Nyssa gate city journal., July 22, 1971, Image 1

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Volum« LXV
Th« Ny««a Go»« City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
The Sugpr Çity
Thursday, July 22, 1971
ULLMAN, XÍURE HEAD
INSPEŒ0N PARTY ON
TOUR OF HELLS CANYON
The chairman and members
of the congressional committee
dealing with legislation on Hells
canyon will take an inspection
tour of the Snake River Aug. 10,
Congressman Al Ullman (D-
Ore.) said Friday.
Ullman said he and Rep.
James A. McClure (R-Ida.)
would accompany Rep. Roy A.
Taylor (D.N.C), chairman of
the committee, on the Snake
River inspection tour.
“I’m delighted to have an
opportunity to visit the Snake
River country,” said Taylor,
who heads the House National
Parks and Recreation sub­
committee.
Ullman said tentative plans
were to fly into Hells Canyon by
helicopter from Boise. He said
the party would probably in­
spect the canyon rim near Hat
Point and on the Idaho side, and
then fly on to Enterprise for the
night.
Taylor, who said the one-day
stopover will just be a quick
preview of the area, is con­
duction field hearings in San
Francisco Aug. 9.
"I would expect,” Taylor said,
“that members of the sub­
committee would want to return
for a more intensive look at the
area. Before any legislation is
considered, however, we will
Dr. Jon E. Heitzman an-
nounces the opening of his Op­
tometry Practice in Nyssa next
Monday, July 26.
His office
will be located at 7 N. 2nd
Street in the back of the
Michael’s Pharmacy building.
HOUSE TASK-FORCE
Dr. Heitzman is a native of
Jerome, Idaho where he grad­
TO MEET FRIDAY
uated from high school. He
The House Task Force on attended Weber State College
Farm Labor will hold a public in Ogden, Utah for three years
hearing Friday, July 23, in the and graduatedfrom Pacific Uni­
Cafeteria of the Weese building versity at Forest Grove with a
at Treasure Valley Community BS degree. He then attended
the Pacific University College
College at 10 g.m.
of Optometry for four years,
Joe Hobson of the Malheur receiving his optometry degree
County Farm pureau, is assist­ in May.
ing the Task Force in making
arrangements for the Ontario
meeting and Requests that any­
one wishing to appear before the
Task Force, or anyone in­
terested in participating at the
meeting should contact him.
BLM MANAGER
CHAMBER SPEAKER
Max Lieurance, manager of
the BLM Vale District, was
principal speaker at the reg­
ular meeting of the Nyssa
Chamber of Commerce at
Brownie’s Cafe Wednesday
noon. Lieurance was accom­
panied by his wife, Marcia,
who has been Boise Statesman
reporter for the Nyssa, Vale
area.
They are moving to
Portland where he will be in
charge of the BLM office there.
Special guests of the Chamber
were Dr. Frank Sykes, Dr.
Jon Heitzman, Noah Bass and
Bill Stout, newcomers to the
business and professional com­
munity of Nyssa.
Chamber members adopted
unanimously a statement to be
presented to the Farm Labor
Task Force Hearing in Ontario
on Friday.
MALHEUR COUNTY FAIR
PLANS REVEALED, DATES
SET FOR AUGUST 18-21
want to conduct some field
hearings,” he said.
Ullman's proposal to establish
a
Hells Canyon National
Recreation Area must come
before Taylor’s committee for
consideration. Taylor has not
yet scheduled hearings.
Although his bill seeks to
preserve rim access to the
canyon, Ullman said recently
he would not oppose a five-year
moratorium on dam building.
“This is an issue of national
importance, ” Ullman said,
“and I’m pleased the chairman
and members of the committee
will get an opportunity to see
closeup the startling beauty of
the area.”
“My proposal is essential to
developing the economy of
eastern Oregon and western
Idaho,” Ullman continued, “but
to make the area a viable
national recreation spot re­
quires rim access.”
Dr. Heitzman
Opens Practice
Dr. Heitzman said that he
picked Nyssaprimarilybecause
he wanted to locate in the Treas-
sure Valley, and felt that Nyssa
needed and could support an
Optometrist. He invited Nyssa
area residents to come in and
visit his new modern offices;
and hopes when they need eye
care he can save them the bother
of going to some other com­
munity for this service.
