Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Polk County itemizer observer. (Dallas, Or) 1992-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 2017)
Polk County News 10A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 16, 2017 ECLIPSE EVENTS IN POLK COUNTY Dallas goes big on eclipse celebration in the square Dallas Eclipse Celebration on the Square will be Friday through Monday, packed with food carts, artisan vendors, live music, and a beer and wine garden. Streets will be closed from 8 a.m. on Friday through 5 p.m. on Live music in the Monday. Business owners and Square their employees who will be open downtown during that Friday, Aug. 18 weekend can reserve a parking 7 p.m. – All Fired up pass to access their operations. (Pat Benatar tribute band) The kick off party starts at 5 8 p.m. – Shooting Star p.m. Friday. Saturday, the festi- (Bad Company tribute val opens at 10 a.m. A Dallas, band) Oregon Recreation inc. Disc 9 p.m. – Barracuda golf Tournament will begin at (Heart tribute band) 10 a.m. at Dallas City Park, while Saturday, Aug. 19 historic walking tours will be on- 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. – The going throughout the weekend. Big Time Various astronomical speakers 2-4 p.m. – Halston will present at Dallas Cinema 8 p.m. – Pigs on the from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a Wing (Pink Floyd tribute special eclipse movie at 1 p.m. band) on both Aug. 19 and 20. Sunday, Aug. 20 Amore Dance Studio will 10 a.m.-noon – Edge have classes on the square from 1-3 p.m. – kurt Van 4 to 10:30 p.m. Street perform- Meter ers will be found throughout the 4:30-5:30 p.m. – nathan day, as will an opportunity to Meyers play with 3-D chalk art. Bounce 7 p.m. – Jukebox He- houses will be open for the kids roes (Foreigner tribute from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. band) On Sunday, the festival opens 8 p.m. – Steelhorse (Bon at 10 a.m. Dallas Family night Jovi tribute band) Out 5k fun run will start in Dallas Monday, Aug. 21 9-10 a.m. – Jan Looking City Park at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan Looking Wolf’s Wolfs Band of Brothers Band of Brothers will play from (from the rooftop of Pressed the rooftop of Pressed Coffee & Coffee & Wine Bar) Wine Bar from 9 to 10 a.m. no vendors are allowed to open until after the eclipse is completed. Bounce houses will reopen at about 10:30, after the eclipse, and stay open until 2 p.m. The beer and wine garden will open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and vendors may stay open from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. All events planned for Dallas Eclipse Celebration on the Square are free. For more information or to request parking passes for local businesses: Emma guida, emmagdda@gmail.com. host a special edition of the walk, benefiting the Independence Downtown Association. Cost will be $10 per person for this ex- clusive tour. Fireworks will be shot off at 9:45 p.m., followed again by stargazing opportunities. Monday, have breakfast in the park — order something to go from one of the local restaurants and grab your seat for the big event. Melinda Shimizu, a Western Oregon university professor in the Department of Earth and Physical Science, will speak about the eclipse at 8:45 a.m. Live music will resume at 10:30 a.m., and food trucks will open at 11. Falls City opens for campers, eclipse celebrations Indy Goes Dark kicks off Thursday with movie in park Independence knows how to throw a party. City officials didn’t want to miss out on the once-in-a-lifetime chance to throw the biggest bash they could organize for the great American Eclipse, Indy goes Dark. The party starts Thursday at 8 p.m. with a showing of “Star Trek: Into Darkness,” at the Riverview Indy Goes Dark Park Amphitheater. Camping live music check-in runs from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday, campers may check-in Friday, Aug. 18 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Live music 8:30-10 p.m. – will begin at 8:30 p.m. featuring Aeromyth Pump (Aero- Aeromyth Pump, an Aerosmith smith tribute band) tribute band. Saturday, Aug. 19 With a new moon and dark noon-3:30 p.m. – skies, telescopes will be provid- Beth Willis ed Friday, Saturday and Sunday 5:30-7:30 p.m. – for stargazing in the park. Around the Bend Saturday, Indy goes Dark 8:30-10 p.m. – Pyro- kicks into full swing at noon with mania a plethora of food trucks, Les Sunday, Aug. 20 Schwab’s kids Zone tent, more noon-2 p.m. – TBA live music, and the WOLF Zone, 5-7 p.m. – The June Western Oregon university Bugs learning fun zone. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Infa- At 10:30 a.m., the Total Eclipse mous Souls of the Heart 5k fun run will Monday, Aug. 21 begin at Riverview Park. Race 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 proceeds will be used to support p.m. – Idol Poets the placement of automated ex- ternal defibrillators in critical lo- cations throughout Monmouth and Independence. For more information about the run: Eventbrite.com. The Brew Fest opens at 12:30 p.m. Admission is $15 and in- cludes a souvenir mug. From 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., the Oregon Museum of Science Insti- tute’s “gollyologist” will present. In true Independence style, fireworks will light the night sky at 10 p.m. Sunday, start the morning out early with yoga in the park at 7 a.m., or, if you want to sleep in a bit more, at 9:30 a.m. Then hop on your bike for a Bike Indy ride from 9 a.m. to noon, organized by the Salem Bicycle Club. The gates of the festival open again at noon, as well as the beer garden. From 3 to 4 p.m., see a presentation by the univer- sity of Oregon Physics Ringmaster. At 5, 6 and 7 p.m., Independ- ence ghost Walk founder Marilyn Morton and Vikkye Fetters will Want to get a little further away from the crowds for the great American Eclipse? Falls City has your answer. Camping is $50 per night in george kitchen Park, also known as upper Park. For $200 you can camp the entire weekend, includ- ing Monday night. And there’s plenty to do when not observing the eclipse on Monday morning. Activities include horseshoes in the upper Park, basketball in the Lower Park, swimming in the Little Luckiamute river and wa- terfall, Saturday night karaoke and billiards at The Boondocks. The day of the eclipse, The Boondocks is having breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m., with live music up until the moment of the eclipse. Eclipse viewing glasses and souvenir eclipse tee shirts are avail- able. Make reservation at eclipsepartyfallscity@gmail.com, or mes- sage on Facebook at Solar Eclipse Falls City, Oregon. Willamina community college to host events on eclipse day not to be left out of the great American Eclipse festivities, the West Valley Community Campus in Willamina is offering tent and dry camping for recreational vehicles Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 19 and 20. Saturday evening, Second Winds String Band will play in the school’s auditorium. Sunday, West Valley Shakers will perform. Beer, wine and food will be for sale during the live concerts. Or- ganizers suggest bringing a bicycle to get around downtown Willamina and enjoy all the town has to offer, including dining, cute shops, and a farmers market on Sunday, Aug. 20, at 3 p.m. A shuttle service will take visitors to Bare Farms for tours. Eclipse viewing glasses will be for sale at the campus for Mon- day’s big event. For more information: info@westvalleycommunitycampus.org. Follow the Itemizer online at www.polkio.com for stories and pho- tos. Share your photos with the I-O using the hashtags #PathofTotal- ity and #OREclipse2017. OBITUARIES Ruby Lucille Thomas Oct. 11, 1916 – July 26, 2017 Salem 412 Lancaster Drive NE Salem, OR 97301 (503) 581-6265 Low Cost Cremation & Burial Funerals & Memorials Simple Direct Cremation $595 Simple Direct Burial $710 Traditional Funeral $2,275 Discount priced Caskets, Urns and other Memorial items. Wednesday, July 26, 2017, Ruby Lucille Thomas passed away at the age of 100. Ruby was born Oct. 11, 1916, near Abilene, Kansas. She was the third of five chil- dren born to Arthur and Ruth Baird. Ruby had three brothers and one sister. Her parents and all siblings preceded her in death. In 1936, Ruby married