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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97403 Nyssa Gate City Journal Volume LXIV The Sugar City UPLAND BIRD HUNTS GET UNDERWAY Shotgun enthusiasts will come into their own in September when the 1970 seasons for the taking of band-tailed pigeons, mourning doves, sage grouse, and blue and ruffed grouse get underway. 1 Scattergunners will kick off the fall bird hunts September l for doves and pigeons and will continue to burn ammunition on these birds through September 30. Bag limit is 8 band tailed pigeons per day, 8 in possession, and 10 doves daily, 20 in possession. A doubled-barrel feature is in store for hunters in eastern Oregon September 5 with the opening of the sage grouse sea son in southeastern Oregon and the blue and ruffed grouse sea son east of the Cascade crest. Sage grouse hunters will have three days to take after the big sage hens, through the Labor Day weekend, September 7. The open area includes Crook, De schutes, Lake, and Harney counties and that portion of Plan To Attend Fort Boise Days Old Fort Boise Days, an annual event, is comprised of three fun-packed days for people of the community. A terrific amount of work and planning has been underway by the Parma Jaycees, as well as, many other organizations, mer chants and townspeople. Festivities begin Friday, Au gust 28, with a Pioneer picnic at the Community Church lawn at 7 p.m. This is a covered dish picnic lunch. Speaker will be Secretary of State, Pete Cenarrusa. Following the pic nic and beginning at 9 o’clock, the teen-age dance will be at the M & W parking lot with music by the Brother Tymes. A free breakfast starting at 7 a.m.,attheCommunityChurch lawn will start the day Satur day. This is sponsored by the Lions Club. After this hearty breakfast one may stay and enjoy the 10:30 a.m. band con cert by the Nampa Musician’s Band. Old Fort Boise Parade will be at 6 p.m. with the evening’s entertainment closing with a talent show at the Parma High School gym at 8; 15. As a finale, there will be a Riding Club Play Day, Sunday, at 12 noon. The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, August 27, 1970 Owyhee Ditch Break Causes Damage Malheur County south of High way 20. Bag limit is 2 sage grouse per day, 4 in possession. Reports indicate sage grouse production is up in all areas of southeastern Oregon with pro spects especially promising in south Lake and Harney counties. Hunters are expected to do well on the big grouse during the limited hunt. The taking of blue and ruf fed grouse in eastern Oregon will be legal through Septem ber 27. Daily bag limit is 3 blue and ruffed grouse in the aggregate, 6 in possession. Hun ters are reminded that the grouse season in western Ore gon does not open until October 3. Biologists of the Game Com mission report grouse pro duction is up in all timbered areas of the state. High ridges all through the Umatilla, Wal lowa, Whitman, and Malheur forests support good popu lations. Hunters will find the blues along the more open ridgetops and the ruffs gene rally in the brush creek bot toms. Dove and pigeon hunters are also expected to find good shooting this fall. Populations are on a par with past years and the birds will be found in all popular shooting areas. Mineral springs down through the Willamette drainage are expected to draw most pigeon hunters although coastal tide flats have many avid followers. Pigeon flyways all down the Cascade and Coast ranges are popular shooting areas. Good bets also include elderberry slopes, favorite pigeon feeding areas. Dove hunters are expected to enjoy fine shooting in grain producing areas of the Willa mette Valley and through the Rogue and Umpqua basins. Best success will be enjoyed in the The top photo shows the flooded field of Bob Holmes can be seen from below the ditch. This picture was taken by grain belt of eastern Oregon The editor cocked the camera and Mike Sullivan, Ontario. and the rimrock and juniper as a result of a break in the Owyhee Ditch last Friday. Ap flats adjacent to major water parently caused by a gopher hole, the ditch broke loose about Mike waded out into the raging torrent to get the picture, should ____ have - * p.m. and caused severe damage to tkis field just west of ways. 1 Hunters _____ _____ The ditch break was first discovered by Tim Brown and excellent shooting all through the Oregon Trail Grange Hall. The picture was taken from Greg Thiel, who were playing in the area. Tim notified his Highway 