2 SIUSLAW NEWS | BUSINESS QUARTERLY | SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018
Lori Gates celebrates 30 years with Oregon Pacifi c Bank Fitness expert holds
Oregon Pacifi c Bank Vice President
and Florence Branch Manager Lori
Gates will celebrate her 30th anniver-
sary at the bank on Monday, April 9.
Gates started her career at OPB in
the spring of 1980, only a few short
months aft er the bank was original-
ly established on Dec. 17, 1979. Be-
ginning as a teller, she has worked
through many transitions and
watched the bank grow from a sin-
gle-wide trailer in the current Flor-
ence branch parking lot to full ser-
vice bank with locations in Coos Bay,
Roseburg, Medford and Eugene.
“Lori has been with us from the
start, and I think many of us consider
her to be the face of Oregon Pacifi c
Bank within our Florence commu- Above, Lori Gates when
nity,” says Ron Green, President and she began working at OPB,
CEO of Oregon Pacifi c Bank. “I have and left, still smiling today.
had the pleasure of working with
Lori during my career here, and I am privileged to mittee and is
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watch her mentor and lead our staff , always with a the
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positive attitude and an infectious smile. Lori has co-chair
inspired me to be not only a better banker, but a the Florence
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better person.”
As strong of a leader as she is within the organi- and sits on the
zation, Gates also takes on an active role in giving LCC Advisory
back to the community. She currently volunteers at Board. Gates
Siuslaw Outreach Services as board member and has also joined
recent-
treasurer. She is also on the Membership Com- the
ly formed Uptown 101 Committee,
which seeks to grow local business
outside of downtown Florence.
Each year, she also helps with the
distribution of Christmas baskets for
Soroptimist, and throughout the year
she volunteers her time as an educa-
tor to teach classes about credit and
savings at Siuslaw Outreach Services,
Mapleton High School and Siuslaw
High School. Lori was also past vice
president of the board of directors for
Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue and
an active member of the board for 14
years.
“Lori is part of the glue that holds
us together at the branch,” says Kim
Erickson, Vice President and Man-
ager of Residential Lending. “When I
fi rst started at the bank, I looked at Lori as a leader
and to this day I still do, but I can also call her my
friend now. Any day of the week I watch her help
client aft er client, no matter what the task is, and
she has a smile on the whole time. When I look at
Lori, I tell myself I want to be just like her when I
grow up; she is just absolutely amazing and we are
so lucky to have her as part of our OPB family.”
Oregon Pacifi c Bank welcomes the Florence
community to join in on Lori’s celebration on
Monday, April 9, at 2 p.m. at the Florence Branch,
1355 Highway 101.
For more information, visit www.opbc.com.
OregonSaves retirement program readies to launch for small businesses
SALEM—To help address the
looming crisis of inadequate re-
tirement savings, Oregon this
month launched the test phase of
OregonSaves, an innovative pro-
gram that will allow hundreds of
thousands of people to start saving
at work.
OregonSaves will be available
statewide in phases starting in 2018,
and will be open to workers with no
saving option at their place of em-
ployment. Market research shows
that roughly 1 million Oregon work-
ers — representing more than half
the workforce — have no work-
based plan today.
OregonSaves is the nation’s fi rst
state-based retirement program that
gives private sector workers a chance
to save their own money toward
retirement automatically, through
payroll deductions. To ensure the
program works well for everybody,
Oregon small and large businesses
are helping to shape the program,
which was passed into law by the
2015 Legislature.
“More saving will be good for
every Oregonian,” said Treasurer
Tobias Read, the chair of the Or-
egon Retirement Savings Board.
“OregonSaves gives an added benefi t
to Oregon workers, helps employers
to be more competitive and retain
workers, and it will improve the
overall economic health of our state
in the long run.”
Many employers off er a retirement
savings option, like a 401(k) plan.
Yet tens of thousands of businesses
do not, particularly small employers,
for a variety of reasons. OregonSaves
will allow employees of those busi-
nesses to save part of their own pay-
checks, with no fees or fi duciary risk
for employers.
