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University Of Oregon Library Eugene, Ore. 974C3 X X X X X JOURNAL NYSSA 70th Year 32nd Issu« Th« Sugar City Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, August 5, 1976 Norma Paulus Harriet Flanagan, Irene Hobsun and Jeanne Skinner, all of Ontario, have been named a* coordinators for the Norma Paulus campaign in Malheur County, it was announced by Jack Mills of Mt. Hood, state chairman. They will be in charge of Mrs. Paulus’ viat to Malheur County. August 21. which will include stops in Nyssa. Vale and Ontario. Norma Paulus Is the Republican candidate for Oregon's Secretary of State. Due to vandalism the Nyssa Poet Office lobby will be closed evenings. Postmaster Harold Pook said the lobby will be locked at 8 p.m. each evening and opened at 7 a.m. the following mor ning. CHARLES HUNTLEY (L| AND CHRIS WHITAKER are Senator Mark Hatfield (R- Ore) will visit Malheur County. August IJ and 14. He will appear in Vale at 5:30 August 13. and at Ontario at 7:30 p.m. for a town hall meeting at TVCC. Saturday. August 14. the senator will be in Nyssa for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at the Twilight Cafe. This will be a no host breakfast, and the public is invited to attend and discuss any issues of Interest, according to Jon Hobson. Malheur County Republican Central Committee Chair man. two of the rockhounds here for Thunderegg Days. In the excitement surrounding visits by people from such faraway places as Minnesota. New York and Saskatchewan, little attention is sometimes paid to native rockhounds. Both WEATHER Mln. Proc. Date 1Mai. 54 July 28 92 July 29 80 53 58 July 30 94 58 July 31 94 66 .37 Aug. 1 80 Aug 2 59 .03 83 Aug. 3 55 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 8-4 76 538.020 Acre Feet 8-4-75 643.860 Acre Feet By Alan Abbey and invited them to stay at his house. It was their first time indoors at a dinner table and in front of a television set in more than a month. How genuinely sublime and won derful it all seemed to the horseback riders. Having been deprived of "everyday" pleasures for so long, they found them to be quite exquisite. What about the horses? “We feel bad about selling them." they admited. but they had to do it. "When you walk. talk, sleep and eat with the boys..." Dan's voice trailed off with affection and a little sadness. The horses names are Iroquois who is mostly quarter and Charley, who is mostly Appaloosa. What now for the saddle sore two? They are heading to Chesapeake Bay for a free week on a houseboat. They earned it by completing their trip and following up on a promise made to them by an Army colonel friend of theirs before they left. Huntley snd Whitaker are from Prineville, which has its own rock show each year. However, Whitaker said and Huntley agreed, that it is nothing like Nyssa’s. The best parts about Nyssa's show, they said are the rock exhibits. “People put on a show here you won't sec elsewhere,'* they said. Election Tuesday For Nyssa And Adrian Schools, Hospital Next Tuesday. August 10. is election day! Nyssa area residents will have three important tax measures which need ap proval. They are the Nysaa School District budget levy, the Malheur Memorial Hos pital budget levy, and the Adrian School District serial lew. Two Made It To Nyssa From Minn., Colo., - - On Horseback There have been a lot of people traveling across the country this Bicentennial year. The road's lure, the pioneer heritage, is part of America's heritage To most American's little can be more exciting than travel. But. few Americans, if any. made quite as unique a trip as Ben and Dan Mikaelsen. who recently en ded their cross-country trip in Nyssa—on horseback. Ben started out from Bemidji, in northern Min nesota in mid-May. Dan began in Greeley. Colorado, in mid-Junc. They met up in late June in Buffalo. Wyo ming. Their goal was Oregon. Actually their goal was the Oregon Coast but time caught up with them; they have to go back to school soon and Nyssa was their journey's end. The Mikaelsens' stay in Nyssa was brightened by the open arms and huge welcome they received from Leroy Seward and his family. They said he saw them on the road It’s a special type of Today there is a tour to the outdoors, too. Rockhounding Succor Creek Thunderegg Thunderegg Days. It’s be usually is best in dry. canyon Beds Huntley said that many come a magic word, a type. unforested areas like years ago. when cattle and magnetic word which draws Malheur County. These lands cowboys would roam have a special beauty and it people to Nyssa for five days the Succor Creek area, “You in August each year. It brings takes a special type of person had to move the thunder to love a land which is dry. people from all over—Wash eggs away before you could ington. Oregon. California. hot and forbidding. put out your bedroll." Today Rockhounds are an eager Minnesota, Saskatchewan. thundereggs are harder to Arizona. Wisconsin—to see. lot, too. They are eager to find. It takes digging and buy, sell, hunt for and trade show you their rocks—each sweat. and every one of them. They rocks, gems and minerals. The Lions Club is spon What is it about rocks that are eager to talk about rocks soring a barbecue this draw people from far and they are eager to collect evening starting at 6:30 in away? What is it about rocks rocks. Tell a rockhound that a South Park certain spot has a type of rock that they start out with many people as idle hobbies—and very few people have and off Tomorrow there is another He grabs his tour leaving the South park at become a way of life? More he