Heppner city manager called out of military retirement
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When Heppner City
M anager D ave D eM ayo
retired from the U.S. Army
after the G ulf War ended, he
never thought that he might
be called on to serve his
country again 14 years later.
But that is exactly what has
happened. DeMayo put his
name on a volunteer list after
retiring just in case the Army
ever needed his services.
Approximately three weeks
ago DeMayo received that
surprising call.
D eM ayo spent 20
M ilitary, four years with
the Navy and 16 years w ith
the Army. During that time
he traveled around most o f
the Pacific and throughout
Europe. The one place De
Mayo w ishes he could have
traveled is Russia and the
surrounding countries. De
Mayo says he would have
stayed longer w ith the mili
tary but the end o f the G ulf
War marked cutbacks to the
military and he was not able
to stay on so he was granted
retirement.
DeMayo expects to
leave around mid-Septem
ber and while he has not re
ceived direct
o rd ers yet,
he believes
that he will
probably
be w o r k
i ng w i t h
c o n s tru c
tio n firm s
in Baghdad.
He expects
^
.
to be gone ()ave DeMayo
approxi
mately one year and is start
ing to feel a little excite
ment about his upcoming
endeavor. D eM ayo, who
has P arkinson's D isease,
will be going to ( )HSU next
week to see about having his
medication adjusted so that
he will be able to perform
military duties.
D eM ay o and his
wife, Neva, moved to Hep
pner in November o f 2005
from Vale when he was
nam ed city m anager. An
interim city m an ag er to
replace DeMayo while he
is on active duty has not
yet been nam ed, but the
Heppner City Council did
hold a special meeting this
afternoon to interview a
candidate.
Larry Lindsay honored for 40 years of
service on the Port of Morrow Commission
VOL. 126
NO. 30
10 Pages
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Two promoted at Bank
of Eastern Oregon
At a recent opera
tions meeting. President and
CEO, E. George Koftler, an
nounced two promotions.
B ec k y K in d le ,
Branch Administrator and
A ssistant Vice President,
was promoted to Vice Presi
dent. In her present role,
Kindle is responsible for all
branch operations coordina
tion.
K indle jo in e d the
bank in 1998 and spent
time in teller operations and
electronic banking before
being nam ed O perations
Support Manager/AVP and
then Branch Administrator.
“Becky has developed into
a respected leader through
her strong work ethic and
decision m aking sk ills,”
said President and CEO, E.
George Koftler. “We depend
on Becky to supervise the
branch operations network
that continues to function
smoothly as a result of her
leadership,” Koftler added.
Kindle and her hus
band, Jim, a Department of
C orrections em ployee in
Umatilla, have two children,
Mekayla and C.J.
Trena Day, Branch
O perations Supervisor o f
the Irrigon B ranch, was
prom oted
to Branch
M anager.
Day joined
the bank
in 2 0 0 4
a ft e r a
successful
stint with
P 1 »
another
com m u
nity bank,
giving her
a total o f
nine years
in b a n k
in g . She
spent the
past three
y e a r s at
the North
M o rro w
Beckv Kindle
County
b ra n c h e s
o f Bank
Trena Dav
o f Eastern
Oregon in
customer service, new ac
counts, and operations.
“ Trena brings en
ergy and effort to the job
each day as she manages one
o f our grow ing operations.
We appreciate her strides
in build in g an effectiv e
banking team to serve the
residents o f Irrigon,” said
Koftler.
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
preschooi to
hold registration
open house
Creative Care Pre
school in lone will hold a
registration open house on
Tuesday, August 7, from 5
until 7pm. The preschool is
open to children ages three
to five years o f age. Fol
lowing public school policy,
students must be three years
o f age before Septem ber
1, 2007 to enroll. The pre
school is located at 470 E
Main in lone.
Creative Care Pre
school offers two classes
w ith three year olds meeting
Mondays and Wednesdays
from 8:30 a .m .- 11 a.m .
and four year olds meeting
Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 8:30a.m .-11:30 a.m.
Tuition is $60 for the three
year old class and $70 for
the four year old class per
month. Scholarships can be
made available.
