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September 1, 2011 Front Page |
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Classrooms In The Richland Elementary School Will Be Converted Into Apartments For Elderly And Disabled
On Friday, Aug. 19, Northeast Oregon Housing Authority was approved for $1,707,371 in Oregon Housing and Community Services grant monies for the construction of 10 elderly/disabled apartments in the Richland Elementary School. The last hurdle is cleared and the conversion of the classroom wings of the old elementary school into apartments can begin. The cafeteria will become a community center and the library will continue to occupy its current space.
The four grants procured by Pine Eagle Development Corporation (the local organization guiding the effort) were contingent on this crucial grant and will now be available for the community center portion of the project. Those include an initial $40,000 from the Oregon Community Foundation, followed by $30,000 from the Leo Adler Foundation, $45,000 from the Ford Family Foundation, and finally $50,700 from the Meyer Memorial Trust.
Grant County Rape, Kidnap Suspect Arrested In North Carolina
A suspect wanted in connection with alleged sex and kidnap charges involving a 12-year old girl in Grant County is in custody Tuesday morning in North Carolina after police arrested him for stealing towels and blankets from a motel.
According to Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer, wanted fugitive John Edward Williams Jr., 36, was arrested Aug. 30 by Maggie Valley, North Carolina Police Department on local larceny/possession of stolen goods charges. Further investigation led local police to learn Williams was wanted out of Oregon as a Fugitive from Justice. He was lodged in the Haywood County Correctional Facility in Waynesville, North Carolina pending extradition back to Oregon.
Williams was last known to be in Oregon last week and believed to have fled to the east coast.
Oregon Trail Mule Train Overnights in Huntington
By Maryanne Lovell
Two middle-aged brothers Nick and Rinker Buck, having the time of their lives, are re-enacting the long, arduous Oregon Trail route taken by pioneers.
They are utilizing three strong mules harnessed abreast to pull their covered wagon, a chaser car incorporated part-way through the trip and used alternately by the brothers to more easily simplify any logistics. A small cart is pulled behind the car or wagon containing all the extras including a laptop for Rinker who is working on his forthcoming Oregon Trail book, “Oregon Bound."
His photographer, Merri Melde, from Oriana, Idaho, is also accompanying him. Armed with two daunting cameras and camping out with the brothers out near the corrals toward Old Town, Merri has joined them previously and will travel with them in her car.
Haines’ Artist Work Going On Display At Halfway Fair
By Teri Brown-Johnson
Gene W. Westberg, owner of Hawk’s Rest Studio located at 811 Anderson Street in Haines has earned the title of “Haines’ Cowboy Artist.”
He was born in an era when farming with horses was the mode of the day. He learned the ways of a teamster at an early age in life. To this day, draft horses hold a dear spot in his heart. Horses and cattle have been a very close and important part of his life.
After high school, Gene worked and rode for various cow ranches and hunting camps in the Northwest. A big part of Gene’s life was spent packing mules for the Forest Service in the Oregon Cascades as well as outfitting for fishing and hunting in the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon, the Selway Bitterroot country of Idaho and the Bighorn and Teton Mountains of Wyoming.
For 15 years, Gene was Livestock Brand Inspector for the state of Oregon. During this time, he came to know many cattlemen throughout the state.
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