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The Sugar City
Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, August 26, 1976
Thunderegg Capital
Hospital Board Will
Two Street Projects
Planned By City
Not Resubmit Budget
The board of director* of
Malheur Memorial Hospital
District met on Thursday
August 19th to discuss their
budget defeat. It was decided
to not re submit a budget for
voter approval this year.
The neat possible election
date, if the board were to
have another election, would
be on September 21. How
ever, the county cannot wait
to run tai statementa and if
the hoapital district passed a
Town
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Crier
By Pal Savage
School bell* will ring out
Monday morning, seems it is
starting a little early this
year. Most of the young
people I have talked with arc
aniiou* to go back however,
a* many arc now asking.
‘"Whai can I do today?" The
high school student* are
eager to take occupancy of
their new building, as are the
lunior high. Even though the
junior high will occupy the
old high school building, it
has been remodeled and
given a new look I am sure
everyone will enjov being in
regular school buildings in
stead of moving around from
building to building
• • •
Don't you think the beau
tificalion spot north of the
town that was provided by
the Town and Country
Garden Club is a pretty and
worthwhile attraction? I feel
it i* like an oasis amid all the
weed* that grow around the
road and buildings out there
It make* the entrance to town
much better looking and
shows someone take* the
time and effort to care a
little. These women planted
and landscaped this project
and still drag their hoses out
there to keep it watered and
do the weeding. In the
building stages they had help
from George Fanning* Indus
trial Art* Class and the
Nyssa Chamber, and Lion*
Club. They want to enter thia
project in the National Final*,
so. if you appreciate their
efforts and concern let them
know by writing Mac Schire
man. 208 North 4th St..
Nvssa.
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Have you noticed the
bright new look of the
Arrowhead Motel? If you
haven't, look the neat time
you go by as it has a new
paint job of yellow and
brown. It looks exceptionally
nice and I understand the
new owner*. Don and Bea
Hawkins, have done a lot of
remodeling inside. It's nice
to have these newcomer* in
town and I am sure many
appreciate the renovation
job
• • •
There are many in town
who have never driven up or
down the driveway at Mal
heur Memorial Hospital, but
for those who have, you must
remember how terribly bum
py and full of pot holes it was.
Well not now. as it has been
paved. Many thanks from
many people.
• • •
Congratulations to the
winner* at the Malheur
County Fair. This requires (
many hour* of hard work to
get these project* ready for
exhibiting. From the looks on
some of the kids faces and
the tears it appears that the
hardest part of all i* at sale
time despite the monetary
benefits They are ail to be
commended and thanked for
taking time to participate in a
part of rural America called
the "County Fair.”
• • «
School starts and harvest is
underway. so there will be a
lot of traffic around school
areas and around town.
Please drive carefully as
these youngsters are not fully
aware of the definition of the
word Caution, but you as
driver* are intelligent enough
to know It mean* to be on
one's guard, or to take care.
So let's take care of our
youngster*. Drive With Cau
tion.
levy in September it would
necessitate the county mak
ing another complete sepa
rate tai run. Beaide* doub
ling the county's work, the
board felt there would be a
negative reaction by property
owner* if they were to receive
an additional tai notice from
the hospital district.
Tai revenue* within the
districts' six percent imi
tation should be sufficient to
maintain operation for seve
ral months; but additional
operating money will be
required to complete the
fiscal year. Also, physician
recruitment and building and
equipment improvement pro
grams. will
be severely
limited until funding can be
provided.
The Board of Directors
decided to reconvene its
budget board in October for
fiscal year 1977-78. A request
for additional funds will be
submitted to the budget
board with the recommends
tion that a budget be
prepared for submission to
the voter* on the January 11
election date. An early
approval by voter* would
allow the hospital district to
borrow against the tai
revenues to be received, if
current fiscal year operating
funds prove to be insufficient
to complete the fiscal year.
Corn Cannery Goes
Full Steam Ahead
Nyssa's American Fine Foods corn cannery churned it* way
into action last week and is now steaming along 20 hours a
day.
The corn “campaign” will last about one more month and
will end up producing nearly one million cases of whole kernel
and cream-style corn.
The factory is a huge and noisy set-up which runs on
conveyor belts, huge steamy machines and manpower. In one
of theae pictures, (in the middle) you can see the stacks of
corn which are fed into the factory by these conveyor belts. It
is here they are separated into whole kernel and cream style
corn. The larger kernel corn goes into whole kernel.
Inside, the corn is mechanically shucked. This is the first
year that these machines have been in operation. They have
reduced the number of persons employed by American Fine
Foods. The mechanical shuckers are the large "V-shaped"
machines visible near the top of the large photo-
Rieb's Hire
New Manager
Dave and Betty Rich of
Rieb's Foodland announce
the hiring of Gary Harper,
recently of Caldwell, as
manager of the store replac
ing Doug Patterson, who is
moving to Salt Lake City.
Harper is formerly from
Kansas City. Kansas where
he gained his grocery expe
rience working for a large
supermarket. Bob'* Thrift-
wav. He is a graduate of high
school in Turner. Kansas,
and served four years with
the U. S. Marines, mostly in
overseas service.
