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Nyssa Gate City Journal
VOLUME LXVI
The Sugar City
The Nyssa Oat* City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Thursday, September 21, 1972
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XXXVIII
Nyssa's Thirteenth Annual Krazy Days Coming This Weekend
SALES, CONTESTS, PRIZES
FEATURES OF BIG EVENT
WITH fUH TOR Ml
Nyssa merchants and bust-
ness people are again spon
soring their annual KRAZY
IlAZI,
with th< ir llui te< nth
celebration coming this week
end. Sale dates will be Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, with
some of the specials coming on
Sa^irday only. This is the day
wh«n store owners, employees
and kids all dress as crazy as
possible and have lots of fun.
The Merchants
Promotion
committee has again arranged
for the Journal to be distri
buted throughout the sales area,
and all ar<* encouraged to read
th«' ads very carefully, because
this annual sales event offers
prices which just can’t be beat
anywhere.
In addition to the bargains,
there will be over one hundred
valuable prizes offered. Each
business is providing a box
where those over 16 may place
their names on a slip of paper,
and at the end of the day these
names will be drawn and prizes
awarded. The winners need not
be present for the drawing, and
they will be notified by the
merchants.
The Nyssa Eagles will spon
sor the annual Crazy Days
Breakfast, and it will be ser
ved Saturday morning from 6 to
8;30 a.m. in the dining room
downstairs in the Eagles Hall.
They will serve hotcakes, eggs,
milk or coffee, juice an«i all
you can eat for $1 25.
All
store employees are urged to
attend this breakfast, and they
will be judged for their costu
mes at this time. Bob Church
chairman of this event, and
Eagles will art as judges.
Farh $9*ur«t»' aftcrocon the
kids fun gets underway with the
big parade, led by members of
ADRIAN TO ELECT
CITY COUNCILMEN
The City of Adrian will elect
three members ' of the City
Council at the general election
November 7. The two who re
ceive tlie most voles will serve
four years, and one for two
years. The three councilmen
elected
will replace Glen
Ward, Bill Looney and Vern
Parker, whose terms expire.
Petitions may tie picked up
from Mayor George Cartwright,
and must be filed by October 17.
Each nominating petition must
have th«1 signatures of at least
25 registered voters within the
community.
CITY MANAGER OUTLINES
THE OTY BUDGET AS
CONFIRMED BY AUDIT
the Nyssa Junior High School
band under the direction of Don
Neufeldt, and all dressed in
crazy clothes. Adults, kids and
pets who wish to dress up and
compete for prizes will be wel
come in the parade,
All participants are asked to
be at the school grounds at the
west end of Mam Street by
130 p.m. so that the judges may
award the prizes, and the parad«
will get underway at 2 p.m.
Dave Waldo will again be the
Nyssans During
head judge.
Michael’s Pharmacy will give
Last Year’s
prizes to the three winners in
the pet division. The Journal
will again award cash to the
Craziest dressed kids, with $5
for the first place, $3 for se
cond place, and $2 for third
place. The contest is limited
io kids in the 7tli grade and tie-
low.
Merchandise prizes are being
awarded by Bracken's r»ept.
Store, $5 for the craziest dres
sed male above the 7th grade,
Nyssa Firestone Store, $5 for
the craziest dressed female
above the 7th grade level, the
Nyssa Merc, $5 for the oldest
person wearing goofy garb, and
Wilson Bros. Dept. Store, $5
for the youngest person with a
costume entered in the contest.
The Nyssa Merchants As
sociation will again offer prizes
for the craziest dressed em
ployees. They are up $15 for
1st place, $10 for second and
$5 for third.
These will be
merchandise certificates re
deemable at any Nyssa Store.
Gualified licensees of the
This thirteenth Crazy Days
promises to be the best ever, Vale District. Bureau of Land
and Nyssa Merchants suggest Management, are remindedthat
vou come for breakfast, stay for nominations for livestock re
lunch, see the parade, register presentatives to the advisory
for lots of prizes at every store, board must be in the district
take advantage of the bargains office on or before September
and fun, and have an enjoyable 25, George R. Gurr, district
manager, said today.
and profitable day.
