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X X XXX Nyssa Gate City Journal 69th Year, 13th Issue The Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, March 27, 1975 Head Grain Millers Union New Charles Bclveal, Nyssa, was elected president of the American Federation of (»rain Millers, local No. 290, in Nyssa last week. He succeeds Garold Leavitt. Other officials include Glen Marcum. Nyssa, vice presi dent; Henry Tetrick, Parma, recording secretary; Dale Haney, Nyssa, financial sec retary; Don Sloggett. Adrian, sergeant al arms, and Nor bert Sarazin, Nyssa, new trustee. Named to the Inter-factory committee wre Tom Church. Nyssa, and Larry Rose, Caldwell Members of the Recommending committee will be Glen Marcum, Ric hard Mejia, Nyssa, and Wilbur "Anday” Anderson Following a briefing by for citizens participation. City Manager Henry Schnei The Council feels that the der on the Senior Citizen’s present Planning Commix status and anticipated bud sum meets the needs of the getary requests, the Nyssa City, and the sewage treat City Council in special sesson ment plant is above state March 20. felt that it was not standards, while the water economically feasible to fund system has a storage capacity two Senior Citizen groups. above state requirements. They agreed to provide rent Nyssa is not faced with air on a aimbined building and pollution and other problems coordinators office which prevalent to the other side of aiuld be used by all Senior the state, so the Council Citizens. requested the LCDC to keep Mike Burgwin. Senior Citi their goal requirements con zen’s Advisor, will be reques fined to their own problem ted to assist tn locating a areas. suitable building for such The approving of the use. motion to budget $360 for The City of Nyssa has been both COG and EDA member having their building inspec ship was passed unanimously lion done by a State of Considerable time was Oregon inspector, but the spent on a decision to fund Council members chose to the call-box and radio main join forces with Malheur tenance program Mayor County. Juntura. Jordan Don Oldemever discussed Valley and Vale to hire a the maintenance agreement. Building Inspector to cover A motion passed that ap the county, with the except- proximately $2000 be put into tion of Ontario who employes the budget for call boxes and their own inspector The the maintenance for fire truck Council approved the motion radios. to notify the Slate to discontinue the inspection function for Nyssa effective July I. Nyssa’s share of the proposed City-County budget for a building inspector is Julie Ross, daughter of based on the population Mr and Mrs. Bill Ross. figure of 27.30 and will be Jordan Valiev, has been $1.706 25. named beef princess of After discussion of costs Malheur County at the estimated for the City to meet annual spring session of the the requirements of the Malheur County Livestock fourteen goats ot the Land Association. Conservation and Develop Miss R oss , a sophomore at ment Commission, the Coun Jordan Valley High School, cil unanimously agreed to succeeds Jeannie Pascoe. objections of these require Jordan Valiev, as Beef ments. as they are very Princess dictatorial and cannot econo Debra 1‘eutz. daughter of mically be afforded at this Mr and Mrs. William Peutz. time. The in depth estimates Adrian, was runner up in the were $.3.520 for staff review contest sponsored by the and expenses and $11,700 for Malheur County Cowbelles. consulting work and $2,770 Julie Ross Beef Princess Youngsters Excited As Contest Nears End This week the candidates are listed in order of their standing. Five bicycles will be given. Two bicycles for district one, those living outside the city; two bicycles for district two. those inside the city; and a 5th bicycle has been added for district three, for youngsters in the Adrian area. Those contestants not earning bicycles will receive a cash aimmission. Votes were counted up through last Saturday inclusive. THE NEW OUTFIELD SIGNS at the Adrian baseball field were erected last week, a few of which are shown here More than 50 signs were sold by lettermen, with the profits from the signs used to purchase new baseball uniforms. The signs are 4'xH’ plywood, and were lettered by students and painted by Curt Hardman and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Maynard The new field was constructed by the Marsing Job Corps and measures .306 ft. at the