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Nyssa Gate City Journal
70th Year 4th Issue
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Nyssa, Oregon
The Sugar City
Thursday, January 22, 1976
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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.
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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.
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Adams Named Editor
Of Idaho Free Press
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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.
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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."
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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,
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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.
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Russ Aman Joins
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Congratulations Nyssa Bull
dogs on your good playing
and winning score of 57-53
over the Emmett Huskys,
Tuesday night.