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Polk County News Polk County Itemizer-Observer • April 13, 2016 3A Council hopes to finish center DEADLINES NEWS DEADLiNES For inclusion in the Wednesday edition of the Itemizer-Observer: Social news (weddings, engagements, anniver- saries, births, milestones) — 5 p.m. on Thursday. 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. ADvERTiSiNG DEADLiNES Retail display ads — 3 p.m. Friday. Classified display ads — 11 a.m. on Monday. Classified line ads — Noon on Monday. Classified ads are updated daily on www.polkio.com. Public notices — Noon on Friday. CORRECTIONS The Polk County Itemizer- Observer is committed to pub- lishing accurate news, feature and sports reports. If you see anything that requires a cor- rection or clarification, call the newsroom at 503-623-2373 or send an email to ementzer@polkio.com. 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Monmouth Senior Center project over budget by close to $100,000 By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer JOLENE GUZMAN/ Itemizer-Observer David Wales collects old game consoles and video games, amassing devices such as the original Gameboy and Atari to the more modern XBox. He’s got game consoles Dallas Library worker shows off video game system stash By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS —What was your first video game system? Atari? Nintendo? Sega? Xbox? Chances are David Wales either has it in his collection or on his wish list to add to his already impressive lineup. Wales starting collecting consoles by happenstance about four years ago. He said while living in San Francisco, he walked by a house that had a box sitting on the curb. Inside, it had a Ninten- do 64 with games. He picked up the box, and his unique collection started. “It’s kind of a weird hobby, I guess,” Wales said. “I’m in- terested in them. My mom raised five kids herself, and we couldn’t really have games.” You can see a portion of what he’s collected so far at the Dallas Public Library’s display case. Some will be familiar — like the Nintendo system that made Super Mario Bros. famous and for those a bit older, the Atari 2600 console. Others, like the 1980 Mat- tel Intellivision and 1979 Magnavox Odyssey2, look nothing like their modern counterparts. “I try to get one every month,” said Wales, who works at the library. “What I’m doing now is getting the basic ones that probably everybody has seen. I have 35 total right now.” So far, the display has got- ten quite the reaction, even from young kids who haven’t Wales’ original Gameboy. seen most of them. “This is the first time I’ve put them on display,” Wales said. “It’s kind of fun to see (kids) like them and want to try them out.” Older people have shared their memories of playing the “classic” systems. “It’s important to hold on to, I think, especially as things change and get really crazy, (like) virtual reality,” Wales said. He’s collecting the easier- to-find and less expensive systems now. After that, he will pursue the rare and costly. Wales said his wife is supportive, even if he has to explain a spur-of-the-mo- ment purchase occasionally. “She said as long as the bills are paid and the rent is paid, you can have your hobby,” he said with a smile. Wales said he’s encouraged by how much library visitors have liked the display. Once his collection is complete, he wants to open a museum. His vision has the consoles connected to screens so peo- ple can play them. “Up until like two weeks ago, it was just for me,” Wales said. “Now that I know peo- ple love it, it makes me more excited to possibly have a museum sometime and share it with more people.” A Pleasant Place to Buy or Sell Your RV CALL TODAy fOR A NO-ChARGE EvALuATiON. OPEN K! S A WEE 9-5 Y A D 7 • Sat Mon-Fri 9-6 -4 Sun 10 Ruben 503-915-2080 Rick 503-437-5398 4075 NE Three Mile Lane, McMinnville, OR www.macrvsales.com Next to the Spruce Goose Aviation Museum macrvsales@gmail.com Dudley’s 2016 Spring PEP Talks Series Hearing Aid Service Stand Out, Get Noticed, See Results Tuesday, April 19 541-741-2936 • Improve Your Website • Manage Your Online Presence • Be Search Engine Optimized Presented by: Hearing Aids Testing • Sales • Service Come see Curtis every Tuesday 10am - Noon at Dallas Senior Center, 955 SE Jefferson St. In Home Service: Call for details. MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Senior Center expansion project is still about $92,000 over budget, City Manager Scott Mc- Clure said at the April 5 council meeting. “They (the council) want to get the senior center funded,” McClure said. “They want the expansion built, but we’re working in a tighter budget environ- ment than we have in the past. We’re getting our re- serves down to a minimum level.” In the past, the city has had a comfortable reserve. The city councilors de- cided to make investments in projects, which drew down the reserve, McClure said. “At this point, we’re tight,” he said. “A couple years ago, if you asked for $100,000, it would have been, ‘alright, let’s get her done.’ Now we have to think things through a little bit.” Part of the issue with the budget this year is the im- pending increases to Ore- gon’s Public Employee Re- tirement System, McClure said. The Monmouth Budget Committee is already look- ing at ways to squeeze the budget by an additional $100,000 in preparations for increased PERS pay- ments coming next year. A bright spot is a poten- tial buyer on the old police station building, McClure said. “We can take the rev- enue on that and apply it to the senior center,” he said. “Then you’re not using ex- isting reserves.” The total estimated cost for the senior center ex- pansion ranges from $520,507 to $563,322. Money available is $428,000. McClure said the city would have to go back to contractors and check to see if those estimates were valid. In other business, the city council: • Approved removing the ordinance relating to pos- session and delivery of marijuana to reflect cur- rent state laws. • Heard that the Wal- greens lot, on the corners of highways 99W and 51, is for sale. 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