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Polk County News 6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • March 15, 2017 Polk joins others in request for O&C correction Itemizer-Observer staff report POLK COUNTY — The As- sociation of O&C Counties is asking the Bureau of Land Management for a correc- tion in the amount of O&C timber receipts sent to 18 Western Oregon counties in January. The correction could mean almost $1.4 million total could be added to the nearly $19 million paid to counties, in- cluding $30,000 more to Polk County. The association believes the BLM applied the Congres- sional Budget Control Act in- appropriately when it “se- questered” the $1.4 million, which amounts to 6.9 percent. “O&C counties are entitled to these revenues, which are critically important for our county governments to con- tinue providing essential pub- lic services,” said Tim Free- man, Douglas County Com- missioner and AOCC presi- dent, in a press release. Polk is one of 18 counties that receive 50 percent of tim- ber receipts from harvests on 2.1 million acres of O&C lands the BLM manages in Oregon. This year, Polk County re- ceived $406,132 in timber re- ceipt funding. The BLM said the law, passed in 2011, requires the sequester. AOCC has a differ- ent interpretation, saying the sequester only applies to dis- cretionary spending. Timber receipts, required by the O&C (Oregon & California) Lands Act of 1937, are not discre- tionary, according to the AOCC. AOCC sent a letter to the Department of Interior Secre- tary Ryan Zinke and Oregon’s Congressional delegation re- questing the correction. “Some O&C counties are in desperate need of these funds,” said Simon Hare, Josephine County Commis- sioner and AOCC vice presi- dent. “Correcting the BLM’s error will recover not only the almost $1.4 million se- questered this year, it will pre- vent the withholding of simi- lar or greater amounts in fu- ture years.” Itemizer-Observer — Your local community newspaper. JOLENE GUZMAN/ Itemizer-Observer Zen owner Montree Navan prepares sushi on Monday. Zen Thai & Sushi opened Feb. Find your ‘zen’ at new eatery Dallas restaurant combines love of Thai food, sushi By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — The owner of Zen, the new Thai and sushi restaurant in Dallas, wasn’t expecting to be so busy so soon. Montree Navan opened the restaurant at the corner of Jefferson and Washington Sts. on Feb. 24 and already has a “help wanted” sign on the door. “Right, now we are still hiring chefs,” he said. “We need more chefs.” Sushi chefs, to be exact. Navan said it normally takes time to have cus- tomers streaming through the doors like they have been during the first few weeks the restaurant has been open, but he’s not complaining. “I’m lucky,” he said with a smile. Check it out What: Zen Thai & Sushi Where: 184 SE Washington St., Dallas. Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; 4:30 to 9 p.m. Monday through Fri- day; Saturday and Sun- days 12 to 9 p.m. Contact: 503-831- 1286 Of note: Zen is hir- ing sushi chefs. Navan said he moved to Dallas because he liked the quiet atmosphere. He previ- ously owned restaurants in the Por tland area and worked in restaurants in Florida before moving to the Northwest. “I saw this place was empty, so I talked to the landlord,” Navan said. “I like small towns.” The restaurant, in the for- mer Chen’s Family Dish lo- cation, is far from empty now. Menus are placed on the tables, awaiting cus- tomers — usually that wait isn’t long, Navan said. Zen offers lunch and din- ner menus with a combina- tion of Thai cuisine and sushi, including Thai curries, soups, seafood noodles and rice dishes. Sushi options include Cal- ifornia rolls, spicy tuna shrimp tempura rolls. Navan said one of the more popular orders shows off the best of both. Cus- tomers can order three pieces of sushi and a Thai dish of their choice. “If you come together, two people, one likes Thai food the other like sushi, you can enjoy it together,” he said. “It’s really popular on the menu.” Seed: Classes open to public Continued from Page 1A It doesn’t take much space to grow your own food, but McPherson said you need access to direct sunlight and well-drained soil. “If people don’t have that where they live, we’ll find them a community garden that does have that,” she said. The classes are open to all, but registration priority will be given to families liv- ing on $1,945 a month or less. The 12-hour course is of- fered in partnership with Marion-Polk Food Share, Salem-Keizer Education Foundation and Marion County Master Gardeners. Materials and supplies were paid for in par t through a grant from Tomberg Family Philan- thropies. To register or for more in- formation: www.Marion- PolkFoodShare.org. St. St. Patrick’s Patrick’s Day Day PARTY! 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