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.”
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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.
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