201, with the Glen Brown ranch just above the ditch. the Deschutes and John Day father, Glen Brown, who in turn got hold of Bob Holmes and In the next photo Bob Holmes can be seen looking dejectedly basins. Juniper flats out of the North Board of Control, who were soon on the job. at the damage to his field as the water races from the ditch Maupin and the ashwood country east of Madras are good pro through the hole in the bank. Cars in the background are on Adam Focht, manager of the North Board of Control and the The water flooded across the highway, and Owyhee Irrigation District, said that repairs were made over spects. Hunters are also ex Highway 201. pected to do okay in Lake, backed up in several fields across the highway. the weekend and water was back in the ditch Monday morning, In the lower picture at right, the hole in the ditch bank so most farmers were not inconvenienced by the break. Harney, and Malheur counties and in the Burnt and Powder River drainages. Frost in eastern Oregon will Doves and pigeons move out cause doves to scoot south im of Oregon fast following the mediately. Hunters are ad first frosty nights in September. vised to get their licks in early. New Nyssa Teachers Nyssa School Facilities Ready For School Year By Clarice Poor and Health. Back row, Arthur Bullock, junior high Mathematics, Vernon Lords, Modern Problems; Juan Vargas, School- Home Coordinator; and Brad Maxfield, OSU student teacher who will work in the Eng lish Department through December. Gary Sant, German teacher who will re turn from Germany Thursday; and Deryl Leggett, Vo-Ag instructor who is busy at the Malheur County Fair, were absent when the picture was taken. Sant is returning to the Nyssa High School after completing his master’s degree at the University of Oregon this past year. A new, major business has come to Nyssa. Fiesta Farms has been organized by a group of local onion producers, and its purpose is the handling, packaging, marketing and sto ring of onions. Evan Gheeri is president of the company, and principles in- Ira Ure, Jr., Bybee Farms, Owen Froerer, Alvin Marsh, Darwin Jensen and Tom Moore. Moore will be sales manager of the comapny, and Paul Stokes is warehouse foreman. They are now occupying the warehouse built by S.P. Bybee, located at 561 Commercial Avenue on the railroad spur, and started Mon day on the construction of a se cond warehouse, which will add an additional 20,000 square feet for onion storage. Completion date is about September 20. Fiesta Farms will employ about 30 men at first, and plans contemplate a much larger ope ration in the future. Oregon-Idaho BYU GIVES DEGREES Summer vacation days are re novation days for the buildings and equipment of the Nyssa schools. As usual, the school custodians are to be commen ded for their impressive list of accomplishments during June, July, and August. The Primary School has a new roof, withHolcombConstruction Company replacing the plastic skylights with regular roofing. Remodeling in the hall by the costodial staff has provided extra office space. In the Elementary School four classrooms had new ceiling tile installed, and the rooms were repainted. New window shades were installed in three class rooms. Sections of deteriorated out side brick walls were replaced with cement, and the bulging floors of two classrooms and the crumbling walls of the ele mentary library were similarly repaired by HolcombConstruc- tion Company. At Arcadia School the special room was moved across the hall. A counter cabinet was built and installed which accommodates a sink, storage and work area. This project requires new A spokesman for onion plumbing and electrical wiring. Gymnasium walls were re growers in Southwestern Idaho painted and bleachers re and Eastern Oregon said Tues finished at the High School. The day they have agreed not to music room was repainted, and negotiate “with those outsiders new cabinets built. The junior responsible for the recent dis high office was remodeled tobe turbances” involving harvest more functional, and all of the workers. Eldon Andrew of Wilder, student desks of the junior high were sanded and refinished. ■hairman of a Monday night meeting, said between 150 and 200 growers attended. on "The meeting went record,” Andrew said in a state ment "to have attorneys look MIN. into the question of preparing DATE MAX. 55 an injunction asking for damages 93 Aug. 20 55 and a court order restraining Aug. 21 95 53 such irresponsible actions in 97 Aug. 22 52 the community.” Aug. 23 96 54 Aug. 24 100 “It was suggested that some 51 of the activities were directed Aug. 25 95 57 from California and that threats Aug. 26 Owyhee Reservoir Storage were ________ being ________________ made to the women 8/26/70 543,170 Acre Feet and children in the various 8/26/69 503,730 Acre Feet labor camps.