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University of Oregon Libra 17 Eugene, Ore. 97 U 3 Nyssa Gate City Journal 68th Year 2 3 rd Ittue Nysta, Oregon Th« Sugar City Thursday, June 6, 1974 Burning Permits ^Required In County With the arrival of hot, dry weather and the fire season, a reminder that permits for burning any where in Malheur County are required, was issued this week from the Malheur County Court and the Bureau of Land Management Malheur County Judge Roy Hirai said burning permits for various areas may be obtained from the County Court or from deputy fire wardens at Mack's Grocery in Oregon Slope, the Ontario and Nyssa Fire Departments, Deputy Sheriff Jerry Lossee In Jordan Valley. J. M. Wolverton Store in Juntura. Willow creek Store in Willowcreek, Texaco Station in McDermitt Frontier Market in Brogan and Bully Creek Market in Hulls ( reek George R Gurr. manager of the Vale HIM District, pointed out that no burning is allowed on federal lands. The HIM does take action on all fires on or threatening federal lands. Gurr said the highly variable pattern of land ownership, private or federal, often makes deter- Ohnatioti of responsibility difficult. Because of the high cost of fire investigation and oontrol. and to prevent the unnecessary expenditure of taipayers' dollars, all hol ders of burning permits are urged to notify the Bl M immediately poor to burning. Both Judge Hirai and Gurr emphasized that burning permits do not release individuals from financial and legal liability if a fire becomes uncontrolled and destroys property or resour ces of other ownership. To minimize this liability, al) proper precautions must be taken prior to and during burning operations. These include burning at proper times; construction of ade quate firebreaks; having sufficient manpower and equipment available during burning operations to insure control; assuring that fire is out after burns are comple ted; and not leaving hot spots that may "blow up" and become uncontrolled. To reduce the hazard of uncontrolled fires and en suing damage, the County Court, in a cooperative effort, will obtain and con sider informatin on burning conditions from the Bl M before allowing burning. During the fire season, information on fire weather, burning conditions and fire hazard arc received at the Vale BLM Fire Control Office several times each day. Notification of burning plans can be telephoned to the Fire Control headquart ers at Vale 473-3221 or 473-3222; Juntura Fire Fire Control headquarters 277-2463 and Jordan Valley Guard Station. 586-2222. The Malheur County Sheriff will investigate and take action on unauthorized burning on State and private lands. liumanKesourceDeputy ToTour Malheur County s MR. CORNELIUS BATE SON. Deputy Director of the Oregon Department of Hu man Resources will tour Harney and Malheur Coun ties and other Central Ore gon Counties the week of June 10 through June 14, I974 He will be in Malheur County June II and 12. On the afternoon of June 11. he will tour the Ontario offices of the different Tru mani Jra ver (iris Doctorate Truman G. Cleaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cleaver, Route «2, Nyssa, will be among 102candidates to receive the doctor of medicine degree at the Uni versity of Oregon Medical School commencement cere monies Friday, June 7 at 8:00 p.m. at the Portland Civic Auditorium. Dr. Wesley W. Hall, past president of the American Medical Association and a Reno, Nevada, surgeon will give the principal address. The candidates will be presented by Dr. Charles N. Holman, deanof the Medi cal School, to Dr. Robert D. Clark, president of the University of Oregon, Eu gene, who will confer degrees. divisions of the Department, such as the Employment Service. Vocational Rehabili tation. Corrections. Health and Mental Health, to become acquainted with their day to day operations. The morning of the 12th he will visit the Nyssa Service Center. He will answer questions, meet the em ployees. and explain new procedures planned to make the Departments services more responsive to the needs of local citizens. Tuesday evening. June II at 7:30. Mr Bateson will conduct an informal public discussion at the Malheur County Library in Ontario He will be available to respond to questions from the community on the De partment and its operating divisions. Mr. Bateson served as Marion County's Represen tative to the State Legislature from 1961 to 1967 In 1967 he was elected State Senator from Manon County and served until 1969 In 1969 he was appointed State Insu rance Commissioner until 1972 when he was appointed Administrator of the State Health Division. In 1973 he was appointed Deputy Direc tor of the State Department of Human Resources. From 1954 ro 1969 he owned and successfully operated a pole bean and broiler farm in Marion County. 