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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016
Business & Ag
Sunridge files bankruptcy
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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.
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Cattle sold through the auction: 320
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Price per 1,000 board feet: Northeast Oregon
Currently the local log market is fl ooded with
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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
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lengths and to a 8 inch top. For these pine
logs cut in plywood lengths, BCC is offering
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