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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 20,2007 - THREt Celebrate Heppner! Area residents gath ered June 15 and 16 for two days of fun activities for the annual Celebrate Heppner! Friday’s activities included a barbecue spon sored by the Bank of Eastern Oregon, a kids’ footrace, sidewalk chalk drawing, egg races, hot dog eating con test, talent show, pie contest and auction, small dog race, dunk tank and downtown merchant sidewalk sale. Saturday, the ‘Din ner at the Cemetery’ play “Murder and Moonshine, scripted by Doris Brosnan, along w ith co-producer Sha ron Harrison, was put on at Picnickers enjoy the BEO barbecue at the Heppner City Park the St. Patrick Parish Hall and involved a plethora of local actors, portraying lo cal courtroom drama ripped from the headlines of the 1907 Gazette-Times. The Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers per formed Saturday evening at the park. Farmer Joseph Klein (Louis Carlson) prepares to testify during ‘Murder and Moonshine'court proceedings. BEO breaks ground for new building in Boardman By the East Oregonian Bank of Eastern Oregon broke ground Wednesday for its new 3,500-square- foot financial services center. Bank o f f ic ia ls , joined by representatives of the city, Mike Becker of Mike Becker General Con tractor Inc., Gail Sargent of Sargent Architects, and the Boardman Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors dug in to start the project. The building is expected to be available for occupancy in December, said George Koffler, bank president and chief executive officer. S itu ated at 100 City Center Drive, the new building will replace the bank's smaller branch on Northwest Front Street and provide room for growth. “Bank of Eastern Oregon has had a very successful 10 years in the Boardman market and our new build ing positions us for the expanding commercial and consumer business being generated from new hous ing and development in the Port of Morrow,” Koffler said. “The bank is invest ing in the future of the city of Boardman and we are proud to occupy an anchor location in the City Center complex.” Sargent Architects of Hermiston designed the building. The bank has hired Mike Becker General Con tractor Inc. of La Grande to build it. The single-story building features two drive- up banking lanes, each wide and long enough for two vehicles towing horse trail ers, with a drive-up ATM and night depository. A high-ceiling banking floor is flanked by an expanded lending platform and sup port areas. The building design allows for expansion off of the wings as future needs dictate. BEO Bancorp is the holding company for Bank of Eastern Oregon, which operates 1 I branches and three loan production of fices in nine eastern Oregon counties. Branches are in Arlington, lone, Heppner, Condon, Irrigon. Boardman. Burns, John Day. Prairie City, Fossil and Moro; loan production offices are in Hermiston, Ontario and Enterprise. Joe Lindsay entertains with amusing ditties he created from familiar songs between scenes at the Dinner at the Cemetery ‘Murder and Moonshine' play. Bank of Eastern Oregon employees Gary Propheter (left) and Jeff Bailey prepare a hamburger and hotdog barbecue for all comers at the park Friday. Two young performers entertain the crowd during the tal ent show held at the city park. Shoppers peruse the bargains at the downtown merchants' sidewalk sale Friday. Tftc American Red Cross, Roiiinq Prairie District wishes to acknowiedge and thank our core group of volunteers and our partners the Southern Baptists for their hard work during the CSEPP exercise May 22, 2007 Thank you Morrow County for your support!! Hridgcttc Waite, Sheiby Waite, Marilyn Perkins, Deanna Price, Sharron Inskeep u t n m ------------ e r r F u u n ! I---------- 2 WE HAVE POO E TOYS... I «, ASP EOTS | OF F OUR T H OF ~ J U L 1 I T E MS Someone doesn't know it, but he's about to get a dunking at the Celebrate Heppner! dunk tank Friday. City of Heppner to hold reception The City of Hep pner will hold a reception honoring retiring and new city employees on Friday, June 29, from 1-3 p.m. at the city hall. Punch, cookies, cake and coffee will be served. Everyone is invited to at tend. I 1 Ike Public ¡4 liwUed U a Reception Htmtiny Relimy & Hem Ciiy Employees t&t Ike City oi H eppm . ch Ftiday. June 29, 2007 ( umk 1-3 |u*i. al Reppue\ Cily Hall Piuuk, aufkiu. cake and caUee tewed! s I 1 f 3 • J »1 t Try an OrangeVanilla Dreamsicle Kalian Soda! 2 CANDLE OF 6 | THE M O N T H : | J fila z ilia n (j* a n io n ( f l u i t | TAanlis for a great sidewaCli saCef ^ M umuj '4 Dwj INC htoppt Lexington A tone 217 North Main • Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 1 6
