oity of Oregon
Libr-a ry
Eugene, Ore. 9740)
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NYSSA
70th Year 27th luue
The Sugar City
New BLM Manager
Assumes Duties
Fearl Parker assumed the
du»»« of manager of the Vale
District, Bureau of Land
Management. Tuesday. Par
ker, who is a native of Ohio,
replaces George Gun who to
presantlv on assignment in
Saudi Arabia
Parker to a 1958 geology
graduate of the University of
Dayton. Ohio. He worked for
an oil company and a mining
company before joining BLM
to the Susanville. California
district in 1962 From 1964
until 1974 he served sue
coasively as occupancy tres
pass specialist in the Sacra
mento. California district;
Carlsbad area manager in
Roswell, New Mexico district;
toy PM Savage.
When the rodeo parade
went by my house recently, it
brought to mind the faces I
had seen in parades over the
yean. Some of them are
gone, but it seemed very
much like rodeo time to see
Peg and Neil Dimmick as
they drove their single seated
steel-tired buggy, jolts snd
all. pulled by a matched
palomino team with authentic
o harness. Neil snd "Doc"
Marshall helped form the
Nyssa Riding Cub in 1944
and with the help of many,
such as Lynn Snodgrass, the
Nyssa Nite Rodeo became a
big event. This was the
Dimmicks last year as parade
participants and the Journal
took some ptcurcs but they
'didn’t turn out.’ Peg. Neil,
your beautiful costumes,
suthentietty. hsrd work, ho
rsemanship. etc, will be
missed in parades snd rodeos
to come, snd we hsve
appreciated sll you hsve
done.
o o e
Our community could only
donste 64 pints of blood tost
week snd this week we hsve
hsd st least three special
blood runs to our hospital
sea
I really enjoy Brackens
Bicentennial window, ail red.
white and blue. It's eye-catch
ing and very attractive with
al! those white stars. Many of
the stores and businesses are
having their employees wear
Bicentennial costumes. Some
of the Isdies long dresses are
exceptionally pretty. Seems
nice to have the atmosphere'
make. It good to know Nyssa
to in the mood to help
celebrate our nation's 200th
birthday.
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I mention this with a face
that matches my hair...Po
lice Chief Allen reported that
merchants were leaving their
flags out and they were being
stolen. I said anybody ought
to remember to bring in the
flag!! Well the nest morning
I had to report the Journal's
flag. stick and all as missing.
Sure enough I forgot to bring
it in. It was replaced by the
American Legion and Chief
Allen with many reminders,
such as a sign by the door
latch "Don't forget the flag."
There have been sis more
flags stolen this week, so
merchants
please try to
remember to bring them in
each evening. Can’t under
stand what kick anyone
would get from ripping off
flags and flag poles.
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It was gratifying to see the
TVCC budget passed but it
seems sad that after building
a beautiful new school people
turn down a budget to
operate It.
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There have been several
near misses of bicycle tra
gedies lately. Parents did you
know, you are responsible
not only for your child's
actions, but for his bicycle
and its equipment. Be aware
of how your child operates his
bike and check to see what
condition it to in. You will be
cited if your child is an
offender. Let's all work
together on this and make
our streets safe for cyclists
and motorists.
JOURNAL
Nyuta, (Pregón Thursday, July 1, 1976
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ON THE OCCASION
YOUR 200th BIRTHDAY
Faari Parker
manager of the Rio Puerto
special project area and chief
of resources in the Albu
querque, New Mesico dis
trict; snd ss district manager
of the Richfield. Utah district
For the past one and-a half
years he has been chief of the
branch of upland environ
mental assessment on the
minerals management staff
in BLM's Washington office
Parker and his wife,
Louise, arc planning to build
a new home in the area with
the assistance of daughter
Tori. 17. and son, Fred. 15.
They also are the parents of
two other daughters. Vickie,
who to attending school in
San Francisco, and Cindy,
who is planning to go to
school in Denver
Bicentennial Sale
Nyssa merchants are
holding a pre-Fourth of
July Sale this weekend,
with stores open until
Friday evening for the
convenience of shoppers
They are also spon
soring a carnival Friday
evening in the City
Library parking lot. ope
rated by high school
students.