Teacher Betty Ri-
etmann will be on hand to
greet students and parents.
Parents should bring
immunization records and
birth certificate.
Parents who cannot
attend, but would like to en
roll their child in preschool
should call Allison Rudolf
422-7401 or Jill Martin 989-
8480.
P o rt o f M o rro w
Commissioner Larry Lind
say was honored Wednes
day, July 18, w ith a barbecue
dinner honoring the 40 years
he has served as a port com
missioner. The port w as cre
ated 48 years ago.
Lindsay credited the
men who stepped forward
to create the port and two
men in particular, Dewey
West, Jr., o f Boardman, and
Gar Swanson o f lone, w ho,
says Lindsay, “changed the
course o f Morrow County
h isto ry " with their fo re
sight.
Lindsay also gave
a great deal of credit to the
current port manager, Gary
Neal, w ho, he said, “had the
same vision as the original
pioneers o f the Port . . .
recognized the opportuni
ties and possessed the skills
to make them reality." “ I
believe that his (N e a l’s)
greatest v irtue was the abil
ity to build a team o f staff
members and a crew of com
petent employees who could
accomplish the impossible,”
Chamber in
search of items
to borrow
H eppner Cham ber
needs the help o f the com
munity. The Chamber would
like to borrow old cowboy
hats, boots, saddles, bridles,
and tack for an event being
planned for Saturday, Oc
tober 20. .The items will be
for decoration purposes only
and will not be used by the
general public. Anyone will
ing to lend these items for a
few days can call Terry at
the Chamber office at 676-
5536. Items can be turned
in on Wednesday, October
17. Mark each item clearly
with your name and phone
number.
Eary morning fire destroys Lexington home %
Larry Lindsay, center, surrounded by a room of well-wishers at
the dinner honoring him for 40 years of service on the Port of
Morrow Commission.
said Lindsay.
Lindsay said that the
port has grown enormously,
from bare ground to a vast
com plex to include three
industrial parks, a regional
transportation hub, barge
lines, a food p ro cessin g
park, the largest municipal
water system in Eastern Or
egon, a solid waste facility
and landfill, the “attractive"
Riverfront Center w ith its
paved roadways lined with
trees and spacious areas
o f grass” for offices and
community ev ents and now
new investments in ethanol
and bio-diesel fuel produc
tion. Lindsay said the port's
budget for the coming year
“ levies a tax o f $89,173,
only half of one percent of
the total budget o f $16.1
million. The port is basically
self-su p p o rtin g , g en erat
ing its own revenues. Our
payroll is $2,191,000 . . .
almost 25 times the total tax
lev led."
Lindsay was laud
ed by numerous officials,
in c lu d in g N eal, fo rm er
port p resid en t and M or
row C ounty Judge Louis
Carlson, many children and
grandehildren, many col
leagues and many friends.
Sr Center receives $3,500 grant
St. Patrick’s Senior Centers secretery Judy
Buschke presents president Pete Schwarzin with
a check for $3,500 from the Wildhorse Casino
in Pendleton. The grant will he used to purchase
round tables for the center dining room.
Ice cream parlour moves into new location
Sweet Productions
Ice Cream Parlour has
moved. On Friday, July
13, Sw eet P roductions
opened in its new location
inside The Victorian Rose.
“The move gives us more
o f an ability to expand.”
said Jodi Chapa, owner.
Chapa hopes to put in a
jukebox sometime in the
future. Hours for Sweet
Productions are 8:30 to
5:30 M onday th ro u g h
Wednesday. 8:30 to 7:30
Thursday and Friday, and
II to 7:30 on Saturdays.
Hours for The Victorian
Rose have not changed.
Pictured are .lodi ( hapa and her daughter. Jodessa, at the
new location of Sweet Productions Ice Cream Parlour.
At th e MCGG GREEN FEED STORE in H ep p n er:
Fire totally destroyed a Lexington home early Tuesday morning. The house at 250
West East Street belonging to (iene and Chirella Wallace was “fully engulfed” when
firefighters arrived at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. No one was hurt in blaze. Cause of the tire is
still under investigation.
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