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Nyssa Gate City Journal Dlrick Nedn................ .......... Editor and Publisher Rene Van BRjouw......... .................. Production Manager Pftt S«VBge............. ......... Office Manager, News .....................Social, Circulation Ruth Klinkenberg..... ..................... Production Staff Lucille Callahan.......... .......................Production Staff Published Every Thursday al Nyssa. Oregon '*7913 Second elass postage paid at Nyssa. Oregon 9'913 under aet of Congress of March 3. 18'9 MEMBER Oregon Newspaper s Publishers . Association II SUBSCRIPTION RATES Malheur Counts. Oregon, and Pas etti' and Canyon Counties. Idaho; NATIONAL NEWSPAPER BHtiWW---------- r—m W *<wFma »■w Thursday, January 6, 1977 Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Page Two NMA SUSTAINING Our Hospital Needs Support Can you imagine this community without a hospital? Can you imagine this community without a nursing home? Can you imagine this community without ambulance service? Can you imagine this community without doctors, nurses, and skilled medical practitioners? No. we can't imagine it, and it need not happen. And it won’t happen if we go to the polls next Tuesday. January 11. and affirm our support of the one-year levy requested. Malheur Memorial Hospital isn’t just a little institution out on the edge of town, casually left to its own devices. Instead, it is a living organization daily contributing to the lives of 40 nursing home residents, and varying numbers of medical patients. Very few of us have not been touched by our association with this hospital in some way over the years. All of the arguments have been presented, and there is no intention of trying to rehash them here. Thfe facts are that the hospital needs a one-shot financial boost/and it is up to us to provide it. Only one time previously haZ the hospital board asked the patrons of the district to provide tax money, other than the small amount imposed each year within the six percent limitation. Hospitals do not make money, nor should they. With few exceptions hospitals are financed by revenues from patients, plus either tax revenues or money from religious or charitable organizations. Rarely is any hospital so busy, and collections so good, that additional monies are not needed. We are a taxing district. Each year we have supplemented hospital revenues with a small tax levy. Now the demands for building and equipment modernization, physician recruit ment. and helping with the operating expenses requires some additional money. It appears that additional doctors will be made available to this community. Passage of the budget will insure the necessary repairs and operating expenses. There appears no reason why an additional effort by all of us should not assure another good 25 years of successful operation of the hospital, with renewed life and vigor. We can’t sit idly by and see something that so many worked so hard to establish, and which has been supported by the patrons of this district for so many years, go by default We are dealing with human life, ours and others, and we can’t afford to gamble on the consequences. The late Dr. J.J. Sarazin. pioneer doctor, said at the dedication ceremonies back in 1949, “We must remember that this is just the commencement, and our support must be continued in the future as it has been in the past. I feel sure from your past performance, there is no doubt about the future of the hospital." There should be no doubt of the future, but only if we here today are as dedicated and interested as those who built the hospital over 25 years ago. The Circuit Writer Standing On A Snowy Sidewalk With A Shovel, Gloves And Three Blisters.... By Jim Monroe Why is it.......... that, which when sitting inside, was such pretty white fluff, becomes, upon shoveling, lead-weighted junk 'n stuff? O tiny flakes! You tug my melancholy strands - making my heart and feet ache, while freezing my hands! You fickle flakes; frivolity of snowmobiling buffs - you always come calling when I've lost my ear muffs! But. alas. Spring wouldn't be Spring, if you weren't around...... Giving God's angel of moisture to our dehydrated ground! So. snow on! And. snow on! But. if you please. Try coming, this year, without your friend sneeze........ ! Mrs. Dyre Roberts and Mrs. Jim Carroll accom panied Mr. and Mrs. David Krause to Boise Sunday morning taking Wayne and Rochelle Roberts to catch a plane for a flight home to London. England. OPEN TILL 6:00 “If there’s a way the new tax law can save you money, we’ll find it.” Henry W. Block The new 1976 tax law is full of changes. New credits... new deductions... new rules that affect you and every taxpayer H&B BLOCK THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE 214 N. Main 372-3396 NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY • W II KDAYS 9 A M 6 P M . SAT Letters To The Editor Editor, The Journal. Malheur Memorial Hos pital District has set an election for January 11, 1977, seeking voter approval of a levy of $274,675 outside the 6% limitation. The money is needed by the hospital for current operating expenses, physician recruitment and to correct building and equip ment deficiencies. The need for the funds is urgent; so much so that the voters of the District will really be de ciding whether or not after 26 years, the Nyssa and Adrian communities will continue to be served by a hospital. The Board of Directors and staff of Malheur Memorial Hospital have worked very hard to avoid this situation and they have taken far sighted and aggressive action to recruit doctors and to improve the hospital's non tax revenues. We believe that the hospital deserves the support of the District's patrons at this critical time, and that they will willingly give it; not just because of the past work they did and the sacrifices they made to build their hospital and to maintain it. but because they and their families know how necessary it is to have a hospital to serve our present and future health needs. Sincerely yours. Nyssa Chamber of Com merce Stephen B. Fonda President Editor, The Journal: On January 11. 1977, an election will be held in the Malheur Memorial Hospital District which will indicate to the Board of Directors the future course the patrons of this District wish for them to take. I would like to give you a few reasons why the levy- should pass. 1 believe that each voter must decide for himself what this institution means to him, his family, and his freinds. Some say they do not need a hospital in Nyssa because they go elsewhere for their medical care. If some such person is injured from an industrial or farm accident, or has a heart attack, or some similar grave medical situa tion. they would be only too glad to have a hospital, an ambulance service, and train ed personnel ready to give them care. The wonderful care that everyone has received at Malheur Memorial Hospital is the backbone of our institution. The Hospital, however, is in a present slump because we lack enough medical doctors in Nyssa to take care of the medical needs of this com munity. Only doctors admit patients to hospitals-no one else. Without doctors practi cing in our community, the Hospital understandably has a difficult time. With the program the Board of Directors has proposed, more doctors will be attracted to the com munity and the Hospital is ready to serve you for all of your hospital needs. The staff of Malheur Memorial knows that it operates the best nursing home in the whole Treasure Valley area. Isn't it worth a lot to know that your friends, relatives, and even yourself, someday can have this excellent facility available. This is only the third time since the Hospital District was organized, that the Board of Directors has gone to the voters for additional operating funds. They have managed the institution pru dently and the administrator^ James Mattes, is performing* financial miracles to keep the institution open. But he cannot continue without your help. So the question really for every voter in our District is whether or not you want Malheur Memorial Hospital to move ahead or to disappear. The choice is each ot ours and I hope that every voter will weigh the consequences of his vote and if in doubt, decide in favor of the continuation of Malheur Memorial. Very truly yours. Gene Stunz Editor, The Journal: Mr. James A. Mattes, Administrator. Malheur Memorial Hospital. District 1109 Park Avenue Nyssa. Oregon 97913 Dear Mr. Mattes; It is a pleasure to inform you that your application for two physicians for the com munity of Nyssa. Oregon through the National Health Service Corps has been approved. Dr. Roger Rosen blatt of my staff has already initiated recruitment efforts and he, and his staff, will be in contact with you as the project develops. We look forward to work ing with you and your community in improving the health services available to the people of Nyssa. Sincerely yours. /s/David W. Johnson, M.D., Regional Health Adminis trator Dept, of Health, Education and Welfare. Region X Arcade Plaza Building 1321 Second Avenue Seattle. Washington 98101 Editor. The Journal: I am concerned that in all the discussion about voting “Yea" or “Nay" on the increased Malheur Memorial Hospital Budget, a very important consideration is not being brought to light. We hear the arguments about increases in taxes, danger of losing our Nursing Home and Emergency Room, income generated in the Nyssa area that might be lost, etc......However, we