Image provided by: Nyssa Public Library; Nyssa, OR
About Nyssa gate city journal. (Nyssa, Or.) 1937-199? | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1972)
I University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 974C3 X X X X X M f . - Nyssa Gate City Journal Th* Sugar City Volum« LXVI Th« Nyssa Gat« City Journal, Nyssa, Orogon Nyssa Nite Rodeo Royalty CINDY SAWYER CHOSEN NYSSA NITE RODEO QUEEN, TWO PRINCESSES NAMED Cindy Sawyer was chosen as queen of the Nyssa Nite Rodeo in competition held May 13 at the rodeo grounds. Cindy, 15, is a freshman of Nyssa High School and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darrel* P. Sawyer. The family lives near Nyssa on Gambel Island. Cindy plays the piano, belongs to pep club, drill team and a 4-H member. Cindy was the Pee Wee Rodeo Queen of Nyssa in 1971. Ramona Plaza was first run ner-up and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Plaza. Ra- ' mona is a freshman at Boise State College this year. She was princess of the Nyssa Nite Rodeo in 1971. Ramona belongs to Oinkari Basque Dancers of Boise. Sue Ellen Smith, 21 daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. HerbSmith of Boise was second runner- up. She is employed as an air- line stewardess for United Air Lines and commutes between Ontario and Chicago. She at tended one year of college at Boise State College. Her hob bies are training horses, bar rel racing and giving riding lessons. She belongs to the Idaho Girls Rodeo Association. She has been queen of many rodeo’s in the area, including the Snake River Stampede in 1969. Other contestants were Betty Jo Wenke, Adrian; Jackie Me- whinney, Parma; Melodi Fer- renburg, Nyssa; Vivian Cooke, Huntington; Evelyn Bailey, Nyssa; Christine Norman and Nicki Norman, Nyssa. Judges were Jennifer Gould, Ontario; Mrs. Stan (Jan) Stan ton, Vale; and Jim Ried, Half way. The Nyssa Nite Rodeo will be held Friday and Saturday, July 7 and 8. ADRIAN NAMES TOP STI DENTS NORTHRUP RESIGNS AS BAND DIRECTOR Saratoga is a suburb of San Francisco located 50 miles south of the city in the foot hills of the Santa Cruz Moun tains. There are 1800 students in the high school. Northrup will teach three high school bands, stage band and or chestra. BRUCE ISHIDA While at Nyssa, Northrup took the Nyssa High School Band to perform at the Oregon State - UCLA football game in 1968 and to Calgary, Canada to the Calgary Stampede and Exhibi tion in 1971. "It has been a true plea sure to teach in Nyssa because the students are so enthusiastic and the town supports the music program so well. My wife and I will leave a lot of fond me mories and good friends,” No rthrup said. RESOURCE PLANNER SHEILA PRATT COLLEEN STAPLES ON HONOR ROLL Names of Utah State Univer sity students who achieved the honor roll for Winter Quarter, 1972, have been announced by Dr. Claude J. Burtenshaw, vice-president for student affairs. In order to be included on honor roll, a student must be enrolled full time and have a grade point average of 3.5 or better (4.0 is straight A). Mary Colleen Staples of Nyssa, majoring in Education, was on the honor roll with a gpa of 3.90. TALKS TO CHAMBER The regular meeting of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce was held Wednesday at the El Sombrero Cafe. Micahel J. Fager, Manage ment Planner, Human Re sources Centers, State Depart ment of Human Resources was the principal speaker. He told chamber members of tentative plans to establish a Human Re sources Center in Nyssa. Duke Morton, Director of Program Evaluation and Re sources, and Patty Chapman, Department Researcher, ac companied Mr. Fager from Salem. Also present was Mar jorie Kent, Director of Council of Governments, Vale. Lions Host Athletic Banquet About 300 fathers and sons enjoyed the banquet as each athlete was introduced by his coach and recognized for his contri bution to the athletic programs in the junior and senior high schools. All Nyssa High School teams had highly successful seasons the past year, with the football, basketball and wrestling teams all champions of the SRV League. Numb«r XX With a 4.0 GPA, Scott Eng strom has been named Nyssa High School’s 1972 vale dictorian. Sharlene Kido with a 3.7 will act as salutatorian. They will deliver the student speeches at the Baccalaureate- Commencement exercises Sun day evening, May 21 at 8:15 in the gymnasium. Scott has been involved in school functions throughout his high school