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Nyssa Gate City Journal
VOLUME LXVI
The Sugar City
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Thursday, September 14, 1972
ASSESSED VALUATION IN
MALHEUR COUNTY UP
OVER $15 MILLION
KRAZY DAYS COMING TO
NYSSA SEPT. 23; SALES,
PRIZES, FUN FEATURED
The popular breakfast held
each year will be given by the
Nyssa Eagles, with breakfast to
be served from 6 to 8 30 a.m
Saturday in the basement of the
Eagles Hall, 3rd and Bower
All you can eat for $1.25, says
Vern Hancock, aerie president
and chief cook
At the break­
fast, gift certificates will be
awarded to the salespeople with
the best costumes. The certl-
cates will be honored at any
Nyssa store, and will be in de­
nominations of $15, $10, and $5
for the three winners.
A parade will be held early
in the afternoon for the kids,
with prizes being awarded for
best costumes in several cate­
gories. The Nyssa Junior High
School
Band will lead the
parade, and they will be dressed
in crazy costume«, and each
participant is eligible to com­
pete for a prize.
Readers are urged to watch
the Journal next week for fur­
ther and more complete details
and in the meantime all should
be planning their crazy garb
for Crazy Days. Advertisers
are also asked to get their
crazy ad copy in as early as
possible to avoidthe last minute
rush
The merchant's committee
invites everyone in the Nyssa
trad.- area to "DRESSCRAZY,
PREPARE TO HAVE FUN,AND
PUBLIC ENTRY ON
SAVE YOUR SHECKLES FOP
LANDS DISCUSSED THE ONCE.-A-YEAR BAR­
GAINS TO BE OFFERED BY
Malheur county sportsman NYSSA MERCHANTS.”
will have an o|>f>ortunity to air
grievam <
n i e>tri< ted entry NYSSAN NAMED
to public lands. A public meet­
ing ' heduled for 8p m..TueS , BANK LOAN OFFICER
September 19 at Marcum's Gun
A Sport Shop, 301 King Avenue,
Mike Kodama, son of Mr.
Ny sa, will featur* a presen­ and Mrs. T. S. Kodama of
tation on public access by Nyssa, has been named install­
George Gurr, HIM manager. ment loan officer of First Na­
Vale district office.
tional Bank of Oregon’s Ontario
The meeting ha s been promp­ branch, reported Jim Leslie,
ted by local complaints charging manager.
that large areas of public land
Kodama joined First National
lying behind private holdings as a management trainee in
are being "locked up ’
1971. Born in Ontario, he gra­
In addition, Jerry Hansen, duated from Nyssa High School
area director of the Oregon and received a degree in bu­
Wildlife Federation will dis­ siness administration at Eas­
cuss resolution highlights adop­ tern Oregon College in La
ted at the 35th semi annual con­ Grande.
vention
held at Kah-nee-ta
He and his wife, Christina,
Lodge.
make their home in Nyssa.
Malheur County’s assessed
valuation for the 1972-73 fiscal
year is $15,843,353 greater than
that of the previous year. To-
totaling $283,793,282, the va­
luation compares with $267,-
949,929 in the 1971-72 fiscal
year, according to Robert V.
Pierce, county assessor.
Thirty of the taxing districts
show an increase in the rate
of taxation per $1,000 valua­
tion with nine due for a de­
crease.
Personal property values in­
creased from $43,597,574 to
$50,821,418 up $7,233,844. The
Real property increase
of
$9,134.514 brings the total value
to $209,215,546.
Nyssa's thirteenth annual
“KRAZY DAZE." celebration
will be held a week from Satur­
day on September 23, and plans
Hl" to make it bigger, ¿‘tier
and as crazy as ever, accord­
ing to Chairman Bob Wilson
He and the merchant's com­
mittee of the Nysia Chamber
of Commerce have most of the
plans completed for the big
sales event
Crary Days is traditionally
the biggest sales weekendofthe
year, and a time when mer­
chandise is marked down in
every store in Nyssa. Every
busine"s will participate in the
fun and bargain day, with sales­
people and customers alike
decked out in the craziest garb
possible.
The Journal will again blan­
ket the sales area with a spe­
cial edition, carrying the mer­
chants' ads, a list of activities
planned for the crazy day, and
pictures of last year’s partici­
pants.
A feature started last year
will find each merchant offering
free priies, and customers will
regi ster for these gifts, with the
drawings to be held late in the
day
Each merchant will be
giving at least three pnz'-t, so
over 100 prize* will be given
by Nyssa businessmen.
