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University of Oregon Library Eigene, Ore. 77^03 Nyssa Gate City Journal i67th Year, 42nd l**ue Th« Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, October 18, 197 3 Council of Government Approves Area Plans An open meeting for highway priorities will be held October 23 at 8 p.m in the Weese Build ing at TVCC in Room W-10, according toRayCook,newexe- cutive secretary of the South eastern Council of Governments. The meeting deals with pro jects under consideration to get public input as to priorities on $4.1 million to be spent on high ways in District 14. Cook said that Mrs. Carol Ego of Vale was Introduced at the SECOG meeting in Burns Oc- totier 11 as the new law enforce ment coordinator, and she be gan work on Friday. She has been hired by SECOG and the Law Enforcement Planning Com mittee for District 14 to write grants, and to coordinate law en forcement so that there Is no duplication. SECOG also adopted land use plans consisting of housing, common facilities, transporta tion, and comprehensive land use financed by HUD. These plans were written by Denzel Thund«r«gg Capital 15< Per Copy Jake Fischer Honored As Outstanding Citizen Weeks, former executive secre tary. They approved Adrian's request for $262,000 for sewage facilities. Another endorsement was that of the road between the Ridgeview School and the Malloy Ranch, known as the Succor Creek Road, at an estimated cost of $12,500,000. Waste discharge permits for Ontario and Nyssa were en dorsed by SECOG, and they also endorsed the 1974 law enforce ment plan grant which is a state wide program at a cost at $662,000. The Oregon State Police 74- 75 action plan for $860,000 was endorsed, and SECOG approved the board of police standards and training for the 1974 ac tion plan. It is estimated to cost $190,000 and consists of three programs. The first Is burglary investigation and case preparation training, second is for regional special training for law enforcement, and the third is for police training assis tance for small communities. Jacob (Jake)Fischer of Nyssa was honored by the Treasure Valley Chambers of Commerce Monday evening as an "out standing citizen" at a banquet in Homedale attended by mem bers of chambers of commerce throughout Treasure Valley. This is one of three awards given each year to members who have served their commu nities and the area with dis tinction. James Leslie of Ontario, pre sident of the Treasure Val ley Chambers of Commerce, presided at the affair. On be half of the chambers, Fischer was given an engraved letter holder in honor of his accom plishments, and in a lighter vein, was also presented with a "widow's whip” acknowledg ing his popularity with the fair er sex. Fischer and his wife, Nona, operated a dairy farm until 1940 when they went into the custom meat processing bu siness. When he retired in 1963 from farming, he began Veterans Day Returned To Traditional Nov. 11 THE TWISTED WRECKAGE of the Owyhee River bridge is shown resting on the river bottom. The bridge was located south of Snively Hot Springs, and crashed into the river when » truck owned by Ontario Asphalt pulling a trailer loaded with a will continue to observe the After two years of observing road grader struck an overhead span. Veterans Day on the fourth Mon fourth Monday in October as a The accident happened Thursday afternoon, and by Friday day in October,Oregon this year holiday. This year it will be afternoon workmen of the Nyssa Road District had place two on October 22. returns to the traditional No lai*ge culverts in the river and pushed dirt up on each side to But Monday, November 12 make a temporary crossing. vember 11 date which marked Replacement of the structure the Armistice ending Wot Id War will be a holiday for state em Is expected to cost in excess of $200,000. Most counties and 1, H. C. Saalfeld. State Direc ployees. Ironically, this 170 foot span is one of several spans which tor of Veterans' Affairs, said cities, banks, public schools and made up the old bridge at Nyssa crossing the Snake River, and community colleges will also today. which collapsed when it was hit by a truck in the mid-50*s. observe the November date but The truck was approaching from the south, and was removed Saalfeld pointed out that the a few may stay with October 1973 Legislature, heeding the 22. Classes in state colleges Friday. The driver, William Hendricks of Fruitland, suffered wishes of the veterans' organi and universities will be open only minor injuries. The picture at right shows how cleanly the north end of the structure broke away. zations, restored Veterans Day both dates. to its original date. Oregon in Veterans’ posts will hold lo 1969 had adopted the fourth cal community and neighbor Monday of October as the Ve hood observances on (heir re terans Day holiitay to conform gained Novemter 11 (12) date, to congressional action swit. and the big parades in Oregon Ching ttw federal holiday to a --at Albany