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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97U03 __ X X x X X __ Nyssa Gate City Journal Volume LXV The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Thunderegg Capital MALHEUR COUNTY DAY CARE CENTER WILL OPEN OCT. 11 AT JAPANESE HALL A group of local citizens attended the Indian and Migrant Coalition annual meeting at Warm Springs, Ore., last week. Included were Al Hicks, sec retary-treasurer of the state group and representative from area schools, and Juan Vargas, who represented local parents. Others at the meeting from Malheur County included Ri chard Mejia, Filomon Miranda, Roy Uranga, Jose Rodrigues, David Carbajal, and Mrs. Olga Johnson, recently named dir ector of the day care center. Hank Aguirre, representa tive from the Office of Child Development, and Mrs. Bev- erly McConnell, nationally- known consultant from 4-C Council Welfare Department and the Oregon Department of Education attended. Hicks explained that the In dian and Migrant Coalition is a funding source for local pro grams. Money comes from Title 4-A funds and through Indian - Migrant affairs from children’s services under Federal HEW. The Malheur County DayCare trust department, Master Charge services, and a separate mortgage loan department in addition to increased loan limits. Western Bank is Oregon’s only bank headquartered outside the Portland-Salem area that has a Trust Department and it has a very aggerssive mort gage loan department. Western Bank started in Bandon in 1904, Bank of St. Helens in 1949, and the Bank of Klamath Coun try in 1958. Western Bank now has branches in Coos Bay, Empire, North Bend, Bandoil, Gold Beach, Brookings, Illinois Valley, Clatskanie, Treasure Valley, Baker and La Grande, and pending approvals, branches in Florence, St. Helens, Scap - poose, Klamath Falls and Klamath Shasta Plaza. Virginia Steffens Attends Conference Mrs. Virginia Steffens at tended the Region 1 meeting of the Home Economics Teachers, which consists ofall high school Home Ec teachers in Eastern Oregon. The all day meeting was held Saturday, September 25 at Treasure Valley Community College. Dr. Emory Skinner, TVCC president, gave the welcoming address, and Miss Pauline Goodwin, supervisor of Home Economics for the State De partment of Education, Salem, told the teachers about curri culum changes and aids avail able from the state office. A no host luncheon was held at the East Side Cafe. Dr. Rick Connelly, Family Life De partment head at Oregon State University, gave the keynote address on "Trends in Family Life.” Frank Yraguen, Malheur County District Attorney, was principal speaker at the Tri County PressClubmeetingFri- day at the LaPaloma Cafe in Ontario. Yraguen introduced his new assistant Kurt Swinburnson, and John Rowley, planning coordi nator for Oregon Administrative Districts 12, 13 and 14, in the area of law enforcement. Rowley explained his program saying his first efforts were to identify problems facing this area. Among these were the following: -the need to develope pro grams of public education and involvement. -need to develope within en forcement agencies, -respect for human dignity unilaterally, to provide in-ser vice training for law enforce ment personnel, -and to initiate a group com posed of members of the cri minal justice system and the private sector to examine exist ing practices. Rowley said through the dis tricting, it is hoped costs can be cut by combining services and coordinating efforts._____ The Sophomore Class built the winning Homecoming float, shown upper left, with the theme “Sink Em”. The Freshman float, upperright,and the Junior float, lower left, showed a great deal of work and originality as the high school students carried 1971 Campaign Begins Oct. 5 The 1971 campaign at the Amalgamated Sugar Company plant will begin Oct. 5 according to Ray Larson, district mana ger of the company. Larson said that for the first week to ten days only enough beets to meet the factory ca pacity will be hauled, which is between 7,000 to 8,000 tons a day. After that the company will begin stockpiling beets on the grounds provided the days have become cooler. There are 30,967 acres of sugarbeets to be harvested, and the company is optimistic about the campaign, expecting a good yield. It is estimated that 737,- ooo tons of beets will be har vested, for a better than average yield, The campaign is expec- ted to last about two weeks longer than last year, Larson said. WEATHER DATE Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 MAX 80 82 68 56 60 59 MIN 9/29/71 9/29/70 472,340 487,290 As Governor of