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Nyssa Gate City Journal
Th« Nyssa Gat« City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
The Sugar City
Volum« LXVI
Thursday, July 20, 1972
NYSSA SERVICE CENTER
DEDICATED MONDAY BY
LOCAL, STATE OFFIQALS
The new Service Center of
the Department of Human Re
sources was dedicated in brief
ceremonies Monday afternoon,
with many of the department of
ficials here for the opening of
the pilot program.
Jacob Tanzer, director of the
Department of Human Re
sources, said that the eyes of
the nation are on this project,
the first of its kind in the State
of Oregon as well as the nation.
Malheur County Judge Ellis
A. White was master of cere
monies for the program, and in
addition to Tanzer,
Mayor
Larry Bauman of Nyssa and
Bernard E. Kelly, vice-chair
man of the Northwest Federal
Regional Council, and regional
director of the Department of
Health, Education & Welfare
(HEW), were the principal spea
kers. Gerald V. Mann, of HEW,
regional representative
for
rehabilitation services; and Dr.
David Sarazin, MalheurCounty
Health
Officer,
also spoke
briefly.
The Department of Human
Resources is the largest in the
State of Oregon, with one-third
of all state money being ad
ministered by this department.
It employs over 10,000 em
ployees, and
spends $300,-
000,000 annually.
DHR officials in Nyssa for
the dedication included Nick
Peet, assistant director; Ross
Morgan, administrator, Dept,
of Employment; Norm Silver,
administrator, Dept, of Voca
tional
Rehabilitation; Amos
Reed, administrator, Dept, of
Miss Oregon
Crowned
«
Miss Oregon of 1972 is 20-
year-old Sandra Lynn Her-
ring of Portland.
Miss Herring, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Earl Her
ring, was crowned Saturday
night at the annual Miss Ore
gon Pageant in Seaside. She
will represent the state at the
Miss America Pageant in At
lantic City in September.
FirSt runnerup was LeAnn
Cox of Gresham; second run
nerup was Linda Stearns of
Roseburg, third Lynn Cross of
Eugene and fourth Kathleen
Hansell of Umatilla County.
Representing this area in the
contest were Miss Diane Haney,
Miss Malheur County, and Miss
Debbie Gillies, Miss TVCC.
Corrections; Andrew Juras, ad
ministrator,
Department of
Welfare; Cornelius Bateson,
administrator, Dept, of Health;
and Darrel Buttice, DHR Public
Relations Officer. In addition
to these departments, Mental
Health, Children’s Servicesand
Special Programs come under
DHR.
The new center is located in
the American Legion Building,
2nd and Ehrgood, and has been
remodeled by Holcomb Con
struction Company. All of the
functions of DHR, outlined
above, will be in the one building
administered by center director
Larry Silveira. A desk is pro
vided for each of the services,
and for the first time every
service administered by DHR
is available to people in one
place.
The primary emphasis of the
project will be to help the mi
grant population, but the DHR,
through its existing programs
will serve any and all clients
who come to the center for
help.
THUNDEREGG MALL
OBSERVES 6th YEAR
Downtown Nyssa merchants
are celebrating the 6th anni
versary of Thunderegg Mall,
two large parking areas fur
nished by these merchants for
the convenience of shoppers.
This enterprise, started at
the expense of these merchants,
has provided free parking and
convenience to all who do busi
ness in Nyssa stores and busi
nesses.
Oregonians Oppose Amnesty,
Legalization of Marijuana
Eight out of ten Oregonians
responding to Senator
Bob
Packwood’s May questionnaire
said they did not favor amnesty
or legalization of marijuana.
Out of more than 15,000 re
turns, tallies showed that on
the question "Do you favor am
nesty at this time for those
persons who fled this country
in order to avoid the draft?”
85 per cent of the people op
posed amnesty; 13 per cent ap
proved and only 2 per cent had
no opinion.
Compared with two years ago,
Oregonians apparently have not
changed much on the question
should marijuana be legalized.
In a questionnaire in August,
1970, and the current poll, 84
per cent of the persons respond
ing were opposed to legalization
of marijuana. However, in 1970
only 9 per cent of the people
thought it should be legalized
compared with 13 per cent this
time.
Malheur County opposed am
nesty by 92%, and legalization of
marijuana by 88%.
