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GUTHRIE PARK WEEKLY MUSIC JAM Volume 142, Issue 18 SOFTBALL/BASEBALL Page 7A ROAD WARRIORS Page 11A www.Polkio.com May 3, 2017 $1.00 IN YOUR TOWN DALLAS Bounty Market opens a new season on Thurs- day. »Page 6A INDEPENDENCE Mecanico brings backyard barbecue to Independence. »Page 2A MONMOUTH Western Oregon renting spaces for Great American Eclipse. »Page 14A JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer Dallas Golf Club is two steps closer to becoming part of the city of Dallas’ urban growth boundary. EDUCATION Meet the candidates running for Central’s School Board. Golf club closer to joining UGB By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — The Dallas City Golf Club is two steps closer to being part of the city of Dallas’ urban growth boundary. Monday, the Dallas City Council had its first review of an ordinance to include the property in the UGB, a move that will allow the club to renovate buildings and expand services offered at the nine-hole executive course. On April 26, the Polk County Board of Commis- sioners approved the club owner’s application to move from the county to the Dal- las UGB. A second reading of the ordinance and vote is slated to take place at the council’s May 15 meeting. The council addressed the popularity of another form of golf Monday, making it necessary for groups hold- ing tournaments to reserve the disc golf course in Dallas City Park. City officials said requests have increased. Tourna- ments require more staff time and keep recreational users from playing during the tournament. Reserving the course would cost $100 for four hours, plus $15 per hour for additional time. Councilor Jackie Lawson suggested the city require tournament reservations for another sport growing in popularity: Pickleball. Pickleball combines ele- ments of tennis, badminton and table tennis. The city budgeted $30,000 from parks system develop- ment charges to build pickle- ball courts in Roger Jordan Community Park near the Dallas Aquatic Center. HEAL Cities also awarded a $9,500 grant to help pay for the courts. “Apparently, it’s way be- yond the scope of what I ever knew, and I keep hear- ing more about it,” Lawson said. “It might behoove us to even consider going ahead and moving on that now.” City Manager Ron Foggin »Page 5A said the disc golf ordinance doesn’t include pickleball, but the city could consider that if requests came in for tournaments. In other business, the city: • Selected a new auditor, Pauly Rogers & Co., follow- ing and request for proposal process. Pauly Rogers was the low bidder. • Will have a workshop in June discussing the role of the recreation coordinator position that the Dallas Budget Committee decided to restore to the budget. Hunt, Barnes vie for spot on URD budget includes money to buy armory Dallas School Board Itemizer-Observer staff report DALLAS — Three seats on the Dallas School Board are up for election on May 16, but only one is contested, Position No. 1. Candi- dates Dave Hunt, a re- tired fire- fighter, and I v a n Barnes, the owner and Hunt operator or Kings Val- ley Clean- ing Servic- es are vying for that seat. H u n t and Barnes provided Barnes answers to an election questionnaire (see below). Incumbents Jon Woods (Position No. 3) and Michael Blanchard (Position No. 4) are running for re-election. Lu Ann Meyer, who has served three terms, is not running for re-election. THE NEXT 7 DAYS PLANNING FOR YOUR WEEK DALLAS SCHOOL BOARD POSITION 1 Ivan Wm. Barnes, 47, of Dallas C U R R E N T E M P L OY- MENT: Owner and operator of Kings Valley Cleaning Services. Owner of 2BJivan music school. E D U C AT I O N : Bi s h o p Montgomery High School, 1988; San Francisco State University, creative writing, 1998; Stanford, studied phi- losophy. PREVIOUS GOVERN- MENT SERVICE: Big Fork Fire District Trustee, Flat- head County, Mont. C A M PA I G N P H O N E NUMBER: 503-507-5162. HOW LONG HAVE YOU RESIDED IN THE AREA YOU WILL REPRESENT: Six years. WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FOR OFFICE? I have five sons, four in- volved in the school system. I’m an open-minded guy, not affiliated with either party. I thought a free-mind- ed individual would be an asset. I want to keep an open mind and to listen. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE ISSUE FACING THE DALL AS SCHOOL DIS- TRICT? HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS IT IF ELECTED? Issues like transgender locker room access and the budget. On the transgender locker room issue, people were so excited on both sides of the issue and every- one was trying to write the perfect policy. My kids are not a policy. We should be dealing with what is best for the individual. Policy has be- come like the tax code. WHAT EXPERIENCE OR TALENT DO YOU BELIEVE YOU WOULD BRING TO THE OFFICE? In elective office, I was a Big Fork Fire District trustee, serving a 100-square mile area, and I was a private school administrator. My family has been in this country for 300 years. We’ve got a long, proud history. All the history in my family is aimed at service. I want to serve the children of this community. See SCHOOLS, Page 5A By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — The Dallas Urban Renewal District proposed 2017-18 budget includes money to pur- chase the old armory prop- erty, help pay for Dallas Downtown’s RARE program participant, and continue street and building façade improvement projects. Jason Locke, the city’s community development director who also works with the district, intro- d u c e d t h e d i s t r i c t ’s $548,000 total budget Thursday. The district’s budget committee consists of the same people as the city of Dallas’ committee. Locke said much of what is included is based on rec- ommendations from the district’s advisory council. He said $100,000 is set aside for purchasing the old Dallas armory property, though not all that may be spent this year. “That reflects a total pur- chase price, not a payment price, of the armory prop- erty,” Locke said. Committee member Pete Christensen asked if that property wouldn’t be a bet- ter site for the new senior center than the current property adjacent to the old Carnegie library. “The issue is that we’ve already basically commit- ted to that site. We’ve com- mitted to that site near the Carnegie Building,” Locke said. “That’s where all the environmental reviews have happened. That’s where the land use ap- provals happened.” Furthermore, City Man- ager Ron Foggin pointed out the grant paying for the new center only applies to the current site. Locke said the plan for the armory property in- cludes a private developer. “The purpose of the dis- trict is not to build public buildings on publicly owned land,” he said. “The purpose of acquiring that property is to basically en- sure that it develops with a high-quality private devel- opment so that property comes back on the tax roll.” See BUDGET, Page 6A SPORTS Central’s Bethanie Al- tamirano and Isaac Bur- gett are locked in on re- turning to state. »Page 11A POLK COUNTY County official says bond would pay for critical repairs. »Page 3A Eclipse task force to meet Monday Itemizer-Observer staff report DALLAS — The Dallas Eclipse Task Force will meet Monday at Pressed Coffee & Wine Bar. The group meets monthly to update and plan for the upcoming Great American Eclipse that will briefly darken the sky over Dallas and much of the Mid- Willamette Valley on Aug. 21. Plans for local and re- gional celebrations and events will be discussed. Pressed is located at 788 Main St. in Dallas and the meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. For more information about Dallas’ eclipse-relat- ed events, go to https://dallaseclipse2017.c om/. Newsletter Want to be more con- nected? Sign-up to receive the Itemizer-Observer newsletter at www.pol- kio.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for updates and more. wed thu fri sat sun mon tue Ready to show off your vocabulary? Stop by and play Scrabble with Betty at the Independ- ence Public Library. 1 p.m. Free. May the Fourth be with you! Celebrate Star Wars Day at the Independence Pub- lic Library for family- friendly fun. 5:30 p.m. Free. If the weather holds, Western Oregon’s baseball team will fi- nally play at home against Northwest Nazarene. Noon. $7/adults. If you’re looking to spruce up your gar- den, stop by the Monmouth Garden Club’s plant sale at Monmouth’s library. 9 a.m.-2p.m. Check out, or even buy, some model trains at Rickreall Grange Hall. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free (with canned food item). If you’re thirsty, quench the urge with a coke and help celebrate Have a Coke Day! Come hear a pres- entation about global learning at a community lecture at Western Oregon University. 5:30 p.m. Free. Mostly sunny Hi: 79 Lo: 56 Partly sunny Hi: 79 Lo: 53 Showers Hi: 57 Lo: 43 Partly sunny Hi: 57 Lo: 41 Partly sunny Hi: 61 Lo: 41 Sunny Hi: 66 Lo: 43 Sunny Hi: 72 Lo: 47