Communi-Link Workshop
Attended By Area Residents
Forty people spent Friday and
half of Saturday at Treasure
Valley Community College par­
ticipating
in a Commum-
Link workshop Although the
bulk of the participants were
from the local area, there were
te en from as far away as Po­
catello, Seattle, Corvallis and
Eugene.
Colorado State University
staff members, Joe Newlin and
Sheila Schroeder, led the group
ina simulated educational plan­
ning program for the hypothe­
tical community of Mnroville.
They demonstrated the
five
steps of properly attacking a
community problem and set the
participants the task of meeting
similar problems m the Mi. ro-
ville simulation
The steps were 1) Establish­
ing a philosophy, 2) Determin-
ing needs and wants, 3) Writ­
ing the objectlvesof their plans,
4) Devising a plan of imple­
mentation, and 5) Conducting
an evaluation
Area participants were W.
L McPartland, Rev JohnWor-
rall, LupeLopez,NormanUrry,
Don Young, Duane Buchtel, Di-
rick Nedry and Clarice Poor
from Nyssa.
Walter Shelby, Rev. Robert
Wallace, Fran McLean, Rocco
Falotico, Jim Roberts, Helen
Conner, Lou Gasca, Ron Blan-
klnshlp, Jeff Ford, Harry Hoch,
Irene Hobson, Ruth Langdon,
Dan
Crosswhite,
Florence
Sharp, Dale Haynes, Earl Mc­
Collum, Shirley Crenshaw and
Jerry Ross of Ontario
Margie Kent, Frank Yraguen,
Howard Ego and Rev Ralph
Cairnes attended from Vale.
U.S. SENATOR MARK HATFIELD, left, was principal
speaker at the farm-city banquet at the East Side Cafe
last Thursday evening, attended by 150 persons.
With the senator are Joe Hobson, center, chairman of
the Malheur County campaign to re-elect Hatfield, and Er­
nest Seuell, president of the County Farm Bureau and
master of ceremonies for the banquet.
Homeowners Granted
Tax Relief Grace Period
ANTOINETTE HATFIELD, wife of Senator Mark Hatfield,
accompanied her husband on his visit to Malheur County last
Thursday and Friday.
Center Director
Talks To Lions
Larry Silveira, manager of
the Nyssa Service Center, was
speaker at the Nyssa LiorisClub
meeting Tuesday noon at the
Twilight Cafe. He told how the
new concept of having all social
services under one roof, and
under one manager was working
in this "first of its kind" cen­
ter in Oregon
Located at 2nd and Ehrgood
Streets, the Nyssa Center is
open daily from 8 a m. to 6 30
p m , and on Saturday from
10 a m. ’o 3 pm. Represen­
tatives of Public Welfare, So­
cial
Security, Employment,
Children's Services, Mental
Health, Migrant Health, Self-
Help Housing and Vocational
Rehabilitation are located at
the center
Silveira said the center was
developed to provide services
designed to help people in meet­
ing essential needs suchasfind-
ing jobs, providing for health
needs, providing education and
training, providing assistance
in locating housing, providing
emergency food or clothing, and
interpretation services. In its
first two months of operation.
Silveira said that the center
Is meeting these needs, and at
reduced costs.
He said that in the past each
of these departments had an
administrator and other help,
now all of the departments are
under one administrator, with
clerical help and assistants
doing the work andcoordinating
their activities all in one place.
Silveira feels that the concept
is working well for the short
time the c> nter has been in
operation.
Shriner's Benefit
Auction Sept. 17
The Snake River ShrinerClub
will present Its annual benefit
auction this Sunday, September
17, in Ontario at Girvin Hall
at the Malheur County Fair­
grounds beginning at 1 30 p.m.
Auctioneers, Roger Baker, Bert
Anderson and Guy Sparks will
conduct the sale. The auction
benefits
the children III the
Shriner’s Hospitals.
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WEATHER
MRS. ELVIN BALLOU was the lucky winner of this 10-
speed Marco bicycle given in a recent A 4 W Root Beer pro­
motion. A 4 W Root Beer outlets in Boise, Payette, Meridian
and Nyssa participated in the promotion.
Mis. Ballou is shown with Carl Lindstrom, center, of Carl’s
Coast to Coast Store in Ontario, who furnished the bicycle,
and Carl Burningliam, owner of Nyssa’s A 4 W Root Beer.
Marco Distributing Company of Idaho Falls is distributor of
the Marco bicycle.
