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Nyssa Gote City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Nyssa Gat« City Journal
LETTER
TO EDITOR
Editor. The Journal;
This letter relates to the
drive by the Vale Chamber of
Commerce to move the
County Extension Office from
Ontario to Vale The Cham
ber has aeroed in on
comparative initial purchase
Published Eteri Thursday al Nyssa. Oregon 47913
or rental costs in Vale as
compared with Ontario. No
Second class postage paid at Nyssa. Oregon 9"N| J
mention has been made of
under act of Congress of March 3. IS'N
the convenience of the
Mt uat a
location to most of Malheur
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
county's population, to the
extra cost of travel and time
Malheur County. Oregon,
most of the public would
and Payette and Canyon
incur in visiting a Vale office
Counties. Idaho;
or to the extra cost of
transportation and Extension
One Year
$ 6.00
Agents' time involved in
Two Years
$11.00
servicing Malheur county
Elsewhere In the U.S.A.
citizens from Vale.
The Agriculture. Home
One Year
$ 7.00
Economics and 4-H programs
Two Years................. $13.00
df the Extension Service are
available to all the Malheur
county citizens and in my
opinion the office should
remain in Ontario where the
This entire area has benefined by having a community
action is. Ontario is a
college Each dollar of the payroll at TVCC is reflected in
regional shopping center for
added income for the many firms and businesses. Each
goods and services including
employee also pays federal, state, and county taxes, and in
West Park Plaza, area
addition some pay city taxes.
serving financial institutions,
All colleges ate businesses, and Treasure Valley
major machinery supplies,
Community College is no exception. It is geared toward
state and federal agency
developing a specific product—a well rounded, better
offices. Holy Rosary Hospital
informed individual who will be able to compete in the job
and many other organizations.
market.
Vale has the County Court
Education, whether it is formal and academic, vocational,
agencies and the Bureau of
or on the job training, should prepare the student to earn a
Land Management. Jury
living.
duty is about my only reason
Treasure Valley Community College has developed a plant
for going to Vale. The point
to produce an outstanding product. Graduates of TVCC have
to this paragraph is that the
been successful in many fields of endeavor. While there is no
convenience of most citizens
profit and loss statement, the taxpayer of Malheur and Baker
is served by being able to
Counties do receive many benefits and advantages.
take care of several business
Each person, either attending TVCC or employed by TVCC.
items—including visits to the
adds to the general over-all economy of the area; and each
Extension Office— at one
resident of the area, whether or not they benefit directly,
time in Ontario.
derive side benefits from the college.
A Vale location of the office
For example buildings on the TVCC campus have been
would increase the Extension
built with 65% state and 35% local contribution, and the
travel budget and waste
major portion of the construction budget has been spent with
considerable of the agents'
firms and individuals in this area.
time through extra travel as
As an example, in 1975 a storage and main
Ontario would continue to be
tenance building was built by Holcomb Construction of Nyssa
the major theater for meet
at a cost of $122.592.80. Following the July 29th windstorm,
ings and other activities
much damage was done to the campus, and again $10.519.13
because of its location and
was paid to Holcomb Construction for repairs and work
facilities. County, area and
This is a family corporation which employes nine people,
state meetings involving po
besides family members, and who all either live in Nyssa or
tatoes. onions and other
close by. The major portion of this payroll went to purchase
educational activités are held
necessities and some luxuries here in Malheur County Both
there for public convenience.
Nyssa and other towns in Malheur County benefined The
Many activities are earned
firm also purchased construction materials and supplies from
out at the Fair Grounds. Seed
a number of local firms, who in turn had a number of
samples from Ontario are
employees.
gathered for seed certifica
Treasure Valley Community college is now presenting a
tion several times a week
budget for voter approval. The total budget is $3.211.320,
during the processing season
however only 29.4% is to be voted on by the residents of the
The Vale Chamber of
college district. Of this, over $2 million dollars will come from
Commerce proposition needs
state and federal funds and grants, and student tuition and
a more thorough examination
fees.
