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BESSIE WET2ELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 VOL. 100, NO. Columbia Basin, 11 others file contract suit Twelve rural electric coop erative, including Columbia Basin Electric Co-op, who are participants In WPPSS (Washington Public Power Supply System's) nuclear plants four and five, have filed suit in Lewis County, Wash ington, asking the court to interpret the meaning of the cooperatives contract with WPPSS. stated a news release from Columbia Basin, The 12 cooperatives, which have more than a 10 percent participants interest in the two terminated projects, con tend that they are not liable to WPPSS for amounts to be paid to bond holders for principal and interest. Columbia Basin holds a .00391 percent share in the plants. The co-ops also claim that while they may ultimately be liable for certain costs of Coronation to kick off season for royal court Morrow County Fair It Rodeo Queen Anita Palmer and her court, princesses Annette Wilgers and Nancy Paine will be crowned in a ceremony in downtown Hep pner Friday, in conjunction with the Heppner merchant's Moonlight Sale, Coronation activities will begin at S p.m. The coronation will kickoff a spring and summer of pa rades, dances, rodeos and personal appearances for the girls. The hectic schedule will be no challenge for Queen Anita. A past pennant bearer and princess on the 1981 court. Anita has been Involved with horses all of her life. She competes in Wranglers, a 4 H horse project and is a junior leader in 4 H. She is an 18 year-old senior at lone High School. She is a National Honor Socjety member, was named to Who's Who, an honor for selected seniors through out the United States and has lettered in volleyball and basketball the past four years. She is the daughter of Lee and Mary Ann Palmer. Princess Annette Wilgers is a 16 year-old junior at Heppner High School. The daughter of John and VI Wilgers. she is active In the Girls Athletic Boosters Club, chorus and dance team, She Hospital and union employee contract agreement finally reached By CATHY PECK Pioneer Memorial Hospital and AFSCME Local 2479 (the union representing some of the hospital employees) have reached a basic contract agreement, it was announced lone man charged with rape Lunn Robert Colvard, 34, of lone was charged by District Attorney Ann Spicer on a District Attorney's Informa tion for alleged Third Degree Rape and Second Degree Sexual Abuse in Morrow County Circuit Court last Wednesday. April 21. reported Spicer. In other Morrow County Circuit Court news. Spicer reported: Gary William Degerness. 25 of lone, pleaded guiliy April 21 to Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. He will be The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 17 THURSDAY, APRIL . IMS termination. WPPSS has greatly overestimated the amounts of estimated costs and that WPPSS has misin terpreted the meaning of the agreement to the participants, asserting that payments will become due starting in Janu ary 1983, The II other utilities involv ed in the suit include Blachl.v-I.ane County Electric Cooperative Association: Central Electric Cooperative. Inc.: Columbia Rural Electric Association. Inc.: Consumers Power. Inc.: Coos-Curry elec tric Cooperative. Inc.; Doug las Electric Cooperative. Inc.: Kootenai Electric Coopera tive. Inc.: Lane Electric Cooperative. Inc.; Midstate Electric Cooperative. Inc.: t'mntitla Electric Cooperative Association: and Wasco Elec tric Cooperative. Inc. rl"v' 1 Queen Anita Palmer has been riding for 10 years and has participated in 4 H for the past six years. Annette enjoys training young colts. The youngest member of the court is 15 year -old Nancy Paine. An avid horse fan, she last Friday. April 24 by A.K. Felt, hospital administrator. Felt said the contract is in the process of being drafted and will have to be passed by the hospital employees and ratified by the hospital board of directors. sentenced in about six weeks. Spicer said. Inland Shippentower, 27. of Pendleton, was arraigned on April 22 for alleged Felony Driving While Revoked. Mike Sweeney was appointed at torney for him, and the case was continued pending entry of a plea. Spicer said. On April 22. Joseph l'onard fiaustad. 22. of lone, went before the court on a charge of alleged Fourth Degree Assault. Gaustad pleaded, guilty and was sen tenced to a one year jail The 12 utilities have asked the court to declare that termination costs are not due until WPPSS renders a final accounting statement after all assets have been disposed of. Fred Toombs, manager of Columbia Basin Electric Co op and Russell Dorran, mana ger of Umatilla Electric Cooperative, emphasized that the 12 utilities were not. in the present action, raising ques tions concerning the perfor mance of WPPSS or whether WPPSS had breached its contract by poor management and failure to control costs. Toombs and Dorran stated that instead the 12 utilities believed strongly that they have no responsibility to pay sums for debt service because the projects have not been completed. They staled that contrary to WPPSS public busy 0 started competing at age seven in the Northwest Girls Rodeo Association. A sopho more at Heppner High School, she was on JV rally this year and was chosen for the varsity roily next year. Her parents are Richard and Judy Paine. One oi ine considerations hi the final agreement. Felt said, was the dismissal of an unfair labor practice complaint, filed against him on March 17 by union representative Judy Siebel. Siebel was unavailable for comment. sentence in me Umatilla County Jail - suspended; was placed on bench probation (not assigned a probation officer but subject to standard conditions of probation): must make $800 restitution to vic 'tim. and $700 to Morrow County for court appointed attorney's fee. Kathleen Lenea Canfield. 