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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1986)
Council votes to apply for loan to renovate Hotel Thr Heppner City Council voted Monday to apply for a *800.(100 loan for renovation of the Heppner Hotel into an apartment com plex for the elderly The loan is the first step in a rehabilitation project that is expect ed to cost *1.097.805. and » i l l turn the old hotel into a like new facility with 24 apartments Repayment of the loan will come from rentals of the apartments A federal grant for housing projects for the elderly hopefully will provide the balance of the money needed Tony Barnhart of the Hast Central Oregon Association of Counties, a group working toward approval of the project, was at the city council meeting to give a presentation Barnhart said the project has a good chance of being approved, and that there appears to be a need for elderly housing in this area He said under the proposed rules, the city would buy the old hotel from present owner Arnie Hedman for *125,<X»l and then oversee the ren ovation work Once completed, management of the apartment com plex would lx- turned over to the Umatilla Housing Authority Kents from the apartments would retire the S i s s i ' X X I loan he said The i i!\ would remain owner of the property and the hotel "L e t me make it cle a r.” said Barnhart, "th e city would not man age or put any money into the facility Y ou 're actually just lending your name to it," he told the council ' The facility itself will be self supporting." hie stressed, "and not require any city funding He said if the project went bad. the housing authority would only have the as sests of the hotel to come back on The old Heppner Hotel is presently in bad shape, and the renovation calls for 21 one-bedroom apart ments. two studio apartments, two guest rooms, a lounge, community room and a lobby area No com mer cial space is planned The hotel presently has a fabric and furniture store operated by the Hedmans on the ground floor Kaeh apartment will also have its own kitchen area, said Barnhart, and there will be pull cords for the elderly tennants in case they would need emergency help The renovation calls for com plete ly red oin g the whole hotel, with new plum bing, e le c t r ic a l w ork, new flooring and new windows, along with carpeting and other work A representative of the Umatilla Housing Authority at the meeting told the council the apartments would be rented "on a first com e " basis, and that there would be some low income renters, whose rent would be federally subsidised City attorney Bill Kuhn said the prelim inary application for .he loan does not mean the city is committed to anything, and can back out anytime it wants He said word of whether or not the loan application was approved should be received by February 14 of this year In other business at the meeting, the council heard from Heppner high school Principal Jim Bier, who asked that the city provide a police officer at home football and basketball games to patrol the grounds Bier said the problem of violence at home games was discussed at the last school hoard meeting, and that the board instructed him to come to the council asking for increased security The council did not take action on the request but agreed to review the matter Bier said the main problem was fighting and drinking in the parkin g lot outside du ring the games and that it seemed to be coming mostly from recent high school graduates and out of town people Police Uhief Doug Kathbun said his men had been patroling the area more heavily recently, but he could not have a man stationed there during the entire gam e voted to raise city sewer rates by one dollar to six dollars per month Lundin joins Extension staff Fred Lundin Fred l.undin has joined the Kxten sion staff at the Morrow County office of the Oregon State University Fxtension Service He. his wife, and their three children, Mynah II. Haakan. 2 V and B nlta. 8 months, have moved to Heppner from Keno, Nevada l.undin earned his Bachelor of Science degree in pest control and his Master of Science i 1981 > in plant science at the University of Nevada at Keno Following conferral of his masters degree, he accepted a post tion as an agent at Hardin. Montana When his wife's father becam e ill they returned to Keno to be w ith him until his health improved and they accepted the job here Prior to entering the University of Nevada, l.undin was in the m ilitary for 10 years as an Arm y aviator He is currently a reserve Chiel W arrant Officer 3rd He also worked in the gaming industry in Keno for 10 years l.undin describes his jot) here as half adm inistrative and half advis mg dryland farmers He explains that he will be reviewing the exten sion s four year plan and talking with local farm ers to begin with " I don't think anyone can come in from outside and form a program w ithout talking to the farm ers," he said l.undin invites all those farm ers who are planning a trip into town to stop by the extension office and visit He also plans to visit farms to learn local problems, farm ers plans and ideas about what extension needs to do for them Methodists welcome new pastor The increased rates would raise an additional *» t*x> per year and coun cU members felt, help balance the city's budget discussed raising the fee to the Heppner rural fire protection dist net. for which the city provides protection, but took no action The fire district presently pays *4,530 per month learned that workmen's compen vat ion insurance for the city will increase bv 26 percent, or *4 050 this year the next m eeting of the city budget com mittee will be on Janu ary 20 Historical Society considers marker for W ells Springs By lle lph a tones The Hoard of Directors of the Morrow Uounly Historical Society met at the home of Jim and Barbara Bloodsworth for the annual polluek dinner and social evening A short business meeting was held at which time the Wells Springs Cemetery was discussed A com mittee of Irvin Kauch Sue Vinson and Kuth Me Cato" wax appointed to check the area out as to needs and perhaps the erecting of a Morrow County llistor leal sign Sue Vinson and Barbara Bloods worth reported on the sale of the 1885 Chronicles and the ralrndar which was printed