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University Qf Oregon Libi-ary Eugene, Ore. 97UC3 X ____ _ > XXX Nyssa Gate City Journal 67th Year, 35th Itaue Th« Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, August 30, 1973 Thunderegg Capital GOVERNOR McCALL ISSUES DECLARATION OF ENERGY EMERGENCY 1 have on this date Issued a state me nl describing the energy emergency that faces Oregon, and the other States of the Northwest. The statement it hereby made a part of this Order. That statement is a call for conservation of electricity, diesel fuel, gasoline--all the kinds of energy that we ex ploit and that are no longer in abundant supply. 1 intend to request that the people of Oregon respond af firmatively and voluntarily to this crisis. But State govern- ment--in calling for energy conservation--must act first. Therefore I am by this Order directing the State Department of General Services to launch immediately an energy con servation program. Further 1 request the State Board of Hl- gtW! Education, which is auto nomous, to adopt similar guide lines for the Institutions of higher education. THE FOLLOWING IS HERE BY ORDERED AND DIRECTED as initial steps to be taken by the State Department of General Services: 1. Air conditioning will be discontinued in all state build ings, except where it is essen tial for health, or technical reasons. 2. Advise all agency adminis trators to allo* and encourage the wear of lightweight sum mer clothing. 3. Exterior lighting of State buildings will be discontinued except to the extent that light ing is required for security or safety. 4. Lighting will tie reduced in all State government offices, where practical. Hallways, lob bies, reception rooms and work areas where less lighting would not be disadvantageous are ob vious opportunities. I direct that you find opportunities to re move incandescent, fluorescent or other kinds of lighting from service, and to reduce wattage in other areas, where practi cal. 5. Determine together with my office and the Department of Transportation the number of lights that may be turned off along State highways, parti cularly on Interstate 5. Keep in mind that highway lighting must be reduced commensurate with safety, but in my view a 50 per cent reduction is feasible. 6. Revise the work schedules of maintenance workers so that custodial duties are accomp lished during daylight hours, where practical. This order will be reproduced for all State agencies for posting, and through this I ask the under standing and cooperation of all State employees. 7. Except for required situa tions, fully close all State build ings by 6 p.m. The Director of the Department of General Services is hereby empowered to make the determination as to what buildings, or sections of them, will be open after that hour. Appeals, If any, from the Director's decisions, will be decided by the Governor. State employees wishing to return to their desks in the evening will be given priority, since we have no wish to stifle initiative. Ad ministrators of the agencies, however, must make known to the Director exceptional prob lems that may be faced. 8. Turn off all motors that coo) water fountains in state buildings. Eliminate lawn wa tering, operation of fountains or other uses in which electrical energy is required. (Continued On Page 8) COUNCILMEN DISCUSS PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO NYSSA WATER SYSTEM NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS of Gabriel Astoreca, who passed away July 27, spent Sunday harvesting the potato crop for his widow Freida. Part of the approximately 50 people who ga thered to help are shown in the picture, and the equipment used consisted of 12 trucks and three potato harvesters. They all participated in a pot-luck dinner in the true old-time tra dition of neighborly help and friendliness. The day after Mr. Astoreca passed away the neighbor* harvest’d his grain crop. The following week they baled and stacked the hay. Then Sunday Don Brewer got the neighbors together and harvested the ten acres of potatoes Don is shown with Mrs. Astoreca in the photo at right. Farm Business Course To Be Offered At TVCC Treasure Valley Community College is planning an Adult Farm Business Management, a program the College feels is an important service to the agricultural community of this area. This is a program which re quires students to be actively engaged in farming or ranching to be eligible to enroll far the three years duration. Stu dents will have access to the services of a Farm Business Management Specialist as well as to computer record keeping and analysis. The Adult Farm Busine* i Public use of more than 13 Manageme nt program Is youfc- million acres of national re opportunity tO: source lands administered by develop the records system the Bureau of Land Manage best for you, ment east of the summit of the analyze your records for Cascade Range are no* res management information, tricted because ot high fire plan for greater profits, and danger, it was announced by Ar- develop a plan for sound growth or expansion. This three year program consists of: class meetings once a month, farm visits by an instruc tor once a month, Police Chief Alvin Allen said keeping basic farm records, annual computer analysis of that four more bicycles