Polk County News
6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 3, 2016
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“Only the local jurisdic-
tion can issue red tags,”
Montague said. “We have
done several projects to en-
hance and upgrade the sta-
dium where the local build-
ing official has signed off
and never expressed any
concern at all in regards to
the usability of the facility.”
Any new renovations
would have to be up to
today’s standards and would
require additional work to
be done to bring the struc-
ture up to today’s codes,
Montague said.
That includes remodeling
the restrooms because ADA
upgrades would be required.
“That would then trigger
the decommissioning of
the septic system, which
serves the stadium, as well
as trigger storm drainage
solutions as the city code
requires structures to be
hooked to their system,
which the stadium current-
ly is not,” Montague said.
“… Not to mention what
we may need to do to allow
teams and classes to train
on the structure.”
Montague added the sug-
gestions from inspections
through the district’s insur-
ance are just that — sugges-
tions.
“They really have nothing
to do with the code enforce-
ment,” Montague said.
“They want you to do it so
you don’t have a similar (in-
surance) claim they’ve re-
ceived in the past.”
That’s not a theory Wood-
burn subscribed too.
“ I f y o u d o n’t h a v e
handrails and someone falls
down on your steps and
breaks their leg, they’re
coming after the person
with the money, and that
person with the money is
the district,” Waples said.
And if a state fire marshal
inspects a building, issues
the inspector finds must be
addressed, Cuno said.
“In general, building de-
partments review and inspect
buildings during construction
or remodel before allowing
occupancy, and fire marshals
can inspect buildings after
occupancy,” Cuno said.
The Citizen’s Oversight
Committee, whose next
meeting is Aug. 15, has been
discussing the stadium re-
pairs as well as other poten-
tial projects.
The stadium is part of a
larger picture of items in
need of work, Montague
said. That includes cracks
forming on the tennis
courts, planning for the
eventual resurfacing of the
track and fixing of the
drainage system.
An architect visited the
high school last week to give
early design thoughts and
estimates of potential proj-
ects for the school’s overall
facilities plan. The district
hopes to receive informa-
tion back in a few weeks.
“We’re doing the mainte-
nance the best we can,”
Montague said. “I’m proud
of what we are able to do
with the money we have.”
Most county fair
‘Old timers’ not just for the old
exhibits due Monday Longtime Dallas residents gather at annual picnic to reminisce
By Jolene Guzman
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
The Itemizer-Observer
POLK COUNTY — Strolling through the buildings at the
Polk County Fair, you may notice artwork and crafts ranging
from handmade cards to interesting sculpture.
“I’ve had some really unusual things through the years,
like a leather saddle, a kayak, a wood-burned door,” said Bar-
bara Flugum, arts and crafts superintendent, which covers
“everything that textiles does not, plus some textiles. It’s al-
ways a surprise.”
Flugum has been the arts and crafts superintendent for
about 10 years, and got started by looking for volunteer op-
portunities in her church newsletter.
She is a crafter, and prefers quilting. Flugum enjoys seeing
all the entries in the adult arts and crafts.
“I don’t know what I’m going to get,” she said. “It could be
something totally unusual. Last year, I got a hanging wire, I
guess you’d call it a sculpture, but it was all the things he’d
picked up with his tractor and run over. I have a category
called ‘recyclables,’ so that fell into there.”
Last year, cardmaking was a popular category, promoted
by local clubs.
“When I first began, scrapbooking was the big one,”
Flugum said. “I have some years that jewelry is the big cate-
gory. I have some years I get nothing in a category.”
In the arts and crafts — as in other exhibits throughout the
fair — professionals are judged separately, so she encourages
everyone to submit something to the fair.
Judges come from outside the county so as not to have a
prejudice for or against a particular entrant, Flugum said.
She also hosts a people’s choice award, voted on by anyone
who comes to the fair.
“Some people are a lot more talented than they think they
are,” Flugum said. “I would encourage people to enter
whether they think they’re good enough or not. The more
entries we have, the more interesting it is for the people who
come to the fair.”
It is not too late to submit an exhibit at the fair. For the
adult arts and crafts division, entries are due Monday. For
more information on exhibiting at the fair, see
www.co.polk.or.us/fair/annual/2016-fair-book.
DALLAS — Organizers of
the Old Timers Reunion
Picnic want people to now
the event isn’t just for “old
timers” anymore.
Anyone with a connec-
tion Dallas is welcome to
attend the annual event, re-
gardless of age, said Bonnie
Dreier, of event co-host
Dallas Area Visitors Center.
The tradition started in
1962 as an opportunity for
Dallas residents or former
residents to share memo-
ries, photos and other
memorabilia of the town’s
past.
The 2016 reunion will
take place at the Dallas City
Park Gazebo on Sunday
starting at 10 a.m. The pic-
nic is free and includes a
spaghetti lunch and live
music, plus a special guest
who knows a little some-
thing about the history of
Dallas.
