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University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 97UC3 Nyssa Gate City Journal .................................................................................................................................................................................................. ..... ....... ........................................................ 67th Year 44th Issue The Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, November 1, 1973 Thunderegg Capital 15< Per Copy Christensen Heads State Hospital Association Gale Christensen, adminis trator at Malheur Memorial Hospital, was named president elect of the Oregon Association of Hospitals, Wednesday in Med ford. Christensen has tieen vice president for the past year. Ttie association installed Ro bert Strowbridge, Ashland hos pital administrator, as presi dent Other new officers include Jim Mol, administrator, Good Samaritan Hospital, Corvallis, vice-president, and William Connely, administrator, Pro vidence Hospital, Portland, se cretary-treasurer. The association winding up Its 39th annual meeting, urged efforts to release from im poundment $197.2 million in 1973 Hill-Burton funds. It noted that Oregon's share Hill-Burton program director of the funds would be about for the state $1.9 million. The frozen money is in both A resolution said "Oregon's grant and loan forms The loans share is urgently needed by Ore would have all owed the hospitals gon hospitals." to obtain money with the federal Congress appropriated the government paying the first $197.2 million for the 1973 three percent of the interest. fiscal year but Nixon Adminis tration budget cutbacks trine the distribution, according to Richard Vesperman, Salem, Nursing Home Problems To Be Discussed Tuesday Citizens of ttie Treasure Val ley area will have an oppor tunity next Tuesday evening to meet and talk with Mrs. Ruth Hocks, special representative of Governor McCall for de termining needs of Nursing Home residents. All persons who have an interest in the Nursing Homes, ttie residents therein, and ttie general con cept of long-term care are en CALF M. CHRISTENSEN couraged to attend the session which will tie held in the Hos MRS. GLORIA HOLLY pitality room of the Presby terian Nursing Home, begin ADRIAN POSTMASTER ning at 7 30 p.m., November 6. Mrs. Hocks was appointed Mrs. Gloria L. Holly has been to the special one-year posi appointed Postmaster in Adrian, tion early last month to obtain Oregon on October 26, 1973 af for the Governor a grass-roots’ ter serving as Officer InCharge feeling of ttie residents, their since June 27, 1972. Mrs. Holly assumes her du families and friends, personnel ties after extensive postal ex involved in the operations of the perience suit e entering ttie ser Homes, and ttie governmental vice in 1949. Her fattier, Glen agencies involved with regula Pounds, served as Adrian Post tions and standards of care. Mrs. Hocks has a varied master from 1941 to 1964, suc ceeding John E. Holly. When background which qualifies her Mr Pounds retired bi 1964, his to prepare an objective over wife, who had served as Post view of the problems of group Office Clerk was subsequently living in long-term care facih- appointed Postmaster with tlieir daughter, Gloria assisting as Clerk. Mrs pounds retired in 1972. Mrs Holly resides near Adrian with tier hustiand, Rl- They are the parents chard, of two children, Mrs. Rex Smith who, with tier hustiand. also makes her home in that vicinity. F son, Tim, who isemployedby the forestry service and resides ui John Dav, Oregou. with his wife, Lila, and ttw*ir small daughter, Trina. Society Hears Jones 14ind uses, including zoning and off road vehicles as they pertain to the ranching industry, were discussed by Represen tative Denny Jones at a dinner meeting of ttie High In sert sub chapter, Society for Range Ma nagement, held at the East Side Cafe Wednesday evening, Oc tober 24. Among the laws passed during the past legislative assembly is one that pertains to private property and road closures by land owners, Jones advised. A question and answer penodfol- lowed his disu< sslon. Gail Frieze, State Land Board in Vale, and Skip Thayer, On tario randier, will coordinate the program for the next bi monthly meeting which will tie held in January Date and pro gram will be announced Philip Rumpel, program co ordinator, presided at the meet ing which was attended by 23 memtiers and guests. ties. She has served as a hospi tal administrator, a medical counselor, and as chairman of ttie Multnomah County Welfare Commission. She attended Tyler Junior College and ttie Univer sity of Houston in Texas. She has served with the Metropo litan Youth Commission, Youth Progress, Villa Saint Rose School, ttie Foster Children Association, Protective Ser vices for ttie Aged, and ttie Comprehensive Health