubs
struggle to keep their doors
open, Independence Elks
will celebrate 60 years in the
community with a birthday
party on Saturday.
The lodge will open its
doors and invite members of
the community to learn
more about what the Elks or-
ganization does. People can
stay and enjoy a dinner at
the Elks, too.
“Come and see what we’re
about,” Jaramillo said. “It’s a
whole different place. It’s not
what people think it is. It’s a
lot of hard workers.”
The Elks was established
in 1867 by a group of actors
called the “Jolly Corks,” as a
way to drink together and
avoid paying New York’s Ex-
cise Tax, according to
elks.org. The group’s vision
shifted to being helpful to
the community.
It’s that volunteerism
about the Elks that attracted
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Debbie Schaff and Char Thomas, (from left) join Independence Elks Lodge No. 1950
Exalted Ruler Cynthia Jaramillo and Tiler Dori Showell in the lodge chambers.
Join the Elks
• To join the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, you
must be sponsored by a member in good standing. An appli-
cation fee of $35 is required, and then the application is sub-
mitted for investigation. Once the investigation comes back
favorably, the membership votes. New members are initiated
by learning more about what the Elks organization is and
what it stands for.
Annual dues for the Independence Elks Lodge is $99.86.
The lodge is located at 289 S. Main St., Independence.
For more information: Independence Elks Lodge No. 1950,
503-838-1950.
Jaramillo.
“That’s what an Elk is; we
care about our communi-
ties,” she said.
When she first moved to
Independence about five
years ago, she said the large,
red brick building on Main
Street piqued her interest.
“I walked in off the street
and spent an hour and a half
talking with the Elks’ secre-
tary about what the Elks do,”
she said. “I’m a big volunteer
person. I want to help the
community in any way,
shape or form. I have a
heavy work day — often 12
hours a day — so to me,
there was no excuse not to
spend a couple of hours vol-
unteering.”
The Elks Lodge gets in-
volved in putting together
Christmas baskets for fami-
lies each year and sponsors
the Santa Train in Independ-
ence. In conjunction with
the Oregon Elks, members of
the Independence chapter
help with Camp Meadowood
Springs, a camp for hearing-
impaired children, and the
Elk’s Children’s Eye Clinic at
the Casey Eye Institute, lo-
cated at Oregon Health &
Sciences University in Port-
land.
It’s the volunteerism that
convinced Tiler Dori Showell
to join the order.
“The Elks give back with
other people,” she said.
“There’s people in the com-
munity who donate money
here, and donate money
there, but there’s a social as-
pect of doing (good). You can
do more with a larger group
and with smaller (individual)
effort.”
The doors on the Elks
Lodge are generally locked,
but for the 60th anniversary
party, they will be opened for
all to come learn more about
their programs, what they
support and what they do. It
will be open to the whole
family, Jaramillo said.
“We do everything for our
community,” she said. “It’s
about the community we
live in. We want to help them
grow and help people who
need help.”
Dinner is Saturday from 5
to 7 p.m. Cost is $15. Diners
will have a choice of New
York steak — the best in
town, Jaramillo boasts — or
stuffed chicken with sides
and dessert.
Monmouth selects firm for visioning process
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
WEATHER
RECORDED
Elks to celebrate milestone event
MONMOUTH — In a tie-
breaking vote by Mayor John
Oberst, Barney & Worth Inc.
was chosen March 3 to lead
Monmouth’s community en-
gagement process.
The council was split
down the middle between
BDS Planning, a firm in Seat-
tle, and Barney & Worth,
based in Portland.
Councilman Marshall
Guthrie said he liked that
BDS representatives didn’t
come with a lot of precon-
ceived perceptions about the
community of Monmouth.
“I thought they had other
things going, including a dis-
tance from where we’ve been
that would prove vital,”
Guthrie said.
Councilman Jon Carey said
he had a hard time with the
larger amount of meetings
BDS planned to hold, and
noted they were the most ex-
pensive firm of the four the
council interviewed at a work
session in February.
Ultimately, Oberst broke
the tie with a vote for Barney
& Worth.
Libby Barg will work as the
project manager, while Clark
Worth will be the visioning
lead. In the company’s pro-
posal, a six-month timeline
was presented, kicking off in
this month.
“They projected a very ag-
gressive timeline,” Carey
noted about the company
during the March 3 council
meeting. He added that he
appreciated that the compa-
ny had worked with nearby
Independence and Dallas
through their visioning
processes.
The project budget came
in at an estimated $44,800,
less than the $50,000 the city
has in its 2014-15 budget for
the process.
During its presentation on
Feb. 17 to the council, Worth
said the community engage-
ment process must be open
and transparent.
“Most important is to
maximize participation in
the visioning process,” he
said. “You have a little over
3,000 households and hun-
dreds of businesses. We feel
like there isn’t any reason
why each of those house-
holds and businesses can’t be
involved in some way.”
Barg said honoring diver-
sity is important, pointing
out that even if students at
Western Oregon University
are just temporarily living in
Monmouth, they are still liv-
ing in town and should have
the opportunity to partici-
pate in the visioning process.
“The product isn’t the ac-
tion plan or the document,”
Worth said. “It’s the way you
engage people, and that
you’ve made the action plan
something people can be-
lieve in.”
The final product should
be a living document, Worth
noted. “People should feel
strongly that they’re involved
and their stuff is in it.”
The project kickoff has not
yet been announced.
