Polk County News
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • April 12, 2017 7A
EASTER EVENTS
Eggs’tra Special
Moore Insurance
Egg Hunt Saturday Agency ‘Egg Pass’
An Easter Egg Hunt for chil-
dren with special needs aged
kindergarten through 18 is at
1 p.m. on Saturday at Grace
Community Church, 598 E. El-
lendale Ave., Dallas.
The hunt includes inside
sensory activities, snacks and
some special animals.
Registration is required for
this free event at www.gra-
ceindallas.org.
Gentle Woods Park
Easter Egg
Hunt
The Mon-
mouth-Indepen-
dence YMCA will
hold an Easter Egg
Hunt in Gentle
Woods Park in Mon-
mouth at 10 11:30
a.m. on Saturday.
Collect eggs, visit
the Easter Bunny and
win prizes.
For more information:
503-581-9622.
Nathan E. Moore Insurance
Agency, 157 Main St. W., Mon-
mouth, is sponsoring an Easter
egg scavenger hunt now
through Monday.
Pick up the “Egg Pass” at
the agency and search for the
hidden egg at local businesses
to have your pass stamped.
Participating businesses are:
Yeasty Beasty, The Find, Java
Crew, Veal Bikes Plus, Urban
Deli, Monmouth Fitness, Main
Street
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stamp and prize bags.
For more information: 503-
838-1199.
The Grove hosts
egg hunt
The Grove
Community’s
fourth annual
Community
Easter Egg
Hunt is Satur-
day at Inde-
pendence
Riverview Park.
Hunts will
be divided
into four
age groups
starting at 10 a.m. for
children 2 years old and
younger; 10:05 for ages
3 to 5; 10:10 for ages 6
to 8; and 10:15
for ages 9 to
12.
Times
are ap-
Easter Egg
Dash
The Grace Community
Church, 598 E. Ellendale
Ave., Dallas, will host its an-
nual Easter Egg Dash at 10
a.m. on Saturday for kids from
infant through fifth grade.
Meet in the sanctuary, then
dash to get as many eggs as
possible.
After the hunt, enjoy juice
and doughnuts.
The event is free. For more
information: www.graceindal-
las.org.
proximate, and children can
play with sidewalk chalk while
waiting for their hunt to start.
Giveaways begin at the end
for the hunts, or approximate-
ly 10:30 a.m.
For more information:
503-967-5738.
Falls City
Upper Park
Easter Egg
Hunt
Falls City’s annual
Easter Egg hunt is Satur-
day at 11 a.m. at the
Upper Park.
There will be candy galore
for all ages — well, for kids up
to age 16 —and Easter bas-
kets, too.
The Falls City Fire Depart-
ment will be part of the fun,
stuffing over 500
eggs.
It’s best to show
up early for a good
spot and to get a free
raffle ticket.
Every child gets one free
raffle ticket for the basket
giveaway.
Health, rehab
center to host
Easter egg hunt
Independence Health and
Rehabilitation Center, 1525
Monmouth St., Independ-
ence, will hold a Easter Egg
hunt Saturday at 9 a.m.
There is no cost to at-
tend.
For more informa-
tion: 503-838-0001.
Cream,
Main Street
Dental and
Petals &
Vines.
Take the
stamp cards back
to Moore Insurance
by Monday at 6 p.m.
to receive your final
Dallas clinic to
host fundraiser
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — The Dallas
Lions Club is partnering
with the Dallas Community
Free Clinic on April 22 to
expand services offered
that day at Trinity Lutheran
Church, 320 SE Fir Villa
Road, Dallas.
From 9 a.m. to noon, the
Lions Health Screening van
will provide free hearing
and vision checks, check for
glaucoma, blood glucose
levels and blood pressure.
Everyone is welcome, and
no appointment is needed.
The service compliments
the clinic, held on the first
and fourth Saturdays of
each month, providing
medical and mental health
care to those who are unin-
sured or underinsured.
“We’re that safety net,”
said Gail Saxowsky, one of
the founders of the clinic
and volunteer. “Maybe they
have Oregon Health Plan,
b u t h a v e n’t g o t t e n a
provider yet. Or we had a
man from in the (Veterans
Affairs system). It was going
to be three months before
he would get in, but he
needed his medications.”
The clinic runs on a staff
of about 50 volunteers,
nurses and doctors, and
serves 300 to 400 patents per
year. While the mental
health and medical care re-
ceived by the patients is free,
it costs money to run the
Salem Free Clinic satellite.
Saxowsky said that so far,
the clinic has relied on dona-
tions, and has been blessed.
She remembered one time
when a patient came who
needed seizure medication.
“That’s something you
can’t go without,” Saxowsky
said. “The doctor said, go
get him some medication. I
got a check in the mail the
next day that covered that
medication.”
The Dallas Community
Free Clinic offers education for
patients to learn about their
conditions and how to man-
age them on their own, as well
as hospitality and prayer.
“We need prayer partner
folks to pray with people
who’ve asked for prayer,”
Saxowsky said. “People
make prayer shawls. A lot
of the people that we see
lack hope, feel alone and
lonely. Prayer shawls are
symbolic of someone
thinking about you, and
you’re cared for.”
The clinic fills a need,
with about 13 percent of
Polk County adults having
no health insurance.
To show people what
they do at the clinic, and
with hopes to garner dona-
tions, Saxowsky said the
clinic will host a fundraising
reception at the Dallas Re-
tirement Village Chapel, 377
NW Jasper St., from 5:30 to
6:30 p.m. on April 27. Appe-
tizers and drinks will be
served. The event is free, but
donations will be requested
to support the Dallas clinic.
RSVP: jessica@salem-
freeclinics.org, or 503-935-7717.
First Baptist Church
of Independence
Easter Breakfast 9:15 am - 10:45 am
Easter Services 9:30 am & 11:00 am
1505 Monmouth Street
Independence • 503-838-1001
(Across from Central High School)
AWANA, Youth, Men,
Women, Small Groups
and an active
Senior Ministry
Dallas First Christian Church
Evangelical Bible Church
April 13 6:00 pm Maundy Thursday potluck
Friday, April 14
Communion 7:00 pm
and worship. Includes a Tenebrae service where
we will walk with Jesus through the events
of His last day on earth.
April 14 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Prayer Vigil.
Can be done at home or at the church.
April 16 Easter Sunday
8:30 am Live Wire Contemporary Service
9:30 am Continental Breakfast
10:30 am Easter Sunday
Worship Service
Everyone Welcome!
1175 Howe St., Dallas
503-623-2331 • www.ebcdallas.org
1079 SE Jefferson St.
Come celebrate Easter
with us at the
Good Friday
April 14
Easter Egg Dash ~ April 15
5:30pm
1st Service
7:00pm
2nd Service
Dallas United
Methodist church
10:00am - For ages 0-5th Grade
Egg’stra Special Egg Hunt ~ April 15
1:00-2:30pm - For kids with special needs
EASTER ~ April 16
8:00-9:00 ~ 1st Service
9:30-10:30 ~ 2nd Service
11:00-12:00 ~ 3rd Service
598 E. Ellendale Ave., Dallas, OR ~ 503-623-4961
Easter Sunday
Children’s Egg Hunt 10:00 a.m.
Easter Worship 11:00 a.m.
Rev. J. Quinton Kimbrow
Childcare
Provided
www.umcdallas.com
EASTER
Sunday, April 16
Worship Services
8:00 am & 10:45 am
Handicapped
Accessible
565 SE LaCreole Dr. • Next to the Middle School • 503-623-2481
