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GAZETTE-TIMES
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U.S.P.S. 240-420
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Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second-class
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Weddings
McCabe - Biddle
Engagements
Mortimore - Campbell
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Sir'
The Morrow County Fair and Rodeo are
often pooh-poohed as "small town" shows -but
that's just not so.
They may be small in size or attendance,
but they're definitely not small in energy or
warmth or enthusiasm. In fact in these
categories they out-distance by far many of
the so-called "big-time" events.
Those who promote and organize the fair,
rodeo and parade, supervise events or
exhibits, take care of the animals, judge the
contests, provide food for the hungry, enter
prize cows, cakes, jars of pickles, ride bulls,
clean up the mess when it's all over andi
indeed, come out to look, aclmire, smell, feel
and taste deserve more congratulations than
they often times get.
Another fair ana rodeo week chronicled in
the Gazette-Times - another job well done.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Mr. and Mr. John McCabe
John Edmund McCabe and Sonja Rae Biddle were united
in marriage in a 2:30 p.m. ceremony, August 8 at the United
Methodist Church in Heppner.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, Marion
Biddle, wore a white lace, floor length gown, trimmed with
satin ribbon along the skirt. The high-collared bodice was
trimmed with a deep V of lace. The long sleeves were
trimmed with pearl buttons. She wore a finger tip veil which
fell from a small headpiece of seed pearls.
Maid of honor was Ginny Estes, Heppner. Bridesmaids
were Susan Gray, Kennewtck, Wash, and Shelly Biddle,
sister of the bride, Heppner. They carried peach roses with
baby's breath surrounded by lace and ribbon.
Jennifer Doherty, neice of the groom, of Wilsonville was
flower girl. The attendants wore peach sundresses trimmed
in satin ribbon and lace.
Candle lighters were Dallas Harsin. Heppner and Jim
Doherty, Wilsonville, both brothers-in-law of the groom.
Best man was Leonard Hanna, Heppner and ushers were
Dallas Harsin and Jim Doherty.
Wedding music was provided by Carly Drake at the organ
and Ella Mae Green sang a solo (her own composition) and
accompanied herself of the piano.
A reception was held in the church basement. Pam
Doherty, Wilsonville, and Lisa Harsin, Heppner, both sisters
of the groom, served the five layer cake which was decorated
with peach colored roses, white hearts and topped with two
white doves.
Laurie McCabe, Dayton, sister of the groom, served punch
and Jean Ball, aunt of the bride served coffee. Janette Piper
attended the gift table and Laurie McCabe attended the guest
book.
After a wedding trip to the Oregon Coast, the couple resides
in Heppner.
Andrea Campbell and Roger Mortimore
Mr. and Mrs. Arlet Campbell invite you to share In the
ceremony uniting their daughter Andrea and Roger F.
Mortimore on Saturday, September 12, 2 p.m. at the United
Methodist Church in Heppner. A reception will follow the
ceremony.
OBITUARIES
Grace Leathers
Funeral services were held
for Grace M. Leathers on
Monday, August 31 at Sween
ey Mortuary Chapel in Hep
pner. Concluding services and
interment were at Lexington
Cemetery.
Mrs. Leathers, 76, died
Tuesday, August 25 at her
home in Lexington.
She was born Oct. 30, m,
at Vale, to Rex and Nellie
(Brown) Marquis.
On June 2. 1928, she and
Vernon "Gus" Leathers were
married in Portland. They
owned and operated the V&G
Tavern at Lexington for about
20 years. Her husband died in
1974, and Mrs. Leathers sold
the business in 1976.
She was a Women's Army
Corps veteran of World War
II.
Mrs. Leathers was a mem
ber of Gold Beach Chapter No.
161, Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her
mother, Nellie Blanchut. Pen
dleton; daughter Jane Rich
ards, Gold Beach; three
brothers, Claude Marquis, at
Ontario, and Robert and Jack
Murquis, of Vale; three grand
children and two great grand
children. Ritualist Services were by
Ruth Locust Chapter No. 32
Order of the Eastern STAR.
Paul Vorvick was guitarist
and Michelle Gellerson solo
ist. Casket bearers were Del
Piper. Morris McCarl, Noel
Harshmnn, Pat O'Brien. Pat
Cutsforth and Pete Schwnrzin.
Honorary Bearers were Sam
Johnston, Bill Padiwrg, Fritz
Cutsforth, Floyd Borman,
Earl Papineau and Maynard
Seefeldt.
Memorial contributions
may 1m? made to the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital fund, at
Heppner.
