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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97UO3 X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal Volume LXV The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Thunderegg Capital Flooding Snake River Refleets Amalga mated Factory NYSSA HIGH STUDENTS SELECTED TO ATTEND PRESIDENTIAL CLASSROOM Two Nyssa High School stu dents, Mary Habruchak and Nancy Wilson have been selected to participate in the 1971 Secon dary High School Program of A Presidential Classroom for Young Americans. As two of 350 selected seniors from high schools throughout the United States, U.S. Territories and the Department of Defense and Department of State dependent high schools abroad, the girls will spend a full week studying government under the tutelage of high ranking government offi cials. Mary is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Haburchak, and Nancy is the daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Wilson. They will attend Class #6 from March 20 to March 27, 1971. Thursday, January 28, 1971 er REP. ULLMAN ASKS 0E0 TO GIVE PRIORITY TO MIGRANT PROGRAM HERE specially-prepared quarters of Washington, D.C.’s prestigious Shoreham Hotel. One entire floor has been rebuilt to house students, staff, section class room space, administrative of fices, an infirmary and small student store. Students follow an academic course of 24 Se minars, seven Units of Study, numerous “question and an swer sessions”, and group dis cussions. Students have ques tion and answer sessions with leading administration, con gressional, agency and military officials. City Mayors and members of Washington’s dip lomatic and press corps are also included. Many of the semi nars are held at such on-site locations as the Department of State, Department of Com- Rep. Al Ullman, D-Oregon, asked the Office of Economic Opportunity Tuesday to give “priority attention’’ to solving problems developing in the Mal heur County Migrant Education Program. At the same time, the Mi grant Board — which directs the program under the sponsor ship of Treasure Valley Com munity College -- announced it would seek an injunction against the TVCC Board to prohibit further interference in Migrant Program affairs. The board also informed the OEO it had fired Robert M. Patterson, director of Migrant Programs at TVCC. The moves were the latest in the dispute between the Mi grant Board and the TVCC Board, which began when the college board asked that four migrant program employees resign and the Migrant Board retained the four. ... . The college board then dis banded the Migrant Board, but the Migrant Board maintained the college board had no juris diction over it. Nancy Wilson Mary Haburchak Presidential Classroom will hold six 1971 Classes which will serve 1,920 students. All American high schools were invited, through their principal, to participate in Presidential Classroom, as were all schools in the U.S. Territories and the Defense and State Department schools abroad. Because of space limitations, approxi mately tour high schools per U.S. Congressional District can be chosen to select and send a student. “This selection process provides for six geo graphical National Student Bo dies,” said Chairman Allison. “But it also provides a re presentation of all of our Na tion’s various social, eco nomical, cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds.” While attending the Class room, students will stay in Onion Growers Meet Tuesday The election of Onion Grower Committee Members for the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee is to be held Tuesday, February 2, 1971, 11:15 a.m., at the La Paloma Resaurant in Ontario. The election will be a part of the program of the Joint Annual Meeting of the Malheur Onion Grower’s As sociation and the Southwest Idaho Onion Grower’s Associa tion. The GrowerCommitteemem bers, whose term of office will be expiring May 31st, are as follows: Dist. #2, Mas Yano, Weiser, Paul Y. Saito, Weiser. Dist. #4, Joel Mitchell, Nyssa, Harold E. Dail, Nyssa. Dist. #6, Kay Inouye, Home dale, Ken Tamura, Homedale. All Onion Growers of South ^western Idaho and Malheur County, are urged to be in attendance at this meeting. merce, Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Ca pitol Hill. The week concludes with a final examination and a graduation banquet, featuring a major speaker, musical enter tainment and a dance. Stu dents successfully completing the course are awarded “Cer tificates of Achievement.” This