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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 17, IWO - SEVEN M easure W ould Be Drastic and Cosily... Measure 4 would immediately force the complete shutdown o f the Trojan electric plant on December 6 ,1 9 9 0 . Please consider these facts about Trojan and Measure 4 when voting November 6. Trojan produces as much power as Bonneville Dam, up to 20% of Oregon's electricity needs In 14 years of serving Oregon, Trojan has provided an average of 5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year. Trojan is the largest electricity plant we have within our state. Our electricity surplus is gone, and power supplies are getting seriously tight Re.cent reports from the Bonneville Power Administration show serious power shortages developing in the Puget Sound area, with a good likelihood of blackouts in the near future. Oregon's power supply situation is getting similarly tight. A shutdown of Trojan could create serious power reliability problems. Measure 4's shutdown of Trojan would be expensive for consumers The respected Northwest Power Planning Council's study of the potential impacts of Measure 4 shows the likely costs to consumers would be about $1.5 billion dollars— with the costs going as high as $3 billion dollars. Measure 4's shutdown would be environmentally damaging Closing Trojan would force more coal, gas, and oil burning to produce power. Burning these fuels pours polluting carbon dioxide gases into the air, and adds to the global warming Greenhouse Effect. Moreover, closing Trojan would create more pressure to dam our remaining free-flowing rivers and streams, destroying fish populations and wildlife habitats. Join us in voting NO on 4. NO on 4 Committee Over 35,000 m em bers... and still grow ing. Louisa Bateman Environmentalist Klamath Falls Former Member, Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission Dr. Gary F. Gates, M.D. Dr. Ansel G. Johnson Dr. Alan H. Robinson Dr. Dwight A. Sangrey Director, Nuclear Medicine Department, St. Vincent Hospital & Medical Center Chair and Professor Geology Department Portland State University Head, Nuclear Engineering Department Oregon State University President Oregon Graduate Institute o f Science and Technology Dr. Anna S. Gail, M.D. Dr. Barbara M. Karmel Keith Parks Radiologist President The Reed Company Donald J. Cook Don Godard General Manager Pendleton Grain Growers Manager, Canby Utility Board Former Member, Northwest Power Planning Council Joh n R. (Jack) Donaldson Former Director Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Joh n D. Gray Irv Fletcher Farmer President Oregon AFL/CIO Stafford Hansell Director, Senior Volunteer Program Oregon City Dr. Cyrus W. Field Chairman, Department o f Geosciences Oregon State University Executive Secretary and Treasurer, Northwest Oregon Labor Council, AFVCIO Dr. Joh n W. Mitchell Economist Dr. Peter J. Paquet Professor Jam es E. Reinmuth Dean, College of Business Administration University o f Oregon Vem Rifer Director, John Inskeep Environmental Learning Center Sam VanVactor Past President Oregon Environmental Council Former Senior Economist, International Energy Agency Coral Angus Dr. Robert C. Loomis, M.D. H ector Macpherson Past President, Oregon Medical Association Farmer Albany Linda Kozlowski Roy Bowden President, Murphy. Symonds, and Stowell Executive Director, Association Northwest Steelheaders Gerald W. H errm ann Vickie L. Me Far lane Slop Chairman, Grayco Resources Ron Fortune Retired General Manager Eugene Water and Electric Board Wildlife Biologist Executive Director, Klamath Basin Senior Citizens' Coun cil Dr. Joh n Owen Dean School of Engineering Oregon Suite University Phil Schneider Member Oregon Fish ik Wildlife Commission, Former Member, Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council Dr. Stephen Stohberg, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor Neurology, Oregon Health Sciences University- Jean K. Young Dr. Mary Taylor Senior Advocate Former Mayor o f King City Associate Professor Biology/Environmental Sciences Portland State University (Partial list. Titles and affiliations for identification purposes only.) Hie shutdown of Ito ja n 's electricity Authorized by the No on 4 Committee 621 S W Alder, Suite 60S, Portland. Oregon 9720S
