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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97UO3 Nyssa Gate City Journal 67th Year, 14th Issue The Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thusday, April 5, 1973 ANNUAL CANCER CRUSADE UNDERWAY, VOLUNTEERS WILL CALL THIS MONTH The Annual Cancer Crusade of the American Cancer So ciety Oregon Division, started April 1 and will continue through April. In addition to seeking funds to finance programs in re search, education and service, volunteers will distribute edu cational materials as well. The theme of the American Cancer Society's April Cru sade is worth repeating: "We want to wipe out cancer in your i lifetime." Those nine words speak vo- lumes. They tell of a trend in the medical attack on cancer which gives reason for hope. In the late Thirties, fewer than one in five canctr patients was being saved. The following decade it was one in four. And today one of three hit by cancer is saved. With knowledge now available medical and scientific opinion holds that one of two cancer TVCC Vol ers Pass Budget Voters in the Treasure Valley Community College district ap proved the operating budget for the school in the second budget election Tuesday by a margin of 443 votes. Complete but unofficial count of the votes was 1,845 yes and 1,402 no for a total of 3,247, nearly 1,000 more than voted on the first proposal. The two Ontario precincts again gave r>verwhelmlng ap proval to the college with more tlian 80 per cent of those voting approving the budget Annex and Huntington also approved. Voting by precincts show Ontario 1, (TVCC) 905 yes, 204 no, 1109 total; Ontario 2, (Aiken), 319 yes, 70 no, 389 total, Huntington, 38 yes, 34 no, 72 total, Annex 21 yes, 20 no, 41 total Others were Pioneer, S’*, yes, 114, no, 153 total. Cairo, 86 yes, 106 no, 192 total, Nyssa 146 yes, 295 no, 441 total, Vale 199 yes, 344 no, 543 total. Wil- low Creek, 23 yes, 87 no, 110 total, Adrian, 55 yes, 80 no, 135 total. Harper, 14 yes, 48 no, 62 total. Voters had rejected the bud get proposal presented at the March 12, election by 45 votes. The new proposal was ap proximately $9,000 less than the first presentation, with an ope rating budget of $650,289. an increase of $55,244 over the operating budget for 1972-73. patients could be saved pro viding diagnosis and treatment come in time. The last 20 years have seen Important advances in the treat ment of cancer resulting from research. There have been im proved surgical techniques and radiation therapy. In some in stances, drugs have been ef fective against certain types of cancer. Indeed, many scien tists say that we have entered the era of significant develop ment of drugs against cancer. But there can be little dif ference of opinion about what is needed for the final conquest of this ancient enemy of man kind. The scientific efforts have to be broadened all along the line. This means more major cancer centers, more money for brainpower and manpower, more money for equipment, training and facilities. When an ACS volunteer comes to your home in April, re member the goal: "We want to wipe out cancer in your life time." So give generously! Mrs. J. L. Church is Nyssa chairman. Volunteer workers who will be calling on resi dents are Mmes. Verda Stein ke, Utah Rankin, Nellie Wah- lert, Nora Graham, Myrl Towne. Betty Rinehart, Kay Patterson, Dolores Ray, Eileen Oldemeyer, Karen Anderson, Marjorie Eastman, Jan Shell, Hazel Frost, Dorothy Manly, Marian Danford, Margaret Sage, Pat Marcum, Vera Paulus, Sal Morgan, Sadie Metcalf, Lillian Baker, Joy Matthews, Alta Stunz, Stella Morris and Mis ses Emma Snyder and Nina Vanetti. County Agent» Visit Chamber Ray Novotney, County Agent, and Marge Griffin, Home Eco nomist of the County Extension Office were speakers at the Nyssa Chamber of C<xnm<r. • meeting Wednesday noon. Novotney told about a for thcoming tour, called Top-Op, which will involve people touring facilities in the county with the aim of acquainting them with operations not familiar tothem. The tour is scheduled for May 19. Mrs. Griffin told about the opportunities for further educa tion of women in every phase of homemaking. She brought out that women spend 87^ of the family income, and in many cases are not knowledgeable enough to spend the money wisely. Walkathon To Aid March of Dimes Planned Nyssa High School and junior high students will be walking to Ontario in the first annual March of Dimes Walkathon, April 14 beginning at 8 30 a m. at the elementary building lawn. NHS journalism class is sponsoring this event which may become a tradition. Currently students are soli citing sponsors to pay them a certain amount for each mile they walk. Many cities in different states have this annual event which brings in large amounts of money for this fund raising project to help against the fight of birth defects for the children of tomorrow. In many towns not only do they holdthis walka thon for money but to bring people together in peace and