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TheWallowa Lake Lodge's rustic charm and elegance has welcomed guests for nearly a century. The Lodge sits on nine acres — the Eagle Cap Mountains, the Wallowa River and Wallowa Lake can all be taken in while sitting on the back deck or the expansive lawn.
AFTER 25YEARS, WALLOWA LAKE LODGE • Property's owners, Marc and Nancy Zwerling, want Nez Perce Tribe to own the lodge By Katy Nesbitt The Observer
WALLOWA LAKE — The place looks like a movie setalongthe street,a 1950s-style neon sign says 'Wallowa Lake Lodge and Cabins" in front of a classic turn-of-the-20th century lodge; from the back, the lodge is framed by the Eagle Caps with Wallowa Lake 100 yards away. For the last 25 years, the lodge was owned and run by
Marc and Nancy Zwerling and Steve Larsen. Marc Zwerling said they bought it as an investment, not knowing how attached they would become to the historic lodge and its surroundings. Nancy Zwerling said she likes to sit on the back porch in the morning, overlooking an expansive yard where you can see the braids of the Wallowa River drain into Wallowa Lake."There's something
about this place that quiets both of us," Nancy Zwerling said. Originally, Marc Zwerling said, Larsen moved to Wallowa Lake to spend a few years renovating the lodge in the winter and operating it as a resort in the summer. ''We meant to buyit, fixit up and sell it," Marc Zwerling said. The renovations were SeeLodge / Page5A
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EnterSrise,countVsueliinfelieralcourl ment on property purchased on Eggleson Lane outside of Enterprise in March 2014. The complaint said Rick Newman, the county's electrical inspector, informed the Jameses that Oregon's building By Katy Nesbitt code allowed them to install The Observer their electrical service line ENTERPRISE — Walunderground. The Jameses lowa County and the City of installed a power line, power Enterprise are being sued pole and permanent electrical for wrongfully issuing a servicebox on their property. stop-work order and denying Newman performed a"service final" inspection and approved building permits on property outsideofEnterprise. the Jameses' new electrical The suit said Lorien and service. Dustin James obtained The complaint said on or building, electrical, septic and about April 21, 2014, Endrainfi eld permits fordevelop- terprise City Administrator
• Suit claims city and county violated property owner's constitutional rights
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Michele Young informed the Wallowa County Building Department that the Jameses were placing a power conduit next to the city's water main. At a subsequent meeting, City Works Director Ronnie Neal told the Jameses that the city objectedto theproposed underground electrical line and provideda listofdemands including requiring the Jameses to reach an agreement with the city, hire an engineer to prepareplans fortheelectrical line, perform various otherservicesforthecity and pay for the city's engineer to inspect the electrical line. Because of the city's
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demands, a stop-work order was issued by County Building Inspector John Lindstrom. The Jameses are demanding a jury trial, economic damages in the amount of $9,470; non-economic damages in the amount of $125,000; various other fees and costs; and an injunction barring defendants from entering the Jameses' real property for purposes other than expressly described in the city's easement. The suit was filed on behalf of the Jameses by Ben Boyd of Enterpris e'sHostetterlaw group in the United States District Court in Pendleton.
Two lab confirmed cases of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, have been reported in Union County. The Center for Human Development, Inc., Public Health is urging residents to get protection through immunization from this contagious respiratory disease. "Currently we have two confirmed laboratory cases of pertussis ,butm ore people are symptomatic and have been tested, and we're awaiting results," said Connie Carter, communicable disease nurse with CHD. "One of the patients was under age 5 and the other was under age 15. Two or more confirmed cases from two different households constitutes an outbreak, and we want to SeeCough / Page5A
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Blue Springs Crossing set for opening What it El$7.6 million costs apartment complex Monthly to open in 2 weeks rent will be By Dick Mason The Observer
ISLAND CITY — A redletterdate in thestory ofthe Blue Springs Crossing housing project on Walton Road is fast approaching. People will begin moving into the $7.6 million 38-unit low-income apartment complex later this month. "It should be open in about two weeks," said Greg Givens, asset manager for the SeeOpening / Page5A
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