Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 13, 2016
OSU’s food preservation and safety
hotline open for canning season
CORVALLIS, Ore.—
Oregon State University’s
food preservation and safe-
ty hotline has opened for the
season.
The toll-free hotline
at 800-354-7319 runs un-
til Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through
Friday. When the hotline
is closed, callers can leave
a message. Additionally,
many Extension offices
offer free pressure gauge
testing.
Master Food Preserv-
ers, who have completed
40 hours of training, answer
question ranging from how
to avoid botulism to how to
convert grandma’s recipe
for pie filling to modern
standards. The hotline gets
thousands of questions a
Master Food Preservers are on hand to answer your questions
about food preservation. -Photo by Lynn Ketchum
year.
“The most important
part of safe and healthy
food preservation is finding
current, tested instructions,
and following them,” said
Jeanne Brandt, Extension
Master Food Preserver pro-
gram coordinator. “Food
preservation research is an
ongoing process, so there
are a lot of recent changes
in canning recommenda-
tions and new equipment
and products. Using the
most current and research-
based instructions will help
ensure your products are
safe, healthy and delicious.”
Most commonly, peo-
ple ask about preserving
salsa, tomatoes and tuna.
OSU Extension offers pub-
lications on each: Salsa
Recipes for Canning, Can-
ning Seafood, and Can-
ning Tomatoes and Tomato
Products.
For more information,
go to http://extension.or-
egonstate.edu/community/
food-preservation. OSU
Extension’s Ask an Expert
service also takes online
questions about food pres-
ervation.
- FIVE
BEO celebrates
customers during
sidewalk sale
HES announces school supply list
To help parents prepare
for the 2016-2017 school
year, Heppner Elementary
School has released the fol-
lowing supply list by class:
Mrs. Morris (Kindergar-
ten)
All supplies are used on a
common table; please do
not label. No tablets, trap-
per keepers or notebooks
are needed.
1 pink pearl eraser
4 glue sticks
1 24 box Crayola crayons
1 set Crayola markers
2 dozen #2 pencils, yellow
only
2 boxes Kleenex
Paint Shirt (label with
name)
PE Shoes
(Velcro and non-marking
soles)
Backpack
Mrs. Matheny (First
Grade)
1 Fiskar scissors
6 glue sticks
4 boxes of 24 Crayola
crayons
2 pink pearl eraser
2 plastic pocket folders
1 box of Kleenex
3 packs 0.7mm lead pen-
cils
6 ct. dry erase markers
(FINE POINT & low
odor)
2 composition notebooks
1 package of baby wipes
BOYS - 1 Ziploc bags
(gallon size)
GIRLS - 1 Ziploc bags
(sandwich size)
Backpack
PE Shoes
(non-marking soles, prefer
Velcro)
Mrs. Stewart (Second
Grade)
1 box 24 crayons
2 boxes of Kleenex
2 pink pearl erasers
1 pair of Fiskar scissors
1 box gallon sized Ziploc
bags
1 box sandwich sized
Ziploc bags
3 glue sticks
2 packages pencil top
erasers
Pencil box
1 clipboard
4 dozen #2 pencils
5 packages wide ruled
paper
1 bottle of GermX
Backpack
PE shoes (non-marking
soles)
Mrs. Rosenbalm (Third
Grade)
4 wide ruled composition
books
1 pencil box
2016 MCDANIEL
FAMILY REUNION
Sunday, July 17
Hardman Community
Center, Hardman OR
--- N OTICE
OF
3 dozen mechanical pen-
cils (0.7mm lead)
2 packs 0.7mm lead
6-fine point dry erase
markers
2-plastic pocket folders
Pencil eraser tops
2 pink pearl erasers
1 cm/inch ruler
1 pair of Fiskar scissors
1 set colored pencil
1 set of washable markers
1 24 box crayons
2 glue sticks
2 large boxes Kleenex
PE shoes (non-marking
soles)
Backpack
Mrs. Gibbs (Fourth
Grade)
1 wide lined spiral note-
books
(pages not perforated by
the spiral)
1 Small Pencil Sharpener
w/Lid
2 dozen #2 pencils
(Ticonderoga is best)
2 Black fine tip felt pens
Pencil eraser tops
2 pink pearl erasers
1 composition book
1 cm/inch ruler
1 pair of Fiskar scissors
1 set markers
1 24 box crayons
2 glue sticks
1 small bottle of Elmer’s
glue
1 pkg ruled notebook
paper
1 clear protractor
PE shoes (non-marking
soles)
Backpack
Mrs. Piper (Fifth Grade)
2 composition notebook
1 pencil box
1 plain brown clipboard
4 dozen pencils
1 pair scissors
1 12 inch ruler
1 set colored pencil
1 box Kleenex
Pencil top erasers
Inexpensive calculator
2 Correcting pens
Clear protractor
PE shoes (non-marking
soles)
Backpack
Mrs. Coiner (Sixth
Grade)
4 composition notebooks
1 plain brown clipboard
1 accordion file folder
3 pkgs. college ruled note-
book paper
4 dozen pencils
1 pair scissors
4 glue sticks
1 set colored pencils
2 large box Kleenex
Pencil top erasers
Pencil box (optional)
Inexpensive Calculator
Correcting pens
PE shoes (non-marking
soles)
Backpack
BOARDMAN
UTILITIES
-Continued from PAGE ONE limits water rate to $24 for
rate to $11.25 for the first the first 7,000 gallons used
6,000 gallons used in a in a month.
