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University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97kC3 __ X X X X X ___ Nyssa Gate City Journal Volum« LXVI The Sugar City NYSSA THUNDEREGG DAYS AnRACTS VISITORS FROM MANY STATES- UNADA The Seventh Annual Thunder egg Days program in Nyssa was officially under way Wednesday morning, although it was re ported that approximately 30 units were already in the area waiting to park at the South Park the day before the of ficial signing up Wednesday morning. Spaces are assigned to each party. Visitors are assigned stakes with their names on them when they re gister, which are used to re serve thdir spaces while out rock hunting. Guided tours got underway Wednesday morning at 1 a.m. to the main rock areas. The three areas are Succor Creek area south of Nyssa to hunt Thundereggs. Graveyard Point near Homedale for Plume Agates, or Petrified Wood in the Bully Creek area near Vale. Guided tours will also leave the park area Friday and Sa turday mornings at the same time. Chairman Wayne Moncur, assisted by Bernard Eastman, has everything in readiness for the visitors, which are arriving in record numbers. Chamber of Commerce members are assis ting the committee by taking care of the registration booth. The Nyssa Jaycees and Lion’s Club are co-sponsoring the bar becue this year. The barbe cue will be held in the South Park today, Thursday, August 3, starting at 6:30 p.m. The meal will feature barbecued beef, corn on the cob, baked potatoes, rolls, cole slaw, milk, orange drink or coffee and ice cream. Nyssa merchants have tickets for sale or they may be purchased at the dinner. Prices are $1.75 for adults, $1.00 for children 6 to 12 and under 6, free if accompanied by parents. Friday, starting at 6:30 until the ice cream is gone, there will be an old-time ice cream social at the “Y” at the west end of Main Street. Extra “yummy” homemade ice cream and cake, coffee or punch for 50?. As an added attraction this year, the Waymark Singers will be rendering songs from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event is widely adver tised in different rockhound magazines, with the committee receiving more than 200 letters which were personally ans wered. The letters came from approximately 30 states and many from Canada. Each maga zine reaches a wide segment of rock-hunting enthusiasts. As the event grows in popularity we find that many rockhounds hear about Nyssa also from visiting with other rockhounds. Rock and gem displays can be seen in the old gym at the "Y” on Main Street each day from 10 a.in. to 10 p.m. and on Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. Many other types of hobbies and interesting displays are fea tured. From all reports this will be one of the biggest dis plays the Thunderegg Days have ever presented. Tail-gating (the buying and selling of rocks) will again be permitted, with these rigs in the lot in front of the gym. This will enable visitors to ac cumulate rocks from areas where they might not be able to secure them otherwise. There is no admission charge for any of these events, and all visitors and townspeople are urged to come out and see some of these valuable collections. Chavez New Navy Recruiter Chief Boatswain’s Mate Max Chavez, USN has arrived at the Navy Recruiting Branch Station in Ontario where he will assume the duties of the Recruiter in Charge. He re places former Navy man Tim Gallagher who is now seeking a state office. The new assign ment again brings to the Ontario area two full time Navy Recruiters. A veteran of 28 years of Na val Service Chief Chavez ar rives from duty at the U.S. Naval Training Center in San Diego, California where he ser ved as a recruit company com mander and instructor to new recruits who enter the Naval ‘Service for the first time. He describes the duty as some of the most challenging and yet most rewarding duty of his career. The early part of his Navy life was spent during World War II when he served two years of active duty in the South Pacific on ships and units of the famed 3rd Fleet. He took part in the Philippine Li beration and Okinawa Cam- paignes following up with the occupation of the enemy held port city of Shanghai, China. The remainder of his career has been spent on various other ships and stations throughout the Pacific areas. Chief Chavez and wife Rita have five children, and they will arrive during the month of Au gust and plan to make their home in Ontario. Along with his past ex periences and more recent duty involving recruit training, Chief Chavez has a wealth of infor mation and experience to share among young people with whom he is concerned with. He feels that there are many young men, and women in the area, who are not aware of the many oppor tunities available to them both in and out of Military services. Chief Chavez invites all in terested persons to contact him at the Navy Recruiting Office located at 67 S. W. 2nd Avenue in Ontario, Oregon, Telephone number 889-8384. Rock Show Readied The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Rockhounds Gather For Annual Thunderegg Days Rockhounds come from 28 states and 5 Canadian provinces to attend