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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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