right field line. 360 ft. to center field, and 311 ft at left field. It is surrounded by a 6' fence, and includes dugouts and a batter’s cage. The field has excellent drainage, and has been used by college teams such as TVCC and Boise Slate when their fields were too wet to use. The players at right arc Jay Kygar and Satchio Hori showing their new uniforms and a close-up of one of the signs Coach Eugene Docktcr said that Adrian fans turn out in force to see their Antelopes play. Nyssa Police Cite Youth Nyssa Police have cited Wilford Harris, 19. Nyssa, with attempting to elude police officers following a high speed chase through town Thursday. March 20 which ended two miles west of Nvssa on Alberta Avenue when the Harris vehicle ran off the road and rolled over. Officers said Harris rea ched speeds of 110 miles per hour and lost amtrol of his vehicle when he attempted to negotiate a series of curves. The young man was taken by ambulance to Malheur Memorial Hospital and trea ted for cuts and lacerations of the head. He was released Sunday. Police Chief Alvin Allen said the department had received several calls during the day that Harris was speeding through town and that the vehicle was ex cessively noisy, Police attempted to pull him over after he ran a stop sign, but he took off. starting the chase. 4-H leaders Meet Tonight Lori Lewis. Ontario and Vickie Schaffeld. Vale, will present a 4 H rea>rd keeping training on Thursday. March 27. 7:30 p.m. at Treasure Valley Community College Administration Building. C- 21. All 4-H Leaders and members are enaiuraged to attend, states Carol Knothe. Malheur County Extension Agent. Highlights of the evening will include the showing of slides of the National 4-H congress in Chicago. Lori and Vickie, active Malheur County 4 H'ers, won the Chicago trip last December. Two record keeping ses sions, one for younger members and one for older 4-H’ers will be presented. Further the Ontario FFA Chapter will give pointers on Parlimentary Procedures to those in attendance. Spring Fair books will be presented to 4-H Home Ec leaders. DISTRICT ONE DISTRICT TWO Brenda Sima Route 1. Nyssa Gary South 401 Maple Ave. lame Seward Route 2. Parma Jim laxmey 525 N. Sth St. Debbie Moalet Route 2. Nyssa Allaa Allen 411 Emison Ave. Holly Ruck Route I, Nyssa Andrew Morri »on 101 N. 5th St. Becky Tyner Route I. Nyssa Bobby Gomer 612 Ñ. 9th St. April Teague Route I, Nyssa Nancy longorla 414 So. 9th St. l inda Hemandcr Adrian Maria Rodriguez Route 2, Nyssa Randy Wade 112 Ñ. 6th St. Sherry Tidwell Adrian Route I, Nyssa Kim Moore 701 Emison Ave. Adolph Rotter Route .1, Parma Brett Ballant i ne Route 2, Nyssa Sonia Rodriguez North 3rd. St. I« Ann Gonzalez Dezra Bones Route I, Nyssa Todd Hatch 207 N. 5th St. Melissa Baker Adrian Jerry Hoahaw Route 2. Parma Brian Benoit M)2 N. ^th St. Shelly Crawford Gall LaaaNer Malheur County Assessor. Oscar Bratton, said today that nearly 5,000 increase notices will be mailed within the next few days to property owners in the Ontario. Nyssa and Vale areas. Bratton said that this is the result of the six year reappraisal cycle of residen tial in the City of Ontario, started in 1973 and finished this year Ontario assessed values increased by 25% to 30% on typical reappraised properties. Assessed values just tabulated show nearly an $8.000.000 increase. ($7.917, 310). Ratio studies of Nyssa and Vale residential*, by the Department of Revenue and the Assessor's Office, have made it necessary to apply an index (raise by a percentage amount) of 50% on land and 20% on the improvements in Nyssa and 40% on land and 20% on improvements in Vale, increasing the assessed value in these cities by $1.592.560 and $857,560 res pectively. to bring them into compliance with Oregon as sessment laws. Bratton explained that the greatly increased replace Stewards arc Marcum. Jess Rodríguez, Nyssa; Ernie Fisher, Parma, and John Hanson, Fruitland. Three were named to the Safety Committee with the fourth to be appointed by the new president. Safety Committee members are Art Cartwright. Nyssa; Sloggett, and Allen Benoit, Nyssa. City Council Agrees To Several Budget Items 15C Per Copy Property Values Higher In Malheur County The aimmittee on political education for the Idaho dis trict, includes Jerry Watkins and Norbert Sarazin for the Oregon district. Larry Rose and Ernie Fisher wore named as dele gates to the Oregon AFL-CIO state convention and