Polk County News
6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 28, 2016
POLICE REPORT
Information for the police
report comes from law en-
forcement agencies. Not all
calls for service are included.
The status of incidents re-
ported may change after fur-
ther investigation. Individu-
als arrested or suspected of
crimes are considered inno-
cent until proven guilty.
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DALLAS
Arrests/Citations
Ricardo M. Guardiola, 32, of
Dallas, in the 200 block of NE
Fern Ave. on Dec. 17 on a
charge of physical harassment.
Asher L. Lawrence, 28, of
Dallas, in the 200 block of E.
Ellendale Ave. on Dec. 19 on
misdemeanor driving under
the influence of intoxicants.
Colin M. Lynch, 27, of Mon-
mouth in the 100 block of SW
Hader Ave. on Dec. 19 on first-de-
gree theft and second-degree theft.
INDEPENDENCE
Arrests/Citations
Gabriel Jared Cassidy, 33, of
Salem, at Independence Hwy.
and Deann Dr. on Dec. 21 for
possession of methampheta-
mine and delivery of metham-
phetamine.
Travis D. Edwards, 209, of
Independence, in the 0-99
block of N. Log Cabin St. on
Monday for motor vehicle
theft and probation violation.
MONMOUTH
Arrests/Citations
Timothy Michael Staffon,
35, of Salem, at Fourth and A
sts. on Dec. 18 for DUII.
Tyler Kirk Toedtemeier, 28,
of Monmouth, at Adams and
Clow Corner rds. on Dec. 20 for
DUII, reckless driving, and in-
terfering with a police officer.
Abdulaziz Almuhawwis, 32,
of Monmouth, Texas, in the
400 block of Main St. E. on
Dec. 21 for DUII and driving
while suspended.
Minet finds
more stability
Company still struggles to pay its
debt, but has more reliable revenue
Why not try cooking with beer?
Looking for something new to ring in the New Year? Try these award-winners
Itemizer-Observer staff report
POLK COUNTY — With New
Year celebrations around the
corner, try one of these award-
winning recipes from the 2016
Hop & Heritage Festival’s cook-
ing with beer contest.
Beer Bread
by Tammy and Kelly
Carmichael
3 cups self-rising flour
1/3 cup sugar
¼ cup Tuscano pep-
per cheese, shredded
12 ounces 10 Barrel
Sinister Black beer
Directions: 1. Put self-
rising flour, sugar and
shredded cheese in mix-
ing bowl. Mix and form
a well. 2. Add Sinister
Black Beer and mix until
well combined. 3. Divide
into eight mini loaf
pans. 4. Bake at 350 for
30 minutes. 5. Brush
tops with butter. 6. Re-
move from pan onto
rack until cool.
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — Monmouth Independence Net-
works continues to rely on the cities of Monmouth and In-
dependence to pay down the debt taken out on its behalf,
but the company is more stable financially than in years
past.
That was the report heard by the board of directors at its
Thursday meeting.
Although the company has lost cable and phone cus-
tomers as more people find ways to “cut the cord,” it has
gained data customers.
Board chair Scott McClure said he was pleased the com-
pany was a little better than the budget forecasted.
“We used to have huge swings,” he said. “We weren’t
sure if the budget meant anything. Now we know where we
are. It might not be where we expected, but we know
where we are. It’s all good trends.”
Minet director Don Patten said the company has to ad-
dress the loss of revenue as people cut cable.
“We have not thought at all what the formula needs to
look like to correctly reflect what we anticipate will be on-
going losses to cable TV, but we are cognizant that we need
to,” he said.
The board also learned that Minet will be decommis-
sioning its email service, noting that people are moving
away from using internet providers for emails.
Board member David Ritchey said one reason for this is
because of portability.
“They don’t want to have to change their emails when
they change providers,” he said.
Minet customers who have @minetfiber email addresses
will continue to receive forwarding services for a period
once the email service has been decommissioned.
Bacon-wrapped beer brats
by Darlene Hudlow, from teaspoonsf.com
3 packets of bratwurst
1 package of bacon (16 ounces)
2, 12-ounce beers
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon wasabi powder
1 teaspoon dry mustard
Deli mustard for dipping
Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 425. Line your jelly roll with foil or parchment paper. 2.
Pierce each of your brats several times with a fork. 3. In a large skillet, place half of the
bratwursts and pour in 24 ounces of American lager. Once the beer is close to boiling, turn it
down to low and let the brats simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, turning after 10 minutes. The
brats are done with they are no longer pink on the inside. 4. In the meantime, cut your bacon
in thirds. 5. In a separate bowl, mix the brown sugar, wasabi powder and dry mustard to-
gether. 6. Now that the brats are done, let them cool until you can handle them. Then cut the
brats in thirds. 7. Wrap a piece of bacon around the brat. Roll them in your sugar mixture and
place them on your baking sheet with the bacon flap side down. 8. Bake for 20 to 25 min-
utes. Let them drain on paper towels before serving. 9. Add mustard to your serving plate
and let them eat!
Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar Brownies
by Emily Daigle
4 eggs
¾ cups super fine sugar
8 ounces bittersweet
chocolate, chopped
4 ounces white choco-
late, chopped
6 tablespoons unsalted
butter
¾ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cups cocoa
1 ¼ cups Rogue Hazelnut
Brown Nectar
Directions: 1. Preheat
oven to 375 degrees. Butter
8-inch square pan. 2. Com-
bine eggs and sugar. Beat
until light and fluffy. 3. In
medium sauce pan, over
medium heat, melt bitter-
sweet chocolate, white
chocolate and butter. Stir
until smooth. Remove from
heat and beat into egg mix-
ture. 4. Stir in flour and
cocoa. Whisk in beer. 5.
