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Nyssa Gate City Journal 68th Year 9th Ittua The Sugar City Nyssa, Oragon Thursday, February 28, 1974 Thunderegg Capital 15C Per Copy Miss Sandra Lane Wins Post Office Announces Rate Increase Betty Crocker Award Sandra Lane has been named Adrian High School's 1973-74 Betty Crocker Fa mily Leader of Tomorrow. Miss I^ne won the honor by competing with other se niors in the written know ledge and attitude exainina- • ember 4 Sh< : now eligible for state and national honors and will re ceive a specially designed award from General Mills, Inc., sponsor of the annual educational scholarship pro gram. Sandra is (lie daugh ter of Mr and Mrs. Ross Lane of Adrian ment of the All-American Family Leader ofTomorrow, whose scholarship wilI be in creased to $5,000 Second, third and fourth place win ners will receive scholar ship increases to $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000 respec tively. A $1,000 Nutrition scho larship is also available again this year from General Mills The winfldr of tin grant is a participant in the Betty Cricker Search whois planning a college major in nutrition or a related field, ranks among the highest in his or her state on the over all examination and scores highest on the included nut rition questions This year, 703,074students from 14,463 schools were enrolled in the Betty Croc ker Search, which for the second year, included senior boys. Since the program be gan in 1954-55, approxima tely nine million students have participated and scho larship awards total more than $2 million. FHA To Have Top Soil Drive SANDRA LANE State Family Leaders of Tomorrow receive a $1,500 college scholarship while state second-place winners receive a grant of $500. The state winner also earns for his or her school, a 20-vo lume reference work, "The Annals of America," from Encyclopaedia Brittanica Educational Corporation. In the spring, state win ners and their faculty ad visors will be the guests of General Mills on an ex pense paid educational tour which will include Washing ton, D. C. and Minneapolis, Minnesota. A special event of the tour is the announce The Nyssa FHA members are having a Top Soil Drive. This helpful service will start March 1. This is ex cellent top soil and the girls will deliver it and unb«d it right where you want it. 7 he fee for this service is $7 per pick-up load. Please call 372-2679 or 372-2320 to place your or ders. The proceeds from the drive will help pay ex penses for six delegates to the State Convention this spring and will be used in defraying the costs of the District Convention which will he held in Nyssa Mflf vear Postmaster Lee Dull today reminded U. S. Postal Ser vice customers that new pos tage rates will go into ef fect Saturday. "BeginningMarch2," Dull said, "first class mail will be 10 cents per ounce, air mail will be 13 cents and post cards eight cents ” The postmaster alsopom- ted out that mailers maypur- chase their new stamps by mall, saving time and a gaso line-consuming trip to the post office. These mall or ders may be paid by check or money order Because of the shortage of paper for printing and the mammoth logistics job of pro viding official Postal Ser- Red Cross Begins Drive The MalheurCountyChap- ter of the American Red Cross will launch Its annual fund drive March 4. The county fund drive chairman is Harold Nelson of Ontario. His wife, Annie, is Ontario residential chairman. Jake Fischer is Nyssa area chair man, and Vale area chair man is John Harm. Con tacting uie business area will be Emil Stunz and Paul Pen rod. The residential area will be covered by George Hirai and the Boy Scouts. Fifty percent of all do nations stays within the county, while the rest is used for programs on the National Red Cross level Local funds are used to maintain and ini tiate programs in such areas as the Blood Bank, Disaster Relief, Service to Military Fa milies, First Aid and the Red Cross Volunteers. This year's drive will in clude a mailing campaign and door-to-door solicitations A "kick-off” coffee for all county fund drive workers will be held March 4, at 10 a.m at the Moore Hotel in Ontario vice stamps-by-mail order blanks to some 42,000 post offices, the new order forms may not be available at all locations in time for the rate change To assist the Postal Ser vice, the Gate City Journal is printing a public service notice containing a replica of the official order form. It will be honored by the Nyssa post office as official The average Nyssa area citizen will be interested only in the first class and airmail rate changes noted above Local businesses will be concerned as well by changes in the rates of other classes of mail. Third class mail rates, mostly for advertising ma terial, will rise by 1.3 cents per piece, putting the rates! 