36 of Boardman. pleaded guilty to First Degree Theft on April 22. She was placed on two years probation and must reimburse U.S. Bancorp $790. It PAGES 2S CENTS statements, the participanta did not assume the "dry hole risk." or the risk that the projects would be terminated before completion. This is clear, they said, from the wording of the agreements between the supply system and the participants. It is WPPSS' position that the participants will have to commence paying debt ser vice on the huge bond indebt edness for projects four and five, which amounts to $2.25 billion, one year after termin ation or in January 1983. Toombs and Dorran stated that the 12 utilities hope to have a determination on their (the cooperatives') rights be fore January 1983. when, according to WPPSS. the payments would have to start. They indicated that Lewis County. Washington was se P.M.H. to hold mock evacuation Pioneer Memorial Hospital, in Heppner will hold a mock evacuation on Tuesday after noon. May 4. The mock evacuation Is part of a required disaster plan, said a hospital spokesperson. Ambulances will be trans ferring mock patients (mem bers of the county Search and Rescue Posse) to St. Patrick's Parish Hall, said the spokes person. The parish hall will Moonlight Sale to offer something for everyone to Linda Sheridan display Moonlight Sale items at Cole's House of Fashion Heppner merchants will re-open their doors on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and offer a large variety of sale items during an annual spring Moonlight Sale. In conjunction with the sale, the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court will be crowned in a coronation ceremony beginning at 5 p.m. on Main St. Live music will follow the coronation, said a spokes- Heppner cowboy places fourth in all-around rookie standings Jerry Gentry of Heppner has placed fourth in all-around rookie standings it was an nounced recently by the Pro fessional Rodeo Cowboys As HEPPNER. OREGON lected as the forum for the action because WPPSS' only non-nuclear plant, the Pack wood Hydroelectric Project, is located there. They also said that since the action names all of the 88 participants and several financial institutions as representatives of the bond holders, it was deemed easier to obtain a complete adjudica tion, in the state of Washington where Plants four and five are Waled. Two of the partici pants, the city of Centralia and Iwis County PUD, are located in Lewis County. Toombs and Dorran expres sed the hope that since all of the participants and represen tatives of the bond holders were named in the same suit, a complete adjudication of the rights and obligations of the participants and other interes ted parties could be obtained In one action. . serve as a temporary shelter "lor hospital patients and ' nursing home residents In an emergency, said the spokes person. The Heppner Fire Depart ment, the City Police Depart ment, the Morrow Co. Search and Rescue Posse and all hospital personnel will be involved in the mock evacua tion, the spokesperson con cluded. person. Also in conjunction with the merchants' sale will be a cooked food sale in front of the Post Office building, a car wash at Cal's Arco station, a bake sale in front of Sears and the Heppner Lions Club will present the movie "Abbott and Costello Meet Captin Kid" in the old Post Office building. The movie will begin at 7 p.m. sociation, headquartered in Colorado Springs. Colo. Gentry has won $2,030. $1 .300 of which was won in calf roping. May 4 Weather f fiKh U Preeti , fues.. April 13 57 35 ,14 Wed.. April 14 4fi 31 .14 Thurg.. April 15 50 27 .04 Fri.. April 16 58 32 trace Sat.. April 17 56 30 Tuckers receive Conservation Man of the Year Award ' ' ' '1 a I . , 4--?; v-w ''' - Brok and Janet Tucker Story and photo By CATHY PECK Brok and Janet Tucker are the recipients of the Conser vation Man of the Year Award for "19R2; 4t was- announced Wednesday by the Morrow County Wheat Growers League President. Chuck Nel son.. The Tuckers are the owners of the Wagon Trail Farm on Highway 207. They have been farming since 1971. and have lived on the farm since 1973. They have three children: Kevin. 