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Polk County News 2A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • March 9, 2016 NEWS IN BRIEF Dallas police needs reserve officers DALLAS — The Dallas Police Department is taking reserve police oicer applications. Reserve oicers are sworn volunteers who supplement full- time police oicers. Reserve oicer training is near equivalent to that of regular oicers, but responsibilities are limited by ex- perience and ongoing training. Candidates must be 21 years of age or older and will be re- quired, at a minimum, to pass a written test, interviews, a crim- inal background check, a psychological evaluation, medical and physical itness tests and drug screening. A city-provided application and “supplemental police ques- tionnaire” can be found at www.dallasor.gov. Applications should be completed and returned to Sgt. Steve Dankenbring by 5 p.m. on April 15. ‘Manos’ sequel exceeds funding goal FALLS CITY — “Manos Returns,” the sequel to cult favorite “Manos: The Hands of Fate” surpassed its Kickstarter fundrais- ing goal of $24,000 by the end of its campaign March 1. Movie producers netted $31,750, achieving “stretch goals” of recording new Nicki Mathis single, “Magic Circle” and travel ex- penses for Diane Mahree, “Maggie” in the original movie, and Bryan Jennings, son the sherif in the irst Manos, to appear in the sequel. The movie will be ilmed this summer in Oregon. The goal is to premier “Manos Returns” in November on the 50th anniversary of “Hands of Fate.” Dallas Fire presents service awards DALLAS — On March 2, Dallas Fire & EMS held its annual years of service and training hours awards, recognizing those who worked to enhance their skill over the last year. Fire volun- teers logged more than 4,000 hours in training in 2015. Service awards: Five years of service — Dan Woolsey, Austin Champ and Brad Tootle; 10 Year Service Awards — Paul McCal- lum and Clete Schmitke; 15 Year Service Award for EMS — Todd Brumield, Kim Storms and Tom Moore; 35 Year Service Award — Greg Riemer. The Training Oicer’s Award was presented to engineer/ire- ighter Paul McCallum. Dallas Fire & EMS also recognized a com- munity partner, Graphic Latitude, with the Excellence in Com- munity Service award for its dedication to the department. RFL celebration swim set for Sunday DALLAS — Relay for Life of Polk County invites caregivers, can- cer survivors, those in treatment and their families for an after- noon at the Dallas Aquatic Center this Sunday. The event is from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and will include a light luncheon, bingo, and prizes. For more information: Tami or Jen at 503-507-0120. New fitness course coming Independence trail system to get obstacles installed this spring By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer INDEPENDENCE — The 1.5-mile loop trail from the Independence Dog Park around the soccer fields is about to get more interesting. An obstacle course with about 12 fit- ness stations will be installed along the pathway this spring, said Independ- ence Sgt. Justin Hedlund, a coordinator of the project. “I think that things like this would be really popular and help people just kind of make fitness more fun,” he said. “As opposed to just going out and put- ting in miles, they could have obstacles if they wanted to.” Stations will include classics such as a tire field to practice old military style quick step and a place to do burpees and sit-ups. “We will have stationary walls that people can vault over,” Hedlund said. Other stations include a balance beam, stretching station, pullup station and tire flip, he said. Three pieces of equipment were pur- chased with money from a grant from Heal Cities, including a combination obstacle. “It’s a rope climb with a descending hand-over-hand ladder to a lateral hand-over-hand ladder,” Hedlund ex- plained. “It’s 30 feet overall.” At the start of the trail, general infor- mation about safety and heart-rate monitoring will be installed. At each station in the fitness loop, signs will provide basic information on how to use each obstacle, Hedlund said. “Because of our bilingual communi- Graphic courtesy of Justin Hedlund The course will start at the dog park and run around the soccer complex. ty, we wanted to make sure we had sig- nage in both English and Spanish,” Hedlund said. “To do some of these ex- planations, I’ve reached out to some of the fitness people in our community to make sure we explain these accurate- ly.” One option may be using QR codes with links to short videos for each sta- tion, showing how to use it. “That would make translation much easier,” Hedlund said. Once the equipment is acquired, the installation should go quickly, he said. “We’re going to need building prod- ucts, donations from area businesses such as lumber, logs, things like that,” Hedlund said. “We’re seeking some of that stuff out. We’re also going to need manual labor volunteers to come out and help us cut this trail in and do these installations and help us build these things.” For more information or to volun- teer to help: Hedlund.justin@ci.inde- pendence.or.us, or call the non-emer- gency number at the Independence Police Department, 503-838-1214. Falls City to consider increase to rates By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer FALLS CITY — Those wanting to attend Falls City City Council meetings will need to head down to the Falls City Community Center a little earlier from now on. FILL the Monmouth-Independence ELLA CURRAN COMMUNITY FOOD BANK Starting with Thursday’s meeting, the council will meet at 6 p.m. instead of 7. The council approved the change at its February meeting. The meeting location at the community center, 320 N. Main St., and day of the month, the second Thurs- day, are unchanged. This month, the council will hold a public hearing on changing bulk water rates and sewer hookup fees. The city’s public works committee and staff will propose bulk water rates be Government increased from $2.55 per unit (1,000 gallons) to $5 per unit for bulk sales of less than 10,000 gallons. The bulk sales hook up fee would also be changed from $50 to $80. The committee made a recommendation to elimi- nate “simple” and “complex” sewer hookup fees and charge one rate of $3,250 for all hookups. According to the agenda report prepared for Thurs- d a y ’s m e e t i n g , t h o s e changes would bring the city into compliance with its own code. For more information on the public hearing or Thurs- day’s meeting agenda, go to www.fallscityoregon.gov. NO Certified Fitness ! 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