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’Jniveraity of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 974C3 Nyssa Gate City Journal 69th Year, 45th Issue The Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, November 6, 1975 Thunderegg Capital City Planning Board Checks LCDC Goals Christmas Season Planning Underway The Nyssa Merchants Con> mittee it starting to make plans for the Christina« Season, which will open Friday evening December 5. Plans are to welcome Santa Claus and escort him into town with the Nyssa High School band as in previous years. Stores will be open that evening from 7 until 10 p.m., and people may shop the stores and also enjoy free donuts and cider or coffee served by the committee. A window display contest is featured this year, with Betty Rich the chairman of this event. All businesses will be encouraged to decorate a Christmas window, and pri zes will be given to the best four. John Messick will be in charge of judging, which will be held on Thursday, De cember 4. First prue will be $30. with other prizes of $20, »15 and »5 On Saturday afternoon. December 13, a tricycle race is planned. Dick Butcher is in charge of this program, and details will be announced later. In addition to the first evening, when children may visit with Santa Claus and receive free candy canes, the jolly old fellow will visit each Saturday afternoon before Christmas in the business area. The Nyssa Chamber of Commerce has purchased new overhead lights and street decorations, and Main Street (Candy Cane Lane) should be brighter than ever during the coming Christmas season. Oregon To Observe Vets Day Nov. 11 Oregon joins with 45 other stales this year in the obser vance of Veterans Day on the traditional November 11 date. H. C. Saalfeld. Depart ment of Veterans' Affairs director, reported today. This marks the third year in a row that Oregon will have observed the original date of Veterans Day, in contrast to the federal date of the fourth Monday in October as set by Congress in 1968 Now. Congress belatedly has changed the national date back to November 11, according Io Saalfeld. but the switch will not take effect until 1978, primarily to give calendar makers lime to make the change. So. federal agencies con tinued this year to observe the fourth Monday in October —the 27th of the month this year—as Veterans Day. Tues day. November 11 will be a holiday for state and local government employees and for banks, public schools and some community colleges Saalfeld said Congress passed legislation in 1968 to change the national obser vance of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October Nearly all the states, includ ing Oregon, followed suit but pressure from the veterans' organizations reversed this legislation state by state and in I973 the Oregon legisla lure restored the observance to November II. Forty-au states by this year had returned to the traditional date and finally the current Congress has fallen in line, Saalfeld said. BEET PILES RISE HIGH as 95% of the harvest will be completed by the end of the week, according to Larry Hatch, factory area field man. Ideal harvest conditions have brought Burglars Hit Adrian Malheur County Sheriff s officers are investigating a burglary and an attempted burglary in Adrian which apparently occurred last Friday night. Both were discovered early Saturday morning as the business place prepared to open. At Adrian Oil Company, a window was broken in the front door allowing access to the lock. Eight-track stereo tapes and candy were mis sing. Inventory of the loss indicates the value at about $200. officers said. Al Martin's Market, also in Adnan, the burglary attempt was foiled by a double lock system on the front door. The window was broken but entry to the building apparently was not gained. Conant’s wife. Peggy Ann. 37 years old. was dead on arrival at Malheur Memorial Hospital in Nyssa Wednes day morning. An incident allegedly occurring Tuesday evening at the Conant resi dence between Ontario and Nyssa is believed by investi gating officers to have been responsible for the woman's death. The 1975 Malheur County Fair Rating has been re ceived by the Fair Board, and Gordon Capps. Chairman, stated that this year's fair received a total of 912 points. Capps said that as of yet there is no valuation for the points, but hopefully it will compare with last year when S9.412.92 was received for 875 points. He noted that in comparing points received with other county fairs in the state that Malheur County came in seventh with Josephine Cou nty's tair receiving the highest number of points az 960. and Lane County second with 955. Caps said that there are seven judges of the county fairs and that there is no intention of judging any fair WEATHER Mln. Free. Dale Max. October 29 67 .34 October 30 41 53 October 31 36 .07 55 November 1 57 30 November 2 57 31 November 3 64 35 November 4 64 32 November 5 30 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 11-1-75 512.210 Acre Feet 11-1-74 374.750 Acre Feet Wool" Contest Saturday Seamstresses and others interested in viewing gar ments showing the versatility of American wool are invited to the "Make It Yourself with Wool" style show this Saturday. November 8. states Carol Knothe. Malheur Cou nty Extension Home Eco nomist. The show with several contestants aged 10-21. from Baker. Grant. Harney and Malheur coun ties will begin at 2 p.m. at the Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario. Refresh ments will precede the show. All contestants are to register by 9 a m. on the 8th with judging of the garments to continue most of the morning Morning training classes for contestants are under the direction of Millv Rumpel, Co-Director of the contest. in the beets the earliest that he can remember. George Bolz, piler foreman said He has worked the campaigns since 1952. Fair Rates Higher Than In 1974 Conant Arraigned On Manslaughter Charge "Make lf Yourself With Claude leon Conant, ar raigned Thursday in Nyssa Justice Court on a charge of manslaughter in the first degree, requested court ap pointment of an attorney. Bail on the charge, in connection with the Wednes day death of Conant's wife, wav set at $25.000. Steve Fonda. Nyssa at torney. was appointed to represent Conant in the case and it is being continued. Conant. 