Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Bank of EO acquires Bank Reale
HEPPNER—BEO
Bancorp and its subsidiary,
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
announced last week that
the transaction acquir-
ing Bank Reale has been
approved by Bank Reale
shareholders and received
all necessary regulatory
approvals. The effective
date of transfer was Feb. 28,
2015. The Bank Reale loca-
tion in Pasco, WA opened
its doors on March 2 as
Bank of Eastern Washing-
ton, a branch of Bank of
Eastern Oregon.
Bank of Eastern Or-
egon, based in Heppner,
was founded in 1945 as
Gilliam County Bank in
Arlington, OR. Since that
time the bank has expanded
to 12 branches and five loan
production offices located
in 11 eastern Oregon coun-
ties. The bank was founded
by farmers and ranchers.
Bank officials say the bank
views agricultural lending
as key to its historical, as
well as future, success.
Jeff Bailey, president
and CEO for Bank of East-
ern Oregon says, “Pasco
marks our 13 th branch and
our first location in eastern
Washington. Our goal is to
expand upon and execute
the original vision of Bank
Reale’s founders: to pro-
vide unequaled customer
service and serve the bank-
ing needs of the local Pasco
community as well as the
outlying rural areas of the
Columbia Basin. Bank of
Eastern Oregon has served
rural eastern Oregon for
over 70 years and we are
excited to expand our foot-
print and bring our style of
banking to the region. Bank
Reale has a talented group
of employees that we are
excited to have on our bank-
ing team.”
County court seeks Ione planning
commission representative
The Morrow County
Court has announced it
will be considering an ap-
pointment to serve on the
Morrow County Planning
Commission for the Ione
area.
Planning Commission-
ers serve four-year terms.
Any Morrow County resi-
dent interested in taking a
more active part in county
land-use planning is en-
couraged to submit a letter
of interest to the Morrow
County Court, P.O. Box
788, Heppner, OR 97836,
by March 16, 2015.
Craft bazaar planned for fairgrounds
during St. Pat’s celebration
The Morrow County
Fair Board will host an
arts and crafts bazaar and
pulled pork lunch at the
fairgrounds this year in
conjunction with the St.
Patrick’s Wee Bit O’ Ireland
Celebration in Heppner.
The bazaar will take
place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
in the main dance hall at
the Morrow County Fair-
grounds. A few vendor
spots are still available;
Park district helps
supply Ione pool
price is $25 per table. Call
Ann Jones at the Fair Of-
fice, 541-676-9474, for
more information.
A lunch including a
pulled-pork sandwich, side,
cookie and a drink will be
available for $5.
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Get ready for Walk MS
Participants at Heppner’s 2014 Eastern Oregon MS Walk. The walk, scheduled for April 25,
is in its 17 th year. –File photo
Heppner is getting
ready for its 17 th year of
sponsoring the Eastern Or-
egon MS Walk, planned
for Saturday, April 25, at
10 a.m.
All Eastern Oregon
residents are invited to join
the walk, the goal of which
is to “create a world free of
MS (multiple sclerosis).”
Pre-registration is ap-
preciated but walk-ons
welcome. Pre-register on
the web at www.walkM-
Soregon.com or by phone
at 503-445-8342.
Anyone who is unable
to attend the day of the
scheduled walk can still
help the cause by register-
ing as a virtual walker and
walking on a lunch break,
walking to and from work,
or walking with a group of
walkers on another day to
raise funds.
There is no registration
fee for the MS Walk. Event
coordinators say donations
of any amount are welcome,
as those funds will help
support the continuing fight
against MS. Participants
raising $100 per person or
more can earn prizes for
outstanding fundraising,
starting with a T-shirt prize
at the $100 level, while sup-
plies last.
The registration/check-
in will begin at 9 a.m. at All
Saint’s Episcopal Church,
460 N Gale Street, Heppner.
The walk will start at 10
a.m. with brunch and door
prizes to follow after the
walk. The well-marked 5K
route is wheelchair acces-
sible. This year’s event will
also feature a 5K run, and
a marked 10K walk is also
available. There will be 5K
and 10K route maps avail-
able the day of the walk.
MS Walk posters, with
registration information,
will be located in local busi-
nesses. Contact Heppner
MS Walk co-chairs Merilee
McDowell, 541-571-5853,
or Barb Orwick, 541-256-
0455, with questions.
