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Nyssa Gate City Journal
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
The Sugar City
Volume LXVI
Thursday, May 11, 1972
DIANE HANEY CHOSEN
MISS MALHEUR COUNTY
IN COLORFUL CEREMONY
A blue-eyed golden haired
singer from Nyssa was named
Miss Malheur County Friday
night at the close of nearly a
week’s activities. Miss Karen
Diane Haney, 19, was named
winner of the pageant and will
now represent Malheur County
at Seaside this summer in the
Miss Oregon pageant.
Diane is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert D. Haney of
Nyssa and is a IS 70 graduate
of Nyssa High School.
First runner-up, also a Nyssa
girl, is Debra Jean Fangen, 19.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Fangen.
Debra
sang an original composition
and accompanied herself on the
guitar. She is a 1971 graduate
of Nyssa High School.
Gloria Jaramillo, 18, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julian
Jaramillo of Ontario, was cho­
sen second runner-up. She did
a pantomine to a record. She
will graduate from Ontario High
School in June.
Other finalists included Lo-
rellyn Hansen of Vale and Pam
Skeen of Nyssa.
The new Miss MalheurCounty
was crowned by Nancy Jane
Skinner, Jordan Valley, retiring
after a year in the position.
She also delivered a farewell
speech thanking those for giving
her the opportunity to partici­
pate in the program.
The
coveted Miss Con­
geniality award went to Chris­
tine Mangun, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W.W. Blodgett of On­
tario.
The pageant was staged by
the Ontario Chapter of the Jay-
cees and Radio KSRV. Serving
as able master of ceremonies
was genial Clint Bellows of the
“Today in Idaho” TV show.
Special guest at the Miss Mal­
heur County pageant was Lynn
Dee Grenz, reigning Miss Ore­
gon, now a student at OSU.
She sang several numbers
during the evening.
Nyssa PTA To
Honor Retirees
The Nyssa PTA will hold their
last meeting of the season
Thursday, May 18 at 8 p.m. in
the school cafeteria, according
to Mrs. Mel Beck, president.
There will be installation of
officers for the year 1972-73
by Mrs. Jeanetta Garner, Mal­
heur County PTA president.
Four, long time members of
the Nyssa school staff, who are
retiring this year will be
honored. They are Mrs. Harriet
Brumbach, high school libra­
rian; Miss MarieCoates, junior
high teacher; Mrs. Hazel Lane,
elementary school teacher; and
Mrs. Mary Sallee, district
deputy clerk.
Mrs. Beck said the program
will consist of winners of the
grade school "Spring Fling of
Talent” show. Also a musical
group consisting of Fred Child,
Vickie Coates and Dean Sappe
will perform.
A short report on the State
PTA Convention held at Sun­
river near Bend in April will
be given by Mrs. Nellie Wah-
lert, Mrs. Glenda Barnes and
Mrs. Ruth Beck.
Malheur county and Bureau
of Land Management officials
in Vale have issued a plea
for cooperation of the public
using the Leslie Gulch area in
Central Malheur county.
During the spring season the
Gulch is readily accessible over
county and BLM roads through
Succor Creek State Park or
from Rockville, Oregon. Pre­
dominant
activities include
sight seeing, rockhounding and
fishing in Owyhee Reservoir.
According to Malheur County
Judge Ellis White, “ the area
is composed of fragile slopes
and distinctively shaped and
colored pinnacles."
George Gurr, Vale District
Manager of the Bureau of Land
Management, the agency ad­
ministering the lands in Leslie
Gulch, noted that the area has
only limited space and does not
readily accommodate overnight
camping. Sanitary facilities are
very limited and campsites or
drinking water are not avail­
able.
Visitors are urged to
limit their activities to day
use and remain on the road
with vehicles.
Gurr stated that comprehen­
sive recreation planning
is
scheduled for later this year.
Users of this area will be asked
to express their desires for
future development and plans
made for improvements to ac­
commodate the needs.
NYSSA STUDENT
WINS OSU AWARD
Twenty-five students in the
School of Home Economics at
Oregon State University have
received special honors and
awards.
The newest award for home
economics students, the Azalea
and Charles Sager $200 scho­
larship, went to Ruth Ann Mc­
Ginley, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry McGinley, Nyssa.
The award was established
by Mr. and Mrs. Sager of Cor­
vallis, and is to be awarded to
a junior or senior in home eco­
nomics, and preferably a resi­
dent of Azalea House, a woman’s
cooperative.
The new Miss Malheur County, Diane Haney, of Nyssa, is
shown with first runner-up, Debra Jean Fangen, right,
also of Nyssa; and second runner-up Gloria Jaramillo of
Ontario. The girls were finalists in the Miss Malheur County
Pageant Friday night in Ontario.
