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THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 3 FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016 Business & Ag Sunridge files bankruptcy CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 According to bankruptcy records, Townridge, Inc. stated there are between 50 and 99 creditors, with the top ones having the 20 largest unsecured claims, and who are not insiders, listed in the documents, with the amounts owed: Marilyn Town, $784,000 (also, a separate entry, for $39.043.85); Corpora- tion Service Company, $165,534; Corefund Capi- tal, LLC, $149,000; Sysco Corporation, $147,141.60; Banner Corporation (Ban- ner Bank), $120,619.74 (also, a separate entry, for $31,771.74); Best Western International, Inc., $27,135.61; State of Oregon Employment Tax, $26,791.61; Baker County Administrative, $17,431.09; Corpora- tion Service Company, $17,000; Sysco Guest Supply, LLC, $13,736.42; Rafter M Construction, $12,222.01; J. Tabor Jewelers, $7,586.98; Guyer, Lindley, Bailey, Martin CPA’s, $7,330; Cascade Natural Gas, $7,272.91; Baker Air- craft, $6,212.84; City of Baker, $5,895.40; Verizon Wireless, $4,483.45; and Brady Industries Corpo- rate, $3,676.45, all totaling $1,593,886.70. Town- ridge, Inc. estimated total assets between $1 million and $10 million, and total liabilities also within that range. Included in the list of local creditors are: Artcraft Paint & Glass; Baker County Treasurer; Baker Sanitary Services; Baker Valley Auto Parts; Bi- Mart; Black Distributing, Inc.; Carquest Auto Parts; Eagle Cap Plumbing; Eastern Oregon Rentals; Miller’s Lumber; and The Flower Box, according to bankruptcy records. Lien holders include Bayview Loan Servicing, TVT Capital, Yellowstone Capi- tal, and CAN Capital. In a letter dated January 26, 2016, Petiprin advised Carshetown, LLC of the loan default, stating, as of January 8, 2016, the amount of $446,947.86 was due, to Bayloan Servicing, LLC, in order to bring the loan current, and to avoid foreclosure, including discussing alternatives. The loan originated on February 14, 2008, between CIT Lending Services Corpora- tion, Carshetown, LLC, and Townridge, Inc. (Carl Town was listed as Manag- ing Member of Carshe- town, LLC, and President of Townridge, Inc., and Sheila was listed as Man- aging Member of Carshe- town, LLC, and Secretary of Townridge, Inc., on Feb- ruary 14, 2008. In October 2008, the maturity date of the loan was modifi ed, to November 1, 2033). Per the lawsuit, among other details, the plaintiff seeks foreclosure and sale of the property; appoint- ment of a receiver to man- age the property, to collect rents, and to restrain any ongoing waste; and award of associated attorneys’ fees, and other costs. During the May 4, 2016, May 11, 2016, and May 18, 2016 Baker County Board of Commission- ers sessions, the Board discussed with Wilson Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) penalties the Sun- ridge had incurred, totaling $16,362.67, for late TLT payments (monthly pay- ments made to the County, from area lodgers). During the May 18, 2016 ses- sion, the Board voted, and approved forgiveness of the penalties, and the Sunridge is current with all TLT payments, according to Baker County Admin- istrative Services Director Christena Cook. Included in upcoming ac- tions is a meeting of credi- tors in the bankruptcy case, scheduled for Monday, August 1, 2016, 11 a.m., at the J.F. Kilkenny U.S. Post Offi ce and Courthouse, 104 S.W. Dorion, Pendle- ton, requiring the atten- dance of a Townridge, Inc. representative. Public Arts Commission works on master plan for Council BY GINA K. SWARTZ Gina@TheBakerCountyPress.com Tuesday evening the Public Arts Commission met discussing the vinyl wrap project that they have been working diligently on, location of the Herman Sculpture in Central Park that will launch the art on loan program and prepared themselves for a presenta- tion of their Master Plan to City Council that would happen immediately fol- lowing the commission’s meeting. In attendance were City Council Representative Rosemary Abell, staff representative recently hired City Manager Fred Warner, Jr., Commission Chair Ann Mehaffy and Commission members Brian Vegter, Corrine Vegter, Mary Miller and Damon Rose. Mehaffy offi cially called the meet- ing to order and the group quickly reviewed minutes from the last meeting with Brian Vegter moving to approve those minutes. Mary Miller seconded the motion and all mem- bers voted in favor to approve with no correc- tions. Mehaffy then began the discussion of the Vinyl Wrap project. Mary Miller called atten- tion to a piece of artwork created by committee member Brian Vegter that she felt the commission should consider using as the fi rst image. “I was standing there at the Cycle Oregon start line and looking right at one of the boxes (one of the utility boxes the commission has identifi ed as one in which they intended to utilize) and it just hit me, what needs to go on here but a bicycle racing picture.” she said. The image Vegter has created captures the spirit of the Cycle Oregon event held in Baker City annu- ally by showing several cyclists racing. The piece is colorful and eye catch- ing and embraces the event that helps defi ne our community. Several other images were also passed around as possible contenders but everyone agreed that Vegter’s was the one they wanted to move forward with. The group discussed the procedure, with Vegter saying that his understand- ing was that they needed to have an image that had