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August 10, 2016
The road less traveled
PacifiCorp begins
education campaign as
Oregon shifts from coal
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
Back in March, Gov. Kate Brown
signed into law a new energy policy for the
Oregon — Senate Bill 1547. Part of that
energy policy requires electrical power pro-
viders like Pacifi Corp (Pacifi c Power) to
transition to “clean electricity,” end depen-
dence on coal-fi red plants and promote and
use electric vehicles for work and travel.
With that in mind, Pacifi c Power Com-
munications Manager Ry Schwark and
plug-in energy specialist Tom Gauntt head-
ed out across Eastern Oregon in a Ford Fu-
sion hybrid to meet with media and other
community leaders to discuss how they
would establish a useful grid of plug-in
power stations for electric vehicles in the
area.
Their trip came on the heels of an Aug. 4
ribbon-cutting ceremony for the largest so-
lar array in Eastern Oregon at the National
Guard Center Army Aviation Support Fa-
cility in Pendleton.
Electric vehicle stations: cost
and location
Drive Oregon, a nonprofi t dedicated
to promoting electric vehicles, has pub-
lished a map of the plug-in power sta-
tions available in Eastern Oregon and
Wallowa County has one. That power
station is installed at Bronze Antler Bed
and Breakfast in Joseph. Tesla company
installed it for free, according to owner
Heather Tyreman, and they installed an-
other station for cars that require a dif-
ferent plug-in as well. Tyreman charges a
small fee for use of the device.
Normally the cost for installation of
such a device is $10,000 to $50,000, but
Tyreman scored the free installation be-
cause her bed and breakfast is a Select
Registry business.
Schwark and Gauntt said Pacifi Corp is
examining ways in which grants, low-in-
terest loans or agreements with power de-
vice suppliers could mitigate costs.
Another potential hurdle is whether or
not existing transformers can support the
devices.
“You can’t just run the wire up there to
the transformer,” Gauntt said. “You have
to have some planning.”
How would it work?
Stakeholder workshops are being
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
PacifiCorp employees Ry Schwark, left, and Tom Gauntt recently traveled through
Wallowa County while promoting the use of electric and hybrid vehicles.
scheduled statewide with the fi rst taking
place in Portland last week.
Stakeholders include government
agencies, NGOs, electric vehicle man-
ufacturers, charging equipment manu-
facturers, charging network providers
and companies with customer education
solutions.
One thing already has been decided:
system-wide costs related to developing
a statewide system will not be charged
to individual communities, according to
Schwark and Gauntt.
Dealing with distance
Schwark and Gauntt understand the
unwillingness of many Eastern Oregon
residents to buy an electric car, but the
issue of driving distance has been min-
imized with the proliferation of hybrid
vehicles, including work trucks.
The duo chose the Ford Fusion as an
example of what sort of car might work
for Eastern Oregon residents. The Fusion
has a 50-mile range on electricity alone
and gets about 55 miles per gallon on
electricity and fuel combined. It can be
plugged into a normal house outlet over-
night for a charge at a cost of approxi-
mately 5 cents per mile in electrical use.
A charger station can produce a full
charge in 90 minutes. So, a Wallowa
County resident who drives to La Grande
would need to use just a little gas to get
there. And if a charger is available at a
convenient location, shopping could be
done while the car completely recharges
for the return trip.
If a charger was available in down-
town Enterprise and downtown Wallowa,
an electric car owner could drive pretty
much anywhere in the county.
Clean energy
Additional benefi ts also accrue.
“The value of an electrical vehicle ap-
plication is also cheap and lower emis-
sions,” Schwark said. “It’s not going to
happen tomorrow, but electrical vehicles
are going to be an issue. We’re putting
a bug in the ear of business about this.
ODOT is involved because they are part
of the network of concern about road us-
age.”
Ideally, the duo said, owners of elec-
tric cars would be able to drive across
Eastern Oregon and be able to rely upon
frequent charger stations.
Corporate leadership goals
For their part in the transition to
“clean electric” production, Pacifi Corp
has agreed to be coal-free by 2030. It’s
already among the nation’s largest utility
owners of wind power and hydropower
(including a small power plant on a fork
of the Wallowa that provides energy for
500 homes). In an effort to expand that
portfolio of clean energy, Pacifi Corp has
selected 12 new projects from 66 ener-
gy proposals. Eleven of the 12 involve
new solar-generation plants expected
to be completed in 2017. The other is a
wind-generation plant.
