Nyssa Gate City Journal
69th Year, 23rd Issue
The Sugar City
Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, June 5, 1975
Thunderegg Capital
Budget Committee
Approves Levy
Nyssa Youth Prep
For 4-H Spring Fair
Many Nyssa youth are
buaily preparing for the
annual 4-H Spring Fair to be
held June 10-12, Ontario
High School, according to
Jan Shell, Nyaaa 4-H Com­
munity Coordinator.
Viewing of the eahibita ia
open to the public on
Wednesday. June II, from 9
a.m. until 4 p.m. and on
Thuraday, June 12. from
12:00 until 9 p.m. the
highlight of the weeka activi-
tiea ia the public atyle ahow to
be held onThuraday evening.
June 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Ontario High School Cafe
teria.
Judging begina with the
atyle review on June 10 at I
p.m. with the following
judges aaaiating in the
various areas: Karen Tipton,
Pat ay Bowers, Pauline Cole­
man. Pat Link, Eddie Claud-
son, Lois Hoffman all of
Ontario; Jan Shell, Nyssa;
and Elaine Russell, Vale.
County residents have an
opportunity to view the
exciting array of exhibits and
see the worthwhile activities
so many of our county young
Two Receive
BSU Degrees
Felipe Martinez and Ge­
rald Talbot. Nyssa, were
among the 1.100 students
from Boise State University,
who received academic de­
grees or vocational-technical
certificates at commence­
ment ceremonies held in
May.
Martinez graduated with a
degree in social work, and
Talbot received his Master's
of Business Administration.
people are involved in, states
Carol Knothe, Extension
Home Economist.
Many businesses, organi­
zations and individuals pro­
vide special awards for
exhibits, records and con­
tests, including: Hatches
Book Store. Vale Co-Op,
Evelyn's Fabrics. Ontario
Sewing and Vacuum Center,
Ontario Auto Parts, Elks
Lodge 41690, Malheur Farm
Bureau, Malheur County
Cowbelles,
Richard
and
Elaine Russell. Mr. and Mrs.
Elvord Roy.
Over three hundred youth
in the Nyssa and Adrian area
have been involved in the 4-H
program during this school
year under the leadership of
Nancy DeBoer. Eddy Thiel,
Mel Munn, Carl Linegar,
Leroy Mecham, Jan Shell.
Kathy Shell. Elvic Madrid.
Yvonne Fanning, Jane Bal
lou. Kathy Daudt, Craig
Burbank. Carolyn Hansen,
Mike Moore. Judi Nielson,
Mary Saito. Pat Sims, Jackie
Sisson, Bobby Taghon. Patty
Imada. Harold Kurtz, all of
Nyssa; and Gigi Smith,
Karen Wiggins. Cheryl Tail­
man Adrian area.
Spring Fair and County
Fair in August mark the end
of the current 4-H year.
Spring Fair gives youth ages
9 to 19 an opportunity to
receive recognition for their
accomplishments by entering
contests and exhibiting com­
pleted projects in Home
Economics. Art. and Leather­
craft. Livestock projects are
exhibited during the County
Fair. If you would like to be a
leader for 1975-76. please
contact Jan Shell. 372-3409;
or Carol Knothe. 889,9129
cannot be accomplished with­
out cost-sharing.
In addition to the regular
annual cost-sharing program,
the long term agreement
provision was introduced in
I974. This provision requires
a farm conservation plan
extending for a period of
three to ten years. The farm
plans are developed by the
Soil Conservation Service.
Under the long term agree­
ment farmers and ranchers
are assured of cost-shanng
on eligible practices over
the term of the agreement.
Fulleton reminds those who
may be interested in long
term agreements to contact
the Soil Conservation Service
to develop their farm conser­
vation plan.
Fulleton also said that
applicants must furnish the
county ASCS office with the
date the practice will be
started and the total cost of
carrying out the practice. The
program this year provides a
wider range of practices than
were offered in 1974. Some of
the additions are drainage
and range improvement prac­
tices. Fulleton said program
details are available at the
county ASCS office.
Burning Permits
Required In County
SUMMER REPLACEMENT AT THE JOURNAL is Lake
Puett. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Powers of Nu Acres.
