Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 14,2004 - THREE
LaRue inducted into Banking Hall of Fame lone Education Foundation receives
monies for greenhouse
Archie Taylor, (third from the left) representing National Energy and Gas Transmission, presented
Howard Mullins, (far left) Vice-President of the lone Education Foundation, with a check in the
Linda LaRue, BEO Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
amount of $1000. The money is to be used for needed supplies for the construction of a greenhouse
by students of lone High School. Standing behind Taylor are two mechanics from NEGT. Also
about
her pictured (L-R) are teachers Duane Neiffer and Tom Shear with students Nancy Estrada, Amanda
L inda L aR ue, o f says she has becom e a sh o ck e d ”
lone, was inducted into the “reference” for others in the induction into the hall of Emery, Mason Bradfield, Tyler Brow n and James Acock. Absent from the crew on that day was
O regon
B ankers banking
com m unity, fame. OBA had brought her Cody Keisling. The greenhouse is being constructed next to the tennis court, on school property,
Association’s Banking Hall answ ering questions and children to the reception and and will be complete by the start of school in Fall 2004.
o f Fam e, June 29, at a
ceremony held at Skamania
Lodge in Stevenson, WA.
She is one o f only four
w om en to have been
inducted.
L aR ue, B ank o f
Eastern Oregon’s Executive
Vice President and C hief
Operating Officer, has been
with the Bank of Eastern
O regon since N ovem ber
1974, beginning as a part-
time teller in lone. She was
nominated and accepted into
the Hall of Fame because of
her contributions to banking
at both the local and state
level.
LaRue contributes at
the local level by managing
the o p e ra tio n s o f BEO,
which includes every aspect
e x ce p t
loans
and
investments. She is active in
making sure operations for
B E O ’s 11 b ran ch es run
smoothly and in accordance
with banking regulations
and laws. She also handles
teller training.
In July 1987, LaRue
transferred from the lone
branch up to Heppner where
she became teller supervisor.
She moved into her current
position in the 1990s.
W ith her years of
banking experience, LaRue
offering advice.
On the state level,
LaRue has been active for
the past 12 years w ith a
co m m ittee that w orks
closely with the legislature
to create safer banking
practices and to create better
banking. One of the projects
her committee worked on
in volved
m aking
punishment for identity theft
more stringent.
T hro u g h
the
committee’s work, there is a
now a program that allows
banks and law enforcement
to share information about
identity theft cases. This
sharing o f in fo rm atio n
allows for multiple cases
involving a single offender
to be c o n n ec te d , thus
b ringing
stro n g e r
p u n ish m en t, along w ith
more security for banking
customers,,.
LaR ue and her
husband Del have three
grown children- Robin in
lone, Shawn in Oregon City
and Michelle in Sheridan.
W hile
LaR ue
b elieved she was at the
ceremony to send off George
Koffler, BEO President, as
the
o u tg o in g
OBA
Chairman, she was “totally
surprised her with a plaque.
The plaque was
in scrib ed
w ith
the
following: “Oregon Bankers
Association Hall of Fame
admits Linda K. LaRue in
recognition for outstanding
co m m itm en t to O regon
banking and extraordinary
contributions to the citizens
of the State of Oregon. June
29, 2004.”
LaR ue w as also
honored locally with a party
at BEO.
LaRue said she is
appreciative of the honor
and is proud to be part of the
Hall of Fame.
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Oregon Bankers Association announces
new executive committee
The Oregon Bankers
Association (OBA) elected
its 2004-2005 o fficers
during its annual meeting
held last week at Dolce
S kam ania
Lodge
in
Stevenson, WA.
On Tuesday, June
29,
2004
the
full
membership unanimously
approved the new Executive
Committee. The 2004-2005
E xecutive C om m ittee is
com prised o f Thom as A.
P errier, P resid en t/C E O ,
O regon
B ankers
A sso c ia tio n ,
Salem ;
Chairman, Michael V. Paul,
President. Private C lient
Services, Umpqua Holdings
C o rp ., P o rtlan d ; C hair-
Elect, W illiam E. Castle,
P resid en t/C E O ,
South
V alley B ank and T rust,
Klamath Falls; Vice-Chair
Robert L. Fenstermacher,
P res id en t/CEO,
L ib erty B an k ,
E ugene;
S e c re ta ry -T re a s u re r,
R ichard E. Brown, Vice
President, Bank of America,
Portland; Immediate Past
C h airm an , E. G eorge
K offler, P resident/C E O ,
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
H eppner;
P resid en t,
Independent C om m unity
Banks of Oregon, Bruce G
B ryant, P resid en t/C E O ,
Town
C en ter
Bank,
Portland.
Chairman Paul has
been
w ith
U m pqua
H oldings, the holding
company of Umpqua Bank,
for approximately two years
and has an ex ten siv e
background as an Oregon
banking executive. Paul is
activ ely
inv o lv ed
in
num erous
com m unity
organizations and works
tire le ssly to prom ote
economic development in
and around the Portland area
and throughout the Umpqua
banking territories.
