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KNOW WHAT TO DO SLOWING DOWN TO SURVIVE A STROKE MAKE THE MILES Page 7A Volume 140, Issue 19 Page 10A www.Polkio.com May 13, 2015 75¢ IN YOUR TOWN DALLAS NEWS Before taking over Starlite Lanes in Dallas, Mike Reed had done every job there is to do in a bowl- ing alley — except own one. Now he can cross that off his list. “I’ve always wanted my own place,” Reed said. Reed got his start working in or for bowling al- leys, coincidently, at Starlite Lanes. “I started out as a pin chaser in high school,” he said. After Starlite Lanes, he’s worked in bowling al- leys in Silverton, Wilsonville and Alaska. Reed has about 30 years of experience in the industry. »Page 2A FALLS CITY NEWS JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer Beekeeper Gary Pierce carefully cuts away branches around a swarm of bees in a tree at a home in Dallas last week. LET THEM BEE Dallas resident rescues traveling bee colony resting in tree For just a brief moment, Lori Jean Sickles, the owner of The Boondocks in Falls City, was on televi- sion. “I missed it!” Sickles said of her short “cameo” on Discovery Channel’s “Unearthed,” which was filmed in and around Falls City. Friday night, the bar was showing the second episode of the reality show about competitive pro- fessional truffle hunters who live in the area. Spending much of the evening in the kitchen, Sickles walked up front just seconds after her “scene” in the episode. »Page 3A By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — Pat Smith’s neighbor could hear them before he saw them. Making a loud, constant buzz, it didn’t take long to locate the mass of bees that had gathered in Smith’s tree in her front yard. “He rang my doorbell and said ‘Do you know you have bees?’” Smith said. The conundrum — what do you do with a colony of bees in your tree? — made for an interesting afternoon at the end of Applegate Trail Drive in Dallas. A neighbor, Brenda Miller, suggested calling the city to see if someone was available to remove them. That was the right call. The city dispatched Gary Pierce, who, at one point in his “hobby,” had 26 colonies of bees on his property. At the time he was called to help Smith with her seem- ingly docile, but still not- JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer Bees in the colony began adjusting to their new home within minutes of being placed in the hive box. welcome visitors, he only had one colony. That was about to change. “Settle down girls,” Pierce said quietly to the bees as he cut away branches of Smith’s tree surrounding the colony, which had the appearance of a large, ever-moving bird’s nest. Pierce wore a beekeeper hat and gloves and moved deliberately to keep from ag- itating the bees. They buzzed around him, but did- n’t seem to be too alarmed. Pierce said the swarming bees had likely splintered off a larger colony when a new queen bee was born and kicked out the old queen. A portion of the workers and drones will follow the old queen to a new hive. They probably thought the branches of Smith’s tree were a good place to rest temporarily while looking for a new home. Pierce made that search easy. After removing a few limbs, Pierce struck the branch holding the bees and a mass dropped into a wait- ing hive box. He quickly cov- ered it and climbed down the ladder and placed it on the ground. Needless to say, the bees were a little agitated then, fly- ing around in all directions. His hope was that the queen was in the middle of that mass of bees, and once the confusion of being moved passed, the bees would start making a home in the box. See BEES, Page 6A Woman allegedly kidnapped mom By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — Maura Olsson, 36, was arraigned Monday afternoon in Polk County Circuit Court, charged with eight crimes, including second-degree kidnapping, for an incident on Thurs- day. Olsson was arrested on Friday near the city of Coquille where she was at a friend’s house. Monday, Olsson was charged with first-degree robbery, a Class A felony with a maximum 20 years in prison and $350,000 fine, second-degree kid- napping, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, menacing, first-degree theft, pointing a firearm at another, harass- ment and unauthorized use of a weapon. At about 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, Polk THE NEXT 7 DAYS PLANNING FOR YOUR WEEK County deputies responded to a report of Karen Pangburn calling for help in the roadway in the 16000 block of Bridgeport Road outside of Dallas. Pangburn reportedly had duct tape over her mouth and wrapped around her head. She alleged that her daughter, Olsson, had taken her at shotgun-point from her travel trailer in Olsson the backyard into the main residence, where Olsson lives with her husband and their two chil- dren. Pangburn said it was in the main res- idence where Olsson allegedly duct- taped her to a chair in the dining room and stuck her in the back of the head with a shotgun. Olsson allegedly stole $1,000 in cash, a cellphone and a 1997 green Toyota Camry from Pangburn and headed south. Friday, an Oregon State Police troop- er pulled the car over and noticed the driver was acting suspiciously, Polk County Sheriff Lt. Jeff Isham said. “It ended up being her (Olsson’s) husband,” Isham said. Olsson’s hus- band led Coos County Sheriff deputies to Olsson’s location. Polk County deputies took custody of her there and lodged her in Polk County Jail. Isham said no drugs were involved in the incident. Olsson is being lodged in Polk Coun- ty Jail on $250,000 security. She was ap- pointed an attorney from Chris Lille- gard’s office. She is scheduled to ap- pear in court at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday. INDEPENDENCE NEWS Things are looking up for the city of Independ- ence as far as the budget is concerned, Budget Of- ficer and Finance Director Gloria Butsch said at the April 29 budget meeting. “With this budget, we continue the climb back to fiscal health,” she said. “In this budget, we can see the positive impacts of our improving econo- my.” Butsch noted an increase in building in both res- idential and industrial areas as one reason for the improving economy, but noted that the city will proceed with some caution as it rebuilds its work- force. »Page 2A MONMOUTH NEWS 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 vision- ing process, is underway with surveys going out to residents and businesses on Friday. “The primary purpose of this process is to en- gage everyone in the community,” said Libby Barg, co-coordinator for the project. Barney & Worth Inc., out of Portland, was con- tracted by Monmouth City Council to organize the engagement project. »Page 6A POLK COUNTY NEWS American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Polk County teams are busy raising funds for this year’s 24-hour relay on May 30 to 31 at LaCreole Middle School in Dallas. The community is invited to be part of these upcoming relay team-sponsored ac- tivities. Relay for Life of Polk County relay team “The Be- lievers” will benefit from an event Wednesday (today) at The Pink House in Independence, across the street from Independence Cinema. Proceeds (15 percent) from purchases of breakfast, lunch or dinner will go toward Relay for Life. »Page 5A wed thu fri sat sun mon tue Do something for your health and get a free blood-pres- sure check at West Valley Hospital, sur- gery admitting area. 2-3 p.m. Free. Have lunch and lis- ten to a speaker with the Mon- mouth-Indepen- dence Rotarians at First Baptist Church. Noon. Free. Support Dallas Lions Club at the club’s garage sale on Clay Street. All proceeds go toward Lions’ service projects. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Spruce up your home and neigh- borhood during M- I’s annual cleanup day, starting at Riverview Park. 9 a.m. -2 p.m. Free. Treat your ears to concert pianist Pas- tor Sam Rotman during a perform- ance at Evangelical Bible Church. 6 p.m. Free. Join other business people and network at the monthly Dal- las Chamber of Commerce lunch- eon at The Majestic. Noon. $12. See youths perform at the Polk County France School of Dance concert, while supporting the food bank. 6 p.m. Free. Showers Hi: 63 Lo: 47 T-storms possible Hi: 68 Lo: 45 Cloudy Hi: 67 Lo: 45 Cloudy Hi: 67 Lo: 45 Partly cloudy Hi: 68 Lo: 45 Sunny Hi: 70 Lo: 47 Partly cloudy Hi: 69 Lo: 46