As Miss Malheur County, Diane receives a $300 scholai -
Council Buys
Two Vehicles
The Nyssa City Council pur­
chased a new police car and a
new pick-up truck as part of
their busy schedule Tuesday
evening at the regular meeting
of the council.
Gentry Ford was low bidder
on the police car with a bid of
$2,698. The only other bidder
was Johannesen-Adams Motors,
with a bid of $2,810 on a
Chevrolet.
Wilson Buick Company was
low bidder on the half-ton pick­
up, with a bid of $2,635 for a
GMC pick-up. Gentry Ford’s
bid was $2,749; and Johanne­
sen-Adams Motors bid $2,793
on a Chevrolet.
The council accepted the bud­
get as presented from the bud­
get board, and set the regular
meeting in June for the public
hearing on the budget.
Mrs. Olga Johnson and Mr.
Larry Silvera talked to the
council regarding the proposed
operation of a service center
and day care center to be opened
in Nyssa as soon as suitable
quarters can be located.
The council discussed and is
seriously considering adoption,
of the Oregon State Plumbing
Code. City manager Fred Koch
said that the code requires a
licensed plumber on the job
and makes certain that good
plumbing practices prevail.
Joan Stunz To
Graduate From WU
Joan E. Stunz will be among
the graduates at the 130thCom­
mencement exercises of Willa­
mette University in Salem on
May 14.
Joan is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Stunz, Nyssa.
iNyssa Queen Contestants
companying herself on the piano, and was
chosen one of the five finalists.
Center is Jan Pecora, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Wilson, She performed a toe
dance.
Julie Jensen, right, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Jensen. She did a
novelty song and dance.
Rod George has been named
manager of First National Bank
of Oregon’s Nyssa branch, an­
nounced Ralph J. Voss, bank
president. He replaces Tom
Stenkamp, who is moving to the
bank’s
Prineville branch as
manager.
George has been with First
National since joining the La
Grande branch in 1960 as a com­
mercial teller. He entered the
operations field in 1964 and
transferred to the Nyssa branch
in 1965 as operations officer.
He moved to the Merrill branch
in 1968 as general loan officer
and to the Klamath Falls branch
in a similar capacity in 1970.
He was named assistant mana­
ger there in 1971 and remained
until his present assignment,
George is a member of the
American Institute of Banking
and while in the Klamath Falls
area was active in Kiwanis, the
Chamber of Commerce, Lion’s
the Klamath Basin Home Buil­
ders
Association, the Boy
ship and a chance to compete for Miss Oregon at Seaside
Scouts of America and other
next summer, as well as being official hostess for Mal­
youth programs.
heur County for the ensuing year. Debbie receives a $150
Stenkamp was employed by
¡scholarship as first runner-up, and also received a $50
the bank of 1948 and was general
■special talent award. Miss Jaramillo was awarded $50 as
loan officer at the South Street
second runner-up.
branch in Klamath Falls prior
to his assignment to the Nyssa
branch in 1965 as general loan
officer. He was named manager
in 1967.
Stenkamp was active in the
Nyssa community as president
effects of different levels of
of the Chamber of Commerce,
nitrogen fertilization and dif­
Nyssa School District voters
ferent irrigation regimes on the will go to the polls Monday, treasurer of the Malheur County
quality of potatoes for process­ May 15 to cast their vote on United Fund campaign, and as a
ing. Twenty-one on the farm the 1972-73 operating budget. member of the Nyssa Vo-Ag
Council, the Treasure Valley
locations are involved in this The sum to be voted on is
experiment
with
locations $212,459 outside the 6% limi­
Mountain tation.
stretching
from
Home, Idaho to Vale, Oregon.
The total budget is $55,322
Mr. Henninger said the early greater than the operating bud­
indication on green peach aphid get for the current year. School
population points to a low in­ district officials point out that
Mrs. Flora Keck was 81
cidence of this potato pest dur­ this amount is less than a 6% in­
ing the early part of this season. crease over the current year, years old October 10, 1971.
Overwintering forms of this and last year the Nyssa schools She is the mother of 14 chil­
4£hid hnd live aphids were not were lowest tn Oregon on a dren, including three sets of
twins. Eleven of her children,
observed this spring on peach cost per pupil basis.
trees located in the area. Hen­
Polls will be open from 8 two daughters and nine sons
ninger further said that this a.m. to 8 p.m. in the multi­ are still living, four were born
aphid travels great distances, purpose room of the Primary in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
The family moved toNyssain
and can very easily move into Building.