XXXVII
Thunderegg Capital
DATE
MAX
MIN
PREC
74
44
Sept
7
Sept. 8
84
40
Sept. 9
74
45
Sept. 10
69
46
Sept. 11
59
47
,06
Sept 12
63
48
Sept. 13
46
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
9/13/72 468,250 Acre Feet
9/13/71 484,030 Acre Feet
BIDS ASKED FOR
SEEDING PROJECT
Homeowners who had been
denied property tax relief be­
cause their property deeds had
not been recorded prior to De­
cember 31, 1971, have been
granted a grace period in which
to file an application. Malheur
County Tax Collector Robert
G. Ingram has received noti­
fication of the grace period from
the Director of the Department
of Revenue, C. H. Mack
Some people who had owned
and occupied their property on
December 31, 1971, and were
otherwise qualified, were de­
nied relief because the pro­
perty deed had not been re-
c ,rd'-d before the December 31,
1971, deadline. These indivi­
duals will now receive relief
if evidence of ownership is
recorded and the application is
filed before December 31,1972.
At the direction of Governor
Tom McCall, the Department
of Revenue has changed an ad­
ministrative rule so that two
type of homeowners who had
Rehabilitation for part of the
area burned during the large
Bogus Creek fire this summer
will be done beginning in Oc­
tober, George R. Gurr, manager
of the Vale District, Bureau
of Land Management, announ­
ced this week.
Gurr said 7,200 acres will
be seeded to cr- M<‘d w heatgrass
on the burn site north of Arock.
A tour for prospective bidders GENTRY NAMES
to view the area will leave
from the Chevron station in NYSSA SALES REP.
Rod Cowgill, sales manager
Jordan Valley at 8 00 a m. We­
dnesday, September 20 Tour for Genry Ford of Ontario, has
members are requested to bring announced the appointment of
their own transportation and Dean Powell as sales represen­
tative for the firm in Nyssa.
lunch.
Powell Is well known in the
Bid opening date has not yet
Nyssa area, and he worked for
been set, Gurr said.
the First National Bank of Ore­
gon for four years as install­
ment loan adjuster, and was
loan officer in the branches
at Baker and La Grande. He
also was with Home Dairies for
Nomination for livestock re­
four years prior to his bank
presentatives to the advisory
affiliation.
board of the Vale District, Bu­
He
grew up and attended
reau of Land Management, are
schools in Fruitland, and
now being accepted, according
married Colleen Brecht of New
to District Manager George R.
Plymouth. The Powells have
Gurr.
one son, Perry, 10 and live at
Terms of Richard Russell,
1221 S. W. 12th Street in On-
Vale, Stanley G. Henry, Jor­
tario.
dan Valley, and Walter Mc­
Ewen, Burns, expire October NYSSANS INCLUDED
31, 1972. Gurr said the three
men represent the Northern, IN BSC GRADUATES
Central and Southern Resource
areas, r>spectively. All three
183 students were graduated
men are eligible for nomina­ from Boise State College at
tion to three-year terms on the the end of the 1972 summer
advisory board, alongwith ether school. Four completed re­
nominees from their individual quirements for the master of
precinct areas.
business administration, six­
Nominations by qualified li­ teen for master of arts in edu­
censees must be received in th< cation, 121 received baccalau­
Vale District office on or before reate degrees, six received as­
September 25
Detailed in­ sociate degrees and 36 recei­
formation on nominations was ved certificates of completion.
sent to licensed public land
Two receiving Certificates of
range users last week
Completion are Gary Kurtz and
The advisory board elections Raul Lopez, both of Nyssa.
will be held in October, Gurr
concluded
Terms Expire
On BL.V1 Board
been denied relief may now qua­
lify:
all persons who filed
for property tax relief but were
denied only because their deeds
or contracts were not recor­
ded
before the last day of
1971, and all persons who did
not file because they were told
they did not have their deeds
or contracts recorded on De­
cember 31, 1971.
Applications should be filed
with the tax collector’s office
in the courthouse. Additional
information about this new pro­
vision may also be obtained
there. In each of these cases,
the property owner must have
the deed r contract recorded
prior to the granting of relief.
A Basic Emergency Medical
Technician (Ambulance) pro­
gram will be offered at Trea­
sure Valley Community Col­
lege fall term. The class will
meet from 7 30 p.m. to 10 00
p.m. once a week in room N-
5 of the Tech-Lab Building In­
structors will be Connie Mc-
Clun, R. N. and area doctors.
An organizational meeting is
scheduled for 7 30 p.m. the
evening of Thursday, September
21. Anyone interested in the
program
should attend this
meeting or call the Treasure
Valley Community College Of­
fice of Continuing Education.
In the City of Nyssa, the rate
increase per thousandwas$2.85
and for the new fiscal year will
be $30.33 per $1,000 assessed
valuation. The new as essed
valuation is $13,615,837.