year, each of the 50 States, the four Territories and American Samoa are represen ted by participants. Overseas schools will be sending stu dents from Argentina, Nicara gua, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Labrador, Okinawa and the Philippines. Now in its third year of operation, A Presidential Class room for Young Americans was initiated from White House memos dating back to an ori ginal idea of the late Presi dent John F. Kennedy. Research and development were done du ring the Administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson with the first Presidential Classroom being inaugurated during the Presidential Cam- paign of 1968, establishing it as non-partisan, non-profit educational program in govern ment. Presidential Classroom is governed by a 10-man Board of Directors and an Advisory Board of Senators, Congress men, a Supreme Cpurt Justice, a Cabinet Officer, the Military Chiefs of Staff, leading national educatiors and private citizens. The Nyssa Amalgamated Sugar Company factory as seen being sliced at Nampa. Slicingwascompletedon February 13 from the Idaho shore of the swollen Snake River at its peak last year. last Thursday. Plumes of steam arise from the factory, Larson said that about the same amount of sugar was while smoke from the center stack is almost invisible. produced in the entire area as last year, with an average Equipment installed last summer has almost completely crop. The sugar content is up about one-fourth of one percent eliminated the smoke and soot nuisance of past years. over last year. Ray Larson, district manager for the company, said that The manager said that about 700 acres of beets were not the slicing of beets will end at midnight, January 29, the earliest date in almost 15 years. This is caused by the able to be harvested this year due to bad weather setting enlarging of the Nampa factory, which now slices on an in earlier than usual. Most of this acreage is in the Weiser- average of 9,300 tons of beets a day compared to 4,800 in Payette area. Some beets have been harvested the last few past years. Many beets formerly sliced in Nyssa are now days, and the factory will receive beets through Thursday. Governor Sets Solv Clean-up Governor Tom McCall an- nounced in Salem today, the SOLV, INC. (Stop Oregon Lit ter and Vandalism) 1971Clean- Up. This Clean Up will be held Saturday, April 3, and the theme will be “Clean Up Oregon for Easter.” The Governor further an- nouced that Garnett E. Cannon, President of SOLV, has ap pointed William W. Wessinger as State Clean Up Chairman. Wessinger stated that only by early planning and organization through many groups can we clean up Oregon. Wessinger urged the people of Oregon to cooperate individually and through their fraternal, service, church, and youth organizations. "Only by working together can we truly beautify Oregon,” stated Wessinger. Details of the clean up are being sent to the 32 SOLV county groups. The Governor congratulated SOLV on it’s first anniversary, and urged all Oregonians to help FIELD-WALDO BUYS BROWN INSURANCE Dave Waldo of the Nolan Field-Waldo Insurance Agency, Nyssa, announces the purchase Nyssa Student Earns of the Brown Insurance Agency, Adrian. Honors At Ricks Glen Brqwn will retain his The fall semester roll at real estate businss at Adrian, Ricks College includes the and his insurance business will names of 446 students--those be brought into the Nyssa firm, with grade point averages of Waldo said. 3.5 or above and who carry 14 Those people who have been or more hours of work. insured with Brown, and who Robert Peterson, son of Mr. have claims or questions about and Mrs. Farrell Peterson, their insurance, should contact Nyssa, was among those who the Nolan Field-Waldo Agency made the honor roll. in Nyssa. Flood Endangers Bridge NYSSA-PAYETTE CORN tvcc Budget RAISERS GAIN HONORS. Hearing Feb. 3 Top corn growers in the Pa yette and Nyssa areas were ho nored at the 21st annual grower award meeting of the American Fine Foods cannery Wednesday. Some 120 growers attended the first combined meeting of the two plants at the East Side Cafe in Ontario. The top growers were named by David Stohr, field manager for Ameri can Fine Foods. In the Payette area in the 10-25 acre category, James Fujito, Weiser was top winner with his 23.14 acre field. He had a yield of 8.19 tons per acre. In the 25-50 acre category, on 28.5 acres, the Yasuda Bro thers, Payette, had 7.47 tons per acre. On 50 and up acres, the Hart Farms of Ontario, on 61.48, produced 7.22 tons