Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 3,2005 - THREE
Martha Doherty receives national Local bankers attend banking
schools
recognition
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir.
What a community.
T here w a sn ’t m uch not
happening this weekend. An
observer would have seen
people putting their heart
and soul into many events as
w ell as taking tim e to
remember and honor Darcy
Coil whom so many loved
and will miss.
Life. That’s what it’s
all about, isn’t it. The sad and
the happy; the laughter and
the tension; the creating; the
acceptance of new ideas and
the holding on to the old; the
w ork and the p lay ; and
moving forward with hope,
helpfulness and enthusiasm.
Heppner is terrific.
P eople are really
similar to those who lived
right here 100 years ago.
Everyone is real, everyone
has their quirks and everyone
has heart. Sharon Harrison
and D oris Brosnan spent
long hours re sea rc h in g
in fo rm atio n on R oberts
O pera House Revue and
those attending learned a bit
about real people on stage in
1905 and maybe even some
a d d itio n a l in fo rm atio n .
Appreciation goes to all who
participated or pitched in to
make the fourth dinner at the
cemetery a howling success
w ith som e m em orable
experiences.
And now, A ugust
has a rriv e d , w hich o u r
Morrow County Queen and
Princess tell us means the
M orrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo is
almost here. Put on those
thinking caps and come up
w ith b o oth s and p arade
entries depicting, “Morrow
County, From the River to
the Mountains.” It looks like
a bigger parade this year and
an exciting fair and rodeo. In
between the river and the
mountains and the last days
of summer, come to the fair
and rodeo.
T his T h u rsd ay at
Chamber, all entities report.
T h o u g h t fo r the
Week: “Tell me and I forget;
show me and I may
remember; involve me and
I’ll understand.” -C hinese
proverb
•M artha D oherty,
in fo rm atio n
system s
m an ag er fo r M orrow
C o u n ty
E m ergency
M anagement, received an
award for superior service
from the deputy assistant
secretary of the Army for the
elim in a tio n o f chem ical
w eapons, Dale O rm ond.
Doherty received this award
at the N atio n al C SE PP
W orkshop on June 29 in
Pueblo, CO. The citation
reads, “In appreciation of
outstanding contributions to
the C h em ical S to ck p ile
Em ergency Preparedness
P rogram . Your sterlin g
efforts in developing and
ap p ly in g A rm y hazard
a ssessm en t m odels and
c o m p u ter system s to
enhance off-post emergency
preparedness have improved
th e se s to o ls and helped
en su re the m axim um
protection of the citizens of
the Oregon community.”
“The award was a
surprise to Martha, but well
deserved,” say Casey Beard,
Doherty’s supervisor and the
director of Morrow County
Em ergency M anagement.
“It’s highly appropriate, she
earned this recognition. She
has been a national leader in
u tiliz in g
ad vanced
computing technologies to
su p p o rt
em ergency
o p eratio n s. We are very
proud o f M artha and her
o u tsta n d in g serv ice to
M orrow C ounty and the
g re a te r
U m atilla
Community,” stated Beard.
The plaque now
hangs p ro m in en tly in
Doherty’s office inside the
Morrow County Emergency
O p eratio n s C en ter in
Heppner.
Fire chief announces promotions
Over the Tee Cup
Ladies gathered July
26 at Willow Creek Country
Club for their weekly golf
game.
Pat
E dm undson
took low gross of the field.
Loa Henderson and Virginia
Grant tied for low net of the
field. Lynnea Sargent took
had the least putts o f the
field.
In flig h t A, Eva
Kilkenny took low gross and
H enderson had the long
drive.
In flight B, G rant
took low g ro ss, L u v illa
Sonstegard took low net,
Betty Christman took least
putts and Sargent had the
long drive.
In flight C, Jackie
A llsto tt took low gross,
JoAnne Burleson took low
net, Lorrene M ontgomery
took least p u tts and Pat
Dougherty took long drive.
Edmundson,
Christman and Sonstegard
tied for Closest to the Pin
(KP) on hole #4.
Left to right: Andrew Johnson, Tom Wicklund, Fire Chief Rusty
Estes, Jay Keithley and Hal Bergstrom. Not pictured is Steve
Rhea.
Heppner Fire Chief
Rusty Estes has announced
promotions within the fire
department. Steve Rhea was
promoted to assistant chief.
Jay Keithley was promoted
needs of all beneficial uses; to captain; Andrew Johnson
flood plain and upland was promoted to lieutenant;
im p ro v em en t
and Hal B erg stro m , c h ie f
enhancement; and reducing
DHS to hold
erosion, sedimentation and
nutrients. Projects will also foster, adoptive
be considered dealing with
parent pre
invasive plants and noxious
weeds. Funding is provided service classes in
through OWEB.
Boardman
I n t e r e s t e d
landowners should contact a
If you have an
team member in their area interest in helping a child in
for an application or further need, consider attending the
information. The contact for Foster and Adoptive Parent
Morrow County is Morrow
Pre-Service Classes being
SW CD at 676-5452, ext. offered at the Boardm an
109. A two-week signup for
DHS Office on August 19
small grants will be held and 20, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Aug. 15-26, with funding This is a free class. Please
decisions being made in« register by calling (541) 481 -
September.
9482, ext. 224.
Grant funds available
The Umatilla-Walla
Walla-Willow Creek OWEB
small grant team, consisting
of members of the Morrow
SW CD, U m atilla County
SW C D , U m atilla B asin
Watershed Council, Walla
Walla Watershed Council
and CTUIR (Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation), has announced
the availab ility o f up to
$ 10,000 sm all g rants to
p riv a te lan d o w n ers and
others eligible for regular
OWEB (Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board) grants.
