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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 1,2012 Local Bank of EO employees earn promotions BMCC offers “brown bag” investing, retirement classes Becky Kindle, John her role on the Morrow team and our community,” Qualls and Ed Rollins have County School Board and Bailey said. each been promoted Q ualls currently her involvement in to Senior Vice Presi numerous other or lives in Heppner along with dent positions with ganizations,” said his wife, Doashea, and their the Bank of Eastern three children. Bailey. Oregon. Rollins was pro Kindle cur “ We a r e rently lives in Hep moted to Senior Vice Presi pleased to announce pner along with her dent of Credit Administra the prom otion o f Becky Kindle husband, Jim. They tion. He began his banking these three individu have two children career in Montana in 1997. als. Each fills a criti Ed has been with * at home. cal role within our organi the bank since 2004, Qualls was zation, and they are key to promoted to Senior starting as a loan the continued success of the Vice President-Se officer in lone and A rlington before bank,” said president and nior Loan Officer. CEO Jeff Bailey. accepting a job in He has been with • Kindle was Heppner in 2007. Ed th e b a n k promoted to Senior is currently enrolled since 2002. Vice President of at P acific C oast Before re Ed Rollins Operations. She has B anking School. locating to been with the bank Heppner in 2007, He serves as chairman of since 1998 and has John was a loan Willow Creek Economic served in virtually officer in Gilliam Development Group and all operational areas John Qualls County. John was has been active in ICABO of the bank. She is recently elected -to in lone. currently enrolled “Ed has dem on the Columbia Basin at Pacific Coast Banking Electric Co-op board of di strated his ability as a leader School, with anticipated rectors. He is also a major in within the bank, and his graduation in August. the Oregon Army National contribution to organiza “Becky brings the Guard and has served two tions in the Willow Creek Valley is appreciated,” said utmost professionalism and tours of duty in Iraq. leadership to the bank's op “We appreciate and Bailey erations area. She also uses applaud John’s military R ollins lives in those skills giving back to record and are pleased to lone with his wife, Tricia, our com m unity through have him back as part of our and their two children. a NFIP pays for loss avoidance With the rain, ice and snow South Morrow has experienced in the last year, area property owners may be interested to know that the National Flood In surance Program (NFIP) is willing to pay up to $ 1,000 for loss-avoidance mea sures. Those with flood in surance can take advantage of this benefit even if their home or business does not actually flood. The NFIP is man aged by FEMA. According to the NFIP policy wording, “We will pay up to $1,000 for costs you incur to pro tect the insured building from a flood or imminent danger o f flood...” Loss avoidance m easures in clude sandbags, supplies and labor or moving insured property in order to pro tect in from flooding. The program pays for “reason able expenses” for moving insured property, or for supplies such as sandbags and sand to fill them, fill for temporary levees, pumps, and plastic sheeting or lum ber used in connection with those items. NFIP also pays for the value of work—at the federal minimum wage— that the policy holder or o th e r m em bers o f the household perform. A caveat to this is that the coverage only ap plies if dam age from a flood is imminent and the threat is apparent enough to lead a person of “common prudence” to anticipate flood damage. A general and temporary condition of flooding near the loca tion must also occur, or a legally authorized official must issue an evacuation or other civil order in the community in which the property is located. For more informa tion on the program, contact Christine Shirley, NFIP coordinator, at 503-373- 0050 ext. 250 or Christine. shirley@state.or.us. Scholarship trust elects officers Bill Rietmann o f lone was elected president of the South Morrow Coun ty Scholarship Trust for the 2012 year at the SMCST's annual meeting in Hep pner on January 30. Gin ger Bowman was elected vice-president. Del LaRue was elected treasurer, and Sharon Harrison, secretary. Board members are Missy Cutsforth, Martha Munkers and Carrie Grieb. The South Morrow county Scholarship Trust was established several years ago to provide funds to grant scholarships to graduating seniors from H eppner and lone high schools. Applications for this year's scholarships are available on the Heppner and lone school websites. For questions, call the coun selors at the Heppner High School and the lone High School. Scholarship ap plication deadline is April 2 , 2012 . FAIR QUEEN -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE tate, David Sykes, printing of coronation tickets. These and many more sponsors will be recognized closer to and at coronation for their monetary and award sponsorships. “The support from the community and county so far has been fantastic,” said Sylvia Sandford, court director. “We are so excited to celebrate Maggie's of ficial crowing and night of fundraising w ith her family and friends. She is going to be a great county represen tative as well as role model for future queens.” Tickets are now SiiVw fast shakes TWIST IT UP WITH SHOTS OF COFFEE 'aientines day is on. tfte uray.... CALL OUR FLORAL DEPARTMENTTODAY 5 4 1 -6 7 5 -9 4 2 6 _____________ available!! AM oofi. (tart Ho 4odr! D rink S pecials - S ugar D addy L atte $3 .2 5 R aspberry V anilla C ream S oda $ 2 .5 0 MuMUj'J 1 ) 217NotftMdnSt Happw• Ann*<7<S-t1S6• Florae 676-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 i on sale for the coronation and can be purchased in advance at Murray’s Drug in Heppner, the fair office at 676-9474, from queen chaperone Jean Collins at 676-8037 or from Sylvia Sandford at 541 571-5930. Tickets are $25 for adults and $ 15 for youth; children five and under are free. All proceeds go to benefit Queen Maggie’s year. The court is also looking for donations o f gift baskets, gift certifi cates, services, desserts, etc. for silent and live auc tion items. Please contact either Jean or Sylvia with those contributions. B lu e M o u n tain Community College will offer a "brown bag” series of classes during the month o f February to help indi viduals plan and save for retirement. The four one-hour classes will be held at noon at the Blue Mountain Com munity College location at 300 Front Street NE in Boardm an. The classes will be taught by Rita Van Schoiack, financial advisor and owner of Blue Moun tain Investment Manage ment. The classes consist of a two-part series; the first series is a primer on basic investment principles and the second series covers the fundamentals of retire ment planning. Depending on individual needs and knowledge, the series can be taken independently of each other or as offered. The goal of the courses is to help attendees gain the skills to estimate how much money they need to retire, learn how to create retire ment goals, review invest ment basics and more. The class dates are as follows: Investment Ba sics Part I, Tuesday, Febru- ary 7; Investment Basics Part II, Tuesday, February 14; Retirement Basics Part I, Tuesday, February 21; and Retirement Basics Part II, Wednesday, February 29. The classes are free, but a workbook for each series can be pur chased for $5 each. Advance registra tion is required. Call Anne ' Morter at 541-422-7040 or e-mail her at amorter@ bluecc.edu to register or for more information. Students may also register online at www.bluecc.edu. Club hosts creation scientist The H eppner AWANA club will have a parent's night open house at their usual meeting place, the Adventist Church, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 9. Everyone is wel come to come and see what the AWANA club is doing. Russ Miller from Creation, Evolution, and Science Ministries will bring the council time. Cookies will be served after the meeting. At 8:30 p.m., Russ will talk to the Heppner Youth Group at the same location. R uss M ille r is an internationally known speaker who is in the North west for the Steeling o f the Minds Conference in Spokane, providing a rare opportunity to meet one of the leaders in the Creation Science movement. The students at the university in his hometown of Flagstaff, AZ invited him to speak on campus several years ago. The more liberal professors were so upset that they insti tuted a college-credit class entitled “ Refuting Russ Miller.” Anyone interested in finding out more about this controversial man can visit his website at www. creationministries.org. Russ and Joanna Miller also will be visiting Dick and Karen Temple the week of February 6 thru 9. The Temple’s veterinary clinic will be closed part of that time. Jonathan Carden, the Development Officer for Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, VA, will also be staying with the Temples February 6 and 7. Patrick Henry College is a Christian college that w elcom es hom e-school students. Their team o f law students has consis tently beaten other colleges world-wide in the Moot Court com petition. Any student wanting to attend a top-level college is encour aged to call the veterinary clinic and set up an appoint ment with Carden. On February 7, Dr. Temple will be interviewing Miller and Carden on the Creation Foundation show on RLB TV. The programs will be aired later on chan nels 47 and 49. Flaiz, dentist to the masses On a recent visit to Columbia River Commu nity Health Services with the Medical Teams Interna tional Mobile Dental Clinic, Dr. Ted. Flaiz took a short time to reflect on his life and career as a dentist. Flaiz was bom in India