were stolen Sunday, making a total your operation, and cost of production summary. of ten bikes stolen in the last Individual records and re two weeks. BLM Sets Restrictions on Public Lands thur W. Zimmerman, acting BLM state director today in Portland. The restrictions went into effect Saturday, August 25. The restrictions ban all smo king while traveling in timber, brush, or grasslands except in side of vehicles on roads. No open fires will be allowed out side of officially designated campgrounds. This includes charcoal cooking grilles and small warming fires. Zimmerman said the closures and restrictions were necessary because of the extreme fire ha zard in eastern Oregon. Light rain showers west of the Cas cades have not helped the si tuation on the east side, he said. cords summaries are, of course, Two bikes were taken from The restrictions will be en confidential. the yard of Jim Tomjack, and forced by law enforcement agen Enrollment in the class will two from the yard of the John cies and BLM fire patrols. Ad be limited to 20 students at Davis family. Three were pre ditional restrictions may be re the beginning of the program. viously stolen from the swim quired before the summer fire Each prospective student will ming pool area, and others par season is over, said Zim- submit an application to the ked on the street. merman. Agriculture Department at Allen said that the rash of Treasure Valley Community College. About the first of Oc stolen bicycles is taking on the tober these applications will be appearance of an organized ef reviewed by an Advisory Com fort, with the bikes possibly mittee and by the college staff. being picked up and taken off Those accepted will be notified. in a van. He urges that bikes The program will start Novem be kept in the garage at home, or chained to something solid. ber 1, 1973. Stolen Sunday (Junior High), Cathy Montgomery, Joanne Dahl, Ralph Werner and Bill Gillam. !\ew Prices For School Lunches NEW TEACHERS AT NYSSA ELEMENTARY (left to right) Scott McCormick, Kimi Casad, Sandra Kim and Don Baker, The Nyssa School Board met in a special session Wednesday immediately after the teacher's dinner sponsored by the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce. Superintendent McPartland told the board members that the district will not receive reim bursement from the state for milk served in the cafeteria, and commodities such as meat and other staples are being cut down drastically. Based on this information, the board set a new fee schedule for the coming scool year, as follows: Extra milk for elementary students, 8?¡ for junior high and high school students, 10?. School lunches for elemen- tary students, 30?, junior high and high school students, 35?; and 40? for adults. HORSE ACTIVITIES TRAIL RIDE Horse Activities, Inc. will have a trail ride, September 2. They will start from State Park at SuccorCreekat 10a.m. Bring your own water and sack lunch. Anyone interested in riding is Invited to attend. NEW TEACHERS AT ADRIAN (left to right) Raymond Maynard, Math 7-8, Pris cilla Young, Math, Dorothy Phelps, Lan- guage Arts, Dau W ilson, Science-Social Stu dies, and Nora Akers, Commercial. They are also planning a playday on September 16 at the Nyssa Rodeo grounds. According to members of the council is seeking not only con Nyssa City Council, the people struction of a water tank, but of Nyssa aren’t saying much, also a booster pumping station. one way or the other, about the 3) Is the fire insurance ra proposed water system im ting. provements which they will be “If we can get a good water asked to vote finances for at a storage system,” said Bauman special election Monday, Sep "I think we can probably get tember 10. a new rating and we’d all see a ‘‘I think the people are pretty reduction in our fire insurance much in favor of it,” said Nyssa rates.” Mayor Larry Bauman. Bauman and other council men "Anything that deals with the contacted by The Journal said human body, like water or se they favor using a combination wer or this type of thing, peo of a rate increase and a tax ple are pretty responsive as increase to pay off the 20-year far as realizing that the need $425,000 bond issue. In addi- is there.” tion, the council has obligated Asked to comment on the $225,000 in Federal Revenue lack of public discussion, Bau Sharing funds to be received in man said, "It has me bothered the future toward repayment of in a sense, but in a sense the bonds. it's good.” If the bond election produces "I'd like to see much more a "go ahead" from the voters, active participation in city go the council will meet Tuesday, vernment,” said Bauman "and September 11, and decide upon for this reason I’d like to see the exact details of paying off more discussion, both for and the bonds. against, of something as im Marion Tracy, a recent addi portant as this.” tion to the council, said that he Bauman told The Journal that has heard "very little” com as far as he is concerned there ment onthescheduledbondelec- are three factors he considers tion and as far as opposition, important in his support for the "none whatsoever.” proposed water system im Asked if lie thought this might provements: be a bad time to seek voter 1) Is the safety factor in approval of a bond issue, Tracy volved in case of a major