Polk County News
2A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • November 23, 2016
Fatigue factor in fatal accident Dallas utility
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — Police say
fatigue may have been a
factor in an early morning
crash that claimed the life
of a Dallas man in Dallas
on Nov. 16.
At about 3:15 a.m., Ore-
gon State Police troopers
and emergency personnel
responded to the report of
a multiple-vehicle crash
on Highway 223 (Kings
Va l l e y Hi g h w a y ) n e a r
milepost 1, just north of
Dallas.
Preliminary investiga-
tion revealed a 1999 Toy-
ota Tacoma was traveling
southbound on Kings Val-
ley Highway when it
crossed into the north-
bound lanes where it
struck a northbound 2000
Toyota Corolla head on.
After the collision, the
Corolla left the roadway
and rolled down an em-
OREGON STATE POLICE / for Itemizer-Observer
bankment.
Investigators work to clear the scene of a fatal accident on Kings Valley Highway in
The Tacoma came to Dallas on Nov. 16. A Dallas man was killed in the crash.
rest in the highway.
T h e C o r o l l a d r i v e r,
The driver of the Ken- was conducted.
A 2006 Kenworth tractor
OSP was assisted by the
pulling a loaded log trailer Louis A. Hildago, 39, of worth, Steven E. Follett,
had been following the Dallas, was pronounced 65, of Philomath was not Dallas Police Department,
Polk County Sheriff's Of-
injured.
Corolla northbound and dead at the scene.
Young is cooperating fice, Oregon Department
The driver of the Taco-
swerved to avoid the colli-
of Transportation and the
ma, Tad T. Young, 34, of with the investigation.
sion.
The highway was closed Kansas State Highway Pa-
The truck left the road- Silverton, received minor
way where it came to rest injuries and refused med- for about seven hours trol, who notified the next
while the investigation of kin.
ical transport.
in the ditch.
HEALTH DIRECTORY
AUDIOLOGY
GENERAL DENTISTRY
Trust your hearing to those that specialize in hearing
and hearing related disorders. Evan L. Evans, Ph. D,
and Julie B. Evans, AuD are both doctoral level Audiol-
ogists who have the knowledge, experience and com-
passion to provide you with the best care for your
hearing health. We offer free hearing screenings; by our
hearing aid specialist. We offer full & complete diag-
nostic evaluations, counseling and recommendations
by our clinical Audiologists. Other Audiological services
include testing, management and treatment options
for Tinnitus. We have the knowledge and experience to
assist your physician with the diagnosis of diseases and
disorders pertaining to hearing and the hearing mech-
anism. We offer wax removal or cerumen management,
Tinnitus testing and Tinnitus management techniques.
An Audiologist, having the Audiology credentials of the
American Academy of Audiology (F-AAA) and the The
American Speech Hearing and Language Association’s
Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC-A) is the pro-
fessional of choice for anything related to hearing and
or hearing related issues. Serving our hearing impaired
since 1980, with two locations to serve you.
Audiology Associates
1343-A Monmouth St., Independence • 503-838-3001
2296 NW Kings Blvd, Corvallis • 541-757-2500
• RANDALL C. JONES, DMD - 1004 Monmouth St., In-
dependence, OR 503-838-0434. Offering a broad range
of dental services in a relaxed and comfortable atmos-
phere. New patients and emergencies welcome.
CHIROPRACTIC
• JOYNT FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC - Dr. Brian Joynt,
DC - 629 Clay Street East, Monmouth, OR 97361 Fam-
ily-oriented chiropractic clinic, dedicated to creating
an unparalleled experience of service, quality and care
by teaching the true principles of chiropractic. We look
forward to empowering each of you to help your family
participate more fully in life. New patients welcome.
Accept most insurance. Auto/personal injury and work
comp. Massage therapist on site. Complimentary con-
sultations. Call us today to make your appointment
(503) 837-0550.
• THORNTON CHIROPRACTIC - Drs. Sharon and
Marty Thornton - Palmer Graduates - We care, God
cures. 1650 Monmouth St., Independence, OR 97351
• 503-838-3346. Office hours: Mon, Tues & Fri 8-noon
& 2-6 pm; Wed 2-4 pm. & Thurs 2-6 pm. Proudly serv-
ing Polk County for over 17 years. Offering Thompson
Drop and other hands-on techniques, as well as Ad-
vanced Activator Methods and Functional Neurology.
We provide gentle and effective full-spine and extrem-
ity adjusting for all ages in a loving and caring environ-
ment. We are accepting new patients for Family
Wellness Care, Medicare, Auto or personal injury &
Workers Comp. Licensed Massage Therapy available
on site.
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
find healing and fulfillment by teaching good commu-
nication skills, appreciation for self and others, appro-
priate responses to individual and family needs, how
to build relationships of trust, appropriate crisis re-
sponses, and how to obtain overall family wellness
emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Some specific
areas of counsel offered are marriage and family, ado-
lescent issues, depression, past and present trauma,
grief, identity crisis, divorce, childhood losses, and
feelings of hopelessness. Our goal is to help individu-
als realize their full potential and to live decisively with
truth, relevance, perspective and purpose. For more
information or to schedule an appointment please call
503-917-1625 or visit our website: www.crossand
crowncounseling.com
• WESTON K. MORRILL, DMD - 289 E. Ellendale Suite
#201, Dallas. 503-623-6616. Family, preventive, and
cosmetic dentistry. Complete dentistry for the entire
family. Se habla español.
• DR. MICHELLE HASBROOK, DMD - 120 N. Atwater,
Monmouth, OR 503-838-2998. Providing all phases of
dental care for children and adults. We welcome new
patients!
