Boorman takes over at Cheney Light Department

"The lowest possible cost for the highest possible service."

It's the mission statement Cheney's new Light Department Director Steve Boorman adheres to as much as possible. It's one that operates on a logarithmic curve, a balance between "lowest cost" and "highest service."

"We try to hit that sweet spot," Boorman said.

Originally from La Grande, Ore., Boorman spent his junior and senior high school years in Frenchtown, Mont., about 17 minutes west of Missoula on Interstate 90. When college called, instead of covering the 17 minutes to the University of Montana, he went east another three and...