Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 31,2004 - THREE
City shows building purchase costs
At its April 12 meeting the
Heppner city council will
consider a plan to purchase the
former Klamath First bank
building on main street for use
as a new city hall. The
proposal would also include
the sale of the current city hall
to The Heppner Gazette-
Times.
Under the plan the city
w ould acq u ire the bank
building from current owner
Bank of Eastern Oregon for
$325,000. It would then sell
the current city hall building to
the Heppner Gazette-Tunes in
a trade for the G azette
p roperty plus cash. The
H eppner fire departm ent
which is located next to the
G azette p ro p erty has
expressed interest in using that
p ro p erty fo r ex p an sio n
purposes.
City officials recently
released the following figures
and budget outlining, the
proposed purchase:
H eppner C ity H all
Purchase O ptions for F orm er K lam ath First B uilding
'$325,000
Purchase price as offered by the Bank of Eastern Oregon
$345,000
Appraised value of Klamath >>• building
(Barak & Associates)
Applying reserves to purchase would lower monthly/yearly cost.
Estimated funds available for down payment/remodel if needed to lower annual
payments
City Hall Reserve Fund
$9,692
Sale of HUD house (Gilmore St.)
$27,724
City Hall Project
$42,357
Net from sale of City Hall and GT purchase
$44,433
Total
$124,206
When the $124,206 is used to buy down the loan, the amount financed drops to
$200,794
Financing estimate:
Bank of Eastern Oregon offered to finance sale at 4.9% interest
$200,794 at 4.9% for 20 years =$1314.37/mo.= $15,772.44/year
Proposal:
Finance $200,794 at 4.9% = $15,772/yr
Income from lease
$9,900/yr.
Required:
Loan pint
Energy cost diff.
Total
$5,000/yr
$3,119/yr
$8,119/yr
Budgeted funds for City Hall Project (2001-02,202-03,2003-04) $21,000
Difference between budget and requirement ($21,000-$8,119) $12,881
Less tax revenue loss K 1st. bldg
($2,067)
Less tax revenue loss GT property
($338)
Plus gain of CH to tax roll
$560
Net between annual budget reserve and costs
$11,036
Additional InformationSquare footage of
Klamath bldg.
10,872 sq. ft.
total
First floor
5,980 sq. ft.
Second floor (storage)
3496 sq. ft
1,396 sq. ft.
Basement (storage)
948 sq. ft.
Rented Space (Dental office)
J , i ' U ¿ lili ji> 110i l f
($825.00/mo.)
($9,900/yr.)
$6,458/yr.
Current Property Tax (all entities)
$2,067/yr
City
5,400
Square footage of present City Hall, including garage
$112,073
(est.)
Present value of City Hall
Value of tax recovery by placing old city hall back on
$2,241.46 (est.)
tax rolls
$67,640 (est.)
Value of Gazette Times building
$1,13 5.11
Current property tax
Difference of value between Gazette Times Building and
$44,433 (est.)
City Hall
$1,033.88
Value of property tax revenue from dental office (approx.)
$363,334
Insured replacement value for current City Hall
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Clarence
Buchanan named
Volunteer of the
Year by RSVP
R SV P o f E astern
O regon nam ed C larence
Buchanan of Lexington, its
Morrow County Volunteer of
the Year for 2003-2004.
Buchanan volunteers his time
at the St Patrick’s Senior
Center in Heppner each week
for the senior meal program
and any other tasks that may
need his expertise. In addition
to his work with the senior
center, Buchanan has also
volunteered as a Driver for the
RSVP Special Transportation
Program b eg in n in g his
volunteer service in February
of 2000, his dedication to
serving others within the
co m m u n ity is to be
commended.
The R etired and
Senior Volunteer Program
c ele b ra te d 30 y ears o f
community service at the
Pendleton Convention Center
on March 23. There were 250
volunteers in attendance
representing Gilliam, Morrow,
U m atilla and W heeler
counties. Also in attendance
were State Senator David
Nelson, Representative Bob
Jensen, U m atilla C ounty
C o m m issio n er
Em ile
H olem an, and M orrow
County Commissioner John
Wenholz.
Started in April of
1974, through a federal grant
initiated by Bob Jensen, who
was then employed by Blue
Mountain Community College,
RSVP has grown from 59
volunteers to 763. RSVP offers
those age 55 and older an
opportunity to volunteer back
in their communities through
g o v ern m en tal
o ffice s,
educational settings, and other
non-profit organizations.
During this past program year
(April 1 through March 1)
RSVP volunteers performed
o v er 6 2 ,0 0 0 h o u rs o f
community service. When
computed by a figure of $8 per
hour, that equals $496,000
dollars that were given back
to the community.
“From our sim ple
beginnings in 1974, RSVP has
come a long way. I, for one,
am proud to have been a part
of that beginning,” stated
Representative Bob Jensen.
Scot
Jaco b so n ,
D irecto r fo r the RSVP
Program, presented Jensen
with a special plaque honoring
him for his inspiration and
dedication to volunteer service.
Other Volunteers of
Year were also introduced.
Those individuals were: Gilliam
County- Irma Wetherell for
leading community projects in
Arlington and waking with the
Arlington seniors; Wheeler
County- Bud Hayes for his
w ok with the Fossil Museum;
and U m atilla C ounty- Jo
Hodgdon for her work with
the State Services building.
