Hip llrppni'r Ga.ette-Timps, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 15, 197&-NINE
Eric Anderson elected to Columbia Basin
board
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Randall Peterson of Heppner, a director of Columbia
Basin Electric Cooperative, addresses the annual meeting in
Condon.
(3 Lexington news
Delpha Jones 989-8169- - I
Visitors this week at the
home of Annetta Klinger have
been her sons, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Klinger and Victor
Klinger of Portland, Mr. and
Mrs. Aaron Klinger of Her
miston, and grandsons Mark
and Mike Klinger of Beaver
ton and mother Mrs. Arlita
George. Arriving on Saturday
for a visit is Helen Barnett of
Fresno, Cal.
Gladys VanWinkle and her
son Bill motored to Mt.
Vernon and John Day over the
weekend where they visited
Sally Lowry, Mrs. VanWin
kle's mother. Bill will remain
there where he has employ
ment at the broadcasting
station in John Day. He has
been making his home in
Enterprise.
Three Links Club met at the
home of Mrs. Lyle Peck
Thursday afternoon. The af
ternoon was spent in sorting
over articles for the grab bags
for the scheduled bazaar and
other business pertaining to
the food sale and bazaar
Wheat league
chief goes
to capital
Earl Prypr, Condon wheat
farmer and president of the
Oregon Wheat Growers
League went to Washington,
D.C. recently to visit on
Capitol Hill.
Pryor is taking part in a
concerted effort of the Na
tional Association of Wheat
Growers (NAWG) to pass
favorable legislation for
wheat farmers. Specifically,
they will be talking about the
bill concerning the setting of
target prices for the 1979 crop.
Pryor hopes to be able to
extend target price legislation
to the 1980 crop with a factor
reflecting inflation increases.
His ammunition will include
the cost of a production study
completed by Oregon State
University which shows that
the cost of producing a bushel
of wheat in Oregon has risen
from $4.09 to about $5.29.
Pryor will also talk on estate
taxes, highway maintenance
funds, OSU's research fund
and market development for
Oregon wheat.
He will also visit with the
Environmental Protection
Agency about the use of the
weed killer 2,4-D. He said he
hopes to put some common
sense into any deliberations
that there may abe about
regulating the spray.
He also is planning a visit
with Vice-President Walter
Mondale to talk about farm
issues.
scheduled for Nov. 17. Lovely
refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Mrs. Venice Hendrickson
and Florence McMillan were
Pendleton visitors Tuesday
where Mrs. McMillan consul
ted an eye doctor.
Jo Irvin of Irrigon was a
Lexington caller Monday and
attended the funeral services
for Pete Klinger.
Mrs. Dale Jones is now
employed at Pioneer Memo
rial Hospital and she and her
family are staying at the home
of her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Yocom.
Mrs. Dorothy Beason, of the
The Dalles, has been visiting
her daughter and family Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Way.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bur
cham were Pendleton and
Walla Walla callers Wednes
day. In Pendleton they visited
with a son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Burcham.
Joan Patrick of Portland
spent several days last week
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dean
Hunt and was taken to her
home there by the Hunts when
she returned.
Counselor
available
at Blue Mt.
A college counselor is now
available at Blue Mountain
Community College's Hermis-
ton center in the Radelco
Building, 405 N. First St.,
Suites 109 and 110. t
Don Amsberry, the coun
selor, is in Hermiston Thurs
day afternoons from 1 :30 to 4
p.m. or by appointment to help
people who come to him with
questions about career choi
ces, midlife career changes,
college degrees and financing
a college education.
According to Amsberry,
many women have questions
about training for a career
.after they ahve raised their
families. Some women seek
reer training in case they
lose thuK husbands.
The counselor also assists
students in the adult high
school diploma program ,
Hermiston center. Some stu
dents may receive high school
credit for life and work
experiences. Amsberry evalu
ates these experiences accor
ding to state of Oregon
procedures and gathers docu
mentary information for the
students.
Spoon Creek in Montana
flows into Tin Cup Creek,
while Dirty Devil River runs
along the Arizona-Utah border
near Bright Angel Creek.
By Jean Gilliam
Condon correspondent
In the election of directors
at the 35th annual meeting of
the Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative, Inc., at Condon
on Nov. 7, Eric Anderson
unseated Dick Krebs, who had
been a board member for
more than 20 years.
Van Rietmann, president of
the board, and Herb Wright
were both re-elected.
Almost 300 members crow
ded the lodge room of the
Condon Elks Temple for the
meeting.
The proceedings followed
the serving of a roast beef
dinner and were highlighted
by the award of door prizes by
various wholesalers, distribu
tors and other businesses.
The two statements most
emphasized during speeches
were that strong conservation
practices must be started now
to insure power for the future,
and conserving energy can
also produce a lower electric
bill in spite of power-rate
increases.
A week or so prior to the
meeting, CBEC members had
been advised of a 40 per cent
rate increase, to become
effective by Dec. 23. This
would be in addition to a 20 per
cent increase that went into
effect last May.
Rietmann, presiding at the
meeting, told members to
expect even more increases as
the Bonneville Power Admi
nistration increases its whole
sale rates. These increases
would come toward the end of
1981 if a regional power plan is
approved by Congress.
Rietmann explained:
"BPA has announced an
allocation policy, with much of
the allocation going to prefer
ence customers, but existing
public utilities will have to
give up some of their prefer
ence power and BPA's cus
tomers will be asked to reduce
their energy use by 15 percent.
BPA has already notified its
customers that it will have an
insufficiency of power by 1983.
