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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 29, 1993 Color contest winners announced Winners of the Soroptimist Christmas coloring contest were announced recently. Cash prizes were awarded to: Pre-school- Kindergarten: first-Krystal Naims, second-Heather Yocom, third-Kaitlyn Lowe. First and second graders: first-Sheena Shank, second-Chelsea Bredemeier, third-Stefani Shank. Grades three and four first-Kendra Schmeltzer, second-Julie Proctor, third-Samuel VanLiew. OSU announce local honor students Betty Tanner, Heppner and Rochelle Neal. Boardman are among students who made the scholastic honor roll fall term at Oregon State University. A total of 293 students earned straight A (4.). Another 1.398 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the honor roll students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Tanner is a liberal arts freshm an and Neal is a sophomore in business. Shop our Year End Inventory CLEARANCE SALE Super Buys Shoe B O X 143 N. Main, Heppner 676-5241 PGE asks for 5.1 percent rate hike Mack Birkmaier, cow/calf pro ducer from Wallowa, has been elected the new head of Oregon Cattlemen’s Association dumig its 80th convention. Mack brings with him a wealth of experience in the cattle industry as well as an aggressive agenda for the organization,” said an Oregon Cattlemen’s Association release. MuMAjjDAiUjJ (i TOTALLY EXCELLENT’ AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE 50 % Those winning door prizes By Delpha Jones Wheatland Pomona Grange of were G ladys B iggerstaff, ficers and subordinate officers Clarence Buchanan, Martha were installed at the Lexington Baker and Eleanor Bailey. The Salvation Army was Grange hall by the installing team of Umatilla County. The work generously remembered with was under the direction of Jack many things left by “ goodwill Davis, installing master and was Santas” . As the farmer’s life touches “ most impressive” with the group in black pants and white most everyone, so does the shirts. grange both in the order with There were 52 people present many benefits and in the com enjoying a potluck dinner at 1:30 munity and businesses. The p.m. Grange membership is open to Following the installation a most everyone and people are group singing Christmas carols welcome to join. was enjoyed, along with a short Roll call of grange members reading. A silent auction of the was as follows: Greenfield, nine; centerpieces was enjoyed with a Willows, nine; Lexingtin 15; volunteer auctioneer, who auc White Eagle, four; Tillicum, tioned off the tie bid. three; Cold Springs, three; Stan field three. Unfortunately a piece of Morrow County history will fade away by July 1, 1994. Union Pacific will begin tearing up 45 miles of railroad track between Heppner and the Columbia River. Union Pacific By Earl Woods, Jr. informs us that it costs $231,389 per year to operate the line with two locomotives, and that the line is no longer profitable. This has prompted the decision to discontinue service. Union Pacific will vacate approximately 654.5 acres, of which 222.43 will likely revert to adjacent property owners. An additional 386 acres will probably not revert, and 45.8 acres is still under consideration. I’ll keep you posted. The Morrow County budget process begins January 3 with the first meeting of the budget committee. All departments have sub mitted proposed budgets. Lisanne Currin, Morrow County’s capable budget officer, is busy with Gail Gutierrez putting the composite budget together. I note that the proposed operating levy must be submitted to the election clerk (as well as any other measure) by January 20 in order to appear on the March ballot. Between now and January 20 I’ll be providing (hopefully) some insight to the process. The citizens of lone will be pleased to hear that the county road department has commenced survey work on the long-awaited Ione/Boardman market road. This is a good news-bad news scenario. Taggares Farms, P.G.E. and Boeing are against the construction of the road and as a result are putting restrictions on its construc tion in order to make it expensive to build. The county, as part of this deal, would have to accept Tower Road into its maintenance scheme and bear the cost of all new road construction, fencing and maintenance. The expense is so great that the road will not be con structed unless the Operating Engineer School out of Boardman pro vides the labor and equipment. In order for this to happen, the operating engineers must be convinced that they’re not depriving other road contractors of work. I can tell you that unless the operating engineers provide their service and support, the road won’t be built. It will also not be built unless the citizens of Morrow County sup port the project and are willing to pay for it. Let the County Court know what you think. Around the County Cattlemen’s Assoc elects officers UBWH1 MB ÜU11 ^ Wheatland Pomona installs officers monthly service fee from $5 to Portland General Electric Co. (PGE) has asked permission from $7. Overall, residential prices the Oregon Public Utility Com would increase an average of 7.8 mission (OPUC) to increase retail percent, with an average increase electric prices beginning January A of 3.2 percent for commercial 1, 1995. The increase would’ and industrial customers. The increased cost of power, average 5.1 percent over all customer classifications. This driven by higher prices for pur would be PGE’s first general chased power and fuel, is the price increase since 1991. single largest factor for the rate “ We have entered a new era at request. Other key elements of PGE, delivering on our promise the 1995 rate request include: in to aggressively cut costs and to creases in federal taxes; im pursue the least-cost options for provements to PGE’s distribution future power generation and ser system and investments to in vices,” says Ken Harrison, PGE crease the reliability of PGE’s chairman and chief executive of generating plants. According to the news release, ficer. “ The modest size of our rate request reflects our commit factors that helped hold down the amount of the requested increase ment and ability to deliver on include: decrease in nuclear those promises.” “ Prices for goods and services operating costs; increasing in Portland have risen more than revenues from a grow ing 40 percent since 1984,” said a customer base; increased perfor PGE news release. ‘Medical care mance by PGE generating plants; costs have nearly doubled in that property tax reductions under period. During the same 10 year Ballot Measure 5; and accelera period, the average monthly bill tion of return to customers of pro for PGE’s residential customers fits from a 1985 sale of a portion of the Boardman plant. has risen about 10 percent.” An important component of the If approved by the OPUC, bills for residential customers using an filing will be an OPUC confirma average of 1,000 kilowatt hours tion that the closure of Trojan was per month would increase by the least-cost option for PGE $4.19 going from $53.17 to customers. The OPUC will review PGE’s $57.36. The proposed price change reflects the fixed costs of 1995 rate request and schedule service including, for residential public hearings. The decision customers, an increase in the making process could take up to one year. o ff All Remaining Christmas Items “ We have a story to tell and we plan to put together a public rela tions program to help get it out to the public,” Mack said as he announced his formation of a new public relations committee. Joining Mack as new officers are president-elect Fred Otley of Diamond and treasurer Ken Knott of Cove. First term district vice presidents Bob DeBraga of Lakeview and Rod Childers of Enterprise join Dave Umbarger of Pendleton, John Lillicrop of Mitchell, George Sandberg of Roseburg, Larry Caublg'tff Eagle Point and J.C. Oliver of Seneca. The mission of the Oregon Cat tlemen’s Association is to pro mote environmentally and social ly sound industry practices, to promote a positive, contemporary image of the industry, to improve and strengthen the economics of the industry and to assure a strong political presence in all areas af fecting the industry, continued the release. Oregon CattleWomen elected Delores Scott of Junction City to lead their organization during this year. “ Delores brings to the group a rich heritage of work on the ranch combined with associa tion activities,” the release said. Boosters to meet W e Print Letterhead The Heppner High School Booster club will hold their mon thly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 5 at 7 p.m. in the home ec room at the high school. Agenda items include finaliz ing plans for the chili feed to be held Jan. 22. Anyone interested in helping is urged to attend. 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