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Polk County Education/Sports Polk County Itemizer-Observer • March 16, 2016 13A NCAA DIVISION II WEST REGIONAL LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer WESTERN OREGON ROUNDUP Ribich named All-American Itemizer-Observer staff report PITTSBURG, Kan. — Western Oregon distance runner David Ribich left the NCAA Di- vision II Indoor Track and F i e l d Champi- onships as a double All-Ameri- can on Fri- Ribich day and Saturday. Ribich placed fourth in the men’s mile with a time of 4 minutes, 14.22 seconds and was part of the distance medley relay with Sam Naf- fziger, Aaron Whitaker and Josh Dempsey. The team set a new school and confer- ence record with a time of 9:50.07 in the finals. On the women’s side, Emmi Collier placed 15th in the shot put with a throw of 13.72 meters. WOU will continue its outdoor season at the Willamette Invitation- al on March 26. BASEBALL SPLITS DH: Western Oregon’s baseball team split a doubleheader against Saint Martin’s on Satur- day, earn- ing a 9-0 win in the irst game b e f o r e falling 5-4 in the sec- ond. The game was moved to Portland Miller because of weather conditions. Pitcher Brady Miller earned the win in the irst contest, throwing three strikeouts, while allowing two hits in seven innings of work. Cody Sullivan led WOU with three hits at the plate. The Wolves led 4-1 in the second game before the Saints scored four runs over the inal two in- nings to earn the win. Sunday’s doubleheader was postponed because of rain. Western Ore- gon will host Northwest Nazarene for a pair of double- headers on Friday and Satur- day. First pitch is 1 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday. SOFTBALL GAMES POST- PONED: Western Oregon’s softball team’s games against Montana State Billings on Fri- day and Saturday were post- poned because of weather conditions. No makeup date has been announced. WOU will play a pair of doubleheaders at Simon Fraser on Saturday and at Western Washington on Sunday. Seven named all-league m o r e K r i s t a Omlid and freshman Elizabeth Chavez all earned honorable mentions. Nash Corval- lis junior Alexandria Val- lancey-Martinson and Sil- verton senior Alia Parsons were named Co-Players of the Year. Central (14-11 overall, 8- 6 MWC) and Dallas (14-12 overall, 8- 6 MWC) both ad- Zwicker vanced to the first round of the state playoffs. The Panthers placed third in the MWC, while the Dragons finished fourth. School board considers remodels to restrooms By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — Dallas School District is tapping the brakes on the multipurpose and new kitchen remodels at Lyle and Oakdale ele- mentary schools. That’s because the dis- trict may add restroom re- models to the project after the state and a superinten- dent’s committee issued guidance about restroom and locker room access for the transgender students and student privacy. The Dallas School Board also had questions about the cost of moving the kitchens versus remodeling the current facilities. Superintendent Michelle Johnstone said the Oregon Department of Education should be releasing its guidelines within a couple weeks. Incorporating that and the recommendation of the committee formed to look into the issue would delay final planning until at least late April. Fa c i l i t i e s M a n a g e r Kevin Montague said that would mean rushing to get the project ready for bid for work this summer, s o m e t h i n g h e re c o m - mends against. Addition- ally, the architect on the project is now recom- mending putting the proj- ects out to bid in Decem- ber with construction in summer 2017. “It just all came down to, we’re better off backing up and making sure that we do this right rather than push- ing just so we can say we started in 2016.” Montague said based on rough estimates, the cost of moving the kitchens would- n’t be significantly more ex- pensive than remodeling BOYS BASKETBALL Eight players earn all-league Minahan named first team all-Mid-Willamette Conference Itemizer-Observer staff report POLK COUNTY — Eight Dallas and Central boys bas- ketball players received all- Mid-Willamette Conference recognition. Dallas senior guard Everett Minahan was named first team all-conference. Da l l a s s e n i o r Mi t c h e l l Laizure and junior Aaron White received honorable mentions. Central seniors Kevin C a b l e , Madison Stepp and Harkie Bal and jun- iors Peter Mason and Alec Barba a l s o Minahan earned honorable mentions. Crescent Valley senior Joe Casey was named league MVP. Central ( 1 1 - 1 4 overall, 6-8 MWC) ad- vanced to the first round of the state playoffs Cable after plac- ing fourth in the MWC. Dal- las (7-17 overall, 3-11 MWC) placed eighth in the confer- ence. ■ PUBLIC NOTICES GIRLS BASKETBALL Itemizer-Observer staff report POLK COUNTY — Seven Dallas and Central girls bas- ketball players earned all- Mid-Willamette Conference honors. Central senior Kylie Nash was named first team all- MWC. Dallas sophomore Tristin Savage received sec- ond team all-conference recognition. Dallas juniors Sarah Zwicker and Olivia Nelson, freshman Emma Classen, Central sopho- Left: Western Oregon sen- ior Andy Avgi attempts to shoot over a defender dur- ing the NCAA Division II West Regional. Top: Fans cheer the Wolves on during WOU’s 60-55 win over the University of Cali- fornia, San Diego on Mon- day evening. Right: Western Oregon sophomore Alex Roth at- tempts to save a ball against Azusa Pacific on Saturday evening. the current kitchens, which satisfied the board. “It makes sense because I’ve witnessed at Oakdale through the years how that all functions and the lack of efficiency,” said board member Mike Bollman. In other business, the district: • Is expected to hear if it will receive a $1.492 million grant from the state of Ore- gon for a seismic upgrade at Whitworth Elementar y School in the second week of April. The grant doesn’t require a financial “match” from the district. “We’re still hoping our application for work to be done at Whitworth is se- lected,” Montague said. “I believe based on criteria, we have a strong applica- tion.” If the grant is