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.
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