Emmel boys win
HUMC
this
week
A free community breakfast kicks off a busy schedule
this Sunday at Heppner United Methodist Church. Break-
fast begins at 8 a.m. and will be served until 10 a.m. in
the community room. Everyone is welcomes to attend.
Jean Brazell will lead this week’s service with her
message, “God Sends Us Light to See, Through Jesus.”
The choir will sing “I Am the Light of the World” and
liturgist GeriAnne Meligan will read from Exodus, Corin-
thians and John. Hymns will include “Jesu, Thy Boundless
Love to Me,” “Open My Eyes That I May See,” “I Want
to Walk as a Child of the Light” and “Go Forth For God.”
A fellowship time will be held in the community room
following the service.
Service begins at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome. The
Heppner United Methodist Church is located at 175 West
Church St. For more information, call 541-676-9224 or
e-mail heppneroregonmethodists@gmail.com.
again at Bike Pit
Holly Rebekahs to host
monthly card party
Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting its monthly
card party this Saturday, March 7, at the lodge hall in
Lexington. Play will start at 7 p.m. The cost per person
Betty Gray presents a check from the Willow Creek Park to play is $5 for an evening of snacks, fun and visiting.
District for pool supplies for the Ione Community Pool. –Con- Prizes will be awarded to high and low man and high
tributed photo
and low woman.
Ione plans three-on-three 2014 wolf management
basketball tournament
report available
Ione High School’s junior class is planning a three-
on-three basketball tournament fundraiser on Thursday,
April 9, beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Teams must be registered by April 7 to play. Cost to
enter is $20 per high school or adult team, and $15 per
middle school team. Contact Orissa Burghard at orissa.
burghard@ione.k12.or.us to sign up.
Spectator admission will be $2. Refreshments will
be available.
How to Pick a Church
1. Bible Doctrine: Pick a church that teaches the
plain, clear message of the Bible.
2. Spiritual Life: Look for a church with passion
and enthusiasm in living what they believe.
3. Convenience: Join a church that is close enough
to where you live that you can be involved in all its
activities. Make it easy to be a faithful participant.
4. Your Ministry: Not only should the church min-
ister to your spiritual needs, but you should grow
in service to them. Where are you needed?
5. Ask God: Maybe this is the most important point
of all: Listen for God to direct and confirm to you
where you belong.
6. Just Do It: No short list like this could possibly
be complete, but the main thing is, get involved in a
church! Make a commitment! Be faithful! Don't stay
home from church and don't be a habitual church
hopper. Make a commitment and be faithful.
7. Faith: There are no perfect people and there are
no perfect churches. Don't expect it! But do expect
God to bless you and your family as you join with
his people in service to him.
The draft 2014 Oregon
Wolf Conservation and
Management Annual Re-
port is available online. It
includes the 2014 update
for Oregon’s wolf popula-
tion. Nine wolf packs and
six new pairs of wolves
were documented in Or-
egon in 2014. Oregon’s
minimum known wolf pop-
ulation at the end of 2014
was 77 wolves, including
eight breeding pairs.
ODFW staff will brief
the Fish and Wildlife Com-
mission on the report at the
Friday, March 6, commis-
sion meeting in Salem.
Chamber lunch
meeting
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Park district to meet
Willow Creek Park District will have a regularly-
scheduled meeting March 10 at 5:15 p.m. at Heppner
City Hall, 111 N Main St.
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be an all entities report on Thursday,
March 5, at noon in Heppner City Hall conference room.
Also at the meeting will be a special presentation by FFA
students regarding the pheasant brooding house project.
Cost of lunch is $10; Heppner Family Foods will
cater. Chamber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at
541-676-5536 no later than the Wednesday before to
guarantee a lunch.
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Top: Timothy Emmel of Ione (right), who took first in the Quad
Intermediate race at the Bike Pit, with (L-R) PeeWee Quad
6-12 second-place finisher Derek Whitaker of Hermiston and
Quad Beginner winner Andrew Winters of Umatilla. Emmel
mentored the other two riders to ride in their very first races.
Bottom: Luke Emmel of Ione (#12, left) clears a jump on lap
four of five of the Combined/Open Beginner race, in which he
took second. Emmel rode a 150cc, while most of the rest of the
class competed with 250cc or 450cc. Winner Shaun Edwards
of Pendleton (right) rode a 450cc. –Photos by Paula Emmel
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