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City fences with ownef
of pair of historic homes
about code vioiations
Portland ordinance makes
such buildings a poor risk
financially, lawyer argues
By SHELL McKEDY
Special writer, The Oregonian
The city has forced residents out of two his-
toric houses, saying the owner hasn’t kept his
word to maintain and preserve them.
But the owner, attorney John S. Marandas,
says he has plans to renovate the buildings,
which once were the homes of pioneer Simon
Benson and businessman Edward C. Hochap-
fel.
Others think he is looking for a way to bull-
doze the aging stpuctures and use the valuable
land beneath them for something that will
make more money.
The city told Marandas to evict tenants liv-
ing in the two buildings, both on the Nation^
Register of Historic Places. A caretaker still
lives in them to provide security.
Gregory A. Carlson, housing services
supervisor with Portland’s Building Bureau,
said code violations forced the city to shut the

buildings down. The 53 violations include
faulty electrical wiring and plumbing, exten-
sive water damage, damaged asbestos insula-
tion, rotting wood and lack of Are exits.
Both bidldings are large residential struc-
tures. The comer house, 1504 S.W. 11th Ave.,
was built by Benson, a Norwegian immigrant
who became a prominent figure in Oregon’s
history. A lumber tycoon and highway com-
missioner, he was well known for donating 20
bronze drinking fountains and Multnomah
Falls to the city. He also built the Benson
Hotel.
Benson built the 4,727 square-foot Victorian
house at the turn of the century. It is a prime
example of Queen Anne architecture with
leaded-glass windows and lavish ornamenta-
tion. Each room was paneled with a different
kind of wood.
The home was the last place Benson lived
before moving to California, where he died in
1942.
The Hochapfel house, at 1520 S.W. 11th
Ave., was built in 1904 by successful rice
importer Edward C. Hochapfel. It has 6,000
square feet and is one of only seven buildings
remaining of 47 designed by prominent archi-
tect Justus F. Krumbein.
Although the houses are links to Portland’s
early days, most of the value is in the proper-
ty. According to Multnomah County tax rec-

ords, the Benson house is valued at $7,000,
while the lot it sits on is worth $185,500. The
Hochapfel house is worth $19,500, while its lot
carries an estimated value of $122,200.
Marandas is considered to be the owner of
both pieces, although he sold them about two
years ago to two different corporations, both
with the same mailing address. He said the
houses continue to be “family owned’’ and his
mother is an officer of both the ownership
companies.
“The most serious problem (with the Ben
son House) at this point is that it’s got a bad
roof,” said Carlson. “If the roof isn’t repaired
the water could cause (more) damage and rot
and it could ultimately cause the house to col-
lapse.”
Marandas has until July 1 to correct several
The landmark house and the cafe next door
do not meet city codes.
Gregory Jackson operates the Telecale,
next to the Simon Benson house.
order to make this
building pencil outf the
only way to do it is to make
It a commercial property.”
— owner John Marandas
violations, including removal of the damaged

asbestos insulation. He also must improve
plumbing and ventilation in the adjacent cof-
fee shop. Telecafe, at 1022 S.W. Clay.
The state in 1985 granted Marandas tax
breaks for 15 years in exchange for preserving
the buildings. In November of 1988 the state
threatened to withdraw the tax breaks and
impose a fine because no renovation had been
done, said James M. Hamrick, deputy state
historic preservation officer.
Marandas countered with renovation plans
for both buildings.
The special tax assessments provide incen-
tive for owners to rehabilitate buildings recog-
nized on the National Register. The true cash
values of the buildings are frozen for 15 years.
In addition, a 20 percent tax crecht is allowed
for income generated by the buildings.
But the special tax assessment may be
pulled if Marandas does not satisfy the
demands of a June 11 letter from the sta.te c^-
ing for “concrete evidence that stabilization
and rehabilitation activities has begun” on the
two properties.
He has 90 days to prove to the state that
work is under way or will begin in earnest. He
wiU be required to eliminate code deficiencies
that Mirandas and the city have already
agreed upon, submit plans for review and
approval by the state preservation office and
produce “concrete evidence” that work has

