Polk County News
2A polk County Itemizer-Observer • august 9, 2017
NEWS IN BRIEF
Rep. Services plans no pickup on Aug. 21
DallaS — republic Services will not pick up trash or recy-
cling on Monday, aug. 21.
Because of expected heavy traffic, trucks will not operate and
offices will be closed, according to a letter from republic Servic-
es.
all services will be pushed back one day. If your service day is
usually Monday, it will be picked up on Tuesday, and so on. Fri-
day’s pickup will be on Saturday that week.
residential customers may put extra bags to the curb on their
service day to be picked up at minimal charge, according to the
letter.
For questions: republic Services Salem office: 503-363-8890.
OSU office closes for week of fair
DallaS — The Oregon State University extension polk Coun-
ty office will be closed during the week through aug. 11 for the
polk County Fair. The office is at 289 e. ellendale ave., Suite 301.
For more information: 503-623-8395.
Volunteers needed for eclipse event
pOlK COUnTY — Volunteers are needed for events planned
in polk County around the eclipse.
To volunteer for Dallas’s events, email Bonnie Dreier at
DaVC.Bonnie@gmail.com.
To help at Indy Goes Dark, email Courtney Williams at
cwilliams@ci.independence.or.us.
Dallas man arrested on child porn
DallaS — On Thursday, polk County Sheriff’s deputies ar-
rested Dale lynn Sherman, 48, of Dallas, for possession of child
pornography.
Investigators located over 60 images of child pornography in-
volving children ranging from about 1 to 14 years old on elec-
tronic devices owned and used by Sherman, according to a re-
lease from the sheriff’s office. he was lodged at the polk County
Jail on 30 counts of second-degree encouraging child sex
abuse.
Sen. Merkley to hold town hall
DallaS — Senator Jeff Merkley will hold a town hall
Wednesday (today) at 3:30 p.m. at the Colonel nesmith readi-
ness Center, 12830 Westview Dr., Dallas.
For more information: www.merkley.senate.gov.
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Volunteers lead campers through an exercise at the Little Actors Acting Camp.
Camp teaches theater to kids
By Stephanie Blair
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — This
week at Central High School,
the Little Actors Acting
Camp is taking center stage.
Founded last year by CHS
thespian Matisyn Ro-
bischon, the camp began as
a fundraiser for the CHS
Thespians, but has evolved
into something more.
“I thought, ‘oh, we can do
this camp and it’ll be super
fun, and the volunteers
would learn something,’ be-
cause we were working on
getting our thespian troop
closer together,” Robischon
explained. “I wanted to orig-
inally make it a community
kind of thing and ended up
raising absolutely no money.
And that’s when I realized
that I didn’t necessarily do it
about the money.”
The camp has more than
60 little actors ranging from
4 to 13 years old attending
this year, which is triple the
size of last year. Luckily, the
camp has a large pool of vol-
unteers running it — all high
school thespians, of course.
“All of these individuals
are volunteering their time
to teach younger genera-
tions about theater,” Ro-
bischon said. “I did it on a
volunteer basis because I
wanted everyone that’s here
to want to be here as much I
want to be here and want it
to work out.”
The camp teaches the ac-
tors fundamental skills —
like memorization, team-
work and taking direction —
which are necessary for the-
ater, through games and fun
activities. For example, in
one activity, the group leader
built a structure out of build-
ing blocks and allowed the
group to study it for 30 sec-
onds. After the 30 seconds
were up, the structure was
knocked down and the
group had to work together
to rebuild it from memory.
Robischon’s mission for
the camp is to expose as
many young children to the-
ater as she can.
“I think that everyone
should have the chance of
getting a taste of theater —
even if you don’t end up lik-
ing it or it’s just not your
thing, I believe everyone
should give it a try,” Ro-
bischon said. “I believe that
you can’t be too young to
enjoy theater.”
On Friday, Aug. 11, at the
little actors will put on a per-
formance which they have
prepared throughout the
week.
Curtain will open at 12:30
p.m. in the CHS Auditorium,
and is free to attend, and
open to the public.
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DALLAS
arrests/Citations
• phillip D. allison, 29, of Dal-
las, in the 100 block of SW
Cherry St. on aug. 2 on a
charge of second-degree crimi-
nal trespass. allison was also
charged with possession of
methamphetamine and pos-
session of heroin in a separate
incident in the 300 block of Se
laCreole Drive.
• Stephen r. O’Connor, 34, of
Dallas, in the 1200 block of SW
ellis St. on Sunday on a charge
of possession of methamphet-
amine.
INDEPENDENCE
arrests/Citations
• anthony aurelio rodriguez,
65, a transient out of Salem, in
the 100 block of Monmouth St.
on aug. 1 for parole violation
and unlawful controlled sub-
stance – prohibited acts.
• Frank louis Baney, 44, of In-
dependence, in the 600 block of
S. Seventh St. on aug. 2 for flee-
ing or attempting to elude a po-
lice officer (felony) and feeling
or attempting to elude a police
officer (misdemeanor).
• Victor Daniel Garcia, 21, of
Salem, at Independence
riverview park, 50 C St., on
Thursday for second-degree
disorderly conduct, physical
harassment, resisting arrest,
third-degree escape, and pos-
session of methampheta-
mine.
MONMOUTH
arrests/Citations
• Sean Kellen Greaney, 20, of
Monmouth, in the 1400 block
of Glazemeadow St. on aug. 2
for fourth-degree assaut.
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