TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 30,2006
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Bank of Eastern Oregon names
executive vice president
The
B oard
of
Directors of Bank of Eastern
Oregon elected Chief Credit
Officer, Jeff Bailey, as an
Executive Vice President of
the bank at a recent meeting.
Bailey started his
banking career in Gilliam
C ounty, serving as a
commercial
l o a n
officer in
Arlington
a n d
C ondon,
from 1996
to 2003.
He was
named
C 'h r e f
Cr «d i t
Officer of Jeff Bailey
the bank
in 2003 and relocated to
administrative headquarters
in Heppner.
Bailey is a native of
Wallowa County. He is a
graduate of Enterprise High
School and Oregon State
University with a degree in
a g ric u ltu ra l
b u sin ess
m anagem ent and from
E astern O regon State
College with a degree in
business administration.
Bailey worked in the
grain industry for 10 years
before coming to the bank.
He was a grain trader and
worked for Harvest States
C o o p erativ es,
Bunge
Corporation and Koch Ag in
the Portland area.
He and his w ife,
Chris, have three children.
Justin, Jordan, and Caitlynn,
w ho atten d school in
Heppner.
“ We are proud to
announce this promotion.
Jeff is an important member
o f the b a n k ’s e x ecu tiv e
management team. Under
his le ad e rsh ip , the loan
p o rtfo lio
has
grow n
su b sta n tia lly
w ithout
sacrificing credit quality,”
said President and CEO, E.
George Koffler.
BEO Bancorp is the
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 e ra tes
a m ortgage
division, has loan production
offices in Herm iston and
Ontario and offers brokerage
serv ices th ro u g h BEO
F inancial S erv ices. The
b a n k ’s web
site
is
www.beobank.com.
Head Start still accepting students
for 2006-07 school year
Heppner Head Start is still recruiting and enrolling
students for the 2006-07 school year. To register, call
U m a tilla -M o rro w H ead Start at (800) 559 -5 8 7 8 .
Depending on enrollment. Head Start will be considering
families above the income guidelines.
4th Annual
Fund Raising Dinner
to b e n e fit th e lo n e E d u ca tio n F ou n dation
AUCTION a n d RAFFLE ITEM S
Saturday, S e p te m b e r 23rd
S o c ia l hou r at 6 p .m . / D in n e r at 7 p .m .
at th e lo n e A m e r ic a n L e g io n H all
Menu: Prime Rib, Crab, Shrimp, Salad,
Baked Potato, Dessert. TWo drinks included with
meal (choose from beer, wine and soft drinks).
Ticket Prices:
Adults - $25.00
Children 12 and under • $10.00
6 and under - free
Tickets available at
Bank of Eastern Oregon, lone
Obituaries
Jean E. Nelson
Jean E. Nelson, 90,
of Lexington, died Saturday,
Aug. 19,2(X)6 at Providence
Benedictine Nursing Center
at Mt. Angel. OR.
A Celebration of Life
service will be held at 1 p.m.,
Saturday,
Sept. 9, at
t
h
e
Nelson
family
ranch on
B a se lin e
Road near
Lexington
w ith
a
graveside
service to Jean E- Ne,swn
follow at 4 p.m . at the
Lexington Cemetery.
She was born Oct. 8,
1915 at R oseburg, the
daughter of Charles Stuart
and Nellie Maud Whipple
McElhinny. She was raised
and a tten d ed school in
Roseburg until 1929. The
family then moved to Salem
where she graduated from
high school in 1933.
She
atten d ed
W illam ette U niversity in
Salem for one year and then
a tten d ed O regon State
College in Corvallis, where
she graduated with a degree
in 1939. She m oved to
Heppner to teach in the fall
of 1939 and taught there for
two years. In the fall of 1943,
she moved to Pendleton and
tau g h t fo r tw o y ears at
Pendleton Junior High. She
becam e
Hom e
Demonstration Agent under
the Extension Service in
Y am hill
C ounty
and
rem ained there for three
years.
In 1946, she married
Ira Norman Nelson and went
to live on the family wheat
farm in Eastern Oregon near
the tow n o f lone. She
cooked on a wood stove that
also heated the house water
that first year. There was no
electricity until 1949. She
q u ick ly learn ed about
making butter, ironing with
sad irons, collecting the eggs
and skimming cream.
She
had
tw o
children, Charles Alfred in
1950 and K ristin Sue in
1952.
She was very active
in G ran g e, PTA, Farm
B ureau, 4 -H /E x te n sio n .
O regon W heat L eague,
G arden
C lu b .
lone
Community Church, Topic
C lub and lone Public
Library.