The cost of the change from coal to
clean energy will mean a one-time in-
crease to customers of one-tenth of one
percent on their bills, Schwark said.
Pacifi Corp is not leaving itself out
of the electrical vehicle push, they have
committed to investing 5 percent of their
annual fl eet budget to plug-in technolo-
gies, and they currently are operating two
hybrid bucket trucks and plan to acquire
another one this year.
WALLOWA COUNTY FAIR
Sunday’s 4-H Results
4-H Horse Results,
Sunday Aug. 7
Trail:
1st Yr Junior Champion: Lily Royes
Junior Champion: Eva Anderson
Junior Reserve Champion: Destiny
Barney
Intermediate Champion: Brianna Micka
Intermediate Reserve Champion:
Chance Arbogast
Senior Champion: Ally Cooney
Reserve Grand Champion: Brianna
Micka
Grand Champion: Ally Cooney
Reining:
Junior Champion: Libby Fisher
Intermediate Champion: Brianna Micka
Intermediate Reserve Champion:
Deidre Schreiber
Senior Champion: Ally Cooney
Reserve Grand Champion: Ally Cooney
Grand Champion: Brianna Micka
4-H Dog Show Results,
Sunday, Aug. 7
Agility Dog, 1st-year Junior
Tegan Evans, Champion
Kaesie Melville, Champion
Agility Dog, Intermediate
Craig Burch, Reserve Champion
Trace Evans, Champion
Jacob Falk, Champion
Agility Dog, Junior
Caylynn Beck, Champion
Greta Carlsen, Blue ribbon
Dakota Delyria, Reserve Champion
McKenzie Keffer, Champion
Devin Schreiber, Blue ribbon
Bailey Vernam, Reserve Champion
Agility Dog, Senior
Claire Beck, Champion
Gracie Carlsen, Reserve Champion
Whitney Evans, Champion
Costume Dog, 1st-year Junior
Tegan Evans, Champion
Kaesie Melville, Reserve Champion
Costume Dog, Intermediate
Craig Burch, Champion
Trace Evans, Reserve Champion
Jacob Falk, Reserve Champion
Costume Dog, Junior
Caylynn Beck, Reserve Champion
Greta Carlsen, Reserve Champion
Dakota Delyria, Reserve Champion
McKenzie Keffer, Reserve Champion
Devin Schreiber, Champion
Bailey Vernam, Champion
Costume Dog, Senior
Claire Beck, Reserve Champion
Gracie Carlsen, Champion
Whitney Evans, Reserve Champion
Dog Showmanship, 1st-year
Junior
Tegan Evans, Red ribbon
BULL AND BUCK TAGS
To be donated to
local charities
by the
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is currently seeking
applications from Wallowa County charitable
organizations interested in receiving
a Landowner Preference Tag (LOP) for Bull Elk
or Buck Deer on the Zumwalt Prairie Preserve
property for the 2017 season.
Applications will be reviewed by a committee of
community members and ranked based on the
following considerations: the beneit to the
community; the marketing plan for raising funds
with the LOP tags; and the ability to use the tags
to leverage additional funds or support.
Interested organizations should
request an application from
Justin Jones at 850-982-9224
or e-mail jjones@tnc.org.
The application deadline is
August 14th, 2016.
Each year The Nature
Conservancy donates
LOP tags to qualiied
local organizations.
The LOP tags for the
2016 season were
donated to
Community
Connections, Friends
of the Wallowa School
Foundation, Rotary
Club of Wallowa
County, and Wallowa
County Search and
Rescue. Since 2002,
this program has
raised over $375,000
to support charitable
organizations in
Wallowa County.