to the Oregon Industrial Union com mittee convention. Thunderegg Capital V DISTRICT THREE Adrian RI. 1, Homedale Registration For Senior Citizen Housing Today Hammond Development Corporation of Salem is planning a 40-unit apartment project in Nyssa, utilizing federal tunds available through a Farmers Home Administration program for low and moderate income housing for senior citizens, according to Jack Miller, its president. The proposed apartment project will consist of two rectangular 2-story buildings forming an L-shape. with enclosed recreation?I areas. The Nyssa apartments will offer primarily I -bedroom units, off-street parking, a utility area with washers and dryers, and a recreation room. Each unit will feature a complete kitchen with built-in appliances and a combination living room and dining room area. Designed specifically for senior citizens, each unit will open into an indoor central corridor, giving easy access to facilities offered in the apartment complex. Utilizing Farmers Home Administration financing, the rental schedule for qualified senior citizens will be lower than that of other apartments with aimparable facilities. The proposed facility will be similar to a 40 unit project recently opened in Bend, which was aimpletelv occu pied with senior citizens in less than 30 days. Development Hammond Corporation presently has nine apartment housing pro jects financed through fe deral programs, located in Portland. Salem. Newport. Eugene. Bend, Prineville. Woodburn, and Monmouth. Rev. Robert Hutchinson and Rev. John Worrall, together with representatives of Hammond Development Corporation, will have a meeting with all those people interested in the apartment project at St. Paul’s Episco pal Church in Nyssa, at 2 p.m.. Thursday. March 27. (See picture on Page 9). Residential Cancer Drive Starts April 1 to 7 The annual residential canvass for the American Cancer Society will start April I thru April 7, it was announced by Pauline Chu rch. neighborhood captain. A volunteer will be calling al each home. Nyssa did not have a canvass last year, so please be generous with your donation. Canvassers this year are: Misses Emily Snyder. Mardi Cole and Shan Moss. Mmes. Mary Lee Chadwick. Verda Steinke. Nora Graham. Nellie Wahlert, Betty Rinehart. Mvrl Towne, Kay Patterson. Eileen Oldemever. Dorothy Owners Warned Remove Junk The Nyssa Police De partment has mailed regis tered letters to a number of citizens instructing them to get rid of abandoned vehicles Police chief Alvin Allen said the citizens have vio lated the discarded vehicles ordinance and have been given ten days to remove the vehicles. Failure to comply will automatically authorize the city to remove the vehicles and charge the owners. Allen said the department is also looking into violations of the garbage and litter ordinances and those found to be in violation w ill also be sent registered letters shortly instructing them to comply. Michaelson. Gladys Cooper. Icel Reece. Nona Fischer and Maxine Stringer. Also canvassing will be Mmes. Marjorie Eastman. Margaret Sage. Donna Black burn, Vera Paulus. Sal Morgan. Louise Wernick. Diane Sells. Alta Stunz. Jane Fonda. Hazel Frost. Marian Danford. Pat Marcum. Bar bara Sarazin. Rose Valdez. Chris Valdez and Margaret Gallegos. Please be sure to read the brochure they will leave with you. If anyone w ishes to make a Memorial Donation, it may be mailed direct to Eleanor Hartwell. Box D. Ontario. Oregon 97914. Potato Planter Demonstration The cooperative extension services of Oregon and Idaho, along with J. R. Simplot and Ore-Ida Per sonnel. are sponsoring a get acquainted with your potato planter day. The purpose of this is to give the growers of the area a chance to talk with factory representatives of several companies, and dis cuss with them the proper way to operate both pick and cup planters to obtain opti mum stands for maximum production. The date that has been set is April 8. and it will be held in two different locations. The first will be at the Hank Gross farm in the Wilder area. The time for this program will be from 9-11 a m. New planters will be present for you to look over. In the afternoon from 2-4 p.m. of the same day. the meeting will be at the Malheur Fair Grounds. Other topics to be discussed will be seed piece size, spacing, treating and hand ling All growers are urged to attend one of the programs. Registration Begins Monday Monday. March 