Oregon, 1 performance is good, their at call upon the people of this tendance is above average, their state to observe the week be- safety record Is enviable. Fur ginning October 3,1971 as “Na ther should a worker become tional Employ the Handicapped disabled for the job he is doing, Week.’’ every effort should be made to Established by Congress in sa’vage his valuable experience 1945 NEPH Week, or NETh* ' by reassigning him to work he Week as it is now known, is the can perform well in spite ofhis oldest Government observance handicap. to spotlight the potential of han Particularly, we ask that Ore dicapped employees. Since its gon employers give the highest inception under President Tru priority to the employment of man, NETH Week has had the ac disabled veterans. Many have tive support of each U.S. Pre acquired valuable skills in mi sident. litary service, as well as re From Beethoven, who could habilitation and further job not hear but gave the world training to make them fully job magnificent symphonies, to ready. They have served Franklin Roosevelt, who could America once; they want to not walk but led America serve again, this time In the through giant strides in peace labor force. We would be re and war, history is full of proof miss if we failed to provide that the whole of human poten them with fobs, the most criti tial is far greater than the sum cal bridge to successful read of its physical parts. justment. We know that handicapped Sincerely, workers, properly placed in Tom McCall jobs they can perform, are as Governor of Oregon. PREC. sets in the labor market. Their Markets Available For More Good Hay 31 37 40 42 35 33 40 Acre Acre off a highly successful Homecoming. In the lower right picture high school principal Gene Chester and faculty member J Draper bring up the rear of the parade down Main Street Friday afternoon. Governor Urges Observance Of " Handicapped Week Oregon is missing a bet in .3 not increasing hay production for domestic markets. This is the conclusion of Don McKinnis, development specia list with the Agricultural De Feet velopment Division of the Ore Feet gon Department of Agriculture, following tours and studies of hay producing areas of the neighboring statesofCalifornia, Nevada, Washington, Idaho and Montana. After reviewing the entire al falfa hay situation, McKinnis feels emphasis for the present should be placed on production for use at home and in neigh boring states instead of export markets. He says there needs to be an ample supply of quality al falfa available before the poten tial for export is developed. Noting that there is a dire need for processing plants to meet the increasing demand’or local livestock operations, Mc Kinnis emphasized the fact that this also would have its effect 'SS' on development of an export market. OWYHEE RESERVOIR STORAGE Pep Rally Shows Enthusiasm Veterans Benefits Discussed At TVCC ■ f ’. Nyssa High School cheerleaders Jan Saito, Lora Bair, Pam Stephens and Patricia Wah- lert led the pep rally at Thunderegg Mall Friday afternoon as the NHS Student Body The Sugar City drummed up enthusiasm which ernled in victorv over Crook County High School, Prineville later that evening by a 34-0 score. State and Federal Veteran’s Administration representatives will be on the TVCC campii' at 2:00 p.m, October 6toanswer questions about veteran benefits and rights. All interested ve terans, whether TVCC students or not, are invited to attend this meeting in room W-10 of the Weese Buildint’. Oregon, McKinnis found in his study, has the potential to com pete with hay producing areas of the surrounding states. By utilization of its land and water resources the state can become a leader in alfalfa production, he says. He also reminded that the combination of alfalfa hay and forage for pasture can greatly enhance the state’s live stock and feeding industries. For this to happen, however, the potential needs to be devel oped since it appears Oregon has a deficit in feed grain, hay and forage and at the present pro duction rate cannot cope with in creased demands. McKinnis thinks his study of production and demand in other states bears out the fact that if Oregon can produce quality al falfa hay the demand will be there. In surveying Washington, Idaho and Montana, the Oregon man found that while alfalfa hay is grown on all irrigated areas in those states, only a few se ctions grow it ina volume grea ter than local needs and in wes tern Montana hav had to tie im ported some years. After an earlier trip into the hay producing areas of northern Nevada and central California McKinnis concluded that areas in Eastern Oregon