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Kinzua co-generation plant will convert ‘slash* to energy K K i l l T I h r H rp p n r r f . a i r t t r U n ir» I lr p p n r i iir rg o n must be The condensor turbine for the co-generation plant Kiim i.1 Corporation in Heppner, Oregon Mill slart a program unique to Oregon ami maybe unique to an •■veil larger area Kin/ua is building a 10 mega »alt generator that Mill come on line t>> the end of this year It is unnpic I*-« auae the electrical turbines Mill lie powered by slash from the forest floor reports the Oregon Forest Industries Council Kin/ua Mill gather slash from Its company forest lands near Heppner chip the logging debris in the forest and then transport (he chips by truck to the energy facility on the Kin/ua plant site The chips Mill be burned in a hog foe I lanler creating steam that Mill he run through a turbine creal ingelectricity The toincgauults of electricity Mill lie sold directly to Cortland Cieneral Kleclrlc twenty four hours a day That’s enough electricity to power 3,0004,000 all electric homes continued the coun ell’s report Kinzua is able to utilize its slash tiecause of the topography of its lands Vnllkc the steep, rugged hillsides of western Oregon that have to be logged with cable ays terns, eastern Oregon provides more level lands that can he logged by rubber tired skidders and bulldoz ers. making slash collection pos S lb lc The Kinzua plant should lie watch cd as an important venture for Kastern Oregon It provides a source of untapped energy , reduces the amount of debris in the forest, o|>ens lands to deer and elk that the mechanical barriers of deep slash closed and may even provide a profit Slash burning appears to be rising into the air again as an issue for the forest industry Headlines recently told the story that the l - S Knviron mental Protection Agency is spend mg $350 issi to study regional haze in certain top priority wilderness air T k u r % 4 ii, August » i w i will also house the on a cement foundation for stability shells within Oregon. Idaho and Washington Wilderness areas are classified as Class I airsheds that are protected for visibility Congress just completed work on Oregon s w ilderness bill nearly doubling the amount of wilderness land in Oregon There are now over 2 million acres of wilderness in Oregon and the parcels of wilder ness are now distributed all over Oregon, thus putting more pressure on the forest industry's vital tool slash burning John K Core heading up the haze study in oltegon is with the Oregun Department of {environmental Qua I ity ( ore was quoted in the Oregon tan as saying. If we re going to try to clean up the problem, we need to know what it is and where it comes from Smoke from forest slash will most likely lie identified as part of the haze problem in wilderness areas The forest industry thinks it is important to answer one more ques lion and that's "why" the problem is there burning slash is certainly not done for the fun of it It is an essential bail needed to gel a new stand of trees growing on the land Without controlled burning growing trees would tie like planting a garden without rololilling the soil just planting seedlings amidst the grass es. weeds and debris left from last year's garden Seedling survival would he very low. it would be difficult to find a place to plant the vegetable seedlings and the weeds would probably force out a high percentage of seedlings that did manage to survive Alternatives to burning are often suggested For example, in a small grocery store in the coast range there was a home written petition calling for a ban on slash burning There were about 30 names on the list The petition slated that loggers should pile the debris left from logging and let firewood cullers remove it threat to neighboring landowner» Foresters usually opt for burning the slash under controlled conditions to reduce the hazard because burning meets their reforestation needs, but there are other options other fire prevention techniques will satisfy the legal requirement such as pre [wiring a protective firelme around the perimeter of the area, laying out h o s e s on the site and other fire prevention techniques But to the forester the other options aren't acceptable said the council report lie« ause the forester is in ehargt of growing trees and the slash is .in obstacle to a new plantation The forester needs Ic move the debris so that Ire«1 planters can find enough individual sites in which to plant trees The burn has to I m ' carefully done to also remove most of the layer of organic duff, which varies from a few inches to a lew feel deep Young trees must have mineral s o il to grow in not If the forest industry could take those jo people out on an actual site and let them liNik at our problem and explain why we burn the slash they would understand the problem and may well agree that slash burning is a necessary tool said the council's report First, slash is the debris left from logging operations It consists of broken and rotten winm I. tree limbs and tops Also included in the definition of slash is the layer of duff which is composed of years of accumulation of organic mater tals such as needles and decayed w « mk 1 Brush species growing on the site are part of the slash problem as well There are two mayor reasons for burning slash 1 1 to reduce the hazard from wildfire and 2 to prepare the site for reforestation Any time there is a large amount of combustible materials on the ground the landowner adjacent landowners and the Oregon Department of For ex try becomes concerned Oregon law requires the landowner to re duer the hazard because it is a duff Now why not let firewood cutters come in and remove the debris First of all. the council's report says firewood cutters simply won't re Attorney General warns Attorney (¿eneral Dave Frohn may er recently alerted Oregon bus messes to a statewide telephone promotion which