** WEATHER New Business In Nyssa Two hundred folding chairs in the cafeteria were repaired and repainted. All floors of the five school buildings have been scrubbed, resealed and waxed. The re paired floors of two classrooms were retiled. Speaking of incidentals, the walls of the physical education facilities were scrubbed, all heat radiators were repaired, thirty window panes were re placed, and flourescent tubes in all buildings were replaced as needed. Morrison Electric Company installed new electrical wiring in the chemistry room, and ten electrical outlets in the typing room for additional electric typewriters. Adequate facilities andequip- ment that are functional and in good repair greatly enhance an education program. One would thus suspect the local school facilities are very much ready for the new school year. Onion Growers Hit Pickets New teachers in the Nyssa school system were photographed at the chamber of com merce luncheon Wednesday. In the top picture new teachers in the elementary school are front row, Leila Baker, kinder garten; Barbara Bullock, 3rd grade; and Mary Sheehy, 4th grade. Back row are Tom Edwards, elementary P.E.; Doyle Sny der, 5th* grade; Ed Undorf, 4th grade; and Melvin Munn, elementary principal. New high school teachers are shown in the bottom photo. Front row, Judy Draper, Biology; Agnes McLaughlin, junior and senior high Language Arts; and Glen Walker. P.E. Fiesta Farms Thunderegg Capital NUMBER XXXV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTS SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WITH ANNUAL LUNCHEON Nyssa Chamber ofCommerce or classes they will teach. members were hosts to the Gary Thompson, president of Nyssa school personnel at their the Nyssa Education Asso annual noon luncheon at the ciation, thanked the chamber for school Wednesday. It is an the luncheon on behalf of the opportunity for businessmen and school personnel. teachers to get acquainted, and Superintendent Me Partland more than 120 turnedoutforthe also introduced the custodial luncheon prepared fy cafeteria personnel, and told about some personnel. of the outstanding work they had Superintendent W.L. Me Part done during the summer to pre land introduced Tom Stenkamp, pare the buildings and campus chamber president, who in turn for the coming school year. asked Rev. Robert W. Manley, Cafeteria cooks were also in- pastor of the Church of the troduced, and given a round of Nazarene to ask the blessing. applause for the outstanding Chamber members then in lunch. troduced themselves, and also School starts Monday, Au- introduced the new teachers that gust 31 with a half day of they were asked to sit by, telling school, and full classes will a little bit about each of their start Tuesday. Bus runs will backgrounds and the subjects be approximately the same as when school closed last May. COUNTY BENEFITS FROM INVESTMENT PROGRAM Principal Lists School Supplies Jean P. Bond, MalheurCounty Melvin Munn, Nyssa Elemen Treasurer, released figures this week for the fiscal year tary Principal, has asked the ending June 30, 1970 indicating Journal to publish a list of All a total of $84,247.32 earned in school supplies needed. the investment program for that students, both boys and girls, must have tennis shoes for year. Mrs. Bond started the invest physical education classes. The ment program during her first child’s name should be printed term in office, with rather start on each shoe for easy identi ling results for the benefit of fication. Zipper-type notebooks are not recommended for ele Malheur County taxpayers. Prior years’ interest earned mentary students. Regulation for comparison is; 1964-65, pens will be available at school. $12,227.16; 1965-66, $31,532.