Image provided by: Nyssa Public Library; Nyssa, OR
About Nyssa gate city journal. (Nyssa, Or.) 1937-199? | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1974)
... . T . University of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. J7UC3 - - X X Nyssa Gate City Journal 68th Year 28th Issue Th« Sugar City Nyiia, Oregon Thursday, July 11, 1974 15< P«r • Copy — - „ Thund«r«gg Capital v -------------------------------------------------------- Nyssa City Council Gets It Frank Wiltton New Veterans Service Officer Erank Wilson. Ontario, has Seen appointed County Vete rans Service Officer by the Malheur County court. Wil son is a longtime former resident of Nyssa and a veteran of World War II. He replaces Joe Mauhn, Nyssa, who retired recently after eleven years of service in that position. He will advise and help veterans and widows of all wars of their rights and benefits, help with applica tions for medical or financial assistance, and help with loan applications for veterans benefits Wilson will spend Monday afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m. at the County Courthouse in Vale. He will be at the City Library meeting room in Nyssa on Tuesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. Each Wednesday he will be at the Malheur County Library in Ontario from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wilson said that veterans who cannot meet him during the designated hours may call him at home. 889-9065. He will keep abreast of all new laws pertaining to veterans, and will be avai lable for help when needed. Bill For Ontario Night Dispatcher Shows Increase Over 300 Percent By Merlin Mann VANDEGRIFT, INC., general contractor for the new Nyssa water system, is constructing a pipeline from the booster station at the bottom of the hill to the 3.000,000 gallon storage tank now under construction. The 16” asbestos concrete pipe can be seen in the picture, and will continue up the trench DONNA MANN Mrs. Mann, a June gra duate from the University of Oregon with a BA. in Curriculum and Instruction, will assume the duties of training and supervising the leching staff, planning the curriculum and providing resources. Mrs. Hines completed two years training at St. Joseph's Hospital at the University of Nevada. She has worked with seen behind the backhoe. The water will flow by gravity from the tank, which is at the same elevation as the 100.000 gallon tank at 3rd 4 Locust. An altitude valve located at this site will regulate the pressure so that it will remain constant throughout the system. Adrian Schools Two New Coordinators At Children Centers The Malheur County Child Development Center with service centers in Nyssa and Ontario has hired two new employees. Mrs. Donna Mann, who recently moved to Nyssa from Eugene, has been named Curriculum Coordinator for the center and Mrs. Joyce Hines, who recently mewed from Payette lakes area to rural Ontario was named Health Coordinator The cost of living may be rising more rapidly than you might think. That is what the Nyssa City Council discovered Tuesday night at its regular meeting at the City Hall Council Chambers. The Council was presented with a letter from the City of Ontario that "Nyssa pay its full share toward the salary of a dis patcher.” Nyssa uses the services of Ontario’s police dispatcher after working hours. Last fiscal year Nyssa paid $800 toward the salary of the dispatchers. Ontario's reques ted increase for this year? Up to $2,633. The request didn’t sit too well with the Nyssa City Council Tuesday. The city officials did know the large increase was coming, but Mayor Larry Bauman stated that he. and City Manager Henry Schnei der were told by the Ontario City Manager that Nyssa senior citizens through the WICAP organization, and most recently she was em ployed by the Payette Lakes Medical Clinic. Mrs. Mann, who lives at 114 So. Third in Nyssa, will assume the number two position of the center, under Director Mrs. Mary Thiel. Mrs. Mann will assume the directorship in the absence of Mrs Thiel. Mrs. Hines will be in charge of the health program at the development center She will be on duty full time to cover emergencies that might arise, and to coor dinate health care for the children, keep records and provide regular check ups for the children. Some of Mrs. Mann's responsibilities, as listed in the job description are : I) Regularly evaluate teaching procedures and guide tea chers in perfecting their teaching skills; I) Take charge in the absence of the director: and 3) Together with the director and other supervisory staff, interview prospective teachers and make recommendations con cerning hiring. In developing a program for the classroom: I) Compile a balanced program for children, including intense language development, vi sual. auditory, small and large motor skills, science, mathematics, art. music, cultural and other learning experiences. NEW PASTOR OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCHES of Nyssa and Vale is the Rev Walter A. Schmidt, shown here with his wife Carolyn and son Wally. They arrived in Nyssa Monday to begin their ministry at Faith Lutheran Church. Nyssa, and Grace Lutheran Church. Vale. Installation services will be held at Vale at 9 a m., Sunday, July 14, and at Nyssa at II a.m. on that date. Bishop Clarence Solberg, President of the North Pacific District of the American Lutheran Church. Seattle, will install. A reception will follow at I p.m. at Nyssa tor members of both parishes, accompanied by a potluck dinner. A get-acquainted coffee hour will be held between 3 and 4 p.m., Sunday for those who can't attend the dinner. K Both Rev. and Mrs. Schmidt are Michigan natives, and he ' received his B A. from Michigan State University in 1970. and his Master of Divinity degree, with honors, from Lutheran Theological Seminary. Columbus, Ohio