Senators storm out of hearing tJHML SALEM (Al’J Two stale senators m.in !n billion invested with the Inver aged buyout firm Kohllx rg k ravin Kolierls & (’.» It wits Kerens' i|u« slion* to Meeker about KKK and Roger Meier, .1 former Investment count: 11 chairman, lira! led to the Republicans' walkout According to published .recount!., nine months after Meier left the investment council in March 1980, ho was allowed to buy steak from KKK's private portfolio The slot k allegedly was worth far morn than Meier paid Motor has hnutodJy tie nied any wrongdoing Kerens repeatedly asked Meeker when lie be came aware ol Miller s slot k ileal and whether Meeker looked into the matter Although Meier's Investment didn't become public knowledge until May 1*Wl, Kerens said re porters asked Meeker about it in tUHtland 1MII0 Meeker said he did not recall the specific inter views or questions the reporters asked him lie said he may have dismissed the charge us a base less rumor. As Kerens grilled Meeker. Gronsky loudly oh jot tetl Kerens hammered his gavel to quiet Gronsky. Then Gronsky and Dunn left Severe drawdown not expected UMATILLA (AIM A plan to restore salmon runs in the Columbia uml Snoko rivers concludes that the John Day Reservoir won't have to be drawn down severely for at least five yours The reservoir behind the John Day Dam is to be operated the same way it has Ixien the lust two years, with no river depth less than 2(>2.S foot, the report concludes That allows irrigation pumps to continue supplying water to more than IOO.UUU acres oi wheat, pota toes, Held corn and other crops The plan was developed by the U S Army Corps of Engi neers with the cooperation ol the Bonneville Power Adminis (ration, U S Bureau of Recla mation and National Marine l- isheries Service Carol Wolff, a spokeswoman for the Corps ol Engineers in Walla Walla. Wash , said the plan is Intended lor a minimum of five years. The John Day pool was sin gled out for a possible severe drawdown because it is the longest and slackest of the res ervoirs on the Columbia pools The idea of drawing down the reservoirs is to speed up the river's flow, milking it easier for salmon to migrate to the sea A 45-day review will follow formal release of the draft on Friday The plan will he the subject of nine hearings in Ore gon. Washington, Idaho and Montana The corps' preferred alterna tive includes Operating the four lower Snake Kiver reservoirs near minimum operating pool from April through July Operating the John Day pool at minimum irrigation levels from May through August Releasing water fro m Dworshak Reservoir in spring, summer and fall, and when necessary, shifting (all releases to early summer -Transferring flood control storage from Dworshak to Cnind Coulee Dam to allow for more water storage in the spring The John Day pool, which supplies irrigators in the Her mision-Ooardmim area, was lowered to elevation 2(*2 5 feet for the past two years, or 5.5 feel above the minimum level for tiie dam and reservoir to op erate properly This year, the corps river management plan ini lulled a drawdown experiment at Low er Granite and Little Goose res ervoirs during March Hie test was designed to measure the ef fects of reservoir drawdowns, such as water speed, water quality and sediment move ment The proposed level for the John Day Reservoir is the same as tile level proposed in a Northwest Power Planning Goum.il plan The National Marino fisher ies Service also is developing a plan to save Snake River salm on under the Lndangered Spo i ies Act The agency can over rule both the corps and the council 683-2787 JK°/o iL JOFF OIL BARS. &. 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The corridor is the fourth of five to be designated by the federal government. Those previously announced uru from San Diego and Los Angeles to Oakland and Sacramento; from Detroit to Chicago. St. Louis and Milwaukee; from Washing ton to Charlotte, N.C,, and from Miami to Tampa High-speed rail lines already exist from Washington to New York and Boston and across upstate New York from Buffalo to Albany and New York City. "We are now looking at a beginning of n national high speed rail network," Carmichael said, "and you're right in the forefront of it." Under the intormoaut aunaco i ransporiuuon u.inoiuncy Act. signed by President Bush Inst December, Oregon and Washington each will receive S250.000 for safety Improve ments at grade crossings or other actions to develop the line. The federal government plans to spend Situ million on the five corridors over the next six years Much of the cost will go to eliminate grade crossings to al low the trains to pass at high speeds Mechanical crossings would be added to improve safely at other sit.es. Carmichael said there are 475 grade crossings along the 404-mlle route. "I'll make you a dollar bet that 25 percent of those cross ings an- redundant, that you could eliminate 25 percent of them wilti a bulldozer in a few minutes,” he said. Don Forbes, director of the Oregon Department of Trans portation, wants to complete the Oregon portion of the line within six years, hut he admitted that may be optimistic. Preliminary studies indicate the Oregon portion would cost $450 million. Forbes said The money would come from fed eral, state and private funds Private freight lines own the Northwest right-of-way and arc enthusiastic about high-speed passenger service, Carmi chael said Forbes admitted the Legislature might lx- preoccupied with other issues next year as it deals wilii the restrictions of the properly tax limit. Measure 5 But he expects lawmakers to seriously consider the high-speed rail proposal. 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