and Roseburg--will The Nyssa post office will Monday to provide a three-day be on Monday, November 12. ba closed Monday, October 22 weekend. That switch took ef Albany will have the added at in observance of the federal Governor Tom McCall said fect in 1971. All today all Oregon elementary traction of entertaining the holiday, Veteran's Day. Actually, Veterans Day this Modal of Honor Society Novem other businesses and the schools and secondary schools will be asked to close from December <»ar »ill be observed ana state ber 9-14, Some 150 holders will be open on that day. The Oregon Leg.siaiure 14 to January 14 to conserve holiday on November 12 because of the coveted medal are ex pected in Albany to take part returned the holiday to its ori electricity and heating fuel. the 11th falls on Sunday McCall said that Dr. Dale The switch back to the in the parade and to hold their ginal date, November 11. This year the date falls on Sunday, Parnell, state superintendent original date does not affect biennial banquet the evening of federal agencies including the November 12 at Gill Coliseum, so schools and others com of public instruction, agrees memorating Veteran’s Day will and will write to school boards post office Federal workers Corvallis. be closed on November 12. throughout the state asking them Twenty-nine states have res to implement the suggestion. tored Veterans Dey to Novem The idea was offered to the ber 11. governor by Dr. CharlesSmith, superintendent of the Seaside OREGON VISITORS School District. Dr. Smith said the greatly increased cost of Listed below are tlie names of boys and girls who are DECREASE IN 1973 heating oil to the school dis selling subscriptions to the Gate City Journal to earn bicycles Oregon's visitor counts ta tricts and energy shortages that or commission checks Those living outside the city of Nyssa closure worth ken at the state's six border exist make are in district une, these inside tlie city are in district two. information centers continued while. The contestants are listed alphabetically. to show a decrease when com pared to the same period in DISTRICT ONE DISTRICT TWO 1972, it was announced today by Victor B. Fryer, travel in Michael Blaylock Jamie Apodaca formation director for the State Route 2, Box 316 Mark Bauman Highway Division. Treasure Valley Community Susan Carlson Jackie Chadwick Fryer said that the September Route 2, Box 124 College students went to the Chris Fonda totals for 1973 were 22 per cent polls recently to elect class Sharon Dall less than a year ago Figures Tony Franklin Route 1, Box 678 officers for tlie 1973-74 year. for the tourist season, from Richard Godin Sophomore Officers are Eddie Kinkade May 1 to the end of September, Dina Hirai Route 2, Box 16 President, Norman Hasabe, indicated that the centers had Karen Hutchinson Neal Llnegar son of Mr. and Mrs. Takeo served 196,562 visitors, or 15.2 Norn.« Iracheta Route 2, Box 105 Hasabe of Ontario. Norman is per cent fewer than for the same Sharon Pi< kett a 21-year-old major in Agri Sheila Johnson period in 1972. During Sep Route 1, Box 22A business at Treasure Valley David Moffis tember, 23, 384 visitors sought Kiylene Robbins Community College. Mark Needs information at the centers. Au Route 2, Box 320 Vice President. Margaret Tif Katey Nemazi gust was the busiest month to Ranae Robinson Ronnie Robinson date with 58,278 people being fany, daughter of the Francis Route 1, Box 215 Tiffany* of Vale. She is a 19- Charlie Shell served. Terri Ulrey year-old Liberal Arts student. Ttie seasonal counts at all of Route 1, Box 26 Sheryl South Secretary, Jean Kirby, daugh the centers are much less than Geneve Williams Tony Toombs ter of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Kirby those of last season. Astoria Route 2, Box 318 A Lorraine Wahlert of Fossil, Oregon. Jean is Is down 18 per cent, Ontario 19 and majors in Secretarial Since there are twenty-eight contestants, there will be down 15 per cent. Portlanddown Science. six bicycles given. There is still room for more contenders 25 per cent, Klamath down 32 Treasurer, Kathie Bonde, per cent and Siskiyou down 2.8 in district one. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gor per cent. The Brookings Center don Bonde of Ontario. She is Is in it- Hnl fuiiiv .<i "f i" in Social Science majoring ration so there are no compa and is 19. rison figures but it has served Director, Linda Publicity 23,000 visitors so far. Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Turner of Vale. Mettiah Needs Linda is 19 and is a General Studies student. Mora Singer* Freshman class officers are Community Messiah rehear President, Dean Rippy, 18- sal will again be October 18, year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. at 7 30 p.m. in the High School Luther Rippy of Merrill, Oregon choral room. He is an Engineering major. Last week saw a turnout of Dean is the brother of Dale three people, it has been de Rippy, last year's sophomore cided to try one more week. class president. If the turnout for this rehear Vice President, Herman Na sal is satisfactory, the rehear varro 19-year-old son of Mr. sals will be continued up to and Mrs. Andrew Navarro of the performance. Waianae, Hawaii. Herman is studying Law Enforcement. Secretary, Patricia Tiffany, daughter of the Francis Tif LOUISE STACK of Sumner, Washington has been coming to fany* of Vale and sister to MIN Nyssa for many years to conduct subscription camjiaigns for DATE MAX Margaret, the Sophomore Class the Gate City Journal, with Berwyn Burke the first publisher vice president. Patricia is 18 33 and a Biology major. 59 that she worked with here. Oct. 10 34 59 She and her husband Joe started conducting subscriptions cam Oct. 11 Treasurer, Debbie Crosby, 33 18-year-old daughter of Mr. 67 paigns all over the Pacific Norttiwest in the 30’s. He passed Oct. 12 41 and Mrs. Glen Crosby of On away in 1961, arid she has tieen working alone since that time. Oct. 13 78 Mrs. Stack has many friends in the area that she has known Oct. 14 tario. Debbie is studying Medi 41 cal Technology. over these many years, and hopes that some will stop by to say Oct. 15 71 40 74 "hello.” Shi will tie in the office until 8 |>.m. each evening Oct. 16 Publicity Director, Janice 38 Ingle, 18 year-old daughter of visiting with the youngsters Oct. 17 While working in Nyssa she is staying with Mrs. George Owyhee Reservoii Storage Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Ingle Whorton of Payette. He is a former owner of the Gate City 10-13 -73 381,060 Acre Feet of Ontario. She is a Home Eco Journal and the Payette Independent-Enterprise. 10-13 -72 437,460 Acre Feet nomics major. Post Office Closed Oct. 22 Livestock producers from Malheur County will meet in Vale, October 19, 1973 for the annual meeting of the Malheur County Livestock Association according to "Skip" Thayer Association president. The meeting will be in the Golden Slipper banquet room. The meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. with reports of the Associations '73 activities and committee reports concerning all phases of the livestock in- dustry. Brea th mobile Month School Closure Comes To Nyssa Solid Waste The Christmas Seal Breath- mobile will offer as public Site Approved TVCC Elects Class Officers WEATHER Livestock Producers Will Meet Oct. 19 Governor Urges One Canadates in Journal's Subscription Contest another career, operation of a mobile home park. He served as a Malheur County commissioner from 1961 to 1969, was a member of the Malheur Memorial Hos pital board at Nyssa also ser ving as its president, and has been on the boards of the Nyssa- Arcadia Drainage District, the Nyssa Rural Fire Protection District, Oregon Welfare Com mission advisory, Malheur Nur sing Home advisory, consumer advisory of the Nyssa Service Center, Malheur County Home Health Agency, advisory of the Southeastern Oregon Council of Governments and advisory to the Malheur County Land and Planning Commission, besides being a member of the Mal heur County Democratic Cen tral Committee and executive secretary of the Malheur County Housing Authority. He was also secretary of the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce, and currently serves on the Cham ber board as director. He told the governor that during the mid-December to mid-January period, "we con sume more fuel and use more electricity than du ring any other time in the school year." He also said that "in all probability this period is not the most pro ductive period of the year in regard to educational progress.’’ McCall said that probably not more than a dozen days of school would be lost to stu dents in any district, since Christmas vacation falls during the period the schools would be closed. In the Portland School District, 11 days would be lost, and in the Salem School District the year would be shortened by nine days. The State Board of Education requires 175 days of schooling, but can give temporary waivers. Most districts schedule more than 175 days, however. Mc- Call also added (hat the dis- trlcts could eliminate the one- week spring vacation to help make up the lost time, or could extend the school year in the spring. service free breathing tests to The CountySolidWasteCoun- all men and women 18 years of age and over. The tests will cil learned at their October 11 help you discover how well your meeting that the proposed cen respiratory system is working tral landfill site had been ap with a pulmonary function test. proved by the Oregon Depart Each person receiving the test ment of Environmental Quality. will be given a personal ex DEQ found that the site was planation of the results of his well located and had no soil Drainage in this test, so that he will better problems. understand the performance of ravine is not a major problem, but will add to the costs of the his respiratory system. The Breathmobile will be in site. Alternate sites are still Nyssa on Wednesday, October under consideration. In