15C Per Copy Thund«r«gg Capital Top Op Tour Attracts Over 500 Participants * 1 ■tk. A* I four miles west of Nyssa, was dedicated Saturdav as one of the feature attractions of the Top Op Tour. Over 500 persons participated in the tour. Argus Photo. Adrian High Three Long Time Honor Roll School Employes Retire A total of 45 Adnan High School students were on the honor roll the second semes ter. Those earning straight A’s were: SENIORS-Frank Asu mendi. Dennis Beebe. Julie Ishida. Toni Shenk. Jay Smith and Gayle Williams JUNIORS Tonya Bennett. Angela Conant and Kathleen Deffer SOPHOMORE Robin Shenk Earning a B average were: SENIORS Steve Bishop. Kevin Cain, Margo Case, Neal Evans. Sandi Lane. Diana Mackey. Terri Mori naka. Carolyn Pratt. Jon Stam and Stuart Ward JUNIORS - Marla Case. Elaire Mackenzie. Karen Olsen and Beulah Teter. SOPHOMORES Debbie Bowers. Deanna Chaney, Terry Daugherty. Sachio Hori. Harriet Lorensen. Debra Peutz. Beth Zueger, Tom Okai. Cherrie Phelps and Chuck Svkes. FRESHMEN Sandra Atagi . Mary Carroll, Clara Fjuji- kawa, Joey Ishida, Dan McClure. Libby Miller. Da vid Pratt, Regina Silloms, Susan Stam. Shawn Webb and Lynne Witty. Lions To Install The Nyssa Lions Club will hold their annual installation of new officers with a bar becue in South City Park Tuesday evening, June 11 at 7 p.m. John Worrall will be in stalled as the new president, with Jack Ogami of Weiser the installing officer. Ladles and guests are invited. Nyssa schools lost three is a first grade teacher at the long-time members of their Fast Side School in Payette, staff when Mrs. Eulah and Charles is a civil McConnel . Mrs. Sadie But engineer in San Francisco. cher and Del Maggard Sadie Butcher worked in retired at the close of the the Nyssa School Cafeteria school year. They were for 18 years, from 1956 to honored at a luncheon, 1974, and for ten years of Saturday sponsored by the ** 1 that time she was school Nvssa Education Association lunch supervisor. Her husband. Dick But cher retired from the schools several years previously. Both are avid bowling enthusiasts, and spend most of each summer traveling in their camper visiting friends and relatives throughout the northwest. Thev reside at 510 N. 4th Street. Del Maggard was head custodian at the Nyssa school, first for a two- year stretch in 1955-56; and then returned in 1961 until his present retirement. They have one daughter. Doris, now Mrs. Don Sherwood, and they live in Michigan. MRS. EULAH MC CONNEL Mr and Mrs. Maggard have moved back to Wilder, where Mrs. McConnel taught they own their home, and in the Primary School, where will retire in that community. she was head teacher for many years. Her teaching career began in Kansas. where she taught for seven years before coming to Oregon She was at Kingman The Nyssa High School Kolom from |93' 19. Science Club left Monday, dia 1939-41; Owyhee and June 3 on a field trip to Nyssa. 1944 46; and then Victoria. B C. Included in returned to full-time teach the agenda are visits to the ing in the Nyssa schools from Hanford Atomic Energy 1954 to the present. She Complex in Richland. Wash was picked as Nyssa teacher ington. a tour of Mt. Rainer of the year in 1971-72. National Park. Olympic Na She and her husband Ben tional Park. Victoria. B.C. live on a farm north of Nyssa, Vancouver. B.C.. the Science and they have two childrfen, Pavilion at Seattle, Wa both Nyssa graduates. Eileen shington. and EXPO 74 at Spokane. Washington City To Spray Next Week Nyssa city crews will spray the city for mosquitoes next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. June 11. 12. and 13, according to City Mana ger Henry Schneider. The chemical will be applied with the city’s new fogger. a 400D Dynafog machine with re mote control, so the machine can be operated bv one man from a pickup truck. The fogging will start about 2:30 a.m. each mor ning weather permitting, and Schneider recommends thaï people with allergies keep their windows closed on those dates. The chemical is not dangerous to animals or humans. Meeting Place Changed The regular meeting of the Adrian City Council will meet Thursday. June 6. at 8 p.m., in the homcmaking room in the high school instead of at the Adrian Fire House. Over 500 persons attended the second annual Top Op tour Saturday and officially “dedicated" the modern all-new feedlot recently built by Joe and Katherine Al bertson. The hundreds of tourers saw this gigantic cattle feeding operation which can handle 30.000 head of feeders al a time They toured the feedlots, saw the sewage lagoon system and the feed mixing plant and heard Francis Hight, mana ger explain the operation. The feedlot manager told of the economics of the operation noting that at this time, only 8.500 animals were on feed. He also explained how a nutritionist visits the plant once a month to check feed mixes and adapt it as necessary to benefit from feed price changes and to better finish the beef. The auxiliary Owyhee pumping plant was the second stop and here the visitors viewed