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Nyssa Gate City Journal
Volum« LXV
Thunderegg Capital
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
TVCC CUTS BUDGET FOR
BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR
ENROLLMENT DOWN
An administrative budget will
replace the present budget
of Treasure Valley Community
College, the board of directors
was informed at their meeting
last week.
James Roberts, business
manager, reported that enroll­
ment for the fall term is down
about 200 students which poses
a definite reduction in revenue.
With the revenue down $150,-
000-$200,Q00 the expenditures
will have to be reduced a like
figure, Roberts said.
The anticipated loss in reve­
nue is primarily due to the
loss of the anticipated students
but also is due to a reduc­
tion of about $11,000 in re­
imbursement in vocational edu­
cation due to a change in the
state formula.
Department heads have been
asked to revise their budgets
regarding
supplies, equip­
ment, travel and part time in­
structions.
Dick Debisschop stated that
the count for full time stu­
dents was 688, down 188 from
last year.
State Agriculture Director Visits Malheur County
Don Ridener, director of
student aid and housing, re­
ported that 218 students were
now living in the dorms. The
girls dorm is full with 56 and
162 boys are lodged in their
dorm with room for 14 more.
In the girls’ quarters two
washing machines, two dryers,
and two telephones have been
installed. The college is now
hiring two maids to work in
the A and B units.
President Emery Skinner re­
ported on the new community
college code. One new change
is on the election of board mem­
bers. Hereafter board mem­
bers will be elected at the pri­
mary elections held every two
years. Next spring the positions
of Eugene Smith and Grant Rine­
hart will go on the ballot and
these positions will have to be
filed 70 days prior to the elec­
tion.
The
board appointed Ace
Lloyd, Ontario, for another
three years on the budget com­
mittee. The position held by
Dick Harada, Vale, was not
filled. Harada had asked not to
be renamed.
tumes and wigs in a fire re­
tardant solution available at re­
tail stores or made with nine
ounces of borax, four ounces of
boric acid and one gallon of
hot water. Light the jack-o-
lanterns with flashlight’s in­
stead of candles.
Homeowners can also help
by being sure their yards and
driveways are free of trash cans,
lawn mowers and bicycles. Tie
strips of white cloth on newly
planted shrubs or trees. Leave
outside lights on to prevent
falls and discourage vandalism.
Halloween can be fun but it
can turn into a nightmare also.
It’s up to all of us to help make
it enjoyable for the youngsters.
A little common sense can go a
long ways. Most people enjoy
having the small trick-or-trea-
ters in their costumes come
to the door.
But when they
come in droves of more than
three or four in a group, and
when they call more than once
at the same house; and come
lugging
huge pillow cases
or gunny sacks for their treats
it ends up not being much fun
for anyone.
With a little common sense
on everyone’s part let’s make
Halloween 71 be a safe, fun
and happy Halloween for the
children as well as the grown­
ups.
Guidelines Listed
For Christmas Mail
Postmaster Lee Dail reminds all post office customers that
the Christmas rush period is near, and lists the following
schedule of dates recommended for sending parcels and mail
before Christmas.
Mail tor armed forces overseas:
Greeting
Parcels
Cards
(a) Surface mail.....................
.Nov. 5
Nov. 15
(b) SAM (space available mail)
Nov. 19
(c) PAL (parcel airlift)...........
Nov. 26
Dec. 10
(d) Airmail.................................................Dec. 10
Domestic mails (except Alaska and Hawaii):
(a) Distant States.......................................Dec. 1
Dec. 10
(b) Local and nearby areas...................... Dec. 10
Dec. 15
(c) Airmail................................................ Dec. IS
Dec. 22
Alaska and Hawaii:
Nov. 30
Dec. 5
(a) Surface mail
Dec. 15
(b) Airmail . ..
Dec. 15
Irving Mann, seated right, Oregon Director of Agriculture,
visited with Malheur County agricultural leaders last Friday
and Saturday. Shown with Mann are, from left, Mamuro
Wakasugi, Oregon Slope farmer and member of the State
Board of Agriculture; William Ross, Jordan Valley, presi­
dent of the Malheur County Livestock Association; and Joe
Saito, Ontario farmer and former member of the State
Agriculture Board.
Mann flew into Boise Friday morning and came to Nyssa,
where he was taken through the Amalgamated Sugar Company
factory.
