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)