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.
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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.
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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.
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Cattlemen’s Assoc elects officers
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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.
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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
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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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