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. <br />i�, <br />�3'P""^"'"^�4n� d � ' � } <br />��' ���inwr. •i� • � �' p' �'�' ;.@ <br />. . ..;�4 � •p.:. . <br />.. . " w�� � I� <br />. . ".+..-" � <br />1 <br />r(�''�� ...� ,i �. . <br />yYlr ' N <br />��� � t <br />�� � ( <br />�+ a {r <br />l�yJ � � i L,.{i �e <br />T � � � y. � y '� � ^ <br />i � <br />� <br />✓ �� . �!•� r ! <br />�4t. <br />�'h {�4 r,,, �: % „ir <br />f� '��,� Yy+ ":r� ' <br />'J.�. L n1f . <br />3 , . i <br />. , �a : <br />. ........ �c:. <br />An unused county.fioPne at Lake Mer'idian Park. <br />•- Sfaff photo by Richard Heyzo. <br />C�f�ici�l defends <br />gi�t of ��d house <br />4yPFTGR RINFAASON <br />and DEAN KAT1 <br />A iop rnumy p:,rks otficial gave <br />an Pmplm�e an al�ndnned coun[y <br />hnusr in \t;n'ch and says he would <br />dn n aFain,ahhouKh thc men�ger <br />ef the cumu�''ti Rral Propert�' Div <br />ivun wud hc told the ntlicial il w'us <br />tl Ir�;�J. <br />�;r�� I.us, ��ho has respansibili• <br />�� b�r ihe ��peration and mainte• <br />iianrc o( a;l counry parks, said he <br />�,,ee Ihr houSe to the employe, <br />��hn had askr.d�e rmission �o tear <br />d dou�n lor xalvnge, beceuse ii <br />was ^ubv�rn�s" �he hnuse hnd no <br />value. <br />i�ui ChNc t.outsis, manager of <br />ihe Reai Prnpeny Division, seld a <br />cu�mty ordmance rcqulms thnt the <br />public Iw allnu•ed to bid to �pur� <br />chatie sur�du. builAings — regard• <br />le;s of their ap�u+rent value. <br />I.umsiti said he visited ihe perks <br />dn�itium nfflces afler heanng at <br />ihP pl�nneU Fp1t and advlstd Lux <br />��p u:is not lullou�ln b� counly proCe� <br />(IIIfPS. ��N�C N'PI71 �hrouqh it poinl <br />h�� pomt," Loutsis wid. <br />�Lus retalled the meeung, but <br />sud Lrnnsis nevcr gave him ihn� <br />int��rma�inn. He mam�ains he act- <br />tv! pr��prrly. <br />1 hc• small, anusttl house was �t <br />j AkB Wlidel'I7CSF Park, in Soulh <br />KmF Comitv. l�hr parks employ'e <br />in �.hom Lux Fave the house is <br />RnSS C0f�,0, � parks' wllity work• <br />PI. <br />t.ux aiso recommended in e <br />memo that Cargo be given r nsc• <br />ond.house, a largepne whlch was <br />occupfed untll two,yeare ego end <br />whlch stlll stands.at narby Laka <br />Meridian Park. ' ' <br />Cargo ha.t the l.eke Wilderneis <br />house hnlf torn down when he wes' <br />told he needed insura�e end <br />t�nding �o contlnue. Cargo Ar <br />�clii�ed, and the rcst ot ihe house <br />u�as bulidoted down by the county. <br />Lux's 6nss, James 11'ehster, <br />menager of the parks division, <br />c�id I.ux told him Ihe Reel Pro{r <br />erty Division had been esked ro <br />advenice tor Dfds for both hauses. <br />^As I understend this sltuetion, <br />there �were no tekers;' Webster <br />sald. <br />Lux, however. Acknowledged on <br />Friday that lhe public never got a <br />chantt to Wd tot elther struclurc. <br />He said tt wasn'i necessery Ix- <br />cause he judQed th: strvctures to <br />have no value and because it Was <br />helpful lo the counry to have Car <br />go remove them. _ <br />Lux sxid mmovnl ot thf hou.0 <br />a� Lxke Yteridian Ko;dd cc�t the <br />coun�y 56,000 to 58,000. ntconling <br />to �µ'o aritten estimatM by pri� <br />vate coniractors: <br />Bu� ��blic record9-shoH� oniy <br />one eslimare, in May, 19i5, for <br />51.75C'. " <br />When asked aboW the diacrep� <br />anry, l.ux said he hed been cun� <br />fused and doeSo't know,how 11! <br />came up with 1��le f8,00o-plus tip- <br />ilfE. <br />