TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising
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Tax assistance
available by
appointment only
AARP Foundation Tax-
Aide will provide tax assis-
tance by appointment only
this year due to COVID-19
restrictions and safety mea-
sures. Assistance is provid-
ed free of charge to anyone,
with a special focus on
taxpayers who are 50 or
older or who have low to
moderate income.
Appointments will be
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p.m. at New Hope Commu-
nity Church in Hermiston
on Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays from Febru-
ary 2 through April 13 and
at the Port of Morrow in
Boardman on Fridays Feb-
ruary 5 through April 9. To
request an appointment, call
541-303-3165 and leave a
message with your name,
phone number and best time
to return your call. A sign-
up sheet to request a call
back to set an appointment
is also available at the Hep-
pner Gazette-Times office.
AARP Foundation Tax-
aide volunteers are unable
to prepare returns with
self-employment if there
are employees, complicated
capital gains/losses, rental
income, royalty income,
farm income or expenses,
moving expenses, Alterna-
tive Minimum Tax, Addi-
tional Medicare Tax, Net
Investment Tax or Foreign
financial asset reporting.
Tax-Aide volunteers
are located nationwide and
are trained and IRS-cer-
tified every year to make
sure they know about and
understand the latest chang-
es and additions to the tax
code. Tax help is provided
in safe environments using
a variety of methods based
on a number of factors,
including where you are
located, COVID-19 spread
and volunteer availability.
Kimberly George
appointed to new
role
K i m b e r l y G e o rg e ,
daughter of Kit and Shir-
ley George of Heppner,
has been appointed to a
new role at Sedgewick, the
company where she has
been for 20 years.
Sedgwick, a leading
global provider of technol-
ogy-enabled risk, benefits
and integrated business
solutions has appointed
Kimberly George to the role
of global head, product de-
velopment and innovation.
Kimberly will serve on the
organization’s executive
leadership team. George has
been most recently serving
as their senior healthcare
advisor and leading cor-
porate development and
mergers and acquisition.
Kimberly has filled a
variety of roles at Sedgwick
during her tenure and led
the development and imple-
mentation of many products
and services which contrib-
uted to Sedgwick’s growth.
She helped the organization
build out workforce ab-
sence products for Ameri-
ca’s largest employers and
led Sedgwick’s managed
care offerings to bring clin-
ical and medical network
programs in-house. Kim-
berly shared her greatest
joy is “working with in-
surer and employer clients,
Sedgwick’s private equity
investors, and our wonder-
ful colleagues.” When she
began working at Sedgwick
there was about 1,200 U.S.
based colleagues and they
Kindle named BEO
Chief Operations
Officer
Kimberly George
are now in 65 countries
with 27,000 colleagues.
“Being part of a fast paced,
entrepreneurial organiza-
tion keeps everyone on
their toes and moving in a
forward direction.”
With her new role,
Kimberly plans to align
growth opportunities with
our businesses across the
globe. “Having a formal-
ized way in which Sedg-
wick addresses product de-
velopment and innovation
will improve ideation to
execution and collaboration
across business leaders,”
George said.
Kimberly will continue
to co-host Out Front Ideas
(outfrontideas.com) an ed-
ucational series focused
on critical insurance and
healthcare industry issues.
She is co-founder and board
member of the Alliance of
Women in Workers’ Com-
pensation which now has
over 7,000 followers and
is a board member of the
Workers’ Compensation
Research Institute based out
of Cambridge, MA.
“I am pleased to an-
nounce that Becky Kindle
has been promoted to Ex-
ecutive Vice President and
Chief Operations Officer
(EVP / COO) for Bank of
Eastern Oregon. Becky’s
promotion is part of a
planned transition. Kindle
follows Gary Propheter,
who plans to retire later
in 2021,” said Jeff Bailey,
President and CEO.
Kindle started her ca-
reer with Bank of Eastern
Oregon in 1998. She has
worked in virtually all areas
of operations, most recently
serving as SVP and Chief
Banking Officer. She is a
graduate of Pacific Coast
Banking School and past re-
cipient of Oregon Banker’s
Association’s Presidential
Award, given annually to
the outstanding committee
chair of the trade organi-
zation.
“Becky has been in-
strumental in the growth
of our bank as we have
expanded across eastern
Oregon, eastern Washing-
ton and western Idaho. Her
knowledge, leadership and
the respect she has earned
from her fellow employees
as well as banking industry
peers is quite impressive,”
concluded Bailey.
“I am excited to con-
tinue my work with our
fabulous team of bankers.
Our bankers truly appreci-
ate living and working in
our communities, serving
Becky Kindle
the banking needs of our
customers and helping our
communities thrive. Our
bank’s culture encourages
growth from within the or-
ganization and I appreciate
the opportunity and faith
that the board places in
me,” said Kindle.
Becky resides in Hep-
pner with her husband Jim
and they have two adult
children. She is active in
numerous civic activities,
currently serving as board
chair for Morrow County
School District.
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Fowler
named
to dean’s
list
Bryan Fowler, Hep-
pner, has been named to
the Fall 2020 Deans’ List
at Calvin University. The
Deans’ List honors stu-
dents who have earned a
3.5 or higher grade point
average (GPA) in their fall
semester classes and have
maintained at least a 3.5
GPA over their university
careers.
Calvin’s courses are
academically challenging,
and this honor reflects a sig-
nificant accomplishment.
The accomplishment is
even more notable in light
of the many challenges to
learning brought about by
the pandemic.
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