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Community Involvement – Why It’s Important The Dallas Area Visitors Center is committed to reaching out and making an impact in our...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Feb 27, 20203 min read
Helping Your Child Make New Friends
Most child development milestones are monitored closely by parents from a very young age: Can my child walk? Check! Use a cup to drink?...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Feb 11, 20203 min read
10 Reasons Your Child Should Join FFA or 4-H
It’s hard to imagine growing up on a farm without participating in 4-H or FFA. Although there was no FFA in my high school in Ann Arbor,...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Feb 6, 20203 min read
Understanding Diversity and Inclusion.
Diversity and inclusion are critical elements of every recruitment and retention strategy. In a later section, we’ll get into all the...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Jan 23, 20204 min read
WELLNESS: Community event helps those in need
POLK COUNTY — The Polk County Community Connect, an annual event created to help people facing homelessness, has a new location — the...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Jan 21, 20202 min read
Recycling Information
Fighting for a Cleaner Dallas On average, each Oregonian generates seven pounds of garbage every day. Even though residents are recycling...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Jan 15, 20205 min read
Heard of Kangen Water?
Kangen Water Machines We at MyKangenWater.org endorse Kangen water machines that the proper certification and accreditation to support...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Jan 14, 20201 min read
What Is The Difference Between Snow Flurries vs. Snow Showers?
Snow refers to the partially frozen water vapor which falls in flakes. The expression snow flurries refers to light, intermittent...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Jan 13, 20206 min read
January Meaning and Symbolism
January Meaning and Symbolism January can be a tough time for some of us who are profoundly affected by the seasons of our planet. It has...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Jan 10, 20202 min read
How to Avoid a Vitamin D Deficiency during the Winter
Most of us have heard that drinking milk helps to build strong bones. That’s because it contains calcium and vitamin D, both of which are...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Jan 7, 20204 min read
Rain + Mud = Puddle Jumping!
Why Splashing in Mud Puddles Is Beneficial for Children Their desire to do so is driven by their natural instinct to explore and discover...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Jan 6, 20201 min read
When The Rain Calls For Some Indoor Fun...
STARLITE LANES: Hours, Bowling and shoe prices Duration varies • $2.00 to $5.50 Bowling prices: Friday Cosmic $5.50 per game plus shoe...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Jan 2, 20202 min read
NEW YEAR'S DAY 2020 WHEN DOES THE NEW DECADE BEGIN?
Ready to celebrate New Year’s 2020? New Year’s Eve falls on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, and New Year’s Day falls on Wednesday, January 1,...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Nov 26, 20193 min read
Will it or won't it?
A system of wild weather is expected hammer Oregon during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. A “bomb cyclone” is forecast to...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Nov 22, 20193 min read
It's a bird, it's a plane....wait....what IS it?
Deputies are investigating a large fireball falling to the ground in the southwest area of Polk County. A resident reported the fireball...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Nov 18, 20192 min read
City, DDA, CDC come together for visitors center
DALLAS — The Dallas City Council approved giving the Dallas Area Visitors Center $15,000 to help keep the organization open for the next...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Sep 20, 20195 min read
Telling "Real" from "Fake: Psychic Mediums
With "History and Mystery: a paranormal tour of Dallas Oregon" kicking off soon we wanted to address the legitimacy of Psychic Mediums....
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Dallas Area Visitors
Sep 13, 20192 min read
History and Mystery: A Paranormal Tour of Dallas Oregon!
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!! You are invited to partner with a local paranormal investigation teams for the hunt of your life! You will...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Sep 11, 20194 min read
NYC firefighter Clarence Singleton survived 9/11: Don't give up. It's all worth it!
Sept. 11, 2001, was a crisp, clear day, as Clarence Singleton remembers it. Singleton, who had retired the previous year from his job as...
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Dallas Area Visitors
Sep 5, 20192 min read
Want More History?
A lot of people really enjoyed the series we did on the myths and history of Dallas Oregon. The information presented in the blog posts...
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