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Nyssa Gate City Journal
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67th Year, 9th Issue
Nyssa, Oregon
Thursday, March 1, 1973
ANNUAL CAREER DAY
AT TVCC PLANNED FOR
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
A Career Day has been set
for Saturday, April 21,atTrea-
sure Valley Communitycollege
for any interested ninth to
twelfth grader in the county.
This event is a cooperative ef­
fort of Treasure Valley Com­
munity College and the Mal­
heur County Extension Office.
The Extension Youth Advisory
Committee identified the career
aspect as a concern of youth,
and Steve Jaeger, committee
member, is coordinating the
event.
Pre-registratlons fortheCa-
reer Day will be sent tb area
schools during the week of
March 5. Studentswill then have
the
opportunity of choosing
three occupational
Interest
areas out of more than one
hundred areas and return the
pre-registration along with a
$1.00 registration and luncheon
fee to the Extension Office. On
Career Day each student will
be able to visit resource per­
sons in the occupational inte­
rest areas of his choice in
the morning, enjoy an outdoor
noon picnic lunch and recrea­
tion at noon, and attend a Trea­
sure Valley baseball game In
the afternoon.
The Youth Advisory Commit­
tee, which is composed of youth
and adults from throughout the
county, has been set up by the
Malheur Cooperative Extension
in accordance with the affir­
mative action plan. Affirmative
action calls for plans to eli­
minate any discriminatory pra­
ctices that might exist in pro­
grams conducted by the Coope­
rative Extension Service.
To date, the committee mem­
bers have discussed and iden­
tified many problems and con­
cerns of youth in accordance
with the primary goal of pro­
viding a meaningful, educational
experience for all young peo­
ple of Malheur County.
Some of the concerns of youth
as identified by the committee,
other than the Career aspect,
are in the areas of recreation,
social, health, community in-
THE CAPITAL SINGERS from Boise’s Capital HighSchool,
volvement, responsibility and
under the direction of Jerry Vevlg, made Sunday afternoon at
self identity.
the Jim Robinson Benefit Show a very happy occasion. This
vivacious group, with their own accompanists in the form of
of a 7-piece band, were exceptional.
At right is the barbershop quartet, with Gary Condon, Larry
Bauman, Don Neufeldt and Duane Buchtel, who added much to
the program.
Carl Tyler was master of ceremonies, and the program in-
1. The Council hereby ex- eluded a vocal group. The Sunshiners, and songs by Jerry Sloan.
presses its full confidence in
Aft°r the program, a check for $1,400 was turned over to the
Judge Dorroh and the excellent Jim Robinson family. This and the money raised by the money
manner in which he is per­ tree totals nearly $2,000 in community effort to help this family.
forming as presiding judge of
the Juvenile Court.
2. The Council recommends
to the citizens of Malheur
County that they oppose the re­
call movement of Judge Dorroh,
which is now being attempted.
Senator Mark Hatfield said
The Senate also will schedule
Thursday that "today’s nostal­ hearings on the issue of de­
gia craze includes a yearning clining mail service. Hatfield
for the old days when the mall said he plans to submit testi­
service was more reliable than mony at the hearings, citing
the weather forecasts.“
•»ample«- off problems that ha . <■
Winners of the Ontario Elks
Citing complaints about de­ arisen in Oregon.
annual most valuable student clining mail service. Senator
"Local Postmasters trying
contest have been announced Hatfield said that "this is the
to provide good service in their
by LaGrande Larsen, contest greatest
single constituent area often are hampered by
chairman.
complaint I am receiving now.” counterproductive orders from
Hatfield recently was named the regional or national level,”
to the Senate Appropriations Hatfield said. “Some orders
Subcommittee which reviews appear to have been given with
the local Postal Service bud­ no idea of the local sitaation.”
get.
He said he
"will go
Hatfield cited the example of
over the budget request with Ontario, whose mail is pro­
a microscope to find how the cessed in Portland even when
public subsidy can be better mailed from neighboring eas­
channeled to improve mail ser­ tern Oregon towns. He said the
vice.”
local newspaper has Its urgent
mail sent to Payette, to avoid
the delay. Newspaper personnel
then cross the border to pick
up the mail.
The
Amalgamated Sugar
Company factory whistle blew
at 3 50 a.m., Sunday morning,
signaling the end of the slicing
of beets.
Tuesday, the last
sugar was produced, ending the
139-day campaign which started
last October 9.