Nyssa’s Thunderegg Days this year, according to Wayne Moncur, general chairman of the affair. Relaxing and visiting in the South Park Tuesday afternoon were these four groups, some of the early visitors to arrive and get settled. The upper left photo shows Robert Russell, Bob Mansell and Maggie Russell, all from Independence, Missouri. Nyssan Dies In Accident Wayne Takami, 23, of Nyssa was killed July 27 when the brakes failed on a truck loaded with bricks, one-half mile from Kendrick, Idaho. Takami was driving a 2 1/2 ton truck down a grade at 6:18 p.m. on Idaho 99 when the brakes faded. He was a summer art in structor at TVCC. The art stu dents were following in another vehicle when the accident occurred. The bricks in the truck were to be used for their art project. The truck traveled broadside 254 feet, went over an embank ment and tumbled 483 feet be fore it came to rest on its top. A passenger, Keith Marple, 37, Ontario, was reported in good condition at a hospital in Lewiston, suffering from cuts and bruises. NIXON COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN NAMED The leaders of the Malheur County Committee for the Re election of President Nixon have been appointed by the State of Oregon committee headed by Congressman Wendell Wyatt. Robert F. Smith of Burns, Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, is the Dist rict Chairman of the Com mittee. Malheur County co- chairmen are Mrs. Joe (Irene) Hobson of rural Nyssa and On tario, Mrs. Gus (Teddy)Tanaka of Ontario, and Gene Stunz of Nyssa. The local committee is now organizing and invites all local citizens to participate in the campaign. Especially in vited are the young people of the County, including those not yet 18, and registered Demo crats who do not agree with the revolutionary proposals of Se nator McGovern. The county leaders of the Ni xon campaign ask anyone inter ested in helping them re-elect the president, to call any one of them and join their ranks. Lower left is John and Ann Simmons, Riviera, Arizona; Ray Davis, Quartzsite, Arizona; and Ann and Earl Kirchgatter, Tuscon, Arizona. Upper right are Mary and Pete Conner, Orange Cove, Calif.; George French, Santa Cruz, Calif.; Gertrude and Joe Halama, Three Lakes, Wisconsin; and Katherine Hille, Sanford, Florida. Lower right, Erick Arvidson, Spokane, Wash.; is visiting with Irene and Paul Christman of Lewiston, Idaho.. Assessor Says Farm Land Valued At Farm Use Malheur County Assessor Pierce said that early last spring news releases from the Assessor’s office directed at tention to the fact that the 1971 Legislation required bona-fide farm lands be valued on a farm use basis rather than market value for assessment purposes when actual zoning of the county farm lands does occur. It was further explained that owners had the option of using the farm use value assessment prior to zoning and to do so had to apply for assessment as unzoned farm lands by April 1st of each year. The April deadline is past, the applications for deferral of taxes has been processed, the deferrals or farm use values computed and the following re sults presented for your in formation. Pierce said that approxi mately 750,000 acres of the 1,380,000 acres of farm and range lands on the county as sessment roll are being assessed at farm use value in the 1972 assessment year. This figure compares with approxi mately 600,000 acres in the 1971 year and reflects a 150,000 acre increase. The approximate market value or true cash value of these 750,000 acres is $36,000,- 000 and the farm use value is $27,000,000. The actual taxes in dollars that owners have chosen to deferr payment on is approximately $180,000. This $180,000 when related to all taxes assessed in Malheur County in the 1971 assessment -- some $5,700,000 -- reflects a three percent impact or shift of taxes from farm land to im provements on the farm, lands not on deferral, personal pro perty and all other residential, commerical and utility property in the county. Information by code area will be available soon and should be of interest to individual resi dents of the respective code areas. Real Property assessment rolls are public information and you are urged to examine them when questions arise, Pierce said. Highway User Funds Allotted The Oregon State Highway Commission today announced the distribution of$6,088,065.70 in highway-user tax funds to the 36 counties of the state. The allocation is based on the statutory 20 percent for the period April 1 through June 30, 1972. The funds come from the following sources: motor vehicle registration and opera tors’ license fees, gasoline tax, use fuel tax, motor carrier fees, and fines and penalties collec ted for violations of the size and weight statutes where com plaints are made by the High way Division weighmasters. The allocation to each county is based on the number of ve hicles registered in it. The al location for Malheur County is $77,503.60 based on 20,831 ve hicles. TVCC Becomes Accredited Notice of accreditation, a summer school report, and se lection of an auditor for TVCC were the major items of busi ness for the TVCC board of education meeting July 26. Edwin Haynes, dean of in struction, said the school re ceived notice recently that its programs have been accepted by the Commission on Higher Schools. TVCC Students Named The report said “The com mission was pleased with ac New students accepted for the tions that have been taken at 1972-73 School year’s fall term Treasure Valley regarding the at TVCC are Hollie Ballou, suggestions included in the 1970 report.