Nyssa Gate City Journal
69th Year, 14th Issue
The Sugar City
Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, April 3, 1975
Thunderegg Capital
15C Per Copy
Five Happy Youngsters
Win 10 Speed Bicycles
Gary South
Jim looney
Brenda Sim*
Unt Seward
Mell»** Baker
TVCC Board Cuts Budget Three File For Former Shaws' Cafe
Schoo) Board
Now Open For Business
Proposal By $35,616
A total of $35,616 was
reduced from the proposed
budget for Treasure Valley
Community College at a
special meeting of the board
Monday evening
The new budget will be
submitted to voters May 6.
Emery Skinner, college
president, said $25.47# of
the reduction will be in
salaries and fringe benefits;
$6,000 from financial aid
match and the remaining
$4.000 will be taken from
operating and maintenance
and capital outlay.
The voters defeated a pro
posed budget of $2.0K5,135
m March. Ihe new budget is
S2.O49.5I9.
The new tai levy will be
$789,854, down from the
$829,428 which was defeated
last month
In the first budget sub
mitted to the voters this year
salaries were up 12 percent
and they have been reduced
to a 9.9 percent increase,
according to Jim Robens.
business manager and bud
get officer.
The proposed tai rate per
$1,000 true cash value has
been set at 2.62 down from
the original proposal of 2.75.
The deadline for filing
nominating petitions for the
school board was April I. and
County Clerk Bob Morcom
said that the Nyssa school*
will have a three-way fight
for the Position No. 3 being
vacated by Don Engstrom.
Edward A
Wade. Don
Bullard and John A. Cleaver
have filed petitions for the
four-year term, with the
election to be May 6.
Morcom said that Gerrit
Timmerman had filed for
Zone No 5 on the Malheur
County Il D Board to succeed
himself, and Darlene M.
Thomas has filed for Zone
No. 5 on the Adrian School
Board to succeed David
Beelic.
Senate Passage Of Farm Adrian (x)uple
Bill Will Help Oregon Killed In Train
After Senate approval of a
New Farm Bill. Senator Mark
Hatfield said it "Will assure
farmers of market stability,
and will encourage continued
all out production, which is
so important in efforts to
eliminate hunger—both al
home and abroad. It also will
help keep consumer price*
from rising.”
"For Oregon farmers, the
increase in the target price of
wheat is critical." Hatfield
captained. "A provision *us-
(lending all meat .mports for
ninety days will help the
already depressed Oregon
< attic Industry from foreign
imports."
"While the bill still must
go to conference, the strong
Senate vote • 57 to 25 • en
dorsing this program tells
farmers that Congress sup
ports full production to meet
the food needs of America
and the World
Nyssa Girl Earn«
Straight A At SOC
A total of 155 Southern
Oregon College student*
achieved straight-A grades
(perfect grade-point ave
rages) during the past winter
quarter, according to SOC
Registrar Robert Davidson.
Among those slraightA
students is Nancy Jean
Jackson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Wilton Jackson. Nyssa.
Bicentennial Committee
Told Of State Policies
Frank Quinlan, State Di
rector of the American
Revolution Bicentennial Com
mittee of Oregon, advised
members of the Malheur
County Bicentennial Com
mittee and City Committees
of policies and regulations at
the state level.
Quinlan commended the
Malheur County Fair board
for their application for
project "Malheur's Horizons
’76”, stating that it was
unique among the some 119
applications received. This
project provides for addi
tional landscaping and rest
area at the main gate. The
request has been approved at
the State level, and has not
INynsa Police
Help In Arrest
A Michigan man was
arrested in Nyssa Tuesday on
a federal fugitive charge.
Phillip Lee Rose. 25, has
been charged with unlawful
flight to avoid prosecution in
Michigan. He is held in the
Malheur County Jail in Vale
for Michigan authorities.
Assisting in the arrest
were the Nyssa police force.
Oregon State Police. Malheur
sheriff's department and the
FBI.
been forwarded to the Na
tional Committee for final
approval.
Phil Terry of Vale showed a
series of slides with com
mentary of the Old Oregon
Trail from the Malheur
Crossing at Vale to old Fort
Boise; and planning under
way to make this a National
historical site.