per acre. In the Nyssa area, in the 10-25 acre catergory, Murakami Farms, Ontario, had a yield of 8.26 tons per acre on 15 acres. The Pressley Brothers of Vale had the highest yield with 9.21 tons per aerg on 26.4 acres in the 25-50 acre category. TVCC President Will Speak To Nyssa Chamber Dr. Emory Skinner, Presi dent of Treasure Valley Com munity College, will be the speaker at the regular noon meeting of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, Feb ruary 3 at Brownie’s Cafe. Dr. Skinner will discuss the proposed college budget, and will also tell of the college’s postion in the current Migrant Education dispute with OEO. COUNTY RECEIVES HIGHWAY FUNDS - i A ■' . ä L J u .y '*lp The bridge on the Nyssa-Adrian highway is shown with the Owyhee River nearly to the roadbed. Highway crews were standing by Number IV The Sugar City é ■'■ - CJI t J to cut approaches to the bridge if the water had gooe any higher, but fortunately this was not necessary. The Oregon State Highway Commission today announced distribution of $5,626,352.50 in highway user tax funds to the 36 counties of the state. The allocation is based on the statutory 20 percent for the period October 1 to Decem ber 31, 1970. The funds come from the following sources; motor vehicle registration and operators’ license fees, gaso line tax, use fuel tax, motor carrier fees, and finesandpen alties collected for violations of the size and weight statutes where complaints are made by the Highway Division weighmas ters. The allocation to each county is based on the number of vehicles registered in it. Mal heur County received $77,- 173.18 based on 19,981 regis tered vehicles. On the 50 acre and up group, Dick Corn, Nyssa, had a yield J 7.4 tons per acre for 73 acres. Cash awards of $25 were given to all first place winners. The average yield for the Payette plant was 6.8 tons per acre and the average yield for the Nyssa plant was 6.6 tons per acre. Four speakers talked to the growers. They were Dr. Frank Blankenburg, Caldwell, on “Seed andSeed Bed Preparation, Cultivation and Irrigation”, Warren Stensland, Spokane, “ Warren Stensland, Spokane, “Fertilizers, and Paul Torell, Parma “Weed Control”. Orval Cary, sales manager of Ameri can Fine Foods, discussed sales. REP. AL ULLMAN REINTRODUCES BILL Congressman Al Ullman to day reintroduced his bill to establish a Hells Canyon Na tional Wilderness area in eas tern Oregon. Under Ullman’s bill, more than 400,000 acres in eastern Oregon along the Snake River, and another 180,000 acres on the Idaho side of the Snake would be designated for extensive de velopment of scenic trails and public recreation facilities. About one-third of the total acreage would be classified as roadless. Ullman said he would reintro duce a separate bill next week to authorize a wild river study of the Minam river and por tions of the Wallowa river and the Grande Ronde river. The aim of this study would be for possible establishment of a wild river area under federal management to conserve and protect water, scenic, fish and wild life, and outdoor recrea tion values. The budget hearing for Trea sure Valley Communitycollege will 1* held Wednesday, Feb ruary 3 at 8 p.m. in the Ad ministration Building. The proposed budget shows a reduction in taxes to be levied of $2,420 over the current bud get (see Page 6 for budget summary). Interested persons are invited to attend the meeting and dis cuss or ask questions of the budget committee about the pro posed budget. Republicans Oppose Gun Control Policy Oregon House Speaker Ro bert F. Smith said Tuesday that Republican members of the House are opposed to the enact ment of gun control legislation. Smith said the GOP House members adopted a policy state ment saying they are opposed "to any attempts to place fur ther onerous or burdensome gun controls or regulations on the people of Oregon.” The argument in support of gun control, Smith said, “is usually that it would reduce the number of crimes of vio lence. We believe this argu ment to be false. BOB HOLMES WINS NYSSA FFA PUBLIC Monday night, Dale Apple ton, director of the Oregon Employment Division office in Ontario, resigned his post on the Migrant Education Board. He is the first to resign from the board since the dispute began. In his telegram to the OEO, Ullman said the program “is considered valuable to almost everyone in Malheur County, but it is in danger of being lost unless immediate action is taken to establish responsible administration.” Ullman also indicateda visit ing team from OEO