Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
BEO reports second
quarter earnings
Bank o f Eastern Or
egon, a subsidiary of BEO
Bancorp, announced second
quarter 2012 consolidated
net income of $552,000, or
$0.55 per share, compared
to $325,000 or $0.35 per
share for second quarter
2011. Year-to-date earnings
were $1,227,000, up 48.4
percent year-over-year.
Total assets were $268.9
m illion, up 6.9 percent
year-over-year. Net loans of
$215.1 million were up 7.8
percent from the same pe
riod in 2011, while deposits
were at $238.3 million, up
7.1 percent year-over-year.
“We are pleased with
the second quarter as well
as the year-to-date results.
Our profitability metrics
have shown a steady im
provement over the past
few years and we continue
to see good opportunities
for growth,” said President
and CEO Jeff Bailey.
C hief Financial O f
ficer Mark Lemmon said,
“Return on Average Assets
is 0.82 percent and Return
on Average Equity is 11.73
percent, compared to 0.52
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percent and 7.94 percent, soundness and appreciation
respectively, year-over- for our great products and
year.
friendly sen ice.”
“ The grow th
“ With contin
ued stro n g core
in both loans and
earnings and in
deposits is good
creased loan d e
to see. While our
mand, the bank is
local agricultural-
p o s itio n e d w ell
based econom ies
looking to the last
are doing relatively
half o f 2012. It is CEO Jeff
well, the typical un
important to note Bailey
rest associated with
that shareholders’
an election year is
equity has increased
compounded by the
15.1 percent year-over- painfully slow national
year. We remain the best economy as well as the un
capitalized bank in eastern rest in the European Union.
Oregon.”
We continue to take steps to
Chief Operations Of clean up our balance sheet
ficer Gary Propheter said, and make prudent additions
“The low interest rate en to our loan loss reserve,”
vironm ent continues to added Bailey.
drag on, and all indica
“ D uring the second
tions are that it will con quarter, we opened new
tinue for quite a while, loan production offices in
but even with continued Pendleton and Island City.
low rates, deposits con We are pleased with the
tinue to strengthen. We are reception we have received
pleased with the continued in those areas and look for
growth across our branch ward to welcoming even
network and welcome our more customers as we strive
new customers to the bank. to meet the growing Ag
We appreciate our custom demand in our markets,”
ers’ confidence in Bank of concluded Bailey.
Eastern Oregon’s safety and
Boardman hosts rabies
clinic
Offers low-cost vaccinations and free dog licensing
The city of Boardman
is reminding pet owners of
the need to keep their dogs
and cats current on their
rabies vaccinations.
This year, the city will
host a low-cost rabies vac
cination clinic given by Dr.
Burgess of Country Animal
Hospital.
“Rabies is a fatal dis
ease of the brain and spi
nal cord, caused by a vi
rus carried by mammals.
Vaccinating dogs and cats
against rabies is essential
in protecting loved ones
Wednesday, August 1,2012
and halting the spread of
the disease,” states a city
release.
This low-cost rabies
vaccination event kicks
off on Saturday, Aug. 25,
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at
the Boardman City Park.
The cost of the rabies vac
cination is $19.25 per pet.
Along with the vaccina
tions, the city will offer
free dog licensing. All dog
owners who reside in the
city limits of Boardman are
required to have their dog
A simple walk may offer more health benefits
than you know
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MORROW COUNTY
HEALTH DISTRICT
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The following article
was submitted by the Mor
row County Health Dis
trict.
Exercise does help. In a
decades-long study of Har
vard graduates, it has been
shown that people who
exercise regularly have less
obesity, osteoporosis and
hypertension, and a longer
life expectancy.
It does not necessarily
help to become obsessed
with a certain activity, such
as running, for a few months
or years and then quit, or go
skiing a couple times each
winter. To be most useful,
exercise does not have to
be extremely vigorous, but
it does have to be done on
a regular basis. Walking is
one o f the best exercises
for this.
