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70th Year 28th Issue
The Sugar City
JOURNAL
Nyssa, Oregon
Thursday, July 8, 1976
Thunderegg Capital
Holiday Accidents
Keep Police Busy
BLM Fire Dispatch
On 24 Hour Day
A 24-hour, seven days a
week dispatch system has
been established at the Vale
District Fireyard of the
Bureau of Land Management.
Tom Crane, district fire
management officer, said
that this central point has
been established for all
contact with the district on
off-hours and weekends.
With this system, he said,
one can go to one point in the
district and find out all fire
information, both historical
and current fire records. The
district will also have 24-hour
radio coverage
The new
system will be very helpful in
dispatch of SRV fire crews as
well, and can be of vital
assistance in any emer­
gencies that may occur.
Crane said that present
plans are to include coope-
ration with local, county and
slate law agencies, also.
Personnel working in dis­
patch will be highly trained
and will work nine-hour shifts
with an hour overlap for
briefing of happenings dur­
ing the previous shift.
An alarm will be positioned
in the dispatch office for
alerting helitack and pumper
crews on duty for immediate
fire action. When the alarm
sounds, the helitack crew
should be airborne within 1 * 6
minutes and will continually
strive to better this getaway
time The crews, both heli­
tack and pumper, will be
given the fire location over
the radio.
Anyone wishing to report a
smoke or fire can call the
district fireyard at 471-3221,
Vale
Grower Field Day At
Experiment Station
Cereals, both wheat and
barley will be featured at a
Grower Field Day, July 7,
1976 at the Malheur Expert
ment Station according to
Neil Hoffman.
station
superintendent. Two tours of
the field plots will be
conducted during the day.
one beginning at 9 30 s.m
and another at 7:30 p.m., in
an effort to accommodate as
many growers as possible
In the cereal trials growers
can compare some of the
currently used varieties with
each other and with new
varieties coming along. Some
of the new wheat and barley
v a net ms show excellent po­
tential Boyer, a new fall
barley recently released by
Washington State University
and University of Idaho will
be seen tn the Inals.
For the interested grain
producer here is an oppor­
tunity to see varietial dif­
ferences and to make some
evaluation of comparative
performance between va­
neties grown under uniform
conditions.
In addition Io the cereal
variety trials, fertilizer res­
ponse tnals on grain will be
seen along with onion and
potato variety trials and other
research work underway.
Farmers and the interested
public are invited. Hoffman
concludes.
Crier
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(APT. RL'SSF.I.I. KEENEY, on the left, cuts the ribbon to
dedicate Jonathan Keeney Pass, named after his grandfather.
The Keeney Pass is on Lytle Blvd., between Nyssa and Vale,
and is on the old Oregon Trail.
The Keeney pass site commemoration was part of a BLM
program this Bicentennial year. Assisting Keeney is Bob
Papworth of the BLM office in Vale. The exhibit, which is
shown in the picture above, was the scene of a reunion of over
80 descendants of Jonathan Keeney. The shelter contains a
number of exhibits describing the clothing and equipment of
the pioneers, as well as ‘»'nemation on run-ins with native
Indian tribes. BLM
Bicentennial Coordinator Jerry
O'Callighan came from Washington D C. to speak. He called
the Oregon Trail "the pre-eminent Western Trail." He said it
has national and international significance.
Bill Schilling Named
New Board Chairman
Bill Schilling was elected
chairman of the school board
of Nyssa School District No.
26 at a brief reorganizational
meeting al noon on July I.
Schilling succeeds Mark Hart
ley. who has been board
chairman for the past two
years.
Gerald Simantel was elec-
ted vice chairman of the
With 4-H, Land Use
Farming, animals and wor­
king with people all come
naturally to Marilyn Mohr
And that is good, because
she is the newest County
Extension Agent and her
responsibilities include wor­
king with local 4-H youth and
teaching environmental edu
cation.