XXIV
MAIHEUR COUNTY FAIR
BOARD MAKES PLANS FOR
AUGUST 16-19 EVENT
Jacob Tanzer, director of the Department of Human Re
sources, speaks to the crowd at the dedication of the new
Nyssa Service Center Monday. At right, Tanzer is visiting
with Mayor Larry Bauman prior to the ceremony.
Disaster Drill Brings
CHAMBER HEARS
Realistic Performance
ABOUT COUNTY FAIR
Gordon
Capps,
Ontario,
chairman of the MalheurCounty
Fair Board, was speaker at the
regular meeting of the Nyssa
Chamber of Commerce Wed
nesday noon at Brownie’s Cafe.
Capps toldchamber members
that the fair operates on a bud
get of $55,700, with none of it
coming from taxes.
Several outstanding enter
tainment acts are featured this
year, including JoAnn Castle
and Grandpa Jones. Admission
to all events is by buttons,
which are on sale now for $1.00
each.
Fair dates are August 16
through August 19.
Thunderegg Capital
As a test of disaster pre
paredness, a simulated automo
bile accident put Nyssa emer
gency services through the mo
tions last week.
Involved in
the "faked” disaster, a two-
car accident injuring five per
sons and resulting in a fire
in one of the vehicles, were
members of the Nyssa Police
department, the Nyssa volun
teer fire department and the
staff at Malheur Memorial
Hospital.
The hospital’s ambulance,
manned by members of the
police department who also
sealed off the accident area
(the city dump grounds), trans
ported the five victims suffering
with varied injuries and in va
rious conditions, to the hospital.
An improvised ambulance, a
vehicle loaned by Lienkaemper
Chapel of Nyssa, was used to
transport some of the "vic
tims”.
According to Dick Butcher,
one of the men in charge of
planning the exercise, the fire
in the automobile was "for
real”,
In "simulating” the
fire, it grew so hot the fire
department was really “on
call”.
The simulated injuries in
eluded a compound fracture of
the upper leg for one "victim”
the combination of a broken back
and broken neck for another,
chemical burns and shock for
a third, internal injuries for a ONION REGULATIONS
fourth, and the fifth was an
ISSUED BY USDA
"obstectrical patient for whom
labor had been induced by the
Grade, size and maturity re
accident.”
quirements for onions marketed
Critiquing the emergency under the Federal marketing
services provided in the field order for Idaho-Malheur Cou
were Butcher, Ron Seiber and nty, Oregon, will go into effect
’•ily 17, U. S. Department of
Police Chief Alvin Allen.
Members of the nurses’ aide Agriculture has announced.
Imported onions will be sub
group at the hospital were cast
as the victims as the drama ject to comparable require
ment beginning July 17. Im
unfolded.
Dr. David Sarazin was medi port regulations will require
cal coordinator for the hospital yellow varieties of onions to
and staff. According to a hospi grade at least U. S. No. 2 or
tal spokesman, there were two better, and be a minimum of
real emergencies to handle at 1-1/2
inches in diameter.
the time of the disaster drill. White varieties will have to be
The hospital staff received a grade U. S. No. 2 or better
debriefing later on its perfor and at least 1 inch in diameter.
mance.(See pictures on page 9). All imported onions will have
to be at least “moderately
cured.”
Officials of USDA’s Agri
cultural Marketing Service said
the regulations are similar to
those issued last summer. Ac
transactions amounted to $6,- cording to AMS officials, these
732,211 or $1.27 per share regulations are necessary to
for the period ending June 30, assist producers in the orderly
compared to$7,162,278or$1.35 marketing of this year’s crop
per share recorded at mid-year and help keep inferior onions
1971. Net income was $6,797,- from reaching consumers.
271, or $1.28 per share, com
pared to $7,160,878, or $1.35
one year ago.
The Nyssa branch reported
deposits of $9,891,495andloans
of $6,599,943 as of June 30.
Frank Yraguen,
Malheur
Comparable totals for the County’s district attorney dis
branch a year ago were $8,- closed Friday that a public in
709,291 in deposits and $9,371- quest will probably be held in
656 in loans.
the next two weeks into the
shooting death of Jose Zepeda
Lopez, 49, of Nyssa. Lopez ex
pired Thursday night at a Boise
hospital where he had been re
ceiving intensive care treat
ment since the shooting inci
Nyssa
Police Chief Alvin
dent in a Nyssa residence Sun
Allen
has announced the
day night.
resignation of Gary Aldred, ef
Investigators from the Mal
fective August 1, to accept a
heur County Sheriff’s depart
position with the City of La
ment interrogated Lopez at the
Grande
Police Department.
hospital Thursday morning and
Aldred came to Nyssa from
have turned his statement over
the Enterprise Police Depart
to the district attorney.
ment in April, 1971.