Planning Association. Site Is a member of ttie National League for Nur sing, the OregonCitizens League for Nursing, the Multnomah Foundation for Medical Care, and ttie Oregon Mental Health Association Governor McCall emphasized that Mrs. Hocks will not du plicate services already per formed by other state regula tory agencies such as the Health Division, ttie Welfare Division, or the Fire Marshall's office, but will be looking beyond the facility into the concerns ex- pressed by the ’consumer’ and the potential consumer’. M al hen r Country Historical Society Meets The annual meeting of the Malia-ur Country Historical So ciety, slated for 7 30 p.m., on Thursday, November 8, at the Eastside Cafe, will feature a program by Dick d’Easum, Boise, who writes a column for Idaho Statesman titled "Pio neer Days." Recently retired from ttie University of Idaho Extension Service, d’Easum is currently researching material for a book about the Sawtooth Mountains. He earlier wrote "Fragments of Vlllany,” a col lection of historical articles and personal essays published by Tlie Statesman as a result of 30 years as a staff mem- ber and columnist. His talk is titled •Confes sions of an Idaho Lover" and includes anecdotes from the early days of Owyhee and Mal heur counties. He will intro duce the audience to "friends of his with names like Jobnnv- Behmd-the Rocks. Banjo Nell and Rube Robbins. Annual meeting business will include election of officers, an annual report of society acti vities, and plans for the com ing year Non-members are welcome to attend andean make reservations by calling Jeff Ford at Treasure Valley Com munity College or at his home. Sugar Company Fills Two Key Positions Ttie AmalgamatedSugar Com assigned new respinsibllltles. pany announced this week that They are Jack O'Driscoll and two of its management emplo Mike Hammond. Mr. O’Driscoll has been mo yees are being promoted and ved up to (lie position of assis tant to the president. He re TWO MALHEUR places Larry Corry, who was BRIDGES APPROVED recently assigned as district manager of the company’s The Oregon Transportation Nampa agriculture district. Commission today approved six Mr. O’Dnscoli lias been ser Feder al-aid Secondary projects, ving in the general office as one each in Haker, C rook, Des manager of the company’s data chutes and Jefferson Counties processing and computer ope and two in Malheur County. rations. Earlier, he was ad Total cost isestimatedat$595,- ministrative assistant to the 000, with ttie State’s share es controller. timated at $74,375. Mike Hammond has been The two projects requested named to succeed Mr. O'Dns- by Malheui County are for two coll as manager of the data bridges on FoothlU Drive, FAS processing department at tlie 108, with one bridge over Wil general office. DATE MAX MIN PR EC. low Creek and the otlier over In an earlier assignment, Mr. Oct. 24 a drainage ditch. Plans call 60 44 Hammond was ttie office mana for the construction of a rein 65 Oct. 25 .7 36 ger at the Nampa sugar factory. Oct. 26 forced concrete bridge with a 55 27 He joined tlie company in 1968 Oct. 27 54 28-foot roadway at each loca as a data analyst at the general 27 Oct. 28 58 tion. Plans also call for con 30 office. struction of approaches and .6 Oct. 29 54 36 Oct. 30 connections, placing of riprap, 54 30 REDUCED FREIGHT Oct. 31 removing and disposing of the 33 existing bridge and the installa ( I» vhc. Reservoir Storage tion of guardrail on the ap RATES CONTINUED 10/29/73 388,879 Acre feet proaches. Tlie State will make 10/29/72 447,390 Acre feet the survey and plans Ttie 45 to 55 percent reduc tion in freight rates on hay for the drought stricken counties in Oregon has been continued past an October 31 deadline until the end of May.Congress man Al Ullman reported Wed nesday. Ullman said he was informed by the Department of Agricul ture that the Inter-state Com merce Commission extended the reduced rate structure an ad ditional seven months after a request by the U.S.D.A. The ten counties which will continue to have the lower rates available are Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Lake Malheur, Union, Wallowa and Wlieeler WEATHER e AMELIA DIAZ and her husband, Baldeinar, werp co-chairmen of ttw P7 A Mexican Dinner heldSalurday, October 27. A large crowd participated in the enjoyable occasion, followed In a carnival in the high school. Nancy Jackson To Visit Here Miss Oregon will make pearances in Malheur County next Monday and Tuesday, No vember 5 and 6, courtesy of Equitable Savings A Loan Asso ciation in Ontario. Nyssa's Nancy Jackson, dau ghter of Mr and Mrs. Wilton Jackson, will appear at the Ontario High School and Ju nior High Monday morning, and will be at the Ontario Chamber of Commerce Monday noon. Monday afternoon she will ap pear at a special assembly at Nyssa High School at 2 p.m. Townspeople are invited to see Nancy, and