His practice includes not only
the examination and fitting of
eye glasses but also a complete
department for fitting contact
lenses.
Mrs. Heitzman (Nancy) is also
from Jerome, and they and
their 14-month uid daughter
Shauna are at home at Fischer’s
Mobile Home Park.
The Nyssa High School Band is shown preparing to pre­
sent a marching exhibition and concert at the Aquarium in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada last week. Band members enjoyed
their week-long trip to the Calgary Stampede, and won
much applause for their performances at the Canadian city.
Calgary Stampede More
Than Just A Memory
Steve Fonda, president of the
Nyssa AFS Chapter, received
the following card from Jan
Saito, who is in Sweden with
the Americans Abroad program
of AFS for the summer. Her
card reads as follows:
Dear Mr. Fonda:
I made it to Sweden via New
York and Copenhagen, and I
really love it. All the people
are very helpful, and the coun­
try Itself is so green and beau­
tiful.
The AFS is very protective
of the students, and they want
us to be happy so they make
sure that everything is all right
and it is.
Sunday I will go to the West
Coast and meet the U. S.
AFS’ers that are returning
home after a full year here.
My family cannot speak Eng­
lish very well, but between their
English and my Swedish we have
a riot, and eventually under­
stand each other.
Thank you and the AFS for
sending me here! Love, Jan
Saito.
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Reservoir Storage
639,500 Acre Feet
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Eniov Nutrition
Youngsters shown are part.cipants in a
Nutrition Day Camp sponsored by the Ex­
tension Service, Oregon State University,
and directed by Miss Nadine Spitze. It
is a three-day camp held in the South
City Park.
This is the first of 10 camps to be
held in the Nyssa, Ontario, Vale areas.
The purpose of the camp is to give child­
ren a camping experience and a nutrition
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background, teaching .hem advantages of
a balanced diet and regular meals. Re­
cipes using surplus foods are used.
The children are shown at quiet time
after lunch, reading books they checked
out of the Nyssa Library. Volunteer aides
pictured in the background are Diego Cas­
tellanos, Lester Dominguez, Gerardo Grim­
aldo, Cathy Morgan, Mary Ann Parra, Miss
Spitze and Delores Defuentes.
By Craig Northrup, Band Director
All of the Nyssa High School skyline of a mo<jern skyscraper
Band agree that on the week’s city complete yvlth a 600-foot
trip to the Calgary Stampede space needle.
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they saw the most beau­
tiful scenery in both the United
The band stayed in a school
States and Canada.
in Calgary where they also
After a week of all-day re­ ate most of their meals. Each
hearsals and a concert in of the four (tyys had a full
Nyssa’s south park, the band schedule of performances. The
set out on two Silver Eagle band played for two parades,
Trailway buses at 6:00 a.m., several park performances, and
July 9. The day was highlighted for 25,000 spectators before the
by stops in Jgckson Hole.Wyo., Wednesday afternoon rodeo.
Tetons and Yellowstone Nation­ There were 40 bands from all
al Parks, and staying the nig..i over the world glso performing
in Butte, Mont. Old Faithful throughout the ID-day stampede
showed herself in a mighty celebration.
eruption just minutes after
There was also sight seeing
stopping in the park. As the and entertainment scheduledfor
buses proceeded through the the band. Monday afternoon,
beautiful Rockies, points of in­ the group went to Banff National
terest were discussed by the Park where they rode the Sul­
chaperones and drivers with fur Mountain Gondola to the
the students.
top of a 7800-foot peak to view
The band left Butte Satur- a breath taking panorama of the
day after seeing the Berkely Canadian Rockies. Tuesday,
Open Pit Copper Mine and on the band swam in the Calgary
to a bus tour of Helena, Mon­ Aquarium pool, and toured the
tana’s state capitol. After lunch zoo. Wednesday, the band was
in Choteau the route passed the guest of the Stampede for
Glacier National Park and on the world famous chuckwagon
to the Canadian Border. Card- races at the rodeo grounds
ston, Alberta, the sight of the followed by a stage show and
only LDS Temple in Canada, fireworks.
was the suppef stop. Every­
The return trip took the Bull­
one was somewhat surprised dog Band through British Col­
when after traveling through umbia
and down U.S. 95
miles and miles of rolling wheat through Idaho. Upon arriving
fields of Alberfa, suddenly the in Nyssa at 3:00 a.m. Friday,
beautiful city of Calgary ap­ one band member, in tears that
peared with a population of the trip was over, said, “I’ll
over four times that of Boise. never forget this experience as
The setting sqn outlined the long as I live.”