harmony. Prizes will be awarded to: the oldest walker, first per son over fihish line, last per son over finish line, person with most sponsors, persons earning most money and cra ziest dressed person. Walkers will be fed at the end of the walk. Police will be on hand to guide the walkers. Checkpoint stands will be on both sides of the highway to stamp sponsor sheets, as well as water and first aid at these checkpoints. "Pooper trucks’’ belonging to the National Guard will be available for those who wish to drop out or be brought back. We urge adults to come out for this event and walk along with the students. Thunderegg Capital Experiences On Nyssa High School Choir Trip By Leann Bair After many months of col lecting pop bottles, stereo raf fles, flea markets and many other fund raising activities the Nyssa High School Concert Choir fulfilled its goal and went on tour. The morning of Satur day, the 17th, nearly 60 excited students boarded the buses. One driven by Mr. Robbins and the other by Mrs. Lords. Chape rones were Maxine Stringer and Adriana Kunkel. Sun Valley was the first des tination. We arrived about 1:30 in the afternoon where we had the opportunity of watching Bing Crosby, Michael Landon and Connie Stevens film the Bing Crosby Christmas Show. That night we were taken to the LES Chapel where we met some of the families we were to spend the night with. They were great people so we put on a concert for them Sunday afternoon. Leaving Sun Valley, Sunday afternoon, we traveled to Filer and held a concert at the Filer Nazarene Church. Wendell was our next stop so Sunday night we were given the facility of the Wendell High School gym to roll out our sleeping bags and sack out. We put on a concert the next morning for a very appreciative audience. Once again we packed up our suitcases and traveled to wlld horses in Malheur County last Thursday. Flying by Forest Service DC-3 airplane, the flight went south over Saddle Butte, Whitehorse Desert, Sheepshead Mountains, and a stop at the Rome airstrip before returning to Ontario over Mahogany Mountain, the Owyhee River Gorge, and Owyhee Lake; all spectacular from the air. In the top photo Connie Bateman, center, BLM range conser vationist explains to the newsmen some of the habits and history associa'' d rid tli.- wild *tule George Gurr, district manager of the Vale BLM, left, and Bob Kindschy, BLM big game biologist look on. The photos at right show three of the many herds seen from the airplane during the day. At one time, according to the three BLM officials, there were 200,000 wild horses roaming Eastern Oregon, and now there are about 2,000. Yet at the rate the herds are growing by the year 2,000 they will number 16,000 head, "Fragile desert plants would suffer severe damage; native wildlife such as pronghorn antelope, mule deer and bighorn sheep would be displaced, and the local ranching economy would be placed in jeopardy," Gurr said. Bateman said that someday the BLM must decide on some kind of manaawment. In the meantime, BLM officials are charged with administering the two-year old federal law aimed at protecting the wild horse. The wild horses seen last Thursday, with almost every herd numbering a large percentage of young foals, looked sleek and healthy as they thundered away from the banking airplane, uot used to any disturbance in their vast domain. I—II Leaders Forum Saturday “It’s the Real Thing" is the theme of the Eastern Oregon 4-H Leaders’ Forum tobecon- ducted April 7th in Pendleton. The Forum, scheduled for 9:30 i m. to 3:30 p.m. will be held in Morrow Hall on the Blue Mountain Community College Campus. 4-H Leaders from 9 Eastern Oregon Counties will be parti cipating in the forum. The counties involved include - Grant, Morrow, Union, Wal lowa, Wheeler, Gelliam, Baker, Umatilla and Malheur. •The Whole Child", "Invol ving Older Members”, "New Ideas for Old Leaders”, "What’s Your Goal?", and meeting and sharing ideas with other 4-H leaders will be part of ‘he program. Malheur County Leaders wish ing to attend this conference are asked to contact 4-H Youth Agent Ron Mott*} at 889-9129, as soon as possible so that arrangements for registration and transportation can be finalized. There is a regis tration fee of $2.85 per per son to cover cost of lunch and materials. Spring Concert Slated Tonight The Nyssa High School Mu sic Department will present their Annual Spring Concert, Thursday, April 5 (tonight) at 7;30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Featured in the concert will be the Prep Choir and Concert Choir under the direction of Gary Condon, and the High School Band directed by Don Neufeld. The Concert Choir will pre sent some of the numbers they sang while on tour in Southern Idaho and Utah. The band will also present various selections. Treasure Valley members of the National Farmers Organi zation were told to "get ready for a holding action," should the market for meats drop be low what the group feels is a fair and just price. A. G. Salfen of Weiser, feeder