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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97403 X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal Volume LXV The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon The Sugar City Thursday, March 11, 1971 Thunderegg Capital Number X _ J NYSSA COUNCIL ACCEPTS NEW ADDITIONS TO CITY SEWER TREATMENT PLANT The Nyssa City Council in regular session Tuesday eve ning accepted the additions and modifications to the City Sewage Treatment Plant. The work was completed under the contract with the Paul E. Hughes Company of Pasco, and accepted upon the recommendation of City Manager Fred Koch. The additions constitute the Secondary Treatment phase. This secondary treatment em ploys a bacteriological process of purification which is brought about by a bacteriological action, in that the sewage from the primary treatment de vice is aerated and the bacteria oxidized, according to Koch. This aerated sewage then is transported through pipes into a secondary clarifier from which the settling sludge is piped to the head of the plant and re aerated and at time partially wasted into aerobic digester. The effluent from the secondary clarifier then goes into a chlorine contact chamber where it is chlorinated to a degree determined by the State Depart ment of Environmental Quality. The strength of sewage is measured by the amount of oxy gen required to sustain organic life. The primary phase brought about a reduction in the strength of sewage between 30 and 35 percent. Now that the second ary phase is in operation, the strength of the sewage will be reduced by 90 percent or better, a goal sought by health authori ties. Along with this work new sludge pumps were installed to handle the primary sludge. Also, lift pumps were installed to elevate the sewage so that in the future the danger of being flooded by high water in the river has been eliminated. Heretofore, Koch said, the pri mary plant was flooded several times during the high water stage of the river. TVCC TO DISCONTINUE SPONSORSHIP OF MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM The total cost of the pro ject, including engineering and landscaping, will total just under $200,000. Voters approved a bond issue in December, 1969 of $250,000, the amount sug gested by the State Board of Health. The unused portion of the bond issue, plus interest earned and money received from a federal grant, will go to pay off these bonds, Koch said. The city manager said that he would like to invite the public, school groups, and all interested citizens to view the new, modern plant. Frank Lawrence, plant operator, will be happy to show visitors around the plant at any time, and will explain as much as possible the functions of the various treatment de vices. TVCC Budget Vote Today Voters in the Treasure Valley Community College Education District will vote today (Thursday) on the re submitted budget for the 1971-72 school year. The amount to be voted upon is $608,689. This figure is down $24,000 from the amount submitted to the voters last month and de feated by 24 votes. Polls will remain open until 8 p.m. at the Primary building for Nyssa voters, and at the Elementary School for Adrian voters. ONTARIO DOCTOR NAMED TO BOARD Charles Smith, Co-Adminis trator of Holy Rosary Hospital, announces that Dr. Dorin S. Daniels, Ontario, was elected to a three (3) year term on the Oregon Regional Medical Program Advisory Board at its March 8, meeting. The Oregon Regional Medical Program is one of 55 in the More than 155 students at nation established by Congress Treasure Valley community to increase the rapid and wide College Tuesday signed a pe spread application of medical tition urging voter support of knowledge about Heart Disease, the budget on Thursday. Pe Cancer, Stroke, Kidney Disease, titions are still being circu and related diseases. lated. The petition states “We, the BANKERS PRESENT undersigned, each a student at Treasure Valley Community College, encourage voter sup BAD CHECK FORUM port on Budget Election Day, The Treasure Valley Chapter Thursday, March 11, 1971. “We feel the education op of the American Institue of portunités being offered here Banking, in conjunction with at TVCC are extremely bene the Continuing Education De ficial and worthwhile, not only partment of Treasure Valley for the students involved, but for Community College, will pre all residents of the area. We sent a forum Monday evening, think the very existence of our March 15 at 7:30 p.m. in room college is one of the chief con W-8 of the Weese Building. The forum is entitled “Check tributing factors which contin ually provide and inspire this Writers, Prosecution in Oregon area’s economic and