on June 9, 1974. School Board Stalled By Land Question Mark By Merlin Mann The Nyssa School Board is keeping long hours lately. Monday night was no exception as the board deliberated almost into Tues day before deciding its ship had temporarily run aground. The entire board was present for the meeting, including Keith Langley who last week was sworn in for a four-year term on the board. Long discussions on where to place the new Nyssa school complex was stalled Monday night because of various unknown factors in the purchasing, or unavailability, of property adjoining the present school property. The state requires a minimum of 41’/> acres for a school of Nyssa's size. The school district owns 43.71 acres—just a little more than two acres over the minimum. The acreage is enough—ba rely— to build the school. But the board is also concerned with future growth of the school, and the separation of the junior and senior high schools. Addi tional land may be needed in satisfying these considera tions. Some members of the board favor building a new complex. either junior or senior high, on land north of the present baseball field or west of the primary school building. The true value of these options, however, are presently limited without first-hand knowledge of the price and amount of land the board is able to consider buying. ■'We're actually just was ting our time heie tonight." said Chairman Mark Hartley, "unless we find out about this land, we're just drea ming.” Others of the board also criticized the slow pace. Realtor Bob Thompson has been directed to check with the property owners near the school, but hadn't returned any concrete information to the board by Monday’s meeting. Part of the delay may be caused by the presence of three separate owners of the land under consideration. Two divided pieces of land are owned by Ray Sager one piece just north of the baseball field, the other a WEATHER DAT 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 1(1 Owyhee 7/10/74 7/10/73 MIN PR EC 56 49 52 64 60 55 trace 64 57 .17 54 .19 Reservoir Storage 589.430 Acre Feet 591.410 Acre Feet MAX 81 90 94 86 81 87 75 63 90190—foot piece within the presently owned school pro perty. The two other owners are John Stringer, who owns land to the north and west of the present school campus, and Frank Sherwood, who owns land directly west behind the primary school. In other business, the board selected junior high principal Dan Mart<n as rt board representative in direct settlement negotiations with the insurance companies. Superintendent W. L. Mc- Partland said the inventory of the contents of the burned school would be completed in about two weeks. Martin Hasegawa, of Hasegawa and Smith Architects who are handling the building plans, said appraisal of the burned school would also be com pleted in about two weeks. Thus, the board proceeded with plans of presenting its losses to the insurance companies by naming Martin to act as its representative. Board member Gene Stunz suggested a week ago that none of the board members nor Superintendent McPart- land had time to tackle the job of negotiations. He also pointed out that hiring a lawyer would be costly in terms of money and time to inform him of all the particulars of the inventory that Manin was already involved with. Martin was approved unanimously. Hasegawa, who was pre sent Monday because Bob Smith was unable to attend, presented varying possibili ties of school layout to the board. After much discus sion. however, the board decided two important issues needed further study before the selection of the site for building I) options on pur chasing of land, and 2) information on sewer line connections for possible school sites north and/or west of the present campus. List Vacancies Summer Concert To Be Held In Park The Summer Band Work shop will conclude with a concert Friday, July 12. at 8 p.m. in the Nyssa South Park. Some of the selections will be: "Royal Fireworks Music" (excerpts by Handel) "Michael Row the Boat Ashore," "The Entertainer” and others. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy an evening full of good music and fun. John Day Highway Superintendent Glenn E. Ward announced that the following vacancies exist at the Adrian Schools. Commercial teacher, gra des 9-12. Homemaking-English tea cher. grades 9-12. Music teacher grades 4-12; includes high school band and chorus, and elementary music 4 through 8. Kindergarten teacher. Ad rian Elementary. Social Studies grades 9— through 12. Head football and head wrestling coaches to man qualifying in one of the above high school positions. Also some counseling gra des 9-12 for any of the above high school positions. To Be Repaired operated amusement ma chines. The present license fee for a coin-operated machine is $120 per machine. Bill Purcell, who is purcha sing the Sugar Bowl, said that the license fee thus cost about one-third the total cost of the pinball and other coin- operated games. He said he would be forced to close down if the fee remained in the city ordinances. The fee was also to be paid on a yearly basis in advance. To help defray the large expense of one billing the Council requested City Manager Sch neider to immediately draw up an amendment to the ordinance allowing for a monthly billing for the license. The Council also promised to review and change, if necessary, the old ordinances that were adopted during a social climate, according to City Attorney Henigson. when the city was concerned that the machines would encourage gambling. The Council also indicated it would seek another audit ing service after receiving a letter from John Denenk that stated he would be unable to continue his auditing service for the city. A new auditor would not only have to be a certified public accountant, but also be state certified in municipal accounting. In