Ray Larson, district mana­
ger, laid 830,000 tons of sugar
beets were processed. This is
considerably above one year
ago when 730,000 tons were
processed. The Nyssa district
harvested 34,000 acres, with
66,000 acres in the entire Nyssa
and Nampa districts. This
year’s
campaign produced
2,150,000 100-pound bags. The
plant manager noted the sugar
content is down some from last
year. He accounted for the drop
by both weather and storage
conditions.
Prices appear strong, the
manager said, as less sugar is
being shipped into the United
States.
Larson said there was no
quota for farmers raising sugar
beets last year and it appears
Hunter Safety
Course Offered
Monday evening at 7 p.m.,
March 5, a Hunter Safety Class
will be field at the City Library
meeting room. This class is
sponsored by the Nyssa 4-H
Rifle Club for the youth who
wish to acquire a Hunter Sa­
fety card.
Any boy or girl who plans to
’ hunt is reminded that he must
complet
a
Hunter Safety
Course, pass a written exa­
mination and be issued a card
of completion, before he can
legally hunt.
For more information contact
Harold Kurtz, Phone 372-2476.
Top boy winner was Joseph
Scott Ableman, Nyssa, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ableman,
and top girl winner was Penny
Sue Hawker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Deloy Hawker, New
Plymouth.
Each received $150 scholar­
ships and will be entered in the
district contest in Ontario.
Other winners, selected by
the faculty of their schools were
Launa Schulthies, Nyssa, I^rry
Lauer and Patty Sasaki, Fruit­
land, Marty Fujishin and Mary
Looney, Adrian, Janie Burns,
Nancy Sitz and Richard Der-
man, Ontario; Richard Vickery,
New Plymouth and William T.
Moore and Linda Powers, On­
tario.
Each received $25.
FRATERNAL GROUPS
FORMS MAILED
Malheur County Assessor
Oscar Bratton said that forms
have been mailed to fraternal
organizations as required by
the Department of Revenue, for
the certification of the organi­
zation’s status in regard to
whether they restrict member­
ship due to race.
These forms should be fil­
led out and returned as soon
as possible so that the pro­
perty tax status of the local
chapter can be determined. Al­
though the Department ofReve-
nue has made rulings in favor
of exempt status of some fra­
ternal organizations on evi­
dence ofthe organization’s rules
and regulations, it is still ne­
cessary that the local chapters
certify that they also do not
discriminate due to race.
Counterfeit Money
To Be Displayed
A
display of counterfeit
money may be seen at the U.S,
National Bank all next week.
Manager Don Young said that
the
Treasury Department,
through the Federal Reserve
Bank, Is making it available.
AH those Interested are in­
vited to stop by and see the
display, and try to pick out
the geniune money In compari­
son to the counterfeit money.
w i vu h r
NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS who
will journey to Corvallis this weekend for the
State Wrestling Tournament at Oregon State
University are front row from left, Sam
Hartley, 98 pounds and a season record of
21-1-1; Manuel Perez, 130 pounds (21-1-1-)
and Scott Ableman, 168 pounds (20-1).
Rear row, Coach Mel Calhoun, Dar Haney,
157 pounds (18-3), and Curt Lords, 178
pounds (21-3).
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These wrestlers earned their trip to state
by their finishes in ihe district tournament
at Madras last weekend Each finished first
in his weight except Ableman, who was second.
Nyssa finished secomf to Crook County in the
tourney, and Manuel Perez was selected as
the tournament’s outstanding wrestler, an
honor lie won also at the Nyssa Invitational
Tournament in December.
MIN
DATE
MAX
Feb. 21
25
45
21
Feb. 22
46
26
Feb. 23
52
25
Feb. 24
46
34
Feb. 25
59
36
Feb. 26
60
34
Feb. 27
60
36
Feb. 28
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
2/28/73 599,950 Acre Feet
2/28/72 588,270 Acre Feet
Sugar Company
Slates Banquet
The
Amalgamated Sugar
Company will hold their annual
"end of campaign” banquet Fri­
day, March 9, according to
Glenn Palmer, chairman.
The banquet will be held at
the Rodeway Inn in Boise at
8 p.m., with a social hour
beginning at 7 p.m.
All employes are invited to
attend and tickets are available
at the office and must be pur­
Local dairymen will have an chased in advance.
opportunity to review the new
DHIA
program.