fire said, “Maybe, as far as the in or a power outage. dividual and their own thinking 2) Is the improvement in the it might not be the best, be water pressure. Because the cause of the disorder and un certainty of the economy.” "But, I think as a whole with inflation on materials and la bor and things like this it’s a good time. 1 don’t think we’ll Three Nyssa students were get it done any cheaper,” said among the 2,143 who received Tracy. "Most of the few who have diplomas at Brigham Young University at summer com talked with me,” said Council mencement exercises on Au man George Coffman "have just gust 17. These graduates, com asked me if we need it.” "When I tell them I think we bined with the 3,513 who re ceived degrees in the spring do, if only to have the storage, commencement, bring the total they say that’s all they wan graduates for the year to5,656, ted to know.” Coffman said he had heard of an all-time high at BYU. Brenda Joyce Burainghaui no opposition to the proposed and Cherrylee Chamberlain re system improvements, but ad ceived the Bachelor of Arts ded that "maybe those guys degrees, and Karma Kesler was aren’t saying anything." awarded a Masters degree. “It surprises me,” saidCoun- cilman Jack Pittz, “because I SHRINERS TO HOLD figured we’d have more com ments.” ANNUAL AUCTION "If this is any sign, I think it will pass.” The Treasure Valley Shrine “I hope it does,” said Pittz. Club will bold its annual auc Councilman Don Oldemeyer tion for the benefit of children in the Shriners Hospital onSun- was unavailable for comment day, September 16 at the Mal this week. Voters, both the quiet ones heur County Fairgrounds. Anyone who has articles to do and the vocal ones, will get a nate to the auction may leave chance to tell the Nyssa City them at Morrison Electric. Lo Council exactly what’s on their cal shriners who will accept minds when they enter the elec articles, or who will pick them tion booths in the C ity Library up, are Cecil Morrison Sr., on Monday, September 10. “You never really know about Fred Koch, Bill Webb, Earl Crocker, Roy Holmes, Dr. K. elections,” noted Mayor Bau E. Kerby, Fred Bennett, George man. "All you can do is wait Cartwright or Dan McGinnis. until the ballots are counted.” Three Nyssa Grads At BYU Four Bicycles NEW TEACHERS AT NYSSA HIGH (left to right) Bob Belnap, Jeff sandberg, Ron Oakes Ten Cents Allen also cautioned parents to check on their children's ri ding habits. Riders are obser ved going against the traffic flow, violating stop signs, ri ding on sidewalks, and parking their bikes in the middle of the sidewalk. The chief said that many youngsters are riding their lOspeed bikes so fast that they can’t keep them under con trol. Bikes are registered by se rial number, but this only helps if the bike is recovered. The serial number of the bike is al so registered with the state in a computerized missingbicycle file. "We have had several inter section accidents witti bikes la tely,” the chief said, "and we are going to have some se rious accidents if the laws aren’t obeyed by our young ri ders." \\ FATHER DATE Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 MAX MIN 89 83 74 75 80 85 81 59 55 51 51 51 55 48 46 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 8/29/73 444,920 acre feet 8/29/72 503,080 acre feet THE END OF THE TRAIL came Sunday for Sally O’Connor of Gaithersburg, Mary land, and her two sons Brian, 14, and David, 11. They made it to Oregon after leaving their home in Maryland on May 13, a trip which had been dreamed of and planned for over two years. They followed the Oregon Trail as clo sely as possible all the way, and kept to the side roads as much as possible. They had intended to go all the wjy to the Ore gon coast, but the boys have to get back to school. Mrs. O'Connor said they de cided to make Nyssa their destination when time ran short, as this was where the pio neers forded the Snake River after leaving Fort Boise. One horse, BeeGee, pictured in the cen ter, made the entire 2800 mile trip, which is considered quite a fete for a 15-year old horse. One horse gave out in Nebraska and another in Wyoming, and in each case a kind person lent the family a replace ment horse to finish the trip. The O'Con nors will drop uff the borrowed horses and pick up their own on their way home. They have kept a daily log of their ex periences and Sally plans to write a book when she returns home. She will also write articles for the Maryland Horse Breeders Association publication. While in Nyssa the police de[>artment made arrangements for them to tie up their horses at the rodeo grounds, and arrange for feed and water. They stayed at the Lynn Snodgrass home Munday night, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Holmes of the Owyhee Riding Club provided cake and ice cream. Bernie Peters of Ogallala, Nebraska, ad vertising manager of the Western Outlook Magazine, arranged for a horse trailer and will drive the family back to Maryland. They left Tuesday afternoon, with all three expressing their gratitude for the kindness shown them while in Nyssa. Sally said that they met with kindness and hospitality throughout their entire trip, and people went far out of their way to help them. She is a native of England, and her husband John designs deep sea submersibles.
