SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 11,2006
LaRue retires after 33 years
Ned Clark (left) shares a laugh with Linda LaKue (right) at her
retirement party in Heppner.
Linda K. LaKue retires after 33 years in hanking.
L inda K. LaR ue
re tire d at the end o f
Septem ber from Bank of
E astern O regon after 33
y ears o f serv ice. Two
retirement parties were held
for LaR ue, one in lone,
where she began her career
and one here in Heppner,
where she has worked for
the last 19 years.
LaR ue began her
career in banking as a teller
at the Bank o f E astern
Oregon in lone in 1973. Two
o f her m ost m em orable,
h o w ev er not so happy
m em ories, tim es in lone
were the two armed bank
robberies in the early 1980s.
LaRue was present for both
of these events.
LaRue came to the
Heppner branch in 1992 to
take over the position of
teller supervisor. She then
c o n tin u e d up the ranks
servings as cashier, chief
operations officer and retired
as an ex ec u tiv e vice
president of the bank.
LaRue said the best
thing about working for the
bank has been the staff and
the customers. “We have a
trem endous s ta ff,” said
LaRue. “From the president
to the janitors, I am going to
miss them all.”
Another memorable
moment for LaRue was the
acquisition of the Klamath
First branches. “ It was a
huge jump [for the bank],”
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expressed LaRue.
Though she is
re tirin g , LaR ue is still
planning to stay extra busy.
When she is not spending as
much time as she can with
her nine grandchildren and
husband, Del, who retired
himself 10 years ago, she is
still going to be active with
banking. LaR ue w ill
continue serving on the BEO
board of directors and she is
going to teach sev eral
workshops over the next few
m onths for the O regon
Bankers Association. LaRue
will also continue serving on
the Morrow County Health
District Board.
As for finding new
hobbies and enjoying old
ones, LaRue says she plans
on m aking
a q u ilt,
scrapbooking and taking in
a little golf, of course, all
these will only take place
when she isn’t following her
grandchildren’s activities.
T aking o v er the
duties of LaRue will be Gary
Propheter, who will handle
the operations side of the job
and Mark Lemmon, who will
be
adding
L a R u e ’s
accounting duties to his
own.
The O regon State
University Extension Service
re c o g n ize d
sev eral
outstanding cooperators and
friends of Extension during
a recent awards ceremony
held at the annual Extension
c o n fe ren c e on the OSU
campus.
“ T h ese
aw ards
ack n o w led g e
the
outstanding contributions of
individuals and organizations
throughout the state that
have freely given time and
re so u rce s to su p p o rt
E x ten sio n
S erv ice
educational programs,” said
H olly
B erry,
F am ily
Community Development
faculty w ith the M arion
County office of the OSU
Extension Service.
Those honored are
Rod B ach, M onm outh;
Catherine Brosnan-Tepas,
Silverton; Diane Silverstein,
Polk County; Dottie Zajae,
D exter;
Bill
Jep sen ,
H eppner; Bruce H aw ks,
E u g en e; the R ietm an n
family, Heppner; the Hentze
Family Farm, Junction City;
Ellwood Miller, Linn County
and S tu art and C larice
Miller, of Tillamook County.
While Jepsen and the
Rietmanns could not attend
the ceremony, there were
Wedding
Kehr-Brannon
still honored.
Jepsen, a M orrow
County wheat producer, has
allow ed OSU to conduct
both small-plot and large-
scale Field research trials on
his farm for the past several
years. He is on Extension
advisory committees and is
a 4-H livestock leader as
well.
The entire Rietmann
family of Heppner has been
active in OSU Extension
programs. Tami Rietmann
has been a 4-H leader for 14
years and her husband Mark
helps w ith the 4-H b eef
program. Daughters Shelly
and Shanna came through
the 4-H program and were
cam p co u n se lo rs and
M orrow
C ounty 4-H
ambassadors.
The OSU Extension
S ervice is the statew ide
educational outreach arm of
the university, working to
help O reg o n ian s find
solutions to high priority
econom ic, environm ental
and
so cial
issu es.
Extension delivers research-
based educational programs
in a g ric u ltu re , fo restry ,
fam ily and co m m u n ity
developm ent, marine and
fresh water issues and 4-H
youth development.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
Things are looking
pretty spooky inside the St.
Patrick’s Senior Center these
days. With Halloween just
around the co rn er, the
residents of the apartments
can’t seem to rid the place
of spiders and all the webs
they weave. Some tenants
claim they have seen a head
on a silver platter, with rats
and snakes funning amuck.
One even claims to have seen
a tarantula on the floor. “I
personally have seen two.”
said
K athy
T urner,
apartment manager. “One is
real and one is a want-a-be.
That’s my opinion.”
