Stan Turner gives Sherry Kasper a hug of thanks in front of his new apartment.
“It was serendipitous,” he said.
Above left to right, Paul Carlson, US Interagency Council on Homelessness, Terry Thompson and Don Lindly, Lincoln County Commissioners, Martha Lyon, Community Services Consortium Executive Director, Tom Hatley, Director of CSC’s Community Housing Services program, Bill Hall, Lincoln County Commissioner, and Jiah Quayle, of Quayle Construction join to officially open Pelican Place.
With a cut of a ribbon, Pelican Place joins Tern House in Newport to shelter individuals and families who were formerly homeless. The twelve-apartment complex will provide twelve units of permanent supportive housing.
With a cut of a ribbon, Pelican Place joins Tern House in Newport to shelter individuals and families who were formerly homeless. The twelve-apartment complex will provide twelve units of permanent supportive housing.
Stan Turner gave a tour of his new apartment to Sherry Kasper, a waitress at the Tradewinds in Newport. She not only told him about the Pelican Place newspaper article, she gave Turner 75 cents to buy the paper to read about application details.
“I needed a roof over my head. I was out in the rain and sleeping on the ground and I was worried about the coming winter,” said Turner. He was waiting for Newport CSC office to open the following morning to get an application.
“It was serendipitous,” he said.
