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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97U03 X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal Th« Sugar City - 67th Year, 23rd Ittue Nysta, Oregon Orders from the Ninth Ju 1973. Legislation is now pending dicial District’s judge to trans fer jurisdiction over committ regarding the addition of cir ment of mentally ill or men cuit court persieinel, namely a tally deficient from the county judge protem or circuit court court to the circuit court were commissioner, to handle the In received Friday by Malheur creased work load which would County Judge Roy Hirai and be fed into the circuit courts Newton Hotchkiss, Harney by the transfer ot mental case County judge. jurisdiction. Hirai reported this morning Another order received Fri that the order, signed by Cir day from the circuit court judge cuit Court Judge Jeff D. Dor by the Malheur panel was that roh was filed with the county ordering an increase in Donna clerks of both counties on Fri- Calhoun's salary to $527 per month. Mrs. Calhoun is em day. Ttie current judicial powers ployed as circuit court secre of the county judges In Oregon tary and as a court transcript include those concerning pro reporter. She is currently re bate matters and presiding at ceiving $415 per month and mental case hearings. The the county court and budget com order from the circuit court mittee had recommended that is to have the transfer ot the the salary be increased to $458 mental cases effective July J, .for 1973-74. A large tract ot land in (tie southern end of Malheur County will go back on the auction block July 20. The 557.22 acre tract was sold to former county com missioner, Henry Esplin of Nyssa, on February 28 for $5 and $6 per acre but Esplin has agreed to return the land to the county so that it can ue offered in a sheriff's sale. District Attorney Frank Yra- guen announced the return of the land Friday and said that a question as to the legality of the sale of the county-owned land by the county court had arisen. Certain individuals had com plained about the sale being con ducted without any recent public notice that th«'land »as for sale. The land was first offered by the county back in 1948 and was not sold at the time remaining in county ownership until the sale earlier this year. Yraguen said Oregon's law gives the county court the au thority to sell such lands with out further notice but the pro priety of doing so this year was questioned since some indivi duals had indicated that they would have been willing to pay more for the property than Es plin did. Esplin’s purchase of the land came less than two months after he left office. He had not sought re-election last fall. Ny»»a Student» Earn OSU Honor» A total of 445 Oregon State University seniors were gra duated with honors at the 104th annual commencement June 3. a record number of 3,586 stu dents received degrees. The designation "with highest scholarship" is conferred upon seniors graduating with grade point averages of at least 3.75, and students with grade point averages of 3.25 or better qua lify for the designation "with high scholarship." Nyssa students graduating with honors were Bartiara Ten- sen, with highest scholarship from the School of Education; and William D. Lawrence, with high scholarship from the Schoo) of Engineering. Esplin’s return of the land to the county was to remove any stigma that may have arisen regarding the transaction, Id give any others who are in terested in buying the land an opportunity to do so and to be completely fair tothe taxpayers of the county who would want the county to receive the best purchase price according to the district attorney. The land sale will be ad vertised immediately and those who are interested in the tract may bid on it. Several have in dicated they would be willing to pay twice the price of th«* ori ginal sale. Some land in the* area has sold recently for be tween $ 12 and $15 per acre, re ports say. Extension Agent Joins Stall EIGHT NYSSA GIRLS RECENTLY COMPLETED a baby directed byCarol Knothe, Malheur Extension Home Economist sitting training clinic sponsored by the Cooperative Exten The purpose of the clinic was to teach girls to become better sion Service. They are, from left, Angela Guerra, Terri babysitters and to assist them in understanding young children. During the week the girls assembled materials such as Ann Ulrey, Mary Silence, Becky Rodríguez, Marilyn Lkidley, Margaret Joyce, and Karrie Ybanez Shelly Mayden was not activity books, flannel boxes, and clay, to be used when present when the picture was taken. Pre-school youngsters working and playing with children. ¿m Friday, several identified are Michele Haro, Dallas Short and Chris Joyce pre-school children attended the clinic with the students The clinic was held for 2 1/2 hours, May 28 through June 1, directing the session in active and quiet games and re at the Nyssa Expanded Food and Nutrition House and was freshments 4-H Spring Fair Style Revue