6 1 cents for each the first 250,000 pieces mailed and 6.3 cents for each addi- Sweet Com Acreage Signed To Bargaining Contracts Approximately half the po tential sweet corn acreage in four Idaho counties and Malheur County, Oregon, was signed to bargaining contracts Tuesday by the Farm Bureau Marketing association of Idaho, it was announced by Ernest M. Seuell, president of the Mal heur County Farm Bureau, Coordinator of the Oregon sign-up At a membership sign-ep meeting held on the Treasure Valley Community College campus nearly 40 sweet corn producers heard Nyal H Ry- dalch of the Idaho Farm Bu reau describe bargaining organization requirements and current pricing proce dures used by various pro cessing plants in the Pacific Northwest Special attention was paid to past grower contracts with American Fine Foods, Stokely-Van Camp and Ore- Ida Foods, with whom re gional growers will bargain. Gas Allocations Not For Nyssa CHAMBER PRESIDENT KEN NYCE pre sents outgoing president Rod George, left, with a past president's piacque for his services to the Nyssa Chamber of Com merce. Max D. Carter, right, was speaker at the Ross English • n Doan’s List ROSS ENGLISH Ross J. English, son of Mr and Mrs. Darrell English, Route 3, Parma, Idaho of the Big Bend community, has con sistently won honors by be ing on the Dean's list every Semester, since his enroll ment at Oregon Institute of Technology inJanuary, 1973. English’s cumulative G.P.A. is 3.52. He is currently com pleting his degree in Diesel Technology, tie also works for Midway Machinery and Supply Company while atten ding Oregon Tech. Ross English is a 1967 graduate of tlie Adrian Union High School and served four years in the United States Air Force English, his wife, Carey and son Jay, reside at Kla math Falls, Oregon. regular meeting Wednesday noon. Carter recently built a new home this side of Fruitland on Highway 95, where he and Mrs Carter have retired after serving the Arabian American Oil Company in Saudi Arabia for the past 25 years. t tonal piece Fourth class mall rates, mainly used for parcel post, will increase an average of six per cent, depending on weight and distance. While the full Increases for airmail, first class, third class and parcel post matter will take effect on. March 2, the rate increa ses for second class mail, (i.e. newspapers and maga zines) and a special fourth class rate for educational materials, will be spread out over varying periods through mid-1982. Second class rates are computed on several diffe rent bases, reflecting ad vertising content of the pe riodicals involved and dis tance mailed. Higher operating costs were cited by the Postal Service as the reason tor the rate increase, Dail said. The governor’s office an nounced Monday Oregon's distribution of the 3.4 mil lion gallons increase in gaso line allocations. Ontario will receive an increase of 8,500 gallons with Portland receiving 741,300 gallons Nyssa service station ow ners at this time have not been notified of any share of the second gasoline allo cation. These stations re ceive their gasoline from Idaho distributors Preliminary bargaining talks have begun with Sto kely-Van Camp, Seuell said, and bargaining will begin this week with American Fine Foods. Growers elected to the bar gaining committee are Duane Drydale and Homer Brewer, both of Nyssa; Max Barlow, Vale, Danny Froshieser, Wei ser and Tom Murata, Fruit land. Seuell said a membership sign-up meeting is schedu led soon in Vale. SIX NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS were finalists in the 7AA District Tourna ment at Nyssa last weekend, and will par ticipate in the Oregon State Class AA W restling Tournament at Corvallis Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2. Front row, from left areChris Lords, 1st at 148 pounds; David Ballou, 2nd at 123 Nyssa Youths Plead Guilty Rick Ordonez 18,316Good Avenue and Robert Emmett Pratt 18, Route 1, Nyssa, who were arrested last week and charged with minors in possession of intoxicating liquor by consumption, ap peared in