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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
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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
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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.