The tax scare being pre
The major portion of the $2 million will be received for
sented at the present time
student aids, which involves a number of programs. Much of
isn't the full story. The
the student aid money is spent on food, lodging, books and
Chamber is to be commended
college related expense; which in turn is returned to the
for trying to buoy up the local
community.
sagging economy but the
TVCC is not only important as an institution of higher
people of Malheur County
education, but is an integral part of a stable economy for
have no obligation to help by
Malheur County.
buying their vacant buildings.
The economics presented
by the Chamber are oversha
dowed by the factors I have
cited whose costs re-occur
each year and will increase
with inflation and the cost of
energy
My insight into this matter
stems from many years as a
By Miete« A. Guido, Muter, Georg*
Malheur County Agent. Ma
ny of you will recall that I
retired last year and now
Man is a puzzle. He wants pityacally, mentally and spi speak as a private citizen and
ritually.
taxpayer.
to lire a long tyae, y« he
Very truly yours.
Man is what flu is because
does things that ahorteni life.
Leeds Bailey.
God made him that way.
He desires immortality, yet
What
man
does
matters
to
he will not believe on the
God. What happens to man
Lord Jesus Christ to enjoy
HELLO
matters to God.
everlasting hie. He long» for
uir
WORLD!
This puzzled the Psalmist.
liberty, yet he makes himself
He asked, “Why bother at all
a slave to sin. He may become
Mr. and Mrs. Max Moore
a saint, yet he chooses to be a with the human race?” But
John 3:16 has the answer: of rural Nyssa and Mr. and
sinner
Long ago one a toed in “For God so loved the world, Mrs. Jim Savage of Ontario
Psalm 144:3, “Lord, what is that He gave His only be are the proud grandparents
of a new granddaughter,
man, that Thou takest know gotten Son, that whosoever
Jaime LaNae. The new
believeth
in
Him
should
not
ledge of him?**
perish, but have everlasting arrival was born in Boise.
Man was created by God.
Monday, March 22, 1976.
He did not evolve out of or hie.”
Parents of the infant are Mr.
Man is not truly man until
ascend from some lower ani
and Mrs. David L. Moore of
mal He is different from all he accepts God’s love and be Boise. She joins a sister and
other animats m many ways - comes God’s man.
two brothers.
Beaming great-grandpa
rents are Mr. and Mrs.
Damon Savage, rural Nyssa,
and her great-uncle is Fred
Pullen of the Presbyterian
Nursing Home in Ontario.
Dirick N^ry..........
Rem Vu BRfeaw...
Pal Sa» a*«.............
Margare! Nodry......
Rath
Kltakeaber*
lucilie Catetes...
......... Production Manager
Office Manager. Newa
............Social, C*~siati r a
............Production
Staff
............. Production Staff
TVCC Benefits Whole Area
SEEDS FROM
THE SOWER
Conservative Baptist
Church News
Sunday, April 11 • Sun
day School, 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship, 11 a.m.
Sermon: "The Final Words”
Evening Service, 7 p.m.
HI-TIME, 8 p.m.
Monday, April 12 • Bible
Study Class
Wednesday, April 14 -
Awana for boys and girls,
6:45 p.m.
Bible Study and Prayer,
8:15 p.m.
Journal Classified*
Bring Results!
Nyssa Church To
Thursday, April 8, 1976
Boychoir Slated At St. Matthew's
Host Sunrise Service
The Nyssa Conservative
Baptist Church wiU boat an
Easter Sunrise Service at
6:15 a.m . Sunday. April 18.
at the home of Ken and lUena
McGowen, off Eureka Ave
nue. Other Churches from
Nyssa and surrounding area
will be joining together for
this event. The service will
feature Christian business
man Dick Smith of the Ustick
Bee Board Company, who
will be speaking on the "Phy
sical Resurrection of Jesus
Christ From a Christian Lay
man's Point of View." There
will be special music pro
vided by the Conservative
Baptist Church and the First
OBITUARIES
Ruth C. Foster
Services for Mrs. Ruth C.
Foster. 85. who died Monday
April 5. 1976 in an Alaskan
Airlines jetline crash in
Ketchikan, Alaska, are pend
ing at Lienkaemper Chapel in
Nyssa.
She was born October 14.
1890 in Longmont. Colorado.
She was married to W. W.
