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University Of Oregon Library Eigene, Ore. 97^03 __ __ X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal 67th Year, 28th Issue The Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, July 12, 1973 Thunderegg Capital COUNTY COURT ACCEDES TO COMMAND TO PAY COURT REPORTER The following statement was released Friday by members of the County Court, and signed by Judge Roy Hirai and Com missioners Sam Hartley and Emil Maag. The Statement reads as follows: The Malheur County Court has under protest been forced to bow to the command of Judge Jeff D. Dorroh regarding the payment of a $500.00 per month salary for fiscal year 1972-73 to his secretary, Mrs. Donna Calhoun. We would feel con strained on principle to pursue our legal defense against this arbitrary command were it not for the financial drain that would eventually be foisted off on the taxpayers of Malheur County by our pursuance of the matter in the Courts. It has been com municated to us through Judge Vai D. Sloper of Marion County, the Circuit Judge sitting on the Calhoun case, that no matter what the facts are, ORS 8.330 which says that "Each circuit judge may***appoint a private secretary and fix his compen sation, which compensation shall be paid by the county of the residence of the judge, as county salaries are paid" gives any Circuit Judge the power to set the salary, and that even if there were no statute, theCourt has "inherent power” to set the salary. The fact that Mrs. Calhoun Is paid not only by Malheur County, but also by Harney County as well as receiving payment for typing transcripts, much of which is done on county time, according to Judge Sloper evidently has no bearing on the issue. ORS 3.280 which states that the compensation of all Cir cuit Court personnel is "sub SCHOOL BOARD PURCHASES BAND UNIFORMS, ELECTS ENGSTROM CHAIRMAN ject to the local Budget Law” and the ’’local Budget Law” itself was not even acknow ledged by Judge Sloper as having any bearing on the issue. We question the idea that the Judiciary may not only set and command a salary but may then review and force compliance with the command without any other branch of Government having anything tosay about how tax dollars are to be spent. We abhor the idea advanced that the Judiciary in the Cal houn case, which has also been advanced in Coos and Baker County cases, that the Judiciary can issue commands even in the absence of statutory author ity under the fuzzy concept of "Inherent power”. We have been publically attacked by Judge Dorroh for not following the Constitution "separation of powers” concept, but we clearly note that what Judge Dorroh Is talking about isjudi- cial authority unaffected by that traditional "check and balance” system that has worked so ef fectively for nearly two hun dred years. THE OLD NYSSA THEATER is a thing of the past as Guy At this time in our history Sparks announced this week that work is underway on a large It is becoming increasingly ap addition to the Twilight Cafe, plus two business locations parent that all levels and all in front to house a beauty shop and office. parts of Government require Included in the restaurant space will be a banquet room constant supervision and con to feed up to 180 persons in one setting, newly remodeled trol by the People. We think liar, and private dining room to accommodate groups up to this naturally includes the Judi 50 or 60 persons. ciary, and therefore appeal to The kitchen will be expanded, and the entire 5,600 square the Oregon legislature to foot area will also accommodate a dance floor, office, new clarify this Issue, particularly this headless wonder called "inherent power.” Our hope lies in the Legislature, and un til the Legislature acts, we ap pear to have no alternative but to pay according to the com Plans for the first reunion of Postmaster Lee Dall announ mands of Judge Jeff D. Dorroh. Nyssa HighSchool classes 1934- But have no doubt that we are 37 tobeheldJuly20, 21 and22 in ced this week that some changes paying under protest. Nyssa are nearing completion. have been made in the de Registration will begin at 7 p.m. livery of mail in the Business i as well as Residential area. Friday at the high school. Our City Carriers have been The reunion is not restricted equipped with New 1973 Vega to graduates only, but is for any Panels and have begun to serve one who attended classes during their routes using a “LOOP” this period. Attendance forms system of delivery. As a way The council hasobligated$225,- will be mailed to those request of explanation, the carrier 000 in revenue sharing funds to ing them. drives to an area to serve be received in the future to having all the mail including Persons not contacted include ward repayment of these bonds. parcels with him to be delivered City Manager Fred Koch told Venice Brown, Marttia and Betty in that particular area. He be the council that the new well Schlapkohl, Maxine Moss, Jame: gins to serve the area by first was put on the line June 19, Llewellyn, Grover and Elsie delivering all the parcels in and is producing almost one- White, Fred Spencer, Bruce that area, which cannot be car half million gallons per day Farney, Roy Clements, Ovey The council grantedChlef Al Brown, Melba Parkinson, Millie vin Allen leave to attend the Herron, Kathryn Gilmore, Glenn FBI course In Washington, D. Huffstetter, Frank Pearson and C, next fall. This six-weeks Mary Corn Osborn. course is designed for small The Parma Communityschool Committee members are 1934 town police chiefs, and is on invites people of all ages to Ethel Graham Lawrence, Nyssa a selective basis. 