Polk County News
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • February 3, 2016 3A
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Sheriff’s Office seeks Reserve Deputies
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Hedrick joins Indy police officers
POLK COUNTY — The Polk County Sherif’s Oice is accept-
ing Reserve Deputy Sherif applications for the Reserve Acade-
my. Applications must be submitted by Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. for the
academy which runs from November through May of 2017. Ap-
plicants must be at least 21 years of age and will be required to
pass a written test, interviews, criminal background check, psy-
chological evaluation, a physical itness test and drug screen-
ing.
Applications are available online at www.co.polk.or.us
/ms/volunteer-application.
Applications may be turned in to Polk County Sherif’s Oice,
850 Main St. Dallas, 97338.
For more information: Detective John Williams, 503-623-
9251.
Hedrick
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DPD seeks info about Sunday stabbing
EMILY MENTZER/Itemizer-Observer
Randy Shipman, a Vietnam veteran, raises a flag honoring prisoners of war and
those missing in action at the Dallas Aquatic Center on Monday. Shipman and the In-
dependence American Legion Post 33 donated the flag to the center.
Indy streets need more money
By Emily Mentzer
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this newspaper.
INDEPENDENCE — Grant Hedrick, a 2010
Central High graduate, became Independ-
ence Police Department’s newest oicer on
Jan. 1.
Hedrick graduated with a bachelor’s de-
gree in criminal justice from Boise State Uni-
versity in 2015, where he also played quar-
terback for the Broncos’ football team. He
will attend the police academy in Salem be-
ginning in March.
Hedrick can be reached at ghedrick@ci.in-
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — The
27 miles of streets in the city
of Independence are fair, for
the most part, said John Du-
vall, president of Pavement
Services Inc.
The company just fin-
ished a review of the city’s
streets and found that pave-
ment condition is 56 percent
good, 22 percent fair and 22
percent poor.
Duvall presented his find-
ings to the Independence
City Council at its Jan. 26
meeting.
Right now, Independence
public works has $100,000 a
year to maintain streets. The
money comes through the
annual fund exchange pro-
gram with the state for fed-
eral funds and specific
amounts allocated by popu-
lation, said Mike Danko,
public works director.
Duvall said at $100,000 a
year, the streets projects
would grow to a backlog of
$10.4 million by the year
2020. Overall condition
would drop from the current
rating of 70 (“fair” on a 1-100
scale) to 62. Increasing the
Government
yearly budget to $500,000
would create a backlog of re-
pairs totally $9.5 million,
Duvall said.
“To stabilize the condition
of the street system at the
current (rating) of 71, an an-
nual budget of $826,000 is
required during the period
2016-2020,” Duvall said in
his report. This would create
a backlog of $7.5 million.
The arterial and collector
streets in Independence are
mostly fair to good, but 31
percent of the residential
streets are rated as poor,
with 60 percent rated good
and 9 percent rated fair.
Duvall said that to elimi-
nate all backlogs and repair
all the streets right now, it
would take about $8.5 mil-
lion.
He included in his report
a table showing street utility
fees in 24 cities in Oregon.
The highest fee is $7.94 in
Ashland, with the lowest at
90 cents in North Plains. The
average is $3.74.
The city council will dis-
cuss the issue of how to
maintain streets more at a
future work session.
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DALLAS — The Dallas Police Department is investigating a
stabbing incident that happened in the 100 block of Southwest
Court Street on Sunday morning.
Police received a call at about 1:40 a.m. of an adult male
stabbed multiple times.
As of Monday, the victim was still alive, Lt. Jerry Mott said. He
said alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this incident.
Mott said he could not release more information based on
the active investigation.
Anyone who may have witnessed the event or have knowl-
edge of it is asked to call Mott at 503-831-3516.
Sen. Merkley to hold town hall meeting
FALLS CITY — Oregon Sen. Jef Merkley will hold a town hall
at Falls City High School Friday at 5 p.m.
Merkley will present a lag to the Falls City after school pro-
gram (FACES) honoring the work that they do and take ques-
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