Friday, June 8 The Spring Fair Style Revue and Tea will be held tomorrow, June 8, at 1.30 p.m. at the On tario Senior High School. Many 4-H members from nine to nine teen will be modeling their knitted or clothing garments they have constructed during this 4-H year. 4-H members have been en tering skill and judging contests, presentations, and exhibits du ring this Spring Fair week. Spring Fair gives the public the opportunity to see what 4-H member» have made or done in their project work. A 4-H fair also provides youth with in centives and opportunities in learning new skills and better methods by exhibiting in con tests and in evaluating theii work and skills in comparison with that done by others. Many donors sponsor spe cial awards for Spring Fair entrants. They include David’s House of Fabrics, Hatch’s Book James Burr, County Exten sion Agent from the central Oregon area will transfer to the Malheur E xtension Staff as th«* Potato and Onion Specialist July 1, according to Joe Cox, Director of the Oregon State University Extension Service. Cox went on to say thatBurr has been with the Extension Service since 1960 and cur-, rently serves as a Potato Spe cialist for the central Oregon area headquartering at Prine ville ' , , The specialist position for- merly heldby Warren Henninger ~ Joann Timmerman, Eastern deals primarily with the local potato and onion industry. This Oregon State College senior industry repn*sented$18.5 mil from Adrian, has been admitted lion to Malheur’s agricultural to the School of Veterinary industry in 1972 and is a sig Medicine at ColoradoState Uni nificant part of the local agri versity, Fort Cell ins, Colorado. cultural economy, Cox stated. Miss Timmerman received the Rurr graduated from Oregon degree Bachelor of Science in State University in 1951 and re Biology, Magna Cum Laude, ceived his graduate degree from June 2. During her four years of Oregon State University. study at EO6C, Miss Timmer man was honored as the 1972- NYSSA STUDENTS 73 recipient of the Dr. Bud ADMITTED TO OSU Ferdinansen Memorial Scholar ship. This award is made an Nyssa students admitted to nually to the outstanding stu Oregon State University for the dent in preveterinary medicine fall term include Scott Ableman, and is in the amount of$100.00. Miss Timmerman will begin Don L. Ballou, Dan Cruson, Randy Davis, Scott Kido, Carol her studies at Colorado this coming September, 1973, Taka mi and John Tensen. THIS DUMP SITE ON HIGHWAY 201 is an example of a special kind of solid waste problem. Tires cannot be easily burned, and if buried in a landfill 'float* to the sur face. Some landfills use a compacter and bale the tires before incorparating them in th«* landfill, according to Bruce Sarazin, County Solid Waste Coordinator. The Solid Waste Planning Project is just completing an information gathering program on where and how much solid waste is pro duced in the county. Sarazin said that they Ten Cents RAY LARSON PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT AGRICULTURIST, WILL MOVE TO OGDEN JUDGE DORROH ORDERS TRANSFER OF MENTAL cases to aucun court Esplín Returns Land To County For SherifTSale Thunderegg Capital Thuriday, June 7, 1973 Adrian Girl To seek Vet Degree have found that the average county resident produced 6 pounds of garbage per day in his home, his business, and when he goes to the store. Cost of disposal varies, and is about $1.81 per ton at the Lytle Boulevard site. Malheur County Sanitarian, Hay Huff, and Saratln together have collected data to de termine the extent of the solid waste pro blem, now they will be looking for a plan to recommend to the County Court showing how the problem can be handled. Store, Malheur County Farm Bureau, Elks’ Lodge »1690, Malheur County Fair Board, Keith (XBrien, Sprouse Reitz, Oregon Wheat Commssion, Oregon Sheep Growers, Mal heur County Cowbelles, Ore gon Bee Keepers, Malheur County Potato Growers Asso ciation, Malheur County Onion Growers Association, Otter Trawl Commission, Malheur County Dairy Wives, and the Abbie McElroy Memorial gi ven by Elaine Russell. Alco, Singer Sewing Sties and <*wg- vice. Along with 10 judges, more than 50 4-H leaders from throughout the county assist with the coordination of Spring Fair week. Also working to ward a successful fair are the Empire Builders’ Club which is composed of the older com munity-spirited 4-H members. This club directs and stages the Friday Style Show and Tea with Vickie Schaffeld of Vale as the general chairman of this Friday’s events which has a circus theme. She is being assisted by Debbie Braniff, Nancy Ingle, Maureen Maag and Peggy Pugh, commentators, as well as several other Empire Builders who donate their ta lents in d«*corating. New this year is a recipe book composed of contest winner recipes and4-Hmem- bers’ recipes from the Favorite Foods Contest which will be sold at the tea with proceeds going to the Lake Creek Camp Fund. IED To Give Speech Tests Malheur County Intermediate Education District has an nounced that speech