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Baker Off to DC to Show Easterners
The Art of Auctions
Local auctioneer Col. Ro
ger Baker will go to Washing
ton DC. in late July at the
invitation of the Smithsonian
Institution to create for
ignorant Easterners the wes
tern tradition of the auction.
A letter from the Smith
soman said. "Throughout the
year experienced folklorists
have been gathering infor
mation about the locales.
Adrian
Readies Old-
Fashioned
July 4
A fun-filled afternoon and
evening with lots of activities
will mark the Fourth of July
at Adrian this year. The
Adrian Junior Citizens ser
vice club with the help of the
Adrian Lions Club again
spearheads the event
The "old-fashioned" 4th
will begin with a horse
trotting race with the finish
time approximately 4 p.m. in
downtown Adrian. This is
sponsored by the Mirage
Activities will then center
around the park and school
grounds and special features
include a syphon tube setting
contest, farm equipment
displaya. a tug of war, family
games and the community
steak barbecue.
The barbecue is scheduled
at 5:30 p.m. with tickets at
$1.50 each or $5 per family.
The meat for the barbecue
has been supplied by Sam
and Brent Hartley of Adrian
and by Skyline Farms of
Ontario.
The day will conclude with
a fireworks display beginning
at dusk and supervised by the
Adrian firemen.
Jim Langley, chairman,
and Rod Price promotion
chairman, indicate this "is
Adrian's way of showing its
enthusiasm and celebrating
the nation's 200th birthday
anticipating many more."
A translation of that may
read like this: "We don't
know what you're doing exit
there and its probably fun. so
come on down and show as.”
Few Easterners have expe
rienced auctions.
Baker, a i960 graduate of
the Western College of
Auction in Billings. Mon
tana. has conducted auctions
in this area for IS years.
A partner in the firm of
Sparks and Baker Auction
Co.. Baker has also been a
member of the Oregon State
Board of Auctioneers for the
past five years. Some of the
items he has auctioned
include farm equipment,
cattle and furniture
Livestock is what Baker
will sell at the Washington
"mock auction.*’ Baker ex
plained that everything will
be real at the mock auction
except that no money or
livestock will change hands.
Baker will conduct his
mock auction on the area
between the Lincoln Me
mortal and the Washington
Monument from July 21-25.
Baker is quite in demand
around here, as well as the
nation's capital, as a list of
some of his clients will show:
Shriners, FFA. Buddhist
Church. Methodist Church.
4-H. Saddle Clubs and
others. He has also sold for
O.K. and Vale Livestock. In
addition the busy Baker has
given auctioneering demon
strations to area schools.
Baker, his wife Suzanne,
and his two sons. Sam, 12
and Robert 5. live in Cairo
Junction.
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Nets 64 Pints of Blood
Roger Baker
peoples, customs and life
styles of the United States.
Through careful research, we
have identified many of those
individuals who demonstrate
the rich cultural traditions of
your region. After meeting
hundreds of skilled crafts
men. we selected approxi
mately 100 people who we
feel represent the multi-
traditional heritage of your
region."
Two Nyssons
Get Degrees
From SOSC
There were 824 candidates
for degrees—a record-high
number—honored by Sou
thern Oregon State College
earlier this month at the
college's 50th annual com
mencement.
Among those degree can
didates were two from Nyssa.
Julia Maria Del Carmen
Elguezabal. bachelor of arts
in general studies; Linda
Marie McPartland. bachelor
of arts in criminology.
WEATHER
EOSC Honor
Roll Announced
DATE MAX. MIN. PREC.
49
June 23
75
79
June 24
51
48
June 25
70
June 26
36
75
87
June 27
40
48
June 28
99
June 29 101
50
June 30
58
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
6 30 -76 629,270 Acre Feet
6-30-75 715.000 Acre Feet
More than 10 per cent of
the Spring Term student
enrollment at Eastern Ore
gon State College has earned
grade point averages of 3.5 or
higher. More than 5 per cent
(68) earned perfect 4.0
marks.
