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University of Oi'tgon Li.br-ary F.’igene, Ore. 774C3 X X X X X Nyssa Gate City Journal 70th Year 4th Issue I Nyssa, Oregon The Sugar City Thursday, January 22, 1976 ■ Thunderegg Capital Manpower Plan To Be Discussed Jan. 29 The District 14 Manpower Plan will be the topic of consideration at a public hearing to be held January 29. at the Oregon State Employment Division Office at 375 S.W. 2nd Avenue in Ontario. The hearing will begin at 7:30 p.m. and include a review of the proposed plan aa well as public comment regarding Comprehensive Employment and Training (CETA) pro grams as they operste in Malheur and Harney Coun ties. The District Manpower Planning Council and South east Oregon Council of Governments are required each year to develop a plan for the expenditure of CETA funds in order for the counties to qualify. CETA is a federal employ men! program designed to assist unemployed and un der-skilled persons. There are several categories of funds that are allocated to Oregon Districts each year in compliance with each dis trict's plan. Included in the plan are "target groups" or persons who will be served by the CETA programs as well as determination of percentages of funds to be directed toward youth and adult employment programs. It is estimated that approo mately >430,000 will be available to the district for the purpose of funding, training and jobs for unem ployed persons. The district CETA plan must show how the money will be spent during the upcoming fiscal year. < Once the plan is approved by all respective agencies, bids for progrsm operation will be announced. Program operators will contract with the State of Oregon to actually implement the plan by locating jobs and training opportunities for youth and adult unemployed. Program operators are required to assist only those persons designated in the Districl Plan. Public employers will also be required to hire only those so designated in the plan. Set Annual Meeting The Malheur County and Southwest Idaho Onion Gro wers Asaociation will hold their 16th Annual Meeting on February J. 1976 in Ontario. Oregon. The meeting will be at the Elk's Lodge located on the corner of West Idaho Avenue and Third Street The meeting will begin at 9 a.m . and will include research reports from Chuck Stanger, O.S.U Researcher, located at the Malheur Branch Experiment Station. Paul Torell. Researcher, from Parma. Idaho and Bill Simp son. Plant Pathology Resear cher, from Parma. Idaho and Bill Simpson, Plant Patho logy Researcher from Parma Experiment Station and Jim Zalewski. Plant Pathology Researcher from O.S.U. Growers of the area will have an opportunity to review a proposal that will allow the onion marketing committee to collect money for field research problems, such as crop rotation, irrigation and «torage of local onions. In sddition to this proposal, the growers will also discuss the promotion of a disease control district. The reason for a district is to keep out an onion disease called white rot. This disease has no present control and has taken over several onion production arras in the U. S. F i • Gene Wirth. Regional Ag ronomist for Union Collier Chemical Corporation will talk about the principle of foliar feeding agronomic cro ps and Walter Lippman. Plant Physiologist with U.S.D.A.. Fresno. Califor nia. will give a paper on the causes of watery scales Watery scales has cost the onion industry in this area many thousands of dollars in the past and several cultural practices can be done to slow down its development. A hosted noon lunch will be given by the two grower» associations for all those in sttendance. All treasure valley onion growers and allied industry people are urged to attend this very informative meeting« Nyssa Student On EOSC Dean’s List Slightly over three percent of the Eastern Oregon State College student body at tained perfect 4.0 grade averages during the 1975 Fall Term. A little over seven percent ranged from 3.5 to 3.9. Named to the Dean's List for the Fall Term 1975 was John Elguezebal of Nyssa, with a 3.5 average. I • aMjB " Adams Named Editor Of Idaho Free Press **r 7 J MF ■r fl fl 11 fl 4 MM J i i I 2 'fl Chamber Dinner Next Tuesday The Nyssa Chamber of Commerce annual dinner will be held Tuesday evening. January 27, at the Twilight Cafe Steve Fonda will be instal led as president, and the speaker will be Bob Brownlee of Ontario. Brownlee has a presentation entitled "God and Country*’ which ia considered outstanding. Chamber members and guests are invited to attend. ,.j ■r JC'-1 1«' The proposed 1976-77 Bud get for Treasure Valley Com munity College was pre sented to the College Budget Board at a public hearing held Monday night. January 12. The Budget Board re viewed the proposed fi nancial plan for 1976-77 and then recommended to the College Board of Directors a Budget totaling $3.235.878 Of that amount. $955.829 w-tn be derived from student assistance funds provided largely from federal sources. thetics. Appointment to these Ad Hoc Committees will be made by Mayor Don Olde meyer. Mayor Oldemeyer urged all public spirited people to attend the meeting and take part in the committee for mation. "Now is the time to make your wants known. Our City Council is highly inte rested in what people want for the future of Nyssa. The Council wants to be respon sive to your needs, and this is your opportunity to contri bute toward guiding our growth." Carl