He and his wife Jeanette
have one daughter. Shanna,
aged lb months, and plan to
move to Nvssa as soon as
they can find suitable hous
ing
i* shucked, cobbed and cooked it is squirted
into empty cans which roll down a roller-coaster-type chute.
Just after the corn is plopped into the can. the can is topped.
A woman watches over this process and one next to her (the
one visible in the lower photograph) places lids in a machine
which seals the cans.
Finally the cans are brought to the warehouse where they
are labeled (American Fine Foods labels many different
brand* of corn), boxed and stored for shipment.
School Board Renews
Liability Coverage
City of Adrian Grant Approved
Ihe City of Adrian has
received official confirmation
from the Federal Govern
ment that a grant in the
amount of $250,000 has been
approved to develop a well,
reservoir and pipeline into
the city, according to Mavor
George Cartwright
The approval of this grant
from the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
mem (HUD) is conditional
upon the completion of an
environmental review.
Cartwright said thai this is
the result of two years of
work on the pari of city
officials and Bob Taisev.
assistant director of the
IDA ORI Regional Planning
and Development Associa
tion. Taisev will assist the
citv in developing the re
quired environmental review
Tentative plans call for
drilling a test well on the
George DeHaven propertv
west of the city. Mr. and
Mrs. DeHaven have agreed
to give a parcel of land I ?5‘ \
ISO’ to the ettv for a well site
and reservoir.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Mackey also gave the eilv a
potential well sue west of the
Adrian Council
Meets Sept. 2
The City of Adrian will
hold its second reading of an
ordinance to establish the
rules and regulations of the
sewage system, and the
installation of private sewers
to the city sewer lines.
This is a regular meeting of
the city council to be held
next Thursday, September 2.
at 8 p m. and the public is
invited to attend.
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DeHaven property, but if
water is found on the latter
property it will be less
expensive to the city. Can
wright said.
There is a possibility that
both properties will be used.
Engineer* say that three or
lour wells may be needed for
sufficient water The en
gineering firm of CH2M Hill
is advising the city on the
proper methods o develop
an adquaic
water supply,
.mil city officials are proceed
ing with the necessary steps
to complete the project
Nyssa Police
Hire Officer
Slide Show For
Onion Growers
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licui i oiinti Onion Growers
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slide show ol lii onion crop
ill thi
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Michigan pi.Hluviion area
Ibis is being presented st
that onion growers can gel a
first hand look at whai thi
onions look like in these
maior onion production areas
lhe presentation will take
place at VIp's Cafe In Ontario
al 8t<M) p.m. on Tuesdav.
August J|.
Stephen Buchtel
Nissa Police Officer. Scott
lefferies resigned August 16.
and will be moving to Utah
whete he will enroll in Law
School at BYU
Officer
lefferies has been employed
b\ the Police Department
since August of 1975.
His replacement will be
Stephen Buchtel, who has
been employed bi the City
since June of this sear as a
code enforcement officer,
funded through CETA.
Mr Buchtel is a recent
graduate of TVCC and holds
an Associate Degree in Law
I ntorcement.
Train-Cycle Crash
Claims Nysscr
John Igieles Padilla,
and Jose Alcaras Garcia |s
both of Nvssa. died in a
motorcycle train accident '
p in. Fridav at the crossing of
Alameda Avenue and the
Union Pacific-Burns track
near Ontario.
State Police investigated
the accident
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The Nyssa School Board
took care of some insurance
business Monday night when
they accepted a bid for
liability insurance coverage
and appointed a new insu
rance agent of record.
The Hartford Insurance
Company bid $5,511 to
extend their current policy
for one year. Last year's
coverage cost $J.J01. but W.
L. McPartland, school su
perintendent and Adnanna
Kunkel, a school board
member both mentioned how
lhe Ontario school district's
policy had tripled in price just
recently.
It was the only bid made
and while school board
members were upset that
they only had one bid. they
felt little could be done. “It is
increasing)» difficult to get
liability insurance. " Gene
Stunz. a board member, said.
He said many municipalities
have had trouble getting any
insurance coverage at all.
This w as the first year that
(he Nyssa school district had
to open up insurance cove
rage to bids. Until this year
they divided the insurance
coverage among the four
agents in town. However,
new Oregon laws require that
all insurance policies over
$5,000 be open to bids and
advertised in the local paper.
Ml insurance policies over
$10,000 must be advertised
in a statewide journal and be
open to bids
To meet the higher than
expected cost the School
Board added $1,500 from
their emergency fund to the
$4,000 they had already
allotted for liability insurance
coverage.
The Board then named Jim
Robinson of Nvssa as the new
insurance agent of record.
I he agent of record has more
work to do now than ever
before because he must
orepare advertising for bids
as well as advise the Board
on insurance matters. This
concerned the Board because
the new agent must, in Board
Chairman Bill Schilling's
words, "solicit bids from his
competitor* and he may not
get the contract.”