Cracked and peeling paint, hidden by overgi
historic Simon Benson house. The city say
one next to It, are In urgent need of significai
begun, which “means that a construction crew
is working at the site,” according to the June,
11 letter. _ ?
If Marandas fails to do so, the matter will go
before the State Advisory Committee on His-
toric Preservation to review. If the special tax
assessment is repealed, Marandas will face
both penalties and back taxes.
“We more or less have 1,400 properties in
Oregon and we don’t necessarily know if peo
ple are doing what they say they will,” said
Hamrick. “The properties have not been pre
served.”
Both houses have been divided into apart-
ments and rented since the 1950s, Marandas
said.
He expressed frustration at the myriad
problems he has faced in attempts to restore
the houses. “There have been perennial but
differing problems that have created inability
to rehabilitate the properties,” he said.
The biggest roadblock has been financing
the estimated $700,000 he says is needed to
rehabilitate both structures. “The lenders that
have the money think the project is too small
to be worth spending the time and energy,”

Marandas said. “Simply put, they’d rather
build a glass-and-steel structure that was a
known commodity rather than a historical
unknown.”
Zoning has also been difficult. The city
granted Marandas a conditional-use permit in
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mark house and the cafe next door
eet city codes.
! Jackson operates the Telecafe,
he Simon Benson house.
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way to do it is to make
ommenial property.”
— owner John Marandas
08, including removal of the damaged
8 insulation. He also must improve
ig and ventilation in the adjacent cof-
), Telecafe, at 1022 S.W. Clay,
state in 1985 granted Marandas tax
for 15 years in exchange for preserving
Idlngs. In November of 1988 the state
ned to withdraw the tax breaks and
a fine because no renovation had been

aid James M. Hamrick, deputy state
preservation officer,
indas countered with renovation plans
1 buildings.
special tax assessments provide incen-
owners to rehabilitate buildings recog-
0 the National Register. The true cash
jf the buildings are frozen for 15 years,
tion, a 20 percent tax credit is allowed
ime generated by the buildings.
the special tax assessment may be
if Marandas does not satisfy the
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“concrete evidence that stabilization
labüitation activities has begun” on the
iperties.
tas 90 days to prove to the state that
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required to eliminate code deficiencies
Irandas and the city have already
upon, submit plans for review and
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The Oregonlan/MICHAEL LLOYD
Cracked and peeling paint, hidden by overgrown bushes, hides
some of the beauty of the
historic Simon Benson house. The city says the 4,727-square-
foot Victorian house, and
one next to It, are in urgent need of significant repairs.

begun, which “means that a construction crew
is working at the site,” according to the June
11 letter.
If Marandas fails to do so, the matter will go
before the State Advisory Committee on His-
toric Preservation to review. If the special tax
assessment is repealed, Marandas will face
both penalties and back taxes.
“We more or less have 1,400 properties in
Oregon and we don’t necessarily know if peo
ple are doing what they say they will,” said
Hamrick. “The properties have not been pre
served.”
Both houses have been divided into apart-
ments and rented since the 1950s, Marandas
said.
He expressed frustration at the myriad
problems he has faced in attempts to restore
the houses. “There have been perennial but
differing problems that have created inability
to rehabilitate the properties,” he said.
The biggest roadblock has been financing
the estimated $700,000 he says is needed to
rehabilitate both structures. “The lenders that
have the money think the project is too small
to be worth spending the time and energy,”
Marandas said. “Simply put, they’d rather
build a glass-and-steel structure that was a
known commodity rather than a historical
unknown.”