The sewer rates will
month and outside city
increase by a $2.50 per
month.
This brings the rate for
customers inside city limits
to $27.50 per unit and out-
side city limits rate to $40
per unit.
The new rates took ef-
fect July 1.
R OAD W ORK ---
OREGON HIGHWAY 206 & 74 CHIP SEAL
Beginning July 11 the Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT) will be chip sealing two
highway sections in the Heppner area along the
Heppner Highway (OR 74) and along the
Wasco-Heppner Highway (OR 206) in Morrow County .
Crews plan to begin on OR 74 at mile post 8.44 then work south
towards Heppner. This will take 2-3 weeks. Work will then move
to OR 206 at mile post 54.8 and work east through Heppner. This
section will take about two weeks to complete. In downtown
Heppner a fog seal coating of oil will be applied over the chip rock
to help seal the surface and limit loose rock in town.
PARKING RESTRICTIONS: To accommodate pavement resurfacing work
in Heppner (chip seal and fog seal coating) vehicles will not be allowed to park
along Main Street (OR 206) in the downtown area for 1-2 days during these
operations. No Parking restrictions are anticipated in early August. More info
will be shared when no parking dates are identified.
TRAVEL IMPACTS: Expect up to 20-minute delays, reduced speeds, loose rock on the
roadway, flaggers, and pilot cars directing single lane traffic through the work zones. Min-
or delays during nighttime/early morning hours for road sweeping. Please slow down and
watch for construction activities in the area and plan extra travel time during this highway
preservation project.
REQUEST TO RANCHERS : To prevent chip rock adhesion problems
due to animal waste on the roadway, ODOT is asking ranchers to keep
all cattle and other livestock out of the work zones between July 4 and
mid-August. Animals can be driven on appropriate open range highway
sections after the chip seal has been applied.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT ODOT PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICER TOM STRANDBERG AT 541-963-1330, OR EMAIL
THOMAS.M.STRANDBERG@ODOT.STATE.OR.US .
ODOT MAINTENANCE CREWS APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WHILE THIS
PAVEMENT PRESERVATION WORK OCCURS.
Bank of Eastern Oregon employees served up barbecued
hamburgers and hot dogs to a hungry crowd during the
bank’s customer appreciation lunch Friday, June 24. -Photo
by Megan Futter
BEO reports second
quarter earnings
HEPPNER—BEO
Bancorp and its subsidiary,
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
announced second-quar-
ter 2016 consolidated net
income of $815,000 or
$0.67 per share compared
to $724,000 or $0.58 per
share for second quarter
2015.
Year-to-date earnings
were $1.597 million com-
pared to $1.194 million for
the first six months of 2015.
To t a l a s s e t s w e r e
$350.1 million, up 2.07
percent year-over-year.
Net loans of $292.6
million were up 0.7 per-
cent from the same period
in 2015, while deposits
were at $308.9 million, up
1.4 percent year-over-year.
Shareholders’ equity in-
creased by $1.46 million or
5.3 percent from June 2015.
“We are pleased with
second quarter earnings,
which are up 12.5 percent
year-over-year. Earnings
through the first six months
of the year are up 33.8 per-
cent from 2015 levels.
“There are primarily
two factors that drive our
earnings so far in 2016: the
first is net interest income
was up 6.1 percent and
our provision for possible
loan losses was down 90.8
percent,” said President and
CEO Jeff Bailey.
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Lemmon said, “Re-
turn on Average Assets for
the quarter was 0.93 percent
and Return on Average Eq-
uity was 11.37 percent com-
pared to 0.85 percent and
10.64 percent respectively
year-over-year.” Lemmon
concluded, “Our book value
per share was $23.71 com-
pared to $22.38 on June 30,
2015.”
Chief Operations Of-
ficer Gary Propheter said,
“Our deposit base continues
to be solid as interest rates
stay relatively stagnant. It
will be interesting to see
how the global economic
conditions affect interest
rates over the next year or
longer.”
“Wheat harvest is a
little early this year as the
continued dry conditions
and the hot spell in April
appear to be translating into
a below-average crop. This
coupled with lower com-
modity prices across the
board are a bit concerning,
but all part of the cyclical
nature of agriculture.
“As the year progresses
we will keep a close eye
on segments of our loan
portfolio most affected and
make sure that we continue
to be adequately reserved
for potential loan losses,”
concluded Bailey.
For further information
on the company or to ac-
cess internet banking, visit
http://www.beobank.com.