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2A — THE OBSERVER D AILY P LANNER TODAY Today is Thursday, March 5, the 65th day of 2020. There are 301 days left in the year. La Grande School District Short-term repairs set for annex gym By Dick Mason The Observer TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT On March 5, 1963, coun- try music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in the crash of their plane, a Piper Comanche, near Cam- den, Tennessee, along with pilot Randy Hughes (Cline’s manager). THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020 LOCAL LA GRANDE — The La Grande School District’s annex gym build- ing is showing its age as it nears its 100th birthday, but it still has a touch of elegance and a future, one more promising than it was six months ago. The La Grande School Board Feb. 26 endorsed via consensus a short-term plan to improve the basic condition of the building and allow it to continue to be used for at least the next seven years. The improvements, to be done this summer, will consist of roof repair plus other exterior and interior work. It will cost $66,750, said Joseph Waite, the La Grande School District’s bond and facilities manager. The bulk of the short-term plans will involve roof repair. A polyurea- silicon material will be sprayed onto the roof as part of this process. This will address its leak issues. The need for roof repair was made clear again three weeks ago when a major snowstorm hit Northeast Oregon and was followed by relatively warm conditions causing quick melting and runoff. Waite said the annex gym building’s roof started leaking in multiple places at this point. Buckets were placed under each leak. The roof repair work will cost $40,750. The polyurea-siicon mate- rial will have a seven-year warranty. The short-term plan also calls for $20,000 worth of exterior and inte- rior work to done. The annex gym building, con- structed in 1924, is about 20 feet north of La Grande Middle School. Its north exterior wall still has circu- lar ornate designs. They are far less decorative but similar to those on Eastern Oregon University’s Inlow Hall, built in 1929. The annex gym is used extensively by the school district, including La Grande Middle School. The gym is one of two LMS uses. The other is on the west side of the middle school. The La Grande School Board discussed the future of the annex gym at an August 2019 meeting. Board members at the time said they wanted to know if the building could be renovated or was beyond the point where this would be feasible fi nancially. “We wanted to know if it was worth fi xing,’’ said Merle Comfort, chair of the La Grande School Board. The board requested a structural analysis and one was conducted by ZCS Engineering and Architecture. The fi rm, which has offi ces in Oregon City, Medford, Grants Pass and Klamath Falls, determined that the building needed extensive work but still was relatively sound structur- ally. The positive report inspired the board to move forward in an effort to renovate the building, and both short-term and long-term options were discussed. One long-term option calls for the school district to apply for a seismic grant from the state. Such a grant would fund work to boost the struc- tural integrity of the building, mak- ing it less vulnerable in the event of an earthquake. Seismic grants of up to $2.5 million are available from the state. Waite said applications for 2021 seismic grants from the state are due in November and the recipients will be announced in March 2021. Should the La Grande School District then be awarded a grant, the seismic improvements would likely begin in the summer of 2021. The building would still need signifi - cant renovation once the seismic up- grade was done. A new gym fl oor, new windows and an improved heating system are needed. Options for obtain- ing funding for such renovations would include applying for state grants. 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