• KENNETH WINOKUR, DMD - 329 South Main Street
Independence, OR 97351. 503-838-1633. High quality
service with your comfort in mind. Nitrous oxide gas
sedation available. www.independencedental.org
GYNECOLOGY SERVICES
Gynecological care is available in Dallas at the Salem
Health West Valley Specialty Clinic. Gynecologist Keita
Sakon, MD, specializes in gynecology exams and pro-
cedures, including hysteroscopy and laparoscopy, as
well as family planning, abnormal Pap evaluation,
treatment of pelvic pain, symptom control for
menopause and abnormal periods. Dr. Sakon works in
Dallas on Friday afternoons from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
seeing patients at the clinic and performing gynecol-
ogical procedures in the Salem Health West Valley sur-
gical suites. New patients are welcome! Salem Health
West Valley Specialty Clinic is located at 591 SE Clay St.,
Dallas. Call 503-831-0784 for an appointment. Visit
salemhealth.org/westvalley.
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-
ing hearing loss; Impedance; Fitting all types of hearing
devices, Servicing all makes and models of hearing
aids; Ear inspections; Wax removal; Hearing protection.
Hours: Monday - Thursday 9-4pm. (Fridays by ap-
pointment only)
IMAGING SERVICES
• SALEM HEALTH WEST VALLEY offers state-of-the-
art all-digital diagnostic imaging services. With your
physician's referral, we provide bone densitometry, CT
scan, fluoroscopy, mammography, ultrasound, X-ray
and MRI services. Check out our comfortable and spa-
cious mammography suite. We are located at 525 SE
Washington St., Dallas, 503-623-7302.
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. Employment
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 Medical
Center, 512 Main St., Suite 300, 503-838-1388. It is open
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., closed between
noon and 1 p.m. Appointments are not required.
MASSAGE
• OUT OF GRAVITY MASSAGE - Julianne Klingberg De-
Forest, LMT - 503.510.2256 - NOW IN INDEPEND-
ENCE Enter Stressed, Leave Blessed - Out of Gravity
Massage offers massage sessions to suit a variety of
needs and health concerns. Intuitive and holistic body-
work are blended with extensive and varied education,
costs may rise
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — Rates for
sewer and water utilities in
Dallas are likely to increase
early next year.
The Dallas City Council
approved drafting a resolu-
tion accepting the city’s Util-
ity Rate Advisory Committee
recommendation increase
rates for water and sewer
charges.
The adjustment would
start Feb. 1, 2017, following
a customer “education cam-
paign” to explain why the
rate hikes are necessary.
The committee recom-
mended increasing water
rates by 4.31 percent and
sewer by 2.75 percent each
year until 2019, when they
would be reviewed again.
The rates were last adjust-
ed following a 2012 study
that recommended the city
adopt the Portland-area
Consumer Price Index as a
method of figuring an annu-
al increase to rates to keep
up with costs.
Fred Braun, the engineer-
ing and environmental serv-
ices director for the city, said
the CPI didn’t keep pace
with expenses.
Government
“The difference the 2012
study and where we are
today, basically operation
and construction costs don’t
track well with the Portland-
Salem CPI,” Braun said.
The new rate structure is
needed to pay for opera-
tional costs and needed up-
grades and projects.
Councilor Jackie Lawson
suggested holding informa-
tional meetings where city of-
ficials could explain the rea-
sons the increases are need-
ed. She said part of those dis-
cussions should be that the
city will be using reserves and
systems development
charges as much as possible
to keep the rates lower.
“Those are important, key
pieces that people need to
understand that we are not
just creating slush funds,”
she said.
Call the Itemizer-Observer at 503-623-2373
to have your business listed in this directory.
creating a caring and knowledgeable environment of
healing. Also, with a prescription and a claim number,
up to a year's therapeutic massage sessions will help in
your rehabilitation from a motor vehicle accident. Re-
laxation, well care, geriatric and pediatric massage is
available, as well as motor vehicle accident rehabilita-
tion. Infant massage instructional sessions available.
Call today for an appointment. 503-510-2256 OR #
7627/ National #295187-00
ORTHODONTICS
• YENNE & SCHOFIELD - SPECIALISTS IN ORTHO-
DONTICS - 580 Main Street, Suite E, Dallas, 503-623-
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
physical therapy facility committed to getting great re-
sults for each patient. We focus on advanced spine
care, women's health issues, sport rehab, vehicle acci-
dents, and work injuries. We offer highly specialized
care including manual therapy, aquatic therapy, spe-
cific deep tissue mobilization techniques, Postural
Restoration Institute (PRI) techniques and therapeutic
exercise. We have a warm, caring and friendly staff and
accept most private health insurance, auto insurance,
and workers' compensation insurance. We offer both
male and female physical therapists. Often no physi-
cian referral is needed to start care. Call us today and
ask how to get therapy for your condition or talk to your
physician to see if physical therapy is right for you. Call
us: 503-623-2433. We are conveniently located at 210
W. Ellendale Avenue Dallas, Oregon 97338; (next to
Taco Bell) Check us out on the web: www.pinnacle-
physicaltherapy.com
• 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 ther-
apy (at Dallas Aquatic Center). 503-623-7305. Our clinic
in Monmouth offers physical therapy, occupational ther-
apy 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
• MARIAN SIMON, MA Shamanic healer and counselor
specializing in spiritual healing and development since
1994. If you are ready to open your heart, expand your
mind, understand your soul’s purpose in life and solve
problems from a spiritual perspective, I can provide
you with shamanic tools to empower your life. 503-
831-0158. simonart@teleport.com http://mariansi-
mon.com