Nominations are for three
NYSSA POLICE
year terms for a representative
COMPLETE COURSE from each of the three resource
areas
in the district. In
The entire Nyssa city police cumbents whose terms are ex
force lias successfully comple piring are Walter McEwen,
ted the National Emergency Me
Burns, Richard Russell, Vale
dical T.'chnicianCourse, Police
and Stanley G. Henry, Jordan
Chief Alvin A. Allen announced.
Valley.
The officers took the72-hour
Elections will be held in Oc
course on their off-duty hours
tober.
during a span of time from
February to May of this year,
Chief Allen said. The police
force, whose off-duty task it
is to operate the Malheur Me
morial Hospital ambulance, are
now qualified and nationally re
Anthropology 201, Archeolo
gistered as emergency medical gical Field Training, will be
technicians.
offered by Treasure Valley
Community College this fall to
16 students who have completed
Introduction to Archeology with
high grades. The class, under
the instruction of Ted Long,
(heran Church. Willadean Jo will excavate what appears to
hnson will teach. The organi be an Indian base camp habi
zational meeting for this class tation on theC.W. Moore ranch
northeast of Val«>
To date,
Is set for September 21
Basic Knit Sewing, two cre grind stones, points, and per
dits, will meet Mondays from haps camel tones have tieen
7 00 p.m. to 9 00 p.m. in room found on the site
Ttie dig. which is under the
N-5 of the Tech-Lab Building.
Edy Claudson will teach the joint direction of the Oregon
class which will organize Sep State Museum and Oregon State
University, will be conducted
tember 25
Tailoring, two credits, will all day Saturdays during fall
meet Tuesdays from 7 00 p.m. term. Winter term the class
to 9 00 p.m. in the St. Pam will work up the findings in a
Lutheran Church under the in lab situation. Only one other
struction of Carol Knolhe, The dig has been conducted m Mal
organizational meeting is Sep heur County, that was Rattle
snake Creek near Jordan
tember 19.
A minimum class enrollment Valley.
Long served as Assistant
must be met for these classes
Field Director for the Univer
to make.
sity of Pittsburgh Training
Two Continuing Education School for Archeology in 1970
Home Furnishings Labcourses, and has done other field work
one in upholstery and one in in southern Idaho and Mexico.
floral arrangement, areoffered He holds an MA from the Uni
versity of the Americas and is
fall term.
a
PhD candidate at the Univer
Upholstery meets Tuesday
evenings from 7:00 p.m. to9:00 sity of Pittsburgh
Dcudlinr Nears
For Nominations
Anthropology
(bourse Ottered
Continuing Ed Classes
Announced At TVC( 2
Macramé, a two cr«'dit hob
by course, will appear for tin
first time on the Treasure Val
ley CommunltyCollege office of
Continuing Education sche
dule this fall. The class will
be taught by Mrs. Rolosonfrom
7 00 p.m. to 9 00 p.m. Thurs
day evenings in th«' Adminis
tration Building Physical Scie
nce Lab. The organizational
meeting and registration will
be September 19. A minimum
class enrollment is required for
the class to make, since stu
dent fees must pay the cost
of running the class.
Chines«« Cookery, Hire«« « re
dits, will tie offered by the
Treasure
Valley Community
College Office of Continuing
Education this fall in ttie On
tario Junior HighSchool Home
Economics room. Five basic
Chinese dishes will be taught.
Students will observe a lec-
ture/demonstration at one class
and will prepare the dish stu
died at the next « lass meeting, p.m. in the Women’s Clubhouse
The meeting times are M«>n- beginning September 19. The
days from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 instructor will be Denny But
p.m. Organization and regis- ler. Registration and the first
tration will be September 25. meeting for this twocredit class
A minimum class enrollment will be September 19.
is required for this class to
Floral Arrangement,alsotwo
make. For further information, credits, will be taught by Ron
call Pauline Coleman at 889- Palmer. It will meet Wednes
6493 ext. 45.
days from 7:00p.m. to9:00p.m.
