Uni versi / Of O l'egon Library /7UC3 Nyssa Gate City Journal 68th Year 12th Issue The Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, March 21, 1974 Thunderegg Capital 15C Per Copy Craig Named Manager of First National Bank New manager at First Na* t tonal Bank of Oregon, Nyssa B yich will be George A. (/aig, who is presently Assis­ tant Manager and Commer­ cial Loan Officer at the On­ tario Branch, announced Ro­ bert F. Wallace, President. He replaces Rod George, who is transferring to the bank’s La Grande Branch as Manager. Craig joined First National at the Hood River Branch in 1950. He received a, num­ ber of assignments there prior to his appointment as Assistant Operations Officer In 1956. He moved to the Condon Branch in a similar capa­ city two years later, and tn 1960 was promoted to In­ stallment Loan Officer at the Cottage Grove Branch. In 1964, he was assigned to the Stayton Branch as General Loan Officer and four years later transferred to the John Day Branch. He was appointed Commercial Loan Officer at the Ontario office in 1969 and has been Assistant Branch Manager since 1273. Craig is Treasurer of Exe­ cutives Affiliated, a member of the Board of Realtors and is active in the OntarioCham- ber of Commerce and Lions Club. George, a First National employee since 1960, was na­ med Assistant Operations Of­ ficer at the La Grande Branch In March, 1965. He was named Operations Of­ ficer at the Nyssa Branch later that year and was assig­ ned to the Bend Branch in 1967. He was appointed General Loan Officer at the Merrill Branch in 1968, and In 1971 was promoted to Assistant Manger of the Kla­ math Falls Branch. He has been manager of the Nyssa Branch since 197£. George was President of Nyssa Chamber of Com­ merce, Co-Chairman of Mal­ heur County United Appeal, and is also a member of the Volunteer Fire Department, the Nyssa City Council, and is a member of F.O.E. »2134. Family Theme For Malheur County Fair GEORGE CRAIG A "Fair for the Family" has been the goal of the Malheur County Fair Board in its planning over the years, and this year they have selec - ted this as the theme for the 1974 Malheur County Fair, August 14 - 17, according to Gordon Capps, Chairman of the Board. use" value will receive 30% With the motto "All In Increase on improvements The Family" the Board will only. sponsor a special "Family Vale tracts (Code 43), in- Exhibit." The display will crease on land 5% and in- be open to families of at crease on improvements 30%. least three members who "By using the indexing may exhibit a total of not method," Bratton explained, less than six and not more ’’if the economy should take than 15 items. It may in­ a downward trend assessed clude baked goods, flowers, values can also be lowered land products, art, handi­ to reflect lower property work, and/or clothing items. values and not have to wait Capps said that pre-regis- for the six year reappraisal tration will be necessary to cycle for adjustment." insure adequate space, and any family interested should check the premium book which should be available in May An "Open ClassDogShow" County Judge Roy Hirai is planned again this year with Saturday, August 17 has contacted the National tentatively set as the date. Guard asking for assistance There will also be an "Open in providing a temporary bridge to cross the Owyhee Class Horse Show" on Sa­ turday. This is a new event River where the old bridge for the Fair and will have was destroyed last fall. some 20 classes for par­ Judge Hirai said that the guard is looking for a bailey ticipants. bridge, in fact two bridges Special entertainment is are needed. He said that planned with "The Hagers" they have found two sets in Fresno, California txit they have to determine if the bridges come under the heading of Army Defense Supply, If so, we can't have A Democratic candidate them as they must be avail­ for Governor in the Oregon able in time of war. primary was a visitor to If the bridges come under Nyssa last Friday. He is the head of Army Main­ Johnny Woods, well-known tenance, there is a possi­ professional entertainer, bility that we can use them, and a resident of Oregon the judge said. The National since 1969. His mother is a Guard survey crew will send resident