Walking has many ad
vantages. It does not require
any special equipment other
than good shoes, and it does
not require any special
buildings or fields. It can be
done anywhere and can be
incorporated into a person’s
daily activities of getting
the mail or going to work.
Virtually anyone can do it.
Even in the winter it can
be a good exercise. When it
is too cold or icy outside, a
person can walk in shop
ping malls, up and down
stairways or do volunteer
work in hospitals, nursing
homes, or in community
projects. Walking can also
be a good starter program
for more vigorous sports
such as running, swimming
or tennis. Also, walking
should be continued even
after taking up more vigor
ous sports.
Injuries are uncommon
with walking, and the exer
cise keeps the bones strong
by helping prevent the loss
of calcium associated with
aging.
Walking does not bum
quite as many calories per
mile as running, but it is
still an excellent way to
help reduce your weight.
The weight-loss and car
diac benefits can be further
increased by vigorous arm-
swinging or carrying small
hand weights.
FSA announces CRP
continuous sign-up
Producers can sign up for Highly Erodible Land
initiative until September
Kyle Camine, Execu
tive Director for the Mor
row County USDA Farm
Service Agency (FSA), has
announced that continu
ous sign-up for the Highly
Erodible Land (HEL) Initia
tive under the Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP)
started on July 23. Oregon
received a total allocation
of 1,800 acres to enroll in
the HEL CRP program. Of
fers will be accepted until
either the state acreage al
location limit is reached or
Sept. 30, 2012 whichever
occurs first.
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“CRP is a voluntary
program that has protected
licensed for identification
purposes.
In addition, Country
Animal Hospital and the
American Cancer Society
have teamed up to offer a
Doggie Wash and barbecue,
with donations to benefit
the American Cancer So
ciety.
Pre-registration is en
couraged to participate in
the vaccinations and free
dog licensing by calling 66
Boardman City Hall at 541-
481-9252.
By Tom Meier
Aside from the rather
cheesy Vanilla Ice refer
ence in the title, there is
little about Spice/K2—or
M orrow C ounty to three years bench proba Fines, fees and assessments any other number of street
names this substance goes
D istrict A ttorney Justin tion, to include 60 hours of totaled $440.
Nelson has released the community service and no
-Alan Earl Stone, by— that allows for much
following report:
direct or indirect contact 51, was charged with rape levity at all. Spice, also
-L u is A n to n io with any o f the victims. in the first degree and found known K2, Red X Dawn,
Chavez Bramasco, 31, was The defendant was further guilty except for insanity. Blaze, Gold, Mr. Smiley
convicted of one count of convicted of one count of The defendant was placed (the list really does go on
burglary in the first de theft in the third degree, a under the jurisdiction of and on), as near as we can
gree, a Class A felony, and Class C misdemeanor, with the Psychiatric Security tell was first introduced in
sentenced to three years sentence discharged. Total Review Board for care, the early 2000s in Europe.
supervised probation, to fines, fees, assessm ents custody and treatment for Marketed first as a type of
include substance abuse were $1,660.
a maximum period o f time incense or perhaps even a
and mental health evalua
-Juan Carlos Vil not to exceed 300 months smoking herb, Spice was
tions, a written apology to legas Perez, 32, was con and was committed to the largely thought to be com
the victim, and no direct or victed of one count of ha custody of the state mental prised o f all legal com
indirect contact with any of rassment, a Class B misde hospital designated by the pounds and was readily
the victims. The defendant meanor, and sentenced to Office of Mental Health and available at head shops,
was further convicted of 90 days custody with the Addiction Services of the tattoo parlors, and even gas
one count of assault in the local supervisory authority. State of Oregon, with the stations and food marts.
Spice has now become
fourth degree, a Class A Execution of 60 days incar Morrow County Sheriff to
misdemeanor. Jail time of ceration was suspended and transport the defendant to more synonym ous with
synthetic marijuana as it
180 days was suspended the defendant sentenced to said hospital forthwith.
mimics the apparent effects
and the defendant sentenced 24 months bench probation.
of THC found in marijuana.
