Polk County News
2A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • June 22, 2016
Falls City water gets new plan Couple faces sex
abuse charges
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
FALLS CITY — Work on
the city of Falls City’s water
master plan update is in full
swing and should be com-
pleted by October.
Plan contractor HBH
Consulting Engineers of
Portland updated the Falls
City City Council on its
progress at the council’s May
12 and June 9 meetings,
which included a presenta-
tion on priorities for system
improvements over the next
20 years.
Among the top priorities
(to be completed within 10
years) is adjusting water
pressure in certain areas of
town. The current pressure
range is 13 to 132 PSI
(pounds per square inch)
and the desired range is 30
to 80 PSI. Natalie Jennings,
with HBH, said high pres-
sure can result in water
main breaks and other dam-
age to the system.
“Throughout the main
part of the town, they are
just astronomical,” she said
at a recent council meeting.
She said the wide range in
pressure is due to elevation
differences in town. Engi-
neers will suggest possible
solutions in the plan.
H i g h p re s s u re c o m -
pounds another issue within
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
iClipart/ for the Itemizer-Observer
The city of Falls City should have an updated water master plan by this fall.
the city’s distribution sys-
tem: brittle pipes.
Jennings said that about
23 percent of the water dis-
tribution system is asbestos
cement pipe, which has
proven troublesome.
“Asbestos cement pipe is
an older technology from
the 1960s and 70s that is
found to be really brittle,”
she said. “It’s causing a lot of
the water main breaks in
town, especially because the
system has really high pres-
sure. In the part of town that
has high pressure and brittle
pipe you have a really big
problem.”
The asbestos cement pipe
doesn’t pose a health risk,
according to engineers, but
replacing it is a priority for
structural reasons.
Other top priorities are
improving water pressure
for firefighting and upgrad-
ing the crossings that carry
water over rivers in town.
One thing the city won’t
have to worry about is hav-
ing enough storage. Water
needs projections for 20
years in the future don’t
come close to the city’s reser-
voir capacity, Jennings said.
“After talking with the city,
we’ve really pointed out it’s
probably the least of your
worries. You have plenty of
storage up there,” she said.
“You are already having
some problems with disin-
fection by-products, which
is when the water is stored
too long, then it creates
problems with the chlorine
by-products. In order to
avoid that, you want to have
less storage. You definitely
don’t want to have more.”
The project is costing the
city $48,980.00, with a
$20,000 in a grant from Ore-
gon Infrastructure Finance
Authority helping to cover
that cost.
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COUNSELING
• CROSS AND CROWN COUNSELING ~ KATE KOENS,
NCCA Licensed Clinical Christian Counselor and Cer-
tified Temperament Therapist is accepting new clients
at her Dallas and Falls City offices. She works with in-
dividuals in a safe environment to help individuals
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GYNECOLOGY SERVICES
Gynecological care is available in Dallas at the Salem
Health West Valley Specialty Clinic. Gynecologist Keita
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HEARING HEALTH
• JOYFUL SOUND HEARING SERVICES, INC. Mark
Sturtevant, 312 Main Street, Dallas OR, 503-623-0290.
Providing Polk County with hearing solutions for 30
years. Services include: Hearing evaluations, Diagnos-
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IMAGING SERVICES
• SALEM HEALTH WEST VALLEY offers state-of-the-
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LABORATORY SERVICES
• SALEM HEALTH WEST VALLEY provides lab services
at two convenient locations in Dallas and Monmouth.
Both labs are fully accredited, providing collections
and testing with healthcare provider referral. Employ-
ment and self-referral drug testing is offered. The West
Valley Hospital lab in Dallas is open 24 hours, seven
days a week, at 525 SE Washington St., 503-623-7303.
The Monmouth lab is located in the Monmouth Med-
ical Center, 512 Main St., Suite 300, 503-838-1388. It is
open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., closed be-
tween noon and 1 p.m. Appointments are not required.
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POLK COUNTY — A Polk
County woman has been
charged with witness tam-
pering, while her husband
faces sex abuse charges,
both involving a juvenile fe-
male family member.
On June 9, Polk County
Sheriff’s deputies arrested
Tinitale Makalea, 48, on sex
abuse charges and violat-
ing a “no contact” order
with the girl he had previ-
ously been accused of
abusing sexually.
Upon further investiga-
tion, deputies charged his
wife, April Makalea, with
tampering with a witness
on June 16. Police said the
investigation revealed April
Makalea had knowledge of
the alleged sex abuse of the
minor female, yet she did
not report it. She also told
the victim not to disclose
the sex abuse to investiga-
tors, police said.
April Makalea was taken
to the Polk County Jail where
her bail was set at $15,000.
On Jan. 12, Tinitale
Makalea was arrested on a
charge of third-degree sex
abuse after a minor female
family member disclosed he
had touched her sexually in
September 2015, according
to police. Upon posting bail
on the charge, Tinitale
Makalea was ordered to have
no contact with the victim.
In early June, detectives
learned Tinitale Makalea
was not following that
order. With assistance from
Dallas Department of
Human Services Child Wel-
fare and the Independence
police investigators, the girl
disclosed additional sexual
contact prior to Tinitale
Makalea’s arrest in January.
She also told investigators
Tinitale Makalea had been
sexually abusing her over a
two-month period from
March to April 2016 at his
new residence about one
mile from the her residence
in south Polk County, po-
lice said.
He was charged with nine
counts of second-degree sex
abuse, six counts of third-
degree sex abuse and viola-
tion of the no-contact order.
Tinitale Makalea is being
held at the Polk County Jail
on $1 million bail.
The investigation is on-
going. Additional victims or
anyone with information:
Detective John Williams at
503-623-9251.
Call the Itemizer-Observer at 503-623-2373
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ORTHODONTICS
• YENNE & SCHOFIELD - SPECIALISTS IN ORTHO-
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5002. Providing Polk County with orthodontic care for
children and adults for functions and cosmetics. Open
Tuesdays & Thursdays.
PHYSICAL THERAPY/
REHABILITATION SERVICES
• PINNACLE PHYSICAL THERAPY is an orthopedic
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and ask how to get therapy for your condition or talk
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• SALEM HEALTH WEST VALLEY offers a wide range of
rehabilitation services. Our hospital in Dallas, located at
525 SE Washington St. in Dallas, offers physical therapy,
occupational therapy, speech therapy and aquatic
therapy (at Dallas Aquatic Center). 503-623-7305. Our
clinic in Monmouth offers physical therapy, occupa-
tional therapy and speech therapy. Located at 512 Main
St. 503-838-1388. Visit www.salemhealth.org/westvalley.
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
• DR. CHARLES ESSEX, family medicine, is accepting
new patients at Salem Health West Valley Medical
Clinic, located at 512 Main St., Suite 300, Monmouth,
503-838-1182. With a proactive healthcare approach,
Dr. Essex provides care for the entire family and will
work with you to build a healthy lifestyle with annual
exams, immunizations, lifestyle counseling, sports
physicals, skin care, cancer screenings and more. New
patients are welcome.
• DR. JOHN HADLEY, family medicine, is accepting new
patients at the Salem Health West Valley Medical Clinic
at 555 SE Washington St., Dallas, 503-623-7301. With a
proactive healthcare approach, Dr. Hadley provides of-
fers family medicine for your entire family from new-
borns to adults with annual exams, immunizations,
lifestyle counseling, sports physicals, skin care, cancer
screenings and more. New patients are welcome.
SHAMANIC HEALER
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