Lake, who was born and raised in Georgia, is a recent
graduate of Prescott College in Prescott. Anzona and majored
in Communications.
Former summer employees of the Journal are each
doing well Barbara Williams. Bulldog editor, worked two
summers and is now completing her third year of College at
the University of Oregon. Richard Sept returned to Oregon
and graduated in Journalism and is now a reporter for the
Cottage Grove Sentinel. Merlin Mann was a sports writer for
the Ontario Argus last winter, and is now completing his
Journalism degree at the University of Oregon.
20 TVCC Students In
College Who's Who
1 wentv Sophomore stu­
dents at Treasure Valley Com­
munity Col'.ege have been
recognized by Who's Who in
American Junior Colleges
and were awarded merit cer­
tificates during the annual
Awards Banquet on the
Treasure Valley Community
College campus Wednesday
evening. Those so honored
were Debbie Crosby. Dana
Freeman, Roger Hoverman,
Janice Ingle. Jill Kitamura,
Vicki Lane. Michael Malsani,
Ronald
Maurer.
William
Moore. Kelly McCollum,
John Pounds, Charlotte Ran­
dall. Gordon Scherbinski.
Jeffrey Stanton. Carol Ta-
kami, Patricia
Tiffany.
George Van Patten. James
Van Lith, Tim Magnuson,
and Chris Binder.
Candidates for Who's Who
are first nominated by the
Department Heads who then
vote on a limited number to
send in their resumes to
Who's Who for final decision.
The number of students to be
honored is based on college
enrollment. This year Trea­
sure Valley Community Col­
lege was allowed to include
twenty students.
Students are chosen on the
basis of academic achieve­
ment and leadership in
student activities.
Nyssa Night Rodeo
Parade is Planned
The Owyhee Riding Club,
sponsoring the Nvssa Night
Rodeo, has announced that
the parade is now being
organized. Any club, or­
ganization, or group in­
terested in entering the
parade with a float or team of
any kind should contact Fred
Child. 372-3021. or Claudette
Stelling, 372-2416.
WEATHER
OFFICERS OF THE OREGON AGRI-BU-
siness Council were among the many who
enjoyed the third annual Top-Op Tour last
Saturday. They are shown at the Neil
Venturacci hop farm near Cairo Junction,
second stop on the tour.
Pictured are Addison Bergfalk, director;
Joe Saito, vice president; Joe Klupenger.
The Budget Committee of
the Nyssa Schools approved
the 1975-76 budget in the
amount of $1,400,289 Mon­
day evening, and set the date
of the Budget Hearing for
June 23. At this time the
school board will adopt the
budget.
The budget is up $86,628
over the current 1974-75
budget which expires June
30. Because of a carryover of
about $75,000 in funds not
spent, and an increase
$131.000 in state basic school
support money, the budget
will be within the 6% limi­
tation and a vote on the
budget will not be required.
The basic school support
from the state will be
$620,144. as against $488,777
in the current budget.
The building budget will
DR. TOM FUSON, Nyssa Physician-Surgeon, puts his
12-ycar-old Arabian through his paces. At right, two Arabian
marcs and their foals, all allowing off for a large crowd at the
Bert Hawkins ranch near Malheur Butte Saturday. They were
part of a horse show staged after lunch on the Top Op tour
last Saturday. Mrs. Hawkins raises Arabian horses, and
showed hers and those of her friends to the delight of the
crowd.
Kay Teramura tells the crowd about raising onions at the
First stop of the tour, with Jim Burr, extension agent, and son
Ken and little grandson looking on.
ASCS Opens 1975
Conservation Program
Russell Fulleton, Chair­
man of the Malheur County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee, an­
nounced the opening of the
1975 Agricultural Conser­
vation Program for Malheur
County. Authority has been
received to accept appli­
cations for cuat-shanng on
approved conservation prac­
tices. The program provides
for annual coat-share agree­
ments as well as long term
agreements up to ten years.
According to Fulleton.
Malheur County has heen
allocated SI 11.627 for cost­
sharing this year. By com­
parison. $162,928 was avail­
able last year under the 1973
and 1974 programs which
were operated concurrently.