been approved by the com- munity and City Council before ODOT would allow the project to move forward. He also indicated their concern over what pro- tocols would be in place should a wrap, after being completed, be objected by anyone. A quick discussion ensued with the commit- tee agreeing City Council would need to intervene should a situation arise. Another challenge that was mentioned was OTEC, there seemed to be some concern from the company that the vinyl wraps could cause some of the boxes to retain heat. It was identifi ed that a contact with OTEC would need to be established in order to gain approval from them and address concerns they had as the process evolved. As the vinyl wrap project dis- cussion moved toward conclusion the commission agreed on some steps for the vinyl wrap process. First an approval of the image must occur, then a quote would need to be obtained. The committee had previously agreed that Oregon Sign Company, a local company owned by Christina Witham, would do the actual creating and placement of the wraps. Public outreach would then occur that would include a sign off of the proposed image and loca- tion by City Council. Warner stated, “Once you get to that point you’re going to want to make sure ODOT is okay with it, you don’t want to go so far as to have it done and then have ODOT say no, that would cost you a lot of money.” The commission agreed and stated that it needed to be determined who was the actual person at ODOT that would approve these projects. Mehaffy stated she would contact former City Manager Mike Kee to fi nd out who he had spoken with at ODOT and get that piece in place. Once that discussion wrapped up the commis- sion moved toward a dis- cussion of their fi nal draft of the Master Plan. This has been a project that the commission has been working on for sev- eral months. Each of the members had taken a section to work on individually and Mary Miller had collected each separate section and spent countless hours tying it all together into the copy the commission was looking at during the meeting, the fi nal draft that would be presented to City Council that evening. The commission all agreed Miller had done an incredible job and thanked her for all of her hard work on the document. Miller pointed out a few minor things that she felt could be developed further in the document and while the committee agreed with her all expressed their acceptance of the current document and it being presented to Council as it was that evening. The Committee under- stood that revision and expansion of the document would be on going. They next shifted their atten- tion to the artist on loan program. Local artist Don Herman has developed an interac- tive whimsical sculpture that will be the fi rst piece featured as part of the pro- gram and will be placed in Central Park. Several different locations within the park are being con- sidered for the sculptures placement. A photo of the park was passed around the room with each commit- tee member marking on the photo where they felt would be the best loca- tion with an explanation of why. After much discussion and failing to agree on one location it was discussed that perhaps the next committee meeting be in Central Park so that a bet- ter understanding of place- ment could be obtained and a fi nal decision made. The committee ad- dressed the budget amount that they had been given by the budget board to work with for the year and brought up the question of how artists who contribute to the vinyl wraps and the artist on loan program would be compensated and what an appropriate amount would be before they adjourned. Public Art Committee meetings normally are held the fi rst Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m.. The community is always welcome and are encouraged to attend these public meetings. Information regarding meeting locations and agendas can be found online at bakercity.com. A copy of the Public Arts Masterplan is also avail- able on the website. Do you buy this paper off the rack every week? Why not turn a habit into a subscription! See page 7 for how! — Weekly Hay Report — Friday, July 8, 2016 — Eastern Oregon Prices trended generally steady compared to week ago prices. Many hay producers are selling their fi rst cutting hay, and working on second cutting resulting in higher volumes of hay moving. 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The log buyer for Malheur Lumber Co. stated they have all the logs they need under contract and are not accepting any new purchases. BCC/LLC of La Grande has receive so many burned fi re salvage logs they are no longer accepting logs at the La Grande log yard. Any additional pine logs have to be delivered to the Elgin Log yard cut in plywood lengths and to a 8 inch top. For these pine logs cut in plywood lengths, BCC is offering $280.00/mbf. They are also paying $420.00/ mbf for Doug Fir & Western Larch. For White Fir they are offi ng $325.00/mbf. At the Pilot Rock Saw Mill BCC is offi ng $360.00/mbf for a 12 to 15 inch top, for 16 to 19 inch top $400.00/ mbf & offi ng $425.00/mbf for 20 inch plus top Courtesy of Arvid Andersen, Andersen Forestry Consulting — Precious Metals Report — Price per ounce, USD Gold: $1,333.80 Silver: $20.19 Platinum: $1092.55 Palladium: $627.89 Bloomberg.com — Ag Commodities — Corn: $352.25/bu/USD Wheat: $438.50/bu/USD Soybeans: $1087.50/bu/USD Oats: $205.75 bu/USD Rough Rice: $10.68/cwt/USD Canola: $475.40 CAD/mwt Live Cattle: $108.90/lb./USD Feeder Cattle: $138.60/lb./USD Lean Hogs: $79.18/lb./USD Bloomberg.com