*' Nyssa who will major in law en The report was made indi forcement; and Lisa Sykes, cating summer enrollment is Nyssa in General Education. down from last year, because of the very limited number of academic classes offered this year. Dean Haynes noted that the greatest enrollment in the summer this year has been in MIN the short term classes such as MAX DATE 94 58 art. July 27 56 97 July 28 Haynes also reported that by 56 reducing the offering for sum 98 July 29 57 mer school, salaries were also 100 July 30 59 reduced. “In the summer term 98 July 31 59 we fulfill the obligations of a 95 July 31 59 community college to the com 95 Aug. 1 60 munity better than at any other Aug. 2 Owyhee Reservoir Storage time,’’ he said. 8/2/72 580,629 Acre Feet Business Manager Jim Ro 8/2/71 605,120 Acre Feet berts reported to the board that WEATHER E.H. "Shorty” Brandt, one of the area’s leading rock col lectors and exhibitors, is being assisted by "Rocky Joe”, center, a Rockhound from Willowcreek, and Wayne Moocur, right, general chairman of Nyssa’s Tbunderegg Days. They are preparing the exhibits in the Old Gym, and the show will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day and Sunday until 6 p.m. Many say it is the finest collection of rocks and gems seen anywhere, and is visited by thousands each year. Thursday, August 3, 1972 the college had stayed within its administrative budget. Mike Singleton, Jamieson, president of the Taxpayer’s Voice group, presented sug gestions to the board seeking several changes in selection of an auditor. These were taken under advisement but the board retained John Fowler, Ontario, for another year. Singleton said his organi zation felt the auditor should be rotated every three years and suggested a penalty clause be written into the contract. “We aren't questioning John Fowler’s capabilities but the audit has been late for the past seven years,” he said. “The books were in such a mess at first, no one could do much with them.’’ Ball declared noting that as the years pro gressed, Fowler suggested many things which have helped the school. Emery Skinner, president of TVCC, traced much of the trouble to the fact that until re cently, there was nocommunity college code spelling out what was to be done and when. He said this is now set up. Foreign student tuition was set at $430 per quarter plus fees. Art Display At Library Jose Luis Rodríguez is the featured artist at the Nyssa Public Library during the month of August. Titles of some of his artwork currently on dis play are "Sorrow”, “Head of Saint Anne”, “Suffering” and “Aztec Calendar”. Jose has used charcoal and felt-pen ink in creating his drawings. The nineteen year-old artist was born in Mexico and attended school there. Hemovedwithhis family three years ago to Nyssa and is currently an accountant for Community Health Clinics, Incorporated and is working in Boise. Jose has been drawing as a hobby since he was six years old. But his only art instruc tion has been a class in charcoal and one in water color from Pete Stark, instructor at Treasure Valley Community College. The artist is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Apolonio Rodríguez, also of Nyssa. His paintings may be viewed during regular summer library hours. HIGH SCHOOL RODEO TO BE HELD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS The Nyssa Rodeo Board is sponsoring an Invitational High School Rodeo to be held Fri day and Saturday, August 4 &5 at 8 p.m. at the Nyssa rodeo grounds. It is being staged this year as an addition to the Thun deregg Days program and will give many visiting rockhounds a chance to see good, fast high school rodeo. The Invitational includes Ore gon and Idaho District #2 rodeo members. This will be the first and only time that high school rodeo members are able to compete against each other from the two states. The only other opportunity they have is at the National Finals once a year when all the states com pete. Events will be bull riding, bareback and saddle bronc ri ding, calf, team, and breakaway roping, bull dogging, pole ben ding, barrel racing and goat tying. Tuesday morning there were 193 entries entered thus far. Belt buckles will be given to the first three places in events. A team trophy will be Savings Bonds Show Strength Monthly statistics issued by the United States Treasury De partment credited Oregon re sidents with an investment of $24,435,652 in United States Series E and H Savings Bonds during the first six months of 1972, State Chairman Thomas Prideaux announced today. The six months total accoun ted for 61 percent of the $39,- 900,000 Oregon state goal for 1972. The really impressive point in this figure is that thirty- one ofOregon’s thirty-six coun ties exceeded the state average, indicating the statewide interest in United States