years. As a sopho more, Scott lead his class as sophomore president. As a junior he was president of Ger man club and treasurer of letterman’s club. This year Scott is vice-presidnet of letterman’s club and honor society oresident. Engstrom is also a four year member of band and has devoted two years to stage band. East All-Star team in 1972 as a defensive end. Scott also earned a four year trustee’s scholarship at Brigham Young University. Scott is planning to attend BYU and major in engineering where he has been accepted for the Honors program. Salutatorian Sharlene Kido is very active at NHS as the associated student body trea surer, andamemberofNational Honor Society, Pep Club, Ger man Club, and Science Club. She has also servedas freshman class secretary, participatedin band for ttiree years and one year in honor band. During her sophomore year, Sharlene reigned as Miss Pep princess. Besides her activities at school, Sharlene finds time for outside activities. She was the past Honored Queen for Job’s NYSSA SCHOOL Historical Society Donates BUDGET DEFEATED Money For Restoration Nyssa school district patrons turned down the 1972-73 budget by 19 votes at the election Mon day. 457 voters turned out, with 219 voting YES and 238 NO. School board and budget board members will meet next Mon day, May 22 to discuss plans for a new budget election. the Hanley Ranch near Jordan Valley. Plans call for a pit barbecued dinner to be served from 3 p.m. There are a num ber of activities planned for those attending including stage coach rides, muzzle loading demonstration and a demon stration of setting rims on wagon wheels. Horsehoe pitch ing is also planned. Voters are reminded that the On Sunday there will be tours including the pelota court, the May 23 primary ballot will Jordan Valley cemetery, the carry three items regarding Ruby ranch and Charbonneau Treasure Valley Community grave site and the Roam site College. Positions #6 and *7 on the •rnete the Chinese were mas sacred. Camp sites will be college Board of Directors are available at the ranch for those to be decided. Candidates for planning to spend Saturday position #6 are John Bishop night. Dinner tickets are avail and Richard Grigg. Running for able from members and at the position #7 are Adriana Kunkel, Aranka “Ronnie” Trenkel, and dinner. The flea market, under the Jim Williams. direction of Vern Hancock, will The third item is Proposition be held Saturday and Sunday #20, the question of a tax base June 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. to for the college. 6 p.m. in the Red Barn on the Malheur County Fair Grounds in NYSSA STUDENTS Ontario. Antique dealers from ACCEPTED AT TVCC California, Washington, Idaho and Oregon have been contacted The following students have for the first such show in Mal been accepted for the Fall Term heur County. There will be dis 1972-73, at Treasure Valley plays of coins, stamps, books, Community College. bottles, whiskies, bitters, Teresa 1 K. Lane, Route 1, Avons, primative antiques, in Nyssa, is majoring in Psy- sulators, furniture, ceramics etiology. and special baked goods table. Barbara Ann Williams, There will be no admission. Nyssa, will major in Practical However, anyone wanting a table Nursing. is asked to contact Hancock, phone 889-3332 or 372-3486. Thaomas Vaughn, director of the Oregon Historical Society The Nyssa PTA will meet The following telegram was will be speaker when the group (tonight), Thursday May 18 at sent to President Nixon by John next meets October 12 in the 8 p.m. H. Geiger, National Comman Weese Building on the TVCC Four, long time members of der of the American Legion. Campus. the Nyssa school staff, who are Speaker at the Thursday retiring will be honored. There The telegram reads as follows: YOUR ACTIONS TO STOP meeting was Gordon Gipson of will also be an installation of THE FLOW OF MILITARY Caxton Printers who discussed officers for the year 1972-73, SUPPORT TO THE NORTH publishing of historical books it was announced by Mrs. Mel VIETNAMESE HAS MY FULL by a regional publisher. Beck, president. ENCOURAGEMENT. THE SE CURITY OF OUR ASIAN ALLIES, OUR POW’S, ANDOUR TROOPS DEMANDS THE Polling places for the Oregon Primary Election, May 23, in STRONG EFFORTS YOU HAVE Malheur County are as follows: INITIATED. THE AMERICAN ....................... AMERICAN LEGION HALL ADRIAN................ LEGION HAS ADVOCATED ................................. DISTRICT BUILDING APPLEGATE ........ THESE STRONG MEASURES ....................... ARCADIA GRADE SCHOOL ARCADIA............. TO STOP THIS TRAGIC WAR ....................... BIG BEND GRANGE HALL BIG BEND............. FOR MANY YEARS. .................. BROGAN COMMUNITY HALL BROGAN ............... THOSE SMALL NATIONS ...........................................CAIRO SCHOOL BUTTE ................. WHO HAVE COMMITTED ...............................BOULEVARDGRANGF CAIRO................... THEMSELVES TO DEMO ............................ GRANGE HALL (VALE) EAST GRANGE . CRACY, AS WELL AS OTHER ...................................................... ARMORY FAIR.................... WORLD POWERS ARE WAT ................................... COMMUNITY. HALL HARPER ............. CHING THIS TEST OF OUR ......................... IRONSIDE SCHOOL, HOUSE IRONSIDE............ NATIONAL RESOLVE. THE ......................... WILLOWCREEK SCHOOL JAMIESON........... AMERICAN LEGION CALLS ............................... JUNTURA CITY HALL JONES ................ UPON EVERY AMERICAN . . . . VALLEY GROCERY AND SUPPLY JORDAN VALLEY TO AGAIN DEMONSTRATE .................................. WHITE HORSE INN McDERMITT . . THE UNITY, LOYALTY AND .................................................. CITY HALI NORTH VALE . . FIRM WILL THAT HAS SUS . . . MEETING ROOM OF CITY LIBRARY NYSSA 1 . . . . TAINED OUR NATION IN ITS ............................................. EAGLES. HALL NYSSA 2............. FOUNDING AND THROUGHOUT .......... ST. BRIDGETS CATHOLIC HALL NYSSA 3............. ITS MANY TRIALS. ....................................................... ARMORY ONTARIO 1 . . . MALHEUR COUNTY LIBRARY-ONTARIO ONTARIO 2........... ................................. EPISCOPAL CHURCH ONTARIO 3 . . . ................................. LINDBERG SCHOOL ONTARIO 4 . . . .................. AIKEN SCHOOL GYMNASIUM ONTARIO 5 . . . . 40 ONTARIO « . . . 71 May 10 ....................................................... ARMORY 45 ONTARIO 1___ May 11 73 . . . TVCC ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 44 ONTARIO 8 . . . May 12 78 .................. AIKEN SCHOOL GYMNASIUM May 13 83 41 OWYHEE ............................. OREGON TRAIL HALL 47 RIDGEVIEW . . May 14 88 ..................................RIDGEVIEW. SCHOOL May 15 53 ROME.............. 90 ........................................... GRANGE HALL May 16 52 SNAKE RIVER 88 ................................ JEFFERSON SCHOOL May 17 57 SOUTH VALE . .............................. COURTHOUSE (VALE) Owyhee Reservoir Storage .............................OREGON TRAIL HALL SUNSET .... 5/17/72 710,290 Acre Feet WEST GRANGE . MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASS ROOM (VALE) 5/17/71 715,000 Acre Feet PRECINCT # 35 .............................. VALE GRANGE HALL The Malheur Country His torical Society will donate $100 to thè restoration fund for the pelota court at Jordan Valley, in a decision made by the group Thursday evening in Vale. It has been estimated that restoration costs for the only such Basque court in the Wes tern United States will be in the neighborhood of $6,000, half of which gnust be raised locally. The owners of the property, which is in downtown Jordan Valley, have agreed to sell the property to the Oregon State Highway Department and the site has been nominated for inclusion in the national re- gister of historic sites, ac- cording to Mike Hanley, pre sident of the local group. The group also agreed to move a cabin built by Han ley’s grandparents in the 1880’s and located on the Jim McEwen ranch near Riverside, to the Stone House lot in Vale. The cabin, built with square nails, recently came to the attention of the Oregon Historical So ciety and they contacted the owners about moving it to Port land. The Malheur Country His torical Society feel that it should remain in the area. The coming public barbecue and flea market were discus sion topics. The barbecue is set for Saturday, June 10 on Legion Endorses President’s Act TVCC Issues On Ballot PTA Tonight SCOTT ENGSTROM SHARLENE KIDO Among Engstrom’s many Daughters of Bethel #33 and has honors are the following: All acted as 1971’s secretary for state Band member in 1970 the Junior Japanese American and 1971; outstandingchemistry Citizen League. student in NHS, listed in 197l’s After graduating, Sharlene and 1972’s edition of WHO’s plans to attend the University WHO IN AMERICAN HIGH of Oregon. Although her