TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 20, 2021
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A View from the Green
Senior golfers play
final 2021 tourney
Willow Creek Country
Club senior men golfers
attended the final Columbia
Blue Senior Golf Associa-
tion (CBSGA) tournament
for 2021 on October 11. The
tournament, held at the par
60 Milton-Freewater Golf
Course, hosted more than
50 senior golfers.
Willow Creek Country
Club golfers who placed
in the Columbia Division
(handicap 11 and below)
gross were Dave Pranger
in third with a score of 73
and Dennis Peck in fourth
with 74. In a tie for sixth
with 76 were Steve Marlatt
and Kelly Fox. Tim Wright
was third in net with 63.
Scott Burright and Rick
Johnston tied for sixth with
scores of 65.
Jim Swanson took third
in gross in the Blue Divi-
sion (handicap 11-16) with
a score of 77. Dale Holland
was sixth with 82 and John
Edmundson was eighth
with 84. Mike Doherty
came in third in net with
64 and Jeff Cutsforth was
eighth with 76.
In the Senior Division
(handicap 17 and above)
Gene Orwick was third in
net with 65 and Steve Rhea
was sixth with a score of 68.
The annual meeting for
the CBSGA will be held
at the China Creek Golf
Course in Arlington on
November 1 at 10 a.m. The
membership is encouraged
to attend to provide input
for the 2022 tournament
season. New Willow Creek
local co-directors for the
next year will be Dale Hol-
land and Scott Burright.
Good News Only
By Doris Brosnan
As one attends football
games in other communi-
ties, the outstanding quality
of Ken Grieb’s announcing
at the Heppner games be-
comes quickly apparent. He
introduces starting lineups
for both teams. He explains
every penalty, which is
helpful to spectators who
do not understand or might
miss the refs’ signals. He
announces the players on
both teams, offense and
defense, involved in every
play. Kudos, Ken Grieb.
Seniors on the gridiron
team will be honored this
Thursday evening, the last
home game, so spectators
will want to be at the field
by about 6:30.
Yes, asphalting has be-
gun.
The pedestrian bridge
at the north end of Gale
Street has been open for
a short time now, a safe
separation of vehicles and
walkers.
And that creek that the
bridges cross has slowed
to a very, very small flow,
which means that interested
persons can easily remove
debris along the creek’s
usual level without getting
a bit wet.
A reminder to individ-
uals who no longer drive:
The Loop service provides
a fine alternative. Its contact
info appears in the GT.
A powdering of snow
in the mountains equals
good news. At least, it was
a meager start to the needed
moisture and promise of
winter snowfalls to come.
Carson Brosnan visited
family over last weekend,
traveling from Corvallis,
where he is a junior at OSU,
so he could help his brother,
Conor, celebrate turning
18 years old. (Little did he
know that he was going to
also be recruited for a fam-
ily wood-cutting outing.)
A relaxing get-away
can be almost at one’s door-
step, as proven by Archie
and Diana Ball last week.
The couple joined HHS
classmates Bruce and Di-
ane Moyer, who now live
in Montana, their daughter
Randi, and Chip Magnuson
in the RV park in Boardman
for four days of diversion.
Such an exercise in relax-
ation and reconnecting,
surrounded by the large
expanse of green grass,
color-changing leaves, and
the soothing flow of the
Columbia River.
An act of kindness: Last
week, Sheri Stahl stopped
in Hardman to ask if she
could be of help to a woman
at a car with the hood up.
The woman was traveling
to Spray from Pasco when
the car’s red engine light
came on. She had no cell
service, and she feared that
she was not reading the oil
dip stick correctly or that
something other than no
oil could be the problem.
Sheri called resident Vince
Kinyon, who immediately
came, checked the oil level
and as many other levels
and possible trouble spots
that he thought could be
an issue. All was well, so
he encouraged the driver
to be confident that the
light came on because of
a glitch, something that
can sometimes occur. Of
course, Vince refused any
payment for his assistance
and time.
It is that time of year:
Everyone will be welcomed
to a good time at the “Fall
Bazaar” at the Ione Legion
Hall on October 30, from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This an-
nual event is sponsored by
the Ione American Legion
Auxiliary.