and the Wil lamette Valley can more than meet the competition for mar kets. He reported that Nevada has a problem of altitude and relatively cool growing season, with all available irrigation water utilized and that Califor nia’s production barely satisfies the state’s own needs. Number XXXIX LAW COUNCIL PLANNER EXPLAINS PROGRAM FOR BEnER ENFORCEMENT Homecoming Parade Features Floats Center will be located at the Japanese-American Hall at the south end of the Ontario Muni cipal Airport. The center was originally intended to be located at Nyssa, but a suitable build ing could not be located and the new site was the only facility in the area adequate for the cen ter. The Day Care Center came about through the cooperation of the city, county, and state per sonnel under the 4-C council. The non-profit organization granted funds to the Treasure Valley United Action group for operation of the center. Staff to be hired include one teacher, six teacher trainees, a cook, and a driver-custodian. Mrs. Johnson said that the ' equipment should all be installed and they expect to receive chil dren by October 11. An appeal has been made for equipment for the center. Cribs, play pens, infant chairs and toys, children’s clothing, and pots and pans are needed to get operation under way. Those having items to donate may contact Richard Mehia at Nyssa, 372-2770. Two Oregon Banks To Merge With Western Bank The board of directors of the Bank of St. Helens, Bank of Klamath County, and Western Bank have approved, unani mously, merger into Western Bank, headquartered in Coos Bay. Western Bank has more total assets than any other Ore gon Bank headquartered outside the Portlana Metropolitan area. These mergers plus a pending one between Western and Lane County Bank in Florence will raise Western’s total resources to over $90,000,000.00 The announcement was made jointly by J.O. "Joe” Fisher, St. Helen’s Board Chairman, George V. Dugan, Bank of Kla math County President, and A. W. Sweet, Western Bank Presi dent. Dugan andJ.O. "Jim” Fisher, Jr., Vice President of the Bank of St. Helens, will become direc tors of Western Bank, and R.A. "Dick” Severson, Bank of St. Helens President, will be a vice president of the merged 16 branch organization, accord ing to Sweet. Present board members of the two banks being merged will continue as board advisors. Present management and per sonnel, and plant expansions of the two acquired independent banks will continue. Paul Kruggel will remain as assistant manager of the St. Helens branch under Severson, Ed Melton will continue as Scap poose Manager, and Joe Lance and K.D. Smith will remain as managers of the two Bank of Klamath Country branches. Sweet said. Both Fisher and Dugan em- phasized that better banking service to Columbia and Klamath counties will be avail able to their customers. As a result of the mergers, St. He lens and Klamath Falls will add a Thursday, September 30, 1971 FFA Slave Sale Brings In $821 Future Farmers of America earned $821 at their Annual Slave Sale, Sept. 21. Money raised from the Slave Sale will finance their trip of three FFA members to the Na tional Convention held in Kansas City, Mo. The restof the money will be used to finance future trips to various other states and Districts contests, and to help sponsor the Annual Parent & Son Banquet in the Spring. Roger Baker auctioned off ap proximately 47 boys with Doug Wynn bringing the highest bid of $26 from Dave Wynn. The FFA Chapter wishes to express special recognition to all the buyers, and to the school cooks and mothers who helped prepare and serve the Spaghetti Feed. High School Press Conference Oct. 8 The Oregon Scholastic Press will celebrate its 50th anniver sary at the annual Oregon High School Press Conference Oc tober 8 and 9 on the University of Oregon campus. Guest speakers for the anni versary celebration are Eric W. Allen, Jr., editor of the Medford Mail Tribune, and Mike O’Brien, staff writer for the Eugene Register-Guard. Allen’s father, the late Dean Eric W. Allen of the University's Journalism School, founded the Oregon Scholastic Press in 1921. NURSING HEAD RETURNS TO TVCC New DA Takes Office Oregon Savings Bond Sales High J" A report received here today by County Savings Bonds Com mittee Chairman Jim Leslie, indicates that August sales of E and H Savings Bonds continued the boom which began months ago, both in the state and na tionally. "Oregonians continued in Au gust the high volume of Savings Bonds buying which they estab lished earlier in the year,” said Chairman Leslie. “Sales last month in the state totaled $3,803,000 compared to$2,867,- 000 a year ago, a gain of 33 percent. Our sales thus far in 1971 are 31 percent above those of a year ago. “Oregon now has achieved 90 percent of its dollar goal for this year, with four months still remaining. As of our last re port we were Number 1 in the nation on the basis of progress toward our quota. “Sales in our own county throughout August came to $182,668 which is 96 percent of our dollar goal for the year. He said the priority of needs were listed as 1. Improvement of treatment of individuals. 