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University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97UO3 Nyssa Gate CityJournal Volume LXV The Sugar City The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon COUNTY COURT APPLYS FOR FEDERAL FONDS TO BUILD RECREATION SITES Members of the Malheur County Court last week applied for $5,200 in land and water conservation department funds for certain recreation improve ments in the county. County Judge Ellis White said today this is a federal grant, in effect, but it goes through state agencies. The improvements will incl ude installation of a new boat ramp at Bully Creek and repair of the old facility and constru ction of two new ramps at Malheur Reservoir. The judge said this money would be in addition to the funds received from boat li cense money which will be a- bout $3,000 this year. He said the county takes that money and matches it with federal and state funds from highway department. Judge White said he would like to use some of the money applied for to put a ramp at Antelope Reservoir. This facility is getting more use and is a good fishing area. Addition of a ramp and leng thening the old ramp at Bully Creek will cost an estimated $1,800 and will provide for greater safety for water skiers, he said. The balance of the $5,200 ($3,400) will install two con crete slabs at Malheur Reser voir. A new type of construc tion will be used here where sections are hooked together by chains. The judge noted the money the county applied for has to be spent in actual construction for recreation sites. It can be used for roads in parks or for restroom facilities as well as the ramps. He indicated the funds applied for are those which have been used in the past by area towns for recreation development. Ontario has used some for de velopment of its ball park, and Nyssa used the fund for devel opment of a park. OSU To Confer Record 3400 Degrees June 6 A record 3,400 degrees will will be conferred at Oregon State University’s 102nd com mencement on Sunday June 6. The total includes 2,500-plus bachelor’s degrees, 650 mas ter’s degrees, and 205 doctor’s degrees. The colorful ceremony, sche duled at 2 p.m. in Gill Coli seum, will be carried over KOAP-TV, Channel 10, Port land, and KOAC-TV, Channel 7, Corvallis. Parents and friends of the graduates are ex pected to fill the giant building to capacity. Candidates for degrees from Malheur County include: Hugh Francis Sheehy, En gineering. NYSSA; Trudy Jane Olsen, Humanities and Social Scien ces; David Randal Nishitanl, David Joe Sumpter, Science; Brian Lynn Cleaver, Terrence Edward Oft, Robert Van Ure, Agriculture; Brad Alan Max field, Education; RalphJayCar- ter, Roger Dee Carter, Robert Okanu, Engineering; Mary Lou Macy, Master of Education. ONTARIO: Michael Wayne Carter, Keith Robert Erle- bach, Robert Gordon Oxnam, Clyde Alan Schmelzer, Human ities and Social Sciences; Le land Paul Dixon, Jr., Rebecca Mary Kudrna, Dinah Jean Ter- amura, Science; RobertCharles Burris, Joseph Walter Le vanger, Ronald James Nichols, Agriculture; Arnold Gene Ku- magai, Business and Tech nology; Kenneth Harold Goul, Jean Christine Shuford, Educa tion; Ronnie Kay Tsukamaki, Engineering; Tom Striker Shu ford, Forestry; Peggy Ann Ste wart, Pharmacy; Melvin Dee Wilson, Master of Science; Carol Alicia Knothe, Master of Home Economics. VALE: Terry Robert Town- ley, Humanities and Social Scie nces; Robert Melvin Burns, Gary Lee Kamo, Raymond Gene McLaughlin, Agriculture; Bar bara Jane Townley, Education; Patrick J. McGourty, Engineer ing; William Adolph DeLong, Master of Science. WESTFALL: Roger William Corrigal, Agriculture. TVCC Women Elect Officers Thunderegg Capital Jan SaitOj daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kayno Saito, has re ceived word from American Field Service offices in New York that she will be spending the summer in Germany under the Americans Abroad Program sponsored by AFS International and the Nyssa High School AFS Chapter. Jan will leave for New York on June 21 and will arrive in Frankfurt, Germany on June 23rd. She will stay one week in Frankfurt for further language study and orientation and then will spend the re- Head track coach Glenn Walker, left, is shown prior to taking his Nyssa High School tracksters to Corvallis for the Oregon State track meet Friday and Saturday, June 4 and 5. Next to Walker is Jon Reece, who will compete in the 440 yard dash, the 220, and the mile relay; Dellas Frede- 4-H SPRING DAIRY SHOW SATURDAY The annual 4-H Spring Dairy Show is scheduled for Saturday, June 5, in Girvin Hall at the Malheur County Fair Grounds. According to Ron Mobley, Mal