Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 17, 2018 -- TWO
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Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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Temple/Bossen to
hold wedding
reception
Kristal and Rick Bossen. -Contributed photo.
Kristal Temple, daughter of Dick and Karen Temple,
wed Rick Bossen in Portland on June 23. A reception
honoring Mr. and Mrs. Bossen is scheduled for Oct. 27
at 1:30 p.m. at the Heppner Christian Church.
The only gift required is the gift of your presence.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Chamber to host
candidates’ forum
A local candidates’ fo-
rum will take place at the
next Chamber lunch meet-
ing, to be held Thursday,
Oct. 18 in the Heppner
City Hall conference room.
Candidates for mayor of
Heppner and council posi-
tion five will be part of the
forum, moderated by Bill
Kuhn.
Representative Greg
Smith will also be present
to discuss Measures 103
and 104 as well as other
legislative issues. Lunch
will be served at 11:45 and
the legislative update and
candidates’ forum will be-
gin at noon.
Market Fresh Foods
will be catering the lunch of
meat lasagna, green salad,
garlic bread and cookies for
$10 per person. RSVPs are
required to accommodate
food and seating. Call the
Chamber at 541-676-5536
or send email to heppner-
chamber@centurytel.net
for additional information.
The meeting is open to the
public.
Boardman has new
website
The City of Boardman
has a new website where
citizens can find informa-
tion regarding water outag-
es, job openings, impound-
ed dogs, public hearing
notices, cleanup months
and more. The city website
can be located at www.
cityofboardman.com.
Residents may also
subscribe to the Boardman
VOTE
C ody H igH
MAYOR
ELECT ME YOUR
VOICE AT CITY HALL
codyhigh@hotmail.com.
Paid For by Cody High
A View from the Green
Senior golfers play
in tournament
Willow Creek senior
golf club members com-
peted in the Columbia-Blue
Senior Association tourna-
ment at the Milton-Freewa-
ter golf course on Oct. 8.
Results for the Willow
Creek members are:
-Columbia division
(handicap 14 and below)
third place in gross went to
Barry Munkers with a score
of 70. Duane Disque took
first in net with a score of
59 and Jerry Gentry placed
sixth with a score of 62.
-Blue division (hand-
icap 15-17) third place in
gross went to John Ed-
mundson with 77.
-Senior division (hand-
icap 18 and above) fourth
place gross went to Dave
Creswick with his score
of 78. Gene Orwick was
third in net with a 58 and
Al Scott was fourth with a
score of 59.
The annual meeting
for CBGSA will be held
at the China Creek Golf
Course in Arlington on
Nov. 5 The meeting agenda
will include evaluating the
2018 season, planning for
2019 and election of 2019
officers.
Community lunch menu
All Saints/Hope/Valby volunteers will serve lunch
on Wednesday, October 24 at St. Patrick’s Senior Cen-
ter. Lunch will be herb roasted chicken, potato medley,
zucchini and squash, apple sauce, French bread and triple
chocolate pudding for dessert.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
BEO Bancorp
reports third
quarter earnings
BEO Bancorp (OTCB-
B:BEOB) and its subsidi-
ary, Bank of Eastern Ore-
gon, announced third quar-
ter 2018 consolidated net
income of $1,196,000 or
$1.01 per share compared
to $817,000 or $0.69 per
share for third quarter 2017.
Year to date earnings were
$2,825,000, up 19.8 percent
year over year. Total assets
were down 0.6 percent year
over year at $401.5 million.
Net loans of $323.8 million
were down 1.0 percent from
the same period in 2017,
while deposits were at
$355.8 million, also down
1.0 percent year over year.
“Third quarter net in-
come is up 37.0 percent
from last year and year
to date profits are up 19.8
percent from 2017. The
tax law changes account
for part of the increased
profitability, but pre-tax
income is up 1.2 percent
year over year. Provision
for possible loan losses
for third quarter was zero
compared to $300,000 in
2017, with YTD provision
at $850,000 vs. $500,000
last year,” said President
and CEO Jeff Bailey.
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Lemmon said, “Our
shareholder equity is up
8.1 percent year over year,
while our book value per
share is up 8.7 percent.
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Return on Average Assets
for the quarter was 1.19 per-
cent and Return on Average
Equity was 14.12 percent
compared to 0.82 percent
and 10.34 percent respec-
tively year over year.”
Chief Operations Of-
ficer Gary Propheter said,
“The Federal Reserve con-
tinues to inch up interest
rates, but the effect on de-
posits has been minimal.
The volatility in the stock
market appears to have
had little impact on overall
deposits.”
