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Nyssa Gate City Journal
70th Year IOth Issue
The Sugar City
Sugar Beet Growers
Receive s16 Million
Sugarbeet grower* in the
Nyata district of Amalgama
ted Sugar Company netted a
total of Sib million for their
1975 crop of 800,000 tons.
Ray Larson. Treasure Valley
manager for Amalgamated,
said that in all probability
local grower* will be receiv
ing some future payment* for
the 1975 crop Affecting the
payment picture will be the
market and price fluctuations
Larson *atd the Nyssa
refinery sliced sugar beets
for 126 days producing y total
Town
Crier
By Pai Savage
Evelyn Bailey is getting
ready to rejoin the Bicenten
nial Wagon Train at Fort
laramie. Wyoming in early
March when it starts on the
last miles of it's journey to
Pennsylvania Wouldn't it be
exciting to go along? Well,
we can almost. Evelyn will be
sending us weekly articles
and picture* to keep us all
informed of the train's
activities. Aren't you towns
people proud to think of our
city. Nyssa, having a re pre
sentative in our Nations
2OOth birthday celebration in
Pennsylvania? Will you help
by contributing toward her
expenses by putting a dona
lion in the boxes in the Kwai
stores, or plan on going to the
dance al the Oregon Trail
Grange Hall. Saturday. Mar
ch 6th She needs your help,
so lets oblige our space age
pioneer and give her a
send-off that is indeed, done
up in hometown style
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The Journalism Class at
the high school presented a
talent show last week with
the proceeds going to the
March of Dimes The talent
was really great and the
response from the audience
was tremendous
I think
these kids who donated their
time and talents to raise
money to fight birth defects
sjx-aks very highly for our
younger generation. They
care enough to help, do you?
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Nyssa wrestlers. David
Balk>u. Joe Joyce. Pat Sims.
Jesse Rodrigue/. David Mit
chell and Danny Stmantel
with Coach Mel Calhoun will
journey to Corvallis over the
weekend for the State Wrest
ling Tournament Congratu
lation* on your victories at
the District Meet and Good
Luck Fellows!
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Don't forget the Drama
Club's jircscntation of the
melodrama "Curse You Jack
Dalton" tonight (Thursday*
tn the Chadwick Building at 8
p m. Come hiss at the villian
and cheer for the hero.
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The Nyssa High School
Gymnastic Team won their
last meet Tuesday evening at
Vallivue I had no final score
at presstimc, but want to
wish the girls gixxt luck in
their tournament at Payette.
March 11.
of l,67S.(XX) hundred pound
hags of sugar from 663.000
tons of beets. The remainder
of the district's harvested
tonnage total was shipped to
the Nampa refinery so that
the campaign duration of the
two plant* ciaild be equalized
At the peak of this year's
campaign. 650 fulltime peo
ple were employed at the
Nys»a factory. About 150 will
stay on at the plant as the
machinery is broken down for
annual overhaul and main
tenance. Payroll for 1975,
[arson said, was $2.5 million.
The 1976 contracts be
tween the company and
growers have come to agree
ment and company fieldmen
are now contracting the
acreage. Larson estimated
that acreage will remain
about the same as that for
1975 at 33.000 acres.
Advent of warmer weather
and the drying of muddy
fields could allow for the first
planting to begin this week
Besides its sugar produc
tion. the Nyssa refinery's
output included 50.000 tons
of dried beet pulp which will
be sold as livestock feed.
Terry Fife
Second Place
Winner
Terry Fife, a senior at
Nyssa High School was
secund place winner of the
Soroptimist Youth Citizen
ship contest held recently in
Ontario Jerry is the son of
Mr and Mrs. Garry Fife of
Nyssa.
Nyssa, Oregon
Jerry Fife
ACP Program
Opens For 1976
I he Treasure Valley Com
munity College budget pro
jxisal for 1976-77 will be
presented to the voters of th<
district Tuesday. March 9
Polls will be open from 8 a.m
to 8 p.m.
Their general fund opera
ling budget proposal is foi
$2.212.526 of which $946.751
is to be raised by local levy
I his local requirement wil!
necessitate $2 88 per thou
sand assessed valuation and
accounts for $94,675 of
uncollectible taxes. Ori
ginally. the budget board
A class on drying flowers
and using them in decorating
has been added to others
scheduled for the Bicenten
nial Home Arts Festival on
Saturday. March 6, according
to Helen Conner, Extension
Home Economist. Judy Stall
cop and Janet Rodrique*
rejireventing My Favorite
Things Shop in Nampa will
teach the class which start* at
I p.m. at the Tech Lab
building at Treasure Valley
Community College.
