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Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
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Nyssa Gate City Journal
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We Face Power Shortages
Not being able to meet customer demand has long been the
utility industry's ultimate nightmare, according to A. C.
Bartholomew. president of Northwest Electric Light A Power
Association.
Writing in the NELPA News. Bartholomew says that "that
nightmare might well become a waking reality - a nightmare
from which the industry must be able to rouse itself."
"Even for those of us in the utility business, it's hard to
believe all the talk about shortages. Especially when so much
has been done in the past to keep the Northwest supplied with
adequate electric energy."
"The shortage we face isn't because utilities have been
negligent in their planning. The predicament we face is the
result of a devastating erosion of carefully worked out
blueprints for meeting our Northwest customers' needs. The
kinds of problems associated with this circumstance are un
like those ever faced by the region. They are deep and
dramatic problems, problems that in their solution will test
the utility system as it has never been tested before."
Bartholomew says that "we've been fortunate in the past
We've had abundant hydroelectric resources that still today
produce the major portion of our electric energy.
Unfortunately, yesterday can't always be the basis for
tomorrow. Utilities knew years ago that the time was
approaching when the last drop would be wrung from the
region's rivers and started the Northwest moving toward a
thermal-based power system, with electric energy to come
from coal and nuclear plants in the future."
"But that program, with its high hopes for the Northwest,
has been the real victim of erosion. It's in a shambles as 11 of
the 16 generating plants planned or under construction for the
region have been delayed or fallen behind schedule."
"Regardless of the reasons for the delays, which range
from opposition by organized groups to financing problems,
the fact is that the region is left almost totally at the mercy of
Mother Nature for the next few years."
"If the region has streamflow conditions during the 1978 to
1983 period equivalent to the lowest on record, the Northwest
could be as much as two million kilowatts short each year to
meet expected electric loads. That's enough power to meet
the needs of 600.000 homes or enough pow er to keep 340,000
persons employed."
The problems that Bartholomew points out to his associates
in the industry are problems that face us as consumers, and
the only solution to the problems is more electric energy. And
apparently. 1983 is the earliest that we will get more energy.
All utilties in the Northwest will be in the shortage boats
together because the region's systems, both private and
public, are tied together from the standpoint of power supply.
We the consumer have been adequately warned. If we
don't stop throwing roadblocks into the path of those who
plan and provide our electric needs, we are going to be in
trouble, real trouble.
Our living standards are high because we have had
adequate, and relatively cheap energy. No one really talks
about the chaos that would erupt in a society that is without
energy.
It appears the power companies have a two-fold job ahead;
managing shortages in the near term and finding ways to
prevent shortages from occurring again in the long term.
It also appears that we. the consumer, must prepare for
changes in our way of life when electric shortages do occur.
And we must support, not hinder, our power companies in
their search for a continuing source of power in the future.
LETTERS
T O
EDITOR
Editor, The Journal:
I he Judge h Always W rong
With the current contested
election for Circuit Judge,
stories are going the rounds
that Judge Dorroh has made
decisions which are "wrong”
and unacceptable to the
District Attorney, as well as
to some litigants; that he has
bawled out jurors for being
late; that he wastes the
Court’s time hearing ju
veniles’ traffic violations;
etc., etc., etc.
I probably have had more
run-ins with the Court than
most of the attorneys in
Malheur County and I re
serve my right to disagree
with the Court, no matter
who the judge is. whenever a
client's interest require it.
Yet 1 ask these questions:
As a judge is always wrong
in the eyes of losing litigants,
should such gripes be the
basis upon which we choose a
judge or should we consider
the relative qualifications of
each candidate?
Should a juror be on time
when summoned for court
appearance? Should the court,
the litigants, the attorneys
and the “on-time" jurors
wait because a "late" juror
won’t notify the Court of
inability to arrive on time?
Should a qualified judge be
faulted because he conducts
an orderly court? Those are
questions to be considered by
each intelligent voter.
I sat in the courtroom one
day while the Court was
hearing a juvenile traffic
violation, waiting to follow
the hearing. My time is
valuable and I "chomped at
the bit” impatiently while
Judge Dorroh "wasted" my
time in cross examination of a
police officer, because the
juvenile didn't know how to
do it. When the judge proved
the police officer was unjusti
fied in issuing the citation
and dismissed the charge. I
realized my time was unim
portant compared to the
confidence he engendered in
that juvenile in the fairness of
our judicial system. It is
doubtful that that youngster
would have received the
same consideration in any
other traffic court in this
district. Should a qualified
judge be faulted because he
"wastes" time in juvenile
traffic hearings?
My client, a two-time drug
loser, came up for sentence.
He had been truthful at a
court hearing, when it was to
his advantage to lie. The
judge paroled him to a
halfway house in Portland. 1
would have sentenced him to
the pen. He is now a useful,
rehabilitated citizen with a
respectable occupation.
Should a qualified judge be
faulted because his expe
rience suggested the correct
sentence?
Are disgruntled litigants
the persons to advise voters
on qualifications of a judge?