Howard Brown of Adrian
was among those with 3.5 oi
better of the 1976 Spring
Term Academic Honor Roll at
EOSC
The Bloodmobile visit to
Nyssa on Tuesday. June 22
netted 64 pints, with 5
rejections. Three donors re
ceived their 3-gallon pins.
They were Katura Dickson.
James Savage and Jeannetta
Gamer. Two-gallon pins
were awarded to George
Fanning, and Robert Webb;
Thelma Huffman received
her 1-gallon pin. There were
four first-time donors Do
rothy Marez. Amalia Pratt.
Ontario, Susan a Escobedo,
and Danny Kite. Ten donors
came
from
neighboring
towns.
The drawing is sponsored
by the Malheur Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary and the
hostess
group
was
St.
Bridget's Altar Society of the
Catholic Church. Mrs. Robert
Wilson, chairman, wishes to
thank everyone for their
participation and feels we
must create new interest in
this life-saving product.
Also thanks to the Eagles
for the use of their hall, city
employees who donated their
time to set up the equipment-
Ralph Lowe. Steve Marez.
Gene O tt and Dean Winches
ter, and Lion members Dick
Martin and Gene Chester for
the dismanteling.
Thunderegg Capital
15' Per Copy
Nyssa Voters Defeat School
Budget, TVCC Levy Passes
Nyssa School District pa
trons turned down the tax
levy for operation
of the
schools for the 1976-77 year
by a
margin of 11 votes
Tuesday, with 344 voting in
favor of the levy and 355
voting against it. The school
board and budget committee
must now submit another
budget for approval, with the
election date to be set at a
later time, The amount
turned down was $240,922
outside the sii percent
limitation.
Nyssa voters also voted
against the TVCC budget
Agree On Restroom Colors
School Board Knocks
Down Bus Garage
The Nyssa School Board,
somewhat chastened by the
defeat of the school budget,
voted not to go ahead with
the construction of the new
bus garage at the recom
mendation of the Building
Committee at a special
meeting Tuesday evening.
The budget narrowlv lost.
355-344
The Board felt it would be
better to save the money.
"We’re low on money
tonight.’’ was the comment
by Board member Vic Habur
chak. Haburchak made the
final motion, which passed
unanimously, to npt build the
walls of the g*age. even
though the Board had already
appropriated the money.
Haburchak said the Board
should recognize that it is
"getting the message that
economy is the word."
Although
most
Board
members felt the garage
would be useful, it was
pointed out that Nyssa’s
buses have survived without
one and since money was
now tight, its construction
was not pressing.
The money to be saved,
about $10 000. can be carried
over to the upcoming year.
School Superintendent W. L.
McPartland said they will
save about $4,000 on the
building blocks and about
$6.000 on roofing. McPart
land will have that money
and another $15,000 which
was left over from this year’s
budget to work into the
1976-77 which he must now
draw anew.
The evening began with
the Building Committee pre
sent. There was an obvious
nervous tension while all
present waited for the budget
election results. Before the
results came in, the Board
and Building Committee vo
ted on colors for the Multi
purpose Room lockers (yel
low for girls, turquoise for
boys) and changed the Audi
torium restroom colors (to
pink for girls, blue for boys).
The Building Committee
did make one other change
after everybody present ex
pressed the opinion that the
Nyssa school colors, blue and
white, should be used some
where in the complex.
Architect Martin Hasegawa
suggested the soundproofing
panels in the gym be blue
instead of brown he had
originally picked. The blue
panels were coordinated with
white metal ceiling strips in
the gym.
1976 Oregon Scholars
Includes Local Students
The State Scholarship has
recently selected 1600 stu
dents to be honored as
Oregon Scholars for 1976.
Students earning this honor
are selected from all high
schools in Oregon on the
basis of their outstanding
academic achievement. The
award is honorary and
involves no commitment of
grant or scholarship monies.
