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Nyssa Gata City Journal
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Ballot Measure No. 10
Although there will be 12 statewide ballot measures to be
considered on the November 2.General Election, one appears
to be generating the greatest share of public interest.
It is Ballot Measure No. 10. that calls for the repeal of
statutes coordinating land use planning. It would eliminate
the Land Conservation & Development Commission, more
common1) known as LCDC.
A solid clue to public interest in this issue became apparent
early in July when petition bearers seeking signatures for the
initiative proposal succeeded in obtaining nearly 66.000
names, some 20,000 more than were required to achieve
ballot status. Of the single referendum and four initiatives on
the ballot via the petition route. Ballot Measure No. 10
attracted the greatest number of supporters.
Citizen interest in the subject has been clearly evident for
several years, with many lawsuits concerning land use
regulations carried to the Court of Appeals, and some as far
as the Supreme Court.
Locally, city officials in Nyssa and other small Eastern
Oregon cities oppose LCDC. saying that its requirements are
too severe and not necessary in thinly populated areas. City
Manager Henry Schneider has written letters to this
newspaper in favor of the repeal.
On the other hand. Schneider and most responsible city
leaders agree that planning is most necessary, but think it
should be under local control and conform more along county
lines rather than statewide.
Gov. Bob Straub is deeply committed to LCDC. as was his
predecessor. Tom McCall. The business community,
particularly in Western Oregon, is also a staunch supporter of
the land use planning concept. The fact that it was
implemented so fast, and with such an “iron hand" is what
has turned people off. and particularly in the smaller cities.
Now the governor, and many legislators, are suggesting
proposals to amend the law during the next legislative
session. They fear that outright repeal would set back land
use planning for a least a decade.
The most practical suggestion we have heard is that the
legislature set planning requirements to actual conditions,
and not force a rural area to comply with planning standards
as complicated as those required in a large city. Almost
everybody agrees, that if LCDC is to continue, it should act as
a planning coordinator rather than as a dictator.
Support for the legislative amendment process seems to be
growing. Gov. Straub
and legislative leaders will lend
influence to the campaign for an amendment process, as
opposed to outright repeal.
As far as our area is concerned, outright repeal and
elimination of a bureaucracy that is already very costly, will
probably be favored. On the other hand it is recognized that
land use planning is very necessary in the more populated
areas of Western Oregon. It is important here too, but we
would prefer to do it ourselves, cognizant of our own needs.
In any event, voter interest in Ballot Measure No. 10 seems
to be leading all other issues on the ballot. Repeal will end
LCDC. and if it squeaks through, the governor and legislature
recognize and promise to make some needed changes in the
law.
It should be remembered that Oregon's three major
industries are forestry, agriculture and tourism. All are
dependent upon sensible land use planning. If LCDC is
defeated, city and county governments will have a greater
than ever responsibility in this important area.
Journal Classifieds
Thursday, October 7, 1976
Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Page Two
Bring Results!
LETTERS
TO
EDITOR
Editor. The Journal:
Recently the Oregon Jour
nal carried an article stating
Governor Straub seeks cash
to aid L.C.D.C. fight and yet
the article indicated the
ballot measure to repeal
SB 100 appears headed for
defeat!
If the defeat of the
measure is such a foregone
conclusion, why the urgency
to raise the additional funds?
Staff writer, Doug Yocom.
starts out with a news story
concerning the Governor's
activities, ,hen digresses into
an editorial stating the
measure will be defeated and
then Yocom attempts to
explain what people will be
voting for with a yes or no
vote because he feels the
ballot title is confusing.
Governor Straub now has
indicated he plans to propose
amendments to SB100 before
the election.
Such a decision is rather
late. This is something he
should have considered a
year ago instead of backing
L.C.D.C.’s dictatorial stance
and the brash remarks made
by its former chairman.
And there can be no denial
that L.C.D.C. has not in the
past taken an arbritary,
dictatorial stance. I was
present at a meeting in Vale.
Oregon, when our Governor
said that there would be no
appeal from L.C.D.C. nor any
of its decisions.
It appears to me the
Governor will either have to
deny what he said to that
audience or admit that
L.C.D.C. is an entity which
will brook no response to its
decisions.
Henry Schneider
1019 Ehrgood Avenue
Nyssa, Oregon 97913
Editor. The Journal:
The overburdened tax
payers of Oregon need the
Land Conservation and De
velopment Commission like
Job needed another boil!
Not content with an organi
zation presently having 36
authorized staff positions
empowered to spend six
million dollars. thO Depart
ment of L.C.D.C. has now
announced an authorization
for a new budget with an
increase of eleven more staff
members and an increase of
$5 million dollars over the
current biennium.
Most Oregon cities are
finding it impossible to keep
their budget expenditures
under the mandatory 6%
limitation yet here is a
Department we could well do
without, which is authorizing
an increase of expenditures
in excess of 80% during the
next biennium.
Interwoven into the ver
bage of the Department’s
announcement is the “Car
rot” for compliance with
"funds and grants” to be
furnished to communities
which complete the State's
goals.