of Vale. the results of their survey to Col. Darrell Doering, who is head of the Oregon Mili­ tary Department, and their information should be avail­ able by the end of the week. The N)N M Hoad District started grading the old road from Mitchell Butte to the dam on the Oxbow trail, They ask people to use this road rather than the ditch banks, as these roads can be very dangerous. ROD GEORGE Indexing New Method On Property Assessments Malheur County Assessor, Oscar Bratton, said today that the word "indexing” is becoming increasingly important in real estate pro­ perty assessments. Nearly all of the counties in Oregon are using this method to stay in compliance with the ratio standards required by the Department of Revenue’s en­ forcement of O.R.S. 308.234 (property shall be assessed at 100% of its true cash value). Bratton said that the coun­ ties are allowed a 10% tolerance from the 100% tar­ get before ad)ustment is re­ quired. Indexing is a blan­ ket adjustment of property values by a percentage amount to bring the area Into compliance. The goal, Brat­ ton emphasized, is to have more equity in assessments by Indexing properties that have not recently been ap­ praised or areas having rapid change and growth. This year, the Department of Revenue and the Board of Equalization have au­ thorized the indexing of the following areas The residentlalsof the City of Ontario, 4% increase to improvements. Vale farm property (Code 43) appraised on "market value", will receive 30% in­ crease. Properties on "farm Nyssa Girl Elected To Phi Beta Kappa Ninety members of the University of Oregon 1972-73 senior class have been elec­ ted to the University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary. Since 1971, with the adop­ tion of a grading system in which grade point averages are no longer computed. Phi Beta Kappa has identified eligible candidates during the months following the June commencement. Qualifications for member­ ship Include 168 term hours of credit with 50 percent or more In liberal arts cour­ ses and with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50, The new Phi Beta Kap- pas-elect, all of whom were graduated in June, 1973, or earlier, include Margaret Lorraine Wilson Maxfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Houston Wilson, Nyssa. Judge Ask« For Owyhee Bridge <41 nd ¡date For Governor Nyssa Students Accepted At TVCC Two Nyssa students, Sil­ via Serrano and Lee Ollison have been accepted for the Fall Term, 1974-75 at Trea­ sure Valley CommunityCol- lege. Miss Serrano will major in Sociology or Business, and Ollison will major in Law Enforcement. of Hee Haw fame giving two shows on Thursday, August 15, and George "Goober" Lindsey of the old Andy Grif­ fin series and current Hee Haw program scheduled for two performances on Fri­ day, August 16. An old-time minstrel show "Down On The Levy" will be given Wednes­ day and Saturday evenings. This show is under the di­ rection of Wayne Phillips and Sally Seiler. An admission charge of $1.00 per individual, age six, and over, will be charged again this year. Buttons will be sold at the gates, but Capps stated there would not be a Pre-Fair Button Sale Contest this year. He said that the button will entitle the purchaser to attend all entertainment and events sponsored by the Fair Board throughout the four days of the Fair. Three Candidates For Commissionar County Clerk Bob Mor- cum announced Tuesday that a third candidate has filed for Malheur County Com­ missioner. David R. Moffitt, 27, an Ontario Democrat has filed for the position currently held by Emil Maag. He joins Scott Gillette, Democrat, and Bud Hammack, Repub­ lican, who had previously filed. Tuesday was the deadline for filing, and Morcum said that in addition to his own filing as a Democrat for County Clerk, Daisy Morrell, Democrat from Ontario has filed for that position. Albert Gaschler, Republi­ can, has filed for County Surveyor, and Nita Bellows, Ontario, has filed for re-elec­ tion as Ontario Justice of the Peace. Two Named To National Positions Two Amalgamated Sugar Company people were re­ cently elected to top exe­ cutive positions in the Ame­ rican Society of Sugarbeet Technologists (ASSBT). They are Hugh G. Rounds, director of research and