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Columbia Basin to begin installing new metering system During the next few' months, Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc. customers may notice some thing different about their electric meter. CBEC has begun installing a Hunt Technologies TS2 advanced metering infrastructure sys tem (AMI). The new AMI sys tem is a power line carrier based system that will send in a daily reading o f kilo watt hours, outage or loss of Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library Lniversity of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 HEPPNER ¡ette imes VOL. 126 NO. 42 8 Pages Wednesday, October 17, 2007 power notification, restora tion of power notification, momentary blinks, voltage information at +/- 1% and also will make CBEC aware of possible future equipment failures that can be dealt with on a proactive basis. All of the above information will be sent via the power lines to the CBEC office and incorporated into the util ity’s computerized operating systems using customized software. The most obvious advantage o f this system will be better customer ser vice. Self read customers will no longer need to read their own meters, CBEC meter readers won’t have to make special trips to read meters, and their will no longer be a need to estimate usage for billing. CBEC will notify each self read customer when their meter has been changed out and they no longer need to read the meter. Because CBEC will receive data from each meter daily, billings will be more I 2> m l Columbia Basin Electric employees displas the new meters that will installed. accurate, and other tasks such as opening and closing ofaccounts will be more ef ficient. “We’re eager to take every opportunity to pro\ ide the benefits o f this system to our customers. Installing the TS2 system helps us stream line operations and improve our service to our customers. The opportunity to better monitor our system and provide customer serv ice at an outstanding level is excit- ing.” said Slater Mitchell. Manager of Operations. CBEC plans to start installing meters in the Hep pner area this month and continue to Lexington and lone areas in the very near future. If there are ques tions or customers would like more information about the system contact Slater Mitchell at 541-676-9146 or slaterfu columbiabasin.ee . Bake sale raises money for cancer patient ~—!--!-- !-- - 1 .; :• — '«.•»[ --- L M I A hake sale was held Saturday, October 13, to benefit Wade Matthews, a 14 year old cancer patient. Pictured are Taomi M a t thews, Jerry McCallister, Don McCallister, and Bridget Waite. Matthews is scheduled to have his entire thyroid removed at O H S l on Thursday. Ap proximately $700-800 was raised between the bake sale and the donation jars that were in place at M ur- rav’s and the M in i-M a rt. I*** r ï k ■ N i Me| Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Teen driver charged with murder in crash that killed 3 Robert Canizalez, 19, is suspected of street racing in the accident that left a mother and her children, 8 and 4, dead. A second suspect remains at large. Editor s Note: The following article was writ ten by TamiAbdallah, a Los Angeles Times staff writer. The article can be fou n d online at LATimes.com. A teenager suspected o f street racing and causing a crash that killed a mother and her two children was charged today with three counts of murder, the district attorney’s office said. Robert Canizalez, 19, is scheduled to be ar raigned this afternoon in Los Angeles County Superior Court in El Monte. He is be ing held on $3-million bail. Canizalez is alleged to have driven a red Ford Mustang that struck the car o f Dora Groce, killing the 41-year- old El Monte woman, her son Robert, 8, and daugh ter Catherine, 4. The Gro ces were pulling out o f the Brookside Mobile Country Club mobile home park onto Elliott Avenue in their Nis san Altima about 5:40 p.m. Monday. Police said they were wtÈB J BMCC Ag Museum adds new building celebrates 45,h anniversary Blue Mountain Com munity College celebrated its 45lh anniversary on October 12,2007. Activities honored the leaders, board o f educa tion members, presidents, faculty, staff, alumni, and community-w hose vision made the college grow. B l u e Mo u n t a i n Community College will be T his new building will be used for the storage and display of bringing their 45th celebra antique farm equipment. Dora, Steve, Robert and Catherine Groce in an early family pho tion to Heppner on Thurs The Morrow County Agriculture Collection Mu to. Steve Groce graduated from Heppner High School in 1982. day, October 18, and will seum is adding on. The museum is currently having a new have cake at the Chamber building built by the Farm Foundation for the storage and still searching for Martin and one felony count o f hit luncheon. display o f antique farm equipment. Morones, 21, the driver o f and run, authorities said. The goal of the museum is to put wood items such Speakers The two men and a Honda Accord believed as wagons inside the museum to help protect them from the to have been racing with the Groces all lived in the announced for weather. The Farm Foundation hopes to develop displays Canizalez. Morones was 450-unit mobile home park. Chamber luncheon for the equipment in the new building. Larry Mills stated charged Tuesday in absentia If convicted, C anizalez Speakers for the that the current building “is overflowing” and new place with three counts o f murder could face life in prison. Heppner Chamber Lun was needed. Mills said the project should be finished by (Editor's Note: do cheon will be Ann Morter the first of December. Rod Wilson, a local contractor, is nations to the fam ily may and JoAnn Green Byrd on in charge o f the project. still be made to the Bank o f Thursday, October 18. Next Eastern Oregon.) week. Bill Kuhn w ill be giv ing an overview of the items coming up on the November ballot. Heppner Chamber o f Commerce will hold their C h a m b e r Af t e r Rawhide & Rhinestones Dance on Saturday. October 20. Hours has been moved to from 7-11 p.m. at the Fairgrounds. Wednesday, October 24, due Tickets are $8 for singles and S15 for couples. A to a scheduling conflict. no host dinner and drinks, beer/w ine w ill be provided by City Hall has re Booster Club officer Bucknum’s Catering. Tickets can be purchased at Mur ceived complaints o f bark ray Drugs, City Hall, Heppner Chamber, and at the door ing dogs in the “Stansbury elections today Saturday night. Original Tow n" and “Stans There w ill be a silent auction and the table center- bury Addition" areas o f The HHS Booster pieces will be rallied off to fiv e lucky people. All ages are town. Club will hold elections for welcome, however. ID will be checked for those purchas This is just a re new officers today, Wednes ing alcoholic beverages. minder that dogs disturbing day, at 6 p.m. in the Home Kristi Crowell brought her pony cart to lone on Monday For more information call the Chamber at 676- people by “frequent or pro Ec room at the high school. and Tuesday, October 8 and 9, in the morning to give rides 5536. longed noises" may be cited Membership dues are $5. to Creative ( are Preschool students. Twenty-four students had a wonderful time riding around on the beautiful fall for an infraction (City Code mornings. Crowell provides this activity for community 5-2-1 F.) members several times each year. Be a good neighbor Pictured are Hailey Heidenian. Kristi ( rowell. and Faviola and be considerate o f your Durvet Ivermectin Parasiticide lo a n / in the front. Tom Rudolf, and Bridget! and Morgan neighbors by controlling Aldritt are in the back. Pour-On for Cattle (5 l i t e r s ) your barking dogs. Students enjoy pony cart ride City Hall wants to remind you... Rawhide & Rhinestones dance to be held this weekend At the MCGG GREEN FEED STORE in Heppner: ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. ON M orrow County d ra in Growers Green h eed & S eed 242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office) f