*»*•»»*•
in the Physical Science Lab lo
Three clothing classes are cated in the Treasure Valley
scheduled this fall by the Trea Community College Adminis
son1 Valley Communitycollege tration Building Organisation
Office of Continuing Education. and registration will tie at the
Basic Clothing Construction, first class meeting September
two credits, will meet Thurs 20. A minimum class enroll
day evenings from 7 00 p.m. ment must be met for these
to 9 00 p.m. in St. Paul Lu- courses to make.
Rank Debits
I p In July
Bank debits for the 8 re-
porting banks including Har
ney and Malheur counties were
up in July, 1972, compared to
July, 1971, the University of
Oregon Bureau of Business and
Economic Research has re
ported.
Debits for July, 1972 totaled
$50,259,000. For Jun.-, 1972,
the total was$53,702,000 and for
July, 1971, the total was $49,-
558,000.
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National Onion Meeting
In Ontario Sept. 29-30
Arrangements
have
been
made for the Idaho-Oregon
onion growing area to host the
1972 Western Regional —eat
ing of the National Onton As
sociation. This meeting will be
held in Ontario on September
29 and 30, 1972.
Events for this onion meet
ing will begin Friday afternoon
with a tour of the onion in
dustry of the Treasure Valley.
Shig Hironaka, an Ontario gro
wer-shipper, indicates that out
of-town guests wishing to be
part of this tour are asked tobe
at the Moore Hotel in Ontario
at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Joe Saito, an Ontario onion
grower, will be Master of Ce
remonies for a banquet to be
held Friday evening at the East
Side Cafe in Ontario which pro
mises
to include several
interesting program items.
George Hironaka of the Oregon-
Slope area and Mas Kido of
Parma, both onion growers,
urge all onion industry people
Hospital District
To Elect Directors
Voters in th«' Malheur M«
monal Hospital District will
elect two directors for four-
vear terms at the general elec
tion November 7. The terms
of Everett Heldt and Ted Mor
gan will expire this year.
Nominating petitions may be
obtained at the hospital business
office. They must have the sig
natures of at least 25 registered
voters of the district, and must
be filed by October 9.
to obtain tickets for the ban
quet from any director of the
Malheur and Southwest Idaho
union Growers Associations or
from the Associations' offices
located in Ontario and Parma.
Saturday noon will see the
National Onion Association hold
its general meeting at the East
Side Cafe in Ontario. Kay Te-
ramura, National Onion Asso
ciation trustee from Ontario,
said all onion industry people
are welcome to attend this event
and to exchang,- ideas with onion
people from all corners of the
U. S.
Warren Henninger, Malheur
County Extension Agent, urges
all onion growers of this Trea
sure Valley area to attend this
national onion meeting and to
learn about the onion industry
of other onion growing areas
of the U. S. from the indi
viduals themselves represen
ting these areas. The last time
these meetings were held in
Ontario was in 1968 with last
year’s meeting being held in
Los Angeles, California.
WEATHER
DATE
MAX
MIN
Sept. 13
67
46
Sept. 14
75
40
Sept. 15
80
41
Sept. 16
84
42
Sept. 17
89
42
Sept. 18
84
48
Sept. 19
68
45
Sept. 20
38
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
9/20/72 460,100 Acre Feet
9/20/7 1 483,030 Acre Feet
Equitable Savings# Loan
To Open Ontario Office
Formal dedication of the new
Ontario Office of Equitable Sa
vings will take place Tuesday,
September 26 at 10 00 a.m ,
according to Robert Brownlee,
manager. The new office is lo
cated at 1094 S. W. Fourth Ave
nue.