“Our goal is to transform
it into a community picnic,”
Dreier said. “A fun way to
w ra p u p t h e s u m m e r
events.”
Only about 35 people at-
tended last year, but DAVC,
with co-host Dallas Retire-
ment Village, add new ele-
ments every year in hopes
of rebuilding attendance to
DALLAS AREA VISITORS CENTER / for the Itemizer-Observer
Attendees at last year’s Old Timers Reunion look through Dallas memorabilia during
the event. The 2016 gathering is slated for Sunday at 10 a.m. at Dallas City Park.
the former peak of 300.
Sunday, attendees can
play old-fashioned board
games, and special guest
Dallas Historian Sue
Hunter-Rohde, the author
of “Images of America: Dal-
las,” will be on hand to sign
and sell her book.
Cash & Company will
provide live entertainment
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and
Old Time Fiddlers will play
from 1 to 3 p.m.
Dreier said the old re-
Not just for old timers
What: Dallas Old Timers Reunion Picnic.
When: Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Dallas City Park in the gazebo area.
Admission: Free, including lunch.
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/Dal-
lasOldTImersReunionPicnic/.
union banner will be retired
and replaced with a new
one in 2017. That, too, will
become another piece of
history highlighted at the
gathering.
“We are inviting every-
one that is in attendance to
sign it for historical value,”
she said. “This canvas ban-
ner is approximately 50
years old.”
Yakima High School in 1944.
She attended Northwest
Christian College in Eugene,
and began spending week-
ends in Dallas in 1946, serv-
ing as music director for the
First Christian Church.
There
she met
Bob Dorn-
hecker.
They were
married
Oct. 12,
1947, es-
tablishing
their home in Dallas. Later,
she attended Oregon Col-
lege of Education (Western
Oregon University), graduat-
ing in 1959.
She taught at Rickreall
School, Perrydale, and West
Stayton.
She completed her teach-
ing career at Woodmere
School in Portland, where
the family moved in 1965.
In 1984, Bob and Frances
retired and returned to Dal-
las, building their home on
Pioneer Road on property
where the Dornhecker fami-
ly had lived for three genera-
tions.
Bob and Frances were ac-
tive members in First Chris-
tian Church, singing, teach-
ing, and leading. Bob died in
2014.
Frances is survived by
daughter, Sylvia Del Stock
Kisselburgh (Bill), of Sweet
Home; son, Doug Dorn-
hecker (Kathy), of Olympia,
Wash.; eight grandchildren;
nine great-grandchildren;
brother, Winston Kean (Lor-
raine), of Yakima; and ex-
tended family.
Memorial service will
begin at 2 p.m. on Friday,
Aug. 5, in the Dallas First
Christian Church.
Private interment will be
in the Dallas Cemetery.
Memorial contributions
are suggested to the Dallas
First Christian Church.
To leave an online tribute:
www.dallastribute.com.
The Dallas Mortuary Trib-
ute Center handled arrange-
ments.
OBITUARIES
Karen Lavern
(Lowry) Hartrampf
June 11, 1968 – July 23, 2016
Karen Lavern (Lowry)
Hartrampf, 48, formerly of
Dallas,
died on
July 23.
She was
born in
Salem to
Genevra
and Daryl
Lowry.
The family moved to Dal-
las in 1975.
Karen attended school in
Dallas and graduated from
Dallas High School in 1986.
She grew up in the Salt
Creek Baptist Church in Dal-
las. She also was in 4-H
throughout her teenage
years.
Karen married Eddie Har-
trampf in July 1990 in Wood-
burn. They lived in Molalla.
She worked at several jobs
including in banking, as a
secretary at Grace Baptist
Church in Molalla, and for
the Molalla Pioneer newspa-
per.
She home-schooled her
three sons, Craig, Austin and
Jared.
The whole family loved
bowling.
She had a brother, Mike
Lowry, of Salem; sister, Vicki
Scharer, of Carlton; and ex-
tended family.
Celebration of life will be
at 1 p.m. on Aug. 6 at Grace
Baptist Church in Molalla.
Molalla Funeral Home
handled arrangements.
David Wilkes
Dec. 15, 1953 – June 22, 2016
A celebration of life for
David Wilkes will be from
noon to 4 p.m. on Aug. 13 at
Western Interlock Hall,
10395 Rickreall Road.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments.
Frances L.
Dornhecker
July 15, 1928 – July 30, 2016
Frances L. Dornhecker,
88, of Dallas, died Saturday
at the Dallas Retirement Vil-
lage.
She was born in Duen-
weg, Mo., to W.E. and Vir-
ginia Kean, the youngest of
six children.
The family moved to Yaki-
ma, Wash., in 1937, where
Frances graduated from
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