A 50-year-old Nyssa woman,
Applications are now being
Joyce Nadine Goodwin, has ad
accepted to fill this position
mitted that she fired the .22
Nyssa
Police De
on the
calibre pistol bullets which
Applications may
partment.
struck Lopez. She said she was
be picked up at the Police De-
acting in self-defense.
partment or the City Clerk’s
office.
Applicants must be between
21 and 35 years of age, a high
school graduate with some
college preferred.
All ap
plicants are subject to a back
Advance buttons went on sale
ground check, and must pass a
July 17, when members of 4-H
written exam.
Clubs and FFA Chapters com
First National Reports
Increase In Business
First National Bank of Ore
gon reported moderate
in
creases in deposits, loans and
total resources for the first six
months of 1972 compared to a
similar period last year. A
slight decrease in earnings was
reported at the same time.
Deposits rose 13.5 per cent
to $1,891,354,822 at the end
of the first half compared with
the $1,666,276,410 recorded on
June 30 of last year. First
National’s 127 statewide offices
reported loans outstanding of
$1,216,840,538, up 13.1 per cent
from the $1,075,493,952 at the
end of the first six months of
1971. Resources were $2,245,-
072,205, up 15.2 per cent from
the $1,948,576,837 one year ago.
Income before calculating
gains and losses on security
New Building At Nyssa School
Jose Z. Lopez
Dies Thursday
Aldred Quits
Police Dept.
Four Sentenced
On Drug Count
Four men appeared in Mal
heur County Circuitcourt Mon
day to be sentenced on various
charges.
John Evan Church, 23, Nyssa,
who had been charged with cri
minal activity in drugs, was
sentenced to the Oregon State
penitentiary for five years and
fined $1,250. The sentence was
suspended and Church was put
on probation for five years on
the condition that he serve four
months in the Malheur county
jail. He had entered a guilty
plea in circuit court.
Also appearing in circuit
court was Kenneth Lee Church,
19, Nyssa, on the charge of
criminal activity in drugs. He
also entered a guilty plea. He
was sentenced to five years in
the Oregon State penitentiary
and fined $1,000. His sentence
was suspended and he was put
on probation for five years on
the condition that he serve 90
days in the county jail.
Ernest Enrique Gonzales,
26, Caldwell, appeared on a
charge of criminal activity in
drugs on two counts. He had
been found guilty by a circuit
court jury.
The first count
was heroin for which he was
sentenced to four years in the
Oregon State penitentiary and
on count two, marijuana, he was
sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary.
The sentences
are to run concurrently.
Sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary and fined $1,000
for a charge of forgery in the
first degree was Dale Ford,
26. He plead guilty.
Planning for the Malheur
County Fair scheduled for Au
gust 16-19 is in full swing and
helping with poster displays in
the Nyssa area is Guy Sparks,
member of the Board.
Sparks, Vice-Chairman of the
Board, said that plans are being
finalized for the fair and that
an outstanding schedule of en
tertainment has been planned
for the fairgoer. He also said
that many improvements are
being made on the grounds to
permit easier handling of live
stock exhibits and make things
more pleasant for the viewer.
Among the major improve
ments is the new Swine Barn.
This barn, formerly used to
house sheep has been renovated
with a concrete floor, center
drainage area, a large con
crete apron, and sidewalls on
all sides. Hogs will be kept
in a clean and healthful en
vironment and will not be taken
from their stalls for washing.
With proper care of exhibitors
this will provide a more plea
sant viewing area.
Sheep will now be housed in
the barn formerly used for
swine, and this will keep all
sheep exhibits together.
A new section will be added
to the existing cattle wash rack
installed by the Board last year.
This new portion will be by
volunteer labor and financing.
Some 14 feet will be added to
the existing rack. The old wash
rack in Girvin Hallisalsobeing
worked over with new timbers
and reinforcing added as well
as a general cleanup of the
sump area.
Landscaping of the central
area of the grounds is under-
way and this improvement will
add to the well-being of fair
goers. Colorful benches will be
to provide
rest
available
centers.
Additional lighting is being
installed as well as re-wiring
of parts of the facilities.