for the first time, as a Centennial calendar If this proves a •“ 'pillar item the group plans on printing another There are still a few available and can be purchased by calling Sue or Barbara These are pictures of Morrow County now and years ago. with Hardman hall la-na Post Office and others Barton Clark reported on the Century Farms, and if you are a Century Farm please contact Clark or Jean Nelson as the awards are planned to lie presented at the Memorial Day Picnic A stew supper was enjoyed, after which the group enjoyed the slides of the bus trip to Astoria and the Centennial dinner and program at Heppner Those present were guests. Irvin Kauch Judge and Kuni Funice M cKlligott. Darrel and Sue Vinson, Harold and Fdna Peck. Kuth McCabe. Barton Clark. Delpha and Cecil Jones and the host and hostess Jim and Barbara Hloods worth Moving In Above > Mov ers haul a load of (Mixes into the new offices for the Fxtension Service, the Soil Conservation Service and the Weed Control District Below i Claudia Hughes left i und Melinda West unpack boxes in the new home of the extension service near Pettyjohn's Builders Supply at the north end of Heppner The offices were closed Thursday and Friday Jan 2 and I whilr »■rsonnel transferred furniture records and equipment from the office s orm er location The office has tx-en oju-n for business as usual since Hondav Family Services counselor tells schedule change Adult and Fam ily Services coun xelor Janet Phillips will be at the Heppner Neighborhood Center one day only during Junuary Wednes day. Jan 22. from 9 a m noon, she will be accepting food stamp appll cations Food stam p a p p lic a tio n s are a v a ila b le at the N eigh b orh ood Center week days during regular office hours Next month. Phillips will beat the Center on her regularly scheduled days Annual C h am ber banquet slated Don, three-year old Corley. and Dianne Boyce Aaul was napping at photo lime By Justine W rath rrforri The new Methodist pastor Kcv Donald Boyce and his fam ily are getting settled in the parsonage on Church Street Next Sunday, Jan 12, the fam ily w ill be welcomed at an after church potluck The four Boyces moved here on New Year x Day and Kcv Koyce gave his first sermon in the Heppner church on January 5. when an ama/mg number of members of his new c on grega tion m anaged to attend in spile of the very Ireacher ous ice Some in this community recall that Don and Dianne Boyce lived here during the l<Mo SI school year when he was the hand instructor for grades 5 12 and dues ted the Melho ■ I The couples 11-month old son. dist choir part of the year Dianne taught piano and did some clerical work in the Kin/ua Mill office that year D o n 't hom etow n is D e n v e r; Dianne s is Pueblo, Colorado They m arried in I two, having met in Pueblo where Don was teaching Don Boyce holds both a bachelor s and master s degree in music He tell i ailed to enter the ministry when he was here in Heppner Then he enrolled in lliff School of Theology in Denver from which he gained his degree in theology in June 1985 Instead of going straight through seminary, Boyce served one year us an intern pastor in the Melhodivt churches at Joseph and Wallowa O reg o n in 198 1 He says he and the fam ily like t tregon. and he is pleased to be a full m ember of the Oregon Idaho Conference of the United Methodist Church The foursome cam e to Heppner from Union and North Powder, where I Ion had served the two Methodist churches from June. 1985 through December. 1985. when he was appointed to the church here Dianne who says she will accept a lew piano students to lie taught in the parsonage expects to give most of her energy to her young family lor some years The Boyces really like north eastern Oregon and expect to hast* happv busy years in Heppner The annual Chamber of C om merce banquet will lie held Tuesday. Jan 14 at the Heppner Klks l.<>dge The public is invited to attend The public is invited to attend Tickets can be purchased at the d oo r, a social hour will begin at 6 p m and dinner n n r r will tie IX- served XCIVCVJ at 7 i p p i m n Ä Ä S r S I.2 3 Chamber 1986 Chamber installed officers will be Merchants slate annual meeting The Heppner Merchants Commit tee will hold its annual meeting and potluck Thursday. Jan 16, 6 30 p in at the home of Jerry and JoyccKay Hollomon A ll H eppner M erchants are invited to come help plan the year's schedule Kegular meetings of the merchants com mittee are held the third Friday of each month « I l « Ice storm blamed for outage Sunday night's power outage was the clim ax of hundreds of smaller outages caused by the weather during the past two weeks said Columbia Basin Flectric Co-op man ager Fred Toombs Twenty to thirty extra helpers have assisted the regular crews with scraping ice. repairing wire and replacing poles because of the many problems Since the outage occurred at II p m . the darkness slowed locating it K xtrem ely icy conditions Sunday also made It difficult to gel to the problem "T h ere was so much ice you couldn't walk an yw h ere." said Mealsite schedule resumes Jan. l.’l The Senior Citizen* weekly noon ineal at the fairground was to have resumed on Monday Jan 6. but because of the power outage was cancelled liut will resume Monday. Jan 13 These noon meals are I p re p a re d by head cook Mel H am m ons and assistant cook Kleanor t.onty Fach week women from local church«-* assist the rooks with preparation and serving All seniors arp Verv welcome Toombs "It sounds silly, but we had to d rive everyw here we went " The outage Sunday was caused tier a use lines were so heavily iced with frost and freezing rain than when the wind cam e up and ice tiegan to melt off. the wires flew up from the loss of weight around them and when two wires cam e together, connecting wires and transformers were burned out Most of the system was without power from II p m Sunday until 9 a m Monday , although some C B F ( ' customers did have power for portions of that tim e Although power has been restored to all customers. Toombs said Tues day morning that crews will be making repairs for several weeks in order to get the system back to normal The co op appreciates the patience of its customers during the outages, he says, with the bad weather W e've really had our hands full
