SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 29,2010
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HEALTH DISTRICT
-Continuedfrom Page ONE the district concerning AIG,
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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.
Cardinal Volleyball Schedule
Oct. 1 - at home vs. Dufur (JWV), 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 2 - at home vs. Helix (JV/V), 1 p.m.
Oct. 7 - at home vs. Condon Wheeler (JV/V), 4:30
p.m.
have the services right here
in Morrow County then
there are fewer excuses.”
“Our priorities are
number one public safety,
number two accountability
(of those on parole) and
three behavioral treatment,”
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tests, four colonoscopy
procedures, two endoscopy
procedures, 16 respiratory
therapy procedures; Pio
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422 patient visits with 35
new patients, 33 seen by a
nursed and eight no-shows;
Irrigon Medical Clinic had
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Hospice had 78 patient vis
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patient visits; pharmacy had
507 drug doses for $47,147
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-received the fol
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for August: the district had
$515,010 in gross patient
revenue and $124,774 in
revenue deductions with
$94,733 in tax revenue and
$37,052 in other operating
revenue for $522,022 in
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$581,098 in total operating
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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.
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