SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 8, 1997
BEO announces cash dividend Boardman grad wins competition
The Bank o f Eastern Oregon
(BEO) has announced a cash
dividend o f $3.50 to owners o f
record for the operating year
o f 1996, said BEO president
George Koffler.
The cash dividend o f
$511,000 is the largest ever
paid to the stockholders o f the
bank and is a 27 percent in
crease over last year's divid
end.
Koffler, speaking for the
board o f directors, stated, "the
continued loyalty o f our de
posit and loan customers
combined with the hard work
o f the staff and the strong local
economy made 1996 a solid
year for bank eamings.
BEO is 52 years old and has
offices in Heppner, Condon,
Arlington and lone. Total
assets o f the bank at year's end
were $43,813,065.
An Oregon State University
(OSU) pharmacy student's
skill in patient care earned her
a spot in national competition
in Louisiana.
Kassie Westmoreland, a
1990 graduate o f Riverside
High School in Boardman,
earned best overall campus
score in OSU’s American So
ciety o f Health-System Phar
macists (ASHP) Clinical Skills
competition. Her success
qualified her for the ASHP
nationals, recently held in New
Orleans.
Westmoreland, a senior at
OSU, is working toward her
bachelor's degree in pharmacy
and has a job as staff phar
macist lined up with Kaiser
Permanente after graduation in
1997 .
Local Geography Bee finals held
St. Patrick's Senior Center
_______ Bulletin Board_______
There were 54 people present for the senior meal Dec. 31.
George Jeffries won the free meal ticket. Members o f the
Christian Church served.
The menu for Wednesday, Jan. 15 is not available at this
time. It will be posted in the window o f the Senior Center
soon. Members o f the Christian Missionary Fellowship will
serve. There will be a Senior Center board meeting at 1 p.m.
The Red Cross blood drawing was canceled Dec. 30 due to
bad weather. There was too much ice on the roads in Yakima,
WA. as there was here. No date has been set for rescheduling.
The Senior Center Christmas tree was undecorated by some
o f the tenants Jan. 2. The sitting room looks very bare without
that beautiful tree.
One table o f cards was in play Friday afternoon, Jan. 3
There was no movie Sunday evening. It has been too cold to
sit there in the evening.
Dates to remember are: Tuesday and Thursday exercise, 10
a.m.; Wednesday blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m., senior meal,
noon; Friday cards, 2 p.m. No movie will be shown until
further notice.
'M m * #
By Murtyn Wobtnuon
Have those New Year's resolutions died gracefully yet?
Sure, many o f us "wannabes" have hopes o f either losing
weight or just getting in shape. I'd be happy with an uplifted
face that doesn't register as many miles as that o f the
unstoppable Road Runner. Other resolutions might focus on
spending less at Christmas time to prevent being over
whelmed with January bills while bracing for the inevitable
income tax bite.
But people here also need to count their blessings. As has
been said, the generosity and caring within our area seems to
know no bounds. We should also be thankful that we live
where we don't have to swim for our lives or watch homes
being destroyed. Someone should have clued Seattle residents
about a little old-fashioned snow shoveling to prevent
collapsing o f roofs. Many holiday plans were ruined. It would
be wise to delay vacation trips to Reno until all mud-slinging
is finished or slot machine players are furnished with taller
stools.
Resourcefulness keeps people going and it is also the key to
Christmas happiness. Who else besides me would camouflage
a body pillow by decorating it into a snowman, reuse saved
Christmas paper or concoct useless crafts? One thing 1 don’t
pinch on is postage for Christmas letters as receiving same
from relatives and friends is one o f the best things about the
holiday season.
Surely the Postal Service benefits from all these mailed
exchanges in the customary fashion. Don't refer to E-mail
communications; I'm just not in that league. For me, the
current mail system is more than adequate compared to Pony
Express delivery-the four-legged kind, that is.
