EIGHT- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Save the date for 4-H
achievement night Nov. 15
2014 4-H Achievement Night winners. –Contributed photo
Morrow County 4-H
asks leaders, members,
families and supporters to
save the date for the Mor-
row County 4-H Achieve-
ment Night on Sunday,
Nov. 15, beginning at 4 p.m.
at the Ione Legion Hall.
The 4-H program will
be honoring 4-H leaders
and members for all of their
accomplishments during
the past 4-H year.
Awards will be giv-
en for outstanding record
books, county medals, all-
around achievement, camp
counselors, ambassadors,
all of the awards from the
fair, the Becky Smith Me-
morial Award, Leader of the
Year and, new this year, the
Friends of 4-H awards.
Memberships pins are
given to Cloverbuds, and
all of our first, third, fifth,
seventh and ninth year 4-H
members; all members who
recently completed those
years in 4-H will be rec-
ognized.
Entrée will be provided
by the Morrow County 4-H
Leaders Association. Fami-
lies with the last name be-
ginning with A-K are asked
to bring a side dish or salad,
and those with their last
name beginning with L-Z
are asked to bring a dessert.
For more information
or with any questions, con-
tact the OSU Extension
Service office at 541-676-
9642 or email julie.baker@
oregonstate.edu.
Follow Morrow County
4-H on Facebook at “Mor-
row County 4-H Oregon”
and Instagram@morrow4h
for updates for reminders
and photos of the event.
Heppner Elks generous with
student scholarships
T h e
Heppner
Elks Lodge
has an-
nounces its
continued
support of Maddie
a c h i e v e - Lindsay
ments and
academic
aspirations
at various
educational
levels by
awarding
$ 1 7 , 1 0 0 Oskar
d o l l a r s i n Peterson
scholarship
money.
Recipi-
ents of the
Most Valu-
able Stu-
dent Awards
went to
Makenzie
M a d d i e Hughes
Lindsay and
Oskar Pe-
terson, who
received
$700 each.
Makenzie
Hughes and
Lauren Gar- Lauren
r e t t e a c h Garrett
were award-
ed $400,
and Kelly
Wilson was
awarded
$300.
Legacy
Awards (na- Kelly Wilson
tional foun-
dation/state) were given to
Paige Grieb
and Mad-
die Lind-
s a y, e a c h
of whom
received
$ 1 , 0 0 0 a Paige Grieb
year for
four years.
T h e
Clarence
Buchanan
s c h o l -
arships
a w a r d e d Mekayla
a total of Kindle
$14,600 to
the follow-
ing recipi-
ents in the
following
categories:
T h e
C l a r e n c e Stacee
B u c h a n - Halvorsen
an High
School Se-
nior Schol-
arship was
awarded to
Lauren Gar-
rett, Maken-
zie Hughes, Julianne
Kelly Wil- Carlson
son, Paige
Grieb and
Maddie
L i n d s a y.
Students
received
$ 1 , 0 0 0
Ryan
each.
T h e Dougherty
Buchanan
second- through fourth-
year college
winners
were Me-
kayla Kin-
dle, Stacee
Halvorsen,
J u l i a n n e Donald
C a r l - Matthews
son, Ryan
Dougherty,
Donald
Matthews,
Bryce Fowl-
er, Con-
ner Pappas
and Lillian Bryce Fowler
Sandford.
Each recipi-
ent received
$1200.
There
were no ap-
plicants for
the Clarence Conner
B u c h a n a n Pappas
J r. C o l -
lege/Trade
School or
Grad School
Scholar-
ships.
A total
Lillian
o f s e v e n Sandford
high school
seniors and
eight college students re-
ceived money for a grand
total of $25,100 from the
Elks’ scholarships.
For more information
or with questions about
future scholarships, contact
Tim Dickenson at dicken-
sonchiro@centurytel.net.
Boardman Quilt Show an
‘autumn success’
The Boardman Senior
Center was filled with col-
orful quilted work of all siz-
es and descriptions on Oct.
10 and 11. Seventy-four
exhibits from Oregon and
Washington were enjoyed
by more than 200 visitors.
“The skylights and
north light in the center
provided extremely good
viewing conditions,” com-
mented a volunteer.
Visitors were able to
clearly see details of hand-
work and the true colors of
the fabrics.
Two quilts were se-
lected by viewers for the
People’s Choice Awards. A
yellow and black quilt with
heritage Chicken Scratch
embellishment by Mar-
ian Perdas of Hermiston
and a red and tan Primo
Star Quilt by Kathy Hy-
der of Boardman were the
people’s favorites. Sharon
Morris of Heppner won the
purple Amish design raffle
quit, while Skye Barrese of
Boardman won the pink and
green floral raffle quilt.