are forgetting that there is an important moral issue at stake in our vote on January 11th! What is a human life worth? While all of the arguments have major points of validity, the basic fact remains that we will be voting either yes or no on the issue of saving lives! The distances involved in reaching other area hospitals could be the major fadors in life or death of a human being needing prompt atten tion. To allow this to be the major fador, in the hopes of guarding a piece of our pocketbooks is to place the value we hold for the dollar above the value we place on human life. Christ said, ”1 was naked, and you clothed me, 1 was sick and you visited me...” What a terrible commentary upon our area if he had to say. “I was naked and sick and you sent me on my way. “ I believe that Christian morality and Christian ethics must lead us to vote “Yes” on January 11. "Yes" to “feeding, and clothing and visiting”; "Yes” to our responsibility to care for human life; “Yes" to placing people-needs above our sel fish needs. Sincerely. James P. Monroe. Pastor United Methodist Church, Nyssa. Oregon. Editor. The Journal: 1 would like to respect fully propose that the tax payers of the District Vote “no” on January 11 to the proposition that we submit to an additional one-time tax levy providing further funds for the Malheur Memorial Hospital. It is more than obvious that this facility has been an unsound investment for quite a while. There is no guarantee additional money will provide needed staffing and physi cians. Nor is there any reason to believe, if a physician could be found, that he'd stay any great length of time. The physical inadequacy of the local facility, coupled with lack of opportunity in the area, offer no great induce ment toward long-term resi dency for younger, new doctors; and who may also be inexperienced. It would seem the tax payers of this District would be demonstrating a really sound, financial judgment if they tried to work out an agreement with Ontario to upgrade that hospital rather than to continue pouring good money after bad into the Nyssa facility. One really good hospital serving the area would be far more advantageous to all of us than two, smaller, inadequate ones. After all. Ontario is practi cally in our backyards! Doctors could be much more easily attracted to an im proved Ontario medical cen ter. and the two districts working together could pro vide us all with the long- needed availability of good medical care! Sincerely yours. Mrs. O M. Cook 510 N. 4th St.. Nyssa, Oregon Editor. The Journal: Our Hospital Needs Help? Or do the taxpayers need relief and freedom? The taxpayers donated great sums of money to get this hospital started with assur ance it would be self-sup porting. It was not and the taxpayers have supported it to the tune of $740.772.74 from 1959 through 1975 taxes. Now we are told again it will sustain itself with more doctors but it ran in the red with seven doctors support ing it in 197] and 72. Let these facts speak for them selves and lets face this issue with common sense. Times have changed. All small factions have had to be concentrated into big ones to survive. Lets not pay the 83c plus the $3.19 per $1.000 valuation this year and more and more in the years to come. Lets let Malheur County take over the hospital and bring our nursing home up to standard by using Federal Revenue sharing and in crease its capacity as needed. As reported in the local newspapers. Malheur County is down between $7 and 8 million dollars in farm income. Can we continue to support a hospital that has cost the taxpayers $17,809.89 in 1959 with a steady increase each year to $69.024 in 1975? Delbert Gamer Route 2, Box 404 Nyssa. Oregon A MAJOR SNOWSTORM arrived Monday morning, finally giving skiiers and snow- mobilers hopes, and making it rough on Snow Blankets Area motorists. City crews took care of Main Street and major intersections, and soon had traffic moving in relative safety. Church Directory United Methodist Church News The United Methodist Students in area schools Church and the Rev. Jim received an extra day of Monroe welcome you to all church activities. vacation as all school closed Thursday, January 6 * except the Payette School District due to adverse General meeting of the United Women’s Society, at weather conditions. Schools in Nyssa. Adrian. Vale. 'the church. 2 p.m. Sunday, January 9 -Pra Ontario. Weiser and Harper were closed. Schools re yer Service. 9 a.m. Sunday School. 