2A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • may 24, 2017
Busy Saturday in Indy
Polk County News
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DEADLINES
School supplies event needs donations
HOLIDAY DEADLINES
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Itemizer-Observer:
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engagements, anniver-
saries, births, milestones) —
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and Community Calendar.
Letters to the editor —
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Obituaries — 4 p.m. on
Friday.
DAllAS — Dallas Family night Out, the annual back-to-school
supplies giveaway and resource event for Dallas-area students, is
looking for donations, sponsors and organizations that would like
to participate.
last year, the event served almost 1,200 people with a free
meal, activities and information about service providers. Students
received 520 backpacks filled with the supplies they needed for
their grade, with assistance from the Salvation Army’s Tools for
School program. Families had access to haircuts and clothing
through Salt Creek Baptist Church and Jinett’s Clothing Closet.
The 2017 event is scheduled for Aug. 25. To participate or to do-
nate, contact Sheri Beehner at 503-623-8387, ext. 322 or sbeehn-
er@wvpha.org.
Food Bank receives grant for renovation
DAllAS — Oregon Food Bank and marion-Polk Food Share pro-
vided the Dallas Food Bank with a grant to remodel its facility into
a “shopping-style format.”
The food bank received $2,000 from OFB and $500 from mPFS.
money from the Dave mcGuffey memorial Fund, which was set up
to benefit the Dallas Food Bank, will be used for the conversion as
well, said Eddie nelson, the assistant coordinator for the food
bank.
“This format will allow the clients to participate in the selection
the food they will use for their families. The amount is still depend-
ent upon their family size,” nelson said. “The shopping style will
speed up the time that a client is waiting at the food bank and al-
lows the food bank to provide services to more clients in a shorter
period of time.”
The food bank will be closed June 9-13 to complete the remod-
el, which will remove a wall, install new carpeting, shelving and
fixtures and apply a fresh coat of paint.
Committee approves Polk County budget
EmIly mEnTzEr/Itemizer-Observer
Top: Imani Hall, manager of the Independence Downtown Association, and Inde-
pendence Mayor John McArdle discuss the community after McArdle made his
own flower basket as part of an IDA fundraiser on Saturday.
Bottom: Crews from Independence, Monmouth, and Brandt’s work to dispose of
unwanted garbage from Monmouth and Independence residents during the an-
nual Independence and Monmouth Cleanup and Beautification Day on Saturday.
The event was in conjunction with SOLV Oregon.
DAllAS — A $400,000 miscalculation on how much money the
county will have at the end of this year could have meant cuts to
the 2017-18 budget. But a decrease in insurance costs saved the
day.
County Administrator Greg Hansen said he calculated $5.2 mil-
lion would be left over, but the actual number looks closer to $4.8
million. At the same time, the county saw a 4 percent decrease in
cost to one of its insurance providers, making up for most of the
revenue decrease.
The combination of the two results in a $17,705 reduction to
the county’s contingency.
“I’m lucky that I didn’t have to come back with a big revamp in
that the health insurance worked in our favor,” Hansen said.
Hansen also removed estimated proceeds from the facility
maintenance bond, which failed may 16. That reduces the debt
service fund by about $1.2 million, leaving it at $75,000.
The Polk County Budget Committee gave its final approval to
the budget, and the Polk County Board of Commissioners is
scheduled to vote on it next month.
Dallas VFW Post distributes poppies
Buy One Breakfast
and 2 Drinks and
Get A Free Breakfast
Offer good Tue-Fri till 11 am
$6 Breakfast Specials
(3 to choose from)
Limit one per customer. Expires 5-31-17.
Not to be combined with any other offer.
$150 Biscuits & Gravy $1 Coffee
$10 Delicious Burger, Fries & Drink
154 S. Main St, Independence 503-837-0394
mOnmOUTH — The Dallas Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and
its auxiliary will distribute Buddy Poppies at Bi-mart in monmouth
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for memorial Day weekend.
The Buddy Poppy is symbolic of bloodshed in World War I. It is
a reminder to honor those who served and died for the country in
all wars.
It is also symbolic of veterans helping veterans. The local VFW
and its auxiliary hand out more than 6,000 poppies a year.
money collected from donations for poppies go to military as-
sistance, veterans assistance, family assistance, and Oregon Veter-
ans Homes. The majority of money donated stays in Polk County.
Rumsey named Indy officer of the year
InDEPEnDEnCE — Officer nic rumsey was named the Inde-
pendence Police Department’s Officer of the year and was hon-
ored at the annual awards banquet on April 9.
rumsey began his career as a reserve, volunteer police officer
with IPD, and earned reserve Officer of the year honors in 2012
and 2013 before being hired as a full-time officer in 2014.
rumsey led the department in arrests, and his work ethic and
commitment were noted in his award. His current assignments in-
clude patrol, being a cadet advisor, and he is working toward be-
coming a drug recognition expert for driving under the influence
of intoxicants enforcement.
Julio navarro was named reserve Officer of the year. Joshua
mason was named Cadet of the year.
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WEATHER
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HIGH LOW
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may 17.............. 60
may 18.............. 71
may 19.............. 77
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may 21.............. 83
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rainfall during may — 1.62 in.
rain through may 22 — 32.54 in.
RECYCLE
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