Columbia 'Basin needs rate increase
Inaccurate info Joanna B. Rauch
To the Editor:
Letters and articles regard
ing Columbia Basin's rate
problems have livened up the
pages of the local papers of
late and will probably con
tinue to do so as energy costs
keep ris'ng.
There can be no question
that Columbia Basin needs a
substantial rate increase and
mostly for the following rea
sons: 1. BPA wholesale rate to
Columbia Basin up over 50
percent on July 1.
2. Increased cost of labor
and supplies.
3. Decrease in consumption
by about 5 percent for the first
seven months of '81 as
compared to the first seven
months of '80. Overhead costs
do not go down as KW
consumption declines. The
KW that are sold need to be
higher to pay these fixed
costs. However, in the long
run conservation of electricity
will pay off by reducing the
need for expensive new therm
al plants. '
4. Ice storms over the past
several years had an aggre
gate cost of over 3-4 million
dollars. Burial of conductor is
not the answer we had hoped it
would be. The line needs to be
42 inches deep and the cost
through rock is prohibitive.
Also, corrosion problems on
underground are severe for
reasons not fully understood
by electrical engineers.
This rate increase is very
difficult for people on low and
axed incomes to absorb.
However, because the service
charge remained at $6 per
month, anyone using smaller
amounts of electricity will get
a lower percentage increase.
A residential consumer will
using 500 KW per month gets a
27 percent increase while the
large all electric home using
4000 KW will have an increase
of 51 percent. Columbia Bas
in's new rate is $6 per month
service charge and 3.25 cents
per KW while the present
PP&L rate has a $3 service
charge and a KW charge of Zlk
cents in summer and just
. under 4 cents in winter when
heating and lighting needs
increase.
Different rates to different
classes of consumers is a
major bone of contention,
particularly as they affect the
large irrigators. In the begin
ning Columbia Basin had only
rural residential customers
and of course they were all
charged the same rate. At that
time the goal was to sell as
much electricity as possible in
order to maximize income.
When irrigation came along,
rates were established that
were lower than residential
rates because large users
could be served for less cost
per KW. This concept applies
to industry whether they are
using electricity, gas or coal.
As deep well irrigation in
creased, about a fourth of
Columbia Basin's income
now comes from
this load. The large
irrigators are concentrated in
the north east portion of the
service area and their cost of
service is lower per KW than
the cost of serving the
residential load which has
many long distribution lines
serving only a few customers
in many areas. For the first
seven months of '81 the
revenue per KW from irriga
tion was 2.09 cents per KW and
from the residential class was
2.7 cents per KW or a
difference of about 25 percent
per KW. The question now in
many people's minds is
whether that difference is
justified.
Cost of service studies do
not agree and as Supreme
Court Justice William O.
Douglas stated in a rate case,
"Cost of service analysis is an
imperfect science." I was not
comfortable with the Miner
and Miner study paid for
by Columbia Basin because it
did not seem to recognize fully
the economy per KW of
serving a large load. I
particularly had trouble with
their study when they used the
Rugg substation to analyze
large irrigation line cost
allocations when there isn't
one deep well center pivot
system fed from that substa
tion. The largest motor is 100
horse power whereas there
are a number of pumps in the
500 horsepower class served
out of substations in the
northeast area.
When the rate compromise
was reached by the two
consultants, the large irrigat
ors increase was less than half
($93096 to be exact) of what it
would have been under the
original Columbia Basin rate
study ($243610). Under the
large irrigator's rate consul
tant's study their increase
would have been $39,860. If we
charge a particular industrial
consumer class more than it
costs to serve that class, some
of these people may go out of
business. Up shot: because
overhead costs are constant,
the rest of us could have even
higher bills to pay and there
would be other economic
consequences in the commun
ity. Some higher cost irrigated
acres have been taken out of
production already.
It would take the wisdom of
Solomon to weigh all the
facets of the rate question and
make a decision that was most
fair and beneficial to all
consumers of Columbia Basin
both now and in the future.
Van Rietmann
Condon, Oregon
To the Editor:
There has been a lot of
inaccurate information con
cerning the activities of the
Board of Directors of Colum
bia Basin Electric Co-op. It is
impossible in any letter form
to speak to each of the
inaccuracies being circulated.
The board of CBEC examin
ed rate structures proposed by
a firm of rate engineers hired
by them (Columbia Basin)
and an independent firm of
rate engineers. These respect
ed professionals were asked to
present a proposal.
At the last board meeting
this proposal was presented.
The rates recommended by
the engineering firms were
then adopted by the board.