Burningham. Chair man of the Planning Com mission, also expressed a need for more citizen partici pation. "Under the require ments of the new Land Conservation Development Commission the emphasis is on citizen input." "We’d like to get as many people as possible to attend these meetings to help govern our development po licies." Housewives and young adults are particularly invited he said. “We want and need fresh approaches to planning our community." rrr r<> Meet The VFW Post No. 2697, will meet Thursday. January 29 at the Nyssa Eagles Hall at 8 p.m. All eligible veterans wish ing to join are invited to attend and may bring their wives. Seward Named Top row. Terri Pounds. Dina Hirai. Ayde Mosqueda, Jodi Grunke and Mrs. Ables. Missing are Kathy Sewell. Tara Madrid and Toni Peterson. bookstore receipts, student food and housing fees, and state capital outlay funds which require no local levy. Tuition, fees. Oregon State support and miscellaneous income are anticipated at $1.380.567. Of the remainder. $43,945 will be levied for the retirement of bonds issued in 1967, and $956.214 is the amount to be voted upon Based on the 1976 true cash value, it will require a levy of $2.91 per thousand. His torically. the annual assessed valuation of the College District has increased; there fore. it is probable that the 1976 valuations will substan- Deadline for filing for county and city offices for the May 25 primary is 5 p.m., March 16. County Clerk Robert Morcum announced this week. Candidates for city offices may file with their respective city clerks, he said. Harold L. Jackson. Jordan Valley, has filed for the Justice of Peace office in Jordan Valley. Malcom Pal mer is the incumbent. Frank Ceniga. Ontario, and Everett McMillin. Vale, have filed for the Vale Justice of the Peace position. Ceniga would be able to satisfy the six-month residency require ment after the primary election, according to the state law. the clerk said. Mary Graham is the incum- bent. No filings have been received for the other county offices open this year. Bob Ingram, sheriff, and Pat Bond, treasurer, have pre viously indicated they would file for re-election. The positions of the assessor and one county commissioner also are expiring this year. Candidates for circuit court judge and district attorney both open, file with the CITY (HEWS have built a portable hoist platform for use in many overhead jobs throughout the city. It mounts on the front loader, and is easily put on or removed with only three bolts. Here City Manager Henry Schneider and Ray Page (on platform) are shown with the new machinery. The platform was built using steel from the old water tower. The ladder can be seen in picture. Steve Mare/ did all of the welding on the project, and Schneider said it will be a useful tool throughout the year. Secretary of State in Salem as do representatives of the 59th and 60th districts. Denny Jones has filed for re-election in district 60. Those filing for assessor in Oregon must have their qualifications screened by the Department of Revenue. Morcum said. His office will supply the forms. According to the state law a candidate for assessor in Oregon must be an eligible voter and a resident of his county for one year prior to election. He must be a registered professional en gineer or registered profes sional land surveyor. To Co-op Board The annual meeting of Nyssa Co-op Supply was held last Wednesday at the Oregon Trail Grange, with 160 members attending the meeting and dinner, accor ding to Ernie Metcalf, manager. Dwight Seward was elec ted to the board of directors for a three-year term, replac ing John Stam. Seward joins Don Bullard. Woodrow Se- uell. Harold Alexander and Kenneth Price on the board. Metcalf reports that Nyssa Co-op had nearly $2 million in sales for the 19^5 year. Worrall Named Bicentennial Head Mayor Don Oldemeyer has appointed The Rev. John K. Worrall as chairman of the Nyssa Bicentennial Com mittee. replacing Jake Fis cher. who has resigned for reasons of health. Mr. Worall has called for a meeting of the Committee to (tonight) be held Thursday, — January 22 in the City Council Chambers at 7:30 pm. No definite plans have as yet been made for 1976. Mr. Worrall is asking the Com mittee to present such plans as appear feasable and practical to them for imple mentation in 1976. This is the Bicentennial Year and it is hoped that Nyssa may put into action a program of which all its residents will be proud. Members of the Com munity other than the Com mittee who might have suggestions for programs which they believe to be timely are also invited to participate in the meeting. I •M»»' ♦ Russ Aman Joins WEATHER Date 15 Jan. 14 33 26 Jan. 15 39 39 28 Jan. 16 25 34 Jan. 17 44 28 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 21 32 19 36 Jan. 20 13 Jan. 21 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 1-21-76 612,810 Acre Feet 1-21-75 422.910 Acre Feet tailly reduce the effective levy. The next public hearing on the budget will be a College Board heanng on Monday. February 2. with the election tentatively set for Tuesday, March 9. 