Nyssa Municipal court February 26. They entered a plea of guilty and after paying fines of $37 each they were released. Stockmen To Meet Ma'heur Stockmen will ga ther in Jordan Valley, Sa turday, March 2 for the Semi Annual meeting for the Mal heur County Livestock Asso ciation, according to Skip Thayer, Association Presi dent Tb* meeting starting at 1 30 in the Parish Hall, will feature talks by Bob Raleigh, Superintendent of the Squaw Butte Experiment station in Burns. A discussion of the BLM suite by Bill Schroeder of Vale and a talk by Dean Fnschknecht and Guy Rey nolds from the Animal Science Department of Ore gon State University Exten sion Service. The Cow Belles will meet for a noon luncheon at 12:30 pm. in the Parish Hall. Then a short meeting will include the selection of the first ever, Malheur County Beef Princess and the raffling of a quilt. Those planning to attend should »Sha ron Binder, Sandy Trenkel or Carroll Kunz so adequate ar rangements can be made There will be a social hour and banquet followed by a dance in the evening. Thayer urges all stockmen to attend this meeting and learn of the factors effec ting the beef cattle industry of Malheur County DDT To Control Tussock Moth Sen. Bob Packwood an nounced Tuesday morning that DDT will be used to control the Tussock moth this year. The moth is bla med for destruction of thou sands of acres of timber in Oregon, Idaho, and Wash ington this past year. In a phone call to the Gate City Journal, Senator Pack wood said"This is good news for the west and came about by thecombinedeffortsofthe congressional delegation, in terested persons and the ci tizens’ petitions 1 hope this will stop the overwhelming destruction brought about in our forest lands.” Packwood said, in announ cing the EPA decision today, ”1 am delighted that we will now have a chance at last to get nd of this infestation.” mobiles The office will have an ex terior of giant brick mason ry units with bronzed glass complementing an interior finish of brick, paint and vinyl wail covering The roof will be built-up with frame trusses and ceiling will consist of wood beams, wood decking and acoustical tile Vinyl asbestos tile and carpeting will cover the floor areas. The new branch, expected to be twice the size of the existing structure, will house all banking services includ ing space for a future First Day and Night Teller The office will be built on property adjacent to the existing branch Completion is expected by fall of this year. Nyisa Student* to Attend Symposium Six students from Nyssa are among the more than 125 students and teachers from 35 Oregon highschools who have been selected to participate in the fifth an nual Junior Science and Hu manities Symposium at Ore gon State University March 7-9. A similar number will at tend from Washington this year for the first time. Theme is "Energy: Sour ces, Needs and Distribution " O6U professors will give the keynote lectures and lead Assessor Lists Rules For Moving Mobile Homes Malhuer County Assessor Oscar Bratton said today that mobile homes are be coming an important segment of housing in Malheur County The growth and the changes in the Oregon laws are cau sing problems for the asses sor and all those concerned with mobile homes. Bratton outlined briefly some of the most important laws and re gulations affecting mobile home owners, dealers and movers. In order to move any mo- bile home a trip permit must be secured from the Ore gon Department of Motor Ve hicles. Whenever a mo bile home is to be moved out of the county or out of the state a "Cerifícate of Taxes Paid on Mobile Home” must be obtained from the Assessor’s office before ma king application for the trip permit. In order to receive this certificate all taxes must be paid on the mobile home including those of the cur rent assessment year Taxes for the current assessment year are to be pre-paid di rectly to the Assessor. If a change of plans occur after obtaining a trip permit and the mobile home is not mo ved, the assessor should be notified. Location of the mobile home site should be described as clearly as pos sible in all cases. This certification of taxes paid is also necessary before a transfer of title of the mo bile home can take place It should be obtained before the registration of the new mo bile home owner. Registra tion of all mobile homes coming into the state or those purchased within the state must be made immediately at