In other business the
County Committee voted to
lend moral support to the
Stone House Committee in
their efforts to obtain ap
proval from the
Budget
Committee of a $2,000 item
in the county budget. This
amount would be used to
match a $2,000 grant already
approved by the National
Park Service*.
Bill Snyder of BLM
showed additional slides of
this area indicating planning
by the BLM to make the trail
with concrete markers and
also to build a ramada at
Keeney Pass where visitors
can view ruts left by the
covered wagon* on the Old
Oregon Trail as well as view
typical terrain crossed by the
pioneers in this area.
He
stated that planning now
provides for a series of metal
information panels giving an
over view of the Trail from
Independence. Misssouri to
Truck Crash
A pickup-train collision
Monday evening at Nove
crossing, one and one-half
miles west of Parma, killed
an Adrian. Oregon farming
couple.
Richard Hermel Daugherty
33. and his wife. Karen Jean,
36. of Bos 222. Adrian, were
thrown from the 1964-model
vehicle s it was tossed in
pieces
into a borrow pit
beside the Union Pacific
Railroad tracks, according 'o
Canyon County Deputy She
riff Sgt. Roy Mullen. The
railroad reported the time of
the accident as 5 46 p.m.
Mullen said he was not
able to learn the destination
of the couple They were
southbound across the tracks
on Sharp Lane, which the
officer said dead-ends about
three-fourth* of a mile from
the rail line. The road is an
access to *everal farm houses
before it end* along the river.
The truck is believed to
have descended a hill on the
Apple Valley Road, which
intersects with Sharp Lane
near the tracks. Mullen said.
The deputy said the 51-car
eastbound through freight
was reported by the crew as
traveling 65 miles an hour, its
legal speed.
Mullen said Daugherty
was driving the pickup at the
time of the accident. He said
one piece of the truck was 78
feet from the crossing
MARLIN MAER7
The former Shaw's Cafi
opened for business this
week under the management
of Marlin Maerz. Located
across from the Nyssa
school* on Adrian Boulevard,
the cafe will feature break
fasts and lunches.
Maerz said that he does
not have a name for the cafe
yet. and will have a grand
opening later. In the mean
time, the cafe has been
completely remodeled and
redecorated, with new soft
drink and frosty machines, a
double-deep fryer, take-out
window, new cabinets, snd
rearranged kitchen.
Mr and Mrs. Maerz live at
Roswell and have four
children. Mrs Maerz (Edith)
works at the Malheur Me
morial
Hospital Nursing
Home, and they will continue
to commute until they get
located in Nyssa.
FFA Banquet
Friday Evening
The Nyssa Chapter of FF A
is having their annual FFA
Banquet Friday evening.
April 4 at the Multi purpose
Room
in the Elementary
School.
The public is invited and
there will be a viewing of
displays at 7 p.m.
The
banquet will start at 7:30
p.m.
Guest speaker for the
evening will be Katherine
Anthony of Vale, who is the
District President. Two FFA
members from the FFA
Chapter in Baker w ill provide
the entertainment.
TV Chorus
Begins Practice
the Willamette Valiev, point
ing out the significance of the
ruts made by the wagon
trains; and some of the local
history of the immediate
area.
The Old Stone House has
been listed on the Register of
National Historic Places for a
number of years and was the
first place so named in
Eastern Oregon.
Con
siderable work and progress
has been made with planning
to restore the building
constructed in 1872 and given
to the county by the Tom
Goodwin Heirs
Treasure Valley Chorus
will begin meeting for the
spring season on Tuesday
evening. April I. For the next
few weeks the group will
concentrate on music of a
lighter nature—folk songs,
spirituals, songs from the
American musical theater
All area singers are invited to
participate, either for college
credit or "just for fun." The
chorus is directed bv Dick
Dalzell and meets in the
Musn Room of the Tech lab
Building on the campus of
I reasure Valley Community.
College each Tuesday eve
ning from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The children are Timmy
who attends Roswell Elemen
tary School. David 13 at
Parma Elementary; and Ka-
thv 15 and Jeff 17, both
attending Parma High School
Maerz has been a cook and
baker for over 20 years in
Montana and Oregon, and
most recently was cook and
baker at Caldwell Memorial
Hospital.
