Dalton âOdellâ Amerson passed away Friday, April 2, 2021 at the age of 84. He was born August 21, 1936 to Granville âDocâ and Bertha Amerson in Webber Falls, Oklahoma. As a result of the Dust Bowl, the family relocated to Stratford in 1938. Odell graduated from Lemoore High School in 1954, followed by enrollment at College of the Sequoia s. He celebrated a 48-year loyal and valued employee career with Jones Farms.
He had 3 great joys within his fulfilled life. First, as a gifted base guitar player, he performed with Jerry Cardoza and the Countrymen Band in various cities throughout the Valley. Secondly, his gift of gab and warming personality were traits that allowed him to enjoy volunteering with the American Cancer Society Daffodil Day fundraiser, World Impact Sonshine Thrift store and AT&T Pro-Am golf tournament. Lastly, his fondness for golf along with his adventuresome spirit led he and his wife, Lavonia, along with many friends to travel and play courses in
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, and include initially targeting 100 single-family units that are least 20 years old.
The goal is to understand the “breadth and depth of capital improvements that may be needed” in these types of units, of which there are at least 675 of them that are 20 years old, according to Diane Foster, interim executive director of APCHA and assistant city manager.
“The intent of this program in particular is simply to look, not do any mitigation, but to put a box around what’s the problem,” she said.
The proposal is in response to a decades-old quandary that affordable housing officials in the upper valley have been dealing with in trying to ensure that when any of the 1,600 ownership units in the taxpayer-subsidized program is sold that basic upkeep of the property has been maintained.