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14A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • April 12, 2017
Cops and Crafts
DSD awards school
project contracts
Itemizer-Observer staff report
DALLAS — The Dallas
School Board awarded con-
tracts at it’s meeting Monday
night for projects that will
begin this summer at Whit-
worth, Lyle and Oakdale ele-
mentary schools.
A seismic upgrade at
Whitworth Elementary
School will be completed
this summer.
The work will cost
$2,013,000, $1.5 million of
which is funded through a
state grant.
Contracts for construction
of multi-purpose rooms and
other renovations also were
approved for Oakdale and
Lyle, at $2.79 million and
$2.06 million, respectively.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Costa, team take third in national drill
FRONT ROYAL, Va. — Lucas Costa, of Monmouth, a senior at
Randolph-Macon Academy, commanded the R-MA drill team to a
third-place ranking in the national AMCSUS (Association of Mili-
tary Colleges and Schools of the U.S.) Drill Competition. The com-
petition consisted of a video-submitted drill routine comprised of
20 random commands. The cadet drill commander received an en-
velope and had 60 seconds to review the commands; the team
then had to execute them at his command, with no previous di-
rection or practice.
Lucas is the son of Cinthia Costa Jones, of Monmouth, and
Alexandre D T Costa, of Curitiba, Puerto Rico.
POLICE REPORT
Top: Officer Christopher
Lynch receives a balloon
during the Craft with a
Cop event in Monmouth
on April 5.
Left: Sgt. Kim Dorn talks
with Isabel Esparza dur-
ing Craft with a Cop on
April 5.
The event offered snacks
and materials to make
pinwheels for preven-
tion as part of Child
Abuse
Prevention
month.
Other crafting activities
were also available.
More than 40 kids partic-
ipated during the two-
hour event.
LUKAS eGGeN
/Itemizer-Observer
Information for the po-
lice report comes from law
enforcement agencies. Not
all calls for service are in-
cluded. The status of inci-
dents reported may change
after further investigation.
Individuals arrested or sus-
pected of crimes are consid-
ered innocent until proven
guilty.
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DALLAS
Arrests/Citations
• Robin J. Crawford, 63, of
Dallas, in the 100 block of SW
Champion Ct. on April 3 on
contempt of court for a viola-
tion of a restraining order.
• Shanna L. Farrow, 34, of
Dallas, in the 400 block of
Fern Ave. on Sunday on a fail-
ure to appear warrant.
INDEPENDENCE
Arrests/Citations
• Levi eldon Grass, 31, of
Keizer, at B and S. Main sts. on
April 4 for driving while sus-
pended.
• Sonya Janet Rae Wright-
house, 28, of Monmouth, at B
and S. Main sts. on April 4 for
parole violation.
• Jeremy Versteeg Taylor, 29,
of Independence, in the 900
block of N. Main St. on April 5
for fourth-degree assault.
• Melissa Fern Adler, 37, of
Salem, in the 1100 block of
Howard Ct. on Thursday for
hindering prosecution.
MONMOUTH
Arrests/Citations
• Carlos Santiago Penn, 57,
of Salem, at Pacific Hwy. N.
and Hoffman Rd. on April 3
for possession of metham-
phetamine, using an invalid
driver’s license, and driving
under the influence of intoxi-
cants.
• Marcus Ray Wilson, 23, of
Salem, in the 400 block of
Main St. e. on April 3 for DUII.
• David Calvin Howard Jr.,
51, of Monmouth, in the 500
block of Clay St. e. on April 4
for parole violation.
• Tyler Nealon Burk, 21, of
Independence, at Main St. e.
and Craven St. N. on April 5
for DUII.
• Julnar Karan Munsell, 45,
of Monmouth, in the 200
block of Heffley St. S. on April
5 for dogs at large.