EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, May 5,2010
lone students plant garden at Willow
Creek Assisted Living Community
Students in the hor
ticulture class at lone Com
m unity School took the
opportunity to plant a veg
etable garden and an herb
garden at Willow Creek As
sisted Living Community
last week. The high school
students raised most of the
vegetables in their school
greenhouse and spent part
of the day helping Willow
Creek residence plant the
starts and finish seeding the
facilities garden area.
Freshman, Jordan
Braun, said “This was an
awesome experience and
getting to talk to the people
there was neat.”
Resident manager,
Virginia “George” Naims,
w elcom ed the students
and fed them barbecued
hamburgers. Students sat
with the residents for lunch
and spent most of the day
there.
“I am really grate
ful for this opportunity,”
said teacher, Erin Heide-
man. “It’s a great chance
for my students to provide
a community service and
recognize the value of our
older generation of neigh
bors.”
The lo n e H igh
School greenhouse that
provided the vegetables
Top Photo: H orticulture students from lone Community
School help plant the vegetable and herb garden at Willow
Creek Assisted Living Community.
Bottom Photo: Sophomores Micah Stillman and Zac Orem
help plant vegetables at the assisted living facility earlier this
week. -Contributed Photos
also has a number of bed afternoon and during some
ding plants available. The weekend hours.
greenhouse is open every
H E S an n ou n ces A p ril S tu d en ts o f th e M on th
H eppner Elem entary School recently announced the April Students of the Month. The
character trait was courage. Pictured are: top row (L-R) Alyssa Lemmon, Justice Petzoldt,
Rylee Wagoner, Tristan Estabrook, Logan Grieb, Kai Arbogast, Diana Healy, Alex Lindsay
and Madison Combe; Bottom row (L-R) Joseph Sherman, Amelia Baker, Kylie Boor, Jona
thon Waddell, H unter Greenup, Sydney Wilson, Jorden Sweeney and Cheyenne Shaw. Not
pictured is Daichi W alters. -Contributed Photo
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Sheriff's Report
The Morrow County
Sheriffs Office reports han
dling the following business:
November 20:
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office received report of
a semi with sm oldering
debris in the back flying
out into the road on 1-84,
Boardman. It was a silage
truck going to the dairy with
the silage steaming.
MCSO, Boardman
Police Department arrested
Juan Rodriguez Pacheco,
39, on a Hermiston Circuit
Court warrant for Parole
Violation/DUII. He was
lodged at Umatilla County
Jail with no bail.
-MCSO received
report of a deer hit in Hep
pner still suffering.
-MCSO received
report of a deer hit on 1-84.
ODOT had someone in the
area and would remove it.
-MCSO received
report o f a four-wheeler
that went off a trail near
Ruggs. A deputy was un
able to locate any vehicle.
He advised it was mostly
likely someone who lived
in the area.
-MCSO received
report o f people selling
food out of a freezer in the
back of a pickup in Hepp
ner. There was no advertis
ing on the pickup. A deputy
made contact ad advised
that they needed to leave or
get a license from city hall.
He warned them for solicit
ing without a license.
-MCSO received
report of a window broken
at a residence in Irrigon the
previous night and broken
beer bottles at the end of
her driveway.
-MCSO received
a request for information
on a crash report at Three
Mile Farms.
-MCSO received
report that the fire alarm
system at the senior cen
ter in Heppner was being
worked on.
-MCSO received
request for a deputy and
an ambulance to respond
to a male subject who shot
himself. MCSO responded
and determined that a 57-
year-old male was deceased
from a single self-inflicted
gunshot wound.
-MCSO received
a report from an Irrigon
woman that someone had
put a 10 MPH sign in their
carport.
BEO_________________________
P.O. Box 39 • Heppner, OR 97836 • Administrative Office: 250 NW Gale St. • Heppner. OR 97836 • Phone: (541) 676-0201
May 3, 2010
An open letter to shareholders, customers and employees of Bank of Eastern Oregon and BEO Bancorp,
BEO Bancorp, the holding company for Bank of Eastern Oregon, has received an unsolicited offer to be purchased by
Community Bancshares, Inc., the holding company for Community Bank. Keeping with their fiduciary responsibility,
the board of directors for BEO Bancorp has carefully analyzed the financial and intangible implications of the offer.
The board has voted unanimously to reject the offer. Selling the bank is simply not in the long term best interest of
the shareholders, customers, employees or the communities that we serve.
We considered a number of important points during our review.
■ Bank stocks including BEO Bancorp have fallen in price over the past 3 years. No astute investor should be in favor
of selling near the bottom when the prospect for appreciation in share value is excellent. Internal bank projections
show improving trends for profitability as the economy improves.
■ BEO has a strong capital position in excess of would be suitor. Any resulting marriage could weaken this strong
position.
* Local control and decision making could be lost.
• The bank employs over 100 people through out the region.
■ Our employees provide support as not-for-profit board and committee members, local government officials, coaches
and organization volunteers.
■ Many of these jobs, particularly in south Morrow County could be lost and duties exported out of state to Community
Bank’s administrative office in Walla Walla, WA.
■ Bank of Eastern Oregon employees are all members of a KSOP and are shareholders. They have a vested interest
in the success of your Bank.
