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Polk County News DEADLINES NEWS DEADLINES For inclusion in the Wednesday edition of the Itemizer-Observer: Social news (weddings, engagements, anniver- saries, births, milestones) — 5 p.m. on Thursday. Community events — Noon on Friday for both the Community Notebook and Community Calendar. Letters to the editor — 10 a.m. on Monday. Obituaries — 4 p.m. on Monday. ADVERTISING DEADLINES Retail display ads — 3 p.m. Friday. Classified display ads — 11 a.m. on Monday. Classified line ads — Noon on Monday. Classified ads are updated daily on www.polkio.com. Public notices — Noon on Friday. CORRECTIONS The Polk County Itemizer- Observer is committed to publishing accurate news, feature and sports reports. If you see anything that re- quires a correction or clarifi- cation, call the newsroom at 503-623-2373 or send an e- mail to nadams@polkio.com. WEBSITE The Polk County Itemizer- Observer website, www.polkio.com, is updat- ed each week by Wednes- day afternoon. There, you will find nearly every story that appears in the print version of the newspaper, as well as some items, in- cluding additional photos, that do not appear in print due to space limitations. The Itemizer-Observer is also on Facebook and Twit- ter. Watch for breaking news, links to stories, sports scores updates and more. Polk County Itemizer-Observer • October 14, 2015 3A Local businesses to take part in Speed Pitch Polk County businesses to participate in an event featuring a travel writer from Salem By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer POLK COUNTY — Why is the Pink House pink? What made Maggie Triplett want to open a flower shop? What is the story behind Brixuis Jewelers? All of these stories can be shared with a travel writer in a speed-dating sort of for- mat between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday at the Polk County Fairgrounds & Event Center. “It’s trying to get business- es to think a little outside of the box and realize what they’re doing is really cool, and it’s not being done everywhere and anywhere,” said Chelsea Metcalfe, exec- utive director of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center. Business owners may come to the fairgrounds and have a 15-minute “date” with a travel writer from Travel Salem, “our big sister for tourism,” Metcalfe said. “They have connections with all the national maga- zines and statewide maga- zines,” she said. Those mag- azines look to Travel Salem for information. “They HIGH LOW Oct. 6................. 77 Oct. 7................. 66 Oct. 8................. 71 Oct. 9................. 75 Oct. 10 .............. 74 Oct. 11 .............. 69 Oct. 12 .............. 74 51 55 53 47 57 48 45 By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer INDEPENDENCE — In- dependence City Manager David Clyne requested re- placement on the board for Monmouth Independence Networks (MINET). Clyne, who has served as the board chairman for MINET since July 2014, said in a memo to the Independ- ence City Council that he would like to change his sta- tus on the MINET board from voting to nonvoting. “My decision comes after long consideration of my ability to be an effective ad- vocate for the city’s posi- tions,” he said in the memo to the council. “There are several barriers to that effec- tiveness, not the least of which is the difficulty in having a key employee of the organization also serving on the city council. This makes the same person both a subordinate and a supervi- sor, obviously a challenging The Colors of Fall RAIN .00 .03 .00 .01 .16 .00 .00 Rainfall during Oct. — .20 in. Rain through Oct. 12 — 17.32 in. What: Speed Pitch, 15 minutes to talk about your business’ story to a Travel Salem writer. When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. Where: Polk County Fairgrounds & Event Center, 520 S. Pa- cific Highway W., Rickreall. Admission: Free. Of note: Everyone has an interesting story to tell. This is a chance to get that information out there for wider coverage and possible press. For more information or to RSVP: www.dallasoregon.org, or call 503-623-2564. would like to get informa- tion about our local busi- nesses to pitch out. You never know who might pick up on that story.” Dallas Chamber of Com- merce is working with Mon- mouth-Independence David Clyne steps down from MINET board WEATHER RECORDED Business speed dating Chamber of Commerce on this “Speed Pitch” event. “We’re trying to do more cooperation with each other,” Metcalfe said. “We don’t want our individual communities invited, we want all of Polk County businesses to come have this opportunity.” Once the interviews are completed, Travel Salem will have a “little mega database about our cool businesses here,” Metcalfe noted. “If someone calls, or if it’s a slow time in the news, they can say, ‘Oh that was kind of cool. Let’s do a feature on that,’” she said. situation even with extreme care and separation of roles.” Marilyn Morton, Inde- pendence city councilor, works as an administrator at MINET. Clyne also cited other re- sponsibilities for his request to step down. He has recently been ap- pointed to the governance board for the Local Govern- ment Personnel Institute and has spent a lot of time overseeing the reconstruc- tion of the Valley Concrete site. He said negotiations have been difficult with the Teamsters, along with other ongoing efforts. “Reducing my role with MINET will allow me to put more focus on these very important responsibilities,” Clyne said. Mayor John McArdle rec- ommended filling Clyne’s position with Greg Ellis, for- mer Independence city manager. Ellis, of Independ- ence, has a long history with MINET, back to its founding in 2004. The intergovernmental agreement, signed by both Monmouth and Independ- ence city councils, allows the appointment of some- one other than the city man- ager to the MINET board, at the council’s discretion. 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