39. was arrested on the manslaughter charge on Wednesday. The preced ing night he had been arrested on charges of leaving the scene of an accident and driving while suspended. He pleaded gui lty to the two driving violations and was sentenced to 30 days on each charge by Justice E. Otis Smith. The ,M)-day sentences are to run concurrently and Conant is in the Malheur County Jail. A Junior and Senior winner will be selected to represent this district at the state competition to be held in Eugene. December I. 1975. against another one. All are checked according to a set of rules and an information booklet compiled by the County Fairs Commission and each judge visits a number of fairs each year. It is felt that this system has helped upgrade a num ber of county fairs in the state, and while there are many areas in which regi mentation is desired, still it is the intent of the Commission that the local identity of each county fair be maintained. Capps noted that improve ments are being made at the Treasure Valley Com munity college and represen tatives of Oregon Rural Opportunities have devised a contract of cooperation for Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Lan guage programs to be offered beginning in November. This agreement is part of Treasure Valley Community College's commitment to provide edu cational services to the 51% of the population of the Senior Citizen Complex Plans Making Progress The Hammond Develop ment Corporation of Salem is making progress on its plan to establish a Senior Citizen Housing Complex in Nvssa. according to Paul R. Wulf. Site Specialist. Wulf said that his company is complying with the re quests of Don Kudrna. Far mers Home Administration manager in Ontario, and has submitted documents sub stantiating availability of water, sewer and utilities and other facts concerning the project. At issue now is the center First National Bank of Oregon reported a small decrease in earnings for both the third quarter and the nine months ending September 30. compared with a year ago. There was a moderate increase in deposits, and loans were off slightly, despite a slowly recovering economy, announced Robert F Wallace, chairman of the statewide banking system. "Big Mac" grown from seeds of the same name was produced in the garden of Charlie Shell, Travis' unde and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Shell. The large pumpkin weighed 122 pounds and measured S' 3" in circumference. Deposits were $2.208.785.- 000 compared with $2.115.- 695.000 posted at the end of third quarter 1974. Ioans at First National's 142 state wide offices were $1,371.469. 000, a decline from the $1.395.304.000 on September 30 of last year. Total resources were $2.787,943,- 000. up from $2.590.353.000 Income bcfori securities Malheur County Fairgrounds each year, but always with thought to the interests and desires of the people of Malheur County. He said that all members of the Board which includes Guy Sparks of Nyssa; Bill Grace of Oregon Slope. Fran McLean of Ontario; and Swede Erstrom of Vale, meet regularly each month, not only to plan for the Annual County Fair, but also to determine policy for use of the grounds, improvements needed, and to assign priori ties to projects. English As Second Language Offered loaded corridor. This plan has been built in Newport. Bend and Prineville, and is proposed for Nyssa. Wulf said that this type of con struction offers many advan tages to senior citizens, and has met with unanimous approval in the already completed projects, and with the Nvssa citizens who wish to occupy the project when completed Hammond De velopment Company has applied to Farmer's Home Administration for this type of construction in the Nyssa project. First National Bank Reports Small Decrease "THERE’S NO ONE HERE BUT BIG MAC and me." young Travis Shell might have been saying when this picture was taken on Halloween, Travis is the five-month old son of Mr and 1rs. John Shell. He wasn't the least bit afr id of the huge jack-o lantern and played will it all evening. 15* Per Copy transactions for the third quarter amounted to $5.076.- 000. or 96 cents per share, compared to $6.006.000. or $1.13 in 1974 Net income after securities transactions was $5.076.000. This com pares to $5.602.000 last year. Income before securities transactions for nine months amounted to $15.123.000 or $2.85 per share, down from $15.932.000 or $3 00 per share, compared to 19’4. Net income after securities tran sactions was $15.140.000. This compares to $15.542,000 last year. The Nvssa branch reported deposits of $14.8’4.000 and loans of $9.909.000 as of September 30. Comparable totals for the branch a year ago were $12.555.000 in deposits and $’.609.000 in loans. college district who do not have high school diplomas. The curriculum will be planned by the Treasure Valley Community College and Oregon Rural Op por tunities staffs with student input. Classes will impart adult survival skills such as consumer education, emer gency medical problems and how to deal with them, passing a written or oral driver's test, job-getting and keeping skills, cultural aware ness including cultural his tory. and the awareness of self as pan of a family and part of two major cultural influences. Classes began November 3. and end twenty school weeks after that time with vacations on November 27-28 and December 22-January 5. Oregon Rural Opportuni ties personnel will identify and refer students to other Treasure Valley Community College adult basic education classes in Ontario. Nyssa and Vale; thus broadening the outreach of the Adult Basic Education pregram into the community. For