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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97UO3 __ X X X X X » Nyssa Gate City Journal 67th Year, 12th Issue The Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, March 22, 1973 STATE LEGISLATORS TOUR TVCC, NYSSA RESOURCE AND DAY CARE CENTERS legislators about establishment of more port districts tn Ore gon and was told the state is looking toward possible esta blishments of more such dist ricts this in the hope of estab lishing a more favorable busi ness climate. McLean noted that the On tario Chamber of Commerce is researching feasibility of a port district and is hoping Vale and Nyssa are interested in a joint effort. College officials were ques tioned about vo-tech and trans fer courses and numbers in each program at the school. It was pointed out be Edwin Haynes, dean of Instruction, that the transfer program Is very valuable to those desiring to go on to acquire a four year degree and that there is a very great need in the vo-tech area. Members of the committee who visited the college included Rep. Phil Lang and Sen. Wil liam Holstrom, co-chairmen: and Senators Hetty Roberts, Ed Fadelay, Fred Heard, L.W, REGISTRATION FOR Newbry, Jack Ripper and Bill Stephenson, along with Repre TVCC SPRING TERM sentatives Keith Skelton, Har vey Akeson, William McCoy, Registration for spring term Mary Roberts, Stafford Han classes at Treasure Valley sel, and Robert Ingalls. * Community College begins Mon day March 26, In the Weese Building. Day registration ruas be tween the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., according to the fol lowing schedule of last name The Adrian PTA will hold its initial: next meeting Thursday, March 9 a.m., M - Q, 10 a.m., 29 at 8 p.m. in the grade school H - L; 11 a m., D - G; 1 cafeteria. Included on the busi p.m., A • C; 2 p.m., R ! - S. ness agenda is the election of 3 p.m., T - Z. new officers. Registration during the eve- Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnson ning runs frm 6-30 p.m. to will show slides of Australia, 8 30 p.m. and is open to any- where they spent a year teach one. Students may continue to ing. sign up for classes through The PT A wishes to thank the April 6. community for their support Continuing Education classes and all of those who helped to will register during the sche make the annual smorgasbord» duled class sessions. success. •' Board of Directors of Trea sure Valley Communitycollege lowered the proposed college budget by $9,000 last Wednes day night, and will submit the new budget to a vote on April 3. Cuts from the budget defeated Monday were made in the ad ministration’s proposed salary increases and by deferring con struction of the paint room for the proposed body and fender program at the school. The budget to be submitted to district patrons April 3 is for $650,297 a reduction from the $659,291 previously proposed. The administrator’s proposed increase was cut from 6.5 to 5.5 percent. Deferring con struction of the paint room will cut another$7,200from the bud get. The new figure arrived at Wednesday night reflects a 4.5 percent Increase over last year’s budget with the amount Debbie Davis Needs Our Help Adrian pta Marell 29 With the Idaho, Oregon, and Utah Sugarbeet Grower» As sociations and The Amalga mated Sugar Company reaching agreement for the 1973 sugar beet crop, company officials in Ogden, Utah are now completing the mdlvKiial contracts to the 3,000 plus growers working with ttie company. Preparation and distribution of the contracts is under the direction of Henry D. Zobell, vice president of Agriculture. The contracts, which will be delivered to the growers by the company's fieldmen, are essentially the same as the ones agreed to last year. The prospects for high re turns from this year’s beet crop look very favorable at this time, Zobell reports. "Under the provisions of the Sugar Act, there are no federal government allotments affecting local beet growers for 1973, consequently, our growers may plant as many acres as they want this year,” he added. The company’s fieldmen are available now for consulting work and services through the company's district offices lo cated at Lewiston, Utah, Burley, Twin Falls, Mountain Home, and Nampa, Idaho, and Nyssa, Ore gon. In addition to receiving assis tance in planning their beet crops, growers may obtain copies of the company’s 1973 Sugarbeet