cattle representative for NFO called the meeting at the Nyssa collection center. Some 60 to70 farmers and ranchers attended the session. "We have to be prepared," Salfen said, commenting that if the meat boycott forces meat prices down, NFO will have to take action. "If necessary, we will use a holding action." The speaker said NFO is re cruiting and actively seeking support of those who are now non-members to join NFO as members. "We appeal for the support, sympathy and under standing of everyone." Salfen said meetings were be ing held all across the nation last night. He said, "we are meeting coast to coast, border to border, to disemínate the Gold Strike Another new business opened in Nyssa this week when Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tomjack announ ced the opening of a GoldStrike Suburban Redemption Center. The store is located adjacent to the Spic and Span Cleaning Center at 18 N. 3rd Street. Patrons may order their mer chandise from the Gold Strike Catalog, and pick it up a few days later. This will be a great convenience to those who have had to go to neighboring towns to redeem their Gold Strike Stamps, raufnagel, adviser, (standing) Mary Ann Estrada, Dwayne Ulrey, Steve Bosselman and Letty Rodriquez are organizing materials for the event. MIN MAX DATE 36 55 March 28 33 March 29 56 28 57 March 30 20 55 March 31 34 54 1 April 37 58 2 April 37 64 3 April 34 April 4 Owyhee Reservoir Storage Feet 4/4/73 707,630 Acre Feet 4/4/72 708,390 Acre We arrived at the Travel Lodge Motel, where we were to spend the next three nights, about 9:30 Monday night. Tues day morning brought with it the highlight of our tour. We had the opportunity of singing in the Mormon Tabernacle. At 12:00 we sat in the choir seats behind the beautiful pipe organ and wit nessed the daily organ recital. We then were able to sing three of our concert numbers. This proved to be a most thrilling experience, singing in a build- ding with such perfect ac oustics as this building has. Listeners related that our sound filled the Tabernacle in spite of the fact that the choir only filled a small fraction of the choir seats. A tour of Temple Square was conducted in which most of the choir members participated. Wednesday afternom we sang at Cypress High School, Magna, Utah. This school of over 1400 students was just a little larger than we were used to but we only sang for the choir mem bers. This concert ended the performances of our tour. We had some free time to shop, tour the city, or just rest every day. Thursday morning we packed our bags for the last time, loaded them on the U- Haul trailer and by 8:30 a.m. we were on our way home. The choir would like to thank all of the townspeople for every thing you did to help us make this tour possible. If it hadn’t been for all your support a trip and an experience such as this would have been impossible. LIONS CLUB PLANS ATHLETIC BANQUET The Nyssa Lions Club will hold the annual Athletic Banquet Thursday, April 12 at 7 p.m. in the Nyssa High School Cafe- torium. Bob Gibb, assistant direc tor of extended dayandsummer sessions at Boise State College, will be the main speaker. Gibb is a former Boise High School and University of Idaho coach, Robert C. Holmes, Nyssa, a and athletic director at the farmer who has been active in latter school. sugar offices for 18 years, has This popular event is hosted been named to head the nation’s annually by the Lions to honor largest sugar beet growers or all boys who compete at any ganization. level in high school and junior high athletics. viewpoint of the national NFO officers.” The speaker said members were told "a meetingon the hol ding action could be called at anytime." He expressed con cern over the emotional turmoil caused by the meatcott noting it is causing not only growers but feedlot operators and pac kers much concern. "Our wea pon is our product. Until we sell it, we do control it." Sal- fen stated and went on to com ment, "If we don’t take a stand and defend what we believe in, we’ve lost.” He asserted that the house wife is the victim of misinfor mation, noting that she is caught with a number of fixed pay ments. "She thinks food is too high when she doesn’t realize cars, clothing and most every thing else has jumped higher than food increases.” He also was concerned that the house wife considers many non-food items as "groceries.” He reminded the group that 16 percent of the expendable dollar, after taxes, goes for food. This, he said, is the lowest of any nation in the world and lower than it has been in years past in U.S.A, because farmers are producing greater abundance of food at a lower cost. "We are asking our members to stand by for any necessary action. We must stand united." Salfen concluded. Benefit Party Slated April 7 The Malheur Memorial Hos pital Auxiliary will hold their annual Benefit Card Party Sa turday, April 7 at 1:30 p.m. Hostesses for the event are: Mmes. Don Oldemeyer, Gale Christensen, Howard Myrick, Ken Danford. Donna