1916. Flora and her husband,
the Treasure Valley from other
Abdul worked for a Mr. Woods,
potato producing areas in the
near Ontario. He was foreman
Northwest. Under the super­
of a land-leveling operation and
vision of the Malheur Exten­
she cooked for the crew. They
sion Service a green peach
received room and txiard plus
aphid survey program will be
“This Is Oregon”, a film $50 a month.
conducted this season to moni­
In 1917, the Kecks bought
tor the movement of this showing the scenic beauty of
aphid. Henninger said this pro­ the state plus the economic 27 acres on which Mrs. Keck
gram will serve as a guide for importance of agriculture, will calls “The Island," east of the
potato growers in scheduling be shown on KTVB-TV,Channel railroad bridge, near Owyhee
their aphid control programs. 7, at 12:30 - 1 p.m., Saturday, Junction. Here they were en­
May 13, according to Ray Ko­ gaged in farming and Mr. Keck
zak of the Oregon Dairy Pro­ also worked for what was then
ducts Commission.
called the Roadland Company.
The film, which was pro­
She had never been in a hos­
duced by the Oregon Dairy Pro­ pital until just recently, during
ducts Commission, includes se­ a brief illness.
“All of my
veral scenes on dairying and fourteen babies were born at
other commodities in Malheur home,” she recalls, and pio­
County and shows Mr. and Mrs. neer Dr. J. J. Sarazin deli­
All single girls between the Joe “Scotty’’ Payne of Vale, vered the ten children that were
ages of 14 to 25 are invited Malheur County Dairy Princess born in Nyssa. She stills laughs
to enter the contest for Queen Trina Blackburn and Louis about the time Dr. Sarazin was
and Princess for the Twenty- Wettstein, Sr., Malheur County summoned to deliver one of the
Sixth Annual Nyssa Night Rodeo rancher. Payne is chairman of babies. He traveled to Owyhee
which will be held at the rodeo the Oregon Dairy Products Junction by horse and buggy.
grounds in Nyssa this Saturday, Commission.
To save time, he left the horse
May 13, starting promptly at
Kozak stated that the film and buggy at the Junction and
10 a.m.
will be made available for show­ crossed by river instead of
Any girl in the area is in­ ing at civic, service and church going the extra six miles around
vited to compete.
Clothing groups after the television ap­ by road, which in those days
apparel is not a factor in the pearance. Persons interested was quite a distance. Two of
judging so casual western cloth­ in obtaining a print of the film the Keck boys had met “doc”
ing is all that is required. should contact the commission to take him across in a canoe.
Girls will be judged on horse­ office in Portland.
manship, showmanship, per­
sonality, and appearance.
Sponsor for the queen and
her
court this year are
Howard’s Texaco, Nyssa Ma-
chine A Welding, Oregon Con­
Otto W. Heider, HI, son of
crete and Gentry Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Linegar,
The Nyssa Nite Rodeo will Nyssa, is among 182 candidates
be held Friday, July 7 and for degrees at Linfield College
Saturday, July 8 this year, For commencement on Sunday, May
the 21.
further information
on
Queen’s Contest contact Bus­
Heider will receive a Ba­
ter Talbot, chairman, at 889- chelor of Arts degree in En­
5854 after 7 p.m.
vironmental Studies from Lin­
DISCUSSIONS START
REGULAR
MEETINGS
The 1972 Idaho-Oregon row
crop discussion sessions got off
to the seasons beginning this
past Wednesday, May 3. Some
forty row crop growers and
fieldmen met to discuss sub­
jects pertinent to the production
of row crops in this Treasure
Valley Area. This meeting was
held in Ontario, at noon at the
East Side Cafe.
According to Warren Hen­
ninger,
Malheur
Extension
Agent, these meetings will be
held during the summer months.
All will be held in Ontario at
12:00 noon. The County Exten­
sion Service of MalheurCounty,
Oregon
and Owyhee County,
Idaho are conducting the meet­
ings. All Treasure Valley row
crop growers and area field­
men, shippers and processors
are invited to the meetings,
At this first meeting for the
1972 season, Warren Henninger
said those in attendance heard
discussions on weed control,
green peach aphid outlet, and
potato irrigation and fertiliza­
tion.
Luther Fitch, Agronomist at
the Malheur Experiment Sta­
tion, told growers that mois­
ture is needed to activate her­
bicides and a lack of enough
moisture may be a reason for
some reported slow herbicide
activity. Robert Romanko from
the Parma Experiment Station,
told the group about experi­
ments being conducted in the
Treasure Valley to evaluate the
Adrian Bridge
Up For Bids
Bids will be received by the
Oregon State Highway Com­
mission on Thursday, May 25,
in Salem, for 20 projects
totaling $3,661,000.
