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CBEC to raise electricity rates
Columbia Basin Electric has
announced a rate hike starting
with the November billing.
The residential rate will in
crease from 5.257 cents per
kilowatt hour to 6.27 cents per
kilowatt hour. The residential ser
vice charge will remain the same,
at $14 per month.
For example, costs for a fami
ly with an electric bill of $78.86
a month, not including the service
charge, would increase to $94.05
a month, for around 1500 kWh.
Small general service (small
businesses) rates will go up 16.97
percent from six cents to 7.25
cents per kWh. This service
charge will also remain the same
at $13 a month.
The service charge for general
demand service (large businesses,
the high school, hotel, some grain
elevators), will decrease from
$273 a month to $65 a month, but
the demand costs will increase
from $3.87 per kw over 30 kw
to $4.78 per kw. In the old rate,
the first 30 kw were included in
the service charge. Energy costs
in this category will increase from
2.425 cents per kWh to 3.0 cents
per kWh.
The primary service rate,
which includes only Kinzua
Corp. will increase 13.51 percent
from $4.86 per kw to $5.52 per
kw for demand and from 1.769
cents to 2.01 cents per kWh for
energy.
Irrigation pumping will
undergo a 9.37 percent increase.
The irrigation rates will not in
crease until January 1, 1994
because irrigation is on an annual
rate. Increases for irrigation pum
ping are as follows: first 15 HP
present $6.78 per HP, proposed
$7.18 per HP; next 35 HP $4.38
per HP, proposed 4.64 per HP;
next 150 HP 2.28, proposed
2.42; over 200 HP 1.98, propos
ed 2.11; all energy 2.39c kWh,
proposed 2.53C kWh.
CBEC manager Fred Toombs
said that a 14.7 percent increase
in wholesale power costs from the
Bonneville Power Administra
tion, effective this month, was the
final cause for the increase. The
CBEC board elected to raise rates
for all customers to increase
revenues by $693,716 for an
overall increase of 13.67 percent.
Toombs said that in 1991 the
board elected to absorb a three
percent increase in wholesale
rates, rather than raise rates at
that time.
He said that the changes in
revenues and rates have been
developed over the past several
months by a rate consultant’s
cost-of-service study, a rate com
mittee representing all classes of
customers and the board of direc
tors and staff of CBEC.
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Boardman man arrested Prescribed
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for rape of eight year-old tional Forest’s Rules Umatilla
Specialist,
Donald Henry Dickenson, 36,
Boardman, has been arrested for
the rape and kidnapping of an
eight year-old Boardman girl.
Morrow County District At
torney Earl R. Woods, Jr., says
that Dickenson has previously
been convicted of rape and
sodomy and had been released
from the Oregon State Peniten
tiary only eight months ago.
Arraignment has been schedul
ed for Oct. 7. A parole hearing
on Dickenson is also pending,
said Woods.
available for the Nov. 9 special
slated in Heppner election,
according to Morrow
County Clerk Barbara
election is Oct. 19.
Voters may request to become
a permanent absentee voter by
filling out a form in the county
elections office. Permanent
absentee voters automatically
receive an absentee ballot by mail
for each election they're eligible
to vote in.
Bloodsworth says that those not
sure if their voter’s registration
is current should call the cour
thouse 676-9061, or write to the
above address. “ It’s a good idea
to check on the status of your
registration,”
advises
Bloodsworth.
VOL. 112 NO. 40 8 Pages Wednesday, October 6, 1993 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
ballots available
Deer season ‘slow’ for hunters Disaster courses Absentee
Absentee ballots are now register to vote for the November
Photo by Joyce Hughes
The American Red Cross will
offer disaster courses in Heppner
Oct. 15 through 17 at the St.
Patrick Senior Center. The
classes will begin Friday at 6
p.m. and last until 9 p.m. and
continue on Saturday and Sun
day, ending at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
These are the first classes in a
series that will help establish a
disaster response team for Mor
row County.