Are relatives of guilty drug
law violators the persons to
advise voters on a judge's
qualifications? Is a District
Attorney candidate against
whom the Court decided in
several cases the person to
advise voters on qualifica
tions of a judge?
In the past IS years, we
have had four district attor
neys who were either fresh
out of law school or never
practiced law except in a
district attorney's office.
They are not to be criticised
for seeking the position, as
the District Attorney's office
is most important; unfor
tunately, no experienced
lawyer will seek the office
because of its limited field of
law and income. In most
instances, it is used to gain
trial experience and as a
stepping stone to private
practice. With the cost of
maintaining a civil action so
great and the average citizen
unable to afford the luxury of
an appellate court decision, it
is most important that civil
trials be conducted with the
minimum of judicial error.
The people of this judicial
district cannot afford the
pitfalls of an inexperienced
judge whose experience with
civil law would be entirely
limited. In criminal law. the
County pays for the indigent
defendant’s lawyer. In the
one civil case, the District
Attorney candidate had, Mal
heur County paid an expe
rienced Baker lawyer, in
private practice, to guide him
through the trial of an
the uncomplicated property
damage case. Should a
qualified judge be eliminated
in favor of an inexperienced
district attorney seeking a
"better job"?
Luther Herbert Igo
Funeral services were held
April 30. 1976 in Larned.
Kansas for Luther Herbert
Igo, 75. former Nyssa resi
dent. Mr. Igo passed away
suddenly in Larned. Wednes
day. April 28. 1976.
He is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Dean (Wa
nda) Nelson. Denver, Colo
rado. and Mrs. Guy (Nadine)
Sparks. Nyssa; two sons,
Herb Igo Jr.. Seattle. Wash.,
George Igo. Thunder Bay.
Ontario Canada: one sister
and one brother of Witchita.
Kansas; thirteen grandchil
dren and five great-grand
children.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to say "Thank You"
to all of my wonderful friends
gnd neighbors for their visits,
cards, flowers and other
kindnesses during my recent
surgery, hospitalization and
recovery. All these things are
deeply appreciated.
George Moeller
Editor, The Journal:
Senior Class of N.H.S,
Graduation is almost upon
us. I have seen many of you
during the past two years.
Some I haven't seen since
school was out at the end of
sophomore year.
Moving to Burns, at that
time, seemed unreal. 1
remembered going there for
sports activities, after that it
didn't mean anything. Then
finding out that Bums was
my future home was awful
Way out there in the middle
of nothing. It hasn't been
that bad. New people and a
different way of life.
School was really different
The teachers, the faculty and
students. Giris sports was
also new. I played center for
the girls varsity. Music was
different. It was just there,
not really being important.
But just another way of life
and fun.
Fred Pullen
Services for Fred Pullen.
70. Nyssa, who died Wed
nesday. May 5. 1976 at the
Presbyterian Nursing Home,
were conducted Saturday at
Ltenkaemper Chapel. Nyssa.
Interment was in Owyhee
Cemetery with rites by the
Kev. Harold Sanner. Ontario
First Church of the Nazarene.
He was born February 17.
1906. in Huntsville. Arkansas
He farmed in the Owyhee
area for many years.
Mr. Pullen, who was
crippled by polio in his early
twenties never married. He
was a columnist for the Daily
Argus writing of his early life
under the Eligible Bachelor
title.
Surviving are three bro
thers. Noble. Homedale.
Clarence. Winnemucca. Ne
vada and Jessee. Cincinnati.
Ohio; three sisters. Mrs. Jack
(Wilma) Hutchison. Houston.
Texas. Mrs. Cecil (Myrtle)
Fetter. Glendale. Arizona
and Mrs. James (Viola)
Savage. Ontario. He was
preceded in death by his
parents and two brothers.
Twelve years is a long time
in some ways. This is the last
year. Kind of sad but mostly
a relief. Now graduation
wherever it might be. Another
class leaving high school. Not
another class but the Class of
'76. Each of us has a different
goal after graduation. 1 will
be moving, with my family,
to Milton-Freewater. In the
fall 1 will be attending
Eastern Oregon State college
To the graduating class of
Nyssa High School 1976,
good luck!
Nellda Nichols
Class of 76
Bums Union High School
We should have the most
experienced and best quali
fied judge presiding over our
Circuit Court. To sacrifice the
choice of Judge Dorroh with
17 years experience on the
bench for Frank Yraguen, a
new face, whose experience
has been limited to criminal
law, would be a disservice to
the people who must seek
relief in court.
I have no axe to grind,
except my desire as a citizen,
that our judiciary be the best
available to us. As a lawyer,
my exposure to the courts
prompts me to feel qualified
to express these views. If the
intelligent voters of the
district will weigh all of the
real considerations which
should enter into their choice
of our circuit judge, and set
aside all ethnic, geographic
and other purposeless con
siderations. the result will be
an expression of our right of
franchise as it was originally
intended to be exercised.
