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The Gazt'tte-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday April 26, 1979 THREE Carty power plant 48 complete; power producing by July 1980 f I 1 ! J s .; mmmmm " i i'':' wane J1 . maw I ",WJ Adding to skyline 'You Can't Take It With You' performances at HHS May 3-4 Don't miss the three-act comedy "You Can't Take It With You" to be presented by the Heppner High Drama group at 8 p.m. in the cafetorium May 3 and 4. Since its first appearance on Broadway in the 30's this play has been an audience pleaser. With its fireworks (Joe Molla han and Greg Sweeney) and its music and ballet dancing (Perry Cooper and Patti Toombs) and its philosophical Hospital funding required Continued from page I With a new doctor on the PMH staff, attracting new patients and additional reve nues for the hospital, the additional physician would likely generate at least double the money it would cost taxpayers to bring him or her to Heppner. If the additional doctor arrives fairly soon, Byrnes said he was optimistic that some of the tax money sought in the proposed budget could be carried over. "We ought to be in a heckuva lot better shape next year," he said. The proposed budget is an "attempt to create an environ ment for economic viability," said Byrnes. "The long range return to the taxpayer will be good. ..If you don't go for ward, you're regressing. And you can only go back so far." The largest single item on the budget is $621,252 for employee salaries and bene fits. Capital improvements and replacement of worn or outdated equipment would require nearly $80,000. The budget based on an 'occupancy rate of 28 per cent, which should increase mark edly with the addition of another doctor anticipates that daily service charges during the coming year will HHS entering Freshmen registration set for Apr. 26 Registration and orientation for prospective Heppner High School freshmen and their parents will be held Thursday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. All eighth graders intending to enroll at Heppner High next school year are urged to attend, with their parents. Portland General Electric's Carty coal-fired power plant nears the half-way point in completion, The plant, which is expected to fire-up in July 1980, is being constructed at a cost of more than $500-million. The 654-foot stack dwarfs the main generating building-320 feet tall and massive coal handling machinery in the lower right portion of photo. Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff (Bob Miller) and worried, ulcernagged businessman (Bill Kenny), this play has something to please all ages and tastes. The lovers (Susan Johnson and Lionel Wood), the middle aged mother who is also a playwright and painter (Marie Yocom), two Russians who escaped the Re,yplutionT (Jeff Fortenberry and Alice Abrams), an inebriated act bring in nearly $206,000, and ancillary service charges will generate $251,195 in income. The nursing home facility is expected to bring in more than We'll build you a home tailor-made to your needs. If yOU like a home designed to fit your family with personalized touches like an extra large family room or choice of fireplaces or greenhouse kitchen windows... If yOU like a home built to exceed standard codes for rugged reliability a home that can save you energy dollars year after year.. . Then you ought to see a Boise Cascade Home today. 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Persons attending a meet ing of the East Central Oregon Association of Counties last week were given a tour of the Carty site, and a progress report on its development by Portland General Electric representative Bus Clough. Not quite half done, the complex currently accounts for nearly half of Morrow County's taxable value. The most recent estimates show the power plant to be worth some $200 million compared with $450 million set for the worth of the countv as a whole. k2f Kb NOW Oranges POUNDS 0 nan JUL XEACH By Rick Steelhammer When the facility is com pleted, it is expected to be valued at more than $r00 million, and generate more than $2 million per cent in local property taxes. Clough told the ECOAC members taking part in the tour that the plant will provide permanent jobs for about 150 workers, after construction is final. PGE. as operator of the plant, hopes to hire at least hall of that number from the local area. Clough said. To exemplify how rapidly the structure is nearing com pletion. Clough said PGE plans to begin stockpiling coal this fall. Permanent coal handlers will begin to be hired at that point. Coal will be brought to the Carty site by rail from the Gillette, Wyo.. area. A newly completed 15-mile rail spur will bring the power source to a 210 acre coal handling area at Carty from the Union Pacific mainline along the Columbia. The low sulphur, relatively clean-burning coal will be purchased under the terms of a 20-year contract with the AM AX Corp., one of n Chuck Hoast USDA CHOICE BLADE CUT ' 1 WESTERN FAMILY Chili Con Carne 0 Big 40-oz. Hot Or Regular S&W BRAND Boil-in-Bag Tortilla Shells S&W BRAND Mexican Cooking Sauce Rhubarb the nation's largest coal operators. A coal handling site of more than 200 acres may at first blush seem excessive, but not when you consider how much coal will be burned at Carty. Plans call for a 78-car train to unload 8.0(H) tons of coal every 2' j days at Carty. 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