1935, Lois Enos Hershberger, participate in the summer band Woodburn, Oregon, 1936, Vera program which started Tues- Anyone who July 10. McConnell Collins, Boise, and day, 1937, Paul Johnston. Ontario. has ever played an instrument is urged to join the fun at the Parma High School band room YTURRI NAMED each Tuesday and Thursday eve Among the graduates of ning from 7 until 9 p.m. during Eastern Oregon College at La- TO COMMISSION Julv. Grande are several students Music will be light and po Former Sen. Anthony Yturri, pular and easy enough forthose from the Nyssa-Adrian area. Graduating with Bachelor of R-Ontario, has been named by of us who have not played for Science degrees are Jean Tim Gov. Tom McCall as the pub many years. There are some in merman, Adrian, and Marie lic member of the new Oregon struments available for loan Kotins, Jeff Wieneke andCheryl Transportation Commission. at the school. Yturri and the other four Wilson, Nyssa. The program will end with Those earning Bachelor of members of the commission a public concert and old-fa Arts degrees are AngelicaSer- were to be sworn in today by shioned ice cream social in the rano, Nyssa, andCarolyn Ward, McCall just prior to the first city park, sponsored by the meeting of the new commission. Adrian. Community School Advisory Council. ÎNyswa Alumni Plan Reunion Parma Summer Band Program Local Students EOG Graduates ThreeMalheurGirls Vie For MissOregon PAM SKEEN Three Malheur County girls, two of them from Nyssa, are In Seaside all this week participat ing in the Miss Oregon pageant. Miss Oregon will tie crowned Saturday evening in the conclud ing ceremonies at Seaside’s new Convention Center. The three are Pam Skeen, x Miss Malheur County, Deborah Nielson. Miss TVCC and Nancy Jackson, Miss Rogue Valley. Miss Skeen, 19, is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skeen, Nyssa. She graduated from Nyssa HighSchool In 1970, has attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho where she has majored in Elementary Educa tion, and is taking courses at TVCC this summer. Pam has reigned as Miss NANCY JACKSON Malheur County for the past year, and will turn over her crown toShan Moss, also Nyssa, after the pageant. Pam will sing a medley from the musical "Roar of the Greasepaint,” as her taient in the contest. Miss Moss will attend the pageant as an observer in pre paration for her participation next year. Miss Jackson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Jackson, Nyssa, and is a graduate of Nyssa High School in 1971. She has just completed her second year at Southern Oregon College at Ashland, and was crowned Miss Rogue Valley of 1973 in ceremonies on April 14 of this year. She is a student In bu siness administration, and is DFBBI NIELSEN minoring in public relations. Very active In high school, Nancy was a varsity cheer leader, homecoining queen, class officer, and was active in the Girl Scouts for eleven years. Her talent at the Miss Oregon pageant will be a soliloquy of Katrina from Shakespeare’s "Taming Of The Shrew.” Miss Nielson, 18, is the ■laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Nielson, Ontario. She is a 1971 graduate of Ontario HighSchool and a sophomore at Treasure Valley Community College. Her major is Home Economics, and she plans to continue her stu dies at Brigham Young Univer sity. Debi will perform a flute solo as her talent at Seaside. ASSESSOR AGREES ON ADJUSTMENTS Malheur County Assessor, Oscar Bratton, said today, "1 am pleased with the decisions made by the Board of Equali zation this year and agree in nearly every instancewith their adjustments.’* This year 102 accounts by 60 property owners were filed with the Board of Equalization. Adjustments were made on 24 accounts and were for the most part small. Of the 72 accounts filed on Farm Use Assessment only 2 accounts of one owner received land classification changes resulting in lower Farm Use value. Board of Equalization mem bers were Emil Maag, Beit Hawkins and Dyer Bennett. "" \VF VTIIFR MAX DAT! July July July July July Julv July July July 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 98 99 91 83 89 95 99 104 MIN 53 60 63 64 53 55 65 59 44 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 7-11-73 588,270 Acre Feet 7-11-72 645,810 Acre Feet For a few moments it looked as if Nyssa High School band members would have to wait for a while for their new band uniforms. But a special meeting of the District 26 School Board was held Tuesday, July 10, and the board members voted to authorize the $10,236.60 to pur chase the uniforms. The subject of the new uni forms came up at the board's monthly meeting on Monday, July 9, held at 8:00 p.m. in the superintendent’s office. Board members were asked at that meeting to approve the purchase of new unifroms by Superinten dent W.L. McPartland. Board members, however, had not seen the uniform being ordered and had questions about how it was selected. "I’d like to see what we’re spending $10,000 for," said Mark Hartley, voicing the board’s objection. McPartland told the