sells pens and uses the name of a charitable organiza turn as one of the attractions to buy Frobnmayer said his Financial Fraud office has received reports that the pens are being sold over the telephone by an organization using the name American Advertising Association of Hollywood. Callfor ma The organization promises f Iff 1 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES 1 t “ N ik e ” at the Fair & Attend the M ine lasting by Iji Casa de l in H ep p n er E lk s Lodge T u e s d a y , A u g u s t 14 3 :3 0 to 5 :3 0 p .m . Sponsored by M orrow Co. R ep u b lican C e n tra l C o m m itte e, K e n T u rn er, C h a irm a n E ra n B la c k P u m p f ^ 1 I Beg 27" ^ Now ^28«^^ ^ ^25 Reg 38 " A ll C o lo r » 4 ^ N ow $1 9 .99. “T e m p t a t io n s ” ^ | S p ir it a See o u r new separate victims in the total amount of $4,202 38, 3 agree that his person al residence, vehicle, and personal property may be searched by his parole officer at any reasonable time 4'. abstain totally from con suming alcohol. 5i abide by the general terms of probation, and 6> pay $240 for court appointed attor ney fees, victim assistance fee. with all money to be paid to the Circuit Court Clerk in Heppner and he will be jointly and severally liable with the codefendants to the victims Kdward Roy McN'abb pleaded guilty to two counts of Burglary I He was sentenced to two years in the Oregon State Corrections Institution which time is suspended on the condition that he complete probation as set by the Umatilla County Circuit Court on a similar charge and that he make restitution to all victims and pay a victim witness fee of $40 freiuenoTicnj The Morrow County Planning Com mission will hold a public hearing on Monday. August 20. 1984. at 7 30 pm at the Irrigon City Hall A Public Hearing will be held on the following Revocation hearing on the Don Jorgensen Trucking Operation Con ditional Use Permit, Irrigon. Ore gon Interested persons are invited to the hearing to express their views Written, signed statements will be considered Reasons for approval or disapproval should be included in written or oral statements (iene Trumbull. Chairman Morrow County Planning Com mission Published August 9. 16, 1984 New 35 mm KODACOLOR VR Films SPECIALS I.aguna Hi-Wed#»* T h a la r g e s t m e m b e r o( th e d e e r f a m ily is th e m o o s e It s la rg e r th a n a n y d e e r th a t liv e d in th e p a s t to o The Morrow County District Attor ney a Office at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner reported handling the following business dur ing the past week Raymond Mills. Lexington, was sentenced to two years in the Oregon Corrections Division on a charge of Theft I The sentence was suspend ed and Mills was placed on two years probation with the conditions that he serve 30 days in jail, pay restitution of $ m > o 79 to the victim and undergo alcohol abuse treatment, pay a victim witness fee reimburse the state for lloo in court appointed attorneys fees Robert Knox. 23. lone plead guilty to three counts of Burglary I His sentence was suspended on the conditions that he complete five years probation with the following conditions 11 serve 30 days in jail with credit given for time already served. 2 1 make restitution to seven prizes and claims that a certain percentage of the sale proceeds will go to the Muscular Dystrophy Asso nation Muscular Dystrophy Association officials in both the Seattle regional office and the district offices in I’ortland and Kugene said they have not contracted with any business selling pens and have not authorized anyone to use the MDA name in selling the items concluded the Attorney (ieneral's office I “C h e r o k e e s ” Meet the ignited Slashburning is an essential tool for foresters It replaces the wild fires Mother Nature used to produce the same results The forest indus try is ciMiperating and working with government agencies to make the practice as acceptable as possible But it is a critical step prior to tree planting Just as spading or rotolill ing is a critical step prior to planting a vegetable garden D.A/s Report IN TRO D U CIN G BflCH TO SCHOOL Î move enough material They will remove a w ry small amount of the material that is accessible to a pickup They may go 50 feet from the road and hand carry wood to a pickup But when they are done cutting all the limbs, small pieces, fine organic material, duff and brush is still left along the road And ninety five percent of the unit, down over the hill, in the rugged Coast and Cascade Mountains is left untouched by firewood cutters There is also a bit of urgency about getting the slash moved Foresters generally harvest lu the spring and summer, burn the slash in the fall and plant in the winter Burning also occurs in the spring and a little in the summer because it can l all tie done in the fall So. if firrwood cutters are going to re move wood they have to move into the unit and get it done If It comes time to burn, the burning must be done whether there is usable fire w<md available or not The Forest Practices Act puts fairly tight time lines on replanting and the forester wants trees in the ground as soon as possible or valuable wood produc lion is lost laist. there v the smo|0 The forest industry must burn Oregon has established a smoke manage ment program It says burning can tie done only when the smoke will go high in the air and avoid high population areas That program has been very effective In 1983, accord ing to an Oregon Department of Forestry report, over 99 percent of Oregon's slash burns were conduct ed without an intrusion into the airsheds of population venters That small one percent that intruded into population centers occurred for the most part because winds changed direction or a change in the weather pattern occurred after the fire was Le a th e r L o a fe r N O W “C a lic o ” F a s h io n L in e o f O u a lit) ^ J ^ ." 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