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Hotel project looks like a go 1 1 By As on M r lb* Things are falling into place and 11 looks like the hotel project will g o through. Heppner city council was told Monslay night Laval efforts to remodel the Hepp nrr Hotel into a senior citizen retire ment apartment com plex almost fell through last spring when it appeared a loan o f SbOll.OttO would be necessary to meet the grant o f $500.(X*> the city already has for the purpose A new estimate by the ar chitect was low er N ow it looks as it a $ tut).DM) loan will make the pro ject possible Bs>th City Attorney Bill Kuhn and Heppner Economic Development C orporation Chairm an C liffo r d Green told the council this sum seemed reashjble And it has been done without cutting any thing out o f the plans laical banks hase in dicated interest in loaning the money at attractisc interest rates o f seven Morrow» County s Home-Owned Newspaper T h e H rp p n e r unes VOL 104 NO 45 Wednesday November 5. I986 Heppner, Oregon 25‘ can have their center on the ground floor o f the building They a lio agreed to increase that with another $10.Out) The owners, Arnie and Rita Hedman. low ered their asking price by $10.000 " W e are within $23,000 o f the targeted am oun t," Kuhn said Others are interested in seeing the project go. and other money is expected, enough to meet the total, he indicated U m atilla H ousing A u th ority, which had originally agreed to manage the apartments for the c ity . has said it was no longer interested because o f the distance involved fV>th Kuhn and Green encouraged the city to assume duties ot manager " Y o u already ow n i t . " Green told the council The council applied for, and received the grant, and had authorized the request for a loan H ow ever council members ex pressed doubts about what they might be getting the people into " W i l l it turn out like W h o o p s *" percent Portions ot the cut came from the $dt) ( * * ) the Senior Citizens have agreed to put in to the project « 1 they IO Pages Councilman Rob Ployhar wanted to know The type o f tennants. low tur nover in tennants. and no necessity for major improvements for some years, should nuke the management easy and without problems, the council was told If something did go wrong later, the city would hold ti tie to the building and could probably sell it for as much as was owed on it Atem pted m u rd e r suspect arraig ned Flection Night for M o rro w County TOTALS G eneral Election Results Irrigo n 1986 409 130 225 297 273 1334 540 130 92 319 354 1439 75 13 5 72 116 281 301 79 192 249 <U c a . Q. <L> W ith a local hank holding the mort gage it would be unlikely that the Continued Pg. 2 project would not carry any way Rent, at $280 per unit, should p ro vide adequate funding for payments, maintenance, and adding to a fund for later repair and upkeep The hotel is on the National Several local businesves w ill be Register o f Historic Buildings, and closed Tuesday. N ov 11 in obser was partly chosen for the housing vance o f Veterans Day Court St . project because it was built through C e n tra l. D e ls , and B r is to w 's donations and with combined efforts Markets will remain open, however o f the citizens o f Heppner to pros ule lo c a l schools, banks, city offices, housing after the disaterou* July 4. the Courthouse, the post o ffic e and 1918 fire. Kuhn said " I think it is turning into the same sort o f thing the Extension office will dose for the day again " Councilman Chuck Holt said, " I f the city is going to own it I think the C ivr*i*m«r*a of tr*« Morrow County Qzwn UnrwOTi city should manage it . " O f the four council members pre T u esday, N o v e m b e r 4 sent three soted to accept the respon sibility. M em ber T erri Denton Soft W hile N ov •2 MX *2 UO opposed D ei »2 92 »2 U4 Green said the group promoting Jan »2 96 *2 US the project would advertise, asking Hard Red Winter the people who have signed up and N ov *2 95 want to live there to pay a deposit Barley soon " I t w ill be filled before we N ov. ever put a hammer to i t , " he said *84/*83 Dec »81 The member* o l H K D C sponsoring Jan »79 committee arc all conservative p eo C om ple. and ’ ’ there isn’t a one o f us in Nov *62 terested in going any further if the Dec »b3 figures d on’t say it is feasible P IK When it is all worked out. the Generic 1 1 7 » cash certificate* design w ill be explained at a coun cil meeting before the city signs for the necessary loan V e te ra n s D a y c lo s u r e s n o te d Market Report - M O R R O W C O U N TY C A N D ID A TES X Boardman 4 , lone N o v e m b e r ' 45 a rn Wednesday Sixty su percent o f the registered soters in Mornrw County cast ballots in Tuesdas's election Lexington M orrow County Judge-elect l.ouiv Carlson holds .1 good luck balloon at an election night "watch ['arts' at the Heppner E l l » Club Final election results were >1 the M orrow Counts Clerk's O ffic e at ----------------------- ------ James W illiam Pickle. 