reviewing the program apparently caused further disruption. He said team members reportedly failed to make themselves available to many leaders of the community who are deeply concerned about the future of the program. In its own letter to the OEO, the Migrant Board said it had retained a Portland law firm to help file for the court injunction. It also said it wished to in corporate as a non-profit or ganization to take over spon sorship of the Migrant Pro grams currently sponsored by TVCC. Credit Union SPEAKING CONTEST Holds Annual Bob Holmes, son of Mr. and Dinner Tonight Mrs. Robert Holmes, was the winner of the Nyssa FFAChap- ter Public SpeakingContest held the evening of January 21 at the Oregon Trail Grange. The title of his speech was; “How are They Really Doing Down on the Farm” Bob will represent the Chapter January 28 at the Snake River District Public Speaking Contest at Vale. The Oregon Trail Grange hosted a potluck dinner prior to the contest. Others partici pating in the contest were- Fred Child, second place, with his speech entitled, "Take a Good Look”, Jack Joyce third, his speech entitled “What the BLM has Done for Our Eastern Ore gon Range Lands”, and Dave Robbins fourth with his speech entitled “The Advantages of Pesticides”, Brent Richesin - “Progress is What Makes It”, Glen Gibson -“FFAOpportuni ties”, KenCleaver -"FarmSa fety” and Carl Cleaver. -“Save Our Soil”. Garth Reece, President of the Malheur Teachers Federal Credit Union, has announced Thursday, January 28, as the date for their annual dinner meeting. The meeting is to be held at the East Side Cafe at 7:00 p.m. at which time Reece will report to the members the activities of the group for the 1970 year. One of the most important announcements he will make to the membership is the fact that Federal Shares Insurance now insures their member’s savings accounts up to $20,000.00 The treasurer, Donald Su therland, will report to the members the activities of the group for the 1970 year. One of the important announcements he will make to the membership is the fact that Federal Shares Insurance now insures their members on the statistical growth of the Credit Union. The membership will vote on three members for the board of direc tors, and will fill vacancies on the Credit Committee. The Board will also honor the late Frank Parr, a member of the Board who was killed in DATE MAX MIN PR EC an automobile accident this fall. Jan. 20 43 37 .04 The Board plans to present a Jan. 21 45 23 check for $75.00 to the Frank Jan. 22 31 23 Parr Scholarship Fund at Nyssa Jan. 23 43 33 and a portrait of Mr. Parr to Jan. 24 47 34 be hung in the Credit Union Jan. 25 45 36 .03 office. Jan. 26 51 36 There will be entertainment Jan. 27 30 and fun for everyone, and all Owyhee Reservoir Storage Credit Union members are 1/27/71 707,880 Acre Feet urged to attend the no-host din 1/27/70 574,390 Acre Feet ner. WEATHER Water Forces Move BLM NAMES NEW RESOURCE HEAD Dean E. Stepanek has been named as manager ot the Cent ral Malheur Resource Area of the Vale District, Bureau of Land Management, and will re port for duty January 25 Max well T. Lieurance, district manager, announced today. Stepanek comes to the Vale District from Battle Mountain, Nevada where he has been ser ving as a natural resource manager. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he is a 1962 graduate of Iowa State University at Ames, Iowa with a Bachelor of Science degree. He has had consider able experience in range mana gement in Idaho as well as Ne vada and worked during the sum- sers of 1960 and 1961 for the U.S. Forest Service in Montana. A loaded truck of furniture from the Charles Bowers residence just south of of the Nyssa-Adrian Jjridge is shown as the family prepared to move out last Thursday. This is the first time since April, 1952 that the Bowers were forced to leave the house, and that time it was for three weeks, although Mrs. Bowers said that they were worried for a few days in 1969. The water rose very rapidly Wednesday, January 20, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowers moved out that night to stay with the Marvin Bowers at Adrian for three nights, moving back Saturday. In the meantime Jim Phifer, Marvin Bowers and Charles Chapin hastily constructed the dike which can be seen in the picture, and stayed at the house Wednesday night. The truckload of furniture was stored in the George Schiemer potato cellar. Other families force to moved temporarily were Mrs. Ida Fenn, Bill Nielsen, Ed Nedrow and Anastacio Gonzales, Sr.