Students from this area
selected as Oregon Scholars
are: Kathryn Kunkel. Neal
Oldemeyer and Dion Garner
of Nyssa High School and
Robin Shenk. Harriet Lo
rensen and Cherrie Phelps
from Adrian High School.
The purpose of the Oregon
Scholars program is to
recognize
the
academic
achievements of students
who have excelled in high
school, without regard to
eligibility
for need-based
financial aid programs. The
Oregon Scholars for 1976
were selected from gra
duating classes of Oregon
high school totaling appron
mately 33.000.
Each Oregon Scholar is
presented with a certificate
which acknowledges the stu
dent's superior academic
record and is signed by
Governor Robert Straub,
Vernon Duncan. State Super
intendent of Public Instruc
tion and Fred Shideler,
Chairman of the State Scho
larship Commission. Oregon
high schools generally incor
porate Oregon Scholar award
presentations into their gra
duation ceremonies.
with 306 yes votes and 390 no
votes, but voters in the entire
TVCC district overwhel
mingly approved the levy
with 2,171 votes and 1,406
against.
The Nyssa budget was the
only one of five districts to go
down Tuesday as Ontario,
Vale Elementary, and Jordan
Valley each passed thetr
school levies, in addition to
the TVCC levy. Ontario
voters approved a levy of
$1.685,434 outside the six
percent limitation; Vale Ele
mentary approved a levy of
$188.873 outside the six
percent limitation; and Jor
dan Valley approved a
$30.000 levy.
The Treasure Valley Com
munity College levy was
approved in seven polling
places in the district and
defeated in six. Those ap
proving the levy were Aiken
with 481 yes votes and 88 no;
Ontario one. 247 yes. 61 no;
Ontario two, 431 yes and 136
no; Brogan 21 yes. 8 no;
Annex, 31 yes, 12 no; Cairo.
189 yes and 106 no; and
Huntington. 80 yes and 57
no.
Opposing the TVCC levy
were Pioneer with 53 yes. 91
no; Nyssa. 306 yes. 390 no;
Vale 278 yes, 310 no; Adrian
46 yes, 52 no; Harper. 6 yes
and 23 no; and Jamieson, 29
yes, 72 no.
This was the third vote on
the TVCC levy, after voters
had defeated the first budget
by about 500 votes and 460
votes the second election.
College officials had reduced
this budget by about $96,000.
All other districts voted on
their budgets for the first
time except Jordan Valley,
who approved their levy after
a previous defeat.
Jones Nominated
On Both Ballots
Sute Representative Den
ny Jones said Tuesday that
he has received Certificates
of Nomination from both the
Republican and Democratic
parties, so he will be on both
ballots in November.
Jones, a Republican, re
ceived over 200 write-in votes
on the Democratic ballot,
which qualifies him for the
nomination of that party. He
will be unopposed in Novem
ber
Correction
Last week we incorrectly
identified Allen Baitzor as
Frank Baitzor in our front
page picture. Allen is Frank's
son. and the husband of the
former Virginia Corn of
Nyssa. The father-son com
bination run one of Malheur
County's top cattie ranches
near Jordan Valley.
Dr. Wilson Made
Radiology Fellow
Dr. Paul Wilson. M.D.
FACR of San Diego. Calif
recently passed his oral
boards examination in Radi
ology. at Chicago. He took
his written boards in Loa
Angeles last year and passed
them. He is now a Fellow
American College of Radi
ology.
Dr. Wilson who will finish
his third year of residency
this month has been awarded
a one-year's fellowship to the
University of California in
San Diego. This fellowship
starts July 1.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Liovd Wilson of Nvssa
and is also a Captain in the
Air Force Reserve.
SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS took a
prevue of the new highschool classrooms, accompanied by
Superintendent W L. McPartland, center. They are. from
left. Joel Mitchell. Wilton Jackson. McPartland. Arleigh
Adams and Bob Wilson.
Between 700 and 800 persons toured the new building
Sunday, with school board and building committee members
acting as guides.