Glenn, Glade Chadwick, Emil Stunz and Boyd Wilson. All Interested ladies will be called in the next two weeks by Auxiliary members, anyone in terested in playing who has not been contacted by April 4, is asked to please call Mrs. Ro bert Wilson, Auxiliary Pre sident at 372-2981. There will be a charge of $1.25 per person and proceeds from the party will be used to purchase a much needed wheel chair for the nursing home. MICHAEL S HOLDS LIQUIDATION SALE Charles Michael, owner of Michael’s Pharmacy, announced this week that he is liquidating the entire merchandise in the variety section of his store to make way for a new business that will lease the west side of his building. All merchandise must be out of the store by the end of this month. Michael said that the front section of the wall sepa rating the two stores will be closed off, and a gate which can be closed at night will be installed, allowing access be tween the two stores during the day. Michael's Pharmacy will make other changes in the store, adding counters and shelving in 125 Students were named to the remodeling of the present the winter quarter Dean’s List store. at Treasure Valley Community College. This honor is accorded students who earn a grade point of 3.25 (B plus) or better, while taking at least 14 credit hours. Neighbors and friends of Mrs. 31 of these scholars attained perfect grade point of 4.00 Jeannie Davis' family will spon (straight A), and they included sor a garage sale on Saturday, Raquel Escobedo, Rebeccar Ri April 7, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. bera and Gary Winchester, at 512 North Sth, Nyssa. Pro Nyssa, and Teresa Lane and ceeds from the sale will benefit the family which needs money to Vikki Price, Adrian. Students ranking between 3.25 pay medical expenses. Debbie Davis recently under and just short of 4.00 included Robert Holmes, Ralph Keilog went surgery in Boise, but is and Ervin Parrish, Nyssa, and home now and her condition has Bruce Ishida, Ronald McCor improved. Her family would like mick, John Mantle and Denise to thank all who expressedcon- cern during this difficult time. Mausling, Adrian. Red Cross Fund Drive Underway ROBERT HOLMES Holmes was elected Presi dent of the National Sugar Beet Growers Federation after ser ving as vice-president for the past year. Holmes lives on a farm with his wife Della and family, six and one-half miles south west of Nyssa. Nyssa PTA Elects Officers Election of officers was helc at the March 29 meeting of the Nyssa PTA. Those elected and who will take office in May are as follows: Mrs. Carl (Glenda) Barnes, president; Mrs. Ri chard (Christine) Mejia, vice- president; Glade Chadwick, treasurer, Mrs, Lloyd (Jean) Wood, secretary. The fund drive for the Ameri can National Red Cross m Mal heur County is rapidly drawing to a close according to Ivan Patrick, county fund drive chairman. Kenneth Nyce, manager of Stunz Lumber Company in Nyssa, has consented to act as a director from the Nyssa area, and is looking for volunteer help to complete the fund drive in Nyssa, Patrick said. The Red Cross has helped with substantial sums of money in the recent Harper flood, W ei ser flood, and other disasters disasters in the local area. The Red Cross blood drive costs considerable money, and Mal heur County owes $844 for these services. Nyssa has not contributed to the Red Cross since 1970, Pa trick said, and asks that any who can help, call Mr. Nyce. The Red Cross needs your help so that in time of need the Red Cross can help you! Rod Lewis Awarded I Year ROTC Scholarship T\ CU Xanies Honor Students Garage Sale for Debbie Davis WEATHER Jerome High School. A few years ago Jerome High School Choir sang at Nyssa while on tour. After a very satisfying concert we continued our jour ney to Salt Lake City. NYSSA GROWER HEADS SUGAR ORGANIZATION NFO Plans Holding Action For Meat Prices Center Opens PREPARING FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL March of Dimes Walkathon April 14, Nyssa High School’s journalism staff consisting of (front row) Vedas Estrada, Mr. Dale Sch- Ten Cents ROD LEWIS Rod Lewis, Nyssa High School senior, has received notifi cation that he has been granted a 4-year Army ROTC scholar ship, commencing with the 1973-74 school year, atthecol- lege or university of his choice. Financial assistance includes tuition, fees, books, laboratory costs and other purely educa tional expenses for a period of four academic years. The Army pays $100 a month for ten months of each school year, and during the 6-weeks summer en campment Rod will receive one- half of the base pay of a second lieutenant. Only a small number of the most outstanding high school students are selected for this honor, which leads to a com mission in the U. S. Army. Rod also received notice this week that he had been awarded a one month's expense paid trip to the National Youth Science Camp, representing Oregon at the West Virginia project. This camp is one of the most out standing science projects in the country.