One of the projects will in­
volve 0.40 mile of grading,
paving and building a structure
on the Snake River (Adrian)
Bridge Section of the Parma
Spur of the Succor Creek High­
way about a mile south of
Adrian.
Completion time is
370 calendar days.
Fine Arts Week
At TVCC
Nyssa was well represented in the Miss
Malheur County Pageant Friday night, and
these three Nyssa High School seniors dis­
played beauty, poise and talent in the pageant
to earn the applause of the large crowd.
They are shown in evening gown competition.
At left is Pam Skeen, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Skeen. Pam sang a solo, ac-
Number XIX
FIRST NATIONAL NAMES
ROD GEORGE MANAGER,
STENKAMP TO PRINEVILLE
Also making a guest ap­
pearance was Miss TVCC Debbi
Gillies who will also be in the
Seaside competion.
Diane’s talent presentation
was a song "One Tin Soldier
Rides Away”.
She was ac­
companied by her high school
music instructor, GaryCondon.
The new Miss Malheur County
was very active in the music
department at Nyssa High
School and excelled in solo
work. She received a superior
rating in district competion
and did well at state compe -
tition according toCondon. Miss
Haney won the “singer of the
year" award her senior year
and was soloist in the girl’s
ensemble. She auditioned for
a singing group called “Young
Americans in Concert” and
toured Europe
with
them
in 1971.
Leslie Gulch
Use Limited
Thundaregg Capital
Treasure Valley Community
College students and Art Fa­
culty will sell their ceramic
and pottery wares in West Park
Plaza, May 14-20, Fine Arts
week at TVCC.
According to Roger Baker,
ceramics instructor, vases,
casseroles, cookie jars, cups
and bowls will sell for between
five cents and five dollars.
These proceeds will go toward
the construction of a brick kiln
with greater capacity than the
college’s electric type and the
capability of reduction firing.
Local clays have been used
in many of the pieces, Baker
said, and all glazes are lead-
free. Ceramic pocket-daisies
will be given away at the pot­
tery booth as long as the supply
lasts.
ROD GEORGE
School Budget
Vote May 15
TOM STENKAMP
Chamber of Commerce, the
Nyssa City Council, the City
of Nyssa BudgetCommittee, and
the Nyssa Eagles. He is also
a former president of the North­
east
Oregon Bankers As­
sociation.
Mother's Day To Be
Observed Sunday, May 14
Oregon Film
On Channel 7
Queen Contest
Saturday, May 13
When they reached shore they
jumped out forgetting their va­
lued passenger, and Doc and the
canoe flipped into the river.
Times were hard but the
family always had plenty to eat
as they raised all their food.
Clothing was a different thing
and many days the boys didn’t
want to go to school tiecause of
patched clothing. She encou­
raged them to continue their
education, knowing its value.
Mrs. Keck has been widowed
since April 1963, is a memlier
of the Nazarene Church and at­
tends
regularly. She often
wished her husband would
attend church but he worked
long hours and didn't feel lie
could take time off. One Sun­
day as she left for services,
she could sec him irrigating
at the far end of a field. When
she returned he said “If you
would have waited for me, I
would have gone with you." So
from that day she never left
without him andbefore his death
he joined the church and a dream
came true.
The Keck family is very close
and they get together for re­
unions. The last was in 1971
and plans are already made for
the next one July 1, 1973. The
families descend on Nyssa from
all four corners.
Its like a
small town springing up over
night with campers, trailers,
tents and Kecks all over the
place. Groups go golfing, fish­
ing, swimming, rock hunting,
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Otto Hehler To
Receive Degree
ISC Professor
TVCC Speaker
Dean of Student Affairs,
Richard DeBisschop, announced
today that Professor Charles
Bilyeu of Idaho State University
will speak at the 1972 Treasure
Valley
Community College
commencement exercises. The
ceremony is scheduled at 8
p.m., June 9, in the college
gymnasium.
Bilyeu has been 23 years in
the Idaho State University
speech department, and is cur­
rently a state senator from
Bannock County.
field.
The commencement speaker
will be Senator Henry M. Jack-
son, Washington, Democratic
presidential candidate.
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Reservoir Storage
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“I am the happiest when I can hold one of my grandchildren
in my arms” said Mrs. A. H. (Flora) Keck. You can tell this
is true by the twinkle in her eyes, as she holds one of her
grandsons, Paul, at age nine months. Paul is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Houston Keck of Richland, Washington.