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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1968 THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON that student incapable of apply ing himself to a purely academic program. She also asked If we have Improved the child labor in Oregon where he can be re laws so much in the attempt habilitated. Mr. Van Hoomlssen to protect the juvenile that we "Wtiat’s happened in the field told the board of managers that have made it almost impossible of retardation during the last for him to get a Job. it was going to cost money to 100 years?” Tills was topic of solve this problem. He said, a brief talk by Dr. Harry V. Organized activities were “The hard cold fact Is that Wall, chairman of the special we’re going to pay one way or recommended by Mr. Ed Peter education department at Cali sen, Principal of Joseph Lane another, whether it is for a girl fornia State college in Los in Hillcrest or a boy in School, Portland. “Kids bas Angeles, when he spoke at a ically are going to be involved Maclaren. In the long run it is recent meeting of the Treasure going to be more advantageous in some kind of mob or gang Valley Association for Handi so it might as well be organ to take a positive approach ized,” stated Mr. Petersen. capped and Retarded Children. through rehabilitation.” “Kids are kids, and you better “Today in many areas the re Judge William S. Fort, Cir know what they are doing and tarded are being accepted with cuit Court Second Judicial Dis who they are doing it with,” in communities and much prog trict of Oregon, reported to the ress is being made to meet memtiers that Oregon has one he said. Mr. Petersen added the needs of these people with that approximately ten per cent of the best juvenile codes In cooperation of various agencies the U. S. as far as legal right of our students are disturbed and parent groups working children that do not relate to the and protection are concerned, toward a common goal,” stated but has only two halfway houses normal routine of the class Dr. Wall. room. These children, he feels for the rehabilitation of the He also commented that some are the biggest problem. emotionally disturbed child. He obvious trends are more trained pointed out the State must Don Barrett, social worker personnel and specialists, assume the responsibility of at Portland's Jefferson High vocational and rehabilitation parole and rehabilitation of ju School stressed values. He facilities and more public sup veniles. “it’s a clear case of urged members to first value port. discrimination, the State ig the child, and then you can teach Dr. Wall’s talk was followed nores the child and his needs, him values. In line with this, by an open discussion, centered but at the same time assumes Lt. Ed Carney, Portland police on needs and progress being all costs of the adult criminal.” department, charged parents to made for educable and trainable Also pointing out the lack of give their children a set of retarded children at local, funds was Judge Joseph B. values that can help them to state, and national levels. Much Felton, Salem. “If the Juvenile cope with this new world, not of the discussion pertained to Courts do not get financial sup to shelter them too much, and establishing a class to benefit to admit the faults of ourselves trainable retarded children in port, we’re in trouble.” A role play “Juvenile Appre and our country, but also topolnt the local area. hended" portrayed by six staff out the greatness of our country. Cliff Rost, chairman of Mal members of the Marion County Included in the conference heur coordinating committee Juvenile department and Judge was a tour of the Donald E. for mentally retarded, men Felton, depicted a court hearing Long detention home. Members, tioned that all necessary of a 16 year old boy who had after hearing the many knowl- facilities and professional help shoplifted two magnesium rims edgable speakers, realized is available for this type of for his car. The play was typical there is much to be done to program. The one remaining at those hearings held every Improve relations with the youth need is a person to assume day. In hopes of dispelling the of this state. There Is much supervision of the class and popular belief that delinquents educating of the average citizen that is being considered. Tar come only from the poverty to be done In alerting them to get date has been set for Feb areas, the cast chose a middle the financial assistance our ju ruary 1 of this year as the class family to emphasize that venile courts need. They real opening date for this class. delinquents come from all types ized we must take a long look Officers who had been elected of families. It was stressed