A boarding home request will be considered again when the Pendleton Planning Commission meets in the council chambers at 4 p.m. Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones operate the boarding home at 704 S. Main St., for former patients of Eastern Oregon Hospital and Training Center. They applied earlier for permission to increase the number of boarders at the halfway house from six to 11. A petition opposing the location of the halfway house was presented at last Tuesdayâs Pendleton City Council meeting. Fear was expressed that residents of the house might harm children.
25 Years Ago
April 13, 1996
Third grader Jessica Royal knows the President of the United States is a busy man. But that didnât stop the 9-year-old Lincoln Elementary School student from penning Bill Clinton a letter and sending it to his White House address. âI told him I wanted to become President,â said Royal. âI asked him to write back and give me some tips.â The next thing you know Royal found herself toting to school a personal, decidedly presidential, reply. Royalâs third grade teacher, Andrea Anderson, had hear Royal say she was writing Clinton a letter. Still, it surprised her when she showed up for class with a personal reply for a Thursday morning show-and-tell session. âShe stood and read the whole thing,â Anderson said.