Polk County News
2A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 23, 2017
Mounce found safe Da lla s Pos t Of f ic e
on cliff in Florence features special stamp
By Emily Mentzer
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
The Itemizer-Observer
FLORENCE — Dallas res-
ident Heather Mounce
Davison, who was reported
missing on Aug. 12, was
found alive and was the
subject of a dramatic rescue
on Aug. 16.
“She was located near
where her car was located.
A family member located
her (Aug. 16) at about 1:45
p.m.” said Dallas Lt. Jerry
Mott in a statement. “Her
survival speaks volumes
about her strength and the
persistence of her loved
ones.”
Her husband, Denton
Davison, spotted her on a
cliff near where her car had
been parked off Highway
101 north of Florence.
He called 911 to report
that he found her alive.
Local emergency crews
attempted a rescue, but
were unsuccessful due to
the steep terrain. They
called in the U.S. Coast
Guard Sector North Bend.
A Coast Guard helicopter
and crew arrived within
minutes and were able to
pluck her off the cliff.
According to the Coast
Guard, Denton Davison
found her near the Sea Lion
Caves north of Florence.
The helicopter crew flew
Photo from Facebook
Heather Mounce Davison, right, with her husband
Denton Davison. They were married on Aug. 5.
her to shore where an am-
bulance was waiting to take
her to the hospital.
She was in stable condi-
tion when the transfer was
made at about 2 p.m., the
Coast Guard said.
Coast Guard video of the
rescue shows she was able
to walk with assistance after
the helicopter landed, but
did not have shoes on.
A family member report-
ed Heather Mounce Davi-
son, 37, missing on Aug. 12
at 2:13 p.m.
Before being found on
Aug. 16, she was last seen at
8:30 a.m. on Aug. 12, ac-
cording to police.
Her red 2008 Chevrolet
Cobalt, Oregon plates 724
EFB, was found parked next
to Highway 101 north of
Florence near Cox Rock.
The last communication
from her phone to a family
member was around 2 p.m.
on Saturday.
Local Florence authori-
ties searched the area when
Mounce Davison’s vehicle
was found on Aug. 12, but
did not find her.
DALLAS — The Dallas Post Office will be
offering an exclusive pictorial cancellation
stamp to celebrate the Great American
Eclipse.
The stamp, designed
by Dallas City Letter Car-
rier John Mcmillan and
city of Dallas employee
Jeremy Teal, features an
artist’s rendition of the
Dallas Courthouse in
dark relief.
It is bracketed in a
square with the words,
“Eclipse Celebration on
the Square,” and con-
tains the date, Aug. 21,
2017, and “Darksome
Station,” a nod to the special event.
At the Darksome Station (Dallas Post Of-
fice), anyone can bring a postcard or enve-
lope with first-class postage and have a
postal employee mark it with the special
commemorative pictorial cancellation.
Additionally, the Dallas Post Office will
have another pictorial stamp that is avail-
able to all cities in the path of totality of
Monday’s eclipse.
This cancellation stamp features the
phases of the Total Eclipse of the Sun.
People interested in collecting either or
both of these stamps may bring an envelope
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marked with first-class postage into the Dal-
las Post Office any time before Sept. 21.
Postmaster Tina Smith said if you are
mailing the letter or postcard to someone
outside of Dallas, to bring an additional en-
velope, or the special cancellation will be
marked with a Portland
cancellation, as all mail
goes through Portland for
processing.
For that reason, these
special cancellations are
not available if dropped in a
regular mailbox, even if it is
within the Dallas ZIP code.
The special cancellations
may be requested by send-
ing a prestamp envelope,
along with a self-addressed
stamped return envelope to
the postmaster.
People may enclose stamped envelopes or
postcards to Darksome Station, Special Can-
cellation, 768 SW Church St., Dallas OR
97338, with a self-addressed, stamped enve-
lope to return the materials.
Mailed requests must be received at the
Dallas Post Office by Sept. 21.
The collectible design is featured in the
Postal Bulletin, a national magazine. Stamp
collectors across the nation will be sending
their envelopes to Dallas for this special can-
cellation.
Dallas Postmaster Tina Smith said the
cancellation is unique when paired with the
U.S. Postal Service’s limited-edition
eclipse stamp.
The stamp is heat sensitive, so the
image of the eclipse shows a full moon
when warm.
Eclipse stamps are also available at
the Dallas Post Office.
For more information: call Tina
Smith at Dallas Post Office, 503-831-
0050.
OSP, Polk Sheriff seek information about
woman’s death near Grand Ronde on Aug. 15
Itemizer-Observer staff report
POLK COUNTY — The Ore-
gon State Police and local Polk
County agencies are conduct-
ing a death investigation on
Dayleen Kay Crowder, 52, from
Grand Ronde.
OSP and emergency workers
responded to a report of a de-
ceased female off Highway 18
near the exit 25 overpass Tues-
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Duck sentenced
to 12 years
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We carry
Kelly K. Denney
day at 2 p.m. The female was
identified as Crowder.
Crowder’s last known resi-
dence was in Grand Ronde at
the end of July.
Based on the investigation
so far, Crow-
der’s death
showed no
evidence of
foul play.
The OSP asks
that anyone
who has
seen or spo-
ken to Crow-
der since the
Crowder
end of July
call the OSP Northern Com-
mand Center at 800-452-7888
and refer to case number SP17-
292529.
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DALLAS — The man charged
in fatal hit-and-run on Highway
22 in April will serve 12 years in
prison.
Polk County Circuit Court
Judge Monte Campbell sen-
tenced Brenden James Duck, of
McMinnville, on Aug. 16 in the
death of James Osredkar.
Duck, 19, pleaded guilty to
second-de-
g r e e
manslaugh-
ter, failure to
perform the
duties of a
driver to in-
jured per-
sons, unau-
thorized use
of a motor
Duck
vehicle, first-
degree criminal mischief and
possession of methampheta-
mine in Polk County Court, ac-
cording to the Polk County Dis-
trict Attorney’s Office. He will
not be eligible for earned time
or other programs that would
reduce his sentence.
According to district attor-
ney’s office, Duck admitted to
driving a stolen vehicle on
Highway 22 near Kings Valley
Highway when he drove into
the oncoming lane, striking Os-
redkar who was riding his mo-
torcycle after leaving work. The
vehicle was later found, en-
gulfed in flames, in the nearby
town of Rickreall.
The case was prosecuted by
the Polk County District Attor-
ney's Office, and investigated
by the Oregon State Police, the
Polk County Sheriff's Office, the
McMinnville Police, and the
Yamhill County Interagency
Narcotics Team.