social and Idaho.” It will be pri growth. We are appreciative marily a question and answer of the opportunity to gain these session with attorneys from the community college educational two states, and the public is invited to attend. experiences at home.” TVCC Students Support Budget Construction has been completed on Nyssa’s Sewage Treatment Plant and officially accepted by the City Council. In the top photo the existing Primary Clarifier can be seen in the foreground, with the new Aerator in the background and the new Secondary Clarifier on the right. At right is Frank Lawrence, Plant Operator, on the Contact Chamber walkway, with the new Aerobic Digester in the back ground, Lawrence recently returned from an operator’s school at Oregon State University. With construction completed, the city will now landscape the grounds and is building on the river bank to prevent high water damage. Vistors are welcome to view the plant at any time during working hours. SEVEN NYSSA WRESTLERS IN STATE TOURNAMENT AT CORVALLIS THIS WEEK Nyssa High School entered23 wrestlers In the 7A2 District Tournament at Burns Saturday, and came away with 5 champions and 2 second place winners who will go toCorvallis March 12-13 for the State Tournament. In addition there were 3 boys who finished in third place and 2 who placedfourth in the tourney. Highlight of the team effort was Phil Wilman’s pin of Randy Graven, a senior 178 pound District champ in 1970 from Burns, who was competing at 191 pounds. Phil, a freshman, pinned his opponent in the sec ond round. The 7 wrestlers who will go to Corvallis and their records are as follows; Richard Beck, 98 pounds, district winner in both 1970 and 1971; 3rd place winner in state, 1970; and his season record was 23 wins, 2 defeats. Mark Hartley, 115 pounds, finished 2nd in district. He was 2nd place winner at 98 pounds in 1969, and finished 3rd at 106 pounds in 1970. His season record was 20-7. Kirk Cleaver, 130 pounds, finished first in district, and had NHS Coaches Have Great Season a season record of 20-5. Kyle Lassiter, 141 pounds, was first in district and had a season record of 20-2. Mark Peterson, 168 pounds, was first in district and his season record was 20-6. Phil Wilman, 191 pounds, was first in district and had a season record of 14-2. Chris Wilman, heavyweight, finished 2nd in district and his season record was 19-4. Third place winners at dist rict were Manuel Perez, 123 pounds, with a season record of 12-2; Jack Joyce, 136 pounds, with a season record of 9-3; and Dar Haney, 157 pounds, with a season record of 9-1. Fourth place district winners were Rex Schilling, 115 pounds, with a 10-2 season record; and Jay Gibson, 148 pounds, with a season record of 14-4. Coach Mel Calhoun’s Nyssa wrestlers had a season record of 20 wins, 1 tie, and 1 loss in dual meet competition. The team placed 2nd in the Nyssa Invitational Tourney, 2nd in the College of Idaho Invitational Tourney, and 2nd in district. They were champions of the SRV Class A League with perfect 6-0 record in league competition. ATHLETIC DEPT TO SPONSOR SALE In order to purchase new athletic equipment, NHS’s ath letic department is sponsoring a used article sale Saturday March 20 at the elementary gymnasium. Items for sale include but are not limited to used furniture, clothing, books, toys, kitchen utensils and any other usable articles. Local residents are en couraged to participate in this fund raising drive by contri buting items for the sale. Please call the high school office 372-2287, or 372-3654 for pickup service. Free coffee and soft drinks will be served at the sale. Nyssa High School coaches are very much in the news as they and their teams have earned honors in the past week and prepare for new fields to conquer. Basketball Coach Gerald Talbot, left, has completed a highly successful first season as head coach, with his team earning a 16 won, 6 loss record for the regular season. The Bulldogs will meet Madras High School Saturday evening at John Day, in a play-off game, the winner to go to the Oregon AA Tourney in Eugene March 22-26. Coach Max Brittingham, center, and his I Sophomore team completed the regular season with a 19-3 record and won the SRV Sophomore Tourney at Ontario last Wednesday, defeating Emmett for the championship. Wrestling Coach Mel Calhoun will take seven boys to the State AA Wrestling Tourna ment at Corvallis this Friday and Saturday. The NHS wrestlers completed their regular season as SRV champions with a 20 win, 1 tie, 1 loss record in dual meet compe- tion, and finished second to Burns in the District Tournament there last Saturday. WEATHER MIN DATE MAX 36 March 57 29 March 45 22 March 40 16 March 46 27 March 50 March 19 51 22 March 53 28 