TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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Homer joins Bank
of Eastern Oregon
board of directors
BEO Bancorp (OTCB-
B:BEOB) and its subsidi-
ary, Bank of Eastern Ore-
gon, recently added Gabri-
elle Homer to the board of
directors.
Ms. Homer was raised
in Dallas, OR and is a
graduate of Oregon State
University. Her career has
spanned insurance and ad-
vertising, along with about
eight years in banking in
Albany and Eugene. Gabri-
elle relocated to the Fossil
area where she has spent the
past 19 years as financial
controller and board sec-
retary/treasurer for Painted
Hills Natural Beef. She is
very active in the Fossil
community, having served
on various boards and is
involved in numerous or-
ST. PAT’S CANCELED
-Continued from PAGE ONE 2021 Ram 3500 regular Street. They plan on using
re-elected Mayor Jim
Kindle, who himself went
on to then swear in Swee-
ney and new councilmem-
ber JoAnna Lamb. John
Bowles was not in atten-
dance to be sworn in for
another term. The council
also re-elected Sweeney as
council president.
In other business Cuts-
forth gave an update on the
street repair project which
should start around the first
of March. “People should
see equipment start moving
in around then some time,”
he said. A major part of
the project will see Gale
Street completely torn up
and redone. There will be
new sewer pipe laid at that
time. Several other streets
in town are slated to be
worked on also.
In other business, the
council heard from Pub-
lic Works Director Chad
Doherty who said his de-
partment ordered a new
cab to replace the old Ford
F-350 snowplow pickup.
The council also heard
a report about a city plan-
ning commission meeting
held Jan 4. At the meeting
Dave Fowler was elected
chairman. In other business
the commission approved a
change of use and new tax
lot so Pioneer Memorial
Therapy Services can pur-
chase the former Luther-
an Church at 695 Alfalfa
the building for physical
therapy. The new tax lot
was necessary to separate
the church building from
the adjacent Lutheran Par-
sonage. The commission
passed unanimously.
In other action the com-
mission approved a request
from Sandra McDonald to
replace a singlewide mobile
home with a new single-
wide manufactured home
at 135 Cannon Street.
Local man gets
Navy promotion
Gabrielle Homer
ganizations and activities.
“We are excited to have
Gabrielle join our board of
directors. Her unique mix
of work experience and
community involvement,
coupled with her strong
leadership qualities, make
her a perfect fit to represent
our bank’s shareholders,”
said President and CEO,
Jeff Bailey.
Homer and her husband
Will, live near Fossil and
have two grown sons.
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Joe Jones (right) receives his promotion to Petty Officer Third
Class as a US Navy Aviation Machinist Mate.
Local man Joe Jones
has been promoted to Petty
Officer Third Class in the
United States Navy. He
is an Aviation Machinist
Mate with the Helicopter
Sea Combat Squadron 14
based out of San Diego
CA. Jones is the son of Liz
Jones Puckett of Heppner.
He attended Heppner High
School before joining the
Navy.
The Helicopter Sea
Combat Squadron 14
“Chargers” is an aviation
unit based at Naval Air
Station North Island, Cal-
ifornia. The squadron is
equipped with the Sikorsky
MH-60S Seahawk heli-
copters. According to its
website, the mission is to
“Provide all-weather. com-
bat-ready aircraft and crew
to conduct anti-surface war-
fare, personnel recovery,
special warfare support,
search and rescue and logis-
tics.” The Squadron’s motto
is “Day and Night Lighting
Strikes!”
“My awesome son,”
said Liz about the promo-
tion.
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October.
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