- Pupils are asked not to bring 85; 1966-67, $45,621.93; 1967 fountain pens. Needed Supplies Listed; 68, $63,379.57; and 1968-69, GRADE 1 - The $1.75 re $98,543.84. Total receipts for the fiscal gistration fee will pay all school year were $6,513,001.44. Lar supplies except gym shoes. GRADE 2 - Two #2 pencils, gest recipient of the interest earning was the GeneralCounty wide-line pencil tablet, pink Fund, with $32,801.55. School pearl eraser, 1 box of crayons District No. 26, Nyssa, earned (16 colors), 12-inch ruler. GRADE 3 - Two #2 pencils, $4,254.29; and Adrian District pink pearl eraser, box of cra No. 61 earned $3,275.52. yons (16 colors), 12-inch ruler, wide-line pencil tablet and a wide-line spiral notebook. Supplies will be listed at time of registration by individual hor.. . room teachers for grades 4, 5, and 6, Monday, August 31. Superintendent Glenn Ward of Each 4th, 5th, and 6th grade Adrian School District No. 61 student should however, bring lists five new teachers for the one #2 pencil and 1 wide-line start of school Monday, August spiral notebook. Lunches will be served in the 31. They are Clayne Beck, Social Studies and P.E.; Emery school cafetorium beginning on Roy, Commercial and high Tuesday, September 1. Charge school basketball coach; and for elementary pupils will be Dana Roy, Home Economics and $1.25, per child, for a 5-day English, all in the high school. week. Milk will be available. In the junior high Grant Joki The milk ticket will cost $1.00 will teach English, and will be and will allow the child to re head high school football coach. ceive 33 pints of milk. Credits Janet Johnson will teach junior and refunds are allowed if the child does not use his lunch high math. Holdover teachers are Ri or milk ticket. School Insurance information chard Anderson, English- Speech; Barbara Beck, Biology, and forms will be issued at Science and Chemistry; Helen registration. Insurance will be Conant, Librarian; James John in effect at the time of receipt son, Band and Music; Carol of $2.50 and a signed regis Schultz, P. E.; Helen Webba tration form. Math; and Joe Witty, Vo-Ag; James Holton, Elementary JOAN STUNZ TO Principal; Lorena Comer and STUDY IN VIENNA Juanita Maggard, 1st grade; Joan (Betsy) Stunz, daughter Ellen Brittingham and Mary Barnes, 2nd grade; Gertye of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Stunz, Jones, 3rd grade; Pauline Hibbs left Wednesday for a year’s and Kathleen Alexander, 4th study at the Institute of Eu grade; Anna Long and Virginia ropean Studies at Vienna, Au Timmerman, 5th grade; James stria. She will fly first to Phoenix Phelps and Mary Joyce, 6th grade; andCarolyn Witty, Junior to visit with her sister Suzanne, Mrs. James Baldwin. Then High Science. on to New York City, where she will join other students going to the Institute. Adrian Schools Ready For New Season FATHER YOUNG APPOINTED Bishop Leipzig has announced the appointment of Father Charles Young as pastor of St. Students from Malheur County Bridget of Kildare Parish at were among 1,779 who received Nyssa. During the past two years, diplomas at Brigham Young Uni versity, Provo, Utah, at com Father Young has been adminis mencement exercises on Aug. trator ofthe parish while Father 21, 1970. Combined with the Cletus Kirkpatrick, pastor, was spring graduates, the total num attending college in Portland. The new appointment Is effec ber for the year is 4,907, the largest graduating class in the tive Sept. 1. Father Kirkpatrick will be school’s history. The doctor’s degree was come chaplain at Eastern Ore awarded to 39, master’s degree gon State Hospital on Sept. 1. to 380, bachelor’s degree to 1320, and associate degree to 40, bringing totals for the year to 71 doctors, 680 masters, 3978 bachelors, and 178 associates. Nyssa graduates earning ba D. A. Erickson of Owyhee chelor's degrees were Marilyn Truck and Implement Company Sue Pond Baxter, Nancy Jill at Nyssa has won an all-expense Skeen Ellsworth, Susan Lynr. paid, three-day vacation in Sun Roberts and Marilyn Janette Valley for himself and his wife. The vacation was a prize in Triplett. Roxanne Oxnam Dysart and a sales contest by International David Rex Tolman, Ontario, Harvester’s Farm Equipment earned bachelor’s degrees; and Division. Over 100 dealers in Claudia Mary Frisby,masters, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Toneeta Wlnkel Handy, ba Montana, and NorthernCalifor- chelor’s, were Vale graduates. nia participated. TO AREA STUDENTS Wins Trip The group will go to Oxford, England; Amsterdam, Holland, Berlin, Germany; and will arrive in Vienna about Sep tember 20 for their first field trip. Their second field trip will be between semesters when they will tour Southern Europe, visiting in Italy, Spain and Sou thern France. Betsy has completed two years at Willamette University, and plans to return there for her Bachelor of Arts degree after her year’s study of German at Vienna. She will return to Nyssa about June 29, 1971.