A special feature was
an exhibit of Quilts of
Valor coordinated by Ma-
rie Norris of Pendleton.
On Saturday afternoon, a
striking Quilt of Valor was
presented to Korean War
Marge Shankle and her Featured Quilter display. –Contributed
photo
Veteran Melvin Bozarth of
Hermiston.
“We felt so fortunate
to be able to host this pre-
sentation,” said show chair
Kathy Morgan.
The regional vendors
who attended were much
appreciated. Marilyn and
Ben Dalstra of The Sew-
ing Basket in Prosser, WA;
Sherry Linoff of Fabric 108,
Kennewick, WA; and Cindy
and Lewis Webb, Thimbles
& More of Pendleton all
brought new fabrics, pat-
terns and notions to share
with local quilters.
The show also was
made possible by many
volunteers, including: Barb
Hemnes; Mildred Baker;
Pat Miller, kitchen crew;
the set up and take down
crew of Ron, Kathy and
Sonja Morgan, Quentin,
Malaki and Aubrianna
Johnson, Drake Bingaman,
Marsha and George Condie,
Keziah and Tegan Birt, and
Sandy Moroney; and host-
ess crew of Marie Cornell,
Kathy Hyder, Glenda and
Tammy Bozarth, Nancy
Pace, Carol Michael, and
Cheryl Tallman.
Quilting enthusiasts are
asked to circle October 7
and 8 on their 2016 calen-
dars for the next Boardman
Quilt Show. The 2016 show
will held again at the Board-
man Senior Center, 100
Tatone Street, Boardman.
Wheat Foundation scholarship
offered
Pendleton, OR—The
Oregon Wheat Founda-
tion will provide up to 12
scholarships for high school
seniors whose families are
members of the Oregon
Wheat Growers League.
The scholarship is also open
to students who work part-
time for grower members
or students whose fam-
ily members are employed
by OWGL members. The
scholarship requirements
include an essay on any
topic related to the wheat
industry and a summary
of the student’s school and
community involvement.
One $1,000 award
will be made to a qualify-
ing student from each of
the participating counties,
which include Baker, Gil-
liam, Klamath, Malheur,
Morrow, Sherman, Uma-
tilla, Union, Wallowa and
Wasco. In addition up to
two awards will be made in
the Willamette Valley coun-
ties and one in the Central
Oregon counties.
Application forms are
available from the Oregon
Wheat Growers League
website at www.owgl.org
or from Marilyn Blagg,
scholarship coordinator, at
541-276-7330 or mblagg@
owgl.org. All applications
must be postmarked by Feb.
1, 2016.
BEO Bancorp reports third-
quarter earnings
Heppner—BEO Ban-
corp and its subsidiary,
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
announced third-quarter
2015 consolidated net
income of $761,000 or
$0.62 per share compared
to $679,000 or $0.58 per
share for third quarter 2014.
Year-to-date earnings were
$1,955,000 up 0.6 percent
year-over-year. Total as-
sets were $341.1 million,
up 10.0 percent year-over-
year. Net loans of $282.1
million were up 11.3 per-
cent from the same period
in 2014, while deposits
were at $301.3 million, up
9.2 percent year-over-year.
“Earnings for the quar-
ter are strong when com-
pared to last year, and year-
to-date numbers are slightly
better than 2014. Growth in
deposits, loans and assets
are primarily attributed to
the acquisition of Bank
Reale earlier this year,”
said President and CEO Jeff
Bailey.
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Lemmon said, “Re-
turn on Average Assets for
the quarter was 0.89 percent
and Return on Average Eq-
uity is 10.98 percent com-
pared to 0.88 percent and
10.81 percent respectively
year-over-year.
“We continue to see
impressive growth in share-
holders’ equity, which has
increased by 10.3 percent
year-over-year. We are well
capitalized by all regulatory
and industry measures,”
Lemmon added.
Chief Operations Of-
ficer Gary Propheter said,
“The Federal Reserve con-
tinues to hold interest rates
steady. It will be interest-
ing to see whether or not
the Fed raises rates during
fourth quarter or if they
keep with the status quo.”
“As an agricultural-
based bank, renewal season
is just around the corner.
The continued drought con-
ditions took a toll on small
grain harvest as yields were
below average. Also, com-
modity prices are down
for wheat, hay and cattle.
While these factors are
concerning, we do not ex-
pect severe problems in the
loan portfolio,” concluded
Bailey.
For more information
or to access internet bank-
ing, visit the website at
http://www.beobank.com.
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