Anyone who is interested is en
couraged to attend. Call Jane
Rawlins 676-9435 to pre-register
by October 11. For more infor
mation call the Benton-Franklin
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, 509 783-6195.
Despite a slow deer season Jason Patterson of Central Market
has kept busy. Their locker room is full with 71 deer hanging.
Krein said that the winter kill
This year's deer season is
“ pretty slow,” according to Bob is a large part of the slow season,
Krein of the Oregon Department with 50 percent of the fawns lost
this winter. He also said that the The Heppner Police Depart
of Fish and Wildlife.
Krein said that success is down deer were pretty well scattered ment is looking for people who
from past years and added “We’ll because of the good forage and would like to take an active part
probably hit 15 percent, if we’re then scattered more during ar in the volunteer reserve program.
chery season.
For more information or an ap
lucky.”
plication contact the police
department or city hall.
Bloodsworth.
Absentee ballots are available
for anyone who can’t go to the
polls, for whatever reason,
Bloodsworth said.
To request an absentee ballot,-
send your request in writing, in
cluding your signature, to Mor-
* rbw County Elections, P.O. Box
338 Heppner, OR 97836. Ballots
are also available by stopping at
the courthouse.
The completed ballot must be
returned to the courthouse by 8
p.m. on Nov. 9. The last day to
Blood drawing held in Heppner
City police seek
volunteer reserves
Site council established at HHS
The Heppner High School 21st
Century Site Council has been
established and is “ well on its
way to being an effective tool for
school improvement.” said Mark
Dowdy, council member. The
site council is part of a mandate
from the state by Oregon House
Bill 3565, the Oregon School
Reform Act. Every school in
Oregon must have a site council
by September, 1995.
Members of the HHS Site
Council include one ad
ministrator, Steve Dickenson;
one community member/parent.
Rollie Marshall; one board
member. Bill Doherty; one
classified staff person, Martha
Munkers; and five certified staff
members, Les Payne. Dave
Fowler, Mark Dowdy, Nancy
Swarat and Bob Sagely. Steve
Brownfield and Greg Grant were
selected as alternate members.
The classified and certified staff
members were elected by their
peers. The building administrator
is required by law to be on the
council. The board member was
selected by the school board and
the community member/parent
was selected by the council itself
in an organizational meeting.
Classified members will serve
one year terms, while certified
members will serve two year
terms with some terms staggered
to allow for elections each year,
as mandated bjMaw.
The council elected Bob Sage
ly as chairperson, Nancy Swarat
vice-chair and Mark Dowdy,
recorder.
The council will attend an all
day state in-service through an
Ed-Net telecast in Heppner Oct.
8. Council member Dave Fowler
attended a training session in
Salem. Sept. 23 and will oversee
the in-service that will educate
members further on their role and
goals for the future. The 21st
Century Site Council from lone
will also attend.
The council is planning to app
ly for state grant monies to help
in future developmental goals.
The council could receive up to
$4,500 this year in potential
developmental money. Bob Sage
ly and Steve Brownfield attend
ed a grant writing seminar in
Boardman Sept. 29 to help put the
group on the right track.
“ Since the site council concept
is new, members are feeling their
way and are working hard to
make it a positive tool at Hepp
ner High School,” continued
Dowdy.
The group plans to meet on the
fourth Wednesday of each month,
with the next regular meeting to
be held on Wed.. Oct. 27 at 6:30
p.m. in the HHS library. Site
Council meetings are open to the
public and the community is en
couraged to attend.
The Heppner Booster Club is
raffling off a Trailblazer package.
The package consists of two
tickets, gas and an overnight stay
for two when the Blazers play the
Dallas Mavericks on April 12.
To play the game board the
player draws a number from one
to 500. The number indicates
how much one pays to play, one
being one cent and 500 being $5.
The game board will be at the
First Interstate Bank on Thursday
and Friday, Oct. 7 and 8; at
MCGG Saturday through
Wednesday, Oct. 9-13; and at the
Shoe Box Oct. 14-16; and during
Reno Nite Oct. 16. Drawing will
be held during Reno Nite.
