Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Tuesday, October 19,1976
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PP&L official hits nuclear measure SyNADINEGERKEY Df the Union Bulletin
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Union-Pacific agent Charles Ruthstrom of Weston doesn't know yet if he'll lose his present job in Milton-Freewater. Tne ra roa '' d has proposed that the Milton-Freewater and
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Weston depots be closed in favor of a traveling agent who would service accounts from Walla Walla.
Oregon PUC has move of railroad
Waste facility near Dayton agent under study receives clean bill of health
MILTON-FREEWATER - A decision will be made later whether to move the Union Pacific Railroad agent from Milton-Freewater and Weston to Walla Walla. A hearing by the Oregon Public Utility Commission was held Friday in Pendleton on the railroad's request to move the agent. According to David Bourassa of Salem, a representative of the utility commission, evidence gathered at the hearing will be reviewed immediately by the public utility commission. Bourassa, who conducted the hearing, said the railroad will not be decreasing service by moving the agent. He said if the utility commissioner authorizes the move, the agent will provide the same services from Walla Walla. Bourassa said railroads in the state have been making similar consolidations for the last several years. He said it has been made possible by improvements in communications systems.
By NADINE GERKEY Of the Union-Bulletin
DAYTON - Construction of a solidwaste transfer station at the west edge of Dayton will not affect the environment, according to Columbia County Commissioners. But commissioners Monday delayed action on the determination until 1 p.m. Wednesday. The delay, according to Preston Stedman, chairman, was provided so that the county will allow the necessary 15 days legally set for the public to comment. The board first considered the stand Oct. 4. The commission is holding special meetings today and Wednesday to review proposed county departmental budgets. Commissioners also scheduled a
special meeting with Marcene Hendrickson, coordinator of county health services, for 3 p.m. Wednesday to group federal programs. The county followed Department of Ecology regulations during the threshold determination of environmental significance and nonsignificance. At the Monday meeting, Stedman said wastes would be hauled to Walla Walla, and the 27 unofficial dumps in the county would be closed. The station would include metal siding and would be partially enclosed on three sides, Stedman said. Waste water would be diverted to a city sewer hookup. A 50-foot buffer zone would provide room for fencing and landscaping, he added. Two acres of the 6.4-acre site would be used for buildings and
storage. Completion date was set for June 1, 1977. Stedman said commissioners would meet with the Walla Walla City Council Oct. 27 to consider a use contract for the Walla Walla sanitary landfill. The transfer station site is bordered by Rock Hill, city and private property and by Port of Columbia land zoned for industrial development, Stedman added. In other business, the board: — Accepted an $18,125 preliminary 1977 development disabilities' budget. — Approved three short subdivision applications. Applicants, were Dona Hatfield, 412 S. First St.; Vivian Eslick, 306 N. Front St.; and Regina Breneman of Burlington.
WW couple sues auctioneer
A sale loss has resulted in a $17,000 lawsuit against an Oregon man in Walla Walla County Superior Court. William R. and Laurel A. Monroe, 1350 Callanan Drive, have filed the action against Rick Lang of Silverton, Ore. Patients The suit says Lang, acting as an (Monday) auctioneer, sold up to $25,000 worth of St. Mary items for the Monroes for $8,864. Community Hospital It says Lang failed to exercise the Admitted: Nancy J. Blomquist, average skill of an auctioneer under Regina V. Bishop, John E. Hoyen, An- his contract with Monroe's A to Z nette M. Brooks, Mary Allessio, all of Collectables firm in the May 22 sale. Walla Walla; Arthur E. Ferguson, According to the suit, Lang failed to Milton-Freewater; Delbert R. Dodd properly advertise and execute the Jr., Toucbet; Patricia A. Wilson, Ken- sale, thereby causing a $17,000 loss to newick; Tasha M. Thompson, Adams, the Monroes. Ore. ; Woodrow Epp, Roslyn, Wash. Lang couldn't be reached for comDischarged: Anna M. Raisner, ment Becky P. Ray, Milton G. Renick, all of Claims made in filing a lawsuit give Walla Walla; Mary J. Mitchell, only one side of the case. Eileen E. Murphy and daughter, all of Milton-Freewater; Katie Millar, WW man wins appeal Weston; John Cornelius, Yakima; in shopEfting charge Douglas Young, Bothell, Wash. A shoplifting charge against Walla Walla General Hospital Admitted: Pearl Erickson, Eileen Depping, Leslie E. Janke, lona A. Schultz, all of Walla Walla; Elsie M. LeFore, Milton-Freewater; Harry Shoemaker, Baker, Ore.; Katnryn on school funding Stubblefietd, Ukiah, Ore.; Jeremy MILTON-FREEWATER — Why McCombs, Republic, Wash. did citizens in Milton-Freewater Discharged: Annette Brooks, Ar- school districts reject two proposed chie T. Hancock, Eldon Reiswig, all of tax levies this year before finally apWalla Walla; Kathryn Stubblefield, proving a third one? Ukiah. That question may be answered Dayton Oct. 26 when Milton-Freewater General Hospital Admitted: Bryan Palmer, Dayton; residents will have the opportunity to sound off about issues related to Jennifer Carr, Waitsburg. Discharged: Aron Donohue, Cecil financing of Oregon public schools. Mackleit, Vernon Williams, Henry It will take place at a public forum Melton, all of Dayton; James Ragan, called "Who Cares," sponsored by the Starbuck. Milton-Freewater Chamber of ComGarfieU County merce. Memorial Hospital Admitted: Ross Reinche, Ethel The two-hour forum begins at 7 Ruark, both of Pomeroy. p.m. at McLoughlin Union High Discharged: Bessie Geiger, School.
