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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • January 6, 2016 3A
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Wednesday edition of the
Itemizer-Observer:
Social news (weddings,
engagements, anniver-
saries, births, milestones) —
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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.
Dues shift to reflect household income
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
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Former Dallas resident James Hoffman is ready to release his sophomore album.
Dallas singer releases album
Hoffman’s ‘Fault Lines’ has ‘something for everyone’
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — James Hoff-
man, a former Dallas resi-
dent and graduate of DHS,
has turned life’s “interrup-
tions” — good and bad —
into a second indie-folk
album.
Hoffman’s debut effort
“The Union” similarly re-
flected his life at the time,
specifically his new mar-
riage. A resident of Ontario,
Canada, “The Union” earned
him nominations in Cana-
da’s Hamilton Music Awards
for “Male Artist of the Year,”
“New Artist of the Year” and
“Songwriter of the Year,”
while the album was nomi-
nated for “Folk Recording of
the Year.”
Four years later, his
thoughts and experiences of
losing an aunt and grand-
mother — and becoming a
father — developed into his
sophomore album “Fault
Lines.”
“As I was nearing comple-
tion of the album, I started
to notice how so many songs
were about loss, parting
ways or losing a loved one,”
Hoffman said. “Others
though, were about growth,
or how we react to those
losses.”
“Fault Lines” is arranged
in a way that allows people
to follow his journey, start-
ing with those “interrup-
tions” and ending with how
he responds to them.
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The album begins with his
favorite song, “What it’s
worth,” which ironically was
the last to be written.
“After completion (it) felt
like the missing piece to the
puzzle,” Hoffman said. “I’m
also a nature lover, and that’s
pretty evident in the lyrics. I
think it does a nice job set-
ting the stage for the feel and
content of the album.”
Hoffman said he didn’t ex-
periment much with his
indie-folk sound, though he
leans a bit more toward
indie with “Fault Lines.” He
added that some songs delve
into pop, country and even
alternative styles.
“There's something for
everyone,” Hoffman said.
“There is a lot more sound in
this album than my first,
more layers and production. I
was able to work with some
very talented musicians to
help make this thing hap-
pen.”
The release of his second
album has given Hoffman
yet another new experience:
“It’s also been nice with this
album to hear some of those
songs played on the radio,
which is a first.”
A 2004 graduate of DHS,
Hoffman said he has no offi-
cial plans to play any local
shows for “Fault Lines,” at
least not yet.
“My West Coast agent (my
dad) has some promising
leads though,” Hoffman
said.
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and work in Salem,” Cronin
said. “Salem offers a lot
more than what we offer.”
With a year-round pool,
the Salem Y offers year-
round swim lessons, some-
thing Cronin said she plans
to take advantage of with
her infant daughter.
The Y still offers scholar-
ships. People do not have to
be members to participate in
programs, including in
youth sports, which also was
changed to reflect income.
“If you fall in the lowest
income bracket, you get 50
percent off youth sports
fees,” Cronin said.
Also, the Y has waived its
$40 joining fee for the
month of January.
“Membership for us in
Monmouth and Independ-
ence is still relatively new,”
Cronin said. “Ultimately, this
will streamline the process
for people. Hopefully, they’ll
take advantage of it.”
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Monmouth-Independence
YMCA began the year with
changes to its membership
program.
“We were talking about
the needs of our communi-
ty, and the amount of
scholarships we give out,”
said Natascha Cronin, ex-
ecutive director. “Our
scholarship process is really
tedious. They have to bring
in all this financial informa-
tion, fill out all these forms;
it would take up to three
weeks to process.”
After a meeting with the
Y’s CEO Sam Carroll and
Cronin, along with execu-
tive directors from Salem,
Silverton and Stayton,
Cronin said they decided to
streamline the membership
dues, creating different
rates depending on house-
hold income.
People must bring a copy
of their federal tax forms
when applying for mem-
bership, and the price will
be the same at all four loca-
tions, Cronin said.
“Membership dues were
different for all the branch-
es, so that didn’t make any
sense,” she said.
Now that the dues are
the same at each location,
membership is good at
each place, too.
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