There are approximately
277 cities in Oregon. Divide
that number into the $11
million to be expended and
the people of each com
munity could reduce their tax
load by $39,711.
Henry Schneider
1019 Ehrgood Avenue
Nyssa. Oregon 97913
Understanding
Yourself
Helpful Idea» From
The International Lutheran
Laymen '• League
FINDING DIRECTION
Life it a procession. Every
one follows someone or
something—the procession of
earning a living, joining the la
bor force, buying a home,
providing for financial secu
rity, and planning for retire
ment.
Church Directory
United Methodist
Church News
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church News
The United
methodist
Church and the Rev. Jim
Monroe welcome you to all
church activities.
Sunday , October 10
Spe
cial prayer. 9 a.m.
Sunday School, 9.30 a.m.
Worship Service. “Caring
Through Sharing,” by Rev.
Monroe. II a.m.
UMYF meets in the youth
room. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, October 12 -
Bible Study at the church, 5
p.m.
Thursday, October 14 •
General Meeting, church
parlor. 7:30 p.m.
Conservative Baptist
Church News
The Rev. Thomas Steven
son will be celebrant and
preacher at the 11 a.m.
Eucharist at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church this Sun
day. Father
Stevenson,
rector of St. Matthew's
Church in Ontario, is part of
the Malheur County Team
Ministry of the Episcopal
Churches in this county.
We welcome Father Ste
venson to St. Paul's.
Lutheran Ladie»
Plan Rummage
The American Lutheran
Church women are having a
rummage sale Saturday. Oc
tober 9. in the church
basemdht. The church is
located on the corner of North
Sth Street and Park Avenue.
The sale will be from 9 a.m.
to S p.m.
There are winter clothes
and
lots of miscellaneous
items for sale. The proceeds
of the sale will help purchase
choir robes for the church
choir.
Bible Study
Held Tuesdays
The Neighborhood Bible
Study group will be meeting
each Tuesday at the home of
Mrs. Frank Byers. The study
will start at 9:30 a.m. and
everyone is welcome to
attend.
Park Avenue
Baptist Church
Everyone Is welcome to
attend services at this Bible
teaching church.
Sunday, October 10 • Sun
day School for all ages, 10
a.m.
Morning Worship by Pas
tor Dale Mitchell. 11 a.m.
Tuesday , October 12 -
Youth Group. Fun for all ages
including painting, singing
and worshipping the Lord.
All young people invited.
Meet in the church basement
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 13 •
Business meeting, 7:30 p.m.
• os
A friendly smile, a warm
handshake and the words of
the Lord await you at Park
Avenue Baptist Church, on
the corner of North Third
Street and Park Avenue.
Sunday, October 10
Sun
day School. 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship. 11 a.m.
Evening Service. 8 p.m.
Hi/Time. 9 p.m.
Tuesday, October 1 - Bi
ble Study and prayer, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, October 13 •
AWANA. 6:30 p.m.
Choir Practice. 8 p.m.
Nazarene
Church News
Sunday, October 10, Mor
ning Prayer at the Church, 7
a.m.
Christian Education Clas
ses, 9:45 a.m.
Children's Church 11 a.m.
Morning Worship with
message by Pastor Russel).
11 a.m.
Choir practice, 6:30 p.m.
Evening service with mes
sage by Dist. Supt. Grady
Cantrell, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 12, La
dies Bible Study at the home
of Sheila Larkin. 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 13,
Bible Study at the Nursing
Home. 4 p.m.
Midweek service for Ca
ravan children. Teens and
Adults, 7:30 p.m.
• • •
“Blessed Is the
whose God Is the
Psalm 33*12.
First Southern
Baptist Church
The Finance Committee of
the First Southern Baptist
met Monday evening and
prepared the budget for the
coming year. Lee Brown is
the chairman with Mrs. Glen
Raby. Mrs. Dennis Fowler,
and Mrs. Jerry Thompson
serving on the committee.
They will have a special
meeting October 10 at 8 p.m.
for members of the church to
help make some of the plans.
The W M U. will hold its
meeting October 11 at 7:30
p.m. at the church. The
ladies will give a Kitchen
Shower to help supply the
Church Kitchen.
Good Neighbor Sunday will
be held November 7. Each
person is to bring as his
special guest, a neighbor.
The one who brings the most
will receive a gift. A neighbor
might be anyone who lives
within a twenty mile radius of
the church.
CARD OF THANKS
sures of conformity upon
Him. Jesus went His own wsy
and it turned out to be a
cross.
If we all try to discover
what we really want out of
life, then perhaps our goals
will be like a cross.
For a free reprint of a
Lutheran Hour sermon called
"Life Is A Procession," send
your name and address to
The International Lutheran
Laymen's League, 2185
Hampton Avenue, St. Louis,
Missouri 63139.
I wish to take this
opportunity to thank my
many friends and relatives
for the plants, flowers, and
cards. I especially want to
thank Dr. Kerby and Dr.