March Ow vtiee Reservoir Storage 3/10/71 675,390 Acre Feet 3/10/70 692,110 Acre Feet SOLV Receives Bank Debits Contest Entries Up In January Student entries in the $500 SOLV (Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism) contest began ar riving at SOLV, Inc., Portland headquarters Monday, the first day of the contest, according to Robert Baker, SOLV State Pu blicity Chairman. He said, however, that some entries were in the form of posters rather than as designs for an emblem or button. He reminded that the contest, open to all Oregon public and private school students was to come up with a design for an emblem that would become the SOLV trademark. Baker said all entries are to be on plain white 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper, done in no more than three colors. Each entry must have the student’s name, age, address and school printed on the reverse side. Howard Brock, SOLV State Education Chairman said all schools in Oregon have been notified of the contest. Brock said first prize is a $500 Meier and Frank gift cer- tificate and that there will be three $100 gift certificates for three age brackets as runner up prizes. He remindedthat the contest closes at midnight March 19. CAREER INSTITUTE FRIDAY AT TVCC All plans are firm for the third annual Career Institute to be held at Treasure Valley Community College on Friday, March 12. More than 50 high schools will be represented on campus where students will be able to talk with representatives of businesses about require ments for entry into various types of careers. This year's activities include a special program for coun selors, according to Al Carr, Institute Coordinator. Dr. Dwight Baird, retired president of Clark College, Vancouver, Washington, will conduct a day long seminar for the counselors who accompany the students to campus. Major topic of the seminar will center around vo cational education opportuni ties. A noon time sock hop in the college’s gymnasium will be held for the participating se niors, Carr added. Bank debits for the 8 report ing banks including Harney and Malheur counties were up in January, 1971,comparedtoJan- uary, 1970; the University of Oregon Bureau of Business and Economic Research has re ported. Debits for January, 1971 to taled $56,941,000. For Decem ber, 1970, the total was $67,- 768,000 and for January, 1970, the total was $55,268,000. Oregon with 366 banks re porting had a percentage decrease of 15.7 per cent in January, 1971,ascomparedwith December, 1970, and a 4.8 per cent decrease in January, 1971, as compared with January, 1970. Total bank debits for January, 1971, came to $4,707,690,000. For December 1970, the total was $5,585,296,000 andfor Jan uary, 1970, the total was $4,- 946,942,000. Treasure Valley Community College will discontinue spon sorship of the Office of Eco nomic Opportunity “Migrant Education Program” this spring, according to an announcement today from the institution’s Board of Education. The announcement followed, by only a few hours, dismissal of two lawsuits recently filed against the college, and its officials, in U.S. District Court at Portland. Federal Judge Alfred Good win dismissed the actions yes terday, concluding several days of negatiation between the per sons and institutions involved. One of the lawsuits was filed by members of the Migrant Education Program Board of Directors, asking that college officials be restrained from assuming control over the pro gram. The other, filed by four ousted members of the Migrant Program staff, requested that they be reinstated. Treasure Valley Community College’s Board of Education, individual members of the board, and President Emery J. Skinner were listed as de fendants in both lawsuits. The program’s former Executive Director, Robert Patterson, was a defendant in one of the actions. Following Judge Goodwin’s dismissal of the lawsuits, college directors released the following statement: “Treasure Valley Community College will discontinue spon sorship of the OEO Migrant Education Program May 1,1971. This decision will bring to a close six years of operating the program on the College campus. The decision to drop sponsorship came when theCol- lege was told by OEO officials in Washington, D.C. that the College could not assume full governing authority over the operations of the program. Without full governing au thority, college board members have stated that they do not feel they can lend college fac ilities and support to activities over which they have no control.” NYSSA STUDENT ON USU HONOR ROLL Names of students to be named to the Fall Quarter 1971 honor roll at Utah State Uni versity have been announced by Dr. Claude J. Burtenshaw, vice president for student af