Nyssa Chamber Adopts
Statement For Hearing
The Nyssa Chamber of Commerce adopted the following
statement for presentation to the Farm Labor Task Force
Hearing at Ontario Friday. The statement reads as follows;
The business community of the City of Nyssa, as repre­
sented by the Chamber of Commerce, hereby wishes to go
on record as being in favor of farm-labor legislation which
promote tranquility and a minimum of conflict between farmers
and farm workers. This community’s primary purpose is
to serve agriculture, both the farmers and their employees.
When there is strife and ill feeling between the two groups, the
community suffers along with the entire agricultural community.
For that reason the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce encourages
the committee appointed by the Speaker of the Oregon House
of Representatives to propose legislation which will encourage
fair treatment for all.
A common misunderstanding which exists among people
who are not residents of this area, and a misunderstanding
which commonly appears in print in the Oregonian and other
metropolitan newspapers, is that the agricultural community
in the Treasure Valley area is divided into two camps, one
“Chicanos” and the other employers who are largely the so-
called “Anglos”. This is not factual. This community is
united and those persons who call themselves “Chicanos”
are very few in number. The Mexican-American workers who
have worked in this community for many years, many of
whom now have made their permanent homes here, are very
much a part of the overall united community. A few militants,
many of whom claim to be farm workers but really are not,
are the people that receive the publicity and agitate in an
attempt to drive a wedge between people residing here. We
encourage the Committee to take note of these factors in its
deliberations.
The Chamber of Commerce wishes to commend Speaker
Smith for his prompt action after the very unwise veto of
Governor McCall, and it is our sincere hope that the Committee
will recommend legislation which protects the rights of the
farm workers as well as the farmers, which also assures
that during harvest there is a time when men can work without
fear that their jobs will be interrupted and farmers are free
from threats, strikes and other acts which unfairly disrupt
harvest.
New Vet Joins
Animal Clinic
Dr. Richard R. (Dick) Temple
has joined Dr. Bert Ross in
the Treasure Valley Animal
Hospital in Nyssa, coming here
July 5.
Dr. Temple grew up in Wal­
lowa, and graduated from high
school there. He received his
degree in Animal Science from
Oregon State University in 1965,
and his Doctorate in Veterinary
Medicine from Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, Colo­
rado in 1969,
He practiced
one year in Douglas, Wyoming
and spent this spring helping
with the cattle in Rexburg, Idaho
before coming to Nyssa.
His wife Karen is from
La Grande, and they have two
boys, Rusty 3 and Brent Wayne
1. They have a young friend,
Brent Hall, 12, of Fort Collins
living with them for the summer.
Brent wants to be a veterin­
arian and is helping Dr. Tem­
ple as he makes his rounds.
They are living in the sugar
factory house on East Main
Street.
Both Dr. and Mrs. Temple
are Eastern Oregonians and
are happy to be back home in
Oregon. Dr. Temple grew up
on a cattle and wheat ranch
and raised a few horses, He
has been active in 4-H work.
The kick-off for the sixty-
second Annual Malheur County
Fair scheduledfor August 18-21
was held at the Fairgrounds
Friday, July 16, with a press
conference and a work day by
members of the 4-H Empire
Builders.
Representatives of the press,
radio, television andcommunity
organizations were on hand to
view recent improvements at
the grounds and the work acti­
vity of the young people. Re­
freshments were served in the
Commercial Building where a
colorful poster display pro­
claimed the coming fair.
Gordon Capps, Chairman of
the Board presented Ernie and
Icel Princehouse with an en­
graved silver tray in recog­
nition of their long and faith­
ful service to the Board and the
community as caretakers of
the Malheur County Fair­
grounds. Princehouse resigned
the first of the month and at
present is enjoying a more
leisurly pace than he has over
the past years at the fair­
grounds.