major SCHOOLS; fifth in state for is undecided, site is thinking Elk’s Youth Leadership con about majoring in the social test; member of Shriner’s science field. Meeting To Explain Occupational Health Act A public meeting for the pur pose of providing employers and employees with information about the Williams-Steiger Oc cupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 will be held May 23 at 1:30 p.m. in Treasure Valley Community College, On tario. The speaker will be Eugene Harrower, Portland, Area Di rector of the U. S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for Idaho and Oregon. Harrower’s 45-minute pre sentation on provisions of the Act and its administration by OSHA will be followed by a question-answer period. Noting that the Federal law’s requirements apply to more than 4 million workplace estab lishments across the nation, Harrower expressed hope that as many as possible employers and employees will take ad vantage of the opportunity to learn more about the law. LIBRARY ANNOUNCES CHANGE OF HOURS Mrs. Norma Urry, librarian, announces the hours at the Nyssa Public Library are as follows; Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m,, with a late night on Tuesdays, when opening hours will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Library will tie closed on Sunday. Presidential (Candidate Visits Poling Places For Election WEATHER Lee Insko, center, was featured speaker at the annual Athletic Banquet sponsored by the Nyssa Lions Club last Friday even ing. At right is Gene Chester, high school principal, and on the left is Dan Martin, junior high school principal, who was also master of ceremonies. Insko is head foot ball coach at Eastern Oregon (ollege, La- Grande. Thund«r«gg Capital ENGSTROM VAIEDiaORIAN, RIDO SALUTATORIAN FOR 1972 GRADUATING CLASS Cindy Sawyer, center, was picked as queen of the Nyssa Sue Ellen Smith, Ontario, left, and Ramona Plaza of On- Nite Rodeo in competition with nine other contestants at the tario. rodeo grounds last Saturday morning. Her princesses are_______ ’_____________ ___________ _ _ _____________ Craig Northrup, Band Direc tor at Nyssa Public Schools for the past 5 years, resigned to accept the position of Chairman of the Music Department at Saratoga High School in Sara toga, California. VIKKI SHENK Vikki Shenk has been named valedictorian for the Adrian Union High School, Class of 1972. Vikki is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shenk of the Ridgeview Community. Vikki has been very active and held office in the National Honor Society, Future Homemakers, Girls Athletics and Student Government. She plans to attend Treasure Valley Community College in the fall. Bruce Ishida, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kay Ishida of the Big Bend Community wasnamedco- salutatorian. Bruce has been active in sports consisting of football and track. He is a member of Lettermans Club, Future Farmers, National Honor Society and the Annual Staff. He also plans on attending Treasure Valley Community College this fall. Sheila Pratt is also co-salu- tatorian of the 1972 Class. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pratt of Adrian. She is serving as president of the Student Body this year and is very active in student govern ment. Sheila keeps busy in Girls Athletics, National Honor Society, Thespians, Pep Club and is a Varsity Cheerleader. She plans to attend either Boise State College or Treasure Valley Community College. Thursday, May 18, 1972 SAMPLE COPY Patsy Mink, Democratic Candidate for President, was a Nyssa visitor Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Mink is a U.S. Con gresswoman from Hawaii running for the presidency in the Oregon Primary Election May 23. Mrs. Mink is shown above with some young friends as she visited with local people on the lawn of the Bill Barton home in rural Nyssa. She had spent Saturday evening and Sunday morning in Ontario, with arrangements made by George Iserl and the JACL. Included in the Mink party were her daughter, Wendy; cam paign manager Paxton Hoag; and Peggy Dodd, Erica Hovet and Dorothy Kendall. CBS newsman Bruce Morton spent the weekend in Malheur County, as did three CBS-TV cameramen covering different aspects of the Oregon Primary. Mrs. Mink left for Washington, D.C. about 4:30 p.m. after a tour of Nyssa, and visiting with those who stopped by. A Mexican fiesta with food and music was provided during her stay.