Mustangs sweep Loggers
By Rick Paullus
T he
H eppner
Mustangs beat the pitching
depleted Vemonia Loggers
10-0 and 14-3 on Tuesday,
M arch 23, as both games
were shortened to five innings
due to the ten-run rule. The
Mustangs, now 2-0-1 on the
year, took advantage of the
fact that the Loggers were
playing their fourth game in two
days as the racked up 22 hits
in just over eight innings of at-
bats.
The Mustangs are off
until they host Wahtonka on
Thursday, April 1 then go on
the road to Colfax for games
on Friday and Saturday. They
will be back at home on
Tuesday, April 6 to host the
Riverside Pirates at 4 p.m.
The Mustangs jumped
out to an early 3-0 lead in the
first inning of game one when
Jode Coil and Josh Gutierrez
singled and Kory Paullus hit a
home run. They added two
m ore in the th ird w hen
Gutierrez singled, Kiel Naims
was hit by a pitch and both
scored on a Kyler Lovgren
double.
In
the
fo u rth ,
Gutierrez reached on an error,
P aullus sin g led , N aim s
walked, two runs were scored
when Nick Christman reached
on an error and when John
Franzwa reached on another
error to make it 8-0.
The Mustangs ended
it in the fifth when Chuy
E lguezabal doubled and
scored when Quinn Peck
reached on an error and later
scored on a bases loaded
walk by Christman to make it
10 - 0 .
Elguezabal picked up
the win going the distance
while striking out 10, and
allowing two infield singles and
three walks.
Paullus went two for
three, with three RBI and
scored twice. Gutierrez went
two for three with three runs
and Naims scored two runs.
The Loggers scored a
run in the top of the first in the
second gam e, but the
Mustangs came right back in
Lerde, Schorzman (3)
and Gwynn; Chuy Elguezabal
and Jode Coil. W- Elguezabal.
L-Lerde. 2B- Kyler Lovgren.
3B- none. HR- Kory Paullus.
Game Two
Vemonia 100 11-3 3
3
14 13 0
Heppner (11) 120x-
r-O
Barton and Gwyftn,
Schorzman (4); Coil, Nick
Christman (4) and Elguezabal,
Coil (4). W- Coil. L-Barton.
2B- Paullus 2, Lovgren Kiel
Nairns and Christman. 3B-
none. HR- none.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
An attentive group
gathered to hear D istrict
Attorney David Allen and local
attorney Bill Kuhn speak about
new legislation and awareness
concerning elder vulnerability
in
co n tem p o rary
circumstances. Legislation is
designed to create protective
ch an n els to deal w ith
difficulties.
Protection begins with
personally becoming aware of,
and learning ways of self
protection. Mr. Allen had
illustrations of the methods
telephone lists are used by
telemarketers. The Oregon
legislature and the Attorney
G eneral, especially, have
focused on the needs of elder
citizenry. Questions were
asked and stories were shared
about particular experiences
and problems by members of
the group. We are very grateful
to both men, David Allen and
C u sto m ers
o f Bill Kuhn, for their thorough
Columbia Basin Electric Co- presentation and for their time.
The senior bus took a
Op can expect a rate increase
number
of people to the RSVP
“sometime soon” Tom Wolff
recognition
luncheon at the
of CBEC told the Heppner
C ham ber o f C om m erce convention center in Pendleton
last week. Clarence Buchanan
TUesday.
CBEC rates to
increase
W olff said that in
October of 2006 the co-op’s
long-term power contract
expires and Bonneville Power
plans to raise rates by about
30 percent to the co-op.
Wolff said the co-op will
eventually have to raise its
rates by 18 to 20 percent to
make up the difference. He
said rates would be increased
gradually beginning soon so
that consumers will not have
a large jump in their electric
bills in October of 2006.
the bottom half. Elguezabal
walked, Coil reached on an
error, Gutierrez reached on a
fielder’s choice, Paullus hit a
two-RBI double, Naims had
an RBI sin g le, L ovgren
singled, Christman walked and
Kyle Carlson scored two with
a single. Elguezabal scored
two more with a double, Coil
walked, Gutierrez singled and
Paullus cleared the bases with
a fly ball that was lost in the
win and scored on an error to
make it 11 -1 after one.
In the second,
Lovgren singled and scored on
a Christman double and in the
third, Franzwa walked, Naims
sin g led , C olton H anson
reached on an error to score
Franzwa and Carlson had an
RBI single to make it 14-1.
The Loggers scored
single runs in the fourth and fifth
innings, but it wasn’t enough
as the game was called in the
fifth on the ten-run rule.
Coil picked up the
win, pitching three innings of
hitless ball while striking out
five and walking two.
Naims went three for
four scoring twice. Paullus
went two for two with two
double and five RBI. Carlson
went two for three with three
RBI, Elguezabal went two for
three w ith two RBI and
Lovgren went two for two and
scored twice.
Game One
Vemonia 000 00-0 2
4
Heppner 302 32-10
94
was aw arded special
recognition for his number of
v o lunteer hours. He has
demonstrated his dedication
and loyalty by his week after
week presence and assistance
on meal serving day. We
c o n g ra tu late you and
appreciate you, Clarence.
The Seventh Day
Adventist Church women and
men will serve lunch on
Wednesday, April 7. The menu
has not been announced.
Wednesday, April 7 is
also foot clinic day, beginning
at 1:30 p.m., at the Home
Health Office (676-2946).
People are reminded to make
an appointment and that rides
are available through the
Senior Center by calling the
day before.
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