Kaesie Melville, Champion
Dog Showmanship, Intermediate
Craig Burch, White ribbon
Trace Evans, Champion
Jacob Falk, Reserve Champion
Dog Showmanship, Junior
Caylynn Beck, Blue ribbon
Greta Carlsen, Reserve Champion
Dakota Delyria, Red ribbon
McKenzie Keffer, Red ribbon
Devin Schreiber, Red ribbon
Bailey Vernam, Champion
Dog Showmanship, Senior
Claire Beck, Reserve Champion
Gracie Carlsen, Reserve Champion
Whitney Evans, Champion
Graduate Novice Dog
Whitney Evans, Red ribbon
Novice Dog Obedience, Senior
Claire Beck, Red ribbon
Gracie Carlsen, Red ribbon
Pre-Novice Dog Obedience, 1st-year
Junior
Tegan Evans, White ribbon
Kaesie Melville, White ribbon
Pre-Novice Dog Obedience,
Intermediate
Craig Burch, White ribbon
Trace Evans, Red ribbon
Jacob Falk, White ribbon
Pre-Novice Dog Obedience,
Junior
Caylynn Beck, White ribbon
Greta Carlsen, Red ribbon
Dakota Delyria, White ribbon
McKenzie Keffer, Red ribbon
Devin Schreiber, White ribbon
Bailey Vernam, Champion
Pre-Novice Dog Obedience,
Senior
Claire Beck, White ribbon
Shelby Huffman, no show
Trick Dog, 1st-year Junior
Tegan Evans, Champion
Kaesie Melville, Reserve Champion
Trick Dog, Intermediate
Craig Burch, Blue ribbon
Trace Evans, Champion
Jacob Falk, Reserve Champion
Trick Dog, Junior
Dakota Delyria, Reserve Champion
McKenzie Keffer, Champion
Devin Schreiber, Champion
Bailey Vernam, Reserve Champion
Wallowa County Chieftain
O BITUARIES
Nancy Lynn Chesley
Jan. 17, 1940 to July 22, 2016
Nancy Lynn Chesley (nee Wor-
thy) passed away July 22, 2016
at the Kadlec Regional Medical
Center in Richland, Wash., after a
month-long battle with pneumo-
nia. She was 76.
Nancy was born Jan. 17, 1940
in Whittier, Calif. Her parents
were the Rev. Arthur Worthy and
his wife Irene. She grew up in
Bell, Calif., and graduated from
Bell High School in 1957. In 1960
Nancy married Ross Chesley, and
together they enjoyed a long and
fulfi lling life together. She was the
mother of two children — Crystal Lynn (1961-2007) and Steven
Ross (1965-). The family resided in Southern California and then
the Bay Area before moving to Maine in 1972.
Nancy and her family attended the United Methodist Church
in East Corinth, Maine, where she was instrumental in establish-
ing and directing a nursery school for local children. In 1982,
Nancy earned a bachelor’s degree in childhood education from
the University of Maine and went on to teach kindergarten for
several years, followed by a long stint as a frequent substitute
teacher.
During her years in Maine, Nancy earned her private pilot
license and fl ew with her husband around the country in their
airplane, sight-seeing and visiting friends and relatives. One of
her favorite places to visit during those years was Joseph. In 2004
Nancy and her husband bought a home on Hurricane Creek Road
and moved to Joseph.
Nancy was an active member of Enterprise Christian Church
and a dedicated community volunteer. She served as vice pres-
ident of the Wallowa Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, running the
hospital gift shop for the last several years.
Nancy is survived by Ross, her husband of 56 years, her son
Steven and his wife Jana, her sister Bonnie Alloy, and six grand-
children, ages 8 months to 24 years.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27
at the Enterprise Christian Church. Interment is planned for a lat-
er date at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Calif.
Eldon Hawley
Nov. 3, 1954 to Aug. 1, 2016
Eldon Albert Hawley, 61
passed away Aug. 1 in Stanfi eld at
age 61 after a fi re in the home he
shared with his wife Susan.
Eldon was born on Nov. 3,
1954 to Vern and Bernadine Haw-
ley of Enterprise. He was a po-
lice offi cer, paramedic and CNA
throughout his life, but his passion
was driving logging truck.
He enjoyed hunting, fi shing,
camping and wood-cutting, but
spending time with his family and
friends was the most important thing to him. He had a smile and
laugh that was contagious and his heart was made of pure gold.
There will forever be a part of us missing without him.
He is survived by Susan, his wife of 29 years; daughters
Cristi Hawley and Cassie Conant, and son Tanner Mobley; sis-
ter Pam Hawley; and eight grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27
at the Stanfi eld Baptist Church in Stanfi eld. Donations can be
made to the family to rebuild their lives after the devastating
fi re. Call Cristi at 541-905-9189.
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