The conservation of our
natural resources is becom­
ing increasingly important to
everyone and Fulleton said
prionties will be given to
practices with the most
enduring benefits. Approvals
of cost-share requests will be
based on these priorities.
Fulleton further reminded
that requests should not be
Filed for conservation work
that will be done without
cost-sharing. These funds are
to be used only for work that
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president; Bob Ganger, statistician; and
Mike Seiler, director.
The Agri-Business Council of Oregon
serves Oregon by promoting the economic
importance of the state's second largest
industry. The officers held their quarterly
board meeting in Ontario Friday, with these
five staying for the tour, and the others
returning to Portland.
Date
M
Max.
49
May 28
74
May 29
43
78
May 30
84
45
May 31
85
50
June 1
51
89
June 2
80
63
June 3
76
56
June 4
55
Owvhee Reservoir
6-4-75 707 .880 Acre Feet
6 4-74 685.980 Acre Feet
A reminder that permits
for burning anywhere in
Malheur County are required
was issued this week from
the Malheur County Court
and the Bureau of Land
Management.
Judge Roy Hirai said
burning permits for various
areas may be obtained from
the County Court or from
deputy fire wardens at Mac's
Grocery on Oregon Slope p J.
M Wolverton Store. Juntura,*
Willowcreek Store. Willow-
preek; Texaco Station, Mc-
kDcrnwt; Frontier Market.
Brogan; Bully Creek Market.
Bully Creek; Webb's Garage,
Adrian; the Ontario and
Nvssa fire departments and
Deputy Sheriff Jerry Lossee
in Jordan Valley.
George R. Gurr. manager
of the Vale BLM district,
pointed out that no burning is
allowed on federal lands. The
unusual spring, he said, has
resulted in a vegetation
growth that creates a high
fire
potential throughout
most of the district. He noted
that the highly variable
pattern of land ownership,
private or federal, often
makes determination of res­
ponsibility difficult. Because
of the high cost of fire
investigation and control,
and to prevent the un­
necessary expenditure of
taxpayers' dollars, all holders
Nyssa Girl Trains
Shelley Munn, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Munn of
rural Nyssa, has been ac­
cepted into a Licensed Prac­
tical Nurses training program
al Treasure Valley Com­
munity college. The year­
long training program will
begin June 23.
Miss Munn is a 1974
graduate of Nyssa High
School.
Bids Called For
Highway Projects
Bids will be received by the
Oregon Transportation Com
mission on Thursday. June
19 for 11 projects estimated
to cost $7,200,000.
Included in the projects is
4.71 miles of paving with
asphalt concrete on the Jor­
dan Valley-Jordan Creek
Section of U. S. 95 highway,
beginning in the city of
Jordan Valley. Completion
time is J50 calendar days.
Juveniles Arrested
Five Nyssa juveniles were
arrested on an alleged charge
of burglarizing the office of
Fiesta Farms in Nyssa last
Wednesday night. They were
released to their parents and
their cases will be heard by
juvenile authorities.
On Thursday a juvenile
was arrested on an alleged
charge of shoplifting at the M
eft W Market The subject
was released to his parents
pending action by juvenile
authorities.
of burning perryits are urged
to notify th o' BLM
im­
mediately prior to burning.
Both Judgf Hirai and Gurr
emphasized that burning
permits ¿o not release
individuals from financial
and legal liability if a fire
become» uncontrolled and
destroys property or re­
source* of other ownership.
To minimize this liability, all
proper precautions must be
taken before and during
burning operations. These
include burning at proper
times; construction of ade­
quate firebreaks; having suf­
ficient manpower and equip­
ment available during bur­
ning operations to insure
control; assuring that fire is
out after bums are com­
pleted; 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 consider
information on burning con­
ditions from the BLM before
allow ing burning. During the
fire season, information on
fire weather, burning condi­
tions and fine hazard are
received at the Vale BLM
Fire Control office several
times each day.
Notification of burning
plans can be telephoned to
the Fire Control headquar­
ters at Vale 473-3221 or
473-3144; Juntura Fire Guard
Station. 277-2463 and Jordan
Valiev Guard Station. 586-
2222.
be $4,376,997. This is made
up of insurance proceeds,
bond money of $2,354,000
approved by the voters, and
anticipated interest on the
money for the year now being
invested by the County
Treasurer.