In other business, the
council voted to remove the
moratorium on medical
marijuana dispensaries.
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ORTHODONTICS
• YENNE & SCHOFIELD - SPECIALISTS IN ORTHO-
DONTICS - 580 Main Street, Suite E, Dallas, 503-623-
5002. Providing Polk County with orthodontic care for
children and adults for functions and cosmetics. Open
Tuesdays & Thursdays.
ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES
• DR. STEVE YAO specializes in sports medicine and
knee-replacement procedures. Dr. Yao sees patients
at the Hope Orthopedics of Oregon satellite office in
Dallas, and schedules surgeries nearby at West Val-
ley Hospital in the new state-of-the-art surgery
suites. For an appointment with Dr. Yao, call at 503-
540-6300. The Hope Orthopedics Dallas location is
at 607 SE Jefferson St., Dallas. West Valley Hospital
is located at 525 SE Washington St., Dallas, 503-623-
8301. Visit www.HopeOrthopedics.com and
www.salemhealth.org/wvh.
PHYSICAL THERAPY/
REHABILITATION SERVICES
• WEST VALLEY HOSPITAL provides a wide range of
rehabilitation services in Dallas, offering physical ther-
apy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and aquatic
therapy (at Dallas Aquatic Center). Let us help you get
moving again! We are conveniently located at 525 SE
Washington St., Dallas, 503-623-7305.
• MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER serves Mon-
mouth and Independence locally with a wide range of
rehabilitation services including physical therapy, oc-
cupational therapy, speech therapy and aquatic ther-
apy (at Dallas Aquatic Center). Let us help you get
moving again! We are conveniently located at 512
Main St., Monmouth, 503-838-1388. Se habla español.
• PINNACLE PHYSICAL THERAPY is an orthopedic
physical therapy facility committed to getting great
results for each patient. We focus on advanced spine
care, women's health issues, sport rehab, vehicle ac-
cidents, and work injuries. We offer highly special-
ized care including manual therapy, aquatic therapy,
specific deep tissue mobilization techniques, Pos-
tural Restoration Institute (PRI) techniques and ther-
apeutic exercise. We have a warm, caring and
friendly staff and accept most private health insur-
ance, auto insurance, and workers' compensation in-
surance. We offer both male and female physical
therapists. Often no physician referral is needed to
start care. Call us today and ask how to get therapy
for your condition or talk to your physician to see if
physical therapy is right for you. Call us: 503-623-
2433. We are conveniently located at 210 W. Ellen-
dale Avenue Dallas, Oregon 97338; (next to Taco Bell)
Check us out on the web: www.pinnacle-physi-
caltherapy.com
PODIATRY SERVICES
• WEST VALLEY SURGICAL SPECIALTY CLINIC po-
diatrists Dr. Ruben Pollak and Dr. R. Tyson Scott see
patients at West Valley Surgical Specialty Clinic and
provide procedures and surgeries for feet, ankle,
bunions and plantar fasciitis at nearby West Valley
Hospital's state-of-the-art surgery suites. Request
one of these podiatrists and get your surgical care
done locally. Dr. Scott sees patients at West Valley Sur-
gical Specialty Clinic on Wednesdays, 8 a.m.- noon.
Dr. Pollak sees patients at the Surgical Specialty
Clinic on Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. For an
appointment with Dr. Scott, call 503-370-8784, or fax
physician referral to 503-362-4017. For an appoint-
ment with Dr. Pollak, call 503-831-0784, or fax physi-
cian referral to 503-623-2612. West Valley Surgical
Specialty Clinic is located at 591 SE Clay St., Dallas.
Visit salemhealth.org/specialty. Dr. Scott speaks flu-
ent Spanish.
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
• DR. CHARLES ESSEX, family medicine, is accepting
new patients at Monmouth Medical Center, located at
512 Main St., Suite 300, Monmouth, 503-838-1182.
With a proactive healthcare approach, Dr. Essex pro-
vides care for the entire family and will work with you
to build a healthy lifestyle with annual exams, immu-
nizations, lifestyle counseling, sports physicals, skin
care, cancer screenings and more. New patients are
welcome.
• DR. JOHN HADLEY, family medicine, is accepting
new patients at the West Valley Physicians & Surgeons
Clinic at 555 SE Washington St., Dallas, 503-623-7301.
With a proactive healthcare approach, Dr. Hadley pro-
vides offers family medicine for your entire family
from newborns to adults with annual exams, immu-
nizations, lifestyle counseling, sports physicals, skin
care, cancer screenings and more. New patients are
welcome.
UROLOGY SERVICES
• WEST VALLEY SURGICAL SPECIALTY CLINIC board
certified urologist Dr. Jaffer Bashey sees patients on
Tuesday mornings, providing complete diagnosis and
treatment of urological disorders and diseases for
adults and children. Dr. Bashey does outpatient sur-
geries at West Valley Hospital, including cystoscopy,
minor bladder and prostate surgery, bladder and kid-
ney stones, circumcision, vasectomy and other proce-
dures. For an appointment, call 503-561-7100.
Physician referral may be required and can be faxed to
503-561-7124. Visit salemhealth.org/specialty or West
Valley Surgical Specialty Clinic at 591 Clay St. in Dallas.
SHAMANIC PRACTITIONER
• MARIAN SIMON, MA Shamanic practitioner and
counselor specializing in spiritual healing and devel-
opment since 1994. 503-831-0158. simonart@tele-
port.com http://mariansimon.com
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