heur County Extension Agent, participants should plan to have dairy animals in place and en tered with the division clerk by 9 a.m. on that day. The judge for this year’s show is Walter Shelby from the Ore gon State Department of Employment. Shelby lives in Ontario and is an experienced 4-H judge. The Holstein Heifer Award is available again this year for first year junior dairy mem bers, 9 - 11 years old, carrying a Holstein project. All can didates for this award must en ter the showmanship classes at both the Spring Dairy Show and the County Fair. In addition, their 4-H Dairy Project record must be submitted at each event. Nyssa Nite Rodeo Queen T.E. Roach, Ore-Ida Council President, Boy Scouts of America, announced that ap pointment of Woodrow W. Benson as chairman of the Scou ting Keep America Beautiful Day activities being planned for June 5 in a major attack on litter. The effort inSouth-west- ern Idaho and South Eastern Oregon will be part of a mas sive 1-day cleanup project sponsored by the Boy Scouts and Keep America Beautiful, Inc., in all 50 states. Nationally, more than 6 mil lion Scouts and adult leaders will tackle the litter problem along streets, highways, str eams and in park areas. Roach said more than 8,000 Scouts in this area will be engaged in the cleanup work, highlighting the need for litter pickup, lit ter prevention, and recycling of used materials. “The Scouts and others who join with them in this important educational effort,’’Roach said, “will pile up huge amounts of the litter in very visible places to focus attention on the need for a cleaner environment and the need for everyone to get into the act.” John Franks In Who’s Who John Franks, Adrian, is one of 18 students from Treasure Valley Community College to be selected for the 1970-71 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges. These campus leaders are picked on the basis of their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and future potential. They join an elite group of students selected from more than 600 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District ofColumbia and several foreign nations in North and South America. Governor Tom McCall and State School Superintendent Dale Par nell. Students are selected for this honor on the basis of outstanding academic achievement. The award is to give recognition to students who have excelled in high school, whether or not they have the financial need which qualifies them for state scholarships, accordingtoJeff rey M. Lee, executive director fo the Commission. Average grade point of those selected as Oregon Scholars is 3.83, Lee reported. Each will receive an Oregon Scholar certificate from the Com mission, designed and furnished by the Crown Company, Port land. In addition, Governor McCall and School Superintendent Par nell will send letters of tri bute to the Oregon Scholars at each high school. Most high schools also honor their Oregon Scholars at graduation. The Oregon Scholars from Nyssa High School are Jeanine Saito, Mary Haburchak, Nancy Wilson and Martha Heider. RATES UP ON VETERANS’ LOANS House Bill 1452, the “vari able interest rate” measure af fecting Oregon veterans’ farm and home loans, took effect Thursday, May 27 and the De partment of Veterans’ Affairs has set the new loan interest rate at 5.9 percent. This means that for veterans’ loan applications received from May 27 on, the interest rate will be at 5.9 percent unitl some future date when the rate may go up or down again, affecting all loans for which application has been filed on or after May 27. Loans existing or applied before that date are not af fected. H.C. Saalfeld, veterans’ af fairs director, set the new 5.9 percent rate on the advice of his advisory committee imme diately after the bill was signed into law on the evening of May 26. Saalfeld said, "How long this rate holds will depend on the future cost of bond money.” Saalfeld and his advisory committee also fixed a 7 per cent interest rate on loans transferred for the first time to a new purchaser. On loans previously transferred, the in terest rate will not change. mainder of her stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tip- pner in Bornheim-Waldorf, Germany. For several years the Nyssa High School student body has sponsored a student from a foreign country to spend a school year at Nyssa. Jan is the first student from Nyssa to be selected to go abroad under the AFS program. She was selected on the basis of language aptitude, academic standing, personality and in terest in world affairs. Brigham Young Graduates Area Students Several area students recei ved diplomas at Brigham Young