President
"Scotty” Joe Payne and his
board of directors will outline
operational procedures of the
program at a meeting March 7,
Police Chief Alvin Allen an­
1:30 p.m. at Vale Grange Hall nounced the recent promotion
according to Ray Novotny, of Patrolman Panfilo (Pancho)
County Agent.
Rios to sergeant, replacing
DHIA can help dairymen eco­ Phillip Sweet who resigned Feb­
nomically in decision-making ruary 1 from the Nyssa Police
programs beneficial to their Department.
industry, Novotny stated. With
Sergeant Rios will be on a
high feed costs and without pro­ six month probationary period
duction records, it is impos­ prior to full appointment.
sible to cull poor producing
Board of Police Standards and
cows the agent emphasized.
Training notified this depart­
Payne
stressed the im­ ment today that Sgt. Rios has
portance of all producers atten­ been awarded his Intermediate
ding this informative meeting to Certificate. This is the second
learn about the new
DHIA step in a Police Officer certi­
program
in evaluating its fication, requiring at least 4
merits for the individual pro­ years of police experience and
ducers.
a two year college degree.
Other directors are Richard
Chamberlain, Vice-president;
Donna Faw, Secretary, Elvord
Roy and Lee Monee.
Rios Promoted
To Sergeant
Scott Ableman
The Department of Revenue
on January 25 distributed pay­
ments totaling $60,950.97 to 25
counties in which private rail­
road car companies operate.
These are the proceeds from
administration of ORS 308.640
under which the Department
levys and collects the ad va­
lorem tax on those private rail­
road car companies whose pro­
perty value in Oregon is less
than $300,000.
The taxes collected each year
under this law are distributed
to each of the counties in pro­
portion to property taxes paid
in each county by private car
companies
having property
value greater than $300,000. The
money goes into the county ge­
neral fund.
Malheur County received
$593.15 from this source.
there will be none this year.
The manager said meetings with
the growers
are scheduled
March 1 in an attempt to reach
an agreenent on a contract.
During the harvest season,
800 people are employed by
the Nyssa factory and for the
period of the campaign of slic­
ing beets and making sugar, 600
to 650 are employed. Theyear-
around staff number 150 to
175.
Larson said the payroll at
Nyssa's factory during the cam­
paign was approximately $1.75
million with a year-round pay­
roll of $2.5 million.
Dairy Herd
Improvement
Sen. Hatfield Hears
Post Office Complaints
County Receives
Railroad Tax
Ten Cents
NYSSA FACTORY ENDS
CAMPAIGN, 830,000 TONS
OF SUGAR PROCESSED
Juvenile Advisory Council
Supports Judge Dorroh
The Malheur County Juvenile
Advisory Counsll, at its meeting
of February 26, passed by un­
animous vote Hie following re­
solution.
Memtiers present
were Norman Poole, chairman,
Mrs. John Joyce, Mrs. Blan­
dino Herrera, Mrs. Earl Faw,
Dellln A. Erickson, and George
Maeda.
RESOLUTION
The Malheur County Juvenile
Advisory Council is charged by
law with the duty of stimulating
community interest in the pro­
blems of children and the pro­
blems of the juvenile depart­
ment. Many of the members of
the Council have worked with
Judge Jeff D. Dorroh for se­
veral years since jurisdiction
over juvenile
matters was
transferred from th«« County
Court to the Circuit Court, and
in connection with performing
their duties, Council members
have visited the Juvenile Court
In session and have observed
Judge Dorroh conducting the
operation of theCourt and hand­
ling the juvenile matters that
come before him.
As a re­
sult, the Council members are
of the opinion that the best
interests of juveniles are being
served by the manner in which
Judge Dorroh is conducting the
Juvenile Court. Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
MALHEUR COUNTY JUVENILE
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Thunderegg Capital
TVUAC NOMINATIONS ’
MEETING SET FOR
FRIDAY, MARCH 7
Nominations for the Treasure
Valley UnitedActionCommittee
board of directors will be held
Friday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m, at
the multi-purpose room at the
primary building of the Nyssa
schools.
The meeting will be con­
ducted by Ruben Lopez, chair­
man of the Nyssa-AdrianChap-
ter with assistance from some
of the members.
Those nominated will run for
election on Friday, March 23
at 7:30 p.m. at the multi-pur­
pose room. According to the
largest amount of votes, the
first four will serve on the
TVUAC board for a term of
three years.