evaluations will be available for incoming first graders for any child whose parents believe he may have a speech impediment. These eva luations will be made by ap pointment only and there will be no charge to the parent. Each session will require about twenty minutes and the eva luation will be accomplished by Mrs. Mary Priest, IED Speech Thereapist. Appointments can be made for either Wednesday, June 13, or for Thursday, June 14. Con cerned parents are encouraged to contact the Malheur County IED Office (473-3138) as soon as possible and in any ev< nt not later than 4 00 p.m., Tues day, June 12, 1973. These evaluations will allow parents some time to prepare their child for school this fall. Hearing tests will be con ducted this fall in the various schools of the County under the auspices of the Oregon State Board of Health. WEATHER 53 88 May 30 57 73 May 31 76 50 June 1 45 68 June 2 49 June 3 72 43 June 4 78 44 June 5 88 48 June 6 Owyhee Reservoir Storage* Feet 6/6/73 683,230 Acre Feet 6/6/72 705,730 Acre RAYMOND G. LARSON, DISTRICT MANAGER AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY TVCC Commencement Scheduled Friday, June 8 Treasure Valley Community College will graduate its tenth class in commencement exer cises to be held Friday. June 8, at 800 p.m. in the college gymasium. In excess of 120 students are expected to qualify for de grees this spring. Presently, thirty-four have made applica tion for the Associate of Arts Degree, sixty-eight for the Associate of Science, andtwen- ty-two for nursing certificates. The address this year will be delivered by the president of the graduating Sophomore Class, Dale Rippy. Music will be provided by Ho Elizabeth Schmid, organist, and the Trea sure Valley Chorus under the direction of Dick Dalzell. In vocation and Benediction will be delivered by Father Michael Garrison of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church of Ontario. College president, Emery J. Skinner will perform the intro ductions of the speaker and of ficials participating in the cere mony. Edwin D. Haynes, Dean of Instruction will present the candidates and boardchairman, Sherman Turner will confer de grees. A reception hosted by the Treasure Valley Community College Faculty Dames will fol low the recessional in the gym nasium. The public is cordially in vited to attend these commence ment exercises. An amendment to (he Work men’s Compensation Law re quires employers, startingJuly 1, to retain five cents from each day’s wages paid to their em ployees. Since 1941, workmen in Oregon have contributed two cents daily to assist their less fortunate fellow workers who have suffered injuries on the job. The dally five cent contri bution will go into three spe cial funds to benefit injured workmen. Three cents will be for a Retroactive Reserve to pay increased workmen's com pensation benefits to claimants and beneficiaries. One cent will be for the Second Injury Reserve to encourage em ployers to hire previously in jured workersand the othercent will be placed in an Adminis trative Fund to help pay for a new dicability prevention cen ter. Raymond G. Larson, manager of the Nyssa District of Amal gamated Sugar Company for the past nine years, will leave Nyssa July 1 to assume his new duties as Assistant Agriculturist at the company’s headquarters in Ogden, Utah. Larson will be assistant to Henry Zobell, former Nyssa manager, who was recently pro moted to Vice President of Agriculture for Amalgamated. Ray Larson came to Nyssa in 1939 when he was in the 8th grade, and with time off for stints in the U.S. Army and Oregon State University, has lived here ever since. His fa ther, Raymond G. Larson, Sr., was the first manager of the Nyssa District, assuming that position January 1, 1939. At that time the Nyssa District included the entire area in Treasure Valley in which beets were grown. R.G. Larson, Sr.passedaway in November, 1949 and he was succeeded as district manager by Gared Lewis, who died in 1956. Henry Zobell then be came district manager, and at the same time the district was split, with a local manager at both Nyssa and Nampa. Zobell was promoted to As- sitant Agriculturist in 1964, serving under Harry Alcott in Ogden. Ray Larson was born in Cor vallis, Oregon in 1924, and his family moved to Ontario in 1927 where his father was County Agent until the first sugar campaign in September, The family moved to 1938. Nyssa in January, 1939; arid Mrs. R.G. Larson, Sr. still makes her home here. After graduation from Nyssa High School, [arson served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, and attended Oregon State University from 1946 to 1950, when he returned to Nyssa. He served as company field man in the Parma area until the fall of 1951, was transferred to the Adrian district until the fall of STEPHANIE WILSON NURSING GRADUATE Stephanie P. Wilson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Wilson, Nyssa, will be among 135 candidates to receive ba chelor of science in nursing degrees at the University