Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 20, 2015
SILVER FOX
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renting the vacant space,
she chose to expand her
own business to include the
new concept.
“It’s giving me the op-
portunity to chase a little bit
of a dream,” Segraves said.
“I do it because I love it.”
The name, so reminis-
cent of a 1920s nightclub,
actually came from a family
Art deco touches include a
stylistic detail of a silver fox.
nickname.
“My mom used to
call us the Segraves Silver
Foxes, because my mom
and my sister and I all
have blond hair. Any time
anything bad happened,
she would say, ‘We can
get through this; we’re the
Segraves Silver Foxes,’”
Segraves recalled, though
she added that she also
thought the name fit her
desired theme. “I always
just thought it would be a
cool name for a theater; I
could just see the name on
an old-style marquee. And I
think it sounds like a 1920s,
1940s name.”
And that was the era
Segraves chose to replicate
when she started remodel-
ing earlier this year. She
said she went online to
research what nightclubs
looked like in the 1920s.
Then, with the help of do-
nations and volunteer labor,
she went to work creat-
ing that atmosphere in the
Main Street building. She
sold her RV to buy tables,
chairs and movie-night
futons. She said she took
care to make sure the lights,
décor and even the paint
job reflected the style of an
early-20 th -century theater or
nightclub.
The Silver Fox, lo-
cated behind the also-ex-
panded Sweet Production
restaurant, functions as a
multi-purpose event venue,
serving everything from
exercise classes to busi-
ness meetings and bridal
showers. It boasts a full
sound system, stage, large
screen and projector. The
Silver Fox seats 48 people.
Segraves currently of-
fers movie night two Fri-
days a month, showing pub-
lic domain movies on her
screen. Once a month, the
glittering stage is used for
an open mic night, where
locals are invited to share
talents ranging from com-
edy to song and dance to…
well, just about anything.
She says it often ends up as
a karaoke night but, unlike
most karaoke in bars, her
events are open to all ages.
“We all have a blast,”
she said. “We giggle and
laugh and clap for one an-
other.”
Also once a month, lo-
cal singles are invited for
a Christian singles meet-
and-greet.
“So people know they
can come here and meet
other singles in the commu-
nity in a safe place. There’s
no alcohol involved,” said
Segraves, adding that it
it’s meant to be a way for
people to hang out with
friends, not just hook up
romantically. “It’s not just
guys meeting girls. It’s for
a girl to hang out with her
girlfriends, or a guy to find
someone to fish with. Sin-
gles get lost along the way
a lot of times,” she added.
Currently in the works
is a dinner theater with a
five-course dinner and floor
show the second week-
end of June. Unlike other
events, reservations will be
required.
Aside from her own
events, she also offers the
Silver Fox as a rental space.
Sweet Productions’ hours
will remain 8:30-5:30,
Monday through Friday,
but the Silver Fox will be
available for events Mon-
day through Saturday. Also,
Segraves said she doesn’t
simply offer a space for
people to hold events; she
will also cater, decorate and
even serve as event planner
if needed. She already has a
stock of varied decorations,
with plans to add more so
she can meet almost any
event need.
“It gives the opportu-
nity to have a place to have
a small wedding, a bridal
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The Silver Fox Banquet Room.
shower, a baby shower,
even business meetings,”
she said. She added that the
screen and projector work
well for meetings that re-
quire videos or PowerPoint
presentations.
Though Segraves and
her Silver Fox have a lot
going on, she said she hopes
it will only grow from here
as more people catch the
vision and get involved.
“I’m really focused on
the arts,” she said. “I want it
to be something that offers
entertainment, something
that keeps the arts alive in
town.
SCHOOL DISTRICT LOOKS AT OPTIONS
-Continued from PAGE ONE MCSD use; demolish the for improved site lines; High School, which may MEC for district use.
12 th grade-65.
-Irrigon: A.C. Hough-
ton Elementary, K-third:
kindergarten-65, first-85,
second-67, third-80; Irrigon
Elementary, fourth through
sixth: fourth grade-59, fifth
grade-57, sixth grade-59;
Irrigon Junior/Senior
High School, seventh-12 th :
seventh-69, eighth-78,
ninth-71, 10 th -75, 11 th -54,
12 th -57.