He then went to Ontario for a tour of Ore-Ida’s
BOY SCOUTS
PREPARE FOR SHOW
The boy Scouts of America
will produce
“Scouting in
America” on November 6 and
November 20.
Tickets for these Big Scout
Shows are available through
local CubScouts and Boy Scouts.
The Show on November the 6th
will be held at the Malheur
County Fairgrounds in Ontario.
The Show on November the
20th will be held at the Western
Idaho Fairgrounds in Boise.
Scouting in America is our
youth today - it is educational,
informative and fun for the
whole family.
“Help Schools Bridge the
Gap’’ between young people and
adults, between Americans of
different color and point of view,
between rich and poor, and be­
tween promise andperformance.
So urged Dale Schraufnagel,
AEW Chairman in announcing
the theme and challenge of this
year’s American Education
Week observance, October 24-
30.
“In a nation that speaks of
inalienable rights, the right to
learn must be paramount,” Sch­
PARADE OF HOMES raufnagel
said. “Yet enormous
The Malheur Memorial Hos­ gaps must be bridged before that
pital Auxiliary is planning right becomes a reality.”
something different for our
In announcing local partici­
community this year by presen­ pation in the observance, Sch­
ting “Parade of Homes”.
raufnagel called upon the entire
This fund raising event will community to join in a reas­
be held Saturday November 6, sessment of the school's role in
starting at the Bernard Frost light of these gaps.
home at 2 p.m. The homes will
“We must ask ourselveswhat
include new, remodeled, rede­ schools can do to make edu­
corated and mobile.
cation more relevant to the
There will be a charge of $1 present and future lives of stu­
per person and tickets may be dents—and further, what full
purchased from Auxiliary mem­
bers or Mrs. James Nichols.
Refreshments will be served
at the last home visited. Fur­
ther details, including map of
route and homes to be toured
will appear in next weeks pa­
Late grazing applications may
cause loss of grazing privileges
per.
on public lands, according to
Marlyn V. Jones, acting man­
ager of the Bureau of Land
Management’s Vale District.
Jones noted that slightly more
than half of the 1972 grazing
applications had been received
by October 26. He urged range
users to get their applications
to the district office as soon
as possible, but not later than
November 9. Each application
must be checked by resource
personnel and considered by
the district’s advisory board
before grazing use on public
land can be granted. Failure
to apply for these privileges
can also cause loss of license
or permit, Jones cautioned.
BLM Grazing
Permits Due
WEATHER
page; and Stacy Glenn, typist. The paper
is published by the Junior High School
journalism class for the first tim° this
year.
Bids will be received by the
Oregon State HighwayCommis-
sion on Thursday, November 18,
in Salem, for two projects to­
taling anestimated$14,950,000.
Descriptions for the individual
projects follow;
MALHEUR COUNTY: This
project involves 12.48 miles of
grading, paving, structures, and
signing on the Olds Ferry-North
Fork Jacobsen Gulch Section of
the Old Oregon Trail Highway
(I-80N), approximately 10 miles
northwest of Ontario. Project
frozen foods plant.
plans call for asphalt concrete
Friday evening the state director spoke to nearly 100
pavement on four 12-foot lanes
persons from agriculture and business, and talked about the
of divided freeway. Completion
history of agriculture in Oregon.
time is 720 calendar workdays.
Saturday he spoke to the Malheur County Livestock As­
UNION COUNTY: This pro­
sociation members in Vale at their annual meeting. At this
ject involves 3.98 miles of gra­
meeting William Ross, Jordan Valley, was returned as pre­
ding, paving, structure, and
sident; Skip Thayer, Ontario, was elected first vice presi­
signing on the Ladd Can yon Sec­
dent; Charles Locey, Ironside, was elected second vice
tion of the Old Oregon Trail
president; Norman Hipp, Ontario, was reelected treasurer;
Highway (I-80N), about 10 miles
and George Bain, Ontario, was retained as secretary.
southeast of LaGrande. Pro­
ject plans call for continuously
reinforce portland cement con­
crete pavement on four 12-foot
lanes of a divided freeway. The
project will follow the align­
ment of the existing highway.