Bring some reasons to
smile to our readers. Send
your “good-news tidbits”
before Monday afternoon
to dbrosnan123@gmail.
com, or call 541-676-5382
or 541-223-1490, or stop
me on the street.
Here’s hoping that
some good news comes to
everyone reading this.
DEADLINE:
MONDAYS
AT 5PM
BEO reports third
quarter earnings
BEO Bancorp and its
subsidiary, Bank of Eastern
Oregon, announced third
quarter 2021 consolidated
net income of $2,465,000
or $2.05 per share. Total
assets were $770.5 million;
Net loans of $470.0 million;
Deposits were at $705.7
million. Shareholders’ eq-
uity was at $48.0 million.
“2021 has been an ex-
traordinary year from a
profitability standpoint.
Non-recurring income
items have added to returns.
Deposits are up 27.7 per-
cent year over year; loans
are down 9.3 percent; total
assets are up 11.3 percent;
strong profits have added
17.1 percent to sharehold-
er equity in the past year.
Return on Average Assets
(ROA) is 1.32 percent and
Return on Average Equity
is 21.09 percent,” said pres-
ident and CEO Jeff Bailey.
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Lemmon said, “The
market is awash in cash,
which serves to keep a
lid on deposit rates. The
banking industry is wit-
nessing an ongoing glut of
deposits, as alternative safe
investments at higher rates
are non-existent. The Fed
signals continued low rates,
but it will be interesting to
see what impact inflation
will have on rates over the
next few years.”
Chief Operations Of-
ficer Becky Kindle said,
“Much of our operational
focus in 2021 has been in
preparing for the conver-
sion of our core process-
ing system. This system
touches all aspects of our
bank. We are confident that
our customers will like the
changes, as we remain fo-
cused on bringing them the
best products and services
available. I applaud our
conversion team on their
hard work and dedication to
our customers, fellow em-
ployees and shareholders,
as we implement our new
system.”
“Loans are down 9.3
percent from last year. This
is a bit misleading and is
attributed to the payoff of
SBA guaranteed PPP loans
that were put on the books
as part of the various pan-
demic stimulus packages
beginning in March 2020.
Our core loans are actually
up approximately 5.3 per-
cent if PPP loans were taken
out of the calculation,” said
Chief Lending Officer John
Qualls.
Chief Credit Officer
Ed Rollins added, “Over-
all credit quality appears
stable, even with the chal-
lenges of 2021. We are just
getting into our renewal
season, but early reports
do not raise too many con-
cerns.”
Bailey concluded,
“Third quarter brought us
continued drought condi-
tions across much of our
trade area. The impact on
dryland crop yields as well
as curtailments on irrigation
water has had a significant
impact on crop production
and feed availability for
livestock. Commodity pric-
es are up considerably, but
the dry conditions prevail.
Fall seeding is underway
and we hope for decent
moisture this fall, winter
and spring. The drought
combined with higher
expenses, supply chain
issues, overall economic
unknowns and continued
COVID concerns, all point
toward more challenges.
We need to remember that
over the past two years
challenges have become
the norm and I am confi-
dent that our customers,
neighbors and friends will
persevere.”
Water control
district to meet
The Heppner Water
Control District will meet
Thursday, October 21 at 6
p.m. at 430 W Linden Way
in Heppner. Agenda items
include minutes from the
previous meeting, treasurer
report, member appoint-
ment and other business.
Meetings of HWCD are
open to the public. Attend-
ees will social distance.
Thank You!
The Woolery Project would like to give a great big THANK YOU to
the Ione/Arlington football team and coaching staff!
Sam Grady • Taylor Rollins • Bryce Rollins
Carson Eyneich • Kalvin Rietman • Fernando Ramirez
Azierl Borghese • Sean Parkki • John McElligott
Carson Angell • Kellen Gronquist • Martin Medina
Shane Sifford
Coaches- Denis Stefani Mark Davidson
A big THANK YOU to Theresa Hughs
Big THANKS to the many donors, sponsors, buyers and supporters
of our very successful Oktoberfest.
THANK YOU to the Legion Woolery Board for staying strong.
THANK YOU to Ford Bomey - Auctioneer
Chris Huffman - Ringman
RJ Francis - Meat Cutter
As always, a big THANK YOU to our Veterans!