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Men’s care center OK’d By ANDIE LEATHERMAN, LTN Staff Writer Nov. 23 - New Vision Ministries is one step closer to building a residential facility to serve men in crisis. The city planning board approved a conditional use permit during its Tuesday meeting. City council members will vote on the request during their Dec. 13 meeting. The facility is the first in a three building project the church hopes to complete in the next five years. In addition to the men’s facility serving eight, an equal size facility for women is planned. The church also hopes to build an administrative building for the residential program. Rev. Michael Steen, the church’s senior pastor, told board members the church was starting with a men’s facility because no residential services exist for males locally. “There is no place in Lincoln County for men in crisis,” he said. “Men are abused. Men do have problems.” Steen said Bill Shupp, an associate pastor at the church, will run the program. He has over 20 years of counseling experience within the Department of Correction. Steen told board members the home would provide a six-month residential program. Participants would receive physical, emotional, financial and spiritual counseling and would be provided access to medical care. A staff member would provide on site supervision around the clock, he said. Participants would be screened before entering the program. No one with a history of sexual assault or domestic violence would be allowed into the program. “They’re going to have to want to be there,” Steen said. No one spoke against the church’s conditional use permit request. In other business, a conditional use permit request to open a private club at 119 East Sycamore St. was withdrawn. City planner Steve Gurley told board members he had received a letter from Clifford Schronce and Larry Carpenter withdrawing their request. No reason was given for the withdraw. Jack Garrison received a 12-month renewal of a conditional use permit allowing him to construct 16 multi-family units on Janice Road. Garrison requested the renewal to give him a chance to re-evaluate the rental market. The demand for apartments has dropped due to the economic slowdown, officials say.
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