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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 28, 2009 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES S I P S 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published w ee kl) and entered as periodical m atter at the Post O ffice at Heppner, Oregon under the Act o f M arch 3 ,1 8 7 4 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. O ffice at 188 W . W illo w Street. Telephone (5 4 1 ) 67 6-9 228. Fax (5 4 1 ) 676-9211. E -m ail editor'u rapidserve net or davidiurapidserve.net. W eb site: w w w heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner G azette-Tim es. P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. 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Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. On the HEPP.\ER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a N ews Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Bradfield graduates from Air Force basic military training Air Force Airman Dale M. Bradfield graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. He is the son of Adena Johnson-Rea of lone and Chic Bradfield of Eugene. Bradfield is a 2007 graduate o f lone High School. Kauffman graduates from U.S. Navy basic training Navy Seaman Recruit Levi B. Kauffman, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, IL. During the eight-week program, Kauffman com pleted a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid. firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness. The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Sta tions.” This exercise gives recruits the skills and confi dence they need to succeed in the fleet. Kauffman is a 2009 graduate of Riverside High School. He is the son of Renee and stepson of Jerry W. Zielinski of Boardman. BEO maintains profitability in 2009 BEO B a n c o rp (OTCBB:BEOB) and its subsidiary, Bank of Eastern Oregon, announced con solidated year to date earn ings o f $437,000. “BEO Bancorp remains profitable for 2009 despite charging $2.7 million year to date to income to buttress the al lowance for potential loan losses along with a $1.034 million charge to account for a decrease in collateral value in other real estate,” said Chief Financial Officer Mark Lemmon. “Total assets grew 3.5% year over year to just over $230 million; net loans increased 3.5% year over year to $179 million; and shareholders’ equity increased 12.2% over the same period,” according to President and CEO Jeff Bailey. “The third quarter itself was a challenging quarter. Our strong core earnings allowed us to take some aggressive steps to address potential future charges to the loan loss reserve as well as writing down other real estate. The total charge to income for the quarter was $3.172 mil lion. These unusual charges to income along with our bank’s share o f the FDIC special assessment, which amounts to $234,000, con tributed to a third quarter loss of $306,000, or $0.34 per share at the Bancorp,” added Bailey. “Our deposit base continues to grow within our market area and regu larly exceeds $200 million,” said COO Gary Propheter. “Total deposits ended the quarter at $197.8 million, up 10.9% from third quarter 2008. The strength and pro fessionalism of our branch teams allows us to continue building trust with our cus- Thanks to an anon ym ous donation, seven girls from lone M iddle School had the opportunity to attend a Girls in Science Camp at Eastern Oregon U niversity on Saturday, October 24. The camp was design to encourage girls to develop their skills in the area of science. Eighth graders Em ily Holland and Jaqueline Juarez said that the experi ence was really cool. “The best part of the whole camp was dissecting the fish,” said Emily Holland. “You could use the tools or just your hands. It didn’t even smell that bad.” “The best part for me was looking at insects under m icroscope,” said Jaqueline Juarez. “ I had no idea they had so many legs!” Pictured are the lone students that attended the Girls in Science Camp at EOU. Back row (L-R) - Jessie Flynn, Ann Rietmann, Emily Holland, Hailey Jones, and Jaqueline Juarez. Front row (L-R) - Shelby Williams, Lauren Garret, and Rachel Holland. - Contributed Photo The entire camp was centered around solv ing a mystery. Students were given a mystery sce nario with a map and told that a particular area was HHS class of 1999 to hold reunion Bradfield graduates from Army basic combat training Gingerbread contest to be held 4-H Achievement Night to be held Halloween Haunted Shop to open again Heppner Chamber closed through Friday • Residential • Commercial New Construction • Remodel Plumbing Services C C B # 169854 541-490-3499 bus. national economy is grow ing and recovering from the global recession, the banking industry continues to work through the effects of the past two years. Na tional, and more critically, local unemployment levels in the counties we serve will continue to hamper regional economic recovery. I expect during the balance of 2009 and into 2010 challenges in our market will crop up. Turbulent economic times call for conservative ap proaches to how the bank is run and a huge part of this conservative tone is to grow capital. In light of this, the board of directors has voted not to pay a cash dividend for third quarter 2009.” For further infor mation on the company or to access internet banking, please visit our website at http://www.beobank.com. lone students attend Girls in Science Camp at EOU The Heppner High golf at the Willow Creek School class of 1999 will Country Club at 11 a.m. on hold its 10 year class re November 7. Parents and com union on Saturday, Novem ber 7, at 6 p.m. at the Elks munity members are wel Lodge. A social hour will be come to attend but are asked to RSVP. held at 5 p.m. Those planning to A steak dinner will be served. The cost is $25 attend are asked to RSVP per person and kids are free. and send a check to Janelle The $25 cost covers dinner, Healy at 645 Hager Street, set-up and cleanup, use of Heppner, OR 97836 by the Elks Lodge, entertain October 25. For more informa Army Pvt. Lucas T. Bradfield has graduated from ment, and a class group tion contact Jaci Hughes at photo. Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, in Lawton, OK. W eather p erm it hughesJaci@yahoo.com. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and ting, class m ember will training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military A Gingerbread contest will be held on November justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot 21 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Heppner Senior Center. For more information call 676-8022 or see Jodi marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneu at Sweet Productions before November 10. vers and tactics. He is the son of Adena Johnson-Rea of lone and Chic Bradfield of Eugene. The 4-H Achieve fair awards, club attendance Bradfield is a 2009 graduate o f lone High ment Awards program will recognition, member and School. be held on Sunday, N o leader recognition, leader vember 8, at 4 p.m. in the of the year and more. These lone Community School awards are for the 2008- cafeteria. 2009 4-H year. Dinner will A w ards w ill be be provided. Attendees are The fourth annual Haunted Shop on Union Street given for record books, asked to bring a side dish (Jim Kindle’s residence) will open for all brave people at individual achievem ent, or dessert. 8 p.m. on Halloween and close when the last person has screamed. The cost this year is $ 1 per person. The Haunted Shop will also be accepting canned goods for the Neighborhood Center. Follow the screams to find out what is waiting The Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be for you around the next comer. closed through Friday, October 30. The office will reopen on Monday, November 2. Rob Conlee Plumbing, LLC tomers and continue our long-held commitment to our rural eastern Oregon communities,” continued Propheter. “The Board of Di rectors continues to aggres sively address challenges to the loan portfolio brought on by the global recession and regional economic fac tors. We continue to make sure the provision for loan loss is funded at an appro priate level to address po tential future loan losses,” said President and CEO Jeff Bailey. “Our core earnings remain strong and we are pleased to show a profit year to date 2009,” added Bailey. Bailey went on to say “The Board of Directors will continue the safe and prudent course of building capital and aggressively addressing problem cred its. While we read that the Taylor's Restaurant ANNUAL HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY t S a tu rd a y , O ctober 31st From 9 p.m. - 2 :3 0 a.m Prizes fo r Best Costumes TAYLOR’S RESTAURANT I0 N E • 422-9800 losing fish. Their job was to figure out why. Students got to be scientists, chemists and biologist all in the same day while exploring how each of those roles contrib- utes to solving the mystery. Students went through four different rooms that each had a different subject mat ter; math and computers, biology and archaeology. Each girl was responsible for keeping a data section in their journals that includ ing things like pH levels, nitrates, phosphates and oil and lead content in the water locations they were provided. They were served lunch and came home with a booklet of materials and a t-shirt. The group c o n sisted o f Emily Holland, Jaqueline Juarez, Ann Riet mann, Jessie Flynn, Shelby Williams, Lauren Garrett, Rachel Holland and Hailey Jones. M ike and Tobey Garrett provided transporta tion for all of the students. Wheatland Ins. Plans for office in Condon Editor s Note: The following article ran in the October 22 edition o f The Times-Journal. Representatives of Wheatland Insurance Cen ter, Inc. were in Condon earlier this week seeing to the details of the com pany’s anticipated move to Condon. Wheatland Vice- President Nancy Snider, who will manage the Con don office, and Wheatland’s technical specialist Christi Rossi were in town to make arrangements for electrical and internet connections to the office on Main Street, which most recently housed Western States Insurance, 307 S. Main Street. Wheatland antici pates having staff in the of fice by November 2 and will offer office hours of 9 a.m. to p.m. Monday through Thursday. The office will be staffed by personnel from the lone and Heppner offices initially, but Snider indicated the company is looking to hire personnel locally for the office. “We like being in small towns,” Snider said the various locations o f Wheatland Insurance Cen ters are located. W heat land’s home office in is Pendleton, and other of fices are located in Athena, LaGrande, Elgin, Enter prise, Baker City, Heppner, lone, and Hermiston. Information about Wheatland Insurance Cen ter’s plan to open an office in Condon and its services may be obtained by calling 1-800-504-9113. Irrigon City Hall to hold Veteran’s Memorial dedication Irrigon City Hall will hold a dedication cer emony on November 7 at 2 p.m. for the Veteran’s Me morial placed at City Hall by the Oregon Veterans Motorcycle Association. The ceremony will be held on the lawn south of Irrigon City Hall. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to Sandy Henry at (541) 922- 2635 or to hankandme 173@ msn.com. T he m o n u m en t was made possible by the efforts of Sandy Henry and the Oregon Trail chapter of the Oregon Veterans Motor cycle Association. lone School to host book fair lone Community School will host a Scholas tic Book Fair during school conferences November 4 and 5 from 3-8 p.m. in the lone Elementary gym. Book Fair custom ers may help the school build classroom libraries and im prove c h ild ren ’s reading skills by purchasing books through the Class room Wish List. This is a great time to pick up a holiday gift o f reading. The Book Fair will of fer specially priced books and educational products, including new releases, award-winning titles, chil dren’s classics, interactive software, adult books, and current bestsellers from more than 150 publishers. For m ore in fo r mation, visit the school’s webpage at www.ione.kl2. or.us. Everyone is invited to attend the book fair.