awarded, the work should take place in the summer of 2017. PUBLIC NOTICE FEMA 4258-DR-OR The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice to the public of its intent to reim- burse eligible applicants for el- igible costs to repair and/or re- place facilities damaged by Severe Winter Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides oc- curring from December 6-23, 2015. This notice applies to the Public Assistance (PA) and H a z a rd M i t i g a t i o n G r a n t (HMGP) programs implement- ed under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re- lief and Emergency Assis- tance Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5121- 5206. Under a major disaster dec- laration (FEMA-4258-DR-OR) signed by the President on February 17, 2016, the follow- ing counties have been desig- nated adversely affected by the disaster and eligible for PA: Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill Counties. Additional counties in the State of Oregon may be designated at a later date. HMGP is available statewide. This public notice concerns activities that may affect his- toric properties; activities that may aaffect, or be affected by, the floodplain or wetlands; and critical actions within the 500-year floodplain. Such ac- tivities may adversely affect the historic property, flood- plain or wetland, or may result in continuing vulnerability to flood damage. Presidential Executive Or- ders 11988 and 11990 require that all federal actions in or af- fecting the floodplain or wet- lands be reviewed for opportu- nities to relocate, and be eval- uated for social, economic, historical, environmental, legal and safety considerations. Where there is no opportunity to relocate, FEMA is required to undertake a detailed review to determine what measures can be taken to minimize fu- ture damages. The public is in- vited to participate in the process of identifying alterna- tives and analyzing their im- pacts. FEMA has determined that for certain types of facilities there are normally no alterna- tives to restoration in the floodplain/wetland. These are facilities that meet all of the following criteria: 1) FEMA's estimate of the cost of repairs is less than 50 percent of the cost to replace the entire facil- ity, and is less than $100,000; 2) the facility is not located in a floodway; 3) the facility has not sustained major structural damage in a previous Presi- dentially declared flooding disaster or emergency; and 4) the facility is not critical (e.g., the facility is not a hospital, generating plant, emergency operations center, or a facility that contains dangerous mate- rials). FEMA intends to provide assistance for the restoration of these facilities to their pre- disaster condition, except that certain measures to mitigate the effects of future flooding or other hazards may be in- cluded in the work. For exam- ple, a bridge or culvert restoration may include a larg- er waterway opening to de- crease the risk of future washouts. For routine activities, this will be the only public notice provided. Other activities and those involving facilities that do not meet the four criteria are required to undergo more detailed review, including study of alternate locations. Subsequent public notices re- garding such projects will be published if necessary, as more specific information be- comes available. In many cases, an applicant may have started facility restoration before federal in- volvement. Even if the facility must undergo detailed review and analysis of alternate loca- tions, FEMA will fund eligible restoration at the original lo- cation if the facility is func- tionally dependent on its loca- tion in the floodplain (e.g., bridges and flood control facil- ities), or the project facilitates an open space use, or the fa- cility is an integral part of a larger network that is impracti- cal or uneconomical to relo- cate, such as a road. In such cases, FEMA must also exam- ine the possible effects of not restoring the facility, minimize floodplain/wetland impacts, and determine both that an overriding public need for the facility clearly outweighs the Executive Order requirements to avoid the floodplain/wet- land, and that the site is the only practicable alternative. The State of Oregon and local officials will confirm to FEMA that proposed actions comply with all applicable State and local floodplain management and wetland protection re- quirements. FEMA also intends to pro- vide HMGP funding to the State of Oregon to mitigate fu- ture disaster damages. These projects may include con- struction of new facilities, modification of existing, un- damaged facilities, relocation of facilities out of floodplains, demolition of structures, or other types of projects to miti- gate future disaster damages. In the course of developing project proposals, subsequent public notices will be pub- lished if necessary, as more specific information becomes available. The National Historic Preservation Act requires fed- eral agencies to take into ac- count the effects of their un- dertakings on historic proper- ties. Those actions or activities affecting buildings, structures, districts or objects 50 years or older or that affect archeologi- cal sites or undisturbed ground will require further re- view to determine if the prop- erty is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). If the property is determined to be listed, or eligible for listing in the NRHP, and FEMA's undertaking will adversely affect it, FEMA will provide additional public no- tices. For historic properties not adversely affected by FEMA's undertaking, this will be the only public notice. As noted, this may be the only public notice regarding the above-described actions under the PA and HMGP pro- grams. Interested persons may obtain information about these actions or a specific project by writing to the Feder- al Emergency Management Agency, Joint Field Office, 610 Hawthorne Ave SE Salem, OR 97301, or by call- ing (503) 576-3400. Comments should be sent in writing to Dolph A. Diemont, Federal Co- ordinating Officer, at the above address within 15 days of the date of this notice. (March 16, 2016)