2. Containment and preven tion of crime. 3. Improvement of efficiency in theCriminal JusticesSystem. “Police departments are as adequate as people will allow them to be” Rowley declared. “We have to put this money from government grants where it will do the most good. If a department wants to buy new guns for its men, the answer is no!” Yraguen said the allocation to Malheur County last year went into remodeling the wo men’s section of the county jail. He commented that re quests cannot be just a cer tain city’s request buy mea sured by the county’s needs. The district attorney com mended local law officers, say ing they work together using almost a “board of directors” approach. “When we act, we act toge ther. We try to think in areas of possible problems such as migrant problems and im migration,” the district at torney commented. He expressed the opinion that it is upsetting to legal migrant workers to see wet-backs in the field earning money the “legals” need to take care of their families. Rowley explained the compre hensive planning which is going into the law enforcement plan ning program for his three dis tricts, including 14 which is Malheur and Harney counties. He has laid out a multi-year plan covering many areas such as lay judge training, youth priority survey, recruit clear inghouse, police training, dis trict attorney training, public defender and many others. Earlier in the meeting Dirick Nedry, publisher of the Nyssa Gate City Journal was elected president of the Tri-County Press Club, succeeding Larry Robinson, editor of the Payette Independent Enterprise. Roy Nisja, Ontario, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Connie McClun has re turned to Treasure Valley Com munity College this year as Chairman of the Practical Nurs ing Department, following a 2 year leave for further education in Montana. Mrs. McClun was an instructor for the college from 1965 to 1969 with an R.N. from Emanuel Hospital in Port land, Oregon. Since then she has taken both Bachelor of Science and Master of Nursing degrees from Montana State University in Dillon. She and her instructors, Mrs. Jean Joyce, R.N., B.S., and Mrs. Elaine Balderson R.N. will be working with approximately 20 students this year and expect it to be exciting. Kurt Dalen Swinburnson, for merly of Salem, was sworn in Friday at Vale as deputy dis trict attorney for Malheur County. Swinburnson, marriedandthe father of two children, arrived in Malheur County last week. The new deputy district at torney did his undergraduate work at Western Washington State College in Bellingham where he graduated in 1967 with a bachelor of arts degree in economics with extra emphasis on business administration. Swinburnson is a graduate of Willamette University College of Law in 1970. He has recently been em ployed as law clerk and as sistant reporter of decisions, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals where he has done legal research, written press releases for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions, compiled material for bound volumes of Oregon Reports and Oregon Appellate Reports and Oregon Advance Sheets publi cation. Homecoming Queen FARM INVENTIONS TO BE JUDGED A Farmers’ Invention Con test is being held at the North west Agricultural Trade Show on January 27,28,29, 1972 inthe Portland Memorial Coliseum. The contest is open to any farmer who has developed a piece of equipment used in the production or handling of hor ticulture crops (nursery, tree fruits, small fruits, vegetables, etc.). This would include fac tory mark- equipment that has been modified by a grower to fit his needs. Judging will be based on originality, job that it performs, and complexity. No entry fee is required. Prizes w ill include $100 divided among the winners. A grower can submit more than one entry. For more information on this contact Warren Henninger at the Malheur County Extension Of fice in Ontario. Senior Princess KayC LaFay was chosen Homecoming Queen and crowned at half-time ceremonies of the Nyssa-Prineville football game Friday evening. Satur<iay night Queen KayC reigned over the annual Homecoming [lance.