Board members were on hand
to help the 4-H Clubs and FFA
Chapters with the start of the
advance button selling cam­
paign. These two groups are
selling admission buttons in
competition with an award of
$25.00 given by the Fair Board
to the club or chapter selling
the most buttons. Friday was
the beginning date with cut-off
date the 31st of the month.
The admission buttons sell for
$1.00 and cover all the activity
on the grounds during the four
days. Everyone age six and
over will need a button for the
Fair.
Capps stated that final plans
have been made for space all­
ocation for the Fair. All ex­
hibits will be housed on the
grounds proper this year. The
art exhibits will be housed in
the Commercial Building In
booth space donated by various
merchants in the area. The
canning, cooking, and clothing
exhibits and the flower division
will be located in the Main
Exhibit Hall along with the Land
Products Division and the or­
ganizational, civic, and church
booths.
Hobbies and Crafts
will be housed in the Log Build­
ing.
Capps explained that the Board
gave considerable attention and
thought in arranging the space to
provide the best possible ex­
hibit areas both for the con­
venience of the exhibitor and
the viewer. Capps stated that
again this year rest areas will
be - provided for the comfort
of the fairgoer with the area
formerly occupied by Old Mc­
Donalds Farm being maintained
Summer Band Concert
will be held this Thursday
evening before the swim
meet at the Nyssa Muni­
cipal Swimming Pool at
6:30 o’clock, announces
Director Craig Northrup.
This is a free concert
open to the public, Nor­
thrup said and he also sug­
gested that people bring
folding chairs.
as a rest area by the Empire
Builders.
A parking and traffic pattern
plan has been developed by the
Board in compliance with re­
quests from State and City Fire
Officials and the Judge of the
County Fairs Commission.
Capps stated that several points
were lost by the Malheur C ounty
Fair due to the unorganized
parking situation in the past.
He expressed the hope that all
would cooperate with the follow­
ing plan.
To provide for the convenience
of the foot traffic on the main
grounds there will be no ve­
hicle traffic through the main
gate or the central part of the
fairgrounds between 10:00 a.m.
and 11:00 p.m.
Exhibitors in the Main Ex­
hibit Building and the Commer­
cial Building are requested to
park in the West Side Parking
Lot, using the road in from
Northwest Park Blvd, and the
gate back of the Commercial
Building.
Exhibitors in the Livestock
Divisions may park on the south­
end of the West Side Parking
Lot using the lower or south
gate.
All traffic connected with
horse events please use the
N.W. Park Blvd, entrance and
stay on the north side of the
fence.
Fairgoers may park in the
parking lot outside of the grounds
and enter through the main gate.
Admission buttons should be
worn by all individuals inside
the grounds between 10:00 a.m.
and 11:00p.m. during Fair time.
New Teachers
Hired For
Nyssa Schools
Superintendent W.L.McPart­
land announced that the follow­
ing new teachers have been hired
at the Nyssa Schools for the
school year 1971-72.
He said that two young men,
Gary Jasper and Steve Glauner,
will return to the elementary
staff after an absence of a
Gary Jasper spent a
year,
year getting his Masters De­
gree. Steve Glauner is doing
work in Special Education at
O.C.E. at Monmouth.
Tom Edwards will be back
after spending six months in
the service.
Ellen Brittingham comes to
Nyssa Primary after two years
at Adrian.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hansen
graduated from Portland State.
Mr. Hansen will teach Social
Studies and English at the Jou-
ior High School. Mrs. Hansen
will teach in the Kindergarten
program.
The Junior High will also
have Mrs. Mathews of New
Plymouth teaching English.
Mrs. Arlene Greening will
work with Special Education
students for the junior and
senior high school.
The high school staff will have
Miss Mary Lou Omberg from
Boise teaching
Biology and
Jerry Huntley from Portland to
teach Social Studies.
Fire Destroys Sappe Home
Nyssa firemen are shown fighting a fire
which completely destroyed the Donald (Bud)
Sappe home one and one-half miles south
of Nyssa Wednesday morning.
It was not determined what caused the
fire which started while the family was
away. Sappe returned home about 9 a.m.
to find the house in flames. Passers by
managed to save the piano and two chairs,
but everything else including clothing, re­
cords and personal effects was lost.
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