the Oregon Department of Mo tor Vehicles. Whenever a mobile home which bears a special li cense under ORS 481.467 is moved into a state which does not honor the license as payment of taxes the tax payer to whom the license was issued may apply to the county court where the unit had situs and recent a refund for the whole months that the mobile home was not in the State of Oregon Persons having questions about mobile homes not ans wered in this release are encouraged to call the Asses sor’s office. Costa Rican Visits Nyssa Nyssa Students Present Science First Nat'l Bank To Start Building Soon Bids to construct a new building for First National Bank of Oregon's Nyssa branch were opened at 3 p.m , Tuesday, Feb 26, in the office of Peck/Grady Associated Architects of Portland Bidders were Arvy Co , Caldwell, Idaho and Haynes Construction Co., Bend, Oregon An apparent low bidder was chosen and the bids are now under advise ment. The new Nyssa branch will feature a total of 6,100 square feet of floor space with 4,600 square feet on the main floor and an ad ditional 1,500 square feet on the mezzanine level. The bank also plans a lt,000 square foot parking lot with parking facilities for 21 auto- pounds; Sam Hartley, 2nd at 106, and Robert Gallegos, 1st at 141. Back row. Coach Mel Calhoun; Kevin Adams, 2nd at 157; and Manuel Perez, 1st at 136. Hartley is state champion at 98 pounds, and Perez took 2nd place at 130 pounds in last year’s tournament. Projects The following Nyssa Science students were among forty-five students from Ore JUAN VILLALOBOS gon who presented their re An exchange student from search projects at the Ju Costa Ricavisitedlastweek nior Academy of Science in end with Dale Schraufnagel. Eugene last weekend. He is Juan Villalobos, 17 who Evelyn Bailey, Debbie is spending this school year Alexander, Debra Bratton, in Madras with the Floyd Monica Smit, Kellyne Mi Suttle family chael, Kris Rigney, Clif Va- He came to Nyssa with the netti, Lori Saito, JennieShi- Madras wrestling team as momaeda. Mark Nelson. Ju a spectator at the District lia Hoff for Manuel Perez, Wrestling Tournament. Cora Lee Meyer for Meiodi Schraufnagel’s wife, now Ferrenburg, MonlcaSmitfor deceased, was a native of Tom Church and Kathryn Kun Costa Rica and he has visi kel for Miriam Kunkel. ted in that country EXPERTS ON GEOTHERMAL POWER toured the known geothermal resource area east of Vale Butte last week, discus sing geothermal steam From left, they are Bill Lee, USGS, Menlo Park, Richard Bowen, Oregon State Dept. of Geology and Minerals, Bruce Hellier, USGS, Menlo Park, Jack Feuer, BLM, Port land, Bill Schneider, Outdoor Recreation Specialist, BLM, Vale; and Charles Was- singer (back to camera), BLM, Portland the small group discussions. BLM To Require Livestock Branding Food and lodging are pro All livestock which graze vided for the students and The new proposal would teachers from a U.S. Army on Bureau of Land Manage require that all cattle, hor ment administered national Research Office grant. Par ses, sheep or other live ticipants and/or their schools resource land will have to stock be marked and that a pay travel expenses. The pro be branded if a proposed record of the marking be change in the federal regu gram at OSU is one of 30 filed with BLM. Bureau of lations is adopted. in the U. S. Land Management will con The draft rule change to Those selected to attend tinue to have discretionary require branding, earmark from Nyssa High School are authority to require eartag ing or other identification of ging or additional marking if Mary L. Omberg, Biology all animals over six months instructor, and Debra Ale deemed necessary to control of age, was published in the trespass or promote the or xa ndci. Evelyn Bailey, Th" Federal Register, govern mas Church, Kellyne Mi derly management of the fe ment’s rule making publica chael, Manuel Perez and deral range tion, February 11, 1974 Monica Smit. WEATHER MIN. MAX. DATE Feb. 20 49 31 Feb 21 46 30 Feb. 22 44 30 Feb. 23 43 20 48 Feb. 24 21 Feb 25 49 30 Feb. 26 51 27 Feb. 27 29 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 1 534,790 Acre Feet 2/27/73 595,620 Acre Feet LAUREN WRIGHT, president of the Nyssa Lions Club presided at the 36th annualcharter Night dinner held Tuesday evening at the Twilight Cafe. At right, Dr. Roger Reynoldson of Parina, District Go vernor of 39W, made his official visitation to the club and was principal speaker.