Hal Henigson
Nyssa. Oregon
PUPILS IN THE FIRST GRADE CLASS OF
Mrs. Marguerite Leslie sang Mother's Days
songs last week to residents at Malheur
Memorial Nursing Home. The children ate
their lunch on the hospital grounds before
returning to school.
Pictured are front row from left. Marco
Lopez. Eddie Zamora. Tim Jennings, Brian
Pierce. John Leavitt, and James Martinez.
Middle row from left. Jose DeLeon. Eric
Sloggett. Natalie Savage, Delance Tanner
and Traci Richesin.
SINGING MOTHER'S DAY SONGS to
residents in Malheur Memorial Nursing
Home last week were children in Mrs.
Margaret Lee's first grade class. The
children presented each mother with a
corsage.
Pictured are. front row from left. Jorge
Moreno. Chad Petterson, Daliah Gomez,
Alonzo Camarero. Larry Gonzalez. Oscar
Mosqueda and Chris Joyce.
Second row from left. Edward Larsson,
Angie Hsrt. Jackie Yepez. Julie Adams. Pete
Longoria. Lupc Vallejo, Mark Young and
Andy Mathews.
Back row from left, Mrs. Lee. teacher,
Ryder Orozco. Jim Andy Victor. Buffy
Biayclock. Kathy Tobler. Vera Gray. Marina
Serrano and Garrit Glenn
Third row from left. Javier Castillanos,
Margan Pena. Karen Ballantyne, Stacy Lam.
Jason Mortell and Angie Gonzales. In back
are Dora Gallegos, aide and Teacher Mrs.
Marguerite Leslie.
CARD OF THANKS
Adrian Church Announces
We wish to thank the
nurses at the
Malheur
Memorial Nursing Home and
Dr Kerby for the excellent
care given our mother.
Myrtle Parker. Also thanks to
our friends and neighbors for
the food, cards, flowers and
many acts of kindness at the
time of her death
Your
thoughtfulness was greatly
appreciated.
Elmer Parker.
Mr and Mrs. Vern Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Men
denhall
New Minister, Rev. Ball
The session of the Adrian
was presented to Mrs Henry
Presbyterian Church would
Moore as the oldest mother
like to take this opportunity
present and to Mrs. Herman
to announce the arrival of Rotter as the youngest
Verda
Read
Simpson
their new minister, the Rev.
mother present at the mor
Bridges. 61. of 5227 Sunder
Robert V Ball The Rev. Ball
ning worship services. A
land. Boise, passed away
was installed as minister of coffee hour was held follow
Thursday, May 6, 1976 at an
the Adrian Church and also ing the worship service to
Ogden hospital following an
the Roswell Presbyterian
honor the new minister snd
extended illness.
She was bom January 2J,
Church on May 2. 1976. The his wife and the many
1915 at Hooper. Utah, the
Rev. and Mrs Ball will live in mothers present at the
daughter of Thomas William
the parsonage at Roswell, but services.
and Elizabeth Ann Christen
he plans to have an office in
sen Read. She married
the Adrian Church where he
Wayne Simpson. January 9.
may be contacted.
1934 in the Salt Lake Temple.
After serving in World
He died May 22. 1967. She
War II and then working for
married Charles Boyd Brid
the (AH Sugar Company, in
ges. October 22. 1971 in
California, the Rev. Ball and
Sponsored by Latin Assembly Church
Boise
his wife still had the desire to
Born and raised in the
serve the Lord. The Rev. Ball
Hooper area, she moved to
was ordained in 1969 and has
Nyssa in 1952, moving to
served at the Gateway Pres
Boise in 1971. She was a
byterian Church in The
member of the Boise 8th
Dalles. Oregon since his
Ward of the LDS Church and
ordination. They have five
had been an active teacher of children, the youngest of
Relief Society. Sunday School which is in college at the
Adults »2”, Children under 12 »1»
and Primary. She was also University of Oregon at
Sunday School secretary and Eugene.
Family *6* (6 children or more)
sang in the Church Choir.
Sunday, May 9th, Mo
She is survived by her
ther's Day was observed by
husband of Boise; three sons.
presenting each mother who
Manley
Church
Clint W. Simpson. Nyssa;
was 70 or over with a
Dalles R. Simpson and J.
carnation. A geranium plant
Klair Simpson both of Ogden;
one stepson, C. Scott Bridges
Orlando. , Calif.; Judy L.
Bunker. Saugus, Calif.; se
His maturity, understanding and
venteen grandchildren; se
broad experience;
ven step-grandchildren; one
brother and three sisters.
His concern for the rights of the
Funeral services were Mon
day. May 10. at the Hooper
people and
First and Third Ward Chapel
whh interment at the Hooper
★ His dedication to upholding the
Cemetery.
dignity and sanctity of the law
Memorials may be made to
the Nyssa LDS Stake,
Verde Read Bridges
Mexican Dinner
Saturday, May 15, 1976
5 P.M. to 8 P.M.
Hall, Nazarene
★
★
Assures equal justice under the
law for ALL who come into his
court.
Re-Elect
Jeff Dorroh
Circuit Judge
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