site will appear in her costume and give her ta lent presentation that she gave at Atlantic City. Tuesday morning she will ap pear at Vale High School, and will be at the Vale Chamber of Commerce that noon. She had previously visited at the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce. Those who would like to visit with Nancy may also see her at Equitable’s office in Ontario between appearances in the three cities. Réhabilitation Of Kangeland THE NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL BAND poses in their new uniforms, just received. The uniforms are blue with a white overlay, white lettering and spats. Band members are, front row from left, Kelli Michaels, Jeanne Jeffries, Kathy Shell, Carla Ausman, Joyce Haney, Mary Ann Chadwick and Band Director Frank Werner. Second row, from left, Kelley Williams, Kathryn Kunkel, Sandra Thomas, Bridget Gallegos, Lesa Ure, Pam Tanner, Sharon Barnes, Nelda Nichols, Dustin Kassman, Allen Bal lant yne and Gail Cleaver. Third row, from left, Sherrie Fitzsimmons, Mike Frank lin, Mike Parker, Dan Simantel, Bill Marcum, Julie Hoff, Kenneth Landreth, Martina DeLeon, Laurel Ure, Connie Montoya and LaDawn Bair. Fourth row, Tammi Frederiksen, Paula Saito. Willard Draper, Clark Kido, Bill Tensen, Becky Mathews, Joe Stults, Carolyn Lassiter, Megan Jackson, Julie Garner. Bruce Goodell and Larry Haney. Fifth row. John Kouns, Charles Pickett, Clayton Webb. Paul Kesler, Peter Stephen, Jeff Hipp, Linda Church. James Greig, Marla Feik and Laurie Wright. Sixth row, Anna Dority, Julie Anderson, Shellev Myrick, Kathy Daudt, Curtis Moncur, Stuart Steplien. Barbara Holmes, Nancy Larson, Kathy Cottrell, Terry Baker and John Tanner. Top row, Raymond Wiley, Merle Saunders, Larry Saun ders, Bruce Corn, DavidGreig, Mike Ausman, Brenda Bowers, Lon Miner, Craig Bair and John Strickland. BLM Reelects Local Colleges Offer “You Are Jury A new audience participation sider carefully whether “as ttie Is the Grand Jury still “tlie Three Members program, "You Are The Jury” jury is adapted to changing people’s guardian .’” Rehabilitation of nearly 13,000 acres of fire charred rangeland in the Vale BLM district is pro gressing satisfactorily. District Manager George R. Gurr, said Three incumbent members this week. were returned to the Advisory The rehab projects, all within Board of the Vale District, the Central Resource Area, are Bureau of Land Management, being completed by three in in an election held in the dis dependent contractors, Gurr trict office this week. said. Bids for the work were George R. Gurr, district ma awarded to Bill Broderick, nager, said Grady Romans, Nor lakeview, for 4,500 acres thern Resource Area represen burned in the Board Corrals tative from Westfall, Robert fire, Frank Mader, Jordan H. Skinner and Charles E. Ma Valley, for 4,500 acres in the her, both of Jordan Valley and Alkali Flat area, and Russell representing the Central Re Lynde and Sons, Jordan Val source Area, were re-elected to ley, for 3,900 acres burned in three year terms. Dr. Ro the Round Mountain fire. bert Keveren, Vale, was re-ap Seed species for the rehabili pointed to a one year term as tation include crested wheat district wildlife representative. grass, Russian wild rye, Whit A broader variety of public man beardless wheatgrass, No interests using BLM adminis mad alfalfa and small burnet. tered lands is constantly crea These varieties were chosen as ting new problems and chal the best suited to meet the lenges in their administration needs of watershed, range and not only in the Vale District, wildlife, as well as their soil but on all National Resource adaptability, Gurr noted. Lands, Gurr said. The recom Equipment in use on these mendations of the Advisory large areas include nine craw Board are of invaluable assis ler tractors and 18 of the tance In reaching solutions to large rangeland drills which these new and complex prob- were developed specifically for lems of public land manage- this type of work. In addition, ment, he added. approximately 21 miles offence Balloting was by mail and around the areas which were election judges were MartinSa- damaged by the fires this sum vers and Mervyn Lemos, dis mer have now been repared by trict ranchers. BLM maintenance crews. Malheur Sportsmen Meet Monday, Nov. 5 Malheur county sportsmen and residents alike will have a special opportunity to learn more about the legislative pro posals concerning the Hells Canyon National Recreation area, according to Jerry Han sen, Nyssa, president of tlie Eastern Oregon Outdoorsmen when it holds its meeting Mon day, November 5. at 8 p.m. at the Cairo School, south of On tario. Featured speaker at tlie mon thly meeting of tlie E.O.O. will be Wade Hall, of Baker, who will present the pros and cons of two bills being considered in Congress, S2233 and HR2624 introduced at the national level. "The