According to the 1971 TVCC Completion time will be 450
Homecoming
Tri-Chairmen, calendar workdays.
opportunity for quality educa­
Becky Rudd, Kitty Dorroh, and
tion requires in the 1970’s,”
Steve Chandler, preparations
Dale Schraufnagel said.
are well advanced for the finest
American Education Week,
such event in the schools his­
held annually since 1921, is
tory. The theme “Everything
sponsored by the National Edu­
is Beautiful’’ will be carried
cation Association, The Ameri­
through the week’s activities
can Legion, the National Con­
November 1-6, ending Saturday
gress of Parents and Teachers,
night with the Homecoming
and the U.S. Office of Education.
Dance.
“Many Faces of FHA” will
In addition to the traditional
ACTIVITIES:
be the 1971 theme of the Eastern
empahsis on school visitation
Monday, 12 p.m. Introduction Oregon
district convention
by parents, good citizenship,
of the Football Team; 8 p.m. sponsored by the Nyssa FHA
and the need for strengthening
Coffee House intheWeese Bldg. chapter, Saturday, Oct. 30.
and supporting the schools, this
Tuesday, 12 p.m. Preview
This year the program will
year’s observance, will focus on
of Pizza Eating Contest; 8 p.m. similiar to that of the last con­
ways the schools might become
Study Night at the Snack Bar. vention conducted at Nyssa
more responsive to the needs of
Wednesday 11 a.m. Preview in 1968. The only changes being
students of varied cultural and
of Talent Show; 8 p.m. Pizza that Vale, Ontario and Adrian
ethnic backgrounds. But Sch­
Eating Contest at Grizzly Bear will contribute their help. Vale
raufnagel stressed that the focus
Thursday 12 p.m. Introduc­ will house over 300 girls from
will also extend to fostering in
tion of Powder Puff Teams; over 20 towns in Eastern Oregon.
the individual greater aware­
8 p.m. Talent Show in Weese Ontario and Adrian will contri­
ness of opportunities to help
Building
bute skits to the confab.
direct the institutions that serve
Friday 2 p.m. Powder Puff
After registration at 9:00,
him.
Game and Crowningof Mr. Pre­ the FHA’ers will assemble in
ferred; 8 p.m. Float Night - the gym. FF A president, Bob
Snack Bar open until 1 a.m. Holmes, will welcome the girls.
Saturday 10 a.m. Parade; 11:30
Nadine Spitze will be the
to 1 p.m. Chili Feed in Cafe­ guest speaker during the morn­
teria; 1:30 p.m. Homecoming ing session. Miss Spitze will
Football against
Clackamas tell of her experiences in Peru
Community College; Halftime when she was sponsored by the
Queen Coronation; 9 p.m. to international 4-H program.
1 a.m. Homecoming Dance
“You’ve Got a Friend’’, a
The Homecoming Committee musical relaxer, will also be
urges the community to attend presented in the morning ses­
the week’s events and to support sion by Mr. Condon, choir
the Chukars at the game.
director at NHS.
Citizens Asked To “Help
Schools Bridge The Gap”
DATE
1MAX
MIN
PREC
Oct. 20
53
44
.20
Oct. 21
53
29
Oct. 22
55
32
Oct. 23
54
30
Oct. 24
56
29
Oct. 25
60
39
Oct. 26
61
.01
40
Oct. 27
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Owyhee Reservoir Storage
10/26/71 469,820 Acre Feet
10/26/70 479,100 Acre Feet
Number XLIII
CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINS
DOG CONTROL ELECTION
SET FOR NOVEMBER 8
Bids Asked For
Interstate 80
Junior High Publishers At Work
Busy at work on their paper, Junior High
Lites, are from left to right Larry Haney,
sports editor; Brenda Miffis, feature edi­
tor: Beth Calhoun, editor-in-chief; advisor
Mr. Jerry Hansen; Nora Longoria, front
The Sugar City
Two special elections have
been called by the Nyssa City
Council to be held on November
8, on measures referred to
the voters of the City for their
approval.
Both elections are
centered around Ordinance No.
434, known as the Dog Control
Ordinance which was passed
by the Council to take effect
on January 10, 1972, if a ma­
jority of the voters indicate
their approval. The other ele­
ction seeks authority from the
voters to permit the Council to
levy an annual tax not exceed­
ing $6,5000 to provide a means
of enforcing the dog ordinance
if approved. If the majority
of the voters disapprove Or­
dinance 434, there will be no
Let Halloween Be Fun Time
Halloween -- Holiday or
Horror — depends on parents,
grown-ups and drivers on the
night children look forward to
each year.