-MCSO received
report of a subject riding
a four-wheeler around the
streets of Lexington, pos
sibly intoxicated. The sub
je ct would not stop for
an off-duty deputy. Two
subjects were warned for
riding four-wheelers in the
city of Lexington and told
they would be cited the
next time.
-Boardman Police
Department received report
from a Linn County deputy
o f an abandoned vehicle
that returned to a Boardman
subject.
-BPD officer re
ported he was out with a
male and female who ap
peared to be hitchhiking
on the 1-84 on ramp. The
subjects, who were en route
to Portland, were warned.
-BPD received re
port of extensive graffiti at
the high school in Board-
man.
-BPD officer re
ported he found graffiti on
a gazebo in Boardman.
-BPD office made
contact regarding graffiti.
-BPD received re
port of a male subject who
crawled through a window
o f a trailer and came out
the front door. An officer
confirmed that the subjects
were the tenants, had locked
themselves out and were
crawling through the win
dow to unlock it.
-BPD o ffic e r
picked a cat up from an RV
park and transported it to
PetRescue.
No ve mb er 21:
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office received report of a
pickup weaving in and out
of a lane on 1-84.
-MCSO deputy re
ported a check on a subject
sleeping inside a vehicle at
the Paterson Ferry hunter
check point in Irrigon. The
subject was waiting to go
hunting the next morning.
-MCSO received
report o f a long female
walking at Paterson Ferry
in Irrigon. The subject was
given a courtesy transport
to Good Shepherd Hospital
to meet with a subject who
was to transport her to Co
lumbia River Ranch.
-MCSO received
report of a suspicious ve
hicle idling near the caller’s
driveway in Irrigon. The
reporter’s husband made
contact with the subject
who had been asleep and
had a five-year-old child
in the vehicle. The subject
turned off the motor and
was sitting there with the
lights off, partially blocking
the RV park drive, which
could be a safety hazard.
-MCSO received
report from a Lexington
subject that on Friday and
Saturday nights, people on
four-wheelers run around
the property and around
town, starting at around 10
or 11 p.m. The caller said
they go up and down the hill
below the airport.
-MCSO deputies
responded to assist Umatilla
County Sheriff’s Office.
-MCSO received
report of a dog fight in Ir
rigon. The caller said that
there would be another fight
on Sunday and reported
they could see the kennels
from the road and hear the
dogs. The reported said the
house was locked up and
abandoned unless there was
a fight. The reporter also
said that they were afraid
they would be shot if they
make a report.
-MCSO received
report of a theft of an above
ground gas tank handle and
approximately 16 gallons of
gas in lone.
-MCSO received
report from an Irrigon
woman that her dogs had
been poisoned. She said the
veterinarian said he thought
it was with antifreeze.
-MCSO received
report that a large black
lab and a black lab puppy
showed up at an Irrigon
residence.
-MCSO received
report o f suspicious cir
cumstances at a residence
in Boardman with the door
of a motor home left open.
A deputy made contact and
nothing was disturbed.
-MCSO received
report from a Boardman
subject that her one-year-
old black lab, that goes by
the name of “Snuffy”, was
missing. She called back
and advised that her dog
had been found.
-MCSO received
report from an Irrigon
woman that the husband of
a family member beat her
up. MCSO arrested Saul
Llamas Topete, 44, for Vio
lation of Restraining Order
and Assault IV-Domestic
Violence. He was lodged at
Umatilla County Jail with
$12,500 bail.
-Boardman Police
Department responded to
a disabled vehicle. The
subject was helping her
husband with insulin and
advised that EMS was not
needed.
-BPD received re
port from a subject who said
his father-in-law was taking
things from his residence.
BPD responded and deter
mined it was a civil matter.
The subject was trespassed
from the residence.
-BPD received re
port o f vehicles behind a
building. An officer was
to keep an eye out on the
area.
-BPD cited Adrian
Lee Ahumada for speed rac
ing and driving uninsured.
-I rr igo n A m b u
lance received report of a
subject with a tangled oxy
gen line who was having
trouble breathing. He had
an injured arm and was able
to get it back on. He was
conscious, but had labored
breathing and wheezing.
-I rr igo n A m b u
lance received report from
a subject that he had no
oxygen and the meter had
broken. He said a neighbor
said he would come over
and help, but he was drunk.
The subject said his aide did
not come in until 10 or 11.
-Ir rig on A m b u
lance received report from
a subject that the tube on
his colostomy bag had bro
ken. The subject was trans
ported.
-I rrigon A m b u
lance received report from
a subject that his care giver
had come and put his neck
brace on, but it was choking
him so badly that he could
barely breathe.
Length o f bridge closure unsure
The directors understand the important role that the bank plays in our area. We have a moral obligation to our
communities and are determined to remain a staunchly independent bank. We are committed to continue serving the
needs of the communities in which we live and work for many years to come.
If you are an employee.. thank you for your work. If you are a shareholder.. .thank you for your continued support. If
you are a customer.. thank you for your business. If you are not yet a customer, we invite you to visit your local branch
and see what makes Bank of Eastern Oregon special.
On behalf of Board of Directors,
The bridge behind The Stable of Youth in Heppner will be
closed approximately nine months to a year, according to Hepp
ner City Manager Dave DeMayo. An upcoming ballot initiative
will determine how much funding will be available to start up
work again on the bridge. -Photo by Autumn Morgan
President and CEO
BEO Bancorp
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