Zoning has also been difficult. The city
granted Marandas a conditional-use permit in
1982 to use the building for commercial pur-
poses. Marandas had plans drawn up to reno-
vate the buildings into office space, but the
permit expired in 1985.
vThen in 1989 the law changed. Conditional-
use permits on previous high-density residen-
tial zoned property would be limited to 40 per-
cent commercial use.
“In order to make this building pencil out,
the only way to do it is to make it a commer-
cial property,” Marandas said.
Despite having no residential value now
that the tenants have been evicted, and no
financing to rehabilitate it, Marandas said .
selling the property would be a last resort.
“We’re trying to work with restoring the
building through non-traditional sources,” he
said, declining to elaborate.
City and state officials worry that Maran-
das will apply for a demolition permit to level
the buildings because they sit on valuable
land.
“John’s stuck. He’s got to get out from
under it,” said Michael G. Bums, a historic-
building preservationist who tried to buy the
Benson House three years ago. “He’d proba
bly like to demolish it... because he can’t rent
it out. The city of Portland should take 50 per-

cent of the rap here. They’re not doing their
job. Because of that ordinance, that site can-
not work economically.”
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otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to
use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be
cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double-
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Part A
Politicians are often heard saying that tuition at state
universities should be kept low "to make education equally
accessible to all residents of the state, regardless of income."
1. Assuming that state funding for the universities is held
constant, describe the conditions that will prevail if tuition is
held below equilibrium price. Provide one (1) example to
support your response.
2. Will education really be "equally accessible" under these
conditions? Provide one (1) example to support your response.
Part B
Using the Internet, research the influenza vaccine, or "flu shot."
Use the following to guide your research:
a. Think about the flu shot in the context of a public good.
b. What are the economic benefits of the flu shot?
c. In what ways has the government become involved in the
distribution of flu shots? For what reasons?

1. Describe one (1) reason why the private market for flu
vaccinations would produce an inefficient outcome.
2. Describe one (1) way that government involvement could
achieve an efficient quantity of vaccinations.
3. Provide one (1) original example for each of the following:
a. a private good
b. a public good.
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conditions that will prevail if
tuition is held below
equilibrium price, with at
least 1 clear, logical example.
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clear, logical description of
the conditions that will
prevail if tuition is held
below equilibrium price,
with at least 1 mostly clear,
logical example.
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unclear description of the
conditions that will prevail
if tuition is held below
equilibrium price, with at
least 1 weak or unclear
example.
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conditions that will prevail
if tuition is held below
equilibrium price, with 1
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logical description of
whether or not education
will be "equally accessible"
under the conditions
described, with at least 1
clear, logical example.
mostly clear, logical
example.
unclear description of
weak or unclear example.
description of whether or
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"equally accessible" under
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with 1 poor example.

logical description of at least
1 reason why the private
market for flu vaccinations
would produce an inefficient
outcome.
at least 1 reason why the
private market for flu
vaccinations would produce
an inefficient outcome.
unclear description of at
least 1 reason why the
private market for flu
vaccinations would produce
an inefficient outcome.
description of 1 reason
why the private market for
flu vaccinations would
produce an inefficient
outcome.
logical description of at least
1 way that government
involvement could achieve
an efficient quantity of
vaccinations.
at least 1 way that
government involvement
could achieve an efficient
quantity of vaccinations.

unclear description of at
least 1 way that
description of 1 way that
logical description with at
least 1 example of a private
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of a public good.
clear, logical description
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private good and at least 1
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good and at least 1 example
of a public good.
description with at least 1
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■ WHERE iS rr? Southwest Clay Street and 11th Avenue
■ WHY SHOULD I CARE? The massive
Queen Anne style house was once home to
Simon Benson, among Portland’s early lead
ing citizens.
■ HOW OLD ms? Built in 1900, it won’t
last much longer without major help.
■ WHArS HAPPENING NOW? Changes in
city policy might make it easier for the own-
ers to restore it and use it.
■ JOHN MARANOAS: “People point fingers
and blame without really knowing what the
problems are."
The old Queen Anne-style Simon Ben-
son house sits on the edge of Port-
land’s downtown. It Is an aging, ne
glected, reminder of the cost of

