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SIX The llrppner Gaicttr-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, 5 employees One Pierce, president of the Rank of Eastern Oregon, hns announced five promo tions that have been made within the bank system. The hank has branches in Hep pner. lone and Arlington. G H Pierson. executive vice president, has also been named to the position of chief executive officer of the bank. Pierson began his banking rareer in Carrington. North Dakota in 1959. Before moving to a bank in Myrtle Point in 1980. he was president of the First National Bank in West Fargo. North Dakota for 11 years. He joined the Bank of East ern Oregon on April 1. 1982. Pierson and his wife, Harriet, live in Heppner and have five grown children and six grand children. George Koffler. assistant cashier at the Heppner branch has been named to the position of vice-president. He started his banking career in 1978 at Fred Meyer Savings and Loan (now Willamette Savings). He worked in banking operations Juvenile Ser. The Morrow County Juven ile Services Commission will hold a public meeting on April 4 at 7 p.m. at the school administration building in Lexington. The public is invi ted to attend this meeting to present ideas and opinions regarding the commission's proposed programs for the 1983-84 fiscal year. The commission proposes to continue funding the five pro grams which it currently sponsors, said commission spokesperson Pam Minster of t Heppner. J Minster gives a brief des J cription of each program: Gardner's Men's Wear to t change management Fri. t r , H f l T1 ' r--.fl V f j Leroy Gardner, Jr. "Roe," along with his wife Marilynn, will take over management Friday of Gardner's Men's Wear, owned by Roe's parents, Leroy and Marj Gardner of Heppner. An open house will be held Thursday, Mar. 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the store to honor the Sr. Gardners as they begin their retirement. Everyone is invited to drop by and meet Roe and Marilynn. There will also be a drawing for a door prize during the open house. Roe graduated from Heppner High School in 1963 and went into business with Mark Halvorsen of lone 10 years ago. They own Roe Marks, a men's clothing store in Hermiston. tasTer Cakes tffe a Cupcakes Dinner Rolls ' f 4 Easter . Vt 5 y ' T Cookies promoted at and then moved to their con struction appraisal depart ment. In 1979 he came to the Heppner branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon as a loan officer. He was named assis tant cashier in December of 1980. Koffler is a graduate of Northwestern Intermediate Banking School and a 1983 graduate of the National Compliance School in Nor man. Oklahoma. Koffler and his wife, Debbie, live in Heppner and have two children. June Crowell. assistant cashier and manager of the lone branch has been named assistant vice-president of the bank. She beean her career in hanking with First National Bank (now First Interstate Bank) in Heppner in July of 1950 where she worked until about 19M. In 17 she was employed at the lone branch of the Bank of Eastern Ore gon. In 1974 she was promoted to branch manager of the lone branch Comm. to hold public meeting 1. The "North Enrt tion Program" is designed to provide constructive recrea tion opportunities for youth of Boardman and Irrigon. With the opportunity to participate in activities such as dance, tumbling, wrestling, swim ming and water safety, it is felt that the young people in the communities will be en couraged to select positive types of leisure time activities now and in the future. 2. The "Latchkey Program" is located in Boardman and is designed to meet the need for better supervision of elemen tary grade school youngsters who lack parental or adult ft ..,1 TRSflB SSnTNUSTtR MENUS , .-y'.Tiv x i 4 ,jt . tnr: March 31, l83 the Bank of Mrs. Crowell is married to Howard Crowell and they have three children. Shirley Anderson, who works at the Arlingion branch of the bank was named an assistant vice-president and assistant manager of the Ar lington branch. She began her career in the Gilliam Co. Bank in June of 1946 She left the bank in 1947 and returned to it in April of 1973. She is a member of the National Association of Bank Women. Inc. and served as eroup chairman of the Blue Mountain group in the year of 19K1-19R2. Lonny Watne has been named assistant cashier of the Heppner branch. He attended Eastern Orecon State College in La Grande w here he took two years of Art & Science oriented classroom study. He has completed several Ameri can Institute of Banking Courses. Watne spent time in the Western Bank group: two years at their Coos Bay office and at the Treasure Valley supervision before and after school because of working parents who cannot or will not make provisions. 3. The "Morrow County Responsible Adulthood Work shops and Family Clinics" are intended to provide teenagers with information to help them make responsible decisions re regarding teenage sexuality, alcohol, drugs and other per tinent topics. Their parents will be provided with infor mation on topics intended to increase their ability to parent more effectively in an attempt to hold families together. 