9:30 a.m. opened Tuesday as the storm Worship Service, “Chris that dumped approximately eight inches of snow stabi tian Ministry and Pain,” by Rev. Monroe. Study Second lized and highway crews Editor. The Journal: were able to clear the roads. Corinthians 4:7-18. The primary concern of the Tuesday, January 11 • The long-awaited snowfall Hospital Board is to give did. just as some oldtime Be Sure To Vote For The direction ia cooperation with Hospital Election. our Administrator and Medi weather observers said it Wednesday, January 12 • would-all at once. The eight cal Staff, work within Local, State, and Federal regula to nine inches began falling Open Forum at the church, 7 early Sunday bringing ex p.m. tions. and keep cost in Administrative Board. 8 balance with our financial clamations of glee from children and some equally p.m. resourses. If interested in a mid-week Our decline in revenue audible groans from those over the previous four years old enough to shovel walks study of "Death In A Chris has resulted from a decline in and driveways and drive tian Perspective” contact business on the Hospital vehicles. The agricultural Jim. side. We have lost business sector has been wishing for for two primary reasons. snow along with operators of First--there are not enough ski areas Area law officers including Physicians to go around--we are an Official “Disaster Oregon State police reported Area" in this respect and no major traffic accidents. Roy T. Carter have lost 80% of our However they were busy community's business to the helping motorists who were Services for Roy Truman North and the East. Second, stuck or stalled and there Carter. 70. Nyssa, who died new regulations imposed on were some fender bender of natural causes Sunday, the Medical Profession limit accidents. Forecast calls for partly January 2, 1977 at home will length of confinement and be conducted at 2 p.m., arbitrarily restrict admission cloudy weather with a chance Thursday at the Church of by setting up "standards” of snow showers. Jesus Christ of Latter-day that specify how sick you Saints, Nyssa Stake house, have to be before qualifying by Bishop Gary Thompson. for Hospital admission. This, Interment will follow in with the spector of malprac Nyssa Cemetery, under the tice suits have greatly cur APPLE VALLEY • Mr. direction of Lienkaemper tailed Hospital admissions by and Mrs. Lester Robinson Chapel. Nyssa. Doctors throughout the in Tereca and Donald of Con He was born April 5. 1906. dustry. nell. Washington were Wed at Preston. He married Availability of Physicians nesday and Thursday over Marjorie Briggs. April 5. for small towns and remote night guests of Mr. and Mrs. 1941. at Preston. They moved areas is a problem. Both Dwight Seward. Trena and to the Nyssa area in 1946 income and the opportunity Kayleen Fowler, cousins of from Trenton, Utah. He to practice specialties are the Robinson children were worked for Amalgamated limited. The solution to also overnight guests on Sugar Company, retiring in obtaining physicians is a Thursday at the Sewards. 1971. comprehensive recruitment Ronda. Betty and Larry Surviving are his wife. program, or to make applica Downs of Nampa; Kimberlee Nyssa; three sons. Jack, tion to the Government for and Kent Pierce of Boise and Nyssa. Ralph of Coulee Dam. new young Doctors that have Gary Seward enjoyed a Washington and Roger. Ven obligated themselves to ac skating party on Friday north tura. California; a daughter, cept assigned service in of town and later had Mrs. Robert (Louise) Quick, return for educational aid. refreshments at the Dwight Salem, Oregon; two brothers, Our community does qualify, Seward home. four sisters, and two grand the application has been Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scofe children. made and approved, however of Ashton. Idaho were the Community must provide Thursday evening visitors the clinic and initial operat and Mr. and Mrs. John ing funds-We have to prime Hohhalter of Pocatello were the pump in either case. Wednesday evening visitors Federal and State regula of Mr. and Mrs. Henry tions are biting us on both Trapp. ends. On one hand we must Mrs. Lavone Fox of Cald meet stringent controls and well was a New Years eve regulations imposed by law The Malheur Memorial dinner guest of Mrs. Helen on Hospitals which greatly Hospital visitation schedule Wilson. increase our fixed costs. for the month of January is as Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rook Next, payment of bills by follows: stool and Mrs. Zora Edens State and Federal funds Faith Lutheran Church, attended the potluck Bubble (Medicare and Welfare) is Chaplain Rev. Walt Schmidt Hop for Senior Citizens at the limited to the lesser of from December 27 to January Eagles Hall in Nyssa on provable cost or charges. 2, with nursing home service, Thursday. Medicare payments are fur Sunday. January. 2. Sunday afternoon. Mr. and ther discounted 15%, thus The Conservative Baptist Mrs. Roy Rookstool, Mrs. we do not make a profit on Church, Chaplain Rev. Don Pierce