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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 29,2010 Photo of lone Class of 1911 found, IDs needed HEALTH DISTRICT -Continuedfrom Page ONE the district concerning AIG, Pictured above are members of the lone Class of 1911. The photo was recently found and submitted by Linda Bristow to the Heppner Gazette-Times. Anyone that can identify an of the people in this photo can contact Bristow at 541-422-2748. -Contributed Photo COAL PLANT -Continued from Page ONE percent to 4.6 percent per of about 1,400 coal plants nationwide. Additionally Buck said PGE is exploring other fuel besides coal to fuel the plant. The company is looking at the potential use of Giant Cane as a replace ment biofuel. The cane could be grown near Board- man, charred and used as a coal replacement. The DEQ has been holding public hearings to gather input on the dif ferent plans on the table. The deadline for public comments to the DEQ is October 1, and those who wish to submit comments can send them to DEQ, 811 SW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97204, ATT: Brian Finner- an. The email for comment is newbart4pge@deq.state, or.us. The decision will be made by the six member DEQ board possibly at a December 9 meeting. year. Under PGE’s 2020 plan rates will increase 2.4 percent a year, and if the plant is upgraded and operated until 2040 elec trical rates will go up 3.2 percent. “Closing earlier that 2020 could increase customer costs by hundreds o f m illions o f dollars,” Buck said. In addition to the inexpensive electricity the plant produces, one other advantage to keeping it open is what is called load balancing. “On the coldest day of the year the wind mills do not turn, and on the hottest day of the year they do not produce any electric ity either,” Buck said. The coal plant delivers constant reliable power whenever we need it,” she said. Fif teen percent of PGE’s total power is produced by the coal plant. Boardman is one m ore than P G E ’s 2020 plan, which would result in higher cost to customers for just six years of operation with new controls. PGE says at this time the only option both the company and the DEQ agree on is to keep the plant open, after installation of expensive new scrubbers, until 2040. “If we do not re ceive approval of our 2020 plan then we will install the scrubbers and operate until 2040,” Buck said. Over 110 people living in both Morrow and U m atilla C ounties will lose their jobs when the plant closes. South Morrow County has about 10 people working at the plant. Closing the plant is also going to effect electri cal rates. Under the three DEQ plans rates would increase from between 3.2 Mustang Football Schedule Heppner Volleyball Schedule Oct. 1 - Elgin at home, 7 p.m. Oct. 8 - at Stanfield, 7 p.m. Oct. 22 - Pilot Rock at home, 7 p.m. Oct. 29 - Weston McEwen at home, 7 p.m. Nov. 5 - at Irrigon, 7 p.m. Sept. 30 - at Pilot Rock, 5 p.m. Cardinal Football Schedule fore non-operating rev enues, of $963,128 in 2010, $1,095,055 in 2009 and $783,574 in 2008. In n o n - o p e r a t ing revenues, the district brought in $1,133,683 in property tax revenue, com pared to only $658,490, without serial levy funds, in 2009, and $1,002,185 in ’08. Donations and non capital grants in 2010 came to $21,504 in ’10, $111,366 in ’09 and $23,981 in ’08. In terest earnings w ere $40,997 in ’10, $43,912 in ’09 and $81,239 in ’08. Total non-operat ing gains (net) in ’10 were $1,163,923, for a $200,795 increase in net assets for the year; total non-operating gains in ’09 were $707,900 for a $387,155 loss in net assets; and $1,013,552 in non operating gains for a $229,978 increase in net assets for ’08. Capeller told the board that one of the most p ressin g issues facing the district is the recently passed health care reform legislation. He said that increased coverage of citi zens “will likely benefit the district; however there are also portions that may reduce reimbursement to providers and facilities.” He also said that pending legis lation that would change the requirements for physician supervision of some outpa tient treatments is a concern to rural hospitals. He also touched on the impending requirement for all hospitals to switch from paper to electronic health records by 2015. MCHD is currently in the process of researching ven dors