All local people are invited
to take part in the day'*
events which are planned to
help those interested learn
old time skills used in home
decorating. The festival
start* at 10 a.m. and
continues until 5 p.m. All
activities will be held in the
Lease and Tech Lab Buil
dings at Treasure Valley
Community College
Shelley Myriek
To Attend
Symposium
Shelley Myriek was selec
ted as one of three Oregon
students to attend the Na
tional Science and Humani
ties Symposium at George
town University in Washing
ton. D.C. on May 19 to 22.
NOTICE
County Clerk Robert Mor-
com said Monday that Oscar
Bratton (R) filed for re-elec
tion as County Assessor.
Also filing for re-election is
Mary Graham for Justice of
the Peace for the Vale
district.
Valley Community College in 1973, after
which she studied for nine months at Waseda
University, in Tokyo, Japan, through the
Oregon State University Student Study
Abroad program. Currently, she is a
candidate for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
from Oregon State University, after which
she plans on obtaining a masters degree in
Textile Designing.
This unusual ari display is a "first of its
kind" in this area, and may be viewed during
regular library hours.
A complete schedule of the
day's activities follows:
10 a.m. • 1 p.m. Con
tinuously— Rug Making De
monstrations; Crochet De
monstration; Needlejxiint De
monstration
10:30 a.m. • 12 noon.
— Decorating Wtlh Fabric
Class
10 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.—
Wallpapering Film
10:30 a.m. - 11:30
Furniture Refinishing Film
12 • I p.m.—Furniture Re-
finishing Film
1 p.m. • 2.30 p.m.—Dry
ing and Using Flowers
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.—Quil
ting Class
1:30 • 5 p.m.—Quilting
Demonstrations & Displays
1:30 p.m. ■ 1:50 p.m.—
Wallpapering Film
2:30 - 4 p.m.—Low Cost
Decorating Class
2 p.m. -3 p.m. — Refi-
nishmg Film
3:15 - 3:45 p.m — Wall-
papering Film
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.—
Refinishing Film
Shcllev Myriek
Shelley presented her bi
ology research project at the
Junior Academy of Sience
held in Portland on February
28. along with twenty-four
other students from around
the state.
Shelley, a senior at Nyssa
High School is the daughter
of Mrs. Lucile Myriek and her
teacher is Miss Mary Lou
Omberg.
The National Symposium is
sponsored by the U. S. Army
with all expenses paid.
Public Utility Commis
sioner Charles Davis has
scheduled a public hearing
on a Pacific Trailways re
quest to eliminate or restrict
service between Prineville
and Vale, over U.S. Highway
26. through John Day.
The hearing will be held
Tuesday, March9. at 10 a.m.
in the Courtroom of Grant
County Courthouse, Canyon
City.
In filing the request with
the PUC. Trailways pre
sented three alternatives
—abandon all service be
tween Prineville and Vale
over U. S. Highway 26;
—abandon all service be
tween John Day and Vale
over U. S. Highway 26;
—restrict service betw een
Prineville and Vale to three
round trips weekly.
The hearing will continue
in the evening and on the
following day if necessary.
MARY LOL' OMBERG. Nyssa High School
Biology teacher has been chosen by the State
Selection Committee to receive recognition as
an Outstanding Biology Teacher of the State
of Oregon for 1976. She has been teaching at
NHS for five years and her classes include
Basic Science, Biology I and 2 and Science
Seminar.
Each year the National Association of
Three File For
School Board
Superintendent W. L. Mc-
Partland announced Tuesday
that three more candidates
had filed for the school
board. Deadline for filing is
March 15 for the April 20
school election.
Incumbent Bill Schilling
filed for re-election for
position No. 4; and Duane
Dry dale and Adriana Kunkel
have filed for jiosition No. 5.
Vic Haburchak. present bo
ard member for position No.
5. will not seek re-election
after serving two five-year
terms on the board.
Gene Stunz had previously
filed for re-election in posi
tion No. 7. Nominating
positions may be picked up
from the superintendent's
office.
High School Band
Plans Auction
Walkathon
Date Set
PUC Hearing
On Trailways
“DESIGNS IN FIBRE” will be the March
art display of the month at the Nyssa Public
Library.
Mis* Janet Sue Takami. a native of Nyssa,
is the talented artist of this unique display,
which features silk screen and weaving of
original design. Here she is shown hanging a
double woven Oriental style jacket-"Fugi-
Hana.”
Miss Takami is a 1971 graduate of Nyssa
High School and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sonny Takami. She received an Associate of
Art* degree, with honors, from Treasure
15* Per Copy
recommended a rate of $2.91
and the college directors
reduced it further to $2.88
According to college presi
dent. Emery J. Skinner......