A number of committments
have been received from
businesses and organizations
for participation on the 1972
Annual Fair. Of particular in
terest are the farm equipment
and truck displays that will be
on the grounds. Owyhee Truck
and Implement Company and the
Mountain View Equipmentcom
pany of Nyssa will be on hand,
as will Woodpecker TruckCom-
panv of Ontario.
A ‘-midway” is beingplanned
with a number of area organi
zations and clubs. Definite com
mitments have been made by
the Eagles of Nyssa to put in
a game booth; the Rotary Club
of Ontario will have two booths,
and the Sports Boosters will
be back with their famous "dun
king” machine.
Speciality food boothswill in
clude corn-on-the-cob by the
4-H Horse Club, the City Dudes.
Pastries will be offered by
the Extension Womens organi
zation; and snow-conesandcot-
ton candy will be sold by the
Ontario Lions. Popcorn, an old
fair favorite, sold by the Ore
gon Trail Grange. The Karmel
Korn Shop will open a branch
store on the grounds and the
two main food concessions will
be operated by the Oregon Ti ail
Grange and the Farm Bureau.
The Dairy Wives will once again
feature dairy products in their
concession.
Gordon Capps, Chairman of
the Board, stated that coopera
tion is excellent and much ap
preciated by the Board. He also
expressed the hope that more
organizations will participate,
and make this a fair for all
the county.
WILSON S MARKET
GOES DISCOUNT
Wilson’s Market, a pioneer
Nyssa business now in its 61st
year, has been closed the first
three days of this week in pre
paration for a now typv opera
tion. Starting today (Thursday),
the store will be known as Wil
son’s Discount Market.
Mike Anderson, manager,
says that they will discontinue
the Gold Strike Stamps, and
in their place will go to a com
plete discount operation with
savings in every department.
(See center spread ofthis issue).
House Approves Measure
Giving Aid To Elderly
It is high time we bring the
elderly back into the main
stream of our national life,
Congressman Al Ullman said
Monday as the House of Re
presentatives overwhelming ap
proved a measure extending a
variety of programs and ser
vices for the elderly, includ
ing the Foster Grandparent Pro
gram.
A co-sponsor of the mea
sure, Ullman said many of the
provisions in the bill came from
suggestions made during the
White House Conference on the
Aging held in Washington, D.C.,
last fall.
Included in the measure, Ul
lman said, is a $1.1 million
authorization for Oregon to ex
pand its state programs aimed
at providing community-based
services for the elderly.
Increased funding for re
search centers and training
personnel to work in the field
of aging and gerontology is also
in the measure, according to
Ullman.
"Authority for state agencies
to fund special housing and
transportation programs for
older people has also been
approved,” Ullman said.
He said the bill sets up a
National Advisory Council on
Aging which will report direc
tly to the President.
"As a part of the bill,”
Ullman said, “the House ap-
proved additional funds for two
highly successful programs;
Foster Grandparents and the
Retired Senior Volunteers.
Under the Foster Grandpa
rent Program, as expanded by
the House, older Americans are
aided in providing service to
both children and the elderly
in private homes, in institutions
and in nursing homes.
The measure must now gain
approval in the Senate before
going to the President for his
signature.
Fair Buttons
Go On Sale
WEATHER
This new automotive and building trades
shop is being built for the Nyssa School
District #26 by boys in the NYC program
under the direction of Bill Holt. With a
budget of $5650, the school district will
have a building valued at three times that
amount, and the boys are learning much
about the building trades.
The plumbing was done by Zimmerman
Plumbing 4 Heating, and Devere Nelson and
Mike Glenn laid the blocks, assisted by the
boys.
The new building is built behind the bus
garage, with a covered area in between to
be used for storage of outside equipment.
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94
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July 15
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July 16
91
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July 17
98
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July 18
59
July 19
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
7/19/72 621,850 Acre Feet
7/19/71 644,470 Acre Feet
pete in a contest sponsored by
the Malheur County Fair Board
Three prizes of $25.00, $10.00
and $5.00 are being offered by
the
Board. Gordon Capps,
Chairman, said that last year
some 2,000 buttons were sold
by these groups.
The exclusive contest will
be for a two week period, ending
July 31st, however, all sales
until August llthwilibecouuted
for the contest. Buttons will then
go on sale in various places
around the county.
Mrs. Alice Murphy, Ontario, secretary of
the Malheur County Fair Board, and Guy
Sparks, Nyssa, vice-chairman, exhibit the
posters and fair books that were put out
throughout the county early this week. The
fair will run August 16 through 19, with
$1.00 buttons now on sale as the admission
price.