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LOCAL BROKERS RECEIVE AWARDS 

RE/MAX Real Estate Team is pleased to announce that five of their brokers have earned prestigious awards from RE/MAX International LLC.

Haley Hines, Principal Broker and Shawna McKinnis, Principal Broker/Owner each earned the 100% award.  To be awarded this  honor a broker must meet certain production standards.  Hines assisted over 30 families with their real estate needs and sold over 5 million dollars in real estate in 2011.  McKinnis sold well over 4 million dollars and assisted 30 families.

Randy McKinnis, Broker/Owner, Sharron Langdon, Broker and Ron Smith, Broker were awarded the Executive Award after meeting requirements set by RE/MAX International LLC.  McKinnis and Langdon each closed over 3 million dollars and each assisted over 20 families meet their real estate needs. Smith closed nearly 20 transactions and 2.5 million dollars in real estate.

“Our Brokers work hard to make sure our client’s needs come first,”  commented Shawna McKinnis, Principal Broker/Owner.  “We all work hard to be educated to the best of our ability in order to assist our clients and know that strong ethical standards are imperative in our business.  Being recognized for that hard work is something that we all appreciate and don’t take lightly.”

To contact a RE/MAX Real Estate Team Broker you can stop by the office at 2106 Island Ave, La Grande or call 541-963-1000.

March Madness is here!

If your a basketball fan, then look no further than your own back yard for your March madness fix! Randy and Shawna headed over to Baker yesterday to catch 1A boy's quarterfinals action! The 1A boy's basketball state tournament is continues through tomorrow in Baker! Check out the bracket here: http://w3.osaa.org/scorecenter/bbx/11-12/brackets/details/1A

Randy and Shawna cheered on Imbler!

EOU men's and women's basketball teams both made it to the NAIA national basketball tournament. The women will be headed to Sioux City, Iowa and the men to Point Look Out, Missouri. The women play in the first round against Ave Maria (Fla.) at 8:15am on Wednesday, March 7th. The men play against Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) Thursday, March 8th at 7:15pm. Watch parties will be organized on campus to watch both games for free. Watch 365 Things to do in Union County for room assignments on campus for the watch parties.

Happy March!

When it snows, it pours...

We hope you are enjoying the snow day! Congrats if you got the day off- sorry if not. We packed up and headed home to sit by the fire are here at the office working away until 5:30pm! Look at what Shawna came across in her son's girlfriend's yard! This is a TWELVE FOOT TALL snowman! Built by Shawna's son, his girlfriend, and little brother! If you have an awesome snowman picture from today post it on our facebook wall and brag about how great it is or what a disaster it is...your call. Everyone have a fun and safe day in the snow!

Wear White, Get Loud!

Last Friday night Randy and Shawna headed to Quinn Coliseum to catch some exciting EOU basketball! If you haven't been to a game this year- then this is the week to start! This Friday is "White Out" night at Quinn Coliseum as the women's and men's basketball teams take on their rival, The College of Idaho. This game should be a ton of fun with giveaways for everyone wearing white and the first 200 fans with receive one of the coveted, "Wear White, Get Loud" tee shirts for free!

To bring you up to speed on this years teams, the women were ranked No. 9 in the NAIA Div. 2 Top 25 national poll Monday. The Mountaineers (13-4, 6-2 Cascade Collegiate Conference) were rated ninth in the country in the last poll on Dec. 12. It was the highest ranking in school history. Monday's mark is the third highest position EOU has ever been ranked. All top three rankings in school history have come this season.

The EOU women are coming off of a weekend split with a win over Northwest Christian University and a loss to Corban University. Over the break in the polls, the Mountaineers posted a 4-2 record.

The Cascade Conference has one other team in the Top 25, Corban at No. 21. The Warriors moved up one spot. Oregon Tech is one spot out of the Top 25, The College of Idaho is receiving 16 votes, and Warner Pacific has six votes.

The Eastern Oregon University men's basketball team's streak of 26 straight polls in the NAIA Div. 2 Top 25 came to an end Monday.

Eastern Oregon (12-5, 5-3 Cascade Collegiate Conference) had been in a school-record 26 straight polls dating back until the 2009-10 preseason poll. The Mountaineers have been in the Top 25 in 32 of the last 34 polls.

The Mountaineers were ranked No. 23 in the last poll on Dec. 12. Since then, EOU has gone 4-2 with losses to No. 3 Oregon Tech and No. 10 Northwest.

Cascade Conference members, Oregon Tech, Warner Pacific, Northwest, and Southern Oregon all appear in the latest poll. OIT remained No. 3 in the country, Warner Pacific jumped from No. 17 to No. 8, Northwest moved from No. 10 to 12, and Southern is three spots out the poll with 51 votes. EOU is four spots out of the poll with 42 votes.

Please join us this Friday for the women's game at 5:30pm and the men's game at 7:30pm and wear white!

Where in the world is Shawna?!

She's cheering on her home town volleyball team! Cove is at Imbler this afternoon at 4pm!  If you hurry, you can still make it!