"the budget projxisal repre
sents little change from the
current year in college
operation. Every effort has
been made to maintain the
prevent level of programs,
instructional standards, and
student services. Inflation
has had a significant impact
on operations but the college
will continue to do it's share
toward holding costs down."
A committee meeting to
sponsor an auction sale to
help raise money to send our
Nyssa High School band to
Disneyland in June was held
March 2. 1976 at the home of
Mr and Mrs. Neill Mathews.
Two File For
County Office
Thunderegg Capital
TVCC Budget Election
Tuesday, March 9
Home Arts Festival
At TVCC Saturday
Cindy Miles, a senior a!
Vale High School was the
winner. She is the daughter
of Mr and Mrs. Junior R.
Miles of Vale
Awards were made on the
basts of participation in
school and community acti
vities and respinses to a
senes of essay questions
about citizenship responsi
bilities.
Terry is currently serving
as student body president
Russell Fulleton. Chair and has served as student
man of the Malheur County
body vice president He has
Agricultural Stabilization and
been active in school sports
Conservation Committee, an as a member of the football
nounced the opening of the
team and many clubs, inclu
1976 ACP for Malheur ding the Lettermen's Club.
County. Authority has been
Science Club. Student Coun
received to accept applica cil. and the Parent Teacher-
tions for cost-sharing on Student Assixiation.
approved conservation prac
He was selected to attend
tices. According Io Fulleton. Oregon Boy* Stale where he
the 1976 program is very was elected to the office of
similar to the 1975 program senator He also presented a
with both annual and long
science project at the Oregon
terms cost share agreements Academy uf Science Sympo
offered.
siums in Salem
He’ wav
Funds allocated to Mal recipient of a grant to attend
heur County for 1976 are a marine biology camp
$16.1,664.00. Fulleton said sponsored by the Oregon
the allocation is an increase Museum of Science and
over 1975 which was funded Industry.
in the amount of $111.627.00
Terry has also been active
The conservation of our in the Bov Scouts, where he
natural resources is becom has earned an Eagle medal.
ing increasingly important to
He is active in the LDS
everyone, said Fulleton. and Church on the Sunday School
it is the responsibility of the Presidency and plans to go on
County Committee to ap a two year mission with the
prove practice* with endur LDS Church and then to
ing and widespread benefits. attend Brigham Young Uni
Only conservation practices versity and major in banking
which would not be under and finance.
taken without cost-sharing
Each winner of the contest
w ill be approved.
received a savings bond
Fulleton reminds farmers
First runner-up in the
and ranchers that certain contest was Kathy Poole,
information must be provided daughter of Mr and Mrs.
when filing coal-share re Norman Poole of Ontario.
quests. The county ASUS Second runner-up was Teresa
office will want to know what Church, daughter of Mr and
conservation problem is be Mrs Robert Church of Vale.
ing corrected, what date the
practice will be started and
completed, who will do the
work, and what the total cost
of the project will be.
The Ontario Branch of the
Motor Vehicles Division will
not be able to furnish driver
testing service in Nyssa,
March 10th. as scheduled
Testing will be furnished
that date, as usual, at
Ontario.
Thursday. March 4, 1976
The annual March of
Dimes Walkathon will be
Saturday. March 27. reports
Nyssa Chairman. Mrs. Bar
bara Ulrev. The walking
course will be to Ontario and
back. (More details on this
will be available next week I
Anyone can walk, how-
ever, they must have a
registration sheet and spon
sors. These forms are avail-
able at any of the offices of
the Nyssa Schools and the
Nyssa Gate City Journal
A sponsor is a parent,
friend, neighbor or business
man who pledges an amount
for each mile completed by
the walker. The suggested
minimum pledge per mile is
10c.
Prizes will be given to: the
oldest walker; the youngest
walker; the fastest walker to
complete the 24 miles; the
walker with the most spon
sors; the walker who collects
the most money and the
family with the most walking
members and this must
include one parent.
For further information,
call Mrs. Ulrey. 372-2543.
WEATHER
Date Mas. Mln. Prec.
29
Feb. 25 58
40
Feb 26 63
36
Feb 27 57
33
Feb 28 4r>
30
Feb. 29. 36
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28
41
Mar. 1
Mar 2
21
33
19
Mar 3
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
3-3-76 685.350 Acre Feet
3-3-75 4 88.570 Acre Feet
Attending the meeting
were Duane Buchtel. Mrs.
Carl Barnes, John Messick.
Mr and Mrs. Howard Imada.
Mrs. Carl Ltnegar. Mr. and
Mrs Bill Wahlert. Mrs. Boyd
Haney. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Werner. Mrs. Bobbie Taghon
and Miss Elsa Rosales. Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Sparks and
Gary have offered their
services to auction the sale.