Miss Mohr, a 1975 Oregon
State University graduate,
began on April 15 as the 4 H
Youth Agent. Basically, she
works with 4-H youth leaders
to develop projects for the
different groups Some of the
projects include livestock,
plant sciences and natural
and mechanical sciences.
Obviously, such a job
demands a varied back­
ground and many skills.
Marilyn Mohr has both.
She was brought up on a
family farm in Washington
County. She proudly said it is
"Century Farm." a farm
which has been in one family
for 100 years. While some
people want to get away from
farming after being brought
up in it. Marilyn didn't. "I
wanted to stay in a farming
community." she said. In
farm communities "people
arc more responsive to each
other. They are warmer and
friendlier. They arc more in
tune with the environment
because they deal with the
earth all the time.” she
continued.
She pursued that goal as a
student at OSU where she
gained two degrees-a B.S. in
Agriculture and another B.S.
in Forest and Environmental
Education. After she gra
dusted last year she worked
at a few jobs before starting
in Ontario. While she doesn't
know what actually drew her
to this area, a hint from a
superior at the Marine
Science Center prodded her
towards County Extension
Work. Then, "this county's
announcement looked like
what I wanted to do."
But before she got here,
the 24-year-old Miss Mohr
spent the summer of 1975 in
the Winema National Forest
as a crew boss for a Fire
Suppression Group.
She was in charge of three
men and two other women. It
was the first time the Forest
Service had ever had a
woman crew boss.
Did she meet with much
discrimination? Suprisingly
enough, she had more
problems with permanent
Marilyn Mohr
In a busy holiday weekend,
He was taken to a Boise
hospital where he succumbed-
Oregon State Police investi­
This was all the information
gated several accidents in­
available at press time
cluding one fatality and
Wednesday.
arrested two persons on
"driving while under the
influence of intoxicants.” as
prescribed by the new motor
vehicles code.
Esmeralda Morales Vallejo
14. Nyssa, died at the scene
Arcadia and Columbia Lane
north of Nyssa, where she
was struck by a car driven by
By Pat Savage
David Gerald Simantel 19,
Summer has at last arrived
Nyssa. Miss Vallejo was
I know it is hot and sticky, but
riding a bicycle and appa­ I am soaking up every ray of
rently turned into the path of sun and not complaining,
the car. No citation was
because it will soon be winter
issued for the Saturday
again and those cold months
afternoon mishap.
seem to last a long time.
• • •
In a two-car accident
Sunday afternoon at Men­
Speaking of being warm,
diola Road and Highway 201
why don’t you try swimming
south of Nyssa. Mary Helen
in our municipal swimming
pool? Since refinishing the
Turner. 18. Oregon Side.
Parma, hit a dog and stopped
pool, the water is nice and
clean, and a really pretty
on the pavement to investi­
gate. Her car was struck in
blue, and yes, it is warm
enough to be comfortable.
the rear by a vehicle driven
by Wesley Richard Under­
Bring the whole family and
wood. 21. Adrian. She was
spend a relaxing hour or so.
cited for parking on a public
Also the last session of swim
lessons starts July 12. so get
highway.
Underwood sustained a
signed up and learn to swim.
• • •
broken nose and scratches.
Both vehicles were towed
1 have heard several
from the scene.
complaints lately about chil­
In an accident early Tues­
dren running and riding
day north of Nyssa. Jerry Ray
bicycles in front of the fire
Robbins. 19, Nyssa, driving
truck when it is on its way to
southbound, went off the
answer a fire call. Seems this
road on the west side,
happens more frequently on
sheered off a telephone pole,
North Third Street. Parents
crossed to the east side,
caution your children about
removed a hog wire fence
this. The life you save may be
and hit a large tree.
theirs.
• • •
The vehicle was a total
Main Street looks bare this
wreck, state police reported.
