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• Pending funding, demolition of Eastem Oregon University's Hunt Hall may occur in 2017
• Eagle Cap Dispensary evokes positive, negative comments from neighbors Closer look Owners of La Grande's second medical marijuana dispensary say they will provide ample security to ensure safety both inside and outside the new business.
By Cherise Kaechele The Observer
Although Eagle Cap Dispensary, La Grande's newest medical marijuana facility, is still in the permit process of opening, the neighbors surrounding it have quite a bit to say — both for and against the new business. Owners Jeff Durning and Wilma Reynolds have a long road ahead ofthem going through the local permitting process and onto the state where they must meet a number of requirements, including security measures, before they can officially open for business. Eagle Cap Dispensary, located at 1601 N. Albany St., SeeDispensary / Page 5A
Fire eams man jail sentence • Wallowa man thought he was cooking meth but actually just started a fire late last year By Katy Nesbitt
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A 31-year-old Baker County man was sentenced by Judge Russell West Thursday to 25 months in prison for dealing meth. That sentence is part of a multicounty plea agreement that will ultimately result in an 81-month sentence for Tom Carroll. Page 2A
ENTERPRISE — A Wallowa County man was sentenced Wednesday to 270 days in Union County Jail for charges stemming from a November house fire. Edward Buster Quest May, 50, of Wallowa, was arrested Nov. 8 and charged May wit h felony arson, manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, reckless burning and reckless endangering. May was indicted by a grand jury on the same charges. When questioned by Wallowa County Sherilf's deputies at the time ofhis arrest, May said that he was distilling chemicals for"prope dope" SeeFire / Page 5A
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By Dick Mason The Observer
Hunt Hall was a solidly constructed building when it was built in 1939. Perhaps it was built a little too solidly. The steam pipes and plumbing that run through the walls of much of the Eastern Oregon University building are imbedded in concrete, meaning that repairs to steam pipes and plumbing fixtures are difftcult, time-consuming and expensive. ''When you have to rip out a wall to fix something and then have to repair the wall, it makes it complicated," said Tim Seydel, vice president for university advancement at EOU. It is but one reason why maintaining aging Hunt Hall, once a student dormitory, is becoming increasingly expensive and time-consuming. It's also why the building's days may be numbered. Easternisattempting to getalmost $3 million from the state to tear down the structureand re-landscape the land it sits on. The money would come through the sale of state bonds. Eastern's funding request is now in the hands of the Legislature. Should the Legislature approve Eastern's funding request this year, the demolition of Hunt Hall would probably start in 2017, said David Lageson, EOU's director of facilities and planning. Serious plans for the demolition of SeeHunt / Page 5A
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Above, Lageson inspects a deteriorated shower room in Hunt Hall. At left, an old dormitory room of Hunt Hall is shown. The university is attempting to secure funding to tear down the dilapidated building, one of the oldest on campus.
"When you have to rip out a wall tofix something and then have to repair the wall, it makes it complicated." — Tim Seydel, vice president for university advancement and admissionsat Eastem Oregon University
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Eastern Oregon University Director of Facilities and Planning David Lageson discusses problems with one of the university's oldest buildings, Hunt Hall. EOU is hopes to secure funding to take down the building, which once housed students on campus.
By Cherise Kaechele The Observer
The Grande Ronde Enterprise Zone may be expanded by more than 500acres,butto doso the county must get approval from six entiti es.
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