presentation is impor tant to local residents not only because of recreation but future development of this region. The E.O.O. wants to be sure of its position, prior to the public hearing, scheduled for Decem ber 6 in La Grande conc erning the proposed national recrea tion area, that is practically on our doorstep," said Hansen. In otlier business, a report w ill be made by Lauren W right, Nyssa, concerning legal direc tion for obtaining public access to certain roads, where clo sures have been made by pri vate landowners, leading to pub lic lands. According to Wright, a fundraising drive has already been undertaken by individual Malheur county sportsmen to help reverse these closures. The effort to reopen ttie ac cess Is a result of certain re County Bicentennial cent closures m the last years that have frustratedarea sports Committee To Meet men. There is much concern Judge Roy Hirai announced locally for remedying tlie si that the initial meeting of ttie tuation, so the interests of both Malheur County Bicentennial the landowner and the sports Committee will be held at 8 men are insured, according to p.m. November 6 in the Vale Wright City Council room, All in- Members and guests of terested persons are encoura- the Eastern Oregon Outdoors ged to attend. men Club are urged to attend Frank J. Quinlan, director this important monthly meeting. of tlie Oregon Bicentennial Com Refreshments will be served. mission, will be present. Ex A door prize will tie presented. piation of the national, state Interested members of the pub and county planning to cele lic are reminded of their con brate the nations 200thbirthday tinued invitation to any of the in 1976 will be made. club's monthly meetings. Fa A good turn-out and response mily menitierships at the ori is hoped for by the Malheur ginal $5.00 amount are still be County Bicentennial Committee ing accepted, according to E.O. co-chairmen, Jini Grant and O. Secretary-Treasurer Geo Ivan Patrick. rge Zeme, Vale. will be presented on November 6, at 8 p.m. at the College of Idaho and on November 7 at 7:00 p.m. and November 8, at 2:30 p.m. at Treasure Val ley Community College. The program, which is open to all, provides the opportunity to "serve on a jury," decide a jury-related case, and gain a deeper understanding of the jury and its role in our society. Conducting the program will be Eleanor Fulkerson, Doctor of Law, University of California. conditions, it continues to ful fill the purpose for which it originally came into being, which was to serve as a safe guard against oppressive pro secutions." The program will address it self to such questions as. How has the jury changed as a result of Supreme Court de cisions? Is the jury essential to de mocracy? Why is ttie jury under at tack in the United States today ’ Ms. Fulkerson will comment briefly on the history and de velopment of the jury and on the jury decision-making pro cess, after which the audience will be divided into “juries" and given a case to decide. Ttie “verdicts" will then be analy zed and discussed. Everyone at tending will receive a kit of readings relating to ttie jury. Boys and G iris Excited Í As Contest Nears End CANDIDATES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR STANDING DISTRICT ONE Karen Hutehinsim Sharon Dail Rt. 1 Box 678 Sheryl South Terri Ulrey Stringer Road Lorraine Wahlert Kaylene Robbins Rt. 2 Box 320 DR ELEANOR FERGUSON Mrs. Fulkerson, who is also active in community or ganizations. believes that the jury is "the institution which makes the legal system res ponsive to community needs." She believes that we must con- Lion Governor Visits Nyssa of l.ion District Govern s Roger Reynoidson of Parma made his annual visitation to the Nyssa Lions Club Tuesday noon at tlie Twilight Cafe. Reynoidson is governor of District 39-IA, which includes all ut Southwest Idaho and the Nyssa, Vale, Ontario and Adrian clubs in Oregon. DISTRICT TWO Neal Linger Rt. 2 Box 105 Mark Bauman She 11 a Johnson Katey Nemazi David Mo ft is Susan Carlson Rt. 2 Box 124 Charlie Shell Ranae Robinson Rt. 1 Box 215 Chris Fonda Ronnie Robinsoo Sharon Pickett Rt. 1 Box 22A Dina Hirai Michael Blaylock Rt. 2 Box 318 Richard Godin Jamie Apodaca Jackie Chadwick Eddie Kinkade Rt. 2 Box 16 Troy Toombs Keith Thompson Rt. 2 Box 540 Tony Franklin Mark Needs Geneve Williams Clover Dale SELF-HELP HOUSES UNDERCONSTRUC- tion between 1st and 2nd Streets on Ehr- giHxi Avenue will receive tielji from the Building Trades class of Nyssa High School, under the supervision of George Fanning, shown above. The boys will help on these two houses, Norma Iraeheta and two more houses just started on 6thStreet. The class built their own house last year, and this year will gain their experience on these houses, plus other local projects. They are now completing a small pumphouse office building for Loomix and Holcomb Construction Company.