technical services at the ge­ neral offices in Ogden, Utah, who was elected president, JOHNNY WOODS and Dr. Donald Oldemeyer, Woods is a native of Texas, manager of beet seed pro­ and has worked with many duction and development at band leaders in the country, inpani’s NjrSM plant, including Hank Williams and who was named to the board Jimmy Dorsey. He spent of directors of the society, three and one-half years in representing the Intermoun­ the Air Force as a captain, tain region. and is also a journeyman elec­ Announcement of the new trician. assignments came during the A new-comer to politics, organization’s 18th general Woods believes that he can meeting held at San Diego, serve Oregon as governor California in late February. because I m * has learned the problems of the people through his travel in the state playing shows in most of the principal cities. TWELVE NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS were inducted in the National Honor Society at a formal initiation Tuesday evening, March 12. The ceremony was under the direction of Clyde T. Swisher, advisor, and senior members of the society. In order to be invited to membership, students must earn a cumulative 3.5 GPA, and show positive qualities in leadership, charac­ ter and services. New initiates are shown in the top photo, and they are, front row from left Lori Saito, Kathy Kurtz, Loralee Bates, Jennie Shimomaeda and Pam Bock. Standing from left, are Miriam Kunkel, Connie Barnes, Wilma Staples, Ray­ mond Wiley, Kathy Shell, Lori Lewis and Kathy Ward. At right are the senior honor society members. Seated, from left, are Beth Ann Kassman, Manuel Perez and Debbie Alexander, standing are Monica Smit and Dwight Calhoun. TVCC Budget Election Tuesday, March 26 Treasure Valley Com­ munity College voters will go to the polls March 26, to vote on the 1974-75 ope­ rating budget. Polling pla­ ces will be open from 8 a. in. to 8 p.m. Voters will also select three memtiers to serve on the College Board of Edu­ cation. Running unopposed Home Ec Courses Offered By TVCC Three Home Economic courses will be offered by the Treasure Valley Community College Office of Continuing Education spring term. Mexican Cookery will meet Tuesday evenings, 7-9 p.m., in the Ontario Jr. HighSchool Home Economics Room, be­ ginning March 26. The in­ structor will be Mrs. Gri- malda. Cost is $15 for residents of the college dis­ trict. Fresh Flower Arrange­ ment will be offered Mon­ day evenings 7-9 p.m., in the Natural Science Lab of the Administration Building. The first class meeting April 1. Ron Palmer will instruct. Cost is $15 for district re­ sidents. Family Meals is schedu­ led Thursday evenings 6:30- 9:30 p.m., in the Ontario Jr. High School Home Eco­ nomics Room. This is a meal planning course under the instruction of Mrs. Pauline Coleman. Art Course At Adrian are incumbents John Easly and Kenneth E. "Skip”Tha- yer, both of Ontario. Incum­ bent Wayne Ball of Hunt­ ington is being challenged by Mike Singleton of Jamie­ son. Thayer is running for a three-year term and the others for four-year terms. The proposed general fund budget for next year will re­ quire $1,891,986. Local tax payers are being asked to contribute $718,151 of that amount with the balance coming from state funds and student tuition. Speaking about the college budget, President Emery Skinner, urged citizen sup­ port. He stated that the Bud­ get Committee, composed of local citizens, spent many hours in meetings developing the proposed budget. He said he was particularly appre­ ciative of the cooperative ef­ forts shown by the joint budget board-staff salary committee in reaching agree­ ment on salaries. He said that members of the Board of Education also had ex­ pressed appreciation to the staff for the cooperation they demonstrated during salary deliberations. Chairman of the College Board of Education, Sherman Turner, stated,"theproposed budget reflects the consi­ dered efforts of the Budget Committee and the staff. The continuing impact of infla­ tion is a concern to all of us. We have done our best to maintain a sound level of support for the College wi­ thout placing too great a burden of increased cost on the taxpayers." BLM Issues (2all For SRV Firefighters With