The Hoppiier (lazctte-Times, Heppner.
Oregon, Thursday. December 13. 1979-THREK
Second coal-fired generating plant near Boardman eyed by P.G.E.
The Carty site near Board
man may have a second coal
fired plant, according to
Portland General Electric
President Bob Short.
Pave Fagon. PGE public
information specialist, said in
an effort to meet the continu
ing demand for power, the
PGE board of directors is
going to meet soon to decide if
another coal-fired plant is
needed.
If it is. Short said, the best
location for it in the Pacific
Northwest is next to the
present Boardman plant at the
Carlv site.
As to the size
plant, that has
determined.
"There really
some discussion
Eagon said. "I
of another
yet to be
has been
on that."
would not
anticipate a decision for six
months at least."
PGE has a shortage of
power because of high power
demand, low hydroelectric
water levels and the shutdown
of the Trojan nuclear plant.
The shortage is expected to
,r relieved when the
plant opens in the Board man
area in August but the power
thai the coal-fired plant puts
out will not meet the demand
lor power bv l!Wf.
Another coal-fired plant will
prohablv be needed because of
the problems associated with
building nuclear plants. Short
said coal-based electricity is
more expensive than nuclear
energy.
The coal-fired plant now
being built at Carty is sche
duled to be completed in June
with the cost being about $500
Eastern Oregon may hold its own
in redistricting, Jernstedt says
v
Eastern Oregon, for the first
time in a century, could hold
its own in legislative redis
tricting in 1981.
The rosy outlook for eastern
Oregon, says Assistant Senate
Minority Ledder Ken Jern
stedt. Hood River, is the result
of population gains in central
Oregon and population shifts
in the Portland metropolitan
area.
Jernstedt 's District 28 in
cludes Morrow County.
Jernstedt says that Ore
gon's reapportionment expert,
State Treasurer Clay Myers,
projects that the City of
Portland will lose three legis
lative seats and that eastern
Oregon will see little change.
Myers has been involved in
reapportionment studies for
more than 30 years. Jernstedt
said. and. as Secretary of
State in 1971. Myers drew the
present district lines.
Because of more rapid
population growth in western
Oregon, the last redistrict
plan cost eastern Oregon one
Senate seat and two House
seats. All of them went to the
metropolitan area.
, It has been the same in each
reapportionment for more
than 100 years with rural
areas losing and urban areas
gaining, Jernstedt said.
The Supreme Court's one
man, one vote edict helped
shift representation away
from rural areas.
In addition to the loss of
eastern Oregon seats eight
years ago. several other seats,
including Jernstedt's district,
were stretched west of the
Cascades into counties such as
Clackamas. Marion and Linn.
One of the Senate districts.
Jernstedt's Number 28. is
little more than one-fourth the
size of the entire state(26
percent ).
The only way eastern Ore
gon could be shortchanged.
Jernstedt said, is if the
"liberal element" dominates
the legislature as in recent
sessiois. and devises a
scheme to dilute as much as
possible the legislative voice
of rural Oregonians.
The only way this could be
done. Jernstedt said, is to
create districts that look like
fingers, stretching from west
to east.
Editor's Notebook
Owners of the Kinzua Mill
met last night with union
leaders at the mill to discuss
the possibility of closing down
the plywood plant at the mill
for an indefinite period of
time.
"There is every possibility
that could happen and we will
have to work out a tentative
schedule because market con
ditions are just rotten," said
Harry Kennison. general man
ager at the mill.
That part of the mill is
operating now but the union
members must be notified in
advance if part of the mill is
going to be closed.
If the mill, or any part of it,
is closed down for any period
of time it will definitely hurt
the other businesses in Hepp
ner. But the townspeople must
Justice
Court
Violations from the office of
Charlotte Gray. Morrow
County justice of the peace,
for the week ending Dec. 10
are:
Ralph Tony Marlatt. Rt. 1
Box 3047 in Heppner no
vehicle license $fi fine.
Bonnie Diane Palmateer.
P.O. Box 227 in Heppner
careless driving $22 fine.
Keilh R. Papineau. Box 541
in Lexington inadequate log
binders-$12 fine.
Mark Whitman Wright, Wa
ter SI. in Lexington speeding
$14 fine.
John Harold Belknap, P.O.
Box 1107 in Heppner driving
while license suspended dis
missed. Frederic Glenn Roy. 540 S.
Main in Heppner defective
vehicle equipment $19 fine.
John Gregory Piening. Box
312 in lone defective equip-ment-$(
fine.