“ I look forward to
representing the O regon
banking community in front
of regulators and legislators
at both the state and national
level,” said Paul. “Banking
is truly the cornerstone of
every com m unity, and
through our co n stan t
advocacy and ou treach
efforts, we intend to promote
the significance of banking
throughout Oregon.”
In addition to the
new Executive Committee,
the
O regon
B ankers
Association elected seven
new B oard m em bers:
K athleen B aker, CEO -
Pacific Northwest Region,
Union Bank of California,
Portland; David P. Bobbitt,
President, Sterling Savings
B ark, S pokane; N eil
G rossnicklaus, President/
CEO , W illam ette Valley
Bank, Salem; Robert Ward,
P resid en t/C E O .
Hom e
Valley Bank, Grants Pass;
Stephen M. Way, President/
CEO , Silver Falls Bank,
Silverton; Brady Adam s,
President/CEO, Evergreen
Federal Savings, G rants
Pass; D avid T. C rier,
President/CEO, American
Pacific Bank, Portland.
Established in 1905,
the
O regon
B ankers
A sso ciatio n is a trade
asso ciatio n o f state and
n atio n ally
ch attered
commercial banks, savings
banks, thrifts, extra-national
banks and trust companies
that are chartered to perform
banking business in Oregon.
A view from the hill
BETTY BURNS
CANDIDATE FOR MORROW COUNTY
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
NOVEMBER 2, 2004 GENERAL ELECTION
“I would like to thank everyone who supported
me in the May Election. Due to a recount, I am a
candidate in the November General Election. If
anyone has any questions as to my experience -
qualifications - or my ability to carry out the duties
of the Justice of the Peace - please contact me,
I will be glad to talk to you.”
YOUR VOTE DOES COUNT!
PAID AND A U TH O R IZE D BY B E TTY A. BURNS
Floyd R aver, a
resident of Willow Creek
Terrace, will celebrate his
73rd birthday on July 19.
Born in 1931, Floyd has
been an Oregonian since he
was thirteen and moved to
Madras with his parents and
three siblings. When his one
sister, who lives in Bend,
comes to visit this week,
they w ill c ele b ra te and
rem inisce about the days
when they were a family of
six.
Floyd completed his
schooling in M adras and
then entered the Navy. He
serv ed m ostly in A sian
w aters aboard an attack
cargo ship, helping with the
putting ashore of craft and
personnel. His four-year
commitment completed, he
returned to Madras, which
was, even then, showing
signs of growth. When he
was in school, Floyd had a
paper route. He delivered the
“Oregon Journal" to twenty-
seven hom es. The other
statew id e paper, “The
Oregonian.” was delivered
to tw en ty -eig h t hom es.
Today, M adras is a
com m unity of over 2000
people.
M ost o f F lo y d ’s
employment in the years to
follow was with the City of
M adras. He was the fire
chief for about twenty years.
Through those years and
until sh o rtly a fte r his
retirement, the chief was the
one paid position in the
volunteer fire department.
Though he did not face any
life-threatening situations
while fighting fires, Floyd
does admit that he got his
“ feath ers singed a few
tim e s.” His ten u re was
before the EMT program, so
w hen he w ent out on
ambulance runs, it was with
his first aid card in his
pocket
Floyd’s son. Darrell,
lives with his family- Tina
and his three s o n s - in
Heppner, which explains
Floyd's coming to live at
Willow Creek Terrace. He
was one o f the original
tenants. Though he is now
content to participate in the
Terrace activities, to “play"
with his computer and to
listen to his diverse musical
CDs. Floyd was once a two-
wheel enthusiast. He started
his long association with
motorcycles on a dirt bike
and later moved on to a road
bike. He is sure he put over
30,000 miles on his Honda
Interstate (Gold Wing) 1100.
M aybe, he says, this
explains his son’s interest in
the tw o-w heel m achines
today.
Floyd was one of the
T errace resid en ts who
atten d ed the B lu eg rass
concert in the park on July
1. The large group enjoyed
a picnic and then the music
of the Portland quartet. The
music even inspired one
resident to get to his feet and
dance to the beat.
The next day, July 2,
Lowell Gribble celebrated
his 94,h birthday with a visit
from his daughter. Barb, and
her daughter Kimi with son
Austin Carlson. The four-
generation visit was a Kodak
Moment, for sure. O f the
sixteen residents at Willow
Creek Terrace, nine are 90-
plus years old. On June 30,
Francis Circle had enjoyed
a
b irth d ay
trip
to
Battleground, WA, with his
daughter, Monica Swanson.
Rev. D uane Jones
brought his “Christmas in
July” bingo game to the
Terrace on July 5. Dressed
as Santa. Jones added to the
suspense of the game by
wrapping all of the prizes
and offering one special
prize for the blackout round.
S o m eth in g a b o u t
every day at the Terrace is
special, and the residents
welcome visitors who wish
to come and share a special
day with them.