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
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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
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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.”
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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.
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