to parents who were missionaries. After spend ing the first 12 years of his life there, he came to the United States, where his father trained to be a physician. Flaiz attended den tal school at University of Oregon Dental School— then called North Pacific Dental School—and was then drafted to serve in both World War II and the Korean War. Upon leaving active service, he and his wife Phyllis moved to Prin- eville and set up a thriving dental practice. After 17 years, the couple felt called to do mission work, much like his parents were. Their first assignment was to establish a dental clinic in Ethiopia. Six years later, following the fall of Emperor Hile Si- lasi, the Flaiz family moved to Tanzania and established a dental clinic there. After four years in Tanzania, the Flaizes moved on to Barba dos, then Granada and then a cascade of assignments in Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Russia, Camer oon, Borneo, Indonesia, T rinidad, New G uinea, Thailand, Malawi, Hondu ras, Costa Rica, Peru, St. Kitts/St. Thomas, Palau, Yap, Saipan, the Martial Islands, Ulithi, Japan, Ec uador, Mexico and Fiji. All their assignments involved treating underserved pa tients, most often doing “shade tree dentistry” and pulling up to 75 teeth in a single day. Over the past 11 years, Flaiz has turned his attention to helping those a little closer to home, work ing locally with Medical Teams International on their Dental Van. M edi cal Teams International provides dental services to those who lack the income or the insurance to be seen in a regular dental office. F la iz ’s co m m it ment to oral health is evi denced by the staggering numbers he has accumulat ed. Over the past 11 years, Flaiz has worked for 3,717 hours at 513 Dental Van events, nearly one event per week. He has treated 6,216 patients; one patient every two days for 11 years. Ted Flaiz (right) pulling teeth on a mission trip to Bangla desh with assistant Roger Cook. -Contributedphoto Finally, he has provided $2,813,010 in free dental services; that is, $700 in services every day for more than 11 years. Even a look at “a day in the life” is impres sive. In an average day, Flaiz will work for sev en hours, see 12 patients, spend more than a half an hour with each patient and provide that patient with an average of $453 worth of services...for free. If you know a den tist who would like to do nate their time and talents to the Dental Van, have them contact Mindy Binder or Maria Romero at Columbia River Community Health Services, 541-481-7212. BIRTH TO COLLEGE -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE ing bond proceeds/interest, concerning reporting o f suspected child abuse. -re c e iv e d a re port on final construction bond expenditures with $239,555.85 in remain- P u b lic C o m m e n t P e rio d E x te n d e d 4M to F e b 27, 2012, fo r the N a va l W e a p o n s S y s t e m s T r a in in g F a c ility B o a r d m a n E IS To allow for additional public input, tha U S Navy, in cooperation with the National Guard Bureau and the Oregon National Guard, is extending the public comment period for the revised scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (E IS ) The revised scope includes a proposed new Military Operations Area at Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman Public comments can now be submitted through Feb. 27, 2012. Visit www.NWSTFBoardmanEIS.com for protect information and to submit comments online Mali wrttftn wmmonts to; Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Northwest Attn Mrs Amy Burt - N W S TF Boardman EIS Project Manager 1101 Tautog Circle. Suita 203 Sihrerdale W A 98315-1101 $18,662 in energy credits, a $224,500 expenditure for the HVAC heating project and a $30,013 expenditure for the fire alarm project for a subtotal of $3,704.85 with an additional $24,500 expenditure for the pool so lar project for a $20,795.15 shortfall. -approved a resolu tion approving the IMESD local service plan. -com m em orated the lone School Boafd Ap preciation Month with cake and small gifts. -scheduled an ex ecutive session prior to the next meeting concerning staff evaluations and re newals for all certified and classified staff and admin istration. -heard an update indicating that the Oregon School Board Association is struggling as an organiza tion and is at a crossroads. -heard from A r cher that he is “extremely pleased” with the district’s new hires. “Your (applicant) pool was amazing,” com mented Colette Blakely, human resource coordinator with IMESD. -h eard th a t the February board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 28. All public comments previously received during the scoping period are »till valid and will be considered in the development of the Draft EIS Previously submitted comments do not need to be resubmitted Comments must be postmarked or received online by Feb. 27, 2012. w w w N W S T F B o a r r im a n E IS com I (
