Replacement bridge arrives in Heppner
Above: City crews work on
unloading a bridge last week
that will he used to replace
the Lovers Lane bridge next
to the Stable of Youth bow l
ing center in Heppner. The
bridge was purchased from
the city of Pendleton and
is 100 feet long and weighs
40,000 pounds. No word
on when the bridge will be
installed.
Right: The new bridge will
replace the old and unsafe
bridge over Willow Creek
that connects Court Street
with South Chase St. next
to the Stable of Youth in
Heppner.
Town and Country Awards banquet
tickets available
Community Bank’s Change For Charity
Drive raises over $11,800
Community Bank conduct
ed a Change For C har
ity Drive from November
1, through December 20.
The bank collected “loose
change” from its customers
and the community, to be
donated to local charities
selected by each branch.
Community Bank matched
$0.50 on every dollar to add
to the donations collected
for local charities.
A d d itio n a lly ,
Community Bank donated
an extra $ 1,000 to charities
to the banking region that
collected the most money -
which was the East region
of La Grande, Baker City,
Union, Elgin, Wallowa,
Enterprise, and Joseph. The
West Region encompasses
branches in H erm iston,
Heppner, Pendleton, Mil-
ton-Freewater, Walla Walla,
and Clarkston.
T h e f o llo w in g
amounts will be donated
(or already have been do
nated) as a result of the ef
fort. (Amounts are rounded
to the nearest dollar and
include funds raised in the
branch plus the Community
Bank $0.50 on the dollar
match.)
In the Eastern Re
gion: Wallowa - $2,056 to
the Wallowa Food Bank;
La Grande - $1,684 to the
Friday Back Pack Program
(food for kids in need for
the weekend); Baker City
- $1,478 to St. Francis de
Sales, Nazarene Church,
and Baker City Christian
Church food banks; Jo
seph - $873 to Community
Connections Food Bank;
Enterprise - $726 to Com
munity Connections Food
Community Bank Heppner Branch Manager Amy Koll-
man (right) presents a donation check to Neighborhood
Center Director Janice.Skaggs.
Bank. Union - $468 to the
Union Food Bank; Elgin
- $402 for the Elgin Food
Bank. Total donated to
charities in Baker, Union,
and Wallowa Counties was
over $7600.
In the West Region:
Walla Walla-$2,427 to the
United Way of Walla Walla;
Hermiston - $555 to Good
Samaritan Ministries; Pend
leton - $384 to Pioneer Re
lief Nursery; Milton Free
water - $371 to the City
Light and Power Assistance
Program; Clarkston $2.06
to Clarkston Care Center
towards holiday gifts for
residents that do not have
local families; Heppner -
$192 to the Neighborhood
Center of South Morrow
County. Total of donations
to charities in Umatilla,
Walla Walla, Clarkston,
and Morrow Counties was
$4,132.
Community Bank,
with $367 million in as
sets as of June 30, 2010,
is a full-service commer
cial bank serving custom-
Taylor bags five point
T ick ets for the
Heppner Chamber’s Town
and Country Awards, spon
sored by CenturyLink, will
be available for sale start
ing on Monday, January 3,
at the following locations:
Heppner Chamber of Com
merce, Bank o f Eastern
Oregon, Murray’s Drug and
the Community Bank.
The awards ban
quet will be held on Thurs
day, January 13, at the Mor
row County Fairgrounds
with social hour beginning
at 6 p.m. and dinner and the
program to begin at 7 p.m.
The theme for this
year’s awards banquet is
“ Heppner-A little town,
where big hearts abound ..
.in every direction.”
Cornerstone Gal
lery, with Chef Alvin Liu,
will serve a “delicious din
ner consisting of Stuffed
Pork Chop with Pancetta
Apple Reduction, Grilled
Prawn with Apricot Honey
Glaze, Honey Toasted Wal
nut Pear Salad, Seasoned
Basmati Rice, Dinner Rolls
and Dessert.”
T ickets are $20
each. Chamber Executive
Director Sheryll Bates ad
vises that those attending
get their tickets early so the
chamber can make appro
priate accommodations.
“Come share the
evening with other commu
nity members as we honor
a well-deserved business
and some special citizens,”
said Bates.
Tate Gentry wins Community Bank float
theme contest with “Christmas in the
Blue Mountains” Light Parade float
Personal Banker in Com
munity
Bank's
Joseph
Branch, uses a coin counter
to tally their collection jar.
ers in Eastern Oregon and
Southeastern Washington
through a network of 16
retail branch locations.
The bank’s slogan “Local
Money Working For Local
People” exem plifies the
bank's dedication to small
town banking and its com
mitment to local communi
ties. A subsidiary of hold
ing company Community
Bancshares Inc, the bank's
headquarters is located in
Joseph, Oregon.
Tate Gentry of Heppner was the winner of the Community Bank float design
contest. His theme, “Christmas in the Blue Mountains,” incorporated the themes of Hep
pner and Christmas, including the “Cross" on the hill, the trees in the Blue Mountains,
golden wheat, crystal clean blue water and purple for the pride, valor and happiness of
the people of Heppner.”
DA seeks info on shooting death
M orrow County
D istrict Attorney Justin
Nelson issued a press re
lease December 23 con
cerning the investigation
of a death of a teenager on
December 18.
“The investigation
o f a 16-year-old Board-
Jenna Taylor, 13
years old of lone, man youth that was shot
shot a five-point and killed Saturday night
bull elk, her first
one, on the first
day of elk season
in the John Day
area. Her mother
said that the hunt
ing party saw five
elk together and
Jenna bagged the
biggest one.
is continuing to progress,"
said Nelson. “While the
case is still in the investiga
tion stage, inv estigators are
following up leads as they
come in.”
Nelson said that the
Major Crimes team asks
anyone w ith information on
the case to contact the Mor
row County Sheriff's Office
Communications Center,
541-676-5317. He said
that the information will be
passed on to the investiga
tors of the Major Crimes
Team., which consists of
city, county, state and tribal
law enforcement profes
sionals from both Umatilla
and Morrow counties as
well as the DA's office.
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