Robinson knew this and
said. "It could be a whole lot
of work for nothing,” under
the new rules. But. he
continued, the possible com
missions from sales weren't
of overriding importance. He
fell it was a "community
service.” much like working
on the School or Hospital
Boards.
After Robinson was voted
in as agent of record, the
Board expressed its appre
ciation for the service Ber
nard Eastman has put in as
agent of record for over 15
years.
Two street improvement
projects are being proposed
for the Nyssa commercial
districts which will eipidite
and benefit farm and truck
delivery. Funds for the con
struction will be sought from
the Oregon State Highway
Division and from Economic
Development Administration
First on the list is a street
widening and realignment at
the west end of the railroad
underpass where First Street
jog*.
The city owned parking lot
on the south side of the
underpass can be cut away
about 15 feet to allow truck*
to turn from Main Street to
First without leaving their
own lane of traffic. Two posts
and fencing of the underpass
would have to be removed,
needing State Highway ap
proval. On the north side,
only a portion of the sidewalk
would be removed and one
light pole. No right-of-way
would need to be purchased.
Traffic has increased on
the south side since two
weigh scales were installed
on Commercial Street.
Coat is estimated at ap
proximately $9,000.
A second project is to be
submitted to the Oregon
Highway Division for inclu
sion in the Off-Systems-
Grant program which is paid
78 per cent by the federal
fund* distributed by the state
agency and 22 percent local
match. This street paving
and widening project on
Commercial Avenue between
Third and Ninth Streets
would benefit the truckers
who must travel the now
unpaved area for weighing
and for delivery at the onion
packing plants.
This project should qualify
as a farm-to-market road with
unusual traffic and not need
local property owner match
ing funds. Nyssa had pre
viously received $25,000 in
small city grant highway and
street funds which can be
used for the 22 percent match
on this project. Henry Schnei
der. city manager said. The
total cost of the project for
widening, paving and curb
ing of 2000 feet of the street
is estimated at 865.000.
City Seeks Funds
To Improve Sewers
Nyssa City Manger Henry
Schneider is preparing three
improvement project pro
posals for submission to Ida-
Ore Development Commis
sion in Weiser for considera
tion in the new public work*
economic development funds
to be available this fall.
First on the list is a sewer
improvement project which
will involve building three lift
stations (pumps) to move the
sewerage to the treatment
plant.
Two are at the edges of the
city in areas which have little
slope and which Land Con
servation and Development
Commission (LCDC) plan-
Heart Saver Van
Here Today
The Oregon Heart Asso
ciation "Heart Saver" van
will be in Nyssa Thursday
(today) from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. at the First National
Bank parking lot.
The Heart Saver Van is a
mobile testing and education
center, and has one job: to
travel the State of Oregon,
helping to identify people
with potential heart prob
lems. and to assist in
motivating them to seek
medical evaluation from their
physician.
the Heart Saver Van will
be under the direction of
Mrs. Jane Fonda. RN. and is
equipped to do blood pres
sure screening, electrocardio
gram (EKG) screening, re
cord medical history, and
instruct the public about the
prevention and control of
heart disease.
Oregon Secretary of State candidate Norma
Paulus (second from right) was a Nyssa
visitor last Friday, and is shown talking to Joe
Hobson. Sal Morgan (left) and Irene Hobson.
Mrs. Paulus is a Republican, and is
completing her third term in the Oregon
Legislature. She is an attorney, as is her
husband William, and they have two
children, ages 14 and 12.
Norma Paulus is interested in Eastern
Oregon, having been raised in Burns, and is a
graduate of Burns High School. She attended
ning has determined will be
the direction* of future
growth of the city.
The need for the third
pump is perhaps
mote
critical. Schneider believe«.
It will be placed at the
railroad underpass to boost
the flow toward the treatment
plant at the river edge.
"We were having some
trouble there and pumped it
out last week." Schneider
said.
In another effort
to
improve sewer service, the
city has made a manhole
opening at the treatment
plant for septic tank pumpers
to empty into.
"Such pumpers need a
place to dump and we are not
forbidding them but we do
want to be able to control the
flow through the plant.” be
said.
The city council is being
asked to consider a new rate
schedule for such dumping.
"The city charges residents
approximately $21 a year for
sewer service and septic tank
dumpers should be paying a
similar amount, we believe."
Schneider said. Cost of the
lift station project is esti
mated at $85,000.00.
Two other projects on the
EDA request list include
improvement of the First
Street curbing and turn onto
Main Street for an estimated
$9,000 and construction of a
metal building to house the
fire station for about $41,292.
"We are looking toward
the day when the ambulance
can be housed here instead of
at the hospital," be said, "as
well as the time, when we
will be adding more fire
trucks.”
Willamette University Law School while
serving as secretary to the Chief Justice of
the Oregon Supreme Court, and was
admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 1962.
Accompanying Mrs. Paulus on her Eastern
Oregon trip was Robert Hamilton, her
political campaign advisor; George Shunk,
campaign aide; and Teddy Skillern. who is an
international award winner in Calligraphy,
and who has done the design work for posters
and advertising. She is accompanying Norm*
Paulus as a traveling companion and aid*.