Equitable president, W. E.
Love, the Equitable Board of
Directors, and Ontario city of
ficials
will be present to
assist
in the ribbon-cutting
ceremony.
The new Ontario office is a
single
story cement block
structure with stone facing and
approximately 1700 square feet
working space. The area around
the office will tie landscaped
with sod, stone and native
shrubs. Th«« building is air-
conditioned and there is space
for thirteen customer off-str« « t
parking places.
According to Brownlee, the
Grand Opening celebration will
last two days w ith refreshments
and gifts for everyone. The
first 50 women visiting the
office on Tuesday and Wednes
day will receive a Rogers cry
stal relish dish and silver ser
ving spoon. In addition, cus
tomers opening new accounts
of $2000 or more will re
ceive a Rogers stainless ste« I
water pitcher. New accounts
of $1000 will qualify the de
positor to a choice of either a
two-piece
Rogers stainless
steel combination vegetable dish
or a 12-inch Rogers stainless
steel tray. For deposits of$500
customers
will receive a
Rogers stainless steel salt and
pepper shaker set.
Customers are also invited to
register in the grand priz««
drawing for a four-piece stain
less steel Rogers coffee ser
vice. Drawings will lw held at
noon and 4 p.m. on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day.
Fencing Bids
Asked Bv BLM
Some 33 miles of barbed w ire
fence will be constructed this
fall in the Vale District, Bureau
of Land Management, George
R. Gurr, district manager, an
nounced this week.
A tour of the areas to be fen
ced will leave from the Shell
station at McDermitt, Nevada
at 7 00 a m. PDT Wednesday,
September 27. The individual
fencing projects are Buckskin,
12 miles. Payne Creek, three
miles. Trout Creek, five miles,
all located 25 miles northwest
of McDermitt. Mud Creek, four
miles, Road Reservoir Exclo
sure, one-half mile, Dog Lake,
six miles and Bogus Lake, one
mile, all located north of Jor
dan Valley.
Gurr said bids can tie sub
mitted by item or for the en
tire contract.
Interested bid.k rs are asked
to bring their own four wheel
drive transportation and a
lunch.
Date for opening of bids has
not been announced by the BI M
Portland Service Center.
At the last regular Council
meeting Mr. John Denenk, pu
blic accountant, presented the
Audit of the books of the C ity
of Nyssa for the fiscal year
1971-72 which ended June 30,
1972. The audit confirmed the
financial report prepared by
Mr. Rinehart for the year's end
and confirmed the operation as
per the budget.
City Manager Fred Koch said
that the budget is divided into
six funds. The General Fund,
the Street Fund, the Water De
partment Fund, the Sewer De
partment Fund, the Swimming
Pool Fund and the Bond Fund.
The General Fund contains
all of the operations at the City
Hall, such as the City Clerk,
Municipal Judge, the City Man
ager's Office, this is one de
partment.
The General Fund
also includes the Police Depart
ment,
Parks and Cemetery
Department, Health and Sani
tation Department, the Fire De
partment and the City Library.
This Department receives its
money from several sources
Franchise Fees, Fines, State
Liquor and Cigarette Tax Ap
portionment
and
Property-
Taxes.
Taxes make up ap
proximately 35 per cent of the
income for this department.
The manager pointed out that
some of these items do vary
quite a bit from year to year,
such as fines and the State Li
quor and Cigarette tax refunds.
The Street Department Funds
come from the State Gas Tax
Apportionment and local pro
perty taxes. In this connection,
the $13,000.OOfive-year special
tax levy, which has been voted
upon, is in it's last year.
The Water Department re
ceives
its income from the
water service charges, which
are sufficient to cover it's op
erating costs.
The Sewer Fund is in the same
position.
The Swimming Pool Fund re
ceives most of its income from
property taxes. The income
through admissions does not
quite cover the cost of salaries
and wages.
The Bond Fund is totally de
pendent upon taxes.