10: Nina seven, and Bryce four. With 5.S70 acres under cultivation, the Tuckers have 3.133 acres in wheat this year. The total wheat crop is under supplemental irrigation, which is an efficient use of limited water. Four fields are County Court honors Crime Victims' Week last Wednesday n-.uaaw axt.t tftCDIlf I n thu victim m net hav Cliff Arswl . W Bv MARY ANN CERt'LLO To honor the week of April 18-24 as Crime Victims' Rights Week, Morrow County Court made a presentation to the public last Wednesday, April 21. According to Ann Spicer, Morrow County district attor ney, there were 271 victims of violent crimes within the county during 1981. Violent crimes technically include murder, rape, robbery, burg lary, aggrevated assault, theft and motor vehicle theft. There were over 100 more violent crimes in 1981 than in 1980. said Spicer. stating that she was a little bit shocked by the increase. According to Spicer, the state of Oregon has had a growing awareness of the needs of victims of crime since 1974. In 1977 the Oregon Legislature passed the Crime Victims' Compensation Act. With the new law, the state recognized that victims' who have suffered personal injury are entitled to compensation, by forming a program called Crime Victims' Compensa tion. To qualify, Spicer stated. Pre-school day scheduled at lone May 13 a ... j t " i r: I j i h, l a prc-sciiuui uay ior tone area children who will attend kindergarten next year has been scheduled for May 13. The lone school asks that anyone with children that will under center pivots with a four year rotation: two years of wheat rotate into peas, then into beans, said Bob Costa. Morrow County Extension . agent.,.; i-x J ,4;r--v ..Whcel lines are also used an .. the farm with 615 acres of wheat and 50 acres of Austrian winter peas under wheel line irrigation. There are also 416 acres of wheat under irriga tion by moveable solid sets. Costa said. Several specific manage ment considerations were re lated to the Conservation Award selection this year. Costa said. Tucker cover crops Austrian winter peas between his pea and bean rotation. The cover crop is worked down in the spring to improve soil tilth, the exten sion agent stated. Power and water use are the victim must have suffered an injury which has caused financial loss in excess of $250. Dependents of deceased vic tims are also entitled to benefits, she said. Last year. $519,000 was paid out to victims by the state, said Spicer. For additional information and to receive a compensation application form, Spicer re-4 commended that anyone who believes they may be a victim of crime, to write the Depart ment of Justice, Crime Vic tims' Compensation, 100 State Office Building. Salem, OR 97310. In closing the presentation, Spicer and Robert Mclnley, Irrignn chief of police, cau tioned the court that the number of thefts and burglar ies are increasing and inci dences are not expected to drop. In other business. Deputy District Attorney Harold Mc Lean came before the court to inform the commissioners that he had been subpeonaed by Douglas County to appear on a case which concerned him while he was deputy district attorney there. ' McLean requested that the court allow him to go without ue live years oiu oy iovemoer 15 call the school at 422-7555, or write the school and enclose a list of any lone area children that will be five years by the November deadline, said a school spokesperson. Th High Uw Sun.. April 18 " " 25 Mon.. April 19 59 26 Tues.. April 20 34 Wed . April 21 34 Thurs., April 22 43 Fri.. April 23 70 37 Sat.. April 24 59 30 Sun.. April 25 35 Mon., April 26 ' 67 37 monitored carefully, and limi ted water resources are used efficiently. Deficit, or sup plemental irrigation of wheat is used. This is the practice of putting a small amount of water on many acres instead of irrigating a smaller number of acres for a maximum yield. Costa continued. He said conservation tillage is also practiced on the Tucker chemical fallows with Round Up in the spring, which allows later spring tillage and fewer tillage trips for weed control in fallow ground. A good job of stubble management was also evidenced by adequate sur face residue left on the ground for wind erosion control. The Wagon Trail Farm is also under a program of computer farm management. Enterprise Accounting is in practice with records kept on each field and each piece of equipment. Expected value analysis is used as a decision ' making ; tool to help determine" the most profitable crop rotation, or crop to plant. Costa said. According to Costa, two other considerations were used in selection: areas begin ning to blow (wind erosion) are kept under control, and Tucker never uses a mold board plow. The 1982 Conservation Winner's Twilight Tour will be conducted Tuesday. June 22. A variety trial tour will be led by Dr. Rohde of Pendleton, and a conservation tour, led by Tucker will conclude with a barbecue at the Tucker home. using his vacation time. The court granted his request with the condition that any witness fee paid to him by Douglas County be turned over to Morrow County. McLean would be allowed to use the expense fee to cover his mileage and lodging. McLean's request began a discussion by the court over a proposed change in the court's personnel policy. The change would concern the policy for county employees who are called out of the county as trial witnesses. No action was taken. Morrow County Court con tinued with the following business: - discussed a change in telephone lines for Irrigon's 911 emergency number with Glen Kennedy of Pacific Northwest Bell. No action was taken. approved the closure of a 350 yard section of Strawberry Road, off the Bombing Range. -heard other weekly Road Report from Don Briggs, director of the Public Works Dept. observed the road depart ment's Pugmill in operation on Clark's Canyon. school will send parents de tails on the pre-school day, and wants to include all parents of next year's kinder garten students, the spokes person added. i
