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VOL. 136
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Children ride their bicycles in the snowy parking lot of the Neighborhood Center in Heppner
during a December snow storm. The snowy December was one of the top weather events for
2016. -Photo by Megan Futter
-See full story at 2016 WEATHER/PAGE FOUR
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Getting to PGE has big generating plans for
know your Boardman
exchange Two more gas plants and a solar facility
By David
students
Sykes
Sara Staedelin
Age 16, Junior at Heppner
From: Zurich, Switzerland
Host Parents: Raymond
and Jennifer Cecil
What do you think of
Heppner? “I think it is
pretty cool,
because I
am not used
to the small
space. What
I love about
it is the
Sara
community,
Staedelin
because
they all
work together and support
each other, and that’s really
cool.”
How has the experi-
ence been for you? “Great.
I’ve learned a lot since I’ve
come here. It has been a
lot of fun. I’ve been here
three or four months, and
I grew a lot in that time.
I feel more confident. I
felt confident all the time
in my hometown. When I
first came here I didn’t feel
confident at all. Because it’s
-See EXCHANGE STU-
DENTS/PAGE THREE
already-ap-
proved, plant
Portland
number two,
General Elec-
to boost its
tric is in the
output from
process of
450 to 530
turning the
M W, a n d
Boardman
build a third
area into a big
gas plant at
electrical gen-
Carty that
erating center.
would pro-
The com-
duce 330
pany recently
MW. For the
completed
expanded fa-
construc-
cility, the to-
tion of its
tal natural gas
450-mega-
consumption
wat t (MW)
is anticipat-
gas-fired
ed to be ap-
General Electric is asking for approval to build another gas electrical generating
plant in July Portland
proximately
plant and a solar facility at Carty Reservoir along Tower Road near Boardman.
2016. Now it
230 million
has an application before proposed facilities are lo- contractor Abeinsa was cubic feet of natural gas
the Oregon Department cated at PGE’s Carty Res- in default when its par- per day. All the gas would
of Energy to enlarge from ervoir, 13 miles west of ent company, Spain-based be supplied by the nearby
450 to 530 MW an already Boardman on Tower Road. Abengoa, declared bank- existing Gas Transmission
approved, but not yet con- The facilities are adjacent to ruptcy. PGE took over and Northwest pipeline. The
structed, nearby second gas PGE’s coal-fired generating completed construction, gas company has said there
plant. In addition, it has an facility, which is slated to but the cost ballooned from is sufficient capacity to
application waiting for ap- be shut down in 2020 unless the original $514 million to supply the fuel required to
proval to build a third gas an alternate fuel, other than around $660 million.
operate the expanded Carty
Plant number one is facilities.
plant of 330 MW. To top it coal, can be found.
Recently constructed now operating, and now
off, it also has an applica-
Also as part of the same
PGE
gas plant number one PGE is asking that it be application is a request by
tion to build a new 50-MW
had difficulty when, in the allowed to make limited
solar generating facility.
-See CARTY PLANT/PAGE
THREE
All these plants and middle of construction, modifications to a second,
Getting to
know your
exchange
students
Goncalo Silva
Age 17, Senior at Ione
From: Lisbon, Portugal
Host Parents: Deacon and
Erin Heideman
What do you think of
Ione? “I’m liking it very
much. In the
beginning,
when I re-
ceived no-
tice I would
come to
Ione, this
town of like
300 people, Goncalo Silva
it was a
shock. Lisbon is a large
city. Then I began to see the
good parts about living in
a small community. It was
very different from Portugal
but it was a good change.”
How has the experience
been for you? “Amazing. I
have a family that is always
ready to go, always doing
things and having fun. I
don’t have time to miss
home. They take me to
places all over Oregon. It’s
good, because I’m not here
-See EXCHANGE STU-
DENTS/PAGE THREE
‘Two Old Hags’ serves Teens help fellow students learn
up pizza in Heppner
personal finance
Set to open Jan. 9
Dawn Brosnan (left) and Cathy Wilson stand by the pizza oven
in Two Old Hags Pizza, formerly Howe’s About Pizza, located
on Court Street in Heppner. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
Local women Cathy
Wilson and Dawn Brosnan
are stepping in to keep the
Heppner pizza parlor going
after retirement of owner
Bev Howe last month. The
women are opening the
Court Street business under
a new name next Monday,
Jan. 9.
Two Old Hags Piz-
za will be open Monday
through Saturday, 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m., with a daily lunch
special from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. They can be reached
at 676-1010.
The women say the
menu will remain roughly
the same, with a few per-
sonalizing touches. The piz-
zas they offer will be similar
to what the Howes had, but
with new names—if you
like Canadian bacon and
pineapple, plan on getting
a “Hags in Hawaii” rather
than a Tropical Treat.
They will also serve
up hamburgers and sub
sandwiches, along with
sides like a green salad and
a variety of wing flavors.
One main difference is that
they will discontinue deep-
fried foods; hamburgers,
for instance, will come with
chips rather than French
fries.
The women say they
are taking over the pizzaria
because they didn’t want
to see a Heppner business
close, while Brosnan’s ex-
perience with pizza and res-
taurants made it a good fit.
“It’s big shoes to fill,
but we’re gonna make our
own path, too,” says Bros-
nan. “Hopefully, we will
be in business another 14,
20 years.”
Local Heppner High
students are looking to help
create a successful financial
future for their peers.
Emily Cecil, Kane
Sweeney and Timothy
Gould have teamed up with
Rita Van Schoiack, a local
financial advisor, to bring
personal finance education
to their peers using digital
media. Their goal is to give
their peers basic personal
finance information that
youth their age most need
as they take the biggest
step of their life: becoming
independent.
They are communicat-
ing with their generation in
the way in which they are
most comfortable, using
digital media.
Every school day Em-
ily Cecil, Kane Sweeney
and Tim Gould go to the
office of Rita Van Schoiack,
financial advisor and owner
Heppner High School students (L-R) Emily Cecil, Timothy Gould and Kane Sweeney are on
a mission to help bring financial literacy to their peers. The group is working with Rita Van
Schoiack of Blue Mountain Investment Management to educate other students via digital
media. -Contributed photo
of Blue Mountain Invest- information to their peers. ence class at Heppner High.
ment Management LLC, The time they are there -See FINANCIAL LITERACY
to work on bringing this counts as a work experi- FOR TEENS/PAGE THREE
Timely information saves local woman from phone
scam
A Lexington woman
says that reading the Ga-
zette-Times pays off.
Billie Owen said she
received a call recently
from someone claiming to
be her grandson, probably
with the hopes of getting
money from her.
However, Owen said
she had read in the G-T that
people should be cautious
since phone scams are es-
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pecially prevalent this time
of year.
She said she asked
what the caller’s name was
and he replied, “Uh, I don’t
know, I’m your grandson.”
So she said, “No thank
you,” and hung up on the
caller.
She then called the G-T
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