Pour into pan and bake 20
to 25 minutes or until skew-
er inserted comes out
clean. 6. Remove from oven
and let cool on wire rack. 7.
Dust with confectioners’
sugar and serve.
Top Facebook posts from 2016
Here are the things that you interacted with the most on the Itemizer’s page
Itemizer-Observer staff report
POLK COUNTY — Ar-
rests, fires, accidents and
weather dominated the
posts you, our readers, inter-
acted with most on our
Facebook page.
10. March 3: Lifetime post
total impressions: 18,913.
Dallas firefighters re-
sponded to a fire at Forest
River's Dallas facility today.
Read about it here:
http://www.polkio.com/ne
ws/2016/mar/03/fire-forest-
river-contained/
9. Aug. 5: Lifetime post
total impressions: 19,458.
This just in from Mon-
mouth Power and Light:
This post shared informa-
tion from the city of Mon-
mouth’s Facebook page
about an expected, planned
outage for Monmouth Power
and Light customers.
8. Jan. 25: Lifetime post
total impressions: 19,477.
Four residents of Falls City
were arrested Sunday after a
search warrant was executed
by Polk County Sheriff's Of-
fice deputies.
7. Dec. 16: Lifetime post
total impressions: 19,696.
Oregon State Police re-
porting an officer-involved
shooting at the Dallas Wal-
Mart. Dallas officer and sus-
pect both wounded. No
more information available
at this time. Update: A
media briefing has been
scheduled for 9 p.m.
6. Dec. 16: Lifetime post
total impressions: 25,603.
Winter weather advisory
i s s u e d f o r S a t u r d a y.
http://www.polkio.com/ne
ws/2016/dec/16/winter-
weather-advisory-issued-
saturday/
5. Aug. 24: Lifetime post
total impressions: 20,112.
A Polk County Grand Jury
clears Deputy Casey Gibson
in a fatal officer-involved
shooting. Read more here:
4. April 22: Lifetime post
total impressions: 23,264.
Did you see a funnel
cloud over the Monmouth-
Independence area? Chris-
tine sent us this photo over
Independence. The National
Weather Service does not
have any reports of tornados
or funnel clouds, and does
not have data on its radar.
Let us know what you saw
today, and we'll see what we
can find out.
3. Dec. 4: Lifetime post
total impressions: 33,544.
The hazardous weather
outlook has officially be-
come a winter weather advi-
sory:
2. Sept. 13: Lifetime post
total impressions: 38,951.
Kirk David Myrold — a
Spanish teacher and girls’
soccer coach for DHS — was
arrested Monday for al-
legedly having an inappro-
priate relationship with a 17-
year-old student. Read more
here:
1. Jan. 29: Lifetime post
total impressions: 57,588.
Dallas Police Lt. Jerry
Mott expects to reopen
Washington Street at Shel-
ton after a fatal pedestrian-
vehicle accident. More in
Wednesdays paper.
light of his life, in 1965.
Jim served in the U.S.
Navy from 1966-68. He
began his lifelong teaching
career in 1968, married in
1970, and earned his mas-
ter’s in education from
Chapman College in 1976.
Following his divorce in
1987, Jim came back to
Monmouth to reclaim his
high school sweetheart.
After several years of search-
ing, he found her in 1991.
They married in 1993 and
rejoiced in the 23 years of
marriage God granted them.
Jim taught in Central
School District, then served
as counselor, vice principal
and principal at Sprague,
Dallas and Gervais High
Schools, retiring in 2002
after 34 years as an educator.
Jim and Penny had 14 su-
perlative years of retirement.
Jim died after a brief, un-
expected illness. He is sur-
vived by his wife, Penny, of
West Salem; son, Damon
Garner, of Eugene; and
brother, Jerry, of Las Vegas.
We who remain grieve his
loss, but heaven rejoices his
arrival!
Donations to FCC’s Help-
ing Hands Funds are wel-
come.
A Celebration of Life will
be Saturday, Dec. 31, at 1
p.m., at Salem First Chris-
tian Church, 685 Marion St.,
NE. Please wear purple.
OBITUARIES
James Harry
Blackwell
Aug. 10, 1944 – Dec. 14, 2016
First and foremost, Jim is
a beloved child of God, who
took to heart and put into
action Jesus’s mandate to
care for the disenfranchised.
Parallel to Jim’s dedication
to the Lord’s calling was his
devotion to and uncondi-
tional love for his wife and
soul mate, Penny. God led
him to her twice, culminat-
ing in the marriage God in-
tended in 1993. They were
members of Salem First
Christian Church.
Jim and Penny delighted
in travel. They were able to
travel extensively in retire-
ment. Another adventure al-
ways awaited. Jim loved
football, Bible study, DWTS,
and nothing more than
other people. He enriched
many lives,
and his in-
fectious
smile will
remain in
our mem-
ories.
Jim was
born to
James Hol-
lis and Ann
T. Black-
well in
L o n g
Beach,
Calif.
He spent childhood years
in Monmouth, Dallas, and
Corvallis. In 1954, the family
moved to Joseph and subse-
quently Athena, where Jim
graduated from McEwen
H.S. in 1962. Jim had a
happy childhood, with fond
recollections of times spent
with his maternal grandpar-
ents in Monmouth. While
there he was baptized into
the Christian Church.
Jim lived in Fairfield,
Calif., from 1962 until 1992.
He graduated from OCE
with a Bachelor of Science in
1967. While attending OCE
Jim met Penny, the love and
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Nov. 24, 1928 – Dec. 14, 2016
K. Mary Olsen, 88, of
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