Vale’s assessed valuation in­
creased by $1,028,180 and the
tax rate gained by $5.11 with
the new rate at $35.14 com­
pared to $30.03 in the last
taxing period. The total valua­
tion of Vale is $7,427,915.
AOI Representative To
Speak on School Finance
The financial crisis facing
public education in Oregon is the
subject of a talk .cheduled at
noon,
Wednesday, September
20, beforethe.NyssaChamberof
Commerce by a member of the
staff of Associated Oregon In­
dustries.
Speaker will be Louis R.
(Lou) Norris, Oregon Retail
Council Director, for the state­
wide employer organization.
The public meeting will be at
Brownie’s.
The AOI representative is
expected to concentrate on is-
sues involving school finance,
long and short-range implica­
tions and the importance of the
November election and 57th ses­
sion of the State Legislature re­
garding ultimate solutions. His
appearance in Nyssa marks the
12th annual
revival of AOI
Fall Area Conferences co-spon­
sored by Chambers of Com­
merce and other service or-
LDS Annual
ambulance course Smorgasbord
OFFERED AT TVCC
Valuation increased in the
City of Ontario from $23.70 to
$26.86, an increase of $3.16
per $1,000. Ontario’s assessed
valuation for the new period is
$69,889,557.
The Nyssa LDS First Ward
will hold their annual smorgas­
bord, Friday September 15,be­
tween 5:30 to 8 30 p.m at the
Nyssa Stakehouse on Alberta
Avenue.
Featured on the menu this
year will be roast beef, chicken,
salad bar, scones and honey
Tickets will be sold at the
door
Everyone in the area
is invited to attend.
TVCC REGISTRATION
SET FOR SEPT ! 8
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gamzations
state.
throughout
the
LOU NORRIS
"Rising costs of public edu­
cation and efforts to equitably
finance our school system are
the single m ist compelling is­
sues that will confront the next
session of the Legislature,"
according to Ivan Congleton,
AOI executive vice president.
•■We feel it is vital that bu­
sine- s people all over Oregon
learn as much as possible about
these issues before our law-
makers gather in Salem to
seek solutions."
During legislative sessions,
AOI keeps Its 1,400 members
informed through a erti oi
comprehensive bulletins and al­
so sends out "Salem Scene"
which is published in
City Journal.
HP
Registration will start Mon­
- ■
day, September 18 at Treasure
Valley Community College for
freshmen and sophomores
Registeration will be in the
following alphabetical >rder.
Persons with last nam»s
starting with
T thru Z register at 9 am.
R thru S—10 a m
H thru L—11 am.
Lunch Break
M thru Q—1 p.m
A thru C—2 p m
D thru G— 3pm
6 30 to 8 30 pm registra­
WILLIAM BOHLENDFR, right, Oregon Stab Industrial Ac­
tion is open to everyone.
Registration lines will be cident official serving out of the Eastern Oregon regional of­
open until 8 00 p.m. Tuesday fice in Pendleton, presented President Emery Skinner of Trea-
and Wednesday, September 19 sur> Valley Community College a check in excess of $1400
and 20. Students may register Thi- amount is an accrued reimbursement from SAIF payments
late from 9 00 a m. to5 OOp m. in excess of claims. Mr. Bohlender congratulated the college
on its good safety record for the past year.
September 21 through 29.
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Bids Called For
NYSSA PTA's FIRST
Bully Creek Bridge
MEETING OF YEAR
The Nyssa
PTA will hold
their first meeting Thursday,
September 21 at 8 p.m. in the
schixil cafeteria.
Plans have been made this
year for a different way to
introduce the new teachers, and
for everyone to get acquainted
with the returning staff.
The teachers would like to
be able to meet with the parents
of each child in their rooms, so
please attend to make this pos­
sible.
This promises to be an in­
teresting anil enjoyable meet­
ing. See you there!!
Bids will be received by the
Oregon State HighwayCommis-
sion on Thursday, September
28, for nine projects estimated
to cost $9,100,000.
One project is in Malheur
County, and involves grading,
base and a structure on the
Bully Creek (Greenfield Road)
Bridge Section of FAS Route
23-107, about five miles west
of Vale. Project plans call for
constructing a new 700 foot
bridge and approaches to eli­
minate the present narrow bri­
dge and sharp curves. Com­
pletion is estimated at 150 ca­
lendar days.
THIS SPRAY PLANE, piloted by Trent
Luther of Ontario, crashed September 7 on
the Jack Priest farm west of Ontario.
Luther was spraying an alfalfa field on
the Priest place when he crashed, reportedly
due to mechanical failure. The pilot luckily
escaped in)ury, but the plane’s undercarriage
was badly damaged, as were other parts of
the plane.