at our schools to see if they at a previous meeting assumed that parents should not become are doing a sufficient job of their duties at this meeting. so involved, even in PTA, that preparing the students. We must They are Mrs. Joe Mollahan, they neglect their children, and study laws involving juveniles to Ontario, president; Mrs. Rudolf that over protection is just as see if we are protecting them Broderson, Payette, vice presi so much we are hindering them. dent; Mrs. Bill Davidson, New serious. Judge Jean Lewis, Court of Lastly, and most importantly, Plymouth, corresponding sec Domestic Relations, Multnomah we must examine our own con retary; Mrs. Jack Mattoch, County, participant in the sym sciences and ask if we, as Fruitland, recording secretary, posium, "Possible Services to parents, are teaching our own Fred Hess, Ontario, treasurer, Decrease Problems for Juven children the right values or are Mrs. Frank McDonald of iles", reported her court heard we turning over the job of Payette, A. W. Guerrant of the 18,000 cases in 1967. "These raising them to others. This is Annex Community near Weiser are not just cases, they are our problem, these are our and Mrs. Bill Kagayama of On people," she added. Judge children, we are going to have tario directors. Mrs. Jim Lewis asked the members to to get involved, was the fact Frasier of Ontario is past take a long look at whether our brought home to the members president. schools are providing the right of the board of managers of the Appointed chairmen are Mrs. kind of education for all child- Oregon Congress of Parentsand Robert McConnaha, Ontario,* ren or do we need more for Teachers. (Continued on Page 8) Help For Troubled Juveniles DÍNCiiNNed At Shite PTA Meet By Mrs. Lester Cleaver Malheur Council President Honesty is still the best pol icy, especially when talking to our kids, whether It be about drugs, alcohol, or every day living. This was a fact pointed out many times to the members of the board of managers of the Oregon Congress of i*arents and Teachers by the partici pants of the conference, on "Judicial C oncern for Juveniles in Trouble”. The purpose of the conference, held January 17-18 as part of the board of managers three-day meeting in Portland, was to send informed PT A leaders back to their com munities to begin action pro grams in helping to educate the public about Juvenile Courts, I their purposes, and their needs. B In the opening session on | "Drug Use and Abuse”, Dr. ■ Thomas M. Colasuonno, of the ■ Alcohol and Drug Section, Ore gon Board of Control, stated glue sniffing is called "fumes of death" and LSD is one of the most dangerous drugs man has created. He urged strict control of marijuana. Because of the tremendous conflict of views in the medi cal profession in regards to the dangers of the use of mari juana, George Van Hoomlssen, Multnomah County District Attorney, stated,parents should not debate the medical implica tions of marijuana, but should point out the legal implications. He pointed out it is a felony to illegally produce, use, or sell marijuana. 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Mr. and Mrs. Miles Teter and daughters of Winchester, Wash., visited Feb. 4 with Mr. NHS Bulldogs Lose Hoop Tilts The Nyssa Bulldogs suffered three losses during the past week. On Tuesday evening, Jan. 30, they fell to the hosting Vale Vikings by a 71-54 final score. The local lads’ Friday evening contest ended with a 74- 51 tally in favor of the Weiser Wolverines, and on Saturday evening the Bulldogs bowed to the Emmett Huskies by a 59-35 score. Rick Johnson paced the Vale lads during the Jan. 30 game, by sinking 31 of the squad's 71 points. He was ably assisted by Steve Kinmson, with 21. Top man for the NHS team was John Shell, with 14 counters. Other Nyssa points were tossed into the hoops by Colin Chester, 11; Dan Wilson, 10; Jim Beck, 9; Scott Jefferies, 5; Gary Ross, 4, John Elguezabal, 1. The Friday evening Weiser victory kept the hosting Wolverines’ string of wins alive at 14-0 for the season, with a 9-0 record in SRV-A league competition. Bob Johnson was high-scoring man for his team. Nyssa's points were chalked up by Ross, 12; Larry Wilson, 11; Jefferies, 7; D. Wilson, 6; Chester, Shell and Beck, 4 each; Reid Saito, 2; Elguezabal, 1. The visiting Emmett Huskies upped their SRV-A1 league standing to 5-4 when they de feated the Bulldogs Saturday evening. Their scoring was led by Terry Hartnett, with 14 coun ters. Nyssa’s points were tossed into the rings by Beck, 10; D. Wilson, 8; Jefferies,7;Ches ter and Ross, 4 each; Shell, 2. ♦ and Mrs. Charles Witty, and William Teter. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bennett spent a recent evening with Don Stevens in Roswell. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Mann of Caldwell visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Chet Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bauman and sons of Nyssa were Jan. 30 evening visitors in the Boyce Van deWater home. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Seuell attended a recent banquet at the East Side cafe for Idaho Canning company person nel. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wood visited Feb. 4 with her uncle, Monroe Buchanan at the Elmer Smith home Ln Apple Valley. Mrs. Dyre Roberts attended a Feb. 2 Happy Dozen Card club meeting at the homo of Mrs. Berniece Toomb in King- man Kolony. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Witty at tended recent funeral services for young Arnold Anderson at Vale. He was a son of the former Adelma Fenn, daughter of Mrs. Miles Teter, of Harper. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pack wood and sons of Payette and Mrs. John Packwood spent the afternoon of Feb. 4 at Given’s hot springs. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Van deWater visited Feb. 1 with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fogle man at Nampa. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bennett, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glenn of Sunset Val ley, spent a recent weekend at Jackpot, Nev. The Bennetts were winners of the trip. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Gif ford, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown field of Boise visited Feb. 4 with Mr. and Mrs. Horace Chaney. Mrs. Pearle Abbott and family visited Feb. 4 with Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Mann in Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Riggs of Parma spent the evening of Feb. 4 with Mr. and Mrs. Har vey Bennett. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pack wood and Steve Lacey of Payette were Feb. 4 dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Packwood. Mrs. Alan Bennett and new son, Joel Kenneth returned home Feb. 4 from the Ray VanderOord home near Nyssa. ADRIAN WINS OVER NOTUS, LOSES TILT TO MELBA After taking a 60-53 SRV A-4 win Friday evening from the Notus Pirates, the Adrian Ante lopes lost a heart-breaking 43- 38 home contest to the Melba Mustangs Saturday night. George Gonzales with 17 points, was high-scoring man for the Antelopes Friday even ing, topped only by C. Lavoy of Notus, with 18 counters. Antelope Pud Franks was close Parma Earns Mat Title In SRV Play Parma’s perennial wrestling powerhouse once again asserted itself last Thursday evening to grab another SRV- B grap - pling crown. Parma whipped Middleton 28-16 to walk off with the title. The Panther wrestlers picked up six decisions and a pair of pins enroute to it's seventh conference victory in as many outings. Overall, Bob Ellis' crew is 11-1. Middleton finished with an 8-1 league mark and 10-2 overall. The match ended the regular season for both clubs. Pre season favorites Vern Case, Draig Emery and Blaine Price all scored wins for Parma in the final outing, while another favo rite, Steve Snyder was deci- sioned by his Middleton foe. Parma 28, Middleton 16 98 - Abbott (P) dec. Harvey, 9-6. 106 - Eells (M) dec. Snyder, 7-5. benind Gonzales, as he tossed 16 points into the hoops. Other Adrian counters were made by Tim Tallman, 10; Don Glaze, 8; Alan Zikmund, 7; Steve Kriegh, 2. Tim Tallman was top gunner for the Adrian squad Saturday evening, with a total of 13 points tossed into the rings. High-point man for the Melba Mustangs was Mike Dili, with 16 counters. Adding to Adrian's score were Gonzales, 10; Zikmund, 7; Tim Holly, 4; Steve Davis and Franks, 2 each. The Antelopes now hold a 6-2 record in SRV A-4 compe tition. pei ^J nals Mrs. John Peterson and family of Othello, Wash., ar rived Jan. 29 to visit her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brower. Mrs. Peterson re turned home Feb. 7. * * • Charles Honn of Fruitland was a Feb. 2 dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Cleaver. • • * Mr. and Mrs. Arleigh Adams left Jan. 25 to attend the Na tional Auto Dealer’s associa tion convention, held at Las Vegas, Nev. Returning, by way of Anaheim, Calif., they visited at the home of Mrs. Adams brother, Mr. and Mrs. Blair Van Slyke. They arrived home Jan. 31. 115 - Hopkins (P)dec. Rayne, 7-3. 123 - Price (P) dec. Ashby, 11-0. 130 - Doramus (M)pin Moses, 1st. 136 - Case (P) dec. Rice, 18-10. 141 - Watson (P) pin Car lock, 3rd. 148 - Emery (P) pin Russel, 3rd. 157 - Young (M) dec. Nor berg, 10-6. 168 - Morrison (P) dec. Campbell, 5-3. 183 - Shiley (M) pin Wol ford, 3rd. Hvy - Story (P) dec. Bittick, 2-0. 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