Growers Guide book from these fieldmen. WEATHERBY SAFETY REST AREA, just north of Lime on Interstate BON, is another in the series of rest areas along the newly constructed sections of the freeway expected Dr. Tanaka Appointed IO B<>ar<l Dr. Augustus M. Tanaka, On tario, has been appointed by Governor Tom McCall to the State Board of Health to suc ceed R. Donald F. Kelly, Port land, who has resigned. Tana ka's term will expire July 31, 1975. Tanaka has practiced in On tario since 1958. He graduated from the State University of New York Downstate Medical center, and specialiaes in ge neral surgery. He is former president of the Malheur County MedicalSo- ciety, the Eastern Oregon Dis trict Medical Society and the Oregon Medical Association. He served two years as al ternate delegate from Oregon to the American Medical Asso ciation. He also has served as medical director of the Mal heur County chapter of the American Cancer society. Director of Special Pro grams, Jeff Ford, reported that the advanced placement project being cooperatively developed by area high school and Trea sure Valley Communitycollege faculty had reached the point where objectives have been written for the subject areas at both levels. With these objec tives clearly stated, the par ticipating instructors are now developing examinations that would permit the capable high school student to demonstrate whether he had already mas tered the objectives of the col lege credit to be used at Trea sure Valley Communitycollege or transferred to another in stitution. Advanced placement exa minations will soon be available for one quarter credit in U.S. History, Bookkeeping, Drafting, Shop Procedures, Power Me chanics, Welding, Basic Agri cultural Mechanics, Trigono metry, and Biology. Two quar ter’s credit will be offered in Typing and Shorthand, and three quarters in Chemistry. Mr. Ford said that the fee schedule for advanced place ment services is being studied. One plan recommends the col lege part-time rate of $7.50 To Hear -Mule" E.E. (Rip) Miller, assistant athletic director at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, will be featured speaker at the Boise-Southeast Oregon Council of the Navy League meeting at the East Side Cafe in Ontario Friday evening at 7 p.m. Miller was one of the "Se ven Mules" of Notre Dame under Coach Knute Rockne, the famed "Four horsemen" were their temmates, and he is now a member of the National Foot ball Hall of Fame. Clint Bellows will be master of ceremonies, and tickets may be purchased prior to the din ner by contacting Gene Stunz, Nyssa. Bud Sappe, are acfing as co-advlsors for the Nyssa High School rodeo team. The meeting between the rodeo teams and the Horse Activities, Inc. group was held last Thursday night in the Nyssa council chambers. The latter group will act in a financial advisory capacity over the high school teams for this rodeo. Secretary for the rodeo will lx Mrs. Melvin Davis of Adrian. Higti school rodeos will tie held at John Day, Nyssa, Vale, and Burns, with the rodeo at Burns to determine the finalists in higti school rodeo competition and a chance for further honors. to be opened next summer. The single unit will serve both east and westbound traffic. (Oregon State Highway Division Photo) Advanced Placemen! Plans Being Developed By TVCC Navy League HIGH SCHOOl RODEO Team presidents Chuck Schaffeld of Ontario High School, seated left, and Don Sappe of Nyssa High School are shown signing an agreement be tween the two rodeo teams to co-sponsor a High Schiari Rodeo in Nyssa over Me morial Day week-end, May 26 and 27 at the Nyssa Rodeo grounds. Standing behind the two presidents, from left, are Al McGrath, Ontario High School Vo-ag teacher and rodeo team advisor, who will also be the announcer for the Nyssa Higti School Rodi o; Melvin Munn, president of the Horse Activities, Inc. of Nyssa, and Fred Child, who with Claudette Stelling and Ten Cents TVCC BUDGET CUT $9,000 . NEW ELECTION SET FOR APRIL 3 Members of the Joint Ways and Means committee of the Legislature toured the TVCC campus after lunch there Fri day, then visited the Day Care Center and the Multiservice Center in Nyssa. Possible division of the state into community college dist ricts was noted as one help to financing problems faced in the state. Emery Skinner, president of TVCC, told the committee members of the need for a new type of financing for education and