University at commencement exercises on May 28. Services were held in the Fieldhouse and commencement speaker was Dr. Ernest L. Wilinson, retiring president of the University. The graduating class was the largest in the school’s history. The doctor’s degree was awar ded to 39, the master’s degree to 346, the bachelor’s degree to 2,874, and associate degrees to 190, with one sixth year spe cialist degree. The University numbers 25,000 students. Local graduates were Pauline Lorraine Hastriter, Adrian, BA; Lowry Kowallis Flake, MA; Ray R. Garner, BA: Robert Marion Glenn, BA; all Nyssa. Ontario graduates were Fred William Erickson, BA; David Parker Fillmore, BA; Pamela Fillmore, BA; Robert E. Han son, BA; Carl Brent Kartch- ner, BA: Joseph W. Roberts, BA; and Wayne Scott Taylor, BA. Vale graduates were Laurel Lee Dahle, BA; Lois Dahle, BA; Barbara Fay Hart, BA and Sharell Nelson, BA. Pee Wee Rodeo Winners Named Winners of the Championship Buckles at the Pee Wee Rodeo last Saturday evening in the Se nior Divison were Lisa Jenning, bucking horse; Stan Mendiola, bucking calf; Gayle Hawkins, Dr. John Olsen barrel racer; Lisa Jenning, pole andMelodiFerrenberg, To Retire From Air bender; goat tie. In theJunior Division winners Force Reserve were Kelly Ferrenberg, bucking Lieutenant Colonel John W. horse; Rod Frisby, bucking calf; Olsen, Nyssa, will be trans and DeAnn Goodman won barrel ferred to the Retired Reserve, racer, pole bender and goat tie. United States Air Force, on Don Bowers, chairman of the June 8, 1971. rodeo wishes to thank all who Lt. Col. Olsen has been active contributed, worked and helped in Air Force affairs and is to make the rodeo a success. presently Commander of Flight Particularly he wishes to thank B of the 9432nd Air Reserve the judges, Dan Townley and Squadron. He was Commander Bob Davis; Timers Vi Townley of the 9449th Air Reserve Squad and Marie Holmes; Announcer, ron in Ontario until two years Doug Patterson; and Rodeo Se ago, when they were made part cretary, Ruby Osborne. of the Boise squadron. Lt. Col. Olsen was first com missioned in the Air Force in May 1942, and served in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. Dr. Olsen a Nyssa dentist, and his wife Vera and family reside at 805 King Avenue. Jan will return in September to complete her senior year at Nyssa High School. Mary Haburchak, student AFS chairman, said that about $375 was raised at the recent spag hetti feed to help defray Jan’s expenses this summer. TVCC Cheerleaders Picked For Next Year Three Treasure Valley Com munity College co-eds have been elected to serve as cheer leaders for next year’s athletic activities. They are Stephanie Duval, Ontario; Kathy Ashman, Caldwell; and Andrea Kinney, Ontario. Early next year three freshmen will be elected to join the three chosen this year. AFS Students To Visit Nyssa Thirty-seven AFS students from 23 countries will be in Nyssa for three days late in June. A bus stop is scheduled, with the bus to arrive the eve ning of Monday, June 28 and will leave early Thursday, July 1. Wilton Jackson is chairman of the bus stop activities, and said that it will be similar to the event three years ago which was enjoyed by so many Nyssa families. Jackson said that a full pro gram is shaping up during the students stay, but the main immediate problem is housing. Those wishing to host a for eign student may call Steve Fonda’s office, 372-2268, and state whether they would like a girl or boy. These students are completing their year in the United States and are on their way East and to their respective homes. Teacher Of The Year Fiesta Time Set Saturday, June 5 The Community Fiesta to be held this Saturday, June 5, from 4 p.m. until 11 p.m. will be at the St. Bridget’s Catholic Church grounds. Many organizations are in charge of booths featuring Mexi can dishes, hamburgers, var ious foods and games. There will be music and dancing and all-round fun. This Fiesta is planned with the idea of theCommunityparti- cipating in an activity that the Dennis Savage was awarded whole family may attend. It the Master of Arts degree from is a good day to set aside to George Peabody College for visit your friends, wear Mexi Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. can costumes if you choose to, PR EC Son of Mr. and Mrs. Damon and enjoy a happy musical after MIN DATE MAX 57 May 26 Savage, he is a biology major noon and evening. 85 87 Mav 27 59 and teaches at Nyssa Junior 85 62 May 28 High School. He and his 'amily County Food Center 78 May 29 46 reside at 803 Thompson Avenue. 