board that the sample uniform had already been returned to its manufacturer and that no pic ture was available. "It would have been a good deal,” said Don Engstrom, restrooms, a serving area, and other facilities to make it one of the finer restaurants in the valley. Sparks said the theater property was purchased from Rex Voeller. The theater has been cleared of seats and projector room. The construction is expected to be com pleted by mid-September, and the estimated cost is in excess of $125,000. Included in the construction will be a marquee across the entire front, and new facing to tie in the new building with the existing cafe. Mail Delivery Changes Told By Postmaster City Council Approves Plans For Water System The Nyssa City Council met In regular session Tuesday eve ning, with a new policy of start ing at 7 30 p.m., instead of 8 p.m., as in the past. Persons wishing an audience with the council will be given time from 8 to 8:15 on the agenda, and they may then leave if they do not wish to sit through the rest of the meeting. Engineers from the firm of Cornell, Howland, Hayes and Merrifield, Boise, presented to the council their preliminary report of the study of the hyd raulics of the Nyssa water sys tem. They confirmed the cost estimates for the proposed sto rage tank and booster station. Plans call for a 3,000,000 storage tank located on airport hill, and a booster pumpstation to bring the water from the wells to the tank. This will bring about a uniform water pressure of 65 pounds per square inch, as compared to the present pressure of 48 pounds, according to th«* en gineers. The council plans to submit the proposition to the voters of Nyssa to authorize sale of bonds in the amount of $425,000. Ten Cents ried on foot, then he drives to a spot where he begins delivery on foot with the rest of his mail. On completion of that area he moves to another area. Where there is an area that is scat tered the carrier moves along the street delivering at each residence or one or two at a time before moving ahead. All new residences in new areas which have not previously been served must erect a mail re ceptacle at the curb in front of their residence. Those who de sire to have their mail deli vered at the curb may take de livery there by erecting a box at the curb. In fact, we urge all patrons who will to do so.toaid the carriers in making de liveries, especially in scattered areas. Beginning July 1, only one dispatch of mail is being sent from this office. That dispatch is being made at 5:15 p.m. It is mandatory that mail being sent on this dispatch be in the post office no later than 4:45 p.m. Street boxes where mail is being picked up for dis patch at the latest dispatch will have the time changed so that no street box will be picked up later than 4 45 p.m. The Star Route from Vale to Nyssa then to Ontario was discontinued June 30 and all mail is now being dispatched to Boise, without exception, ex cept that which is placed in our local drop. 1 urge all patrons to please use the local drop for local mail, that is mail for delivery in Nyssa. A pouch is being made at this office for Adrian, Oregon. Mail for Adrian is no longer carried by Star Route as Mrs. Ethel Smith has retired from that service and the mail is carried to Adrian by the Route 1 Car rier out of Nyssa. Mail for delivery in Adrian may be de posited in the local drop for Nyssa too. PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAM AT TVCC Women’s Physical Fitness Program for any women in the area interested in exercise, weight room, and sauna, volley ball, badminton and softball, come to the Treasure Valley Community College gym on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 00 p.m. to 10 00 p.m. Volleyball and Badminton - Tuesday only - 7 00 p.m. to 10 00 p.m. and Softball - Tuesday Thursday - 7:00 p.m. to 9 30 p.m. Weight Room and Sauna Tuesday and Thursday - 7 00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Drivari License Examinations Drivers license examina tions will be held at the Nyssa City Library from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 18, August 15 and September 19 in a schedule released by the Motor Vehicles Division for this quarter. BLM Transfers Robert Currier Grand Opening For Gambles Nyssa’s newest store. Gambles, will open its doors this Thursday at 9:15 a.m., after appropriate ribbon-cutting ceremonies at its location, 204 Main Street. Nyssa’s Mayor, Larry Bauman will cut the ribbon at 9:15 a.m. officially signifying the start of Grand Opening festivi- ties, On hand will be many lo- cal officials and representatives of Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. of Min neapolis, Minnesota. "Gambles brings to Nyssa a wide variety of merchandise, greater shopping convenience and lower prices,” says owner Ralph Buker. On display in the modern new store will be au tomotive supplies, television sets and radios, tools hardware, appliances, housewares and much more. Famous brands in clude G. E. Toastmaster, Re mington, Eureka, Crest, Home guard, West Bend, Coronado and others. "Our high-quality mer chandise can be priced so rea sonably," Buker said "because of huge buying power of the Gamble-Skogmo chain of branch and locally owned dealer stores like this one. There are over 1,500 Gamble dealer stores alone.” Ralph Buker and family say they are looking