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Polk County News Polk County Itemizer-Observer • February 8, 2017 7A EmILy mEnTzER/ Itemizer-Observer Western Oregon University students will perform, “All in the Timing,” six, one-act plays, in Rice Auditorium’s Studio Theater, a room that feels like a comedy club. ‘ALL IN THE TIMING’ WOU presents six one-act plays opening Thursday By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer Be ready to laugh MONMOUTH — A young woman, Dawn, seeking help for a stutter, hopes learning a new, universal language will help her untie her tongue. A man, Don, who has cre- ated a universal language, is eager to teach her. The duo stumble on words before finding their groove — and true love — in a short comedic play, one of six one-act plays that make up “All in the Timing,” by David Ives. Western Oregon Universi- ty theater department will perform the work Thursday through Saturday. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Each play revolves around the concepts of wordplay, interpersonal relations and existential reflection. What: Western Oregon University’s production of “All in the Timing,” by David Ives. When: Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Where: The Studio The- ater at Rice Auditorium on the WOU campus. Admission: $14 for adults; $8 for students; $10 for seniors and WOU facul- ty and staff. Of note: Friday’s per- formance will include American Sign Language interpretation. “The plays all deal with the humor that results from coincidental events in life and odd intersections of people and events,” said di- rector Kent Neely in a press release. “ We see three chimps given typewriters and told to write ‘Hamlet.’ Then there’s the creation of a ‘universal language’ that can solve humanity’s difficulties. And we see what happened to Trotsky after an ice axe was smashed in the back of his head.” The six plays, Sure Thing; Words, Words, Words; Univer- sal Language; The Philadel- phia; Mere Mortals; and Vari- ations on the Death of Trot- sky, are unrelated. Each one stands on its own, Neely said. Neely chose the play be- cause of the performance space. It is the Studio The- ater in Rice Auditorium, not on the main stage. That meant space was at a premi- um. With six sort-of sketches rather than one big perform- ance, it allows actors to use minimal sets. The cozy atmosphere of the studio creates a comedy- club feel. DDA seeks help from city By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — The Dallas Downtown Association has big plans for 2017 and asked the city of Dallas for some help in seeing those through. Mark Sturtevant, the pres- ident of DDA, spoke to the Dallas City Council during the “public comment” por- tion of Monday’s council meeting. He noted that the DDA had a busy year in 2016, completing the train mural on Main Street downtown, sponsoring a Christmas bazaar, hosting an interac- tive murder-mystery show, and helping sponsor the cel- ebration gathering for Blue Garden sign re-lighting. Sturtevant said the organ- ization hopes to make the murder-mystery an annual event each October, and will be co-sponsoring a down- town solar eclipse party in Au g u s t a n d d ow n t ow n cruise-in. He said that since joining the group in September, AmeriCorps Resource Assis- tance for Rural Environment (RARE) volunteer Emma Guida has been key to the Huffman Pointer success of the DDA. Guida serves as DDA program manager and will be on the job for 11 months. The RARE program, run through the University of Oregon, has encouraged DDA to apply for a second year. Last year, the city of Dallas helped the organization by providing $22,000 to support the program. “You challenged us to show you we had staying power and skin in the game before you committed to supporting the RARE pro- gram,” Sturtevant said. “We done very well in that regard and we were able to raise the capital to fully fund the RARE program this year. “Now we have a growing operational budget in excess of $42,000. That doesn’t sound like a whole lot of money, but for a small or- ganization, it’s kind of big.” DDA will apply for grants from the Ford Family Foun- dation and the Oregon Com- munity Foundation, Sturte- vant said. “In order to assure them that we have community support we would like the city of Dallas to include in the 2017-18 budget the sum Rose of $8,500, substantially less than $22,000, to support the RARE program,” he said. Guida, who attended Monday’s meeting, gave an impromptu presentation to the council. “In the coming year, we’re working on developing a strategic plan for the DDA,” Guida said. She said that is important, especially if the organization is asking for grant support. In other business, the council: • Approved a resolution for a supplementary budget containing a transfer from capital projects in the amount of $261,500 to record the cost of purchas- ing the former RadioShack property and $350,000 trans- fer from the general fund to create a new risk manage- ment fund, which allocates for insurance premiums, de- ductibles, claim losses and other insurance-related ex- penses. • Approved a resolution officially naming the pedes- trian bridge spanning Rick- reall Creek from the Dallas Aquatic Center to Central Bark, the city’s dog park, after former Dallas parks su- pervisor Ron Lines. Wolfgang Jones Corrections posts ‘most wanted’ DALLAS — Polk County Community Corrections lists these individuals as “most wanted” for February. Citi- zens with information on the whereabouts of any of them can call Community Corrections at 503-623-5226. • Raymond William Huff- man, born Jan. 11, 1964, 5-7, 180 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. Charge: Posses- sion of heroin, delivery of heroin. • Carl James Pointer, born June 3, 1966, 6-3, 185 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. Charge: Felon in pos- session of a firearm, driving under the influence of in- toxicants. • Joshua Michael Rose, born July 9, 1984, 5-9, 209 pounds, blond hair, hazel eyes. Charge: Fourth-degree assault. • Jeremy Wolfgang Wright, born April 24, 1986, 5-8, 145 pounds, blond hair, blue eyes. Charge: Third-degree assault, first-degree mis- treatment, possession of methamphetamine, posses- sion of heroin. • Eric Clifford Jones, born June 2, 1970, 5-11, 147 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. Charge: Eluding po- lice.