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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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