The board should be compli
mented for using the best
technical help available, en
couraging consumer input,
holding informational meet
ings, and establishing a rate
based on facts.
The rates have now been
submitted to REA, bills have
already been sent, and the
increased income is badly
needed by the Co-op.
Biok P. Tucker
Joanna Bertha Rauch, who
had lived most of her life in
Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties, died at the Good Samari
tan Center on Aug. 23. She was
87. .
Mrs. Rauch was born in Wis
consin on July 18, 1894. She
was married in Pendleton in
1915 to Fred Rauch, and they
lived on a wheat farm near
Echo and later on a farm near
Lexington. She moved to
Hermiston five years ago. She
was a member of the Trinity
Lutheran Church.
She is survived by two sons,
Fred Rauch of Chattaroy,
Wash., and August Rauch of
Karla Alexander
IRRIGON - Karla Joan
Alexander, 30. died Monday at
Kadlec Hospital. Richland,
Wash. Mrs. Alexander was
injured in an auto accident
last week near Umatilla.
Born at Ellensburg. Wash.,
Dec. 22, 1950. she had lived at
Irrigon for the past six years
Before that, she lived at
Goldendale, Wash.
Mrs. Alexander worked as
store manager of the McNary
Shopeteria.
Scio, Ore; six daughters, Lilly
Mitchell and Ina Lark of Chat
taroy, Mabel Watson and Dor
is Pitzer of Hermiston, Paul
ine Matheny of Heppner, and
Elsie Middleton of Echo; 32
grandchildren; 47 great
grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held
Aug. 26 at the Trinity Luther
an Church, with burial at the
Echo Cemetery. Burns Mor
tuary was in care of arrange
ments. Memorial contributions
may be made to the Lutheran
Braille Workers of the Trinity
Lutheran Church memorial
fund.
Surviving are her parents,
Mr. and Mrs, Eldon J. Kerns,
Goldendale, Wash.; her moth
er. Norma J, Overton, Herm
iston; sons Tony and Tyson,
both of Irrigon; brother Zane
Kerns. Vancouver. Wash :
and sister Vickie Bloom,
Phoenix. Ariz.
Funeral will be 2 p.m.
Thursday at Burns Mortuary
Chapel, Hermiston. Buriel will
be at Desert Lawn Memorial
Cemetery in Irrion.
Grandparents' Day
Bouquet In A Frame.
Sunday, September 13.
They spoiled you rotten. Now it's
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Sunday, September 13, send Tele-
Doras Bouquet In A Frame. A
beautiful arrangement in
container with built-in
frame that holds any 3 x
inch photograph. It has
the look of real hand-
carved wood And it's
finished in natural oak
color.
Just visit or call your
Teleflorist and you can
send your Bouquet anywhere
in the U.S. But do it early.
And do some spoiling of
your own.
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Voltz - Keithley
Mr. and Mrs. Vorne Keithley, Heppner, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Llndn, to Brian Voltz,
Heppner, son of Mr, and MrR, Gerald HaberHtroh, Rollu,
North Dakota,
A November 21 wedding Is planned.
Cannon - Fulleton
Mr. and Mrs, Rolce Fulleton of Echo announce the
engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter,
Becky Fulleton, to Dave Cannon, Bon of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Cannon of Bell City. Louisiana.
A December wedding Is being planned. The date and place
have not yet been selected.
The prospective bride attended Heppner High School and
graduated her senior year from Pendleton High School. She
attended Blue Mountain Community College for two years
where she was with the rodeo team and then spent three
years at California State University in Fresno where she was
with the college rodeo. She Is a professional barrel racer and
does some substitute teaching in area schools.
The groom-elect is a graduate of Bell City High School and
attended the University of Tennessee and Louisiana Tech.
Mr. Cannon is a professional calf roper on the rodeo circuit.
Marriage Licenses
A marriage license was obtained at the Morrow Co. Clerk's
office from Jeffery Scott Dunn, LnGrande and Susan Kay
Nerduhl, Heppner,
4A visit to India9 to be
presented in lone
"A Visit to India" will be
presented by Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Martin on Frklay even
ing at 7 p.m. September 7, at
the lone United Church. The
slide show will be in four parts
on successive Friday nights
with the following schedule:
Sept. 7 - Part ,7 p.m.; Sept.
11 Part II. 7 p.m.; Sept. 18 -Part
in. ft: 15 p.m. following a
S : : ptrtluck dinner; and Sept.
25 Part IV. 7 p.m. The
presentation is open to all
people interested in taking an
arm chair trip to India.
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