of Oregon School of Nursing com mencement ceremonies Friday, June 8 at 8 00 p.m. at the Portland Civic Auditorium. Rep. Al Ullman, Democrat from Oregon's second district, will give the principal address. The candidates will be pre sented by Miss Jean Boyle, dean of the School of Nursing, to Dr. Robert D. Clark, president of the University of Oregon, Eugene, who will confer degrees. NYSSA ENGINEERING STUDENT AWARDED Thirty-one top students in the School of Engineering at Oregon State University have been awarded scholarships for the 1973-74 school year. Th«* study grants, which to tal $16,500, ar«* sponsored bv industry, professional engi neering education and assisting worthy students. Names of scholarship win ners were announced by Fred J. Burgess, d« an of the School of Engineering. They include Paul K. Fujimoto, Route I, Box 528, Nyssa who will tx- a senior in civil engineering, $500 Otto Hermann Memorial Scho larship. 1964, when he became district manager. Larson was married to Mar di Sallee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Sallee, in February, 1959. Their three children are Me lissa 13, Jim 8 and Bob 5. The family will remain in Nyssa until their home is soldandthey can find a home in Ogden. Gilbert Wells, a field man in the Nampa District for the past 11 years, will succeed Larson as manager of the Nyssa Dist rict, taking over his new duties July 1. Ray Larson has served on the Nyssa school board for 12 years from 1961 to the present, choosing not to run again this spring. He was boardchairman during the school year 1965-66. Gerald Simantel, also an Amalgamated employee, was elected to replace Larson this spring. Long active in civic affairs, Larson has at various times served as chairman, Malheur County United Fund, president of the Nyssa Lions Club, mem ber of the board of directors Nyssa Chamber of Commerce; member of the vestry, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, chairman, Malheur County Housing Board; a member of the Treasure Valley United Action Board; and a member of the Governor’s Ancillary Manpower Commis sion. Nyssa Chamber Plans Dinner To Honor Larson Melvin Munn, president of the Nyssa Horse Activities, Inc. told Chamber of Commerce members about some of the projects underway by that group at the regular chamber meeting Wednesday at theTwilightCafe. Munn also reminded chamber members of the Nyssa Nite Ro deo scheduled for the weekend of June 22-23 at the rodeo grounds. President Rod George announ- ced a going-away testimonial dinner for Ray Larson at the Eagles Hall Monday, June 25. Larson reports for his new du- ties as Assistant Agriculturist for Amalgamated Sugar Com pany in Ogden on July 1. George said that chamber members, wives, farmers, bu siness and industrial members of the Treasure Valley com munities will be invited to pay 'ribute to this outstanding bu siness and community leader. Details will be announced at a later date. 3 YOUTHS BREAK SCHOOL WINDOWS Three juveniles will face charges of criminal mischief in Malheur County juvenile court next week. The trio was taken into custody by Nyssa police after 13 windows were broken at the Nyssa Elementary School this weekend. A Nyssa police of ficer said that the youths are two 10-vear-olds and one nine- year-old. Th«* school officials filed the criminal mischief petition against the youths in an attempt to curb vandal ism to the building Last fall, about one weekbefore the opening of school, a hun dred windows were broken at the elementary building. The youths allegedly involved in the recent incident Were not linked to the damage last year, police said. SUMMER SCIENCE SEMINAR PLANNED Three levels of Summer Sci ence Seminars will tie offered at Treasure Valley Community College for 4th, 5th, and 6th grad«* students in interesting science activities in the physical and biological sciences such as building a crystal radio, photographing blood cells under microscopes. Seminar I Is for students entering the program for the first time. Seminars II and III carry on in sequence. This Is the first time Seminar III has has been offered. The schedule permits a student to take all three seminars this summer if he wishes. All seminars will meet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursdays in the Ad ministration Building. Seminar I will meet June 18-28. Se minar Il is July 2-12. Seminar III is July 16-26. Interested parties shouldcail the TVCC Office of Continuing Education at 889-6493, ext. 37 to pre-register. THIS FINE NIW APARTMENT HOUSE is nearing completion on the corner of 3rdStreet and Park Avenue. Built on the old St. Bridget’s Parish Hall basement by Dale Schraufnagel and Deryl Leggett, Nyssa High School teachers, the apartment is a fine and needed addition io the city. Featured are four two-bedroom apartments and two one-bedroom apartments, all with wall to wall carpeting, refrigerators and ranges, ample storage space and every con venience for good living. Paved off-street parking will be provided in the space at lower left.