48 George Peabody College for Changes Schedule Mav 30 64 May 31 62 47 Teachers has conferred more Starting June 1st, the Mal .06 than 37,000 professional de June 1 45 60 June 2 grees in its 186 year history. heur County Abundant FoodCen- 46 Peabody’s students come from ter in Ontario will be open on Owybee Reservoir Storage Fed 45 states of the U.S., and 28 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 6/2/71 712,960 Acre from 9-12 and 1-4. Fed foreign countries. 6/2/70 715,000 Acre WEATHER J “Another objective in Scout ing Keep America Beautiful Day is to get across the story of recycling as a partial answer to the solid waste problem. We hope to recycle as much of the collected trashaspossible--al- umlnum, glass, steel, paper, and other materials.” “Recycling solves two pro blems at one time. First, it gets rid of this trash, and second it reduces the strain on natural resources needed to make new products. With in creasing demands on raw ma terials from a burgeoning po pulation and with solid wastes taxing our disposal capabili ties, we need to turn more and more to recycling techniques.” Scouting Keep America Beau tiful Day is a highlight in the Boy Scouts’ Project SOAR, the short term for Save Our American Resources. Through out the year the project will be carrying out action pro grams designed to improve the environment and create con cern for betterment. Some of these activities involve air and water pollution, litter pre vention, and waste disposal. Four Nyssa Students Are Named Oregon Scholars Names of 1,497 studentshave been announced as Oregon Scholars for 1971 by the State Scholarship Commission. They were chosen by the Commission from the 1971 graduating classes of Oregon high schools totaling approximately 37,930. The Oregon Scholars award was established in 1966 by the State Scholarship Commission, with the endorsement of to enter the Miss Rodeo Oregon contest to be held in Vale during the annual Vale Fourth of July celebration and rodeo. Candy is shown on her quarterhorse Ti’s Cuffer, one of six horses on the Cramer ranch 4 miles North of Ontario. She was one of the princesses at the Nyssa Nite Rodeo last year, is a recent graduate of Ontario High School, and plans to enter TVCC in the fall. Her father is vice principal of Ontario High School. ricksen in the pole vault; Jack Moore, high jump; Lee Bar ton, mile relay; Scott Engstrom, mile relay; and Dave Manley, 880 yard dash and mile relay. Walker said that his team will win some points at state, and there is a good possibility of some first place finishes based on comparative times recorded this season. Boy Scouts Participate In Keep America Beautiful Day Number XXII JAN SAITO FIRST NYSSA STUDENT IN AMERICANS ABROAD PROGRAM OF AFS NHS Track Team Goes To State Awarding ribbons will be the The associated Women Stu 1971 Malheur County Fair Prin dents of Treasure Valley Com cess Contestants. These in munity College recently elected clude Irene Ussing, Cindy officers with Linda Spears, Davies, Margie Durfee, Helen Vale, gaining presidency. Ser Wilson, Terri Chamberlain, ving with her will be Susan Trina Blackburn, Leah Moore, Butler Ontario, vice-president; and Wendy Kennington. Sue Caverhill, Ontario, secre tary-treasurer; and Cheryl The show chairman this year Coleman, Harper, publicity is Charles Farley, and the ann director. ouncer will be Mrs. Judy White. Candyce (Candy) Cramer, 18-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cramer, Ontario, will reign over the Nyssa Nite Rodeo July 9 and 10. Her princesses are Yvette Yturri, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Yturri; and Ramona Plaza, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Plaza, all of Ontario. The court was picked at the Pee Wee Rodeo Friday night. The girls will represent Nyssa with appearances at other rodeos, and Miss Cramer is eligible Thursday, June 3, 1971 Dennis Savage Receives MA Gary Sant, president of the Nyssa Education Association, is shown presenting a placque to Mrs. Virginia Steffens, who was named as “Teacher of the Year” by her colleagues. The presentation was made Friday noon at the annual final day dinner for teachers and school employees. Recognition and gifts for the six teachers retiring from the Nyssa Schools was made by Superintendent W.L. Me Partland to Nelda Schenk, Mildred Elliott, Mary Hatt, Madge Thomson, Irl Nolen and Dorothy Nolen. In additon to the six retirees, Bill Gillam, Lorraine Bauman and Lloyd Dibble are leaving the schools this year. A Dixieland Band composed of faculty members Craig North rup, Duane Buchtel, Dan Martin, Max Brittingham and Gary Condon, and students Kevin Engstrom and Don Sappe provided the entertainment. The ham dinner was prepared by the cafeteria staff. I