4. The goals of the "Sexual Abuse Treatment Program" Ministerial Assoc, plans Easter Sunrise Service An Easter Sunrise Service, sponsored by the South Morrow County Ministerial Association, will be held this Sunday, April 3. 6:15 a m., on the front steps of Heppner High School. The service will be protected from the weather. Speaker will be the Rev. Doug Thomas of the Christian Life Center. Other local ministers will also take part in the service, including the Rev. Cathy Barker of the lone United Church of Christ, who will provide and lead the music for the service. Budget may be reviewed A copy of the Morrow Coun ty Mental Health Services' state funded budget is avail able upon request at Morrow County Mental Health Servi ces, 128 W. Willow in Heppner and at 203 S.W. Kinkade Street in Boardman. The public is invited to Historical By DELPHA JONES The Morrow County Histor ical Society Board of Direc tors met Monday night. Mar. .28, at the home of Barbara Bloods worth. The Morrow County History Book was discussed, and people are reminded that there are only three weeks left to submit stories and orders for the book. It was announced that Mor row County has three century farms to be honored this year. The three will be honored locally this year and will be recognized by the state in 1985 as the state only ack nowledges the farms every FRSOQSTiO BI-COUNTY EQUIPMENT CO. P.O. BOX M3 (503) 5f7-7770 HERMISTON, OR 97(38 VERSATILE E.O. branch in Ontario. Prior to that time he was with the Capital Financial Services whose head office is in Colum bus Ohio. Hp is also presently serving as project co-mdina-tor of the computer systems of the Bank of Eastern Oregon He hegan his career with the Rank of Eastern Orecon in Heppner in January lm where he worked as an in stallment and commercial loan officer Pierce also reported that at the hank's annual stockhold ers' meeting held in Arlington on February 23 the following members were re-elected to the hoard of directors of the hank: Howard Rrvanl of Hep oner, chairman of the hoard: A David Childs. Arlington, vice-chairman of the Hoard. Arthur Allen of Boardman. OttnSteinkeof Arlington. Ken Walters of Arlington. William Jaeger of Condon. L E. Dick. Ir of Heppner. Rov Lind strom of lone as board members; and Gene Pierce, president of the bank. are to provide a systematic approach to reporting, inves tigation and treating of child sexual abuse in Morrow Coun ty, in a wav which minimizes trauma to the child, provides adequate treatment of the offender and his or her family, stops the abuse and reunites the family, whenever possible. S In the "Student Tutor and Assistants Program." high school students tutor selected grade school children who are having difficulties with their school work. Some of the student tutors receive wages for their asssitance. while others work on a voluntary basis. review and discuss the Mor row County Mental Health Administrative Board will meet to discuss this budget on Tuesday. Apsil 5, 7:30 p.m., at the Lexington School, ad ministration building. The public is welcome to attend. Soc. meets five years. The names of the farms' owners will be announ ced soon. Some discussion was heard concerning the society's an nual meeting in October. It is hoped to have a program on Indian culture of this area. Also, the bus trip to fort Vancouver, Wash, on May 7-8 was discussed. Tour guides will be Mr. and Mrs. Norwood of Vancouver. Plans are being made to tour the generals' houses, the museum and other points of history. Those inte rested in taking the trip are asked to contact Delpha Jones, 989-9189 soon, so hotel reservations may be made. Frontier, Manufacturing Ltd. Saskatchewan, SON 0WO Telephone (306) 29&2177 TOll FREE 1 800-452 9443 'Put on a i Shirlee Kleen of Pendleton Wednesday, Mnr, 23. as she Kleen. whose clown name is director of social services at Local churches to hold Good Friday Service Six area churches will join together for a Good Friday service of worship on April 1 at 7:30 p.m.. The service, which will be held at the new Christian Life Center on Mor gan Street in Heppner, will feature drama, readings and song. The churches involved are All Saints' Episcopal. First 4-H'ers ready to travel HvBIKDIVFTlM.lS Morrow C o. Kxtritsion Service Ready to travel - and exci ted about the prospect! That's Kimberle Wright of Ruggs and Sheri Piper of Lexington. They've just returned from an orientation that has prepared them for an exciting month in Japan. The two 4-H'ers will partici pate in the Oregon 4-H-Japan LABO LEX exchange next summer. They'll depart for Japan on July 21 along with other Oregon exchungees and County counsel sworn in as deputy D.A. Michael J. Oths was sworn in as deputy district attorney on Monday by Morrow County Clerk Barbara Bloodsworth. Morrow County Court ap proved the appointment last Fridav Oths will also continue to serve as county counsel. flis appointment will allow Local couple attends PC A