goes than one rockhound has said. equipment, jumps into his 7 a.m. it is for petrified wood. “It's a bug. You get it in the four-wheel drive rig and Friday night the United Methodist Church is holding blood." But there must be zooms off. more than that. a homemade ice cream and There are a lot of these cake social on the Elementary For one thing, rocks can be people in Nyssa this week. School grounds. exceedingly beautiful. Cut Wohlcke said the expects open a rock, polish the face about 75 tailgaters—the real Saturday another tour is off and you are an artist. You die-hard rockhounds-and at 7 a.m. This last tour is to have created a thing of another 6.000 will visit the Graveyard Point for plume beauty. It is original—and it exhibits. Most of the 75 own agate. At night it is the is one of a kind. For there are rock and gem shops, have a Police Reserve’s turn to no two rocks which are ever diamond saw or two and sponsor a party. They are alike. Emil Wohlcke. Thun make jewelry, docks, tables, having a watermelon feed, deregg Days chairman, is bookends, belt buckles and also on the school grounds, proud over his rare posses coat buttons from rocks. For between 7 and 9. sion of five thin slices of them it is a convention. They agate which are so alike he swap both rocks and tales For all five days there will can make coat buttons out of and tell each other about new be a free rock and gem them. But. even slices which rock hunting spots. exhibit in the elementary For the general public it is are alike are scarce. More school In front of the school than once Wohlcke has a time to gaze at the beauty will be people with tables amazed visitors by showing of cut and polished rocks and who will have rocks and them two totally different gems. It is a time to buy some jewelry for sale. slices of rock—different co of the arifacts produced by But. let's close on a word lors. different textures—and rockhounds, and it is a time to be in awe of nature and her then saying, "They're from of caution. Rockhounding is wonders and the people who contagious, insidious in how the same rock." it creeps into your life and But there is more than are so close to it. Thunderegg Days began addictive in how it consumes beauty, too. Charles Huntley, your time and energies. a rockhound from Prineville yesterday with registration However, it sure is fas who is in town for Thunder and the set up of rock cinating. egg Days, said, "1 used to go exhibits. fishing. I can't wait for fish to THUNDEREGG DAYS SCHEDULE bite anymore, but 1 can dig rocks all day." He said it Thursday. August St didn't even matter if he 7 a.m. - Tour to Succor Creek, leaving from South didn't find any in a whole Park day. 6:30 p.m. - Barbecue at South Park sponsored by Loving the outdoors de Nyssa Lions Club finitely has something to do Friday, August 6: with rockhounding. Talk to a 7:00 a.m. - Tour to Jamieson Bog, leaving from rockhound and you'll find South Park that he also enjoys fishing 7:00 p.m. • ice cream and cake social held on school and hunting and trapping— grounds, sponsored by United Methodist Chruch when he’s not hunting, Saturday, August 7: sawing, polishing or working 7:00 a.m. - Tour to Graveyard Point, leaving from with rocks. South Park 7:00 p.m. • Watermelon feed, sponsored by Police Reserve Elementary School By Alaa Abbey NOTICE Will Visit Nyssa 15’ Per Copy Rockhounds Invade Nyssa, Provide Full Week Activities Boosters Named Senator Hatfield Thunderegg Capital Ben wanted to go across the country on a Bicentennial Wagon Train, but he didn't like the people involved with it and decided since he liked horses and camping he would go West on his own When Dan heard about Ben's inten tions. he decided he had to go as well. They each bought horses— and spent SI.000 training, licensing and conditioning them. Ben said he had expected the whole trip to cost SI.000. It ended up costing twice that amount. Ben set out along back roads. He always tried to stay just off the shoulders and in the ditches. He averaged 50 miles a day until he met Dan. Together they averaged 25 miles a day. Was the trip worth it? Definitely, they both thought “It started out as an adventure and became a tremendous learning expe rience. We ran into a lot more than we expected." Ben said. "We found great people and many different wavs of life." Nyaaa School District The Nyssa School District levy has been cut $100.455 from the previous budget which was narrowly defeated in June The reduction comes from a carry over of $40.000. $10.000 from a balancing figure of taxes which will not be collected in the current year, and the balance in deferred items. Superintendent W. L. Mc- Partland said that the cuts made will not affect the educational program, but are items put off until a later date. These include not buying a new school bus. paying off the Sherwood property purchase in four equal installments, cutting out a budgeted amount of $9.000 for salary increases, and reducing the contingency fund by $5.000. The amount to be approved by the voters is $140.954 outside the 6*<> ¡imitation. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Primary Building. Adrian School District Voters in the Adrian School District will be asked to approve a serial levy of $20.250. payable at $5.750 per year through 1982. This money will be used to purchase eight acres adjacent to the school for future building and expansion. Superintendent Robert Heppner said that this is the only logical way the school district can expand in the future. The property contains a two bedroom house which Firestone Store Names Winners family. Ben Mikaelsen (left) came from Bemidji. Minnesota and his brother Dan left from Greeley, Colorado Thcv met in Buffalo Wyoming. » s n---------a-_a *1 ■incur ivipmonai riowpiuti ai-ti---------- a.