"Conservation is extremely
important. We have to keep
our thermostats down. We can
also call Rod Aho, Member
Services representative for
CBEC, to inspect our homes
for improved weatherization
tips to further conserve ener
gy." Rietmann also told the
members, "the board is
pleased with the considerable
improvements that have been
made during the past year.
With the use of the loan funds,
we should have better service
all the time."
In his manager report, Fred
Toombs also spoke about the
two rate increases which were
imposed on CBEC customers
during 1979 because of BPA's
wholesale rate increase of 98.6
percent which goes into effect
two days before Christmas.
"This is only the beginning.
We in the Northwest have
been very fortunate. While the
rest of the country has paid
rates for years that exceed .
ours by many, many times, we
have sat smugly by and used
energy as we pleased, many
times actually wasting much
more than we efficiently used.
"Times have changed, the
chips are down. The cheap
hydro power, once thought to
be inexhasutible, is now, in
some cases over-committed.
Solar and wind energy are just
poking their heads above the
horizon, but today's techno
logy does not promise to
create vast amounts of cheap
energy from these sources.
The construction of nuclear
Why Your Tax
Statements
Are Late. . .
The deadline for tax payments due on
Nov. 15, 1979, has been extended to
Dec. 15, 1979
without penalty to the taxpayer.
The reason for this is the Home Owner
Tax Relief bill passed by the 1979
Legislature, which has doubled the
workload in the Assessor's office with
the claims to be processed.
GregSweek,
Morrow County Assessor
Publish Nov. 8, 15, 1979.
Back by popular demand
The
Fantastic
jBavid Smathersit
Guaranteed pleasing to all ages
Nov. 16th & 11th 8-12
Come enjoy Jcanics
"Succulent"
Prime Rib
Champagne dinners !
every Friday and Saturday
Remember
all Elks with paid up cards
get a dinner Vz price during
your birthday month !
HEPPUER ELKS CLUB
B.P.O.E. 358
power plants has been set
back two years from the
schedule operational dates."
"Let's commit ourselves to
conserve as much as we can,"
Toombs continued. "We have
literature and personnel avail
able to help you conserve
energy. All you have to do is
give us a call and request this
service.
"We have been fortunate
enough in the past year to get
our feet back on the ground
after the two ice storms in 1977
and '78. We have completed a
Hiimtaateiiitl' Tlnni n mmi ..
Manager Fred Toombs
speaks at the CBRC annual
meeting.
loan with REA and CFC, our
supplemental banker, in an
amount of more than $2
million. The documentation
for this loan alone took over
six months to prepare. It is
estimated that his loan should
cover a two-year period.
"We will begin in mid-year
1981 to prepare documentation
for another loan in an undeter
mined amount to cover the
cost of new construction for
additional customers as well
as funding to bring service
standards to many areas of
our system up to the level they
should be."
Henry Speckman lobbyist
for the Oregon Rural Electric-Co-ops
Association was guest
speaker for the annual meet
ing and briefly described the
last session of the legislature,
which was the second longest
on record. "Of the more than
2,000 bills introduced, 899
became law and I do not think
we need that many new laws."
Speckman said.
"Your co-op does not need
another layer of government
as proposed by the State of
Oregon's Domestic and Rural
Power Authority.
Art auction
scheduled
in McNary
The Sixth Annual Benefit
Art Auction is coming to the
Columbia Inn in McNary Nov.
17 and it is sponsored by the
Junior Women's Club in Her
miston. Preview and silent auction
will begin at 6 p.m. with the
main auction starting at 8:05.
The artwork has been selec
ted from Gallery West in
Portland and regional artwork
from the Eastern Oregon
Regional Arts Council.
The auction is open to the
public.
"You people are fortunate to
have the legislators you have
elected from your three coun
ties. You could not have
elected better senators than
Ken Jernstedt and Bob Smith
and I hope you re-elect them.
Bill Bellamy did an excellent
job in his first term in the
Mouse and Max Simpson is
very helpful to us. If we could
teach the people in the
metropolitan area to elect
people of the same caliber, I
think the legislature would get
out a lot sooner."
In addition to the various
reports given during the
meeting, entertainment was
provided by a fifth and
sixth-grade beginners' band
Kidney fund drive
The Kidney Association of
Oregon has launched its
eleventh annual statewide
fund drive to raise $500,000 in
public donations and grants.
A Thank You
to My Customers
I have given up' my connection with the Frank
Sewer Service after five years. I wish to thank all who
have supported me in my venture.
and the high school swing
choir, both under the direction
of Norm Cox, music instructor
in the Condon School System.
Long-term employees and
directors were presented with
pins before the drawing was
held for the many door prizes.
Adult G.E.D.
class meeting
The adult high school pro
gram sponsored by Blue
Mountain Community College
is currently meeting Wednes
day evenings from 7 to 10 p.m.
at the Neighborhood Center.
Persons who are interested
in achieving their high school
diploma, their G.E.D. equiva
lent or who just want to
improve their reading or math
skills may sign up for the adult
school.
More information may be
obtained by calling instructor
Joy Krein at 676-9956.
It M M H
NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK COMM. CO J
SPECIAL FEEDER SALE
Tuesday, Nov. 20
Along with our Regular Sale we'll have
, a good Selection of Quality Feeder
Steers and Heifers.
; Already Consigned:
400 head Crossbred 400 to 500 lb. calves
Five 2-year old Hereford Bulls
When marketing your cattle remember
a short haul and a strong local market
benefits the producer.
i For Consignments and Early Deliveries
Phone:
Don Grauer 567-6655
Evenings 567-5561
Gary Miller 565-3275
Eddy Cole 296-4672
Evenings 567-5561
Gary Miller 565-3275
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