other business, the council 31 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be parked on the lot at saw a film titled "The Green The green box is the Bracken’s Department Store. Box.” containerized system used in a small Alabama County to trans Local Student fer rural waste to a central landfill. In LLEAP Program The solid waste council also Greg Michael, son of Mr. and reviewed plans for forming a Mrs. Charles Michael, Nyssa county service district. This is one of nine students studying district will be formed to fi in Austria under the LLEAP nance a county-wide solid waste program without using property program this year. The college's Living-Learn valuation as a tax base. ing Education Abroad Program (LLEAP) also attracted eleven students to Israel and one to Me xico. Dr. Helen Volkomener, SOC coordinator of the pro gram, said that no word has been received from the students One small squirrel cut off the in Israel since the war’s out power in Nyssa for about 40 break, but she assumes that they minutes Wednesday morning, are safe. and caused considerable incon The afternoon program will include talks on, the drought disaster feed program, live stock theft by Gene Kunkle of the State Department of Ag riculture, Larry Rittenhouse of the Squaw Butte Experiment Station will cover the minimum feed requirements of calvey cows. Sam Shaver, Federal Pre dator Control trapper for the County is to discuss coyote control programs available. Ernie Davis, Vice-president of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Asso ciation will report on the O. C. A. activities during '73. The meeting will adjourn af ter consideration of resolutions proposed and election of of ficers for '74. There will be a social hour and banquet in the evening. The Malheur County Cowbel- les will hold their annual meet ing on October 19 also start ing at 10:00 a.m. at the Vale Grange Hall. They will plan their Beef Promotion activi ties and the various social func tions they sponsor during the year. Nalley Players Prepare Drama Drama and suspense come to Ontario when the Valley Players present their production of Agatha Christie’s "Ten Little Indians," November 1, 2, and 3, at 8:00 p.m., in the Lounge area of the Treasure Valley Community College Administra tion Building. Excitement is running high as the cast goes into the final two weeks of rehearsal. "Who did it?*’ is the watchword of the cast as they too get caught up in trying to solve this in coherent series of clues, ex planations and gruesome (but comical) details. Tickets are now available to venience to the sugar factory the public at no cost. You may and other businesses depending pick them up in the Adminis on electricity. tration Building in either the Dale Adams, Nyssa manager main office or C-5 (The Drama of the Idaho Power Company, Office.) Reservations may be reported that the squirrel cau made by calling the college, but sed a short in a feeder switch at these tickets must be picked the sub-station at 3rd and Lo up by 7:45 p.m., on the eve cust. The squirrel, incidentally, ning of performance or they will died in the accident. be released. Squirrel Causes Power Outage He said shortages of heating oil are becoming more and more apparent, and the potential for a major shortage of elec tricity (hiring the winter also has been demonstrated. The STUDDED TIRES prospect for a major deficit of electricity led McCall to LEGAL NOV. 1 issue an Executive Order last Studded tires are legal in month ordering a prohibition Oregon from November 1 against the use of electricity for through April 30 under state display and decorative purposes. |au, ¡f WAb announced today by F. B. Klaboe, administrator of Among file questions the highways and state highway en school boards will have to con sider are contracts with tea gineer. chers, basketball, wrestling and other athletic program sche dules, family vacations during spring vacation, and release of students at the earliest pos sible lime at the end of the school year for assistance in agricultural harvests. McCall said the energy issue is so compelling, however, that he believes the problems can be worked out by the goups Involved. Honor* Colleg« Sign* Local Student The Honors College, a spe cial unit of the University of Oregon that holds special appeal for the serious student who wants a small college experience has found itself in a new period of growth. This year 73 freshmen have signed for the unique experience, plus 17 transfer students, for a total of 90 new students. Last year the new student enrollment was 46. The total enrollment of old and new students in the college this fall is around 300. Among tlie new freshmen en rollees from Nyssa is Laura Stunz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Gene Stunz. JAKE FISCHER was honored Monday night by the Treasure Valley Chambers of Com merce, and he is shown here with his wife, Nona, as Jim Leslie, left, president of the organization presents Jake with an engraved letter holder