Marlin says that he wel
come* back the former cus
tomers of Mr and Mrs. Pete
Shaw, and school students
arc invited to stop by for a
hamburger, soft dnnk. He
looks forward to being in
business in Nyssa, and
serving the folks of this
community.
Outdoorsmen
Meet Monday
The Chamberlin Basin, a
primitive are* well-known for
its large population of elk.
will be the subject of a speech
and slide show given by
Martel Morache at the
regular monthly meeting of
the Eastern Oregon Out
doorsman to be held at the
Cairo school on Monday.
April 7 at 8 p.m.
Morache is conservation
education supervisor for the
Idaho Fish and Game Com
mission. Timber and mining
interests are putting pressure
on congress to open Cham
berlin Basin to commercial
uses which many feel will be
detrimental to the elk habitat
Morache will explain the
commission's feelings on the
subject.
All persons, whether mem
bers or not, who arc
interested in the outdoors,
are urged to attend this
meeting
Police Officers
Make Arrests
Nyssa Police officers were
busy Iasi Wednesday as they
arrested Ramon Martinez,
21. of Nyssa who was AWOL
from the Marine Corp. He
was transported to the
Malheur County Jail where
he is being held for military
authorities.
later that same day
officers picked up two illegal
aliens, Filipe Valincia and
Reynaldo DeLaPlina.
Luis
Fuentes Mantalvo was ar
rested on a felony warrant of
arson. He was taken before
Judge E. Otis Smith and bail
was set for $10.000.
He
refused to w ave extradition to
Florida and is being held in
the County Jail in Vale.
Local Budgets
Discussed
DON KENYON
Designing a local govern
ment budget is a project most
persons view with awe. In
order to lift the veil of
mystery for budget makers
and for members of the
public, a representative of
the Department of Revenue
will be at the City Hall. Vale
on Thursday. April 10.
At the 9 a.m. workshop.
Don Kenyon, budget analyst
of the local budget unit will
discuss budget problems and
answer questions.
Mark Stringer
On Dean's List
Mark Stringer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stringer, is
on the dean's list at the
University of Oregon at
Eugene with a 4-point grade
average. He is a senior
student and is majoring in
political science.
Five bicycles were awar
ded to five happy winners of
the Gate City Journal sub
scription campaign, after the
Final votes were tallied last
Saturday evening.
The top winner was Gary
south with a total of 126.000
votes.
He competed in
District No. 2. inside the
Nyssa City limits. Runner-up
was Jim Looney with 106.000
votes, also District 2. Brenda
Sims topped District no. I.
outside Nyssa, with 100.000
votes, followed closely by
Lane Seward with 86.000.
Melissa Baker was the
winner in the Adrian district
with 73.000
The remainder of the
contestants all received cash
commissions for their work.
District No. 1 workers in
order of their standing, were
Debbie Mosley 72.000; Holly
Buck 57.000; Mana Rodri-
guez 44.000; April Teague
36.000; Becky Tyner 33.000;
Gail Lassiter 21.000; Brett
Ballantyne 12.000: Dezra
Bones. 11.000; and Jerry
Hoshaw 10.000.
District No. 2 contestants
were Bobby Gomez 50.000;
Alisa Allen 44.000; Andrew
Morrison 37.000; Nancy Lon
goria 30.000; Randy Wade
22.000: Kim Moore 21.000;
Sonia Rodriguez 19.000;
Todd Hatch 17,000; and
Brian Benoit 12.000
District No. 3 runners-up
were Linda Hernandez 62.-
000; Sherry Tidwell 57.000;
Adolph Rotter 36.000; LeAnn
Gonzalez 23.000; and Shelly
Crawford 10.000.
In addition to the bicycles.
Jim Looney was winner of the
first $10 cash prize for the
period of March 13 to 20; and
Melissa Baker won the $10
cash prize for the period of
March 22 to 29.
A total of 207 new sub
scribers was added to the
rolls of the Journal in
addition to the hundred of
renewals in the highly
successful campaign.
Council Plans Review
Of Garbage Ordinance
Nyssa City Manager Henry
Schneider disclosed that the
City Council will review
proposed changes in the
present garbage ordinance
during the next council
meeting on April 8.