preserving the past.
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MARV BONDAROWICZn^he Oregonian
LADY
Owner insists he’s trying to save
the old Simon Benson house,
but historians have their doubts
By JAMES SINKS
of The Oregonian staff
T
he invitations are 11 years old, and counting.
Sometimes John Marandas lifts them out of
their box, slowly thumbing through a decade of
disappointment, of bad memories.
Printed in 1983, the invitations announced a grand open-
ing party at the restored Simon Benson House, a historical
landmark the Marandas family owns near the Portland
State University campus.
But the grand opening never happened; the house was
never restored. The invitations, he explains, are now but a
memento of his once naive enthusiasm.
Years ago, when he ordered them, he hadn’t anticipated
how difficult it would be to ressurrect the historic Benson
House. Time and again, zoning and financial problems
blocked his efforts.

Over the years, the 94-year-old house, an architectural
pm that was once home to one of Portland’s best known
businessmen and philanthropists, has steadily slid into
decay.
But now, 15 years after he initiated restoration efforts,
Marpdas is cautiously excited. A proposed change to Port-
Ipd’s zoning code, he says, could make it possible to halt
the deterioration at the dying house and restore it to its
original grandeim.
Dilapdated and deserted, the once stately mansion slumps
on the comer of Southwest Clay Street and 11th Avenue
out of place in this neighborhood of new, tall, brick apart-
ments.
The house’s doors and windows hide behind plywood; its
green paint is mildewy and peeling; exposed wooden edges
are tattered and worn.
'The decline has not gone unnoticed. Citizens and historic
preservation advocates, distressed about the worsening con-
mhons, cWde Marandas for mismanagement and accuse
him of letting the house rot.
But Marandas insists such comments are unfair, unedu-
j wasn’t supposed to turn out this way,’’ he says,
i wants to prove the skeptics wrong and revive the
house — for Benson, Portland, and most important, for his
family.
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to its new address
PORTLAND (AP) - Hundreds
turned out to watch the historic Si-
mon Benson House travel seven
blocks to its new address on the
Portland State University campus.
The three-story Queen Anne
house was built a century ago for
one of Oregon’s most prominent and
philanthropic citizens - the man
who gave Portland its four-headed
Benson bubbler fountains.
Benson donated the fountains so
people could drink free water and

timber crews wouldn’t miss work
because of drunkenness.
The house’s journey Sunday
marked the end of a two-year fund-
raising struggle by the Friends of
Simon Benson House to secure
$358,000 in city money to start the
$1.4 million project to save and re-
store the long-neglected house.
Sunday’s move went smoothly.
Terry Emmert, president of the
moving company, Emmert Interna-
tional, said they wanted to have the
house in place before Sunday’s pre
dicted 60-mph winds hit.
I And the crew just about made it.
"The only hold-up was an expect-
ed tight fit between Norway maples
on thp route to the new site.
An eave had been taken off the
house, and movers tipped the build-
ing slightly back and forth on its hy-
draulic dollies. Several maple
branches and gnarls were also cut
to help the house slip by.
The move was to take place dur-
ing the summer, but the Oregon
State System of Higher Education
Oregon University System wanted'
to see the whole $1.4 million before *

the house became its responsibility.
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of historic renovation work between 1995
and 1999. And there’s still plenty of restora-
tion to be done.
“We have the ability and the culture to get
these types of projects done,” the business
development director says. “They’re different,
they’re rime-consuming, they’re complicated.
And we know how to do them.”
But preserving vintage buildings isn’t just
good business for Andersen Construction.
“It’s good for the community It’s good to
rebuild, redo and respect some of the older
buildings that exist in this town,” Charpentier

