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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 2, 2015 3A
From sergeant to sheriff
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WEATHER
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RECYCLE
Indy civic center to
host holiday movies
JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer
Polk County Circuit Judge Sally Avera swears in new Polk County Sheriff Mark Garton
on Monday during a ceremony at the Polk County Courthouse. Garton was appointed
to the office temporarily and is running for election to hold the job permanently.
Water plan begins to flow
Grants help Falls City move forward with master plan
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
FALLS CITY — Piece-by-
piece, the city of Falls City is
finding ways to pay for the
plan to upgrade its water
system.
Soon the city will be hir-
ing an engineer to complete
the new water master plan, a
project that will cost around
$80,000.
The city already has a
$20,000 grant from Oregon’s
Infrastructure Finance Au-
thority to put toward the
project.
Falls City Mayor Terry Un-
gricht may have found an-
other grant that would cover
$30,000 more of that cost.
The city council approved
the application in Novem-
ber and Ungricht submitted
it for the United States De-
partment of Agriculture
Special Evaluation Assis-
tance for Rural Communi-
ties and Households grant
program.
If the city is awarded the
grant, which Ungricht said a
USDA representative told
him was likely, it would re-
imburse the city after the
plan is approved by the Ore-
gon Health Authority.
“She was 70 percent con-
fident we would get it,”
Mayor Terry Ungricht said.
“We fit the income (stan-
dards).”
The city has budgeted
$60,000 to cover the remain-
der of expected costs for the
plan. If they get the grant, it
would repay half of that
amount.
“We would spend the
$30,000 out towards the
master plan, and then docu-
ment where that is, and then
they would reimburse that
once the plan is accepted,”
Ungricht said.
According to the water
master plan schedule, the
city’s contractor will begin
work on the plan in January.
It should be completed in
mid-2017.
INDEPENDENCE — It’s
the most wonderful time of
the year, and to help bring
the community together,
Independence Civic Center
will host a Christmas
movie series in both Eng-
lish and Spanish.
“We’re doing two sepa-
rate movies at the same
t i m e,” s a i d Co u r t n e y
Williams, coordinator of
the event center. “We have
a big enough space to have
two movies at once.”
The same film will be
shown in one room in Eng-
lish and in another room in
Spanish.
“We’ll be offering pop-
corn and mini candy
canes, too,” Williams said.
The movies are free,
kicking off on Friday at 6
p.m. with “The Grinch.”
It’s another way the city
can get involved with cele-
b ra t i n g t h e h o l i d a y s,
Williams said.
“It’s a great way to get
the community together,
and also to … show off the
space,” she noted. “It will
be decorated for Christ-
mas, too.”
Three movies will be
shown, each Friday in De-
cember, ending the week
before Christmas.
The city had to pay li-
censing fees, but the
toughest part was finding
films that were translated
into Spanish, not just sub-
titled.
Williams said volunteers
are needed, particularly for
the Dec. 11 showing, to
help get the video started
and be a presence in the
room.
Movies at the
Civic Center
What: Christmas
movies in both Span-
ish and English. Friday,
“The Grinch”; Dec. 11,
“Arthur Christmas”;
Dec. 18, “Elf.”
When: 6 p.m. on Fri-
day and Dec. 11. “Elf”
starts at 5 p.m. on Dec.
18.
Where: Independ-
ence Civic Center, 555
S. Main St.
Admission: A dona-
tion of two cans of
non-perishable food is
requested. Food goes
toward the city’s food
drive.
Of note: The
movies will be shown
in two rooms simulta-
neously. In one room,
the movie will be in
English. In the other
room, the movie will
be shown in Spanish.
“We’re hoping someone
will be there as a welcome
person, someone to run
the popcorn machine,
someone to hand out
candy canes,” she said.
To volunteer or for more
information: Courtney
Williams, 503-837-1195.
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