“It was an interesting
summer. Harvest results
were mixed, mostly fa-
vorable, depending on the
region. Commodity prices
were also a mixed bag.
Wheat prices have been
locked in a range, but cattle
prices and hay have shown
some strength over last
year. We are heading into
renewal season with a little
more optimism than in the
past few years and we have
seen good rains across the
region this past week. I
would be remiss if I didn’t
mention the devastating
wildfires that affected some
of our counties this summer.
The damage was immense,
but the resiliency of the
communities impacted by
the fires is what makes liv-
ing and working in eastern
Oregon and Washington so
rewarding. Hats off to the
professional firefighters,
volunteers and neighbors
that worked and sacrificed
to protect all,” concluded
Bailey.
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~ Letters to the Editor ~
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criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name
of the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you
provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The
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printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the
right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in
letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under
“Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Support Kindle for
mayor
To the editor:
I am writing this letter
in support of Jim Kindle
for Heppner City mayor. I
think that Jim will be a great
representative of the values
of our city.
I have been involved
with Jim’s dedicated work
for others in many ways for
many years. Jim is involved
in many community activ-
ities. He has served as a
volunteer coach, announcer
and shows up to help with
any school-oriented project.
Jim gets things done.
Jim has been a volun-
teer fireman for the city for
many years. He served in
several different leadership
capacities in our communi-
ty. Jim is involved with res-
idents of all ages, assisting
the youth and the elderly.
Jim has a background
in law enforcement. He has
relationships with most, if
not all, of our local gov-
ernments and community
leaders.
He cares about the City
of Heppner and is a splen-
did example of how a com-
munity-minded person can
make a difference.
Greg Grant
Heppner
Kindle for mayor
To the editor:
I am writing this letter
in support of Jim Kindle
for Heppner City may-
or. Jim is a lifelong resi-
dent of Heppner. He cares
for the community, is an
active volunteer for the
fire department and can be
found at nearly all of the
fund-raising events work-
ing and showing support
for a cause.
Jim is interested in and
supports the youth of our
city, including being the
other voice of Mustang
basketball.
He is well respected
by the people that he is
involved with, so much
so that he was honored
with Heppner’s Man of the
Year. Jim will offer assis-
tance where it is needed
and can heed advice when
it is given.
To be a leader in Hep-
pner, you need to be able
to work with others, listen
to ideas and support many
different groups. This job
is not a single focus, single
agenda task. No big project
has ever been completed
here without support from
several different entities.
We are not an island and
cannot afford to act like
one.
Heppner needs a leader
that can work well with
others and wants to see
Heppner thrive. Jim Kindle
is that person.
Vote Jim Kindle for
Heppner City mayor.
Sincerely,
John Murray
Heppner
Planning commis-
sion holds hearings
The Morrow County
Planning Commission met
in Boardman at the Port of
Morrow Riverfront Cen-
ter on Sept. 25 for three
planned public hearings.
Two actions are being con-
tinued to Dec. 4, when the
planning commission is
back in Boardman. The
only action considered was
a Transportation System
Plan Amendment to adopt
the Lexington Airport Mas-
ter Plan to become a part of
the Morrow County Trans-
portation System Plan. The
planning commission for-
warded the action to the
board of commissioners
with a recommendation to
adopt. The board of com-
missioners will consider the
Lexington Airport Master
Plan at a public hearing on
Oct. 24.
The next Morrow
County Planning Commis-
sion public hearing will be
held on Oct. 30 in Heppner
at the Bartholomew Build-
ing. There are three public
hearings scheduled for this
meeting: Von and Posey
Studer have applied for
a conditional use permit
that would allow a home
occupation just west of Ir-
rigon; Donna Rietmann and
Anita Pranger have applied
for a land partition that
would create two parcels
for farm purposes and the
third action is to consider
the Heppner Transportation
System Plan, co-adopting
the plan to be applicable in
the Heppner urban growth
boundary.
During the month of
September the Morrow
County Planning Depart-
ment staff issued four zon-
ing permits allowing the
construction of grain bins,
an office building and a
carport.
Wo r k i n g c o o p e r a -
tively with the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office,
the Morrow County Plan-
ning Department is mak-
ing continued progress on
code enforcement issues.
Throughout the summer
months there were at least
two dozen open code en-
forcement cases opened,
with the planning depart-
ment receiving compliance
on over half of these cases.
The Morrow County
Planning Department web-
site at https://www.co.mor-
row.or.us/planning is avail-
able for information on the
planning commission, code
enforcement, transportation
and much more.
Valby Lutheran Church
Valby Road
Ione Oregon. 97843
Church Services 1st
& 3rd Sundays
Available for:
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Family Events
217 North Main St., Heppner Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
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