Her special interests
were the Morrow County
Historical Society and the
Oregon Trail. She worked
on projects to photograph
and record one-room school
h o u ses in the county,
recognize Century Farms, to
have the Oregon Trail sites
in
M orrow
C ounty
recognized and marked by
the O regon H ighw ay
Department and on the book
“The History o f M orrow
County.” In 1985, she was
reco g n ize d as a “ F irst
Citizen” of Morrow County
fo r
her
v o lu n te e r
contributions.
Nelson continued to
live on the family farm until
2003. She then moved to
W illow C reek V alley
Assisted Living in Heppner
before moving to Mt. Angel
at the Benedictine Nursing
Facility, where she received
excellent, loving care from
the staff. While there, she
c o n tin u ed to atten d the
Oregon State Fair each year,
go on trips to the coast, eat
out in favorite restaurants
and visit with family and
friends.
S urvivors include
son. C huck N elson and
daughter-in-law , L isa of
Lexington; daughter, Kristin
Nelson Graham and son in
law John Graham, of Salem;
grandson, Justin Nelson and
w ife, A ndrea o f Salem ;
granddaughter, C ourtney
Nelson of Eugene; sister,
Sue McElhinny Rankin of
Salem; and many nieces and
nephews. She was preceded
in death by her husband,
Norman, who died in 1984
and tw o b ro th e rs, Bill
M cE lh in n y and Stuart
McElhinny of Salem.
M e m o r i a l
contributions for those who
w ish may be m ade to
Morrow County Museum
Farm Foundation, PO. Box
515. Heppner, OR 97836,
or to the Morrow County
Historical Society, PO. Box
594. Heppner, OR 97836, or
to lone Community Church.
P.O. Box 346, lone, OR
97843.
Sweeny Mortuary of
H eppner is in charge o f
arrangements.
Eric Anthony Korpela
Eric
A nthony
“ B u b b a” K o rp ela, 7, o f
Irrigon, died Aug. 19, 2006.
at Good Shepherd Medical
Center in Hermiston, as the
resu lt o f a sw im m ing
accident.
A graveside service
for Eric Anthony “Bubba”
Korpela will be held Aug. 26
at Hermiston Cemetery.
K orpela was born
Feb. 1, 1999, in Hermiston,
to Chad E. and Mary P. Clark
Korpela.
He first lived in
H erm iston
and
then
Umatilla, where he attended
kindergarten. Last year, his
fam ily m oved to Irrigon
w here he a tten d ed first
grade.
He
loved
professional wrestling and
trying the m oves on his
parents and little brother,
D evon. He also enjoyed
fishing, swimming, baseball,
w atch in g M onday night
football and playing with his
brother and sisters
He is survived by his
parents; sisters, M arissa
K orpela o f Irrig o n and
Kurstine Naillon and Kyra
Naillon, both of La Pine;
brothers, Devon Korpela of
Irrigon and Kyle Miller of
Prineville; grandparents. Iris
B rood
and
L eonard
S u n d q u ist,
both
of
Hermiston, Tony Clark of
Salem and Neal and Jamie
Korpela of Prineville; great-
g ra n d p a re n ts, Edna and
C laren ce
C o lly e r
of
Hermiston, Herbert Brood
of Woodland, WA and James
and N elda M itch ell o f
Prineville; and several aunts,
uncles and cousins.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to a memorial fund at Banner
Bank or to Burns Mortuary
of Hermiston, P.O. Box 289,
Hermiston, OR 97838.
Margaret Anna
Smith
M arg aret
A nna
Smith, 83, of Baker City died
A ug. 24, 2006 at St.
Elizabeth Care Center.
Visitation was held
Aug. 29 at G ray’s West &
C o.
P io n e e r C h ap el.
Graveside services were held
Aug. 30 at M ount Hope
Cemetery. Jack Pittman of
the Baker City C hristian
Church officiated.
She was born July
10, 1923 in K londike
(Sherman County, OR) to
William G
and Pansy
G w ynne
Seehafer.
S h e
started
school in
Helix and
in
the
fourth
grade the Margaret Anna
f a m i l y Smith
moved to
Lena where she attended a
country school, then went to
Heppner. As a freshman she
went to school in lone.
She was a member of
the Christian Church, the
Legion Auxiliary, the VFW
Auxiliary and an honorary
member of the Elks.
Sm ith w orked for
many years and retired form
Levinger’s.
She en jo y ed her
family, her home and garden
and flowers. She also loved
to fish and en jo y ed the
mountains and wildlife.
S urvivors include
daughters, Jo Ann Hayes and
husband Ken of Woodland,
WA and Elaine Johnston and
husband Guy of Elko, NV;
sons, John Gaarsland and
wife Amy of Baker City and
Melvin Gaarsland and his
wife Terri of Elko, NV; 13
g ran d ch ild ren ; 17 g re a t
grandchildren; two great-
great-grandchildren; sisters,
Jane Tye of Enterprise, Billie
Ballweg of Fort Worth, TX
and M ild red T avares o f
Eagle, ID; and num erous
nieces and nephews. She was
preceded in death by her
husband Ray W. Smith in
Nov. 1987, her parents and
sisters, Eulenna Vaughn and
Gladys Holderman.
