"The lleppner Gazette-Times, Ileppner, Oregon. Thursday, January 10, 1980 THREE
Impact report issued for Willow Creek project
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This picture of the school van shows how lucky driver Marie
Keye was to escape with only minor injuries.
School van demolished
Copies of the Final Environ
mental Impact Statement as
sessing the effects of construc
tion of the Willow Creek Dam
in Heppner have been distri
buted by the U.S. Army
District Engineer's office in
Walla Walla.
The report is being filed
with the Environmental Pro
tection Agency, according to
Col. H.J. Thayer, district
engineer.
The project that could cost
$35 million is described in the
impact statement as including
the 161-foot high dam and a
A Morrow County School
District van was demolished
last week when it slid on ice
and rolled down a 10-foot
embankment. There were no
children aboard and the driv
er, Marie Keye, was not
seriously injured.
Keye suffered an injured
finger but it could have been
worse if she had not had her
seat belt on, Matt Doherty,
schod superintendant, said!
The accident occured 2l2
miles south of lone when Keye
was on her way to pick up
students with the 1970 Ford
Van.
"It is not worth fixing up,"
Doherty said. "Marie (Keye)
said she probably will be back
on the job soon."
to replace the van, Doherty
said the district is going to
have to use the activity bus in
Heppner and the students who
use the activity bus will just
have to "make due" until
something else can be arrang
ed. . .
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Wind to generate
power to farms
A small-scale wind power
generation project will be
conducted in Klickitat County.
Under the program, twelve
2-to-3 kilowatt windmills will
be installed by the Bonneville
Power Administration at
homes and farms in the county
during the next year.
The wind program is one of
four pilot projects BPA is
undertaking in the Pacific
Northwest to find ways to help
develop small-scale energy
technologies and conserva
tion. The other pilot projects
deal with solar water heating,
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Workman's comp
number now
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Central and eastern Oregon
residents can now talk with
local state safety compliance
officers without paying for
telephone calls. John Good
man, Bend District manager
of the Accident Prevention
Division, Workers' Compensa
tion Department, said the toll
free number for this new
service is 1-800-452-7813.
home weatherization, and irri
gation pump testing.
"This wind pilot project is
BPA's first step into the whole
field of small is beautiful
technology," said BPA admi
nistrator Sterling Munro. "If
these machines work as well
as we hope they will, this could
be one way people who want to
do so could reduce, their
dependence on utilities for
electric power, and at the
same time lighten the load on
the region's grid.
"The first two machines
have already been purchased
and delivered," Munro conti
nued. "Weather permitting,
installation wil begin within
the next few weeks, just as
soon as final arrangements
between the county, the home
owners, and BPA can be
completed."
BPA will purchase and
arrange for installation of the
12 windmills and retain owner
ship for five years, after which
the homeowners may buy the
machines for 10 percent of
their original cost. During the
5-year period, electricity from
the wind will be free to the
homeowners, Munro said.
, Cases handled by the Mor
row County Sheriff's office for
the week ending Jan. 7 are:
Donna Hanson of Irrigon
reported her portable Zenith
color TV stolen, which is
valued at $150.
Two juveniles, both from
Pendleton, were cited for
minors in possession of alco
holic beverages when they
were caught drinking at the
Irrigon Marina.
Truman Elmer Messenger,
365 W. Water St. in Lexington,
reported that 15 gallons of gas
had been stolen from his car.
Mike Debomb, Lincoln Sp.
No. 4-B in Boardrnan, repor
ted four guns stolen. The guns
are a Remington 700 .30-06, a
Ruger Blackhawk .357 pistol,
a Marlin lever action .22 rigle
and an antique Stevens .410
shotgun.
Alvin Leroy Thomason and
Calivn Lynn Thomason, both
of the Gerald Ray Ranch in
northern Morrow County,
were arrested for criminal
trespass. They, along with
. Ricky Lee Johnson. Wilson
Rd. Tr. Ct. Sp. C-3 in
Boardrnan, were caught ille
gally at the SunRiver Farms
property on the Homestead
Rd. in Boardrnan. Security
guard Gilbert R. Crow of
Hermiston reported the
crime.
Since 1944, when the first GI
Bill became law, Americans
have invested some $49 billion
to train 7.8 million World War
II veterans, 2.4 million Korean
Conflict veterans and 7.5
million Vietnam Era and Post
Korean veterans and active
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lake with a normal surface
area of 88 acres.
Its primary purpose would
be for flood control but
recreational opportunities are
foreseen, as well as enhance
ment of a fish and wildlife
habitat.
In a talk before the Hepp
ner Morrow County Chamber
of Commerce in November,
Thayer said land acquisition
would be started early this
year so work on the project
may commence in the sum
mer or autumn.
The dam site is near the
confluence of Willow Creek
and Balm Fork, just upstream
from Heppner.
i The colonel said $3.2 million
had been approved for the
project this year, the money to
be used mainly for property
acquisition.
The ultimate cost, as stated
by the district engineer when
he and his party were in
Heppner, was an approxima
tion subject to design changes
and monetary inflation, Orel
C. Dugger, public affairs
officer for the Walla Walla
district, said. He commented
the figure could be off by as
much as $5 million.
In addition to the beneficial
impacts of the dam's con
struction, which include the
flood control and recreational
aspects, the report discusses
the adverse effects, including
the elimination of portions of
free-flowing creeks and their
uses, removal of riverbank
vegetation and water-level
fluctuations in the reservoir
due to flood-control opera
tions. Copies of the document may
be obtained by writing to the
Walla Walla District. Corps of
Engineers, ATTN: NPWEN
PL, City-County Airport,
Walla Walla, WN 99362.
In a statement of findings'
accompanying the impact re
port, the alternatives to the
project are listed. These are:
1. Forego the project, leav
ing stream conditions and
flooding potentials as they
now exist.
2. Zoning to prevent future
flood-prone development, at
the same time accepting the
flooding problem to existing
buildings, roads and agricul
tural lands.
3. Relocation of the vulner
able portion of Heppner out of
the flood plain.
4. Construction of a flood
control channel through Hepp
ner at a capacity adequate to
provide reasonable protec
tion. 5. Provide a multipurpose
storage reservoir at the same
site as the authorized project;
or
- 6. Provide a multipurpose
storage reservoir at the same
site as the authorized project
in conjunction with down
stream channel improve
ments through Heppner.
The statement of findings
was prepared by Col. C.J.
Allaire. Thayer's predecessor
as district engineer.
In evaluating the objectives
and alternative possibilities,
he said,, the following points
were considered pertinent:
"Environmental considera
tions, social well-being (espe
cially flood-hazard safety),
engineering considerations
and economic considerations.
Other public-interest consi
derations included a study of
threatened and endangered
species, cultural resources,
protection of wetland and
flood-plain management.
Allarie commented: "Con
cerning the aspect of social
well-being, as particularly
related to flood control, it is
important to note the high
vulnerability of the flood plain
within the City of Heppner.
"The whole of the situation
with respect to the flood
hazard has been given full
attention in consideration of
alternatives and in selection of
the recommended project
plan."
He said the project is
feasible from an engineering
point of view but is not
economically justified. This
would relate to the cost of the
dam spread over its 100-year
life, the annual maintenance,
and other factors, as com
pared to the public savings in
flood insurance and benefits to ,
be derived from future growth
of the community.
"In light ofjthe public safety
factors involved, the project is
considered to be a necessity...
on balance, the total public
interest should be best served
by development and operation
of the Willow Creek Lake
Project as now recommen
ded."
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