the large motors and pumps which help provide water for thousands of thirsty agricul ture producing acres in the Nyssa-Ontario area. Adam Focht. manager of the Owyhee north board of control, traced the history of irrigation from the waters of the Owyhee and told how the pumping plant fits into the over-all picture of irrigation in the district. He noted it can cost $80,000 a year just to operate the pumping Summer Band Begins June 17 The Summer Band Work shop begins on June 17 and continues on until July 12. The course offerings will include Beginning Band. Intermediate Band and Pri vate Lessons. The Workshop is for Elementary. Junior and Senior High School stu dents. The Band Workshop will be held at the Nyssa High School Band Room under the direction of Ralph Werner. Cost of participating in the Workshop will be $12.00. Registration forms are avai lable at the Bandroom or register by phone by calling Ralph Werner at 372-2977 before June 11. the registra tion deadline. Class Schedule: Beginning Band. 8:15-9:30 a m Intermediate Band. 9:30- 11:00 a.m., Monday thru Friday. plant. “But it i* very important to have plenty of water." Focht said. He also explained the changes in amount of water needed as crops raised have changed. Workings of a modern dairy farm were explained during the stop at the Klaas Laan-Dennis Martin Dairy- farm near Adrian. There the 62 Holstein cows are milked in an all-new double 4 herringbone milking parlor with Laan and his wife Mary taking care of that chore and their son-in-law Dennis Mar tin managing the feed production for the animals. Noon break for a steak barbecue was at the Adrian School campus where over 550 persons were served lunch. Chambers of Com merce at Nyssa. Vale, and Ontario provided cooks while the Malheur County Cow Belles and the Malheur Chapter Society of Range Management served A num ber of farm oriented busines- (Continued on Page 8) TV CC Offers French Class The Treasure Valley Com munity College Office of Continuing Education will offer an evening section of Conversational French during the summer quarter. The instructor will be Michelle Morgan, a graduate of the University of Oregon with graduate studies at the University ot Aix-Marseille and the Middlebury College Ecole Française D’Ete. The class will meet Mondays. Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30-8:30 p.m. Interested persons are requested to call the college at 889-6493. ext. 37, to have their names put on the list. Highway Job In Countv Bids will be received by the Oregon Transportation Commission on Thursday, June 20 in Salem on 14 projects estimated to cost $13.195.000 One project in Malheur County involves a safety project on the North Ontario Interchange-ldaho State Line Section of the Old Oregon Trail Highway in and near Ontario Plans for the 3.48- mile project call for grading, paving, guardrail, signing and illumination. An asphalt concrete overlay is planned for the four 12-foot lanes. Completion time is 275 calendar workdays. Science Club On Field Trip Students Earn * 1 THE NYSSA SWIMMING P<X)L, quiet in the Tuesday rain, will be a bee-hive of activity next week as the pool opens for the season at 1 p.tn. Saturjlay, June 8. Ralph Lowe is sweeping the bottom, and city crews will d<> other necessary preparations for the opening. The pool will be under tile management of Vernon Lords, and Lorinda Baker will again coach the swimming team and serve as assistant pool manager. Life guards and instructors will be David Simantel, Lora Bair and Julie Anderson. The pool will often at 1 p.m. daily, and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Family night will again I* every Thursday, and the» mornings will lie devoted to swimming classes and swim team practice. MAX MIN PREC 29 70 52 May 30 68 44 May 31 76 41 June 1 82 45 June 2 88 47 June 3 82 61 June 4 65 58 .16 June 5 M Owyhee Reservoir Storage 6 5/74 (>84.350 Acre Feet 6 5/73 685.480 Acre Feet payroll to the area annually. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of this highly successful program, the go vernors of Idaho, Oregon. and Washington, plus legis lators from those states, have been invited to attend June 12 They will arrive at the campground about 11:30 a.m. where they will have dinner with the trainees. NYSSA'S NEW WATER STORAGE facility will be Inuit in this hollowed out site on airport hill. City manager Henry Schneidei is standing on the base elevation, the same level as (lie bottom of the water tank which can tie seen directly over his head on the far Oregon side of the Snake River. The bottom photo shows the chlorinator building and the four pump houses, all on the Idaho side of the river. They will con nect to the pumping station on the south side of the bridge, _ the water will be pumped to the reservoir, and will then flow by gravity to city residents. When finished, the new facility will provide Nyssa with ex cellent storage and pressure.