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Page B2 ^ I J n r tla n b ® bseruer November 10. 2004 B usiness 7~ inance C-Tran Cuts Bus Services Southwest Washington resi dents will see cuts to mass transit due to the defeat of a local tax levy in the Nov. 2 General Election. A proposed sales tax in crease of three tenths of one percent, would have m ain tained and provided some en hancements to reconnect Clark County communities with C- Tran bus service. “What this means is that the community will start to see service reductions every quar ter, beginning in January,” said Lynee Griffith, executive di- rector of the agency. The re ductions are necessary to bal ance C-Tran's budget by Janu ary 2006. “Our goal, at this point, is to educate our riders on upcom ing service changes so they’re able to plan appropriately.” Griffith said. Balancing the budget re quires a 46 percent reduction in service, equally affecting local and commuter routes, and para-transit van service. All com m uter routes to downtown Portland will end. The service will be provided only to the nearest TriM et light rail stations at Delta P a rk /V a n p o rt and the Parkrose/Sumner transit cen ters. In addition, the following service will be com pletely eliminated: The Connector, Route #114 Cam as, Route #173 Battle Ground, and all Sunday service. Additional reductions will take place in May, September, and finally in January 2006. For more information, call the C-Tran Passenger Service Office at 360-695-0123. Service Contractor of the Year Charles Cason, president o f CEC Services. Inc. (right), a minority firm that provided security for TriMet's Interstate Light Rail project, was recognized as the Service Contractor o f the Year at the Minority Enterprise Development Week Awards Luncheon at the Oregon Convention Center. The award was presented by Cody Gray, associate counselor at Portland State University’s Business Outreach Program. The event recognized minority and women-owned businesses in construction, manufacturing, professional and non-professional services. Gas Appliance Inspections Offered Northwest Natural provides home safety inspections as part of its natural gas service and advises customers that since the home heating season has be gun, early fall is a great time to schedule a free inspection. Additionally, if an appliance needs repair, homeowners will have the best chance of finding an available contractor that spe cializes in gas equipment. In 2003, Northwest Natural received approximately 43,(XX) calls from customers experi encing equipment problems. In last January’s freeze, there were more than 2,800 inop erative equipment calls, from customers left with no heat or hot water in extremely cold weather. These equipment problem s may have been identified beforehand during a pre-season safety inspec tion. 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