Polk County News
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • April 12, 2017 13A
Talbott
Carl
Dunigan
Gentry
Lecher
Corrections posts ‘most wanted’
DALLAS — Polk County
Community Corrections lists
these individuals as “most
wanted” for April. Citizens
with information on the
whereabouts of any of them
can call Community Correc-
tions at 503-623-5226.
• Eric Talbott, born March
27, 1994, 5-10, 180 pounds,
brown hair, brown eyes.
JOLeNe GUZMAN/ Itemizer-Observer file
Court Appointed Special Advocates received the Organization of the Year award at
the 60th annual Dallas Community Award banquet on in February.
CASA: Money will help
serve foster children
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He said in this fiscal year,
CASA received $15,000 and
was granted another $5,000
in December.
Hansen said the organiza-
tion held a five-year plan-
ning session, which recom-
mended asking for $30,000
in county support for the
next five years.
At the same time, the or-
ganization will focus on
fundraising and applying for
grants to become self-sus-
taining.
Hansen proposed $20,000
this year, and Barnett re-
quested the committee con-
sider adding $10,000.
“If you give them the
other $10,000 right now, it
would go to a good cause,
and I don’t want to diminish
their ability to do their job,”
Hansen said in response to
the request.
Co m m i t t e e m e m b e r s
agreed.
Commissioner Jennifer
Wheeler, who is on the com-
mittee along with her fellow
commissioners, said that the
committee typically makes
decisions based on available
funding and what is good for
the county, not “from the
heart.”
This time it can do both,
she said.
“If we don’t get those kids
out of the situation they are
in, they will cycle through
the criminal justice system
or they are going to be on
the street with mental health
issues,” she said. “This is
what I call prevention.”
Wheeler and Commis-
sioner Mike Ainsworth also
offered to help with
fundraising.
The committee voted
unanimously to give CASA
the extra $10,000.
Barnett thanked the com-
mittee and said the organi-
zation will keep working on
its finances, as well as its
mission.
“Our CASAs take their role
very, very seriously,” he said.
“We are viewed as an officer
of the court, so we take that
extremely seriously.”
Hansen said the money
will come out of the county’s
$3.8 million contingency
fund.
The request is the only
major change to the budget
the committee approved.
The committee tentatively
approved the 2017-18 budg-
et Thursday, with a general
fund of about $23.7, a $1.4
million increase from the
current budget.
The overall budget — in-
cluding departments receiv-
ing state or federal funding
for operations — is $69.2
million, up from $66.2 mil-
lion this year. About 7.35 ad-
ditional positions will be
added in 2017-18.
“The county is in a solid
financial position, which is a
nice place to be,” Hansen
said.
The budget committee
will meet at 10 a.m. on May
17.
It will review any revenue
changes — including the
possibility of adding county
maintenance bond proceeds
if voters approve it during
the May 16 election — and
make its final recommenda-
tion to the Polk County
Board of Commissioners.
Consider a harvest anytime in the future?
Come to the Logger Forum.
Tuesday April 18th ~ 7to 9pm
Independence Library Conference Room
175 Monmouth Street, Monmouth
Presented by the Marion-Polk Small Woodlands
Association, it will be a moderated discussion
with 5 local loggers and OSWA.
This event that will clear up lots of things about logging, loggers, logging
jobs and everything that goes into it. Hear commercial loggers discuss
their equipment, capabilities and limitations as well as costs and time
frames. You will know what it takes and costs, what it will look like and
how much you can realistically make in your woodlands. is is the most
important presentation we’ve ever put together for folks who are consider-
ing hiring out an upcoming logging job. Come to this event!!!
FREE! Non-members welcome!
Charge: Third-degree rape.
• Stacie Lynn Carl, born
Sept. 19, 1977, 5-5, 160
pounds, blond hair, green
eyes. Charge: Selling mari-
juana, robbery, first-degree
failure to appear.
• Lisa Ann Dunigan, born
June 26, 1977, 5-4, 160
pounds, brown hair, green
eyes. Charge: Possession of
a controlled substance, first-
degree failure to appear.
• Elizabeth Gentry, born
April 1, 1965, 5-4, 145
pounds, brown hair, brown
eyes. Charge: Possession of
methamphetamine.
• Andrew James Lecher, born
Dec. 6, 1988, 6-1, 150 pounds,
brown hair, green eyes. Charge:
First-degree mistreatment.
May brings elections
Itemizer-Observer staff report
POLK COUNTY — Ready or
not, another election is around
the corner.
The May 16 Special District
election will see races for local
school boards, fire districts,
cemetery districts, water dis-
tricts, plus bond measures
from Polk County and South-
western Polk Rural Fire Protec-
tion District.
Ballots will be mailed on
April 27.
Here’s the list of local races
and measures that will be on
the ballot on May 16:
Chemeketa Community
College
Zone 2: Ronald L. Pittman
Central School District
Board of Directors
Position 2: Salvador Diaz;
Peggy Clyne
Position 4: Jerry J. Shinkle
Position 5: Kristina Mann;
Steve Milligan
Position 6: Donn Wahl
Position 7: Darcy Kirk
Dallas School District Board
of Directors
Position 1: Ivan Wm. Barnes;
Dave Hunt
Position 3: Jon Woods
Position 4: Michael Blan-
chard
Falls City School District
Board of Directors
Position 1: Kristy Majors
Position 3: Larry Sickles
Position 5: Bret J. Davis
Perrydale School District
Board of Directors
Position 2: Trina Comerford
Position 3: Daniel Jones
Position 5: No candidate
filed
Polk County Fire District No.
1
Position 1: Dennis Kings
Position 2: Freeman Stutz-
man
Southwest Polk Rural Fire
Protection District
Position 1: David Gwinner
Position 3: Kenneth Gardner
Position 5: Rod Watson
Ash Creek Water Control
District
Positions 1, 5, 7, 8, and 9: no
candidates filed
Position 3: Madeline Fisher
Buell Red Prairie Water Dis-
trict
Positions 1, 2 and 3: No can-
didates filed
Rock Creek Water Control
District
Director 4: Jim Neal
Dallas Cemetery District
Director 1: Michael J. Boll-
man
Director 2: Mary L. Gardner
Director 4: Violet Starks-Fet-
ters
Fir Crest Cemetery District
Director 4: James Warren;
Terry Gibson
Hilltop Cemetery District
Director 4: Raymond God-
frey; Michael Powers
Pedee Cemetery District
Position 1: Ted Osgood
Position 2: Daniel Russell
Salt Creek Cemetery District
Director 4: Albert Ratzlaff;
Tim Buhler
Measure 27-124: Polk Coun-
ty facilities maintenance im-
provements bond for 10 years
and $10 million
Measure 27-125: Southwest
Polk Rural Fire Protection Dis-
trict bond for 15 years and $5
million.
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