Foster. May 1. 1912 in
Boulder. Colorado and came
to Nyssa as a bride. She was
very active in community
affairs She helped organize
the local PTA, was a member
of the Women's Civic Chib
and a member of the Malheur
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Religious activities were no
small part of Mrs. Foster's
energetic life, having joined
the Methodist Church at the
age of ten. She was a mother
of eight children and an
Oregon Mother of the Year in
1958
Surviving are her husband
W. W. Foster; three sons.
Howard Foster of Colusa,
California, Curtis Foster of
Burbank. California and the
Rev. Tom Foster of Madras.
California, four daughters,
Mrs. Raymond (Crete) Sager
of Nyssa. Mrs. Harold
(Margaret Eleanor) Torger
son. Fox Home, Minnesota.
Frances Foster of Pakistan
and Mrs. Charles (Grace)
Wilson, Juneau, Alaska; two
sisters. Mrs. Morris (Helen)
Bowie, of Swathamore, Pen
nsylvania and Mrs. Crete
Dever of Boulder. Colorado;
19 grandchildren and 27
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by four brothers and one
child, Phyllis Esther, January
1933.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to thank all my
dear relatives, friends, and
neighbors for all their lovely
cards and flowers, their many
phone calls and visits both at
the hospital and at home
during and following my
recent surgery at Malheur
Memorial Hospital. Also I
want to thank Dr. Thomas
Fuson, the excellent nursing
staff of Malheur Memorial
Hospital and Father Robert
Simard for his hospital calls.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jesus (Adela) Lopez
Nazarene Church. Other chur
ches joining in thia service
will be the First Chris
tian Church. First Nazarene
Church, the Owyhee Com
munity Church, the Latin
Assembly and the Assembly
of God.
The public is invited to
share this time of inspiration
and blessing. Mark this event
on your calender snd join in
worship to the Risen Glori
fied Christ.
Nazarene
Church News
THE GOLDEN STATE BOYCHOIR from
songs and contemporary music.
Friday and Saturday, April
The group Is on an annual tour of the
San Jose, California will present a concert
9-18, Annual District NYPS
April 12 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Matthew's
Northwest, and concerts will be given at
Convention will be in session
Episcopal Church in Ontario.
Pocatello, Idaho. Klamath Falls and Ontario,
in Nampa; Registration, 10
Oregon
The choir, made up of 32 boys from ages 11
a.m.
to 15, will draw from a repertory featuring
A free will offering will be taken to help the
Sunday, April 11, Morning
Gregorian chant, selections front Bach
expenses of the choir.
Prayer around the altar. 7
cantatas. English madrigals. American folk
a.m.
Christian Education Clas
ses, 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship with the
Inner Light singing group to
Saturday, Apr« 10 . Band
share the Gospel in song, 11
Auction. First National Bank
a.m.
Parking Lot. 12 noon.
FAITH LUTHERAN
Choir practice, 6:45 p.m.
Grand Master of Oregon.
Evening Gospel Hour and
CHURCH NOTES
Starlight Cafe. Vale. 6:30
sharing in a Candlelight
p.m. All Masons Welcome.
Thursday. April 18 - Con
communion service, 7:30
Monday, Apr« 12 - Go!
Holy Week will begin at St.
p.m.
flrmation Class. 6:30 p.m.
den Rule Lodge 4147 AFA
Inquirers Class—this class Paul's Episcopal Church with
Tuesday, April 13, Ladies
AM. Masonic Hall, 8 p.m.
is intended for those who the observance of the Sunday
Bible Study with Mrs. Kay
Star Dusters, home of
want to become members of of the Passion, or Palm
Rodríguez. 9:30 a.m.
Cleta deBoer, back of Cairo
the Lutheran Church-or for Sunday, on April II. The 11
Wednesday, April 14,
School, 8 p.m.
those who just want to learn o'clock service will begin
Bible Study in the Nursing
Wednesday, April
14 -
more about the teachings of with thr Procession of the
Home, 4 p.m.
Nyssa Senior Citizens. Club
the Lutheran Church -or tor Palms. The Passion Gospel
Midweek services for Ca
house on Bower, potluck.
those members who would according to St. Mark will be
ravan Children. Teens and
10:30 a.m.
like to review the doctrines of read In parts by three
Adults. 7:30 p.m.