several fires already in the dry southwest, the Bu­ reau of Land Management at Vale, Oregon is starting to re­ cruit members for the 1974 SRV crews. All persons wishing to be­ come a member of an SRV (Snake River Valleyi fire­ fighting crew may pick up physical examination forms at the Vale BLM fire con­ trol office beginning March 26. The fire office will be open to process SRV crew applications between8 00a.m. and 5:00 p.m. every Monday and Wetkiesday after March 25. Rod Coleman. SRV coor­ dinator at Vale, said only those crew members who did not have physicals last year, or new members, must have physical examinations this year. Those persons needing physicals must get the phy­ sical form, be examined by 4-H Livestock Judging Postponed The 4-H Livestock Jud­ ging Training Schedule for March 23 In Jordan Valley has been postponed until April. The rain, snow and mud is the reason for the postponement. Malheur County 4-H Youth Agent Ron Mobley says that this training will be resche­ duled sometime In April. their own doctor, and return it to the Vale BLM fire of­ fice before they can apply to be a SRV crew member. New members are remin­ ded to bring proof of citizen­ ship with them when apply­ ing. Pictures of SRV crew members from previous years will be accepted it the crew members will bring them and their plastic pay­ roll cards to the fire con­ trol office. The BLM will cooperat« fully again this year with the U.S Immigration Ser­ vice in citizenship matters, Coleman emphasized. International Food Training Friday An International Foods Training event for any in­ terested adults and youth, has been scheduled during Spring Vacation on Friday, March 22 at 130 p.m. This informative session will be at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ontario. The event, sponsored by the Malheur County Exten­ sion Office, is open to all in the 7th grade and above whe­ ther enrolled in 4-H or not. Highlights will include Mexican and Japanese coo­ kery. If you wish to attend, please call the Extension Of­ fice - 889-9129 to pre-re­ gister. The Treasure Valley Community College Office of Continuing Education will offer a Painting Class in Adrian spring quarter. The course, taught by Mike McGuire, will meet Tues­ days, beginning March 26, from 2-5 p.m., in the grade school. Above Average Water Supply Foreeast WEATHER • •••••••••• DATE BASKETBAL1 COACH GERALD TALBOT AND COUNTY Judge Roy Hirai shared the podium at the Nyssa Chamber of Commerce luncheon last Weitiesday at the TwilightCafe. Talbot introduced his basketball players, guests of the chamber, who are now in Eugene for the state basketball tournament. Judge Hirai talked to chamber memtiers about the possibility of forming a Port Commission. MAX. MIN. PR EC. 36 Mar. 13 53 34 trace Mar. 14 42 .13 34 Mar. 15 49 Mar. 16 54 39 Mar. 17 62 trace 44 35 Mar. II 56 28 Mar. 19 53 18 Mar. 20 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 3/20/74 693,490 Acre Feet 3/20/73 658,620 Acre Feet With the exception of Bully Creek watershed, above ave­ rage water supplies are fore­ cast for water users in Mal­ heur County. Despite low Feb­ ruary precipitation, reser­ voir storage and soil mois­ ture remain high and excel­ lent to good spring and sum­ mer stream flows are ex­ pected. "What happened to the snowpack on the Bully Creek watershed? Apparently the rain and snowmelt in late January took it off and II didn’t get replaced," sowent the conversation on the snow marker flight on March 8, that Adam Focht, manager of Owyhee North Board of Control, S. Duane Town, Dis­ trict Conservationist for Soil Conservation Service at Vale, Oregon andpilotCasey Jones of Ontario Flight Service made. Four and one-half hours of fairly low altitude (especially by the marker) flying and observation of 23 snow markers gives one a good idea of future run off. THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE RESULT of an apparent fatal heart attack Thursday morning, resulting in the death of Jose Rodríguez, Sr., 66, Nyssa. Nyssa police speculate that Rodríguez suffered a heart attack just as he en- tered the uitersection at 2nd and Main Street. H(s car jumped the sidewalk on the southeast corner of the inter­ section, and struck the parked car of Rusty Talbot. Ì?