other action, the Council denied the recommendation of the Planning Commission to vacate the alley in Block 87 between Main and 7th Streets. The Council also refused to vacate the alley in Block 88 between Main and 9th Streets, upholding the Commission's recommenda tion. The Council also ap proved the Commission's recommendation to vacate a small lot behind the co-op building between First and Second Streets, north of Main. Malheur Girls Vie For Miss Oregon Bids will be received by the Oregon Transportation Com mission on Tuesday, July 16 in Salem on five projects estimated to cost $1,990,400 One of the projects is in Malheur County, and invol ves overlay and widening the existing roadbed on the Willow Creek-Vale Section of the John Day Highway. The project is 10.21 miles in length, and completion time is 225 calender workdays. would be required to pay half the increase—$1,633—for the coming year. Instead. Nyssa received a bill this week for the full $2,633. "That's quite a jump for a budget the size of ours," stated Nyssa City Manager Schneider. He indicated that for the $1,633 in the Nyssa budget. Ontario offered to supply the service for eight months. It was reported that some members of the Ontario City Council publicly called for cutting off the service to Nyssa altogether. Schneider said the cost to run the program would be about $15,000. but the Nyssa Council entertained the idea of talking with the City of Vale and Malheur County to determine what action, if any. could be taken. The Council did direct City Attorney Hal Henigson to determine if Ontario could legally cut off service to Nyssa. In other Council business, an amendment to the city ordinance was accepted to clear up discrepancies in the Nyssa sewer system. The changes in the ordinance were: 1) that a higher class of sewer pipe be required to insure a better quality and prevent leakage; 2) that sewer mains have a required minimum diameter of —eight inches (Presently sewer mai ns range from eight inches to six and sometimes even smaller, according to Schnei der). 3) that manholes to the sewer lines be required at every street intersection and no farther than 300 feet apart; 4) that a clean-out line be required at the edge of pri vate property so the location of sewage pipe clogs can be more easily determined; and 5) that the end of any sewer main be the site of a manhole or lamphole so sewage clogs can be more easily flushed. The Council also heard arguments for changing city ordinances concerning coin I Two of Malheur County's fairest. Shan Moss and Debbie Nielson, left for Seaside and Miss Oregon competition earlier this week Miss M oss is Miss Malheur County, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Moss. Nyssa. Debbie is Miss TVCC and the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Larry Nielson. Ontario. Miss Moss is a 1973 graduate of Nyssa High School and will be a sophomore at BYU in the fall. She is planning to major in either music or physical thereapy. Her personal in terests are sewing, music and tennis. Her chaperone is Mrs. John Lienkaemper. Ontario. She will present a flute solo as her talent for the competition. Miss Nielson competed in the pageant last year as the SHAN MOSS DEBBIE NIELSON Horse Play Day Planned July 14 A plavday is planned for Sunday. July 14 at the Nyssa Rodeo Grounds following a potluck picnic at the South City Park at 12 noon. The plavday will start at I p.m with Junior and Senior divisions. Junior divisions open to 14 years of age and Senior divisions over 14 Trophies and ribbons will be awarded. Some of the events will be pole bending, barrels, keyhole, balloon and water races. reigning Miss TVCC where she was honored with the award of Miss Congeniality. She was named to represent TVCC again this year by the college student council. She has been active in student council, pep band and has served as president of a women's organization on campus. Mrs. Dorthea Mit chell. Nyssa, is her chape rone. Miss Nielson's talent presentation is also a flute solo. The girls and their chape rones traveled to Seaside for a week of competition. Preliminary contests will be held Thursday and Friday with Saturday the final day of competition and the Miss Oregon coronation scheduled for Saturday. Miss Nancy Ross, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ross. Nyssa. Miss Malheur County for 1974, will be among those traveling to the competition She will expe rience the sights and sounds of the contest before her debut date next year. Owyhee River Nominated For Wild And Scenic Status Two Oregon rivers flowing through national resource lands in eastern and central Oregon have been nominated for a study to determine their suitabilitv for addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Archie D Craft. Bureau of Land Management Oregon state director, said Secretary of Interior Rogers C. B. Morton has asked Congress to authorize the study of the John Dav and the Owyhee Rivers and 30 other rivers across the nation as National Wild and Scenic River candidates. Craft said the area of the John Day River recommen ded for study is the main stem of the river dow nstream from North Fork and the North Fork downstream from Baldy Creek and Granite Creek downstream from Clear Creek. The Owyhee study would concern the main stem from the Idaho State line downstream to the Owyhee Reservoir. The Rogue River of wes tern Oregon is currently Oregon’s only representative in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. BAM EQUIPMENT COMPANY has recently completed a large addition to their building on Adrian Boulevard Owner Les Burbank said that the new space will be largely used for a showroom for consumer products, allowing more space for the parts department and offices. New buuding» behind the showroom complete an'RRki r^pw building program for the firm.