continues. “Instead of wiping them out, why
not keep them around for another 60 to 70
years so we can continue to enjoy them?”
For Andersen Construction, Charpentier
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1f the walk of the Simon Benson
House could talk, they might tell about the
years of neglect — the trash and mbbish piled
strewn across floorboards, the crumbing chim-
neys and boarded up windows, the transients
who built fires in empty rooms to keep warm
More likely, however, the house would talk
about the caring hands of craftsmen, hands
that recendy hammered nafls and reshaped
millwork in an attempt to restore the 100-
plus-year-old house to its former glory
The transformation from eyesore to show-
place hasn't been easy or short-lived, however.
City residents and companies contributed tens
of thousands of dollars. Businesses and indi-
viduak donated htmdreds and hundreds of

manpower hours. And that's just to restore the
exterior of the Portland landmark.
Built in 1900 by local logger and philan-
thropist Simon Benson, the Queen Anne-style
house once held a place of distinction in
Portland. Over the years, however, the house
fell into disrepair, sitting like an afterthought
on a street comer near the freeway
Some championed to salvage the house,
which had become home to transients looking
for a temporary home. Others called the house
a safety hazard and demanded it be tom down.
“The house was sagging,” said John
Eidman of SERA Architects. “The foundation
was absolute powder. The roots fiom a tree in
the b a c c a n i had grown into and collapsed
the foundation.”
But Eidman and George “Bing” Sheldon, a

SERA principal who steered the firm toward
the restoration project first promoted by
Portland City Commissioner Gretchen Miller
Kafoury saw something else.
“The heart of the house — the interior fiaming
— was in wonderful diape,” Eidman said. “Wfe
saw without a doubt that (it) could be saved.”
The rescue wouldn't be easy
The Friends of Simon Benson House, a
non-profit organization formed in 1998, com-
mitted itself to the task of collecting contribu-
tions and stirring up volunteers from the
building industry
The physical transformation of the house
beg3n almost three years ago when SERA
architects began investigating the architectural
history of the house. The list of available
resources was short.

“'Afe only had to exterior shots and two inte
rior shots,” Eidman said. “We had to rely on a
level of archaeology and anthropology an under-
standing of the social context of the period.”
Earlier this year, the house was lifted off its
crumbly foundation and transported several
blocks to a new location on the Portland State
University Campus.
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foundation, crews went to work tearing off
and rebuilding one entire side of the structure.
Framing for the porch was replaced.
Because of the age of the house and the
desire to remain true to the architectural histo-
ry, special attention was paid to replacing deli-
cate detail work.
Steve Malany, project manager for P&C
Constmction, points to a band of dental work
around the outside of the house. It took a cou-
ple of top-notch craftsman three or four days
to come u p with a modern-day, cost effective
method for reproducing the one-
by-one-inch squares, Malany said.

But those involved in the
hands-on portion of the projea say
those tirne-corrsurnirig aspects ate
a small price to pay for a larger
benefit.
“Itfe very hard to find a project
of that caliber — the care and quality of the
detail,” Eidman said. “1 love being out there on
the site when I get a chance.”
The biggest thrill for Eidman is working
alongside some of the most talented craftspeo-
ple in the building industry, a sentiment
echoed by Malany
“16 been a pleasure to come to a project
like this, to work with the test of the team,”
Malany said.
For members of the Friends of Simon
Benson House, each step of the restoration

brings the group closer to the day viren the
house can be used as a museum honoring the
house’s original creator.
Before that can happen, however, the
group still needs about $250,000 for interior
work, said volunteer Joan Johnson.
Despite the financial shortfall, the interior
renovation is forging ahead. Lathe and
plaster has already been removed.
New systems — including electri-
cal, HVAC and sprinklers — will
be installed.
“We’re starting to remove the
stain from the woodwork,”
Malany said. “16 just beautiful
what’s underneath — the quali-
ty of the wood and that i6 made it through all
the ages.”

