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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 1,2006 Obituaries Clarence “Jake” Haynes Nola Johnson Gallagher C laren ce “J a k e ” Haynes, 82, of Lexington, died Jan. 26, 2006, of a heart attack. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m., at the Molalla Senior Center. He was bom in Hills boro on Sept. 23, 1923 to T hom as and L aura E tta Haynes. He owned and oper ated the g e n eral store in Lone R ock in t h e 1 94 0 ’ s b e f o r e Jake Haynes moving to the Oregon coast to work in the timber indus try. Moving to Molalla in 1947, he worked at A. F. Lowe’s Lumber Co. as a saw filer before becom ing a maintenance man at the Mo lalla Grade School. Molalla City Admin istrator was the job he held starting in 1966, along with Municipal Judge and city councilman before retiring in 1986. Haynes was mayor of Molalla before moving to Lexington in 1992. He was a lifelong firearms competitor, shoot ing on the Oregon State team at the National Finals in Camp Perry, Ohio and also enjoyed teaching hunter’s safety and hunting game an imals for years. His shooting continued on in later years as a tough com petitor in black powder Rendezvous for more than 25 years right up to his final days. He was an active Boy Scout leader and Youth Rifle Club instructor, touch ing the lives of many young people. As a skilled wood worker, he was known for his creation of personalized “plunder boxes” and other treasures. He was preceded in death by his wife, Laura “Twoie” Murray Haynes in 1981 and son David in 2002. Also a sister, Esther, of For est Grove, brothers Don, Pete and Ben of Baker City and Chad of Scholls, Ore gon. Survivors include his wife Phyllis, of Lexington; daughters, Sandra Haynes of H eppner and K athryn Gustaveson of Molalla; son, John; stepdaughter, Marcia Koch and stepson, G ary Hobbs, both of M issouri; b ro th er, John “ R u sty ” Haynes of Inchelium, WA; and four grandchildren, four step-grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Remembrances may be made to Pioneer Memo rial Hospital in Heppner. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Nola Johnson G al lagher, 34, of Irrigon, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland. A graveside funeral service was held Jan. 30 at D esert Law n M em orial Cemetery in Irrigon. She was born Jan. 29, 1971, in Peru, IN, to G erhad and Linda Lewis Johnson. She was raised in Salt Lake City. She was a resident of Oregon the past 14 years, living in the Her- miston, Umatilla and Irrigon areas. On Sept. 25, 1999, she married James Gallagh er in Irrigon. She was a member of the Solid Rock Church in Hermiston. She was an avid animal lover. S urvivors include her husband, James Gallagh er of Irrigon; parents, Ger had and Linda Johnson; son, Byron Johnson of Irrigon; sister, Julynne Allred of Salt Lake City; and brothers Eric Johnson of Irrigon and By ron Johnson of Mesquite, NV. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Death Notice Lester S. Grasser Lester S. G rasser, 91, of Heppner, died Tues day, Jan. 24, 2006! at Good Samaritan C enter in Her miston. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Hepp ner. A complete obituary will appear in next week’s paper. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Heppner Little League to hold meeting and sign-ups H epp n er L ittle League will meet on Thurs day, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Pettyjohn Building confer ence room. Anyone interest ed is encouraged to attend. Registration for the 2006 season for Heppner Little League will be held Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 8-10, from 5-7 p.m., each night. Boys ages 5-12 and girls ages 5-15 are eligible to enroll to play T-Ball, minors and majors baseball/softball and also girls’ junior/senior softball. Registration is re quired even if the child played previously. Cost is $30 per child, $60 per family. Registration will be held at the Heppner Neigh borhood Center. At least one parent or legal guardian must be present. If this is your first time or HLL doesn’t have your information from last year, please bring three proofs of residency (must have physical address on them ) and a copy of the child’s original or state-cer tified birth certificate. A driv e r’s license or utility bill (only one utility bill) is ac ceptable documentation. If you cannot make it to try outs please let HLL know. T