The levy on the new
budget will be approximately
$16.05 per $1,000 assessed
valuation, as compared with
$14.42 on the current budget.
The new levy includes
payment of bonds and
interest on the new construc­
tion.
Construction bids on the
new high school and heating
plant will be opened June 10.
This is Phase I of the building
program, with Phase II and
III to be constructed in
separate bids.
Public Welfare Pays
Over $2 Million Here
When you think of Public
Welfare, what is the first
thing that comes to mind? If
you are one of those many
Americans who feels you are
being used bv our nation's
"lazy freeloaders.” you mi­
ght be interested in taking a
closer look at where tax
dollars are going and who
actually benefits from the
Public Welfare program.
In the past 12 months
alone, over $2.303,275 has
been paid to welfare re-
Student From
NyssaAwarded
Sharmon
Sadamori
of
Nyssa, who has been selected
as the Outstanding Teacher
Education Student, feels that
"teaching is developing the
child as a w hole person.” She
was selected for the Phi Delta
Kappa Award, based on
judgment of character, per­
sonality, leadership and a-
chievement.
A board of 15 faculty
members chose Miss Sada­
mori. who will graduate next
month from Eastern Oregon
State College, for the annual
award. She will receive a
degree in physical education
and health next month and is
qualified to teach kinder­
garten through high school.
She hopes to find a teaching
position in Oregon.
Miss Sadamori is presently
completing
her
student
teaching at La Grande High
School.
cipients in Malheur County.
Public Welfare's 1975-77 bud­
get is projected at approxi­
mately $550 million statewide.
These state and federal
dollars provide a financial
base for many of Oregon's
sick. aged, young, and poor.
Public Welfare dollars are
not "dollars down the drain."
In fact, every single dollar
goes straight into the main­
stream of the Oregon eco­
nomy. The food purchased
with Food Stamps helps to
support Malheur grocers;
medical payments go to
Malheur County doctors;
public assistance dollars go
to Malheur County mer­
chants and landlords; and so
on.
In mana Oregon com­
munities where the economy
has been crippled by set­
backs in the housing in­
dustry. Public Welfare is
making a substantial dif­
ference not only for reci­
pients but all other members
of the community.
State Economist
Chamber Speaker
John Groupe of La Grande.
Economic Development Spe­
cialist for the State Depart­
ment of Economic Develop­
ment. will be the speaker at
the regular meeting of the
Nyssa Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday. June 11. The
meeting w ill be held at noon
at the Twilight Cafe.
Sallee Holds
Professorship
Dr. Tom Sallee, a 1958
graduate of Nyssa High
School, has received a full
professorship in Mathe­
matics at the University of
California at Davis.
Dr. Sallee is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Sallee of
Nyssa. He and his family now
live in Davis.
Nyssans Graduate
From OSU Sunday
Approximately 3.400 de­
grees will be conferred
Sunday. June 8. at Oregon
State University's 106th com­
mencement. The colorful
graduation program is sche­
duled at 2 p.m. in Gill
Coliseum
President Robert MacVicar
will be the commencement
speaker. About 2.’’00 gra­
duating seniors will receive
bachelor's degees and some
700 master's and doctor's
degrees will be awarded.
Candidates for degrees
from Nyssa are: Esther M.
Hori. Barbara M Wilt, and
Kenneth E. Spitz*, science;
Lurelie T. Robbins, agricul­
ture; Larry E. Miner. Gary L.
Sadamori. business; Mary
Haburchak Kline. Mardi E.
Tensen, home economics;
and Dennis P. Sheehy,
Master of Science.
VANDALS SHOT SIX BULLETS into the new pump house
last week, damaging the steel door and outside light fixture.
Chief Alvin Allen said that a heavy caliber gun was used at
close range, but only one of the bullets penetrated into the
building.
Lower photo shows the inside of the pump house, with
water superintendent Ralph Lowe reading the gauge which
indicates water depth in the new tank. These large pumps
pump the water from the well along the river bank to the tank
on top of the hill.