As a driver on October 31
be aware that it is Halloween
and that there will be small
ghosts and goblins darting out
on streets and roads with just
one thing in mind. To get to
the next house to see what
goodies lay in store for them.
Drive slowly and warily. Watch
for children dartingout between
parked cars.
Tap your horn
occasionally on dimly-lighted
streets.
Be extremely caut­
ious while backing out of drive­
ways.
Parents, if your children are
small, escort them.
Say no
to costumes so loose that they
might catch or trip the child.
The same for costumes with
sharp objects such as swords
or high heeled shoes.
Dark
colors are hard to see and if
worn should have some light
colored or fluorescent tape on
them so they will stand out.
Halloween’s whole idea is a fun
time for the children so as a
parent help them with their
costumes in order that they may
be safe as well as fun.
Fire presents another danger
Xo the children. Bad burns may
be prevented by dipping cos-
Thursday, October 28, 1971
1971 TVCC
HOMECOMING
need for approval of the annual
tax levy measure. On the other
hand, if the annual tax levy
measure is disapproved by the
voters and the dog control or­
dinance is approved, there will
not be adequate funds with which
to enforce dog control in Nyssa.
City Attorney Hal Henigson
said that the Council adopted the
dog control ordinance in re­
sponse to a petition filed by
residents of the City request­
ing that the roaming activités
of dogs in the City be curbed
completely. The principal pro-
visons of Ordinance No. 434
are as follows:
1. Requires licensing of dogs
and provides licensing by March
1st each year or within 30
days after becoming owner of a
dog, whichever is later.
2. All dogs must wear a col­
lar to which its license shall be
affixed.
3. It will be unlawful for
any dog to be on streets, alleys,
or public places of the City, or
upon any other premises, with­
out the consent of the person in
possession, unless in charge of
a person and controlled by a
leash.
4. Dogs are nuisances if they
(a) howl or bark so as to
distrub peace and quiet; (b) run
at large; (c) trespass on pro­
perty not owned by the dog
owner; (d) bit a person: (e)
chase vehicles or persons.
5. Dogs in violation of the
Ordinace will be apprehended
and impounded and, if not re-
claimed within five days after
the posting of notice, will be
disposed of.
6. If reclaimed, owner must
pay claim fee plus cost of tak­
ing up and caring for dog.
7. Dogs suspected of rabies
will be impounded for 15 days
at the expense of the owner,
if taken up whila in violation
of the ordinance.
8. Penalties upon conviction:
$15 fine on first offense, $50
fine on second offense, $100
on third offense and $150 on
subsequent offenses.
NYSSA TO HOST FHA
DISTRICT CONVENTION
^WUGHT
( SAVINGS
X TIME
During the morning session,
impromptu speeches by the no­
minees vying for the district
chairman and secretary posts.
Each nominee will introduce
herself, draw a question and
answer it.
Craft sessions will conclude
the morning activities. Girls
will be assigned to certain
rooms where they will be taught
a craft.
Macramé chokers,
Christmas ornaments, yarn
belts and recipe holders are
among the crafts that will be
offered.
During the luncheon, Rev.
David Martinez will deliver the
invocation.
Miss Helen Wilson
from
Northwest Nazarene College
will speak in the afternoon ses­
sion. She is involved in com­
munications at the college.
District chairman and secre­
tary for the 1972 year will
be installed and the district
chairman will be presented with
her gavel.
Highway Tax Funds
To Be Distributed
The Oregon State Highway
Commission today approved the
distribution of $6,273,436.04 in
highway-user tax funds to the
36 counties of the state.
State law requires that 20
percent of revenues credited
to the highway fund by the State
Treasurer be distributed to the
counties.
This allocation is
for the period July 1 to Sept­
ember 30, 1971.
The funds
come from
the
following
sources, motor vehicle regist­
ration and operators’ license
fees, gasoline tax, use fuel tax
motor carrier fees, and fines
and penalties collected for vio­
lations
of size and weight
statutes where complaints are
made by the Highway Division
wejghmasters.
The allocation to each county
is based on the number of
vehicles registered in it. Mal­
heur County will receive $82,-
055.46 based on 20,434 vehicles
registered.
Drawing up plans for the FHA district
convention which * ill take place at Nyssa
Oct. 30 are (1 to r) Norma Rodriguez and
Sharon Kurtz, district co-chairmen, and
Mrs. Virginia Steffens, FHA adviser.