The real “Harry” has
resided in the building for
one year now. He will show
up ag ain on H allo w een
night, downstairs when all
the kids com e trick or
treatin g . He only show s
himself once a year so you
d o n ’t want to m iss that.
H arry d o e s n ’t w ear a
costume or mask. He comes
just as he is. What would be
the point? He is scary just the
way he is.
On the menu for Oct.
18 is m eat e n c h ila d a s,
Spanish rice, refried beans,
salsa, shredded lettuce with
tomatoes, tortilla chips and
marbled sheet cake. Serving
this delicious meal will be
volunteers from the Seventh
Day A d v e n tist C hurch.
Don’t fret. Harry won’t be
present this day; enchiladas
spook him.
Jen the Hen visits HES
Dana and Russ Brannon
Dana Ann Kehr and
W illiam “ R u ss” R ussell
B rannon w ere jo in e d in
marriage on July 8, 2006 in
Tillamook.
The
b rid e,
of
A b erd een , WA, is the
daughter of Don and Pat
Kehr of Tillamook. She is a
1984 graduate of Ti 1 lamook
High School. She received
her bachelor's degree from
Linfield School of Nursing
and her m a ste r’s from
University of Washington.
She is currently employed as
a family nurse practitioner at
Family Medicine in Grays
Harbor, WA.
T he groom , o f
H eppner, is the son o f
A rleth a
B rannon
of
Heppner. He attended Blue
M ountain
C om m unity
College and Columbia Basin
C ollege. He is currently
employed as a journeyman
lineman for Columbia Basin
Electric.
The w edding and
reception took place at the
T illam o o k
C ounty
Fairgrounds.
The b rid e ’s party
c o n siste d o f Lisa D ick,
matron o f honor; Tammy
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HOW NOT TO SET PRICE
If you try to sell your home
without the services of a Re
altor. there's a better than even
chance that you 'll set the
wrong selling price. The sell
ing price, by the way, is the
most important factor in the
whole sales process. Most
owners base their price on the
only facts known: original
c o st, im provem ents and
hoped-for-profit. Then they
factor in what they think sim
ilar houses are bringing. Un
fortunately. the first three are
irrelevant and the fourth is
highly dubious.
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The original price, im
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may give you some clue to the
market, but you only hear the
asking price. It's not realistic
and it w on’t be the selling
price.
How then do you set a re
alistic price? By consulting a
local Realtor whose business
it is to know how much prop
erty can bring and will bring.
A Realtor's knowledge of the
market is invaluable.
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Mini concert to
be held at lone
Community
School
A C ard in al M ini
C o n cert w ill be held
Monday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.,
at the lone C om m unity
School cafeteria. The event
will feature the sixth through
12,h grade music class and
the Cardinal Chorus, with
the Elite Strings Trio.
Everyone is invited
and encouraged to attend
and enjoy the music talent of
the lone students.
Martin, Suzi M ercier and
Jessica Martin, bridesmaids;
and Katelin Mercier, junior
bridesmaid.
The groom ’s party
consisted of Brian Price, best
man; Terry Gray, M arty
Brannon and Drew Brannon
(groom's son), groomsmen;
and Jaco b K ehr, ju n io r
groomsman.
Ushers were David
K ehr and Ethan M artin.
Flower girls were Rachael
Dick and Markita Martin.
Ring Bearers were Michael
M ercier, Jaden Dick and
Carson Dick.
The bride’s bouquet
was assembled in the back of
the a isle. T w en ty -th ree
special
frien d s
who
represented different stages
in the bride’s life presented
her with roses in a variety of
co lo rs that w ere tied
together in satin by Merry
Brannon.
T he
co u p le
h o n eym ooned in M aui,
Hawaii.
The
co u p le
continues to maintain two
residences, one in Aberdeen,
WA and on in Heppner.
Grant workshop
scheduled in
Heppner
Blue
M ountain
C om m unity C ollege has
sch ed u led
a o n e-d ay
workshop entitled, Getting a
Grant, for Monday, Oct. 23,
at the M orrow C ounty
Extension Office in Heppner.
The class will run from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants
should bring their own lunch.
The cost of the workshop is
$20 and pre-registration is
required.
T h is
o n e-d ay
sem in ar w ill in tro d u ce
participants to the basics of
getting a grant and then what
to do once a grant has been
received. Topics covered
include:
-D em ystifying the
grant seeking process;
-Identifying funding
sources;
-F ram ing
the
project;
-E lem en ts o f a
proposal;
-W hat to do once
you get a grant.
Susan Plass, Blue
M ountain
C om m unity
College’s Director of Grants,
will present the workshop.
Plass has o v er 20 years
experience in the field of
grants and proposals.
Pre-registration is
required and may be done by
contacting Anne M orter,
BM CC C o o rd in a to r for
South Morrow County, at
422-7040.