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Polk County News Polk County Itemizer-Observer • September 20, 2017 3a Just another day at a Falls City park DEADLINES neWS DeaDlIneS For inclusion in the Wednesday edition of the Itemizer-Observer: Social news (weddings, engagements, anniver- saries, births, milestones) — 5 p.m. on Thursday. community events — Noon on Friday for both the Community Notebook and Community Calendar. letters to the editor — 10 a.m. on Monday. Obituaries — 4 p.m. on Monday. aDVerTISInG DeaDlIneS retail display ads — 3 p.m. Friday. classified display ads — 11 a.m. on Monday. classified line ads — Noon on Monday. Classified ads are updated daily on www.polkio.com. Public notices — Noon on Friday. CORRECTIONS The Polk County Itemizer- Observer is committed to pub- lishing accurate news, feature and sports reports. If you see anything that requires a cor- rection or clarification, call the newsroom at 503-623-2373 or send an email to ementzer@polkio.com. WEBSITE The Polk County Itemizer- Observer website, www.polkio.com, is updat- ed each week by Wednes- day afternoon. There, you will find nearly every story that appears in the print version of the newspaper, as well as some items, in- cluding additional photos, that do not appear in print due to space limitations. The Itemizer-Observer is also on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Watch for breaking news, links to sto- ries, sports scores updates and more. WEATHER recOrDeD HIGH lOW Sept. 12............ 91 Sept. 13............ 77 Sept. 14............ 78 Sept. 15............ 81 Sept. 16............ 77 Sept. 17............ 67 Sept. 18............ 63 58 51 50 47 50 52 53 raIn .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .22 .43 By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer Photo courtesy of PAUL PFNISTER This 1907 Haulsman will be on display at the Heritage auto and ag Show in Mon- mouth on Saturday. PRESERVING HISTORY Heritage auto, ag show celebrates industry By emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer MONMOUTH — The an- nual Heritage Auto and Ag Show returns to downtown Monmouth on Saturday, fol- lowed by an old-fashioned tractor pull on Sunday. “The whole show is dedi- cated to preserving our auto and ag heritage and those who made it,” said Paul Pfnister, one of the or- ganizers of the event. “One of the highlight vehicles is a 1907 Haulsman, extremely rare, there’s just a few of them left.” The Haulsman doesn’t have a steering wheel, Pfnister said. “You have to steer it with a tiller, and it rides on buggy wheels,” he said. “It’s incredible to look at. The people who have the car are the third owners. It was in the same family for 70 years.” SPEAK OUT ONLINE Rainfall during Sept. — 0.67 in. Rain through Sept. 18 — 34.12 in. Visit us at www.polkio.com and click on Contact us/ “Letter to the Editor” Check it out What: The Heritage Auto and Ag Show. When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Registra- tion opens at 9 a.m. Where: Monmouth Main Street Park. admission: For those wanting to show, $10 and a can of food. For those wanting to admire the cars, free. Of note: This year, the show will feature a 1907 Haulsman, and celebrate the 50th an- niversary of Mercury. The Heritage Tractor and Truck pulls begins at 9 a.m. on Sunday. for more informa- tion: heritageau- toandagshows.com. In addition to the old Haulsman, the show will celebrate the Mercur y Cougar, which turns 50 this year. “We’ve got very unique Cougars coming,” Pfnister said. For exhibitors, the show is $10 and a can of food. Part of the proceeds ben- efit the Jerry Bigler Auto- motive Scholarship Fund, which helps pay for a young person who will graduate or who has gradu- ated in the last year form a Central or Salem-Keizer school who wants to pur- sue an education in auto- motive technology. Pfnister said he would also consider Dallas appli- cants. T h e s h ow i s f a m i l y friendly, Pfnister said. “Some of the cars we have coming, you won’t see in other places, especially the younger generation can see things they may never see again,” he said. For more information: heritageautoandagshows.c om. FALLS CITY — Lilly Leturno and her grandmother Melanie Bellemore aren’t strangers to picking up litter. Every time they hike or visit a park, they take a bag with them to pick up and properly throw away what others have discarded. On Sept. 9, they joined their fellow citizens for Falls City’s Solve Little Luckiamute Cleanup, part of the city’s Arbor Day Celebration. Volunteers with white plastic Solve bags and gloves spread out along the river picking up trash. “Lilly didn’t know there was such a thing because we al- ways do it,” Bellemore said, adding she’s always taught her kids and grandkids to leave nature as they found it. “Every little bit helps.” Mayor Terry Ungricht said more than 35 volunteers turned out for the cleanup, a lot more than in past years. “They just kept showing up,” he said. “I almost didn’t know where to send them.” He estimated that 1,500 pounds of trash was picked up during the four-hour event. “It was a real success,” he said. Except for discovering a few scary-looking spiders, Lilly enjoyed her time cleaning up the city. “It’s fun and it helps the community,” she said. Bellemore smiled and added: “Yep, it makes everything prettier, huh?” JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer Melanie Bellemore searches through brush near the falls on the little luckiamute river on Sept. 9. 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