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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 In a story headlined “Local Businesses to take part in Speed Pitch” in the Oct. 14 edition of the Itemizer-Ob- server, Brixius Jewelers was misspelled. The I-O regrets the error. A birth announcement on page 9A of the Oct. 14 edi- tion of the Itemizer-Observer had the last name of Aaliyah Miah Barba-Perry misspelled in the headline. The I-O re- grets the error. The Polk County Itemizer- Observer is committed to publishing accurate 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. RECORDED HIGH LOW Oct. 13 .............. 77 Oct. 14 .............. 72 Oct. 15 .............. 82 Oct. 16 .............. 72 Oct. 17 .............. 66 Oct. 18 .............. 72 Oct. 19 .............. 64 47 49 45 49 56 55 52 Honest food, like grandma used to make Hadley hopes old-school approach, local ingredients will attract customers By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer MONMOUTH — Step- ping into Hadley’s Radio Bakery, it doesn’t seem like much. It’s still a work in progress, with signs being made, art yet to be hung on the walls. The display case isn’t packed full of goodies like you might see in a commer- cial bakery. Instead, Hadley’s displays a smaller assort- ment of delicacies. Be glad. Hadley, 47, takes a small-batch approach, hoping customers will ap- preciate the attentiveness to his use of local ingredients and baking throughout the day. It means the likelihood of grabbing a cookie fresh out of the oven is high. “I do everything old- school,” Hadley said. “I brush everything with butter or real cream, use local in- gredients. They’re not the prettiest things in the world, but they taste wonderful.” He’s not exaggerating. The texture and flavor of his dark chocolate fig cookies are de- lightful and interesting. His caramel apple coffee cake is moist with plenty of crunchy strudel topping. Hadley had spent 27 years in other people’s kitchens. RAIN .00 .00 .00 .T .04 .T .16 Rainfall during Oct. — 0.40 in. Rain through Oct. 19 — 17.52 in. EMILY MENTZER/Itemizer-Observer Hadley’s Radio Bakery offers a variety of treats. Honest food What: Hadley’s Radio Bakery. When: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Where: 165 Broad St., Monmouth. Of note: Come early for the best selection. Also, Hadley will stream radio shows from the 1940s to customers’ tables and is developing a back patio seating and herb garden. EMILY MENTZER/Itemizer-Observer Mark Hadley rolls out dough for his chocolate peanut butter hand pies. While he said he enjoyed the work — for the most part — it began to wear on him as restaurants he worked at be- came more and more fo- cused on money and less fo- cused on food. “I’m really burned out — everybody is, I think,” he said. “The food industry in this country has been in the midst of a hostile takeover by corporations. They don’t know anything about food; all they know is money.” Of course Hadley wants to make a profit, but he wants to do it honestly, in his way — or rather, in the way your grandmother might. “I want to be successful making food I’m proud of,” he said. If he wouldn’t serve it to his mom or girlfriend, he won’t serve it to his cus- tomers, he added. Hadley encourages cus- tomers to bring in old recipes, things they haven’t had since they were a child. “I want to be a communi- ty food place where every- body feels they had a hand in it,” he said. “I want peo- ple to feel comfortable bringing me a recipe and saying, ‘My mom made this for me when I was little; I haven’t had this since I was a kid.’” Hadley will play around with it and make it. If it’s popular, he may even add it into his rotation. “If you give the customers a chance to have some input, they appreciate that,” he said. Monmouth closes on land for power and light City manager said the move is part of city’s plan to improve government facilities By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer WEATHER Polk County Itemizer-Observer • October 21, 2015 3A MONMOUTH — Mon- mouth Power and Light is one step closer to getting a new building. The city has closed on a parcel of land on South Ecols Street close to the substation for $350,573. The building is a long way from being built, City Man- ager Scott McClure said. The earliest the city will likely start looking for an architect is in a few months, with con- struction beginning mid to late next year. The move is part of the city’s plan to improve gov- ernment facilities, McClure said. “We did a facilities plan for all our buildings,” he said. “Aside from the library, they’re all bad.” The police station was the first to get new digs. Moving Power and Light to a new lo- cation will help two city de- partments at once, McClure said. While the utility will get much needed space for of- fices and storage, Public Works will gain the space now used by Power and Light. “We are just overcrowded with existing facilities,” said Chuck Thurman, Power and Light manager. “The area that we are vacating will allow public works to spread out. That’s one of the big perks.” The new building, though just a thought right now, should fit the long piece of property, and will have to account for existing wet- lands somehow, McClure said. Also, Thurman said he would like to make use of in- novative and renewable power. “We’ll be conservative, but maybe do a solar proj- ect,” he said. “I’d like people to walk out there and say, ‘Oh, that’s what solar power is all about,’ and maybe be a hands-on solar opportuni- ty.” Thurman said he is al- ways conservative when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars. McClure said it is too early to estimate how much the new building will cost, but said it is likely in the $1 million to $1.5 million range.