Yet a newspaper article says that the Postal Service spent
nearly $90 million more than was budgeted for advertising
this year. That certainly could dent the profits from Christmas
mailings. Along with the Christmas stamps, I do not object to
the ever-changing postal stamp pictures featuring things
ranging from flags to ferry boats. If the agency profits from
collectors who prize stamps bearing Elvis Presley's face, so be
it.
If you believe what is printed, it says that Postal Service ads
generated $300-700 million in additional postal revenue and
increased Priority Mail volume by more than 20 percent in a
month-to-month comparison. Comparing December mail to
other months is like comparing monkeys to zebras. Then
there's the mailing o f income tax forms nationwide so that one
government agency can lend a helping hand to another.
The Postal Service spent $232.4 million, slightly over its
1996 $140 million advertising budget. No one was punished
for this excessive spending. Loren E. Smith, the senior vice
president responsible for this overspending, resigned under
pressure in October. Yet he received a $94,000 severance
package and high praise from his boss, Postmaster General
Marvin Runyon. It must be that ordinary folks who don't
work for the government simply don't know how to get ahead
in this world.
If our government allows agencies like this to overspend,
the taxpayers should at least receive a free calendar or perhaps
a kickback o f one free stamp for every 100 purchases. But
then, hey, we have been blessed with updated services, such
as longer zip codes and we no longer have to lick stamps-just
peel 'em and stick 'em.
ATTENTION:
HEPPNER GARBAGE
CUSTOMERS
Due to equipment problems, the routes
will be off-schedule.
I apologize greatly for the inconvenience
and we will get to you as soon as possible.
I appreciate your patience.
Thanks,
Dave
School
finals
of
the
Geography Bee were held at
Heppner Junior High School
and Heppner Elementary
School on Friday, Jan. 3.
A1 Beck, social studies
teacher at the junior high, and
Linda Shaw, reading and
Talented and Gifted specialist
at the elementary school,
conducted the two contests.
Seventh
grader
Jessica
Gutierrez, daughter o f Gayle
and Kim Gutierrez of Hepp
ner, won the championship for
the 7th-8th grade level. Daniel
Jepsen, a sixth grader and son
o f Nancy and Bill Jepsen of
Heppner, was champion for
the 4th-6th grades. These two
students will next take a
written test provided by the
National Geographic Society
that will determine qualifi
cation for the Oregon Geo
graphy Bee.
Second place finishers in the
contests were Meghan Bailey,
seventh grade, junior high
school, and Shanna Rietmann,
fourth
grade,
elementary
school.
NOTICE OF VACANCY
C olum bia B asin E lectric C ooperative, Inc. is n o tify in g all m em b ers of
a v a ca n cy on th e Board of D irectors from Zone # 5.
T he ap p oin ted p erso n w ill serv e u n til th e n e x t a n n u a l m eetin g o f th e
C ooperative.
Zone # 5 ’s d escrip tio n is a s follow s:
T h at territory serv ed or to be serv ed by th e C oop erative ly in g S o u th of
th e T ow n sh ip lin e d ivid in g T ow n sh ip 2 S ou th and 3 S o u th and E a st of
th e M orrow-Gilliam C ounty lin e and in W heeler C ounty th a t area E a st
o f th e range lin e b etw een R ange 2 4 E a st and 2 5 E ast.
In terested p e r so n s m u st resid e in, and receive serv ic e in Zone * 5 .
In q u iries w ill be a ccep ted up to and in clu d in g J a n u a ry 2 2 , 1 9 9 7 .
In terested m em b ers sh o u ld c o n ta c t Jerry H ollom an at 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -5 2 4 1
or Fred T oom bs a t 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 1 4 6 .
PSSST .... Guess iuh at!
Bank of Eastern Oreqon now has
FREE C H E C K S!
That s right, Honey. The free wallet-style checks are available to both
current and new customers. But don't keep it a secret, pass it on!!
Bank of Eastern Oregon
"around the corner, not around the state”
Arlinngton Condon
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