19, was ar raigned Monday morning at Hepp ner Justice Court on charges o f At tempted M urder and Assault o f a Public Safety O ffic e r M orrow County S h e riff s O ffic e transported him to Umatilla City Jail where he is lodged Charges stem from a shooting in cident early Sunday morning on Baltimore St in Heppner Heppner police who took Pickle info custody at the scene, said that the incident is still under investigation and that there may be additional charges Police refused to say what type o f gun was used or how many shots were fired Police also declined to comment on the possible m otise for the shooting or if the victim wav iniured o> OÛ X3 .X t- i I O 5 cj 5 I 17 1 8 iiTiUM 19 20 [f Alito 21 (7) m I a Sc « a T D O N M c E l U G O T T , Dem □EDI L O U IS C A R L S O N , r . t T E D S A M P S O N , i„d C L E O C H IL D E R S , IEEE | IR V R A U C H , db » COUNTY M EASURES >> c » Q CO o ~ INCREASE COUNTY TAX BASE to $3,472,425 INCREASE SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX BASE TO $6,996,133 SCHOOL DIST. $366,736 THREE YEAR OPERATING SERIAL LEVY ESTABLISH $93,000 SWCD TAX BASE ESTABLISH $30.000 WILLOW CREEK PARK DIST. TAX BASE STATE C A N D ID A TES R A Y F R E N C H , r . t STA N R A S M U S S E N , N E IL G O L D S C H M ID T , NO R M A PAULUS, 684 j 75 355 / 194 K 1 7 S I 174 373 / 4 8 9 338 " 276 670 / 199 I 148 / 3 4 2 390 103 " 200 379 1056 j 571 __ 159 1 ^ 1 7 4 531 89 123 / l 503 I -------------- 1 * — LEGALIZES MARIJUANA 5 5% SALES TAX FOR SCHOOLS 7 9 £ O lm 11 12 J 3 lm o 1.5 PROPERTY TAX LIMIT. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION CHANGES PERSONAL INCOME TAX RATES 20-DAY VOTER REGIS. CUTOFF a 198 ;oan 1647 CO [Î1 7 [ □3D ■ QtL 231 31 517 110 505 162 255 r , j 61 461 211 I 125 j I 889 323 759 364 1439 188 359 370 -------------= * = ---:-------1 --------------- 1 ------------------------------- 217 j 414 t -------------j 660 194 349 74 97 356 85 101 23 f A llt D 24 FAILED 1584 388 1873 255 335 1110 232 316 1090 379 T */ No 198 1833 Tts No 701 52 793 132 257 j 221 „ 14 37 / 211 422 Til Uy No No -- -----’ 55 yA 161 No 523 123 I / 276 JT j --- --------- 561 y t r t 639 7 7 / 214 2 8 2 /1 628 307 228 1 ^ 4 5 9 85 1 236 673 1 180 J, 247 44 731 L X 218 L X ¡28 „ 472 2 3 0 / * 449 717 A 200 62 a . z l .L x 226 9 466 INCREASED TAX BASE TO $200,000 THREE-YEAR $100,000 STREET LEVY 482 TtS NO 261 429 319 376 E S d j ROY TAYLOR (wn,e m> 48 59 LOUIE ENG 64 SHIRLEY M cCARL 91 CHARLIE SUM NER 69 IONE 2604^ _ 1023 „ CANDIDATES MAYOR 2162 513 [ 430 / 2026 299 _ 379 346 CURTIS PAPINEAU □Ed JUDY . / RICHARD L. CURTIS CANDIDATES 5 1929- " 442 ' 988 281 / 216 L 1947 448 # 430 [ 194 777 219 73 X 7 172 ^ 79 451 2347 553 I 907 601 883 1 245 I 360 90 284 l JOHN HEM PLE LEXINGTON r — 163 339 □ S E B 0B ALLEN PLOYHAR CD 658 Tet No 2 3 5 /1 DAVID HANNA CITY MEASURES 278 398 DOUG LOWE 2244 448 R. DENTON □ E d CHARLES HOLT 1209 743 n - CANDIDATES _ ¡22D TERRI 1915 ' 1218 . > _ M O R R O W C O UNTY VOTEI D 171 ...............4 ✓ 188 418 ....1 ", 1 1 ^ 3 8 7 f HEPPNER 464 1823 ' 13/9 j 307 627 *» 171 l 300 / 4 3 2 ” 7 , I 438 112 254 138 236 849 1* A T I O N A L C A N D I D A T E S » BOB S M IT H , kip TO <5 o ° LA R R Y T U T T L E , d ™ -- * * a> R IC K B A U M A N , c 03 tr " 3 03 OO _ © _ BO B P A C K W O O D , Rep u STATE M EASURES 235 683 190 126 1834 385 450 Ye I 4 Yës----- 4 Yti ---- - 4 Yts ---- *4 Yïï---- - 4 Yes ' Nu No No No 337 79 ' HI? j 143 306 " 247 IM W i>™, \ . Terry Thompson, who received three permits for water on his land outside die city limits when the city had an easement over his property east o f town, wants to use one o f those permits in the future on a two month per year basis He wxiuld pay for the water But since the city no longer needs the easement council members questioned g ivin g the water " I t wciuld be setting a prece d e n t." said Councilman Ployhar Kuhn said die city had a [X'licy ot not granting permits for water outside the city limits Thompson will be ad vised the request was denied M ayor Cara Costa read a letter from Cieorge K offler on behalf ot the Bank o f Eastern Oregon commen ding the city crew and police depart ment for changes they had made to im prove the parking at the bank Dave W in ter, crew forenun . reported building a walkway bridge over W illo w Creek for pedevtrians was going to have some cost An amount o f $220 more than the amount donated was needed for timbers Purchase o f that and com plcting the bndge was authorized by the council Estimate o f $700 for treating weeds within the city was made by LXibyn's Pest Control. Winter said M otion to have it done was approv ed by three, with Holt abstaining 948 U OSM IN (W rite In) JAM ES BOOR rxlDED HARVEY D EE I 67 98 JOHN EKSTROM 34 WAYNE HAM S 117 QEOI BILL I C H ILD ERS 41 RIETM ANN 103