Businesses with 100 employees
or more will start receiving notices
this week informing them about Ore-
gonSaves, and what it means to them.
Only employers that do not off er a
plan will facilitate the program.
Th e Treasurer sent a letter this
week to large businesses, urging
them to watch their inboxes.
Under the law, businesses that
don’t off er a retirement option will
automatically enroll employees in
OregonSaves. Participation is volun-
tary and workers can opt out at any
time.
Th e goals of program are to help
businesses thrive, help workers build
retirement security and help tax-
payers save millions. Th at’s because
more saving and retirement wealth
will reduce the demand for govern-
ment safety net programs. Research
shows that people are 15 times more
likely to save when there is an option
available at work.
Participating workers automati-
cally make contributions through
payroll deductions, and it’s portable,
allowing them to take their retire-
ment savings with them from job to
job.
Business input has played an im-
portant role in the development of
OregonSaves, including statewide
forums and rulemaking hearings.
Treasury has visited businesses
and associations statewide to help
spread the word about the impor-
tance of retirement saving and how
OregonSaves can help businesses
and workers. Research shows that
employees perform better when they
are more fi nancially stable.
“Oregon small businesses care
about their workers and, for many of
them, OregonSaves will make a pos-
itive diff erence,” said Colene Martin,
President and CEO of the Grants
Pass and Josephine County Cham-
ber of Commerce. “Th e Grants Pass
and Josephine County Chamber of
Commerce welcomes OregonSaves.”
To learn more about the program,
visit www.OregonSaves.com.
An important point of clarifi ca-
tion: OregonSaves is not PERS, and
it has nothing to do with PERS.
signing for ‘Tipping
Toward Balance’
on April 21
Everyone wants to be able to walk and move
around safely. However, there are many people
who have had strokes, neurological issues, or oth-
er conditions that make it diffi cult to walk. Tracy
Markley, a local Oregon-based personal trainer,
specializes in empowering people with mobil-
ity issues, and her latest book, “Tipping Toward
Balance: A Fitness Trainer’s Guide to Stability and
Walking,” allows a wider audience to take advan-
tage of her tips, tricks, and ideas for fall preven-
tion and regaining mobility.
She will hold a book signing on April 21.
Markley operates a personal training, Pilates
and yoga studio, and she off ers her fi tness exper-
tise in many diff erent ways, including sports con-
ditioning, stroke recovery, balance/fall preven-
tion, BOSU ball training and more.
In her job as a personal trainer, she has worked
with many individuals who are prone to tripping,
falling or simply feeling unsafe while walking
around.
Markley’s experience working with these peo-
ple, along with her education and certifi cations in
health and biomechanics, gave her the necessary
knowledge to write “Tipping Toward Balance,”
which includes a detailed, thorough guide to bet-
ter mobility along with the eight most important
exercises that a person needs for safe walking, bal-
ance and core functioning.
Not only will this book empower people with
mobility issues, but it will also off er peace of mind
to family and friends of those with mobility issues.
Many people worry about their parents, relatives
or friends who have trouble walking, and this
book can be of great help.
“Tipping Toward Balance” is the author’s sec-
ond published book. Markley’s previous book,
“Th e Stroke of an Artist, Th e Journey of a Fitness
Trainer and a Stroke Survivor,” was released in
November 2017 in paperback, Kindle and Audible
versions. Th is book is listed by the National Stroke
Association as one of the Top 5 books in strokes.
If you’re struggling with mobility issues, Mark-
ley has a few words of advice: “Don’t give up. Don’t
quit. You can walk safely and feel normal again.”
To meet Markley in person and pick up a copy
of either of her books, you may visit the Water-
front Wine Store and Provisions at 1300 Bay St. in
Historic Old Town Florence on Saturday, April 21.
Th e signing will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.
People may also visit www.tracyspersonaltrain-
ing.com to learn more about the author, her publi-
cations, and her personal training business.
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