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HOUSING: Couple claims to lose
money on Pendleton rental properties
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Neubo said they would like to
replace some units burned down in a
¿re, but they didn’t think they would
be able to charge enough rent to
justify the construction.
Overall, Neubo said the rising
costs of materials, maintenance,
utilities and labor combined with
incremental rent increases means
the couple is losing money on their
Pendleton rental properties. Housing
committee chair John Turner, the
former president of Blue Mountain
Community College and the city’s
only mayoral candidate in the May
election, said he’s heard complaints
about the housing study from
Pendleton landlords and isn’t very
sympathetic.
Although he didn’t know
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
CENTER: Will have more precise numbers in May
classroom space or another great
hall.
Mayor David Drotzmann said
his support of building a basement
depended in part if the rest of the
project could be built within the
$2 million grant budget or if the
city would also be asked to help
with costs like landscaping and
infrastructure.
Fetter said everyone working
on the project was aware that they
were “beyond the envelope right
now” but they were still looking
at ways to cut down on the cost,
which could include the removal
of some elements presented
Monday.
“We would like the opportunity
to work through that,” he said.
City councilors agreed that
they would possibly be interested
in the city paying for a basement,
but before they made a decision
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for the parking and landscaping.
An un¿nished 6,000 square foot
daylight basement would cost
roughly $80 per square foot to
build, adding somewhere in
the ballpark of $480,000 to the
project that would not be covered
by the grant.
However, as Parks and
Recreation director Larry Fetter
put it, “We get one shot to put a
basement in and that’s now.”
The basement could be used
for storage or future expansion,
he said. The grant dictates that
the center be used only for people
age 60 and older for the ¿rst ¿ve
years, but after that the city plans
to use the building in the evenings
for activities such as recreational
classes. At that point the basement
could be ¿nished and used for
about the condition of South Hills
speci¿cally, Turner said the units
in new housing developments like
Pendleton Heights and the Village
Apartments expansion are quickly
¿lled and show that there is demand
for housing as long as it isn’t old and
in disrepair.
Neubo said her apartments aren’t
in direct competition with new
housing developments, but many
other Pendleton landlords with
existing inventory are voicing the
same vacancy concerns.
The housing committee will meet
in the city council chambers annex at
Pendleton City Hall Friday at 1:30
p.m.
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Contact Antonio Sierra at
asierra@eastoregonian.com
or
541-966-0836.
they would need clearer numbers
and details, as well as an idea of
where that money would come
from out of the city’s budget.
Appleby said the idea on
Monday was just to get feedback,
but she could come back at the
beginning of May with more
precise numbers. She said the
plan was to have ¿nal blueprints
completed and bids sent out
in time to start construction in
October. She said construction
would take between nine and 12
months.
The current senior center is
located on the Umatilla County
Fairgrounds, which will be
turned over the Hermiston School
District at the beginning of 2017.
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Contact Jade McDowell at
jmcdowell@eastoregonian.com
or 541-564-4536.
CHINOOK:
Sixth Black horse
to serve as ‘the
Happy Canyon
trail horse’
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Internationale World Cup,
a world class dressage and
jumping event. In June,
Chinook and Bronson will
lead the Portland Rose Festi-
val’s Grand Floral Parade.
Now the trio has another
important gig — leading the
Westward Ho! Parade as
grand marshals.
“I feel so honored,” Black
said. “It’s nice that Chinook is
a part of it too.”
Round-Up Parade Director
Randy Leonard said Black
and her family have provided
horses for both the Pendleton
Round-Up
and
Happy
Canyon over the years.
“We wanted to ¿nd
someone tied in to Happy
Canyon, this being their
centennial year,” Leonard
said. “Rusty does a lot for
both Happy Canyon and the
Round-Up.”
Black has lived and
breathed horses since she was
a small girl. She rode them,
showed them and trained
them. She competed as a
barrel racer.
At 17, Black rode the
Omak Stampede Suicide
Race. Riding bareback
with only bridal and reins,
she raced down a sandy,
62-degree slope to the Okan-
ogan River and across into an
arena, taking sixth place.
“I had more guts than
brains at that time,” Black
recalls.
Black tried to return
the next year, but she said
of¿cials blocked her from
attending.
The next year in 1960,
she married fellow horse
a¿cionado Charlie Black.
They and their two children,
Lea and Dana, started a
tradition of volunteerism
with both Happy Canyon and
Round-Up.
Chinook is the sixth
Black horse to serve as “the
Happy Canyon trail horse.”
Chinook, however, had little
time to prepare. Ten years
ago, his predecessor, Cataldo,
died of cancer two weeks
before Happy Canyon and
Round-Up week. Chinook
was Cataldo’s understudy, but
he’d never performed in front
of a crowd. His ¿rst night was
also the ¿rst time ¿reworks
were used.
“I didn’t know if he’d be
able to do it,” Black said. “I
thought, ‘Either he’s going
to be able to do it, or Happy
Canyon won’t have a horse.’”
The paint played his role
perfectly. He ¿nally Àinched
one night in his fourth year
when an unfamiliar barrage
of ¿reworks spooked him.
“He stepped back into
some footlights, which
exploded,” Black said. “He
reared up into the air.”
The experience made the
horse a little more cautious,
but he remains fairly calm and
predictable — and gorgeous.
Chinook and his future
replacement, Little Dancer,
are only the latest in Black’s
string of special relationships
with horses. Her life, she said,
is a dream.
“I just help horses do what
they’re supposed to do,” she
said. “I’m truly blessed God
has given me these beautiful
horses to take care of. I’ve
been blessed with some
amazing horses.”
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kaney@eastoregonian.com
or call 541-966-0810.
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