he d ead lin e for signups is Tuesday, Feb. 28. At this time, HLL is also accepting applications for coaches and volunteers. Little League requires a copy of your photo ID/driver’s li cense to go along with the application. For more informa tion, call Renee Yocom at 676-9474 (m o rn in g s) or 676-9821. Little League is the world’s largest youth sports program with more than 2.8 million children and 1 million volunteers in more than 100 countries. For more inform a tion on Little League, visit the Little League website at www.littleleague.org. Fairgrounds building project still seeking donations Wedding Schneider-Halvorsen Ken Bailey, representing the local East of Ditch Social Club, presented a $200 check to Heather Yocom, Queen of the 2006 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo, for the 4-H dormitory/foothall stadium concession project. Photo by Kay Proctor. By Kay Proctor The long planned dormitory/concession stand b u ild in g at the M orrow C o u n ty F airg ro u n d s in H eppner is still seeking donations. Bids received last y ear w ere h ig h e r than monies available, so original plans have been altered. The F air B oard d ecid ed to proceed with the project in phases with the first phase construction being to erect the b u ild in g shell w ith minimum inside finishing. A ny d o n atio n s would be appreciated by the county 4-Hers and may be sent to the Morrow County Fair, Dormitory/Concession P ro ject, PO Box 464, Heppner, OR 97836 or by contacting Renee Yocom, fair secretary, at 676-9474. There is also an account for “Fair Dorm” at any branch o f the B ank o f E astern Oregon. BEO Bancorp has record year, profits up 18.3 percent BEO Bancorp earned net income of $1,095,000 for the year. This is the largest net income figure ever achieved by the company and an 18.3 percent increase over 2004 earnings. “Despite flat earnings in the fourth quarter of 2005, the organization had superior results for the year, our best results ever,” said President and CEO E. George Koffler. “We continue to grow the bank at a moderate, sustainable pace with both loans and deposits and total assets reaching new highs.” Earnings per share increased from $2.11 per share in 2004 to $2.49 per share in 2005. Return on assets and return on equity both increased by at least 13 percent. “We are pleased that ROE was 13.83 percent and ROA was .64 percent, but we can and will do better in the years to come,” said Koffler. “We are still only two years into our acquisition in December 2003 of the Klamath First branches. We are busy deploying those assets to improve the bank’s performance.” Loan growth was a highlight of the year with loans growing from $88,528,000 to $108,622,000, an increase of 22.7 percent. “These increases come at a time when the farm and ranch economy is stable because of good prices in the livestock area, rain was plentiful, and a new government program w as im plem ented for m any a g ric u ltu ra l producers,” said Chief Credit Officer Jeff Bailey. “Most of the growth continues to come from newer market areas in Moro, John Day, Bums, and Ontario,” said Bailey. Past due loans at year-end were m inim al at $143,000, or .13 percent of total loans, and non-accrual loans totaled $76,000, or .07 percent of total loans, both very low by industry standards. Deposit growth was a very bright spot for the bank with total deposits up from $141,616,000 to $ 156,036,000, a 10.2 percent improvement year over year. “We are particularly pleased that non interest bearing deposits increased more than $5,000,000, a 23.3 percent increase,” said Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Linda K. LaRue. “The highlight of the year operationally was a small increase of only 2.6 percent in non interest expense as we improved the efficiency of the operation,” said LaRue. “We also improved non-interest income 6.9 percent at the same time, as both our Financial services division and mortgage division had strong years,” she added. “Net Interest Margin (NIM) declined from 4.48 percent to 4.41 percent during the fourth quarter but year over year we saw an improvement from 4.27 percent to 4.41 percent,” said Koffler. “We are concerned about the continued tightening by the Fed. We expect several more increases before rates start down at midyear. We are slightly liability sensitive so rate increases will erode our net interest margin modestly. Liability costs did hurt earnings as