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ipurt briefing Clarence Allen, 24, whose address was given as 817 Valencia St., has been dismissed. Allen appealed a Walla Walla Municipal Court verdict of guilty in Walla Walla County Superior Court. At the city's request, Judge John C. Tuttle has dismissed the charge and exonerated Allen.
Rrm files denial to inmate's claim A denial and cross-claim has been filed in a Walla Walla lawsuit stemming from a carpentry accident at the Washington Stale Penitentiary. Inmate Kenneth Neal filed the Walla Walla County Superior Court suit against the state, prison shop supervisor Donald Brittain, Route 3, Aronson Industrial Supply Co. of Seattle and Delta Manufacturing Co., now
defunct. The suit seeks $30,000 for Neal, alleging his hand was injured by a saw blade on a machine the defendants negligently constructed, installed and used. Aronson Industrial has filed an answer denying the suit's allegations. The firm has entered a cross-claim, asking that any judgment against Aronson be recovered from the state and Delta Manufacturing.
DAYTON — A vote against Initiative No. 325 would be a vote for nuclear power. That is what Wilbur J. Nees, environmental engineer for Pacific Power & Light Co. from Richland, told the Dayton Chamber of Commerce Monday. He said that the initiative is the "most controversial" and the "most confusing" iussue on the ballot. Calling the proposal a "bad piece of legislation," he said it would prohibit construction of nuclear power facilities which do not meet certain conditions and which do not receive two-thirds approval by the state legislature. "If you're for nuclear power, you'll vote against 325," he added. "Those for the initiative never mention that the proposal actually is a ban, but inherently it's designed to be." He compared it to a sign at a cash register that offers credit to anyone who is 80 and is accompanied by his grandmother. He said a similar measure was voted down in California last June. Next month similar measures will be on the ballot in Oregosf Montana, Colorado and Ohio, in addition to Washington. It would set up ban-like requirements, he explained.
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To Dan and Nancy Blomquist, 248 W. Chestnut SL, a girl, Shastin Joy, 6 pounds, 13 ounces, Oct 18, 1976. WaBa Walla General HOTattal To Carl and Eileen Depping, 1448 School Are., a girl, Nicole Arietta, 7 pounds, 8H ounces, Oct 18, 1976.
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WESTON - Athena-Weston School District students who live in the Umatilla River area won't get an after-school-activity bus this year. But they might next year because the district's board of directors has authorized the $5,000 needed to pay for the bus to be included in next year's budget. Directors turned down a request from parents for the bus Monday night during a regular board meeting. The request was received at the district's board meeting last month but no decision was made. School Supt. Russell McCollister said the bus would cost $5,000 for the year, and the district does not have the money. In other business, a committee was appointed to determine a districtwide field-trip policy. The committee will report back to the board in one month. Three persons were also appointed to serve on the budget committee next year. They are Twila Shell, one year; Gary VanOcher, three years; and Mel Mark, three years.
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Weston to hold clinic WESTON — A blood-pressure clinic will be held Wednesday in Weston. The clinic, sponsored by the city's senior citizens, will be held at the Baptist Church in the Fireside Room. It begins at 9:30 a.m. and will end at ll:30a.m.
Collectors and Montana man has theft counts dropped Two counts of second-degree burglary have been dismissed against Lou L. Stevens Jr., 27, of Billings, Mont. Judge James B. Mitchell, Walla Walla County Superior Court, dropped the charges because Stevens' parole has been revoked and he is back in custody.
STARBUCK - The old school bell telling about its history will be placed in Starbuck is back in business. at the bell site, she said. The bell, which may have been the Under the direction of David original bell installed when the school Paepke, Dayton High School counwas built between 1902 and 1907, has selor, two high school students, Ben been given back to the Starbuck Thompson and Ruth Shearer, are School District by the Port of Colum- assisting the custodian as part of the bia. The port purchased the aban- Comprehensive Employment doned building and grounds for Training Act program, Mrs. Polumdevelopment as a possible industrial sky said. site. The board adopted teacher At a school board meeting Monday night Ken Weeks, chairman, said the evaluation, school records, teacher rights and anti discrimination bell is once again ringing daily. A study is under way about the policies, she added. Plans will be imhistory of the bell, according to Rae plemented shortly to begin working Polumsky, board secretary. A plaque on learning objectives policy.
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A legislative subcommittee would study any proposed construction for two years and would submit the proposal to the full legislature, which would hold hearings not bound by any time limit. The proposal would require a two-thirds majority yes vote from the full House and Senate. "This is minority rule," Nees said.
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A so-called adequate insurance requirement would remove the present coverage required by federal law, he said. This would step any further building until either the federal or the initiative insurance requirement was changed. A safety-system requirement would impose testing where testing has already been required and would make it necessary to "deliberately destroy" a plant to test it, Nees said. "It takes 10 years to build a plant and would take another two years to test it," he added. The measure would also prohibit any state municipal corporation from building or operating a nuclear power plant. It would ask a builder to determine that erecting a plant would provide the best possible use of the land forever and "throws in devious bits of red tape." "We haven't figured why the ban on municipal corporations," Nees said. "And how can anyone prove that a nuclear plant is the best use of a piece of land forever?"
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