school officials were ques tioned at length about the num ber of part time and full time students, in-district and out- of-distnct and out-of-state stu dents. Skinner told the group that the state line is a real barrier for students because young peope from Just across the Snake River have to pay out of state tuition. Fran McLean of the Ontario Industrial Committee asked the Amalgamated Distributes 1973 Beet Contracts Thunderegg Capital V* EAU I ER MAX MIN PR EC DATE March 14 32 53 March 15 57 27 March 16 30 60 March 17 51 31 March 18 53 20 29 March 19 57 54 33 March 20 .47 March 21 40 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 3/21/73 661,570 Acre Feet 3/21/72 680,740 Acre Feet per credit hourplusa$2.00tes ting fee. Of this amount, 3/4 be held applicable against the student’s tuition should he de cide to attend Treasure Valley Community College. The other 1/4 would revert to the student’s high school to assist with their advanced placement expenses. Treasure Valley Community College was the first of Oregon Community College’s to be se lected by the State Department of Education for this project. Special funds are assisting the college and the participating high schools in this pilot phase of the project. lax Exemption Deadline Nears Malheur County Assessor Oscar Bratton said today that all disabled veterans and ve teran widows that have not filed for War Veteran Property Tax Exemption as provided for by ORS 307.250 have until April 1st to file. This is an every- year requirement in order to obtain the exemption. Since April 1st is on Saturday the last day for filing is extended to April 3rd. Bratton said, if a Veteran or widow has filed previously and neglects to file by April 3rd., the Assessor is requiredtogive notice by mail not later than April 10th reminding them that they have not filed. If they wish to file they may by May 1st. of the current year, accom panied by a late filing fee of $10. The claim must be filed in the time specified or it cannot be allowed for the Assessment Roll for that year. Anyone having questions please < all 473-3192. Debbie Davis, daughter of Mrs. Jean Davis of Nyssa underwent skull surgery in February of this year at a Boise Hospital with partial suc cess. She is due for another operation as soon as the infect ion has subsided. At the pre sent time Debbie is in the hospital in Ontario with pneu monia as an after effect of the surgery. Cause of the illness is not completely known. Tests are being made to see if this disease or deterioration of the bone is also in her hip as x-rays seem to indicate. En virón men ta I Workshop Set The second Environmental Education workshop scheduled for area teachers and resource people will be held the first two weekends in April at Trea sure Valley Community Col lege, Mel Munn, chairman for the Malheur County Outdoor Ad visory committee announced this week. Dr. Jerry Tucker, Assistant Professor of Education, Boise State College, and local instruc tors will conduct the course which will, in part, teach stu dent involvement and develop ment of ecological understand ing and problem solving abili ties through collecting, record ing, and interpreting data, both in natural and urban environ ments. Debbie, a pretty little eight- year-old, is a third grade stu dent of Miss Betty Johnson, at Nyssa Elementary School, and has two brothers still at home and an older sister, Mrs. Richard (Pat) Cooper of Nyssa. Mrs. Davis has some medi cal insurance through Albert sons where she is employed. However it will not cover all of the present hospital expenses Also included in the course or upcoming medical expenses. will be developing activities, Mrs. Davis has also lost a great teaching aids, and other in deal of time from work to be structional materials to fit lo with Debbie making further cal environmental study areas hardships on the family. In an effort to help the family as well as other environmen tal goals and considerations. a Garage Sale will be held Saturday, April 7 at the Garold Interested persons may apply Ropp home at 512 N. Sth St., for the course in the Inter Nyssa. Anyone wishing to mediate Education Office, Mal donate anything of sale value can heur County Courthouse, no la leave it at 808 Locust in the ter than March 23. Cost of garage there or call either the course which carries both Bonnie Ropp, 372-3079 or Pam graduate and undergraduate Hiatt, 372-5066 or Virginia