Danford and also the nurses
of Malheur Memorial Hos
pital for their patience and
kindness during my recent
stay in the hospital.
Fay Corn
"Treasure Valley
Hearing Aid Center"
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Most people, despite hard
knocks, look for some cause
that will make the procession
meaningful. And, whether we
like it or not, we proceed
through life following many
illusions. We often turn that
illusion into a god. Or we pro
ceed through life with a lot of
twisted goals and distorted
values and warped standards
There is One who did not
go that way, with all the pres
Nation
Lord.”
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Just North of Underpass
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OBITUARIES
Emma L. Singer
Services for Emma Louise
Singer, 90. New Plymouth,
who died Wednesday, Sep
tember 29. 1976, at Malheur
Memorial Nursing Home,
were conducted Saturday at
the New Plymouth Ward
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints by Bishop
Glenn Kofoed. Burial was in
Elmwood Cemetery. Gooding
on Saturday.
She was born June 13.
1886 in Freedom, Ohio, and
moved at a young age to
Chicago and later to Salt Lake
City. She then moved to
Canada. She moved to Hailey
where she married Adolphus
Singer. January 4. 1904.
They moved to Gooding,
until 1953 when they moved
to Ontario. In 1956 they
moved to New Plymouth. In
1969 she moved to Nyssa.
She was a member of the
New Plymouth LDS Church.
Surviving are seven chil
dren, 24 grandchildren. 36
great-grandchildren and
three great-great-grandchil
dren. She was preceded in
death by her husband and
seven children.
MRS. PAULINE WOODARD, kitchen aide. left, and Mr*
Teresa Bingham, food supervisor, at Malheur Memorial
Hospital, just finished filling trays for Meals On Wheels, to
be delivered by volunteer drivers. Served in insulated trays,
the recipients receive a nutritious hot meal at their doorsteps.
Meals consist of meat, potatoes and gravy, vegetable, bread
and butter, salad and dessert.
Chester Stephensen
Chester Stepehensen, 84,
former resident of Nyssa
passed away Tuesday, Sep
tember 21. 1976, in Ogden,
following a long illness.
Funeral arrangements and
burial were September 24 in
Ogden.
Mr. Stephensen was assis
tant superintendent at the
Nyssa Amalgamated Sugar
Company at the time of his
retirement sixteen yeats ago.
He then moved to Ogden
where he and his wife Lucy
made their home.
He is survived by his wife,
Lucy of Ogden.
Ruth Simon
Services for Ruth Simon,
80. Adrian, who died Mon
day, October 4, 1976, at the
Malheur Memorial Hospital,
were conducted Wednesday
at the Lienkaemper Chapel.
Nyssa, by the Rev. Chester
Kelley. Final rites were in the
Mountain View Crematorium
She was born July 30,
1896, in Iowa. She lived in
the area with a daughter for
two years, and moved to
Adrian from Colorado.
Surviving are a son.
George Simon. Boulder. Colo
rado; a daughter. Esther
McCormick, Adrian; two
brothers. Vern. Westminister
Colo, and Paul Stephen,
Denver. Colo.; seven grand
children and five great-grand
children.
Since portable gas and oil
heater* use up oxygen a* they
bum, you must provide proper
ventilation when they are in
use.
MRS. JESUS LOPEZ, left, receives a hot nutritious meal
from volunteer worker of the week. Mrs. Edna Lowrance. The
Meals on Wheels program delivers meals to nine Nyssa
residents Monday through Friday. See story.
Meals On Wheels
Meals-on Wheels is a pro
gram that provides a hot
noon meal, five day* a week,
from Monday through Friday
to persons who are unable to
prepare a nutritious meal for
themselves. In some cases,
this might allow individuals
to live in their own homes
rather than a nursing home.
This also enables senior
citizens and homebound per
sons to have contact with
other persons, which is an
important factor.
The meals are presently
being delivered bv volunteers
from local churches. Meals
are prepared at the hospital
and are picked up at noon
each day. At present, nine
meals in styrofoam dispo
The Veteran* Administration sable trays are delivered each
treats more than 1.1 million
patient* in 171 hospital* each
year Domiciliary and nursing
home care is provided for
another 30,000 patients.
week in Nyssa. Special diets
can be accommodated for
those who require them.
The Meal* on Wheel*
program is not limited only to
senior citizens but is avail
able to any person who ha*
difficulty preparing a nutri
tious meal for himself.
For information concerning
receiving meals, call the
Malheur County Information
and Referral Service at
889-7651.
Local churches volunteer
ing
service* are Faith
Lutheran, United Methodist,
St. Paul's Episcopal. St.
Patrick's Catholic. Nazarene
and Missionary Baptist. Any
organization or church wish
ing to help with deliveries
may call Pastor Walter
Schmidt at 372-3331.
CREATIVE
State individual income
taxes, the second largest source
of state tax revenue, totaled
$18.8 billion in fiscal 1975, up
10.2 per cent over 1974, ac
cording to the Bureau of the
Census.
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