Robbins received a cut lip
morning without all the flags
and other minor injuries. He
flying in the breeze. Seems
said he fell asleep. He was
our Bicentennial efforts na­
cited for careless driving.
tion wide were successful
Two of the intoxicant
Don't forget to save your
Bicentennial editions of the
arrests were first time
infractions under the new-
newspaper. You’ll have a
collector^ item some day.
code. Thomas Maeder. 22,
• • •
New Plymouth, was placed in
Things seem pretty quiet
custody on July 3. He
appears today in Nyssa
after the hectic holiday.
Seems like it takes a day or
Justice Court.
Armando
Evalle, 40,
so to recuperate.
• • •
Ontario Labor camp, also
The South Park seems a
appeared in Nyssa Justice
little empty each evening as
Court.
Little League Basebail is
Benancio Hernandez Gon­
finished. It was nice seeing
zales. 45. of the Nyssa Labor
the eager teams and the
Camp was killed in an auto­
cheering supporters using
mobile accident in the On­
the baseball facilities. The
tario area Tuesday evening.
signs purchased by local
merchants that line the back
fence of the ball field adds a
grown up touch for these
youngsters. I might add that
Alfalfa seed growers are
not once did I see any litter
reminded of the research
flying
around and the grou­
review meeting slated for
nds were left in good
Thursday, (tonight) July 8 at
condition. Parks are nice and
8 p.m. in Oregon Trail Hall.
should be used daily for lots
On hand to discuss current
of summer enjoyment. Many
research programs in alfalfa
persons eat their lunch in the
seed production will be
park and relax during the
researchers from Oregon
lunch hour. The shade feels
State University and the
so nice on these hot days.
Universitv of Idaho.
Town
New County Agent Works
By Alan Abbey
15’ Per Copy
Forest Service workers than
with her crew. But she
always "had to keep my
guard up!” The year before
Mohr had been one of six
women in the Winema Fire
crew. "We had to work like
crazy to prove ourselves.”
As Fire Suppression Group
crew boss, she headed the
"initial attack crew." They
were the first people dispa­
tched to a fire. Once there
Marilyn had to decide how
the fire was to be handled.
She had to tell whether more
crews would be needed, how
to fight the fire, plan an
escape route and maintain
radio communications with
the base in Klamath Falls.
As one would assume.
Mohr loves the outdoor^ She
backpacks, fishes, bird wat­
ches and hunts.
But besides these pursuits,
which are pretty natural for
an outdoor lover, Marilyn
collects bones. Animal bones
Right now. in fact, she has in
a box at home the bones of
an entire cow- elk. But. what
could anybody possibly do
with bones? She puts them
back together. She also uses
the skulls in teaching wildlife
resource classes.
Marilyn uses two methods
of cleaning bones not totally
devoid of flesh. One wav is to
bury the bones in dirt and
wait for the insects and
bacteria in the earth to clean
them. That way. however is
slow. A quicker, yet some
what more gruesome wav, is
to collect a certain species of
beetle to eat the remaining
flesh This is Marilyn's usual
procedure, though it was
obvious from her tone of
voice when telling about it,
she does not especially relish
the task.
She has got her entire
family collecting bones for
her. Her father is the one
who found the elk. But. she is
the best. When out in the
woods, she says, many
people walk right by the
bones without noticing them.
“Now that I'm collecting
them I see them before
anybody else." she said.
As if everything else she
docs doesn't keep her busy
enough. Mohr is ilso a.
board, and Leota Kreigh was
again named Deputy Clerk.
The First National Bank of
Oregon, Nyssa branch was
designated as the depositary
for school district funds for
the 1976-77 year.
The board will meet with
the Budget Committee Thurs
day evening, July 8 at 8 p.m
to go over the changes in the
budget before submitting the
budget for a second election
scheduled for August 10. The
first budget election last
Tuesday, June 29. saw the
budget
levy defeated by
eleven votes.
Nyssa Students
Make OSU
Honor Roll
A total of 614 students
earned straight A's (4.0) and
another
1.481 earned a
B-plus (3.5) or better to make
the spring term honor listing
at Oregon State University.