fairs. In order to be included on the honor roll, a student in graduate studies must be en rolled full time and maintain a grade point average of 3.75 or better (4.0 is straight A.) Students from Oregon to be listed are: Baker, Vernon Gre gory O’Neil, History; Nyssa John Daryl Williams, Secondary Education; Ontario, Robert Scott Wrenn, History; Portland, Thomas M. White, Special Edu cation; Salem, Carolyn Joan Gubser, Special Education. One of the most successful Broadway Musicals will be pre sented by the Adrian High School Chorus March 19 and 20. This musical is straight from the comic pages with all of the lovable, hilarious characters brought to life. The cast has been working hard for 4 weeks, under the direction of Richard Anderson and Jim Johnson, to prepare the production. The leading characters are; Lil Abner, Clyde Martin; Daisy Mae, Cheryl Burroughs; Marry ing Sam, Dan Nelson; Mammy Yokum, Jill Franklin; Pappy Yokum, Larry Price; and General Bullmoose, Gary Bar ton. The performances both nights will begin at 8 p.m. in the Adrian High School Gymandthe tickets are $1.35 for adults and $.75 for students. Tickets are available from any chorus student and also will be avail able at the door. Help somebody ba< k to life! d R« j l<8 < w»*» blew»4 4« wmi Nyssa Man Attends Sewage School A total of 220 persons—in cluding some from the local area—completed a special three-day Sewage Works Opera tors Short School last week (Feb. 26) at Oregon State Uni versity. The training is offered annually as a service to cities, sanitary districts, and private utility companies. Purposes are to reduce hazards to public health incident to the disposal of sewage and industrial wastes and to promote efficient and economical operation of sewage works systems. Sponosors are the OSU De partment of Civil Engineering and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Basic, intermediate and advancedpro- grams are offered to match the needs and experience of opera tors. Those completing the short school include Frank Lawrence, representing the City of Nyssa. Girl Scout Cookie Sale ADRIAN MUSIC DEPT. TO PRESENT LIL ABNER When asked to comment on the situation today. President Skinner expressed mixed emo tions about loss of the Migrant Program’s sponsorship, and about the Program’s uncertain future. He noted that the Migrant Education Board of Directors had always enjoyed total auth ority over the program, until “the educational part of that program became threatened by activities which were other than educational in nature.” “The college board has always felt the institution should be engaged in the business of education only, because the directors are always answer able to all patrons of the dis trict, not just a few, the college cannot become involved in activities of the community which are not educationally oriented, ” he said. Skinner recalled that, during the past six years, the Mig rant Education Program has served several hundred sea sonal farm workers, offering educational opportunities rang ing from Adult Basic Education to collegiate level work, all designed to replace the dimin ishing demand for their ser vices to agriculture. “Several million dollars of federal funds have been expended in the local area in an effort to provide better social and economic opportunities for the local farm worker,” Skinner said. No local property tax dollars have been involved. The college president also pointed to accomplishments in the Self-Help Housing Program, a division of the program which, until now, has come under TVCC sponsorship. Skinner concluded his re marks with an expression of appreciation to the public for its support during the recent situation, saying he is pleased that the problems have been resolved. i Sara Marcum, center, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Marcum; and Michelle Sadamori, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Sadamorl; are showing Mrs. Larry Larsson two of the five varieties of cookies offered for sale this year by the Girl Scouts at their annual cookie sale. The girls are members of Girl Scout Troop No. 683, led by Mrs. Leo Lane. Mrs. Larsson is assistant leader and chairman of this year’s sale. The girls will join with approximately 45 other Girl Scouts in Nyssa and hundreds throughout the Silver Sage Council who will sell the cookies starting Friday, March 12 at 4 p.m. The cookies are packaged in a special Girl Scout decorated box and sell for one dollar. Varieties include fudge creams, sugared shortbread, mints, chocolate and vanilla creams. Proceeds from the sale are used to maintain and improve established summer camps, help with site improvement for troop camping, and to provide equipment for both troop and day camping.