Willard Thomas, of Butler, Missouri. Two children, Glenna L. Pollard and Lyle E. Thomas, were born to this union. They lived in the Rich Hill, Mo., area the first 10 years of marriage. In 1946, the family board- ed a train and arrived in Oregon, settling in the Willamette Valley. Willard working at Francis Farm Equipment and farming on the side. Ruby enjoyed cooking, gardening, and having their many grand- children coming to the farm for visits in the summer. Ruby was a member of the Parker Women’s Club and Parker Garden Club. She looked forward each year to doing her part in preparing the club’s booth at the Polk County Fair. In 2010, Willard and Ruby moved into Dallas Retire- ment Village. Willard passed away in 2014. They were married 78 years. There were eight grand- children; 13 great-grandchil- dren; and 15 great-great- grandchildren, of which two sons and one daughter are deceased. Services were held Aug. 10. Interment was at Rest- lawn Cemetery. Memorial Privately owned cremation facility. Locally owned and operated by Oregon families. www.ANewTradition.com Visit us online at www.polkio.com ~ Polk County’s ONLY Family Owned Funeral Homes ~ service was at Dallas Retire- ment Village. Editor’s note: This obitu- ary was regrettably left out of the Aug. 9 edition of the Itemizer-Observer. The edi- tor offers her sincere apolo- gies and condolences to fam- ily and friends. Loren Donald Lange Oct. 19, 1931 – Aug. 3, 2017 Loren Lange, devoted husband, father, grandfa- ther and great-grandfather, was born in Tacoma, Wash., and grew up in Dallas, where he graduated from high school in 1949. He at- tended BIOLA in Los Ange- les for two y e a r s ( 1 9 4 9 - 1951), and attended Linfield College ( 1 9 5 1 - 1952). He mar- ried Doris Gruver in December 1952, and raised three children on the farm. He entered the U.S. Army in 1955, where he served two years in the ar- tillery, Atomic Cannon Divi- sion in Fort Still, Okla. He attended North Amer- ican Baptist Seminary in Sioux Falls, S.D. (1959-1961). He was active in Salt Creek Baptist Church in Dallas, where he spent most of his life until the 1980s. While living in Dallas, he was a logger, truck driver, heavy equipment operator, and builder of custom homes. In the early 1980s, he moved to Southern Califor- nia and married Ruth Bloom in November 1989. He re- sumed his building skills by building AM/PM service sta- tions for a few years, then returned to professional truck driving until he retired at age 76. He was active in every church he ever attended, and especially loved to do the landscaping and tree trimming to make the church grounds attractive. When he was no longer physically able to do that at age 84, he began volunteer- ing to sing at the fifth Sun- day Sings at his church, and he will be singing at his own celebration via video — guaranteed to bless the heart of anyone who hears him. He was known for his kind, gentle ways and his ra- diant smile that would light up a room. He had a sense of humor and desired to make anyone laugh he could. In 2010, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which metastasized to his right arm, preventing him from having surgery. He lived with this diagnosis for seven years before succumbing to it; however, he never com- plained of any pain, even with his fragile right arm that the cancer had invaded. He is survived by his wife of almost 28 years, Ruth; his children, son Randy Lange, of Santa Fe, N.M., daughters Joni Lange and Linda Savio- la, of Dallas, two stepsons, Stephen and Timothy Bloom; brother, Kenneth Lange, of Salem; sister-in- law Judy Lange, of Sacra- mento, Calif.; 10 grandchil- dren; and seven great- grandchildren. He was pre- ceded in death by his par- ents and his brother, Melvin. Memorial Service is Sun- day, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. at Salt Creek Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Camp Tapawingo: www.camp-tapawingo.com. Kelly William Cape July 2, 1949 – Aug. 13, 2017 A celebration of life is being planned at Life Center Four Square Church, Inde- pendence. Farnstrom Mortuary han- dled arrangements. To leave an online tribute: FarnstromMortuary.com.