* The Malheur Memorial Hospital District is asking the voters to approve a levy of $203.845 outside the 6% limitation at Tuesday's elec tion. Hospital Administrator Jim Mattes said that this is the first time that the board has asked voters to approve an amount outside the limitation since 1965. and it will be a one-time request only. Rising costs and demands on building improvement have created the need for the extra money. Mattes said. The district has lived within its budget for many years, but the federal government is requiring certain building improvements to remain ac credited. and they must now be met. Another need. Mattes said, is the recruitment of physi cians. More doctors are required in the district, and the board is making an all-out effort to fill this need. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in both the Nyssa Primary Building and the Adrian Elementary Build ing Sample ballots of these three elections will be found in other pages of this issue of the Journal. Winners ol lhe drawing at the Firestone Store Saturday were Maxine Brown, who won the Coleman Cooler, and ,lov Adams, who won the digital clock radio. Marvin Jefferies closed the store Saturday after 30 years in Nvssa. Don Moss was the operator for the first 25 rears, and Jefferies the last five. Jefferies said that Ins plans, and plans lor lhe store building, are indefinite at ibis time Miss Oregon Miss Oregon, Shan Moss, has received many additional contributions of cash, gifts and flowers since the first listing was published two weeks ago. Shan, through her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Moss, wishes to thank all those throughout the community who have been so generous in their support. She is now in Seaside preparing for the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City in September. In addition to the cash donations of $88 received at the park during the potluck dinner, new donations are as follows: Nyssa Senior Citi zens. $30; Steve Kerby. $10; Mr. and Mrs. Bart Ostrom. $10; Mr. and Mrs. Mark Moncur. $5; Mr. and Mrs. Al Chadwick. $10; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walters. $15; Nyssa Rexall Drug. $10; Hal Henig- son. $25; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miner, $2; Mr. and Mrs. Marv Jefferies, $25; Mr and with a total of $315.609,41 Mrs. Charles Mann. $10; Mr. earned last year. School District No. 26. and Mrs. Mel Beck. $10; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hansen, Nyssa, earned the most $2; Wilma Ostrom, $5; Mr. interest. $257.782.75. be and Mrs. Tom Mitchell. $10; cause of the investment of Arlene Brammer, $5; Mr. bond and insurance monies and Mrs. W. O. Peterson. for the building program. $10; Stella Moss. $5; Dr. Other larger district earnings Emery Skinner. $5; Farmers were School District No. 8, Feed & Seed. $25; Nyssa Ontario. $44.392.22; Ge Co-op Supply. $50: Mr. and neral Countv Fund. $41.318.- Mrs. Hugh Smith. $5; Mr. 26; TVCC. $39.401 58; Mal and Mrs. Henry Quast. $5. M heur LED., $17.640 42; & W Market. $25; and cups; School District No. 15. Vale. Amalgamated Sugar Com $11,716.08; and City of pany. $100: Plaza Merchants Nyssa. $11.408.84 Association. $100. Since Mrs. Bond started Gifts included Lynn West the investment program in cott Golf Shop, tennis outfit; 1964, when it earned $12,227» Home Dairies, punch and ice; .16 in interest, the program County Court, camera; Mr. has increased each year with and Mrs. Hiro Kido. banner; most taxing districts in the I DS Church, floral arrange county now participating. ment; Bishop and Mrs. Gary Total monies received by Thompson, flowers; Mr. and llu- County Treasurer during Mrs, Duane Buchtel and fiscal vear 1915-76 was girls, flowers; and Curt Lords $11 i.-s lol ’ .md Hal Hrendlc fi<-w«-rs County Investments Earn Record High County Treasurer Jean (Pat) Bond reported another record high in interest earned from her investment program during the fiscal year ending June 30 with a total of $466.994.82 This compares THESE TWO BRAVE AND HEARTY souls traveled cross-country on horseback to end their trip, tired, dry and dusty In Nyssa where they were taken in by Leroy Seward and can be rented to defray pan of the cost, and the land can accommodate athletic and FFA activities. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Elementary School building. Free Rock and Hobbies Exhibit at Elementary School. under the direction of the Treasure Valley Rock and Gem Club. 10 a.m. ■ 10 p.m. Sunday • Rock exhibit. 10:00 a.m. ■ 5:00 p.m. ARROWHEAD MOTEL 1 DAN AND BEA HAWKINS are the new owners of the Arrowhead Motel at 710 Emison Avenue. They are from Winnemucca, where they both worked at the casino, she as casino manager and he as bar manager. They have friends up here and since they liked the area, they decided to come here when they found out the motel was for sale. They are remodeling-putting in new carpet and king-size beds, and are opening up the rooms to rent by the week They have one daughter. Debbie, who is here for the summer. She is a student at the University of Utah. While they are semi-retired. Bea Hawkins said, “We have never worked so hard in our lives." Mr. and Mrs. Wavne Moncur. who have owned the motel for many years, have retired and now live at 209 N. 9th Street. Nyssa, where Wavne will have his rock shop. He was chairman of the Thunderegg Committee for several years, and an active rockhound.