All persons 18 years of age
and older in the Nyssa-Adrian
area are invited to attend the
meeting.
LOCAL STUDENT
ELECTRONICS GRAD
Cleveland, Ohio--Graduation
of Clayton R. Pett, Rt. 2, Box
241, Parma, from Cleveland
Institute of Electronics (CIE)
has been announced by Dr. Ge­
rald O. Allen, President.
Mr. Pett is a graduate of
CIE’s First-Class FCC License
program. The course is speci­
fically designed
to prepare
students for the First-Class
FCC License examination.
In addition to training in ba­
sic electronics, this course
prepares students to operate,
maintain
and
troubleshoot
broadcast, marine, aviation,
microwave, mobile andcitizen-
band equipment.
Founded in 1934, Cleveland
Institute of Electronics today
is the world’s largest school
specializing
exclusively in
electronics training. More than
52,000 students--military and
civlllan--currently are studying
intermediate through advanced
electronics with the Institute.
Nyssa Receives
Highway Funds
The semi-annual apportioning
(
of
the State Highway Fund to
i
the
incorporated cities of Ore­
( gon was made today by the State
j Highway Commission.
Funds to be released by the
Commission total$8,003,972.59
which will be distributed to 15 Billion Miles
236 incorporated cities in Ore­
gon whose combined population Traveled In Oregon
now totals 1,247,350. The allo­
More than 15 billion miles
cation is based on the statu­
tory 12 percent for the pe­ (15.242) were traveled in Ore­
riod July 1 through Decem­ gon during 1972, according to
estimates of the Motor Vehicles
ber 31, 1972.
Division. The figure represents
The fund comes from the a seven percent increase in
following sources; motor ve­ travel over 1971.
The estimate is based on
hicle registration and opera­
tors’ license fees, gasoline tax, gasoline gallonage sold in the
use fuel tax, motor carrier state and reportedto the agency,
The state’s mileage death
fees, and fines and penalties
collected for violations of the rate last year, based on the
size and weight statutes where number of people killed in each
complaints were made by the 100 million miles traveled, was
Highway Division weighmas­ 4.81--the lowest ever recorded
in the state even though a traf­
ters.
fic death record was established
Population figures are as of with 733 deaths.
December 31, 1972, and are
The safest month of the year
furnished by the Center for on a mile for mile basis was
Population Research and Cen­ March with a death rate of 3.7
sus, Portland State University. February and July had the hi­
The City of Nyssa received ghest death rates with 5.6 per­
$16,860.99 based on a popula­ sons killed in each 100 mil­
tion of 2,670.
lion miles.
Nyssa Science
Students Picked
Students and teachers from
64 Oregon high schools have
been selected to participate in
the fourth annual Oregon Junior
Science and Humanities Sym­
posium March 8-10 at Oregon
State University.
A total of 135 top students
will be included and62 science­
humanities teachers. Three na­
tional lecturers and 21 O6V pro­
fessors will speak and lead
discussions on "Interrelation­
ships Among Science, Techno­
logy and Society.”
The program at O6U is one
of 30 in the U.S. Food and
lodging are provided for stu-
dents and teachers from a
$5,500 U. S. Army Research
Office grant. Participants and/
or their schools pay travel ex­
penses.
Participants will include;
Mary L. Omberg, teacher. Max
Elguezabal, Sonia Saito, Laura
Stunz and Rod Lewis, students,
Nyssa high school.
Vale <»irl
U.P. Winner
Brenda Romans, Vale, Is one
of eleven outstanding Oregon
4-H members to be awarded
a $400 scholarship from Union
TEACHER AND PUPIL, Miss Mary Om­
Pacific Railroad, announced Ron
Mobley, Malheur County Ex­
berg and Rod Lewis, have been invited to
tension Agent.
attend the National Science and Humanities
The annual scholarships are
Symposium to be held in May at the U. S.
awarded to deserving members
Military Academy, West Point, New York.
of 4-H and Future Farmers of
Rod was selected as one of the winners
America in 198 counties ser­
in the Oregon Junior Academy of Science
presentations held February 24 at Oregon
ved by the railroad in the Wes­
State University in Corvallis.
He will
tern United States.
also present his project entitled "An Analysis
of Saliva with Emphasis Upon Its Healing
Properties” on March 9 at the Oregon
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
at 06U.
Rod is one of six Oregon students to go
back to West Point, and Miss Omberg was
selected as the Oregon instructor to ac­
company the group.
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