celebration Raymond and Norma French of Heppner and John and Patricia Monagle of Pen dleton were among more than 4.200 people who took part in the Production Credit Associ ation fPCA) 50th Anniversary Celebration held in Kansas City, Mo., March 10-11. Monagle is the vice-president and treasurer and French is a director of the Pendleton PCA in Pendleton. As a part of the program, the publication "Agriculture 2000: A Look at the Future," one of the most in-depth re search projects ever done on the future of agriculture, was released by the nation's PCAs reported a spokesperson for the event. The research project was conducted by the Batelle Memorial Institute, JTHE EASTER GIFTTHATj I WONT CAUSE CAVATIES j I Customized wA J ! T-Shirt8 I Names I. A Numbers j Pictures happy face... 9 entertained senior citizens at the Heppner Senior Mealsite last "put on a happy face." "Zucci," teaches a community schools class on clowning and is Amber Vallev Care Center in Pendleton. I'nited Methodist. Christian Life Center, Hope and Valby Lutheran, and lone United Church of Christ. Five women from the parti cipating churches will portray Women of the Passion" in reader's theatre style. Debbie Morgan will be Mary the Listener. Klla Mae Green, her sister Miirtha: Ann Spicer, chaperones. Each of the Mor row Co members will find a familiar face waiting at the nirMrt. for each will spend their month with a friend who visited in their home under the same exchange program. The LABO LKX exchange program to Japan is an annual event, one of the many inter national opportunities avail able to 411 members. While Kim and Sheri are in Japan, a number of Japanese students will be in Morrow County visiting 4 H families here. maximum utilization and more flexibility of the county's legal staff, he said Before Oths' dual appoint ment, the use of the deputy D A 's services by the county court had to be cleared with the district attorney. Columbus, Ohio. Featured speakers at the celebration included John R. Block, secretary of agricul ture; Donald Wilkinson, gov ernor, Farm Credit ADminis tration; and Paul Harvey. PCAs are borrower-owned credit cooperatives which make short-and intermediate term loans to farmers, ran chers and commercial fishermen. The 30 PCAs in Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Washington obtain loanable funds from the Federal inter mediate Credit Bank of Spo kane which sells bonds on the national market. Northwest PCAs loaned 13 billion to farmers, ranchers and com mercial fishermen in 1982, the spokesperson said. 1 "if 1 i I Claudia, wife of Pilate, and Joanna Mown, her servant, I'uella . and Rikka Tews will portrav Mary, the mother of Jesus F.ach character's mono logue will be followed by a litnny. which involves the congregation A special offering will tie received to help with the South Scouts plan Cub Scouts in Pack Mil have planned two activities in the near future, a bake sale and a slave sale. The bake sale will be held this Saturday. April 2, in front Episcopal Women The women of All Saints Episcopal Church in Heppner invite everyone to come to the parish hall by 8 pm, for dessert and beverages on Episcopal Church Women's CARD PARTY PINOCHLE & BRIDGE Monday, April 4 8p.m. All Saints f 1 r 1 episcopal rarisn REFRESHMENTS SERVED PRIZES AWARDED 2 PER PERSON THIS AD SPONSORED BY QAfilKOF - vJJZastern Oregon Heppner, lone, Arlington Begin a Nice Easter With . Easter Brunch U'f n April 3, 9a.m. - 1p.m. Sei) Adults: 4- Under 12: 2" Enjoy a Festive Easter Dinner With Us Friday or Saturday, 6:30p.m. The Rabbit Reminds You That the Easter Egg Hunt is April 2, 10a.m. Preschool Museum Park Grades 1 & 2 Courthouse Grades 3 & 4 - Gradeschool Playground Senior News ; Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (V.l.T.A) will be available to senior citizens at the Heppner Senior Moalslte on Wednesday, Arpil 6, begin ning at 10 a.m. V.l.T.A. is a free tax service available to all senior citizens. For more information, contact Lynnea Sargent at B76-9C.21. Karen Thomas, Tri -County Home Health Agency nurse, will conduct free blood pres sure testing at the mealsite April 6 beginning at 11:15 a m. Entertainment at the meal site on April 6 will be provided by Rene Siminoe of Heppner. She and some of her class members will demonstrate "Dance to Fitness." Morrow County Ministerial Association's local projects. The dramatic presentations are under the direction of Pastor John Maas. The other ministers are taking responsi bility for various aspects of the service, Including props, recruiting lay readers, publi city and printing. The public Is invited. activities of Central Market, beginning at 10 a m. The Scouts' slave sale will be held Sunday, April 10 at 1 Heppner City Park at 3 p m lust tx'fore the Rolling Hills Run Awards Ceremony. plun card party Monday, April 4 Pinochle and bridge tables will 1 ready for players. Prizes will be awar ded Admission to this party is 12 Lawn 1 1 0 I ML OQOJ k w yr 1 -"mm HEPPNER ELKS 358 Place Your Jjj? JX ake Shop Order Now Joe ftlford Hpnnnpr K7K.59in ii CALL 676-9669 t I