M e m o r i a l
contributions can be made to
Community Connections in
care of G ray’s West & Co.,
1500 Dewey Ave., Baker
City, OR 97814.
Irene Ester Huit
Irene £. Huit, 89, a
longtime Morrow County
resid en t, died Thursday,
Aug. 10, 2006 at Pioneer
M em orial H o sp ital in
Heppner.
A
g rav esid e
memorial service will be held
at 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 1,
at the H eppner M asonic
Cemetery.
She was born June
14, 1917 at lo n e , the
daughter of Robert and Ida
Mae Sailor Zinter. She was
raised and attended school at
lone where she graduated
from high school.
She was married to
A lfred M elvin H uit. He
preceded her in death. She
w orked m ostly as a
bookkeeper.
Survivors include
sister-in-law, Mary Zinter of
A t th e N C G G GREEN FEED STORE in H e p p n e r
K £ WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, SEPT. 4th
Hav<‘ \ Safe & Happy Labor Day!
Come enjoy a fun evening and
help support the lone School.
( H r t r i l l b e o p e n S a t u r t it itf. S e p t. 2 n d fr o m 8 a.m . - 12 n o o n )
The lone Education Foundation is a 501 (c)3 non-profit corporation.
242 W. L in d e n Way. H ep p ner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office)
M o r ro w C o u n ty C ra in G r o w e r s G reen Feed & S eed
lone, and nephew Sid Zinter
also of lone.
Me mo r i a l s
contributions, for those who
wish, may be made to the
donor’s favorite charity of
choice. •
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Cycle Oregon
returns after 19
years
By Claudia Hughes
Many in Heppner, as
well as the Willow Creek
V alley, w ill rem em b er
hosting C ycle O regon in
1987. “Things were different
then,” comments past Cycle
O regon
c h a irp e rso n s
Claudia Hughes and Cara
Osmin, who are back on the
scene fo r 2006 C ycle
O regon. Larry M ills and
Hughes are co-chairing the
Sept. 10, 2006 event and
Osmin is Hospitality Chair.
“Cycle Oregon now brings
all their food and prepares it,
rather than doing it locally,
w hich c re ate d lots o f
challenges and memories for
all the o rg a n iz a tio n s
involved back then. For
in stan ce, clea n in g 2000
potatoes in a front yard and
putting them in ovens all
o v er tow n w o n ’t be
happening this time.”
The local organizing
committee for 2006 consists
of: Co-chairpersons- Larry
Mills and Claudia Hughes,
with City Manager Dave De
M ayo a ss istin g ; Site
coordinators- Jay Gibbs and
Tom Mafera, both riding in
the event; Food coordinator-
L inda K enny and the
Booster Club; Hospitality
coordinator- Cara Osm in
and the C h am b er o f
Commerce; Entertainment-
Alita Nelson and the Parents
Club;,
and
B aggage
Handlers- Daye Stone and
HHS ath letes. Each has
formed a team of volunteers
to insure a successful visit by
Cycle Oregon. Additional
volunteers are needed and
welcomed. “Just call one of
the above to lend a hand in
making Heppner a positive
experience for these 2000
visitors from all over the
world,” says a spokesperson.
Hughes encourages
p eo p le along the ro u te,
especially those on Little
Buttercreek, to put out signs
and Irish flags, to wave the
cyclists along and give them
a warm greeting as they
cy cle to H ep p n er the
morning of Sept. 10. Cyclists
will be stopping for lunch at
the Jerry Myers Ranch with
a break at the Kevin Hughes
L ena R anch, w here the
Oregon Trail 4-H Club will
be on hand to assist. The
break on Monday, Sept. 11,
will be handled by the Adopt-
a-Teacher organization.
Mills points out that
all community volunteers
should try to carpool and
park in rodeo parking or in
the parking area used for
football games. Food servers
should eat ahead of time. All
com m unity m em bers are
welcome to join the cyclists
fo r the a ftern o o n and
ev en in g e n te rta in m e n t
d ow ntow n b esid e the
shamrock. Featured evening
entertainment will he “Cul an
Ti” (The Back Porch), a Five-
p iece C eltic band from
Portland.
A full entertainment
schedule will he published
next week.
C o o rd in a to rs are
appreciative o f everyone
willing to put forth-extra
effort to make this Cycle
O regon 2006 a great
experience for 2000 visitors,
as they are w elcom ed to
H ep p n er in O re g o n ’s
Rugged Country. Are they
tough enough?