credit for three quarter hours, Jackson, 372-3661 and they will is $60 per person. pick up items for the sale from The first Environmental Edu you. All proceeds from the sale cation Workshop held in April 1972 was very successful and will go to Debbie Davis. Cash donations will also be accepted. beneficial. Munn noted. over the 1972-73 figure, about $28,000. The estimated levy would be down some too. Col lege officals said the proposed figure would require a levy of $2.36 per $1,000 true cash value. Last year the levy was figured at $2.38 and the defeated budget was calculated at $2.38 per $1,000. Increased valua tion can bring a further drop, officials pointed out. Kenny Goul, director of the auto mechanics department, said to hold off construction of the caccoon or paint room would not really hinder the proposed program this year as it is the second segment of the two year program. It might stop a few students who wanted only this particular part of the proposed body and fender program. Two ranchers present objec ted to removal of the proposed veterinary technician course and several board members said patrons they talked to also wanted that and the body and fender program left in the budget. Absentee ballots for the April 3 budget election are now avail able in the Administration Building of the college. Polls will be open from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. local time in eleven locations throughout the college district, April 3. Pol ling places are: Treasure Val ley Community College Admin istration Building, Aiken School, Pioneer School, Cairo School, Harper School, Vale High School, Adrian Grade School, Annex School, Hunting ton School, Nyssa Primary School, and WillowcreekSchool. 4-H Awards Contest Nears Malheur County 4-H mem bers may participate in local and national 4-H awards pro grams designed to recognize young people for their achieve ments says Ron Mobley, Mal heur County extension agent. Scholarships, trips and me dals are some of the awards available to older 4-H mem bers. To be eligible for na tional and state awards one must be 15 years old or older and have been in 4-H for at least three years. To be considered for scho larships and a trip to National 4-H Club Congress in Chica go members are asked to sub mit a national report form, a 4-H story, project pictures and project records for the past year. These records must be in the Malheur County Exten sion Office by March 26th so that they can be in the State 4-H Office by April 1. There are several project and activity areas that a4-H’er may apply. Anyone wishing tc apply for state and national awards are encouraged to con tact the Extension Office at 889-9129 for forms and infor mation. NOTICE Due to a shortage of help the Motor Vehicle Department re ported that the driver license examinations would be given in Nyssa Friday, March23 instead of the previously scheduled date of Friday, March 30. They will be held at the same times as previously scheduled and will be given at the Nyssa Library meeting room. Parent-Teacher ('conferences Parent-teacher conferences will be held Wednesday, Thurs day and Fridav afternoons, March 28, 29 and 30 at the Nyssa Schools. The Junior High and High School teachers will be avai lable Thursday evening from 7-9:30 on the days of the con ferences. Every parent should make an attempt to visit with each tea cher his student has at school. CONTRACT REACHED The Malheur Potato Bar gaining Association would like to announce a contract agree ment has been reached with J. R. Simplot Company for 1973, with some increase in the price of potatoes. NYSSA LIONS CLUB CHARTER NIGHT last week was featured by a talk by Helen Cable, Boise, who told Lions and their wives about her experiences undergoing two eye transplants. Shown with Mrs. Cable are, from left, Bill Hallock, Boise, vice president of the Idaho-Oregon Sight Foun dation and past - District Governor in 1967- 68, Clyde Linzv. Hevburn. Idaho, Governor of District 39-W, and Gene Chester, presi- dent of the Nyssa Lions Club. Charter night was held Tuesday, March 13, .it the Nyssa Eagles Hall with members of the Eagles serving dinner to Lions and guests from clubs throughout the district. Mrs. Cable was steadily going blind, and underwent the eye transplant surgery which now allows her to see through "the eyes of others". Sight conservation is the main program of Lions International.