Polk County News
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 16, 2015 13A
Policy: District
bound by law
OREGON STATE POLICE/for the Itemizer-Observer
A car crash on Highway 99W north of Rickreall Thursday killed Jesus Negrete Ramirez, 47, of McMinnville, and pas-
senger Con suelo Aguinaga Martinez, 49, of McMinnville. A separate crash killed Diana Glover, 62, of Dallas.
Three killed in two car crashes Thursday
Itemizer-Observer staf report
POLK COUNTY — Three
people died as the result of
two separate car crashes on
Thursday night.
Diana Marie Glover, 62, of
Dallas, was driving a 2011
Toyota Rav4 eastbound on
Highway 22 at about 4:45
p.m. when her car was hit
nearly head-on by a 1991
Toyota pickup traveling
westbound and driven by
Mark Allen Strutton Jr., 27, of
Willamina, Oregon State Po-
lice said.
For unknown reasons,
Strutton's vehicle crossed
the centerline.
Glover was pronounced
dead at the scene. Strutton
was taken to Salem Hospital
for treatment.
Highway 22 was closed for
more than four hours with
one lane opening after a
couple of hours, though it
was cleared that night.
At 5:30 p.m., OSP troopers
and emergency personnel
responded to a report of a
two-vehicle crash on High-
way 99W at milepost 52,
north of Rickreall.
When emergency crews
arrived, they discovered two
vehicles traveling in oppo-
site directions had collided.
The driver of a 2002 Honda
Civic, Jesus Negrete
Ramirez, 47, of McMin-
nville, and passenger Con
suelo Aguinaga Martinez,
49, of McMinnville, were
pronounced dead at the
scene.
Preliminary information
indicates the Honda was
traveling northbound when,
for unknown reasons, it
swerved into the path of a
Minet payment
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By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — The
Independence City Council
approved advancing
$340,790 toward the Decem-
ber debt service payment for
Monmouth Independence
Networks.
The money comes from
Independence’s water fund.
The total December pay-
ment is $1,051,027, with 55
percent coming from Mon-
mouth and 45 percent from
Independence. Monmouth
will be asked to pay
$407,791, which comes from
Monmouth’s Power and
Light fund.
Minet will pay $302,446,
and will owe each city the
money advanced, plus 3 per-
cent interest to be paid back
no later than Dec. 31, 2021.
The amount exceeded
what the city budgeted to
pay for Minet’s debt service,
said Councilor Tom Tackas.
“It seems like we’re trend-
ing way upward based on
what we’re contributing,” he
said. “Do we have very spe-
cific ways of addressing that?
Any projections for the June
payment?”
Councilor and Minet
board member Jerry Hoff-
man said Minet’s board is
looking into marketing and
acquiring addresses that are
not Minet subscribers.
Minet corporate finance
officer Mark Thoenes said,
based on rough projections,
he anticipates the city of In-
dependence will be asked to
cover 80 percent of the debt
payment due in June.
The debt was originally
taken out by both cities —
Monmouth and Independ-
ence — to pay for the infra-
structure to build Minet. The
intent was for Minet to be
able to pay for itself, but so
far this has not been the
case.
Minet General Manager
Don Patten said Minet em-
ployees are focusing on find-
ing new sources of revenue.
City Councilor Marilyn
Morton recused herself from
the vote to approve the pay-
ment based on a perceived
actual conflict. Morton
works for Minet.
southbound 2002 Volkswa-
gen Passat.
The Volkswagen struck
the Honda on the passenger
side and both vehicles came
to a rest on the shoulder.
The driver of the Volkswa-
gen, Kimberly L. Williams,
49, of Keizer, was taken to
Salem Hospital with non-
life-threatening injuries.
Amity Fire and the Ore-
gon Department of Trans-
portation assisted OSP at the
scene.
The crash closed the high-
way for a few hours.
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THE HUNGER GAMES
MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (Digital 2D) (PG13)
(12:50 3:50)
THE GOOD DINOSAUR (Digital 2D) (PG) (12:20 2:40 5:05)
*STAR WARS: (Digital 2D)
THE FORCE AWAKENS (PG13)
(10:40 2:50)
*STAR WARS: (NEC Dolby 3D)
THE FORCE AWAKENS (PG13)
(12:10 3:20)
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THE FORCE AWAKENS (PG13)
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THE ROAD CHIP (Digital) (PG)
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IN THE HEART
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The rights of transgen-
der students are included
in the district’s nondis-
crimination policy.
That policy also prohibits
discrimination or harass-
ment against staff or stu-
dents based on race, reli-
gion, sex, sexual orienta-
tion, and national or ethnic
origin, in addition to others.
Legal guidance to the
district regarding enforce-
ment said that Title IX pro-
tects the rights of transgen-
der students to use the fa-
cilities assigned to the gen-
der they identify with.
The district sent a letter
to the parents of affected
students, those in physical
education classes with
Yoder, explaining the poli-
cy and the legal support
behind it. Meetings were
also held with students.
Those in attendance
Monday also were con-
cerned about the notifica-
tion process, saying that all
parents in the district should
have been sent the letter.
Some at the meeting dis-
agreed with the district’s in-
terpretation of Title IX, in-
cluding Sutton and Dallas
resident Kris Golly.
“We are seeing school
districts across the nation
voting on agreements on
this very issue,” Golly said.
“As we all know, Title IX
was adopted to give equal
access, and part of that
being to education.
“In this particular case,
no one in the Dallas School
District is being excluded
from an education, even if
they were to dress down in
a bathroom of their biolog-
ical sex. This still would not
exclude them from partici-
pation in P.E. class.”
Golly asked the district
to consider a policy written
by the Alliance Defending
Freedom, a group advocat-
ing for religious freedom,
and said the group would
be willing to work with the
district on its policy.
Superintendent Michelle
Johnstone said the policy
will remain, but, at the
board’s direction, she will
discuss with the district’s
lawyers how to respond to
concerns.
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