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Polk County itemizer-Observer • march 1, 2017 3A
Falls City dissolves
co-op with KVCS
By Jolene Guzman
the itemizer-Observer
FALLS CITY — The Falls
City School Board voted Feb.
21 to dissolve its athletics
co-op with Kings Valley
Charter School starting in
the 2017-18 school year.
That decision followed
the Oregon School Activities
Association Executive
Board’s Feb. 13 vote to deny
t h e r e q u e s t f o r Fa l l s
City/KVCS to play at the 1A
level instead of 2A.
Falls City Athletic Director
Dennis Sickles said Falls City
and Kings Valley officials
presented the case to re-
main at 1A for the 2017-18
school year on Feb. 13. He
said the board heard the ap-
peal, but voted 8 to 3 against
the request.
By dissolving the co-op,
Falls City will be able to
compete at 1A for the 2017-
18 season. The decision
does not affect the wrestling
co-op Falls City has with
Willamina.
The issue began in No-
vember, when OSAA sent a
letter to both schools saying
that based on enrollment
numbers, the co-op exceed-
ed the limit to compete at
the 1A level.
At the time, high schools
at Falls City and Kings Valley
had a combined enrollment
of 109 (60 at Falls City and
49 at Kings Valley). The
OSAA adjusts enrollment
numbers to account for stu-
dents considered in poverty,
bringing the number down
to 96. The cutoff for 1A clas-
sification is 89.
Sickles said he isn’t con-
cerned about Falls City
being able to field teams
next year. He is worried
about the size of those
teams.
This year, half or more of
the players on the volleyball
and girls’ basketball teams
were Kings Valley students.
Football and boys’ basket-
ball had three and four
Kings Valley players, respec-
tively.
“We will have enough ath-
letes to fill all of our teams,”
Sickles said. “Basically, we’re
losing quite a bit of depth.”
Sickles said he is disap-
pointed to have to end the
co-op.
“It is too bad. It was a re-
ally a good arrangement
with Kings Valley,” he said.
“It worked out well for both
schools.”
The OSAA will issue a de-
cision regarding redistrict-
ing effective the 2018-19
school year later this year.
Look, don’t touch
Emily mEntzEr/itemizer-Observer
Jenavieve Camillo, 2, watches in anticipation as the model trains circle a minia-
ture world at the Mid-Valley Ag Fest at the Polk County Fairgrounds & Event Cen-
ter on Sunday. The event was attended by more than 1,500 adults on Saturday,
according to event organizers.
Solution on Page 6A
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Vineyard makes Wine Spectator list
POlK COUnty — Bethel
Heights Vineyard, outside of
West Salem, made Wine Spec-
tator’s list of “30 Wineries to
Discover,” published in the Jan-
uary/February edition of the
magazine.
the Editor’s Picks feature di-
vides wine regions in “new
World” — Oregon, California,
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ies that authors’ believed are
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“underappreciated gems,” that
are “wineries to trust, because
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these are producers that offer a
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broad range of wines that con-
sistently deliver both excel-
lence and affordability.”
Here’s Wine Spectator’s take
on Bethel Heights, located at
DAllAS — Hot rod Hair has 6060 Bethel Heights road nW,
moved to 151 nE Kings Valley in Salem:
Highway as of Jan. 31, in the
former Future images location.
Owner and stylist Bry taylor,
and stylists Amy Black, Duanna
robertson and Jordan DelGreco
will all be in the new location,
along with Julie means and
tiffany Allen. Hot rod Hair has a
massage therapist and is look-
ing for a nail technician and an
eyelash artist.
For more information: 503-
779-5664 or hottrodhair
@aol.com.
WEATHER
Hot Rod Hair open
in new location
“the family-owned winery is
an Oregon pioneer, founded in
1977, and all its wines are pro-
duced from estate-owned vine-
yards. Cousins and co-owners
Ben and mimi Casteel repre-
sent the second generation of
the winery’s founding Casteel,
Dudley and Webb families. Ben,
the winemaker, pursues a light
and delicate style, decidedly
old-school, putting the empha-
sis on fruit flavors and intensity
and delivering a marvelous
sense of weightlessness in the
wines.”
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