Stephanie Basalyga covers architecture, engineering and
construction f o r the Doily Journal o f Commerce. She
can be reached b y e-mail at [email protected] or
by phone at (503) 221-3360.
Simon Benson House Restoration Project ;
Project partners include: '
Friends of Simon Benson House
Portland Development Commission
Portland State University
The Marandas Family
Portland State University Alumni
Association
General Contractor.
P&C Construction Company
Architect
SERA Architects
Landscape Architect
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Subcontractors: "
House mover: Emmert International
Tree pruning: Pruett Tree & Landscaping
Excavation: Excel Excavation Inc.
Block/Stone Masonry: Louis Guinett
Masonry, Vancouver
Concrete Pumping: Brundage-Bone
Concrete Pumping’*'
Concrete Finisher: La Russo Concrete

Scaffolding: Scaffold Errectors’"; IvyHi-Uft
Tool Rental: DeWalt Tools’*'
Trim and Siding: Creative Woodworking
N W Inc.
Concrete: Ross Island Sand & Gravel Co.’*
Miscellaneous Iron: Royal Oak
Drywcdl: Fred Shearer
Roofing: Rain-Master Roofing Co.
Painäng: Schiller & Vroman Inc.
Exterior Paint Sherwin Williams
Ptzint Removal: PAS; Lyon’s Paint
Removing
Fire Sprinklers: Delta Fire
Glass: Benson Industries"'
Plumbing: Peninsula Plumbing Co.
HVAC: DeTemple
Bectrical Cochran Broadway Electric
Roof Finials: Architectural Reproductions
Copper Flashing: Liberty Sheet Metal
Landscaping/Irrigation: Teufel Nursery Inc.
‘ Indicates company that donated services
For more information, contact Friends of
Simon Benson House at (503) 725-
5072. Web information is available at
slumni.pdx.edu/benson.htm.
12 DJC/October 2000

Man accused o f stealing antique windows
] Eight to 12 windows fro m
the historic Sim on Benson
House still are missing
Portland police arrested a m an
with a leaded-glass window at a
Tri-Met light-raS station Thursday
and accused him of crimes involv-
ing the theft of several antique win-
dows from the historic Simon Ben-
i.* son House in Southwest Portland.V Kelly Holden Hugh
Davey, 42, li: address unknown, was being held
^ at the Mulmomah County Justice
Center on accusations of first-
degree aggravated theft, second-
degree bursary, two counts of
theft by receiving, oS^ensive litter-
ing a n d ^ v in g false information to
police.
According to police, a transit
employee reported a man urinat-
ing on the Qeveland Avenue light-
K ' i .
rail platform in Gresham at 6:30
p.m. He was described as hostile,
appeared to be intoxicated and

had an antique beveled-glass win-
dow with him.
Police from Gresham and Port-
land responded, and a Portland
police officer realized the window
might be valuable. Later, officers
realized that the same m an had
been b r o u ^ t in for detoxification
on Tuesday n i ^ t and had two
similar windows with him, said
D et Sgt. Cheryl Kanzler, spokes-
woman for the Portland Police Bu-
reau.
At tire time, police did not know
the significance of the windows,
and they were placed in the police
property room, Kanzler said.
Friends of Simon Benson
House, the group working to re-
store the 99-year-old house in hon-
or of the famous early Oregon tim-
berman who gave Portland the
Benson Bubblers, first believed the
boarded-up house had been bur-
glarized late Wednesday or early
Thursday.
Restoration project co-manrger
John Tess did not have an exact
count of the windows with frames
that were taken but estimated
eight to 12 are missing.

The ne^ected house at South-
west 11th Avenue and Clay Street is
about to become public property
and be moved this summer to the
Portland State University campus
at Southwest Ninth and Montgom-
ery.
Kanzler said an investigation
into the remaining stolen windows
is continuing. Anyone with infor-
mation may contact Detective SgL
Sharon Stroheker at 823-0344. The
Friends group is offering a $1,000
reward for iiiformation leading to
the recovery of the windows.

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