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.
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OBITUARIES
Ruby Lucille
Thomas
Oct. 11, 1916 – July 26, 2017
Salem
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Salem, OR 97301
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Caskets, Urns and
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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.
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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.