The g ran ts are for the
p u rp o ses o f en h an cin g
w atershed c o n d itio n s to
improve water quality and
quantity while meeting the
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John
H ays,
commercial and agricultural
loan officer at the Heppner
Branch of Bank of Eastern
Oregon,
recently
a tten d ed and
graduated from
Western School
o f Agriculture
Lending held in
Reno, NV, July
9-12. C lasses
concentrated on
John Hays
c re d it
and
marketing evaluation, tax
a n aly sis,
reg u lato ry
overview, risk management,
bankruptcy and grassroots
efforts, according to BEO
President and CEO George
Koffler.
H ays
g rad u ated
from
O regon
State
University with a degree in
business and a m inor in
animal science.
Hays and his wife,
Joan, a Heppner native, and
their daughter, currently live
in Hermiston.
Jan et D ezellem ,
finance officer and recently
appointed assistan t vice
president of Bank of Eastern
O regon, atten d ed and
graduated from W estern
School o f In term ed iate
Banking, held in Reno, NV,
July 16-22. Koffler reported
Dezellem attended classes
on econom ics, an aly sis,
interest rate and liquidity
risk ,
a ss e t/lia b ility
management, investments,
loan p rep aratio n and
liquidity management.
D ezellem jo in e d
Bank of Eastern Oregon in
en g in ee r;
and
Tom
W icklund, safety officer.
T hey all receiv ed new
helmets indicating their new
positions.
Tyler Boyer, a 2004
,
Dean R obinson is
graduate
of Heppner High
also a captain and Mike
School, will be playing in the
Jones a lieutenant.
S h rin er’s
East-West
f o o tb a ll
game this
coming
Luis Alberto Nunez Saturday,
was convicted of Assault-4, A ug. 6.
a C lass A m isdem eanor. This year
Nunez was sentenced to 180 the game
a
suspended days in jail, two w ill be
years bench probation, 40 telev ised
hours com m unity service on Fox Sports Northwest.
and payment of $1126 in Kickoff time is 12:30 p.m. in
fines and fees and $400 in Baker City.
Boyer started camp
restitution.
on
Thursday.
Amidst the
A llen
K eith
training,
players
also toured
Tompkins was convicted of
Contempt of Court/Punitive, the Shriner’s Hospital and
an unclassified misdemeanor. then went to La G rande,
Tompkins was sentenced to with a tour o f W ildhorse
80 suspended days in jail, along the way.
While in high school,
one year bench probation, 10
hours com m unity service Boyer was active both in
and
o th er
and payment of $376 in fines sp o rts
extracurricular
activities.
He
and fees.
was the ju n io r class
and
her De« „ OT
husband, Ray, who works
for a subcontractor at PGE,
live at Blake Ranch and have
three grown sons.
“T hese
are
challenging and intensive
schools with 12-13 hours of
study each day. The bank
would like to acknowledge
John and Janet’s dedication
and perseverance it takes to
attend these rig o ro u s
schools and we congratulate
them
on
th eir
a cc o m p lish m e n t,” said
Koffler.
BEO Bancorp is a
holding company for Bank
of Eastern Oregon, which
operates 11 branches in six
eastern Oregon counties.
B ranches are located in
Arlington, lone, Heppner,
Condon, Irrigon, Boardman,
Burns, John Day, Prairie
City, Fossil and Moro. Bank
o f E astern O regon also
o p erates
a m ortgage
division, loan production
offices in H ermiston and
O n tario ,
and
offers
brokerage services thru BEO
F in an cial S erv ices. The
b a n k ’s
w ebsite
is
www.beobank.com.
Boyer to play in Shrine game
DA’s Report
It’s An Open House!
We’r e C e le b r a tin g th e
8 0 th B ir th d a y s of:
E R N E ST MoCABE
GEORGE G R IF F IT H
R O B E R T H O SK INS
DONALD PE T E R SO N
JAM ES BA R NETT
August 7, 2005
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
lo n e A m erican Legion H all
lon e, O regon
I,
2002 after spending 10 years
with another com m unity
bank. As finance officer for
the bank, she is responsible
for the bank and
the
holding
c o m p a n y ’s
financial
reporting. She
also supervises
the accounting
function for the
entire bank.
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representative, homecoming
king, member of the honor
roll and the National Honor
Roll and a member of Who’s
Who in Sports and W ho’s
W ho A m ong A m erican
High School Students. In
sports, he played football all
four years- two years he was
chosen as first team all
league and tw o years
received all-state honors.
He also participated in golf
and track, placing second at
district in the 100-meter dash
this year. He was also a
member of 4-H.
Boyer is the son of
John and Kelly Boyer of
Lexington.
4-H
DIY Kids
By Julianne Carlson
The DIY Kids 4-H
Club met July 27 at the
M orrow
C ounty
Fairgrounds Annex. They
p racticed th e ir cooking
dem onstrations. Shadow
K endrick made a shrimp
salad. Lacey T hom pson
made a sandwich. Stacee
H alv o rsen m ade peanut
butter kiss cookies. Julianne
C arlson made porcupine
meatballs. Stephanie Schuler
m ade ch o co la te chip
cookies.
After practicing their
d e m o n stratio n s,
club
members looked at a past
sew ing ju d g in g co n test.
M em bers learn ed the
difference between stretchy
and stable knits, how to
judge straight seams, identify
sewing tools and judge the
best material cutting. They
also learned the difference
betw een shank and non
shank buttons and how to
sew them on to fabric.
The next DIY Kids
meeting will be on Aug. 9 to
practice for the Fashion
Revue.