Thursday, May 17, 2012
Covering Dallas, Monmouth, Independence, Falls City and surrounding areas since 1868
DALLAS -- Monday marked the end of a years-long journey for Dallas resident Tammy Nordman -- a journey out of drug addiction.
POLK COUNTY -- Your best bet at finding trout within the 202,000-acre Luckiamute watershed would be in the upper west fork of the Luckiamute River.
MONMOUTH -- If you're looking to expand your musical palette, Wednesdays in downtown Monmouth this summer are a good place to do it.
MONMOUTH/INDEPENDENCE -- The annual Monmouth and Independence Cleanup and Beautification Day will take place Saturday.
MONMOUTH/INDEPENDENCE -- The reasons Phil Garrett is no longer the general manager of Monmouth-Independence Network (MINET) were not revealed last week following the MINET board's announcement that he would be leaving the public utility.
DALLAS -- A Siletz man convicted of felony sex crimes against young members of his family will spend 50 years in prison.
DALLAS -- An Independence man arrested in April on public indecency charges connected to an incident at the Dallas Safeway is now facing more charges, including attempted kidnapping.
INDEPENDENCE -- Independence Police Department responded to three motor vehicle thefts within the city over five days in late April.
*Luie Zuniga*Sarah Jean Cook*Andre Gene Gleghorn*Shelly Pearson*Pride Solomon Jones
WEST SALEM -- The eight alternatives for an improved -- or entirely new -- crossing of the Willamette River from Salem to Polk County were explained in detail at an open house at West Salem High School on May 8.
*Main Street water line work begins*Drug collection event is a success*Road work means delays, closures*Electric Peddler slates open house*Local woodland group will gather*Fairgrounds plans to launch survey
INDEPENDENCE -- Philip Hyre used to visit his antique collector aunt in Orange County, Calif., three or four times a year when he was a child. Her house resembled a "3,000-square-foot museum," he said.
DALLAS -- Polk County has confirmed its first case this year of pertussis, or whooping cough, and Public Health officials are asking residents to update their immunizations.
INDEPENDENCE -- Bingo players and dog enthusiasts, take note: there's an event on Saturday happening in the Buena Vista area with your name on it.
DALLAS -- The Dallas Fire Department has a renovated station. Now it wants to show it off.
DALLAS -- Adjustments to Dallas School District's state funding actually brought good news this month -- and the possibility of adding more school days back into the 2012-13 schedule.
MONMOUTH -- Keller Coker had scheduled all but one of the six acts planned for the 2012-13 edition of the Smith Fine Arts Series at Western Oregon University as of last week.
FALLS CITY -- How can $5,000 improve a community?
MONMOUTH -- Dale Claussen -- or Captain Claussen, his late 18th-century alter ego -- organizes students in his fifth-grade class at Ash Creek Elementary School into lines out on the soccer field and then orders a forward march.
*Ballston has enrollment openings*Graduation set at Family Christian*WVHF hands out 22 scholarships*Central seniors earn MICAA awards*SC honor roll includes Polk students*Three locals graduate from Corban*Dallas resident among OBU grads*Buford received degree from RMC*DHS grad gets degree from Hesston