Savings Bonds. Malheur County sales to date are $189,333 or 76% of the 1972 goal, according to Jim Leslie, County Chairman. given to the school team with the most points. Kenny Hansen of New Ply mouth will announce the rodeo. Ralph Stevens will furnish re gular rodeo stock for the young sters to compete on. Clowns will also be furnished by Stevens. High school rodeo’s are a fairly new sport in our area. Perhaps they aren’t as swauve as the professionals but if you want to see a show where boys and girls give their all in grit, friendliness and sportsmanship, come and enjoy the show Friday and Saturday evenings. These kids receive no pay, just the chance to win a belt buckle perhaps, or to hear someone cheer them on in the grand stands. There is an admission charge for the rodeo. County Court Discusses Salary Malheur County Court and Budget Committee met to de termine what appropriation should be taken in reference to the order filed June 8, 1972 by Circuit Judge Jeff D. Dorroh directing the county to pay a salary of $500 per month to Secretary Donna C. Calhoun. It was determined that it was not appropriate at this time to pursue legal proceedings against the order. The County Court andmem- bers of the Committee have con cluded that the local budget law and local control of expendi tures to the tax revenue limit inherent judicial authority claimed by the the Judge in issuing the order have therefore directed the court and auditor to pay a salary of $415 per month as approved in budget hearings held earlier thin year. County Court and Budget Committee will await develop ment before determining what action or reaction will lie taken by the Court in the matter. The Court met August 3. Temporary Unemployment Compensation Ends Ross Morgan, Administrator, Oregon Employment Division reported here today that the Division is notifying all per sons receiving Temporary Un employment Compensation that this is the last week for which these benefits can be paid. These TUC benefits have been provided for 26 weeks in Oregon under the Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1971, as amended. The 26th week of compensation as Oregon Farm Bureau 1st Vice provided under the Act in Ore President Waldron Johnson, in gon ends on July 29. The EUC Act provided that response to Governor Tom Mc Call’s recent statement con a Temporary Compensation pe demning Farm Bureau’s pro riod shall begin whenever the perty tax proposal, said that the Governor and other critics of Ballot Measure #9 are “looking at the issue through the small end of the horn”. Farm Bureau Asks For New Revenue Source XXXI Thunderegg Capital rate of unemployment reaches a certain level and shall end whenever that rate falls twdow the prescribed level, but for a minimum of 26 consecutive weeks. The rate of unemploy ment fell below the prescrilx-d level of 6.5 percent in May, 1972, and the 26th week of Oregon’s temporary compensa tion period is the week ending July 29, so that such liene- fits can be paid only through this week. Morgan added that regular unemployment benefits under State law will continue to be paid under the usual conditions for those qualifying. School District Administrators The Farm Bureau spokesman concluded that “alternative sources of revenue can only be fairly considered after we have substantially reduced the tre mendous burden that has accrued to property owners.” Johnson said that Farm Bu reau is willingtocooperate with other organizations and govern ment entities in recommending alternative methods of financ ing school operational costs. INSURANCE FIRM IN NEW LOCATION The Nolan Field-Waido Co., Insurance Agency has moved across the street from their old location in the Peterson Furni ture building. The new address is 218 Main Street, and Bob Thompson Real Estate has moved into the new office location with the In surance Agency. This location formerly housed the Stout Appliance showroom, and this has been moved around the corner with the entrance on 3rdStreet, and the corner has been improved with a new paved parking lot. The Nolan Field-Waldo In surance Agency and Bob Thompson Real Estate invite the public to stop by and visit them in their newly remodeled office. Leota Kreigh, left, and Bernice Ableman will direct the work in the administrative office of School District No. 26 in the future. Mrs. Kreigh will assume the duties of Deputy Clerk, replacing Mary Sallee who Is retiring after serving the district for 24 years. Mrs. Ablei an will take Mrs. Kreigh’s place as administrative secretary. Mrs. Kreigh has been in the office three years. Her husband Dick farms in the Adrian area, her daughter Karla is Mrs. Glenn Palmer, and their son Steve is a recent Adnan High School graduate and also farms in the Adrian area. The Joe Ableman’s have returned to Nyssa where Joe is territory manager for White Farm Equipment in the states of Oregon and Idaho. They live at 507 Thompson Avenue. Their oldest son Glenn is with Truss Joist in Sacramento, California. Jim is in tne U.S. Navy in Washington, D.C. Jerri is Mrs. Michael Cummings, and lives in Cheney, Washington. Gayle will attend TVCC next year, and Scott will be a senior at Nyssa High School.