Tests in 2008 revealed that
the synthetic cannabinoids
found in most of the Spice
products being sold “legally
at the time” acted very simi
larly to the cannabinoids
found in cannabis (THC).
The similarities however,
tend to stop there. Spice is
a man-made synthetic. The
compounds can be manipu
lated and varied. There is
For all Morrow County School
nothing “natural” about
District Students
Spice/K2.
The Centers for Disease
C ontrol and Prevention
(CDC) estimate that one
1 7 th
in nine high school seniors
have tried the Spice drug.
Calls to poison centers na
tionwide rose from around
3,000 in 2010 to 7,000 in
2011. Man-made chemical
compounds often have dif
Pioneer Memorial Clinic is located at
ferent effects on different
people and users. All drugs
130 Thompson Ave., Heppner, OR 541-676-5504
can have this to a varying
degree, but the Spice manu
facturers actually try to alter
the compounds in efforts to
stay ahead of drug testing
Have a navra story or photo for
ability, etc.... The horror
stories that are emerging
email to adltor@rapiflaarva.nat
environm entally sen si
tive land for more than 25
years,” said Camine. “This
initiative will accept offers
with an erosion rate of at
least 20 tons per acre per
year for new cropland or
CRP acres that expire on
Sept. 30, 2012; however,
existing grass stands that
are not considered expiring
CRP will not be considered
eligible.”
Producers can stop by
the Morrow County FSA
office to determine if their
land qualifies for HEL Ini
tiative and to receive ad
ditional location-specific
details.
New land contracts ap
proved during this continu
ous sign-up initiative will
become effective the first
day of the month following
the month of approval and
are valid for 10 years.
CRP contracts set to
expire on Sept. 30, 2012
may be offered for consid
eration; approved contracts
will become effective Oct.
1 and are also valid for 10
years.
For more information,
please contact the Morrow
County FSA Office at 541 -
676-9011 or visit http://
www.fsa.usda.gov/crp.
Spice Spice Baby”
DA’s Report
Morrow County Health District
Will sponsor Free Sports Physicals at
Pioneer Memorial Clinic
G irls - T u e s d a y , A u g u s t
B o y s - W e d n e s d a y , A u g u s t 18th
F ro m 1:30 to 5 p .m .
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The synthetic drug, Spice—one of many names the drug is
known by—was recently made illegal in the state of Oregon.
about this substance are
frightening, at best.
Research is starting
to paint a very bleak and
frightening picture of the
connection between both
short and long term psy
chosis as a result of using
Spice. Studies suggest that
acute spice intoxication can
be associated with acute
psychosis that may even
be prolonged. In addition,
researchers believe the
compound may also be as
sociated with heart attacks
and other cardio-vascular
issues.
Oregon has just recent
ly made the substance(s)
illegal. As of now, nearly
40 states have or are do
ing the same. The federal
government has also taken
strides to ban many of the
cannabinoids found in these
products.
Spice is a dangerous,
now illegal substance. It
can create long-term physi
cal and psychological harm
to those who use it. It is not
simply “fake marijuana.”
The Morrow County
Juvenile Department now
has the ability to test for
some of the most popular
compounds found within
most of the spice sold to
day. If you are in need of
further information or have
additional questions, feel
free to contact the Juvenile
Department either on-line,
via telephone or drop into
the main office in Heppner
or the satellite office in
Boardman.
Honor military
personnel at fair
This year, to go with the theme, the fair is honoring
active military personnel.
The Morrow County Fair would like residents to
submit 8x10 photos of active military personnel to display
during fair, along with the person's name and some infor
mation about them, if possible. An address for people to
write to them is also encouraged. Anyone with a picture
to display is asked to drop it by the Fair Office by Aug.
6. Anyone who has a photo but can’t provide it by that
date may contact Ren’ee Yocom at mcfair@co.morrow,
or.us or 541-676-9474 to make arrangements.
If military personnel show up in uniform during the
fair, they will receive free fair passes.
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