Philip Eugene Thompson.
Rt. 1 Box 73-A in Boardman
speeding-$19 fine."
realize Kinzua is a private
corporation that is in business
to make money just as other
firms are. When the market is
so bad Kinzua cannot make a
profit, it has to change or else
"go under."
It is much better for
Heppner if Kinzua closes part
of the mill temporarily than to
have the mill operate in . the
red for awhile and then have
to decide to close down for
good.
With the people of Heppner
working together as they have
so many times in the past, the
town can overcome this minor
crisis if it indeed comes
and continue to prosper finan
cially in the future.
Kennison said he will get in
touch with the Gazette-Times
if anything certain will occur
because of last night's meeting.
But Jernstedt said there is
little danger this will happen.
"If the legislature did adopt
such a far-fetched contriv
ance. Gov. Atiyeh would veto
the plan." Jernstedt said.
While eastern Oregon is
expected to experience little
change in the redistricting
program, the City of Portland
will lose with gains going to
Washington. Clackamas and
east Multnomah counties.
Bellamy tells
rural area
problems
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"Some people (on the west
side of the state) do not like
agriculture taking water from
the Columbia (River) because
it takes water from the dams
so they do not have as much
power. They forget that they
may save some money on
their electrical bills but they
won't be able to, eat.
"When the demand for
power increases, we will hear
from the environmentalist
even less." Bellamy said.
"When the price gets high
enough, we will have an
abundance of power."
Bellamy warned the live
stock growers that they are
going to be challenged on the
use of the agriculture chemi
cals 2-4-D and 2-4-5-T.
"Make sure you know who
you are electing to office and
where they stand on the use of
chemicals." he said. "Make
sure they keep an open mind
on pesticides.
"There are two groups of
people on this issue. One group
has a legitimate concern
about what the chemicals
might be doing to some
people. The other group is
concerned only that the che
mical has destroyed some
marijuana plants on federal
land.
"It is good to be challenged.
It might be on the ballot and if
it is, it will be up to the
forestry and agriculture peo
ple to educate the public but
just getting it on the ballot
makes me nervous but I still
think we can beat it."
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The Heppner Elks Club
Lunches served Tues.-Fri 11:30-2:00
Dinners Friday And Saturday
Jean's "Prime Rib" 6:00 to 9:00
million 1' w til pit1 out more
than rnn meirnwnlls of power
When Carlv was approved
;i site lor the coal tired
plant bv the state. Hie Knercv
Kacili'v Sit inn Council ap
proved thai two more could he
limit next to it. The three
plants can be huilt to pu-l out
up to 2 ."iiK megawatts. The
two other plants can be built
next to the one under construc
tion now so they can share
some of the coal-handling
facilities.
A second plant at the Carty
site would cost about $750
million because of inflation
and added anti-pollution
equipment.
In addition to building
another coal-fired plant. PGE
may move its Harborton
natural gas or oil generating
plant to the Carty area. The
six year-old plant in the Port
land area has been criticized
for its noise and air pollution.
PGE has committed itself to
moving the plant by March of
1981 but the Boardman site is
only one of the areas it has in
mind.
The plant, if moved, would
only be used during energy
shortages because its cost is
five to seven cents per
killowatt hour of pwer while
PGE customers are used to
paying three cents per killo
watt hour.
PGE is doing what it can to
ki'op alive the proposed nil
Hoar plant ,t pebble Spriniis.
1" miles west of the Carlv
Heppner picks
option for
reservoir
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system designed in a bond
issue can be voted on in
March
In olher council action at
the special meetinu. Dick
Hiuelow and I.arrv Bowman
were named to the city
planninu commission. John
Shaw is replacing Terry
I Inner, who resigned, as the
chairman and Bowman is the
new secretary.
The council also declared an
emeruency so it will not have
to send out for bids on a new
police car An August bid bv
Fullelon Chevrolet has not
been fulfilled by that company
and a new car is needed
Two 1(170 models can be
purchased from area dealers
for about $!i.5Mhul the council
onlv wants to spend $4. Kim.
The citv can take upto $4.mn
out of an emergency contin
gency fund The city is looking
into buving a stale car but the
stale does not take trade ins
Marshall I,ovgren. city admi
nistrator, and Dean Oilman,
chief of police, will keep
looking for another car
coal hrrd plant PGE and
Pacific Power and Light have
invested Won million in that
nuclear lacuny.
A legislative
now in effect
moratorium
states that
i o !.. fitn IC
approval oi any nucn-ai --
at a standstill until Nov. 15.
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