The district is also fac-
ing increasing repair and
maintenance costs to retain
aging buildings throughout
the district, so the cost of
building new facilities is
not estimated to be much
more than the repair and
maintenance of the old
buildings, according to
district administration and
DLR architects.
“Heppner needs a new
high school,” said one in
attendance at the workshop.
“It’s not going to last an-
other 20 years.”
The district’s current
bond measure will not ex-
pire until 2021, which is
when a new bond issue
would be put forth, if con-
struction of new school
facilities or remodeling of
current facilities is deter-
mined to be needed.
Other big consider-
ations are the rising energy
costs of heating and cooling
the aging facilities; and in
Heppner, the efficiency of
transporting meals from one
place to another and the cost
of maintaining two cafete-
rias. Some school admin-
istrators have also voiced
concerns about teaching
modern technology-savvy
students, “21 st century stu-
dents,” in outdated learning
facilities, citing Hermiston
High School as a model for
modern teaching.
The second Heppner
concept, Option 2, would be
to remodel the newer east
wing of Heppner Elemen-
tary School for additional
older part of Heppner El-
ementary and build a new
space for Career and Tech-
nical Education programs
that are also available to
the community through
business partnerships/Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege. This option would
also include demolishing
Heppner High School and
its shop building and build-
ing a K-12 school above the
demolished site.
A third Heppner con-
cept, Option 3, would in-
clude remodeling Heppner
Elementary School into a
grade six-eight junior high
school and for Career and
Technical Education pro-
grams. This option would
also call for demolishing
the high school and shop
buildings and building a
K-fifth grade elementary
school and a nine-12 high
school above the demol-
ished high school.
Proposed options for
district school buildings in
Boardman include:
-Option 1: Remodel
Sam Boardman Elementary
School, currently a K-third
grade school, to accommo-
date grades kindergarten
through fifth grade; make
Windy River Elementary
School, currently a K-sixth
grade school, into a grade
six-eight junior high school;
and renovate Riverside Ju-
nior/Senior High School,
currently a seven-12 facil-
ity, and use it as a ninth to
12 th grade high school.
-Option 2: Renovate
Windy River Elementary
(K-6) and use as a grade
four-eight school; reno-
vate Riverside Jr./Sr. High
School (seven-12) and use
as a grade nine-12 high
school. This would involve
reconfiguring WRE and
expanding interior spaces
to the east and west for
use as a four-eight school;
relocating the front entry
of WRE to the west side
THE LANDING
RESTAURANT
Saturday night-
prime rib or Rib Eye
Steak & Shrimp
Your Choice $25.95
Reservations strongly Recommended
remodeling/expanding the
cafeteria and kitchen to cre-
ate a transparent connection
to the playground and bus
loop; relocate the cafeteria
and kitchen to the original
gymnasium location; re-
configuring central spaces
to accommodate relocated
spaces and provide a com-
mons; building a new stand-
along gymnasium adjacent
to play yards.
Also Option 2, Sam
Boardman Elementary
School-Update infrastruc-
ture for digital technology;
upgrade interior finishes;
add windows and transpar-
ency to the cafeteria for
enhanced site views; add
skylights to hallways for
natural daylight; upgrade
HVAC systems.
Also in Option 2 would
be a Sam Boardman and
Windy River shared site-
the site would reconfigure
Windy River site park-
ing to create a continuous
safe play zone south of the
building; expand the bus
loop and locate bus park-
ing central to the shared
site; relocate Windy River’s
visitor parking and pick-up
drop-off zones to coordi-
nate with relocated entry
and bus loop; provide truck
delivery zone from bus loop
to kitchen, and ensure that
schedules do not conflict;
use newly acquired land for
the agricultural program to
be shared with Riverside
High School; and build a
shared maintenance shed
central to the shared site.
Proposed options for
Irrigon Schools include:
-Option 1: Kindergar-
ten through fifth grade at
Irrigon Elementary School
with an eight-classroom
addition; grades six-12 at
Irrigon Junior/Senior High
School with renovations
and additions; renovating
part of the existing Irrigon
Jr./Sr. High School to cre-
ate grade separations and
provide better security and
a separate entry; build-
ing new spaces to serve
separated Irrigon Jr./Sr.
include a library, class-
rooms, administration and/
or gym space; repurpose
A.C. Houghton into the
Morrow Education Center
and an early childhood
center with heavy commu-
nity use; retain the current
Morrow Education Center
for district use.