Students on the honor roll
must have earned a 3.5 or
better on at least 12 graded
hours of coursework.
Nyssa students on the
honor listing included: Ro­
bert G. Clark, senior agri­
culture (straight-A); Jams M
Takami. senior, liberal arts
(straight A); John W. Mantle
senior, science; Ronald J.
Sarazin. senior, engineering;
and David Wilson, business.
excellent athlete. She is
especially good in track,
where her javelin throwing
career was cut short recently
bv a basketball injury. Had
she continued, she felt she
might have had a chance in
the recent Olympic Trials.
She threw 150 feet while still
in training.
But. back to her job. which
keeps Miss Mohr busy. She
sees land-use as the biggest
problem coming up in the
future. "We have to look not
50. but 100 years ahead.
Some people are concerned
with only their immediate
future. We have to look into
the future now. not in the
future."
Her ow n responsibilities in
this area have recently
brought her to Malheur
County Planning Commission
meetings, where she has
begun learning the ropes
The environmental education
class she will soon teach at
OSli during the upcoming
4-H week in Corvallis is
another part of her involve­
ment .
In the past, many Ameri­
can farmers wore out the land
they used and moved on. in
1976. though. Marilsn feels
(luu is no longer possible.
Onion Commission
Adopts 16G Budget
Oregon's newest com­
modity commission, the Ore­
gon Danver Onion Commis­
sion. has adopted a budget of
$16.000 for the fiscal year
1976-77.
The commission, meeting
in Salem. June 30. also
approved an assessment rate
of one cent per 50-pound bag
of onions or two cents per
hundredweight, which is to
be paid by the first handler.
This assessment becomes
effective on onions sold after
August I.
Rules covering the assess­
ment payments provide for
July 4 Party
At Adrian
There were about 851
happy people in Adrian, July
4. the 850 fed at the barbecue
and Adrian Farm Days
Fourth of July Chairman Jim
Langley.
He had only good words to
say for the people who helped
him stage the events, the
participants in the numerous
contests and the party goers
He said the events ran this
way: the party began at 4:30
p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m.
They had
a siphon tube
setting contest. Steve Piercy
won that.
Fiddlers from Weiser then
came and entertained Lang­
ley said there was no
dancing, but everybody ob­
viously enjoyed themselves.
Next were family games,
which included tugs o' war.
sack races and egg tosses.
Topping those was a greased
pole climb.
Things settled down after
that to some more serous
events. The Lorensen sisters.
Gloria and Harictt sang some
songs to begin tne "Bicen­
tennial Program." Judy Niel­
son also performed. The Rev.
Fred Moxom spoke and then
Ernie Lewis sang the Na­
tional Anthem, accompanied
bv Chuck Sykes on trumpet.
A fireworks show which
lasted until 10:45 p.m. ended
the day.
Among those to be thanked
langlev said, are the Lions
Club and lixal businesses.
exemptions on casual sales of
onions. These are defined as
any sales by individual
growers of under 2.000
pounds per transaction that
do not require government
inspection certificates.
^WEATHER3"
Date
Max.
Min.
June 30
90
58
July
1
75
48
July
2
84
46
July
3
93
47
July
4
90
60
July
5
94
58
July
6
99
59
July 7
62
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
7-7-76 608.430 Acre Feet
7-7-75 703.450 Acre Feet
Seed Growers
Meet Tonight
INSCRIBED "A GIFT to the citizens of
Nyssa on behalf of Jacob Fischer and Nona
Fay Fischer in recognition of outstanding
service to the community," this beautiful
new case was built bv Albert Heldt and
installed in the Nyssa City I ibrary by the
Nyssa Chamber of Commerce.
Nyssa Chamber of Commerce members
presented this display case in honor of the
Fischers after Jake had completed a second
term as chamber president last January.
Recently installed, it will contain displays of
artifacts and other items of interest to library
patrons.