“In an effort to improve
garbage service and keep the
city cleaner, the Council is
considering changes in its
present ordinance which go
verns garbage disposal.”
Schneider said. "Our most
prevalent complaints are
bunng of garbage or garbaee
scattered tn the alleys."
He went on to say that the
Council is considering abo
lishing 55 gallon barrels for
use as garbage cans in that
they exceed weight limita
tions and do not meet fly
proof tight fitting lids re
quired by health laws.
The Council will permit
burning of paper and non
vegetable debris in 55 gallon
drums, however, no garbage
will be permitted in the 55
gallon drum: so that ac
cidental or inadvertent gar
bage fires cannot be started.
The proposed ordinance
will require cans not exceed
ing 32 gallon size with not
more than 60 lbs. of weight
placed in them.
All cans must also have a
tight fitting lid on them in the
future.
Schneider recommends
that the lid be chained or tied
with a rope to a fence or post
not to the garbage can itself.
"If you tie the lid to the can
it becomes a flailing weapon
when the garbage collector
starts to swing the can to
empty its contents. Chaining
the lid to a post also keeps
the lid from being damaged
or blown away."
Home owners who prefer
plastic or specially treated
paper bags sold for the
purpose, may use bags
instead of cans for garbage or
grass clippings if they are
properly tied shut and are not
overloaded so they break.
"In essence.” Schneider
said. "The Council will
permit burning in 55 gallon
drums of papers and ma
terial which do not rot or are
not made of rubber. They will
insist on garbage cans not
exceeding 32 gallons in size
or weighing over 60 lbs. and
having a tight fitting lid to
prevent scattering of papers
and garbage by wind and
animals."
All interested persons are
encouraged to attend the
Council meeting on April 8 in
the Council Chambers to
express their views in formu
lating a workable garbage
ordinance.
Many Interested In Apartments
About 100 persons turned
out last Thursday in the
basement of St. Paul's Epis
copal Church to hear about
the proposed apartment com
plex to be built in Nyssa, with
many indicating an interest
in becoming a tenant.
Jack M Miller, president
of Hammond Development
Corporation of Salem, said he
"found
a very definite
interest which would justify
further development of the
project."
The corporation has selec
ted a site at Sth and
Thompson, large enough to
expand past the 40 units
which are planned to start.
Miller said the site is ideal as
it is near the main part of
town, parks, schools, and
other needs of the prospec
tive tenants.
In addition to the 40
apartments, most of them
one-bedroom, the facility will
have recreational rooms,
lobby area, laundry, parking
and landscaping. Size of the
initial development will be
about one-half million dollars
Il will be privately owned,
pay local property taxes, and
construction will be on a bid
basis.
for a mortgage financing
committment With approval
of the preliminary application
they will proceed with archi
tectural drawing, and subse
quently construction, which
they would like to have
underway within 120 days.
Hammond will retain owner
ship. as they have in the
other cities, and will provide
a resident manager.
Miller said that Hammond
Development Corporation
has built nine complexes in
Oregon, with the most recent
a 40 unit in Bend and 28 in
Prineville, and both are
seeking to expand to double
their present size.
The Rev. Bob Hutchinson
and the Rev. John Worrall
have been instrumental in
bringing the senior citizen
complex along this far. and
will answer any questions
local people may have.
Application forms will be
made available at the City
Hall. Senior Citizen center,
Idaho Power Company and
the Gate City Journal.
The next process, accor-
ding to Miller, will be to
submit application plans to
Farm Home Administration
"^WEATHER 3
DAle Max.
41
Mar. 26
Mar. 27
38
Mar. 28
43
Mar. 29
55
59
Mar. 30
April 1
48
April 2
Mln. Prec.
23
.03
24
21
21
.30
27
23
moisture for
1.36 Total
March
4 2-75 649.820 Acre Feet
4 2-74 696.380 Acre Feet
IIAMMONl) DEVELOPMENT CORPOR.
ation president Jack Miller, left; Paul Wulf,
site specialist; and Leone Mathis, secretary;
were highlv pleased at the reception given
them by prospective tenants in the proposed
40apartment complex they plan to build in
Nyssa.