deposit pricing rose at a faster clip than loan pricing. We hope to mitigate that some with investment earnings improving as 25 percent of our portfolio will reprice in 2006 from historically low levels,” added Koffler. BEO Bancorp is the holding company for Bank of Eastern Oregon, which operates 11 branches in six eastern Oregon counties. Branches are located in Arlington, lone, Heppner, Condon, Irrigon, Boardman, Bums, John Day, Prairie City, Fossil and Moro. Bank of Eastern Oregon also operates a mortgage division, loan production offices in Hermiston and Ontario, and offers brokerage services through BEO Financial Services. The bank's website is www.beobank.com. Mollit- Schneider and Ryan Halvorsen M ollie Beth Schneider, of Henderson, NV, and Ryan Dee Halvors en, formerly of lone, and currently of Henderson, NV, were married in a double ring ceremony on Oct. 8, 2005, at St. Pete he Apostle Cath olic Churcn in Henderson. Father Gregory Gordon per formed the ceremony. The reception was held at the Anthem Center in Hender son. The bride is the daughter of Steve and Joyce Schneider o f Henderson. The groom is the son of Frank and Cathy Halvorsen of lone. The maid of honor was Roxanne Davis of Las Vegas, NV. B ridesm aids were Danielle Jaques Swen son of Honolulu, HI, Kris ten Haynes of Las Vegas, NV, Allison Halvorsen of lone, Kim Mooney of Port land, Karen Beasley Hoff of Reno, NV and Heather Gu- sick of Las Vegas, NV. The flower girl was Leila Omid yar of Las Vegas, NV. The best man was Eric Orem of lone. Grooms men were Justin Miller of lone, Aaron Heideman of Hermiston, Andrew Pridgen o f Lake Tahoe, NV, Sam Bessey o f Nashville, TN, Mike Kinane of Navato, CA and M arc S ch n eid er o f H enderson, NV. A ndrew S c h n e id er and Scott Schneider, both of Las Ve gas, NV and Matthew and Tyler Zimmerman, both of Nebraska, all cousins of the bride, served as ushers. The ring bearer was Luc Omid yar of Las Vegas, NV. The candle lighters were Stacee Halvorsen of lone, cousin of the groom and Alexander Schneider of Henderson, NV, cousin of the bride. Music was provid ed by Lisa L ofthouse, a friend of the bride. Readers were Ashlea Goddard, friend of the bride and Alex Hau- tau, friend of the groom. The bride w ore a gown from Casablanca Brid al of blush colored Shantung and netting with beaded lace. The dress featured a strap less neckline and A-line skirt. A delicately beaded waistline defined the gold paisley mo tifs that decorated the bod ice. Matching gold decora tion repeated around the hemline and up the chapel train. The bride was adorned with a cathedral length veil with a finished edge secured with a veil comb, of mocha and clear crystals, was made by a friend of the bride. The bride carried a cascading bouquet of orchids, accent ed with yellow billy balls, leaves and copper and choc olate colored feathers. The bride graduated from G reen Valley High School in Henderson and received her bachelor of sci ence degree in journalism, with an emphasis in public relations and a m inor in dance, from the University of Oregon in 1998. She was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. She is currently employed as a realtor at Pru dential Americana Group in Las Vegas, NV. The groom graduat ed from lone High School and received his bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of Ore gon in 1998. He was a mem ber of Chi Psi Fraternity. He served as a lieutenant in the Navy, serving from 1998- 2004. He is currently em ployed as a realtor and ap praiser in Las Vegas, NV. Following a wedding trip to Ireland, the couple now resides in Henderson, NV. Tickets still available for steak and salmon dinner Tickets for the lone and Heppner Booster Clubs’ barbecue steak and salmon dinner are still available. The dinner will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m., at the MCGG shop in L ex in g to n . D inner e n tertain m en t w ill be provided and there will also be a raffle. Ticket prices are $20 for 13 years and older and $10 for 12 years and under. Tickets are available at Bank of Eastern Oregon- lone and Heppner branches, and Morrow County Grain Growers in Lexington. The d in n e r is sp o n so red by M orrow County Grain Growers and the lone and H eppner booster clubs. lone will be playing Dufur and Heppner will be playing Irrigon at home on Saturday, Feb. 4. G am es have been moved up to start at 11 a.m. We Print Letterhead Heppner (.¡i/ette-Tiines