31. is the registration date for spring quarter classes at Treasure Valley Community College. Studc its will be registered alphabetically according to the following schedule: G—H 9:00 a.m. R—S 9:15 a.m. I—L 9:30 a.m. D-F 9:50 a.m. U-V 10:10 a m. A 10:30 a.m. N-Q 10:50 am. C 100 p.m. W—Z 130 p.m. B 2:00 p.m. M 2:30 p.m. T 3:00 p.m. 6:30 ment costs (materials and labor) and the higher selling prices of new and older residences are the reason your values are increasing. The Oregon statutes require that we appraise at 100% of market value. (O R S. 308 232) Any group desiring further information by a personal question and answer session with us. should contact the Assessor’s Office. “I need not tell you,” Bratton said, "that property taxes are high, but the Oregon Legislature has made a provision for people who are having difficulty due to low incomes. If your house hold income is less than $15.000 I would encourage you to apply for the Home Owner's Tax Refund. Last year 44.8% of the property owners that applied in Malheur County received all of their property tax re funded.” Bratton said that if you need further information concerning your property tax refund you should contact your local Department of Revenue Office at Ontario. Highway Improvements In Succor Creek Area Bids will be received by the Oregon Transportation Com mission on Thursday. April 10 in Salem on ten projects estimated to cost $3.500.000. Highway Division officials estimate that the construc tion work will provide emplo yment opportunities for an estimated 435 Oregonians. EASTER EGG HUNT The Nyssa Chamber of Commerce will spon sor the annual Easter Egg Hunt for area children 12 years old and younger. Terry- Sells is chairman of the event, which will be held Saturday. March 29 beginning at 1 p.m. Children 6 and under will gather at the Swim ming Pool Park, and kids 7 to 12 will be at South City Park. The 1200 eggs are provided by the Cham ber of Commerce, co lored by the Home Economics classes of Mrs. Joanne Dahl, and will be hidden by the JavCees. Special prizes will be given by Nyssa mer chants to those young sters finding the lucky eggs The estimate stems from a construction industry formula which holds that for every million dollars spent on highway construction. 125 jobs are created. Of these. 50 are directly related to con struction of the project while another 75 fall within indus tries closely related to high way construction such as steel, asphalt, concrete and paint. One of the projects is in Malheur County, and invol and ves widening Succor Cow Creek Bridges on the I.O.N. Highway. 8 and 17 miles northerly of Jordan Valley. Plans call for the present 26-foot wide Succor Creek bridge to be replaced with a 36-foot wide bndge. and that the Cow Creek bndge be widened by 6 and one-half feet. Completion time is 120 calendar days. WEATHER Max. Mia. Free Date Mar 19 50 41 .08 Mar. 20 50 35 .06 Mar 21 40 27 Mar 22 41 .14 32 49 Mar 23 29 .04 Mar. 24 53 35 .09 37 M m 2S 40 48 Mar. 26 23 .03 Owihee Reservoir Storage 3-26-75 613.870 Acre Feet 3-26-74 697.270 Acre Feet 8:00 OPEN Adrian To Hold Awards Banquet Adrian High School will hold their Athletic Banquet Wednesday. April 9 at the Eastside Cafe in Ontario at 7 p.m. Awardswill be presented to Football and Basketball play ers and to wrestlers. Tickets may be purchased from a Letterman Club member or at the High School office. Tickets are limited to 2(M)persons on first come, first serve bases and should be purchased before April 4 Coach Gene Docktcr stated that last year many had to be . turned down, so get your tickets earlv. Cattlemen Should Because of the large number of cattle being shipped from the NFO adlection point at Nyssa, shippers are asked to notify the beef committee the Thursday ahead of the Monday delivery date. Delivery day is each Monday by noon for butcher cattle and the second and fourth Mondays for feeder cattle. Hogs are shipped when there is a truck load. Shippers are asked to contact Alva Goodell if they have hogs to ship (563-372-2898). THE EASTER CROSS in the foyer of the United Methodist Church has become an annual part of the Easter celebration at that parish. It is made of old cedar posts provided bv Tom and Alice Nishitani. and was constructed by the Rev Bob Hutchinson. This year it was decorated by Jim and Eileen Sword The inscription at the top in Hebrew. Greek and Latin reads "Jesus Christ. King of the Jews."