Job's Daughter, Bethel
the Lutheran Church, A8 are readers, with the Celebrant
“A person who expects to *J3. Masonic Hall. 7:30 p.m.
at the Eucharist reading the
welcome. 8 p.m.
ge to h aa v su should toko the
Thursday, April 13 . Ame
Saturday, April 10 • Pairs part of Christ The congrega
tr eohls to leans whet route rican Legion Post 479,
«nd Spares Club at Gerold tion will participate
*■ get htas there."
reading the words of
Twilight Cafe, small dining
wy7:30 Pm
room. 8 p.m.
^Mnday, April 11 • Palm "crowd."
The Rev Jim More
Sunday, visitors Sunday.
Emmett will again be with us
Sunday School. 9:45 a.m.
Worship service, 11 a.m. as Celebrant for the Eucha
We will have a coffee hour rist. with the Rev. Letitia
following the service to get Croom, Deacon, assisted by
better acquainted with our Mr. Grant Rinehart. Lay
Reader, and the acolytes of
guests.
Parish Luther League. 2 the congregation A coffee
hour will follow the service.
P-f
Maundy Thursday. April
Pool tournament at Daryl
IS. will be marked by a
De Longs,
potluck supper featuring the
Wate.sda y , April 14 -
traditional Passover foods
Choir rehearsal. 6:30 p.m.
Rev. Walter Schmidt, pas The Passover, the first day of
the Jewish "Feast of Unlea
tor.
vened Bread.” is a meal
Bible Study To
commemorating God's loving
kindness toward his people in
Ba Hold Wed.
the Exodus from Egypt—and
The Neighborhood Bible it was during such a meal
Study group will meet at the that Jesus instituted the
home of Mrs Jane Ballou Lord's Supper. St. Paul's
every Wednesday morning at plans to follow this com
9 a.m. Everyone in that area memorative meal with a
simple celebration of the
is invited to attend.
Lord’s Supper in observance
THE "INNER LIGHT,” an interdenominational group of
of Maundy, that to "com
Christian musicians will present a gospel concert for the
CARD OF THANKS mandment,** Thursday,
public at the Church of the Nazarene in Nysaa, 11 a.m..
Good Friday. April 16. will
Sunday, April 11.
We would like to thank be marked by the Good
The public is cordially invited, says the Rev. William
Brenda Olsen and Carrie Friday Liturgy during the
Russell, pastor.
Petterson and all the many n»n hour, beginning at
The
"Inner Light" group presents "easy listening"
friends and relatives who 12:10 p.m.
contemporary and country style Gospel music. They are from
surprised us with a house
Fruitland, Nyssa and Payette, and have gained a wide
warming. Saturday evening.
popularity in the area.
We wish especially to thank
Members are front, from left, Don Bright, lead; Doyal
them for the contents of the
Snyder, tenor; Ralph Pearson, baas; and Don Hammon,
money tree.
guitar.
Jim and Sue Tracy and
Back left. Gwen Snyder, alto; and Shirley Parley, piano.
girls
Church Directory
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"Inner Light" Scheduled
United Methodist
Church New«
The United Methodist Chu
rch and the Rev. Jim Monroe
welcomes you to all church
activities.
Friday, Apr« 9 - United
Women Society, district meet
ing at Vale church, 10:45
a.m.
Sunday, ApH 11 - Sunday
School. 9:30 a.m. Worship
Service, sermon “The Power
of Jesus Christ.” 10:50 a m.
Tuesday, April 13 - Early
Bird Bible Study at the
parsonage, 6:30 a.m.
Religion in America, at the
church, 4 p.m.
Wedaeeday, April 14 •
Grab Bag, speakers Tom
Whitehead and Erwin Schwei-
bert, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April IS - Mau
ndy Thursday, Passover and
Communion, 7:30 p.m.
Nancy White circle meets
with Rhoda Landreth, 2 p.m.
Friday, Apr« 16 - Good
Friday, Service of Tenebrae
7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 18 - Com
munity Easter Sunrise Ser
vice at Nyssa Cemetery,
message by the Rev. Jim
Monroe, 6:30 a.m.
HOW’S YOUR
SAVINGS GAME
NYSSA?
U. S. Bank has ways to help you win.
See Don Young at our Nyssa Branch for a game plan.