and systems toward that requirement. He also cautioned which had received a Fed eral Reserve loan up to 85 billion and recommended that the district monitor the financial health of AIG and its subsidiaries with regard to employees’ retirement funds. It was noted that “while -the district is “not legally responsible for the retirement funds on deposit, it shares a fiduciary respon sibility with AIG.” C a p e l l e r also warned the district that the “IRS has gotten more ag gressive” and may demand a new reporting require ment, filing a 990 form, that the district has not been required to do previously. “The rules say you don’t have to ,” said Capeller. ”The IRS says you do for a dual exemption status.” In other business at the meeting the board: -learned from CEO M ichael Blauer that the Pioneer Memorial Clinic reception area remodel is almost complete and will increase patient privacy. He said that as soon as the Pioneer Memorial Hospital patient room remodel is completed, work is expect ed to begin on the clinic’s patient rooms. - l ea r ned from Blauer that the district’s community health program is in full swing. -heard from Blauer said that work toward pur chase of a CT scanner is still underway. -received the fol lowing report for August: Pioneer Memorial Hospital had six admissions, two swing bed admissions, 13 patients admitted for obser vation, 452 total outpatients with 57 total emergency room encounters, 1547 lab tests, 118 x-ray proce- PAROLE & PROBATION -Continued from Page ONE with the counseling. “If we Oct. 1 - Dufur at home, 7 p.m. Oct. 7 - Condon-Wheeler at home, 7 p.m. Oct. 22 - at Arlington, 7 p.m. Nov. 5 - at Echo, 7 p.m. Oct. 7 - at home vs. Stan of the problems in the past field, 5 p.m. was people on parole in Oct. 9 - at Weston, 9 a.m. M orrow County had to Oct. 14 - at Irrigon, 3 p.m. travel to Umatilla County Oct. 1 6 - 4 - Way Tourna for counseling and other ment at Weston Me, noon. services, and sometimes Oct. 21 - at home vs. Pilot they would use the traveling as an excuse to not continue Rock, 5 p.m. Oct. 23 - 4-Way Tourna ment at home, noon. 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Chief Financial Of ficer Nicole Mahoney told the board that much of the loss could be directly at tributed to the gross patient revenue. -learned that the district received a $ 11,000 education grant from Work force Training through Wil low Creek Valley Economic D evelopm ent G roup in Heppner. • Schools • Jobs • Helping struggling families • Keeping our promises to Veterans • Public Safety* Ballot Measures Dlrecttomt from Wrs* cm 1-64. Exit 164, left on Main Sir»«. Across Railroad Overpass. Right on Marine Dr Approx I mile. River Prow Center on Left From East on 1-64, Exit 164. Right at End of Off Ramp, left on Columbia Ave.. C m « Bridge and left on Marine Dr . Approx. I mile to River From Center on Right 3 www.jean-ann-falbo.com Paid h r by ‘friends o f J m o Falbo" Matlack said. He had high praise for Kimberly Lind say o f Community Coun seling Solutions whose de partment works closely to provide various counseling services to the parolees. Robbins was hired in July to run the new de partment and he comes here with experience having pre viously worked in a similar position in Harney County. Working with Robbins will be Bowles who has eight years with the county as a patrol deputy. “John is an excellent deputy and has become certified as a pro bation officer,” the Sheriff said. Matlack also said the county has taken over the w orkforce program and people are now likely to see a Community Cor rection vans around with people doing work in the communities. Robbins said he sees his job working with paroles as picking people up and pointing them in the right direction. “ But different groups have dif ferent levels of success with supervision. He grew up on a family diary farm and worked seven years as a correction officer. He went to Harney County in 2002 to work for six years in the parole department there, five years as the supervisor. “He is very knowledgeable and will be a great ben efit to our program here in Morrow County," Matlack said. ^ "The dem ocracy 4 w ill cease to exist w hen you take aw ay from those w ho are w illing to w ork and give it to those w ho are not" " T ho m as J efferso n This quote brought to you by the Willow Creek Tfr| Tea Party Patriots fb