further information, contact Treasure Valley Com munity College at 889-6493 ext 44. or an Oregon Rural Opportunities representative at 889 ’241 The City Planning Com mission began the arduous task of complying with the 14 goals established by the Land Conservation and Develop ment Commission under SB 100. Nyssa's re-organized Plan ning Commission headed by Carl Burningham and in cludes Vice-Chairman Do rothy Nolen. Mas Britting ham. Dan Rodríguez. Judy Martin. Mike Bashor and Noah Bass worked on a draft copy of a proposed Policy which covers citizen involve ment. The Commission has already requested LCDC to authorize its function as the City's Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee. Under the policy draft maximum use of 12 citizens Ad Hoc Committees will be used to cover the 14 LCDC goals. Procedures will cover com mittee functions and suggest methods of accomplishment, with periodic reports so that the planning function can be adequately covered. Despite much grumbling about bureaucracy Max Brit tingham summed up the Commissions feelings that planning is needed to keep Nyssa from getting into the troubles of western Oregon. While all of the Commis sioners agreed that a lot of the goals were redundant and did not apply here, there were areas where planning could be valuable. The Policy Draft tenta tively planned to utilize some of Nyssa's existing com mittees to help toward reaching established goals. An Economic Development Committee in existence may be utilized as should the Budget Committee. A new transportation Committee of five members will be selec ted. with a seven member Land Use Group. Other areas of Committee use will be a seven member Recreation. seven member Liveability and Esthetics group, with a five member community Housing Com- mittee. Income Tax Refunds Up The Oregon Department of Revenue has paid more than $138 million in refunds to individual taxpayers this year on withholding and property taxes paid in 1974. Revenue director John J. Lobdell says 865.230 taxpayers received an average of $160 each. Lobdell says that the number of refunds increased three per cent from 836.855 last year while the amount refunded increased six per cent from $130 million and the average refund increased two per cent from $156. Average refund checks issued by the department during these two years have been larger than in previous vears because of the Home owner and Renier Property Tax Refund Program adopted by the legislature in 1973. Prior to the establishment of this program taxpayers re ceived refunds only for withholding taxes when filing individual income turns. A 20 POUND SUGARBEET is being examined by Miland Draper and his son Willard. This large beet, and others, are on display at the factory scale house. Citizen's Involvement Eva luation and a Comprehensive Plan Review and Updating Committees will be formed by utilizing one member of each of the other committees. City Manager Schneider pointed out the difficulty and cost of performing ail the required planning. "My es timates range up to $19.900- 00 which we don't have, and our 6% tax limitation only gains us $3.800.00." said Schneider. "And by pro rating that it would take us 99 years to pay for the planning. If LCDC wants all this planning they should come up with the money before we start.” Approximately 70 citizens will be asked to join the Committees so that each of the planning functions are at grass roots level. Periodic town meetings will be scheduled to keep citizens informed about plan ning progress. Town Crier By Pat Savage Calendar says it's Novem ber. the leaves are falling, nights getting colder and it's time for our last football game. Guess winter isn't too far off Nyssa will be somewhat deserted Friday evening as many sports boosters will travel to Vale for the big and last football game of the season. Have you ever ridden a rooters bus to the school games’ If not. you missed out on much of the excite ment and fun of the sports season. Besides that 50c apiece is a very small sum for being right in the middle of "where it all is.” Not only that, it saves gasoline. Most of all. the kids on the teams of all sports need your support. ★ * * * Beet trucks continue to form a line to the Amalga mated Sugar Factory and the stock piles are getting larger and larger. Would sure be nice if all the harvesting could get done before the rainy season sets in. For a lesson about something new, have you ever watched them unload beet trucks at the beet dump or been down to see the great piles of beets that are waiting to be processed? Better yet. have you ever seen the beets dug from the fields and loaded into the trucks? You're never to old to learn, besides it might be interesting to see how the busy farmers harvest this bountiful crop that they have so carefully nurtured since spring ★ ★ ★ ★ Garbage, how I hate the stuff! For those citizens who are interested in helping the City Council clean up Nyssa's garbage problem and have ideas about how to do it, are invited to a Town Meeting in the Multi-purpose Room, Thursday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m. Remember the answer to solving problems like this is everyone's re sponsibility. Best place and way to know what goes on at Council meetings and voice your opinions is at the regularly scheduled meeting, the second Tuesday of every month, not over the counter at some coffee shop. I'm proud to live here and call Nyssa home, but when walking home or driving through town I see much that needs to be done. We could be called the "Weedy City” for sure and many diser- tations could be written on our "Tin Can Alleys.** Council can try to remedy such things as these, but it not only takes time to accomplish everything nowa days because of so much red tape, but a lot of the weeds and garbage are the res- ponsiblity of the homeowner. Everyone must work together rather than be pulled apart by everyone pulling a dif ferent direction. Help the Council to help Nyssa.