-Option 2: Leave the
grade allocations in place
and focus on renovating
Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School
for 21 st century learning and
address separation issues
between junior high and
senior high school students.
-Option 3: Kindergar-
ten through grade eight at
Irrigon Elementary School
with a 12-classroom addi-
tion, new music and com-
puter lab addition, new
gym and an expansion of
commons and kitchen;
renovation and expansion
of existing administration
and library to accommodate
expanded services; recon-
figuration of reception to
provide increase security
and lock-down capability;
nine-12 th grade Irrigon High
School with renovations to
create 21 st century learning
environments and addition
CTE spaces; repurpose A.C.
Houghton Elementary into
Morrow Education Center
and early childhood center
with heavy community use;
retain MEC for district use.
-Option 4: Kindergar-
ten through grade eight at
Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School;
renovate part of existing
IJSHS to provide a more
secure and identifiable en-
try, build new or expand
existing spaces to serve
K-8 elementary, may in-
clude expanded library, new
classrooms, administration
renovation and/or new gym
space; new nine-12 Irrigon
High School at current
IJSHS site; Irrigon Elemen-
tary School becomes Mor-
row Education Center and
early learning center with
heavy community use; sell
A.C. Houghton Elementary
School site to help fund
a new high school; retain
CONCEAL CARRY
CLASS - UTAH/OR/AZ
St. Patrick’s church
celebrates two
sacraments
St. Patricks Catholic Church celebrated two sacraments over
the past two weeks. Sunday, May 10, four children of the par-
ish received First Holy Communion. Pictured top are Delaynee
Angell, John Lindsay, Irelynn Kollman and Arianna Worden.
The Mass was concelebrated by Fr. Papa Rao Pasala and Fr.
Gerry Condon. Teachers for the First Communion class were
Sheridan Tarnasky and Alecia Angell. On Saturday, May 16,
the parish celebrated five children receiving the sacrament
of Confirmation. Pictured above for Confirmation are Evan
Kollman, Fr. Papa, Daniela Sanchez, Mikel Jaca, Bishop Liam
Cary, Drew Coe and Jorden Sweeney. Bishop Cary confirmed
the five children and the Mass was concelebrated with Bishop
Cary, Fr. Papa and Fr. Gerry Condon. Teachers for the Con-
firmation class were Brian Kollman and Kathy Fullmore.
–Contributed photos
Community lunch menu
Nazarene and Seventh-day Adventist church members
will serve lunch on Wednesday, May 27, at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center. The meal will include smoked salmon
quiche, roasted potato medley, summer squash and zuc-
chini, broccoli slaw, hot rolls, and peach cobbler. Milk
is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per
meal. Menu is subject to change.
COMMUNITY
WIDE CLEAN UP
Organized by The City of Heppner
9:00 am — 3:00 pm (Open at 8:30)
FREE DUMPSTER
No Senior Sunday Meal This Week
We will be closed Tuesday May
26th for equipment cleaning
REGISTER NOW at: www.mktactical.com then
click on CLASS to register OR
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County OHV Park
Hours: mon-Sat 8am-8pm
Sunday 8am-6pm
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have taken the feedback
they received at commu-
nity meetings around the
district, looked at costs and
will bring that information
to the workshop.
JUNE 13, 2015 $80 per student
Nazarene Church, 335 Gilmore St, Heppner,OR,97836
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The next facilities plan-
ning meeting is scheduled
for Thursday, May 28, at
6:30 p.m. at Sam Board-
man Elementary School.
At this meeting DLR will
541-676-5529 OR 541-215-2803
email: wanda.j.lee@hotmail.com
(She can do the registration for you)
MUST PRE-REGISTER
If you want Arizona permit, bring extra $30 for required fingerprinting .
We also will mail your application for you.
For further info call Michael: 503-577-6824 or email
Michael@MKTactical.com or call Sal at: 503-349-1155.
AVAILABLE
through
Monday May 25th.
for garbage collection at the City Yard on Riverside Ave.-There will
also be a spot to leave yard debris and burnable material.
The City will not accept tires, hazardous
waste or household chemicals.
Please contact the City of Heppner
for more information 541-676-9618.