For all of these operations
the year-end repirt shows an
income of approximately 463,-
000 dollars actual as compared
to 461,000 dollars budgeted
which is an overage of appro
ximately $1,500.00. Over the
past five years the General
Henigson Awarded
Whitman Honors
Do Y on Need
a Slave?
Whitman College of Walla
Walla awarded Undergraduate
Honors
for high academic
Do you need a slave for an achievement during the 1971-
eight hour day'.’ If you do, com« 72 school year. The announce
to the Nyssa High FFA slave ment of the awards was made
sale at 7 p.m. in the high last Sunday at the annual Fall
school cafeteria September 28. Convocation, formally opening
Roger Baker, a former NHS Whitman’s 113tti year.
Among those honored was
FFA member,
will be this
year's auctioneer. He has tieen Stuart Henigson, son of Mr. and
auction« « ring for Nyssa mem Mrs. Harold Henigson, Nyssa.
To be eligible for the award,
bers for several years now.
Preceding the slave sale will the student must have received
be a free chili feed for all. a grade point average of not
If you are not able to attend less than 3.65 in not fewer than
the sale, but want to buy a 30 hours of college work dur
slave call Deryl Leggett, Nyssa ing the academic year. Stuart
FFA advisor,
Robbins, or achieved a perfect 4 0. He will
graduate in the spring of 1973.
Bill Holmes.
Ol I) NUMBER 8444 steams through Nyssa
belching smoke and blasting her whistl«« as
crowds gather outside the station and at
Fund has provided for some
substantial cost expenditures.
The purchase of a new fire en
gine to the extent of more than
$24,000 00. The establishment
of an employee's retirement
fund which is a yearly item of
approximately $5,500.00. The
increase of the police force
from four men to six men which
entails the need for two patrol
cars t< make the department
effective.
A library budget
which increased from $3,500.00
five years ago when we had
only a one room library to last
year 's budget of $20,000.00 Plus
a general rise in cost through
out all departments. The total
actual budget expenditures for
the fiscal year showed$7,400.00
less than budgeted. It should
be obvious that this does not
leave any room for any special
services much as they might be
desired in some areas.
Koch said that the raise in
the current budget over last
year's budget is primarily due
to general increased costs such
as a substantial increases in
the city’s contribution for So
cial Security Taxes, the Em
ployee’s
Retirement
Fund,
Insurances,
an approximate
four per cent raise in wages,
the special dog control funding
and the rise in cost of all areas
of doing business.
During these years, Koch
said, we have been able to pro
vide these services w.thout ex
ceeding the six per cent limi
tation as provided for by legis
lation.
The raise which the
budget may take within this six
per cent limitation is limited
only to those items that are
operating costs, they do not
include the bond issues nor the
special levies voted on, so that
it actually permits a raise of a
portion of the budget only
In the matter of wages, while
we are in a reasonable area,
we are in the |ower average of
cities of our size in the State
of Oregon. As an example of
wages, any one of our jiatrol-
men could start with the State
Highway Police with a consi
derable higher salary than we
are able to pay. We did lose
one man to a higher paying si
tuation during this past year.
The property owner is re
sponsible for the general main
tenance of property and it is
the property owner’s responsi
bility to keep his property in
reasonable appearnace, and this
of course includes the control
of weeds. It would be well if
all residents were to keep their
property in good appearance
including the alleys.
It is definitely indicated that
we must provide for improve
ments to our water system. The
City Manager's office is pre
paring a report in this area
as to needed improvements.
We also will be confronted with
the replacement of our city-
owned equipment, such as the
ba< khoe, street sweeper, etc.,
and should be able to develope
more funds toward this.
If any interested resident
wishes to come into the office,
we have several copies of the
budget and the audit report
which we can make available.
Or if you have any questions re
garding either we certainly
would try to answer them, the
manager said.
spots throughout the valley. Over 600 people
rode the train from Boise to Weiser and tack
in a nostalgic view of the past.