The sale is planned for
Saturday. April 3. beginning
at 1 p.m. Concessions and
games for the young people,
a car wash sponsored by the
junior high band members, a
horse shoe tournament with
entry fees and a parade at
noon are being planned.
A letter of information will
be sent to the businesses in
tow n so they will be looking
for Mr.
Young'* or
Mr.
Messick's team in the near
future.
PTA Dinner
and Carnival In
Adrian March 6
The Adrian P.T.A. is
sponsoring a Dinner and
Carnival March 6. Bring the
whole family.
The Dinner will be ham
and beef and will be served
from 5 p.m. till 8 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now;
and can be purchased by
contacting a student from the
5-8 grade.
Prices are:
Children 5-It $1.00
Adults 12 A over $2.50
Family $9.00
There will also be tickets
on sale at the door
The Carnival will be
sponsored by the Room
Mothers. All games and
contests will be ten cents or 3
for 25c. •
For Further Information
you may con tact Karen
Wiggins, Adrian 372-2651 or
Freda Fujikawa. Homedale
339.3'48: about the Dinner’
Janice Sillonis. Adrian 724
6159 for information about
the Carnival
Biology Teachers presents a certificate of
award showing recognition for teaching
excellence to an outstanding biology teacher
in each state who has been evaluated and
chosen by the State Selection Committee
The selection this year gives honor to Miss
Omberg. and thereby gives honor to the
Nyssa High School. (See letter to Supt.
McPartlandi
Hey Kids I
Bikes, Cash Offered In
Subscription Drive
With a list of prizes attractive to al) boys and girls, the
Gate City Journal announces a subscription campaign,
beginning this Saturday.
The drive for subscriptions and renewals to the Journal will
last for three weeks. Dates the boys and girls working in the
campaign will be Saturday. March 6 to Saturday, March 27.
The young salesmen will find working in the campaign a
source of business education and financial gain. Object of the
drive is to collect an additional year or two from each of the
present readers of the Journal and to add new names to the
already large list of Journal subscribers.
Candidates who will take a part in the campaign will be
boys and girls who reside in the territory served by the
Journal.
There will be no losers, as the number of candidates is
limited and each active worker is guaranteed one of the major
prizes of one of the latest model 10-speed bicycles or a liberal
cash commission.
The campaign will start Saturday. March 6 and every boy
and girl interested in the campaign should call as soon as
possible at the Journal office for information and receipt
books.
On another page of this issue of the Journal is a large
advertisement telling all about the campaign. It shows what
the prizes are. how the prizes will be awarded and other
details.
Enter your name immediately by filling in the entry coupon
and bringing or mailing it to the Journal office. If you are one
of those to become active and work during the short
campaign, you are sure to win one of the prize bicycles or cash
commissions.
To make it easier for you to secure information about this
prize-winning event. The Journal office will be open until 6
p.m. this THURSDAY andon SATURDAY from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Parents are urged to come to the office with their
children so they will understand the many easy winning and
educational features of this campaign.
Dolly Parton Will
HeadlineCounty Fair
Dolly Parton of Country-
Western Music fame will
headline the entertainment
for the |9"t> Malheur County-
Fair. August 18-21.
Gordon Capps. Chairman
of the Fair Board, said a
contract has been signed w tth
the Jack Roberts Talent
Agency to have Miss Parton
for two performances on
Thursday, August 19.
Capps said that Miss
Parton is the Top Female
Vocalist of 1975. and has also
received the "Country Cita
tions of Achievement" for
song writing. He said she will
be backed by her Traveling
Family Band.
Other entertainment will
feature the Ira Allen Show for
two performances on Friday.
The Annual Gospel Concert
will be featured on Saturday-
night according to Capps.
In other business the
Board voted to change the
admission fee for the four day
fair. The charge will be $1.25
for all individuals, age six
years of age and over. This
will cover admission to all
entertainment and evertts
sponsored by the Fair Board
for the entire four days.
Capps emphasized that
admission to the grandstand
will be on a first come—first
served basis since only so
many can be accommodated,
and the Board does not
guarantee space.
Oregon Attorney General
Candidate Visits Nyssa
Rep. Stan Bunn, a Re
publican legislator from Yam
hill County, visited the Nyssa
Lions Club Tuesday Bunn is
running for Attorney General
and was introduced by fellow
Representative Denny Jones.
Rep. Bunn told Nyssa
Lions that there are two
issues. Credibility and Res
ponsiveness in Government.
He said that the office of
Attorney General is next to
that of Governor in impor
tance. and has a staff of 300.
including 100 assistant At
torney Generals.
Bunn has been in the State
Legislature for several years,
before that was on Sen. Mark
Hatfield's staff in Washing
ton. D C He now practices
law in Newberg.