All proceeds from the Blazer
package raffle and Reno Nite will
go towards the new baseball field
at the Heppner High School.
HHS booster club to raffle
Blazer package at Reno Nite
Janet Greenup prepares to donate blood during the Red
Cross blood drive in Heppner last Thursday, Sept. 30.
Assisting her is Janet Tillitt, Hermiston, Red Cross medical
assistant.
Roger Short to speak at meeting
The Heppner Merchants
Association will meet this Friday,
Oct 8 at 12 noon at Kates Pizza.
This month’s program will
feature Roger Short, a business
planning officer with First In
terstate Bank.
Short will discuss the impor
tance of planning in business, in
cluding estate planning and plan
ning for the sale of assets. In his
position with First Interstate,
Short helps business owners plan
for the future along with coor
dination with CPAs and
attorneys.
All business owners in the area
are invited to attend the no-host
luncheon. A brief discussion will
also be held on the upcoming
Moonlight sale.
Any questions about the
meeting please contact David
Sykes at the Heppner
Gazette-Times.
The Heppner Coordinating
Council will meet at the Greater
Eastern Oregon Development
Council office on Tuesday, Oct.
12 at 7:30 a m.
The agenda includes updates on
the swimming pool feasibility
study, the Port of Morrow/Kin-
zua Corporation Industrial park
and the state of Oregon Regional
Economic
Development
Strategies (REDS) program. The
public is welcome to attend.
Les Holsapple, the forest’s fall
prescribed burning program will
begin soon. “ Prescribed burns
are used to achieve several goals.
Logged units are burned to
reduce potential fire hazard and
to prepare the area for reforesta
tion,” stated Holsapple. He ex
plained that reforestation will be
accomplished by hand planting of
tree seedlings or by natural
seeding from seed trees selected
and left standing in the unit.
Removal of slash will also
stimulate plant growth for
wildlife forage and reduce fuel
accumulations.
“ In addition,” Holsapple
noted, “ some unharvested areas
are prescribed for burning for the
purpose of reintroducing fire in
to fire-dependent ecosystems.
Resource objectives include
species diversification and reduc
ing potential impacts of wildfire,
disease and insect infestation.”
The Heppner Ranger District
plans to burn almost 300 acres in
the Dry Swale Ditch and Coal
timber sale areas. A 2,000 acre
prescribed burn is planned in the
Big Rock Flat area to improve
forest ecosystem conditions.
Burning is scheduled to be
completed before the end of
November. All prescribed burn
ing will comply with federal,
state and local air quality and
smoke dispersal guidelines to
reduce the impacts of smoke on
forest visitors and local residents.
The Pomeroy Ranger District
will bum 400 acres of clearcut
and selective cut units in the God-
man. Hogback Ridge. Deadhead
Springs, Stevens Ridge,
Huckleberry Butte and Meadow
Creek areas.
The Walla Walla Ranger
District is scheduled to bum ap
proximately 600 acres in harvest
units in the vicinities of Fox
Prairie, Tollgate. Lookout Moun
tain, and near Blue wood Ski
Area. Prescribed burning will
also occur on 110 of unharvested
areas near Spring Mountain and
Thomas Creek.
Prescribed burning on the
North Fork John Day Ranger
District includes 3400 acres at
Albee Meadows and 1500 acres
at Bone Point. The Gopher bum
in the vicinity of Gopher Springs
will be approximately 500 acres.
Site preparation bums will be
done at the Thompson, Morsay,
Lane and Lane Bear timber sale
areas.
For more information concer
ning the Umatilla National Forest
Prescribed Burning program,
contact Les Holsapple in
Pendleton (503) 276-3811. For
information about specific Ranger
Districts contact Tom Jones,
Heppner Ranger District,
676-9187.
Pinochle party
Coordinating Council group to meet to benefit pool
People for the Pool will hold a
pinochle card game Oct. 9 at 7
p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge.
The charge is $15 to play.
One half of the pot will go for
cash prizes, the other half will go
towards the swimming pool pro
ject in Heppner.