forward to meeting many new friends in the Nyssa area. Robert E. Currier has been selected to fill the vacancy of area manager of the Pinedale Resource Area in the Pine dale, Wyoming BLM District Office, George R. Gurr, mana ger of the Vale BLM District, said this week. Currier’s pro motion and transfer will be effective July 22. Currier came tothe Vale Dis trict in December 1967 as a range conservationist assigned to the Northern Resource Area. In 1970 he went into a staff position as the district Infor mation Coordinator, plus other assigned duties. Currier also worked in the Las Vegas, Ne vada BLM District for three years before transferring to Vale. The Currier family will be honored at a farewell party July 14. They plan to leave for their new home about July 20. Chairman of the Board, ‘‘if the board could have looked at it.” In response to a suggestion from Vic Haburchak to start the selection process over again, Engstrom said, "I don’t think we can delay andstill have them on time.” The board members agreed with Engstrom and voted to table the matter and schedule a special meeting of the board Tuesday evening to reconsider. McPartland was asked to arrange to have the individuals involved in the original selection present at the special meeting. Tuesday evening, Don Neufeld, Nyssa High’s former band director, and a group of mothers of band members attended the special 8 00 p.m. meeting. Board members questioned Neufeld, spoke with the mothers, looked at sketches of the select ed uniform and then voted to authorize the expenditure. The special meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Other matters acted on at the Monday night meeting in cluded --Chairman Don Engstrom administered the oath of office to the board's newest member, Gerald Simantel. --The board voted to retain Engstrom as chairman for the coming term and Hartley was elected vice chairman. --U.S. National Bank of Nyssa was named as the district’s depository for the coming year. --Approved a borrowing re solution for $362,716.00, which authorizes the district toborrow funds for operation until tax money becomes available. --Passed a resolution, sug gested by Gene Stunz, which will let freshmen and sopho more students decide--subject to parental approval-- to take PE on either a graded or pass/ tail basis. Board members present at the regular Momiay meeting and the special meeting Tuesday included: Chairman Don Eng strom, Mark Hartley, Gene Stunz, Vic Haburchak, Van Ure and Gerald Simantel. Superintendent Me Partland also attended both meetings. New Band Uniforms Expected For Fall Use Mobile Home Park Ready Guy Sparks and Roger Baker announce that their new mobile home park will be ready for occupancy by July 15. The park is located on the north side of Locust Avenue in the 900 block. The new mobile home park will include all city utilities, buried underground. The two men said that there are 15 lots ready to start, with an additional 40 acres planned and available for expansion as the need arises. The lots are 56' by 110’, and will accommodate double wide homes. A 40' road will surround the park, and plans are to landscape the park and make it into a very desirable residential area. DAIRYMEN INVITED TO PICNIC Malheur County Dairymen are urged to attend the annual Dairy Herd Improvement Association picnic at the Vale park on Mon day, July 16 at 12 noon,accord ing to Scotty Payne, association president. Payne went on tosay all dairymen and anyone interes ted are invitedtothepotluckand he encouraged all dairymen to attend, become better acquainted with each other, discuss (DH1A) and just have a good get-toge ther. Families should bring their own service. Payne con cluded in saying the dairy in dustry is facing challenging times and unity of effort by all producers is a must if any of the major problems are to be solved. MEASURING L'P for a new band uniform. A member of next year’s Nyssa High School Band, Mary Ann Chadwick, stands still so Mrs. Jan Neufeld ran get the numbers right. Don Neufeld, last year’s Nyssa High School band direc tor, is leaving Nyssa, but he believes band members and area residents will enjoy the new uniforms ordered for the coming year. In selecting the uniform, Neu feld worked with a committee of mothers of band memtiers which Included Mrs. Sam Smit, Mrs. Dick Tensen, Mrs. Ho ward Myrick, Mrs. Bill Stringer Mrs. ion MitchaU, Mrs. ik a Bowers and Mrs. Cecil Bair. Neufeld and the committee members decided on the style and design for the uniform after meeting with representatives of uniform manufacturers and looking through catalogs. Last week the final choice was made from two submitted sample uni forms. The selected uniform will be blue with white trim. It comes with a white overlay for march ing, white gloves and spats and will have a white hat. Also, on the back will be a large bull dog head and the name Nyssa will be written diagonally ac ross the front. District 26 school board mem bers met Tuesday evening with Neufeld and some of the com mittee members to iron out a problem that had come up over the purchase. After a short meeting, however, the board au thorized the purchase of 90 se lected uniforms at a cost of $113.74 each. Band members were measu red for the uniforms on Tues day, July 10, and the uniforms are expected to arrive in time for fall use, according to Neu feld.