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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.