1976. A copy of the proposed 1976-77 Budget is found on page 6 of this week's issue of the Gate City Journal. The Budget Board, made up of the seven elected College Board and seven appointed representatives of the College District, elected Gary McGraw of Vale as Chairman. Dorrance Stan dage of Vale as Vice-Chair man. and Arlene Robb of Nyssa as Secretary. Deadline Nears For County Office Filing New York Life Co. aa- a--a where he majored in English Literature and was editor of the college paper "The Coyote" for two years. He is a member of the Idaho Press Club, Capital Corresjxmdents Association, and was winner of a Press Club first-place writing award in 1973 for coverage of the Snake River Stampede. Eckley and Brigetta Drydale. TVCC Budget Hearing Feb. 2 Town Hall Planning Meeting Scheduled The Nvssa City Planning Commission will conduct a "Town Hall" meeting for ail people interested in plan ning. zoning, and other areas of citizen input to make known their desires for the future of Nyssa. The meeting is planned February 5 at the Multi purpose room in the Primary Building at 7:30 p.m. The Planning Commission will solicit members for com mittees of interest in trans portation. land use. recrea tion. housing, conservation of resources, livability and es- Warren D. Adams, for merly of Nyssa, has been appointed managing editor of The Idaho Free Press, effective January 1. He replaces Arden "Ben” Ben- thien. who is retiring after 38 years in the newspaper field. Adams is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Adams of Nyssa, and graduated from Nyssa High School in 1968 He is married to the former Lucille Bertram, also a Nyssa High School graduate, who teaches English at Middleton Junior High School. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Willis Bertram. The announcement of Adams' appointment was made by Adam J. Kalb, publisher of The Free Press and The News-Tribune in Caldwell, and by Larry Gardner, editorial director of the two newspapers. The new managing editor has been with The Free Press since 1972, after graduating from the College of Idaho. fl A NEW PROGRAM Al NYSSA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the girls gymnastic team under the direction of Mrs. Judy Ables. Kneeling are. from left. Tanya Atagi, team captain, Julene Grunke, Sonia Rodríguez, Leslie Lane, Kris Savage. Kathy Onion Growers 15' Per Copy The New York Life In surance Company has an nounced the appointment of Russ Aman. Nyssa, as an agent. Aman was formerly an elementary teacher in the Nyssa Schools. He will work out of his Nyssa office, and is licensed in Oregon and Idaho Russ and his wife Linda have two children. Wendy 9 and Shelly 6. Johannesen-Adams Motors has been purchased by Boyd Newhouse of Ontario, and the auto firm will be known as Newhouse Chevrolet. Inc. from now on. Mr. Newhouse became a franchised Chevrolet dealer for cars and trucks effective January 12. Newhouse was formerly the Chrysler. Plymouth. Dodge dealer in La Grande for six years. He and his wife Marilyn have three children. Jane 11, Jason 8 and John 6, and plan to move to Nyssa as soon as possible. Newhouse Chevrolet will continue to give Nyssa area motorists the best of service in the Service Department, under Ed Stephens, shop foreman. Plans are to expand both this department and the sales force in the future. New house said that the firm will carry a full complement of automobiles and trucks, and plans to be very competitive in both sales and service. By Pat Savage May I offer my sincerest congratulations to the Nyssa Junior High Gymnastics team in their win over the Mendian Junior High team with score of 130 to 112. Meridian has many girls to choose from, and much better practicing conditions than we do at the present. Coach Mrs. Judy Ables deserves a pat on the back for her efforts and the time she takes with both the high school and junior high teams. She lives in Oregon Slope and meets with her teams at 6:45 a.m. two mornings per week and with them after school for a couple of hours the rest of the week They started practice in November and are all doing very well. The public is invited to attend these meets (schedule on this weeks sports page) and 1 think almost everyone would enjoy watching these girls perform. Besides anyone performs better when there are people there who care. • • • Speaking of schools. 1 am most happy to see that the bids for Phase 111 are being advertised in this weeks Journal. This phase will include the mechanics shop, multi-purpose room, cafe teria. remodeling of the parking lot and beating for the existing junior high building I can't think of any buildings in town that should be more appreciated than our new school buildings. • • • The city crews are in the process of removing the city's Christmas decorations. It was nice to have them during the holiday, but am most pleased to see them being removed rather than left up all year round like in some towns. Every little bit helps our town look better. • • • Did you notice the bright orange stripes on the legs of the white garbage containers on Main Street? These are luminous and will glow in the dark Seems there will be no excuse for throwing garbage on the street during the day or night, however, they were marked so that no one will fall over them Good idea. • • • For an evening of good family entertainment, re member the drama class of the Nyssa High School is presenting a play, "Curse You Jack Dalton!" Thursday. January 29. in the multi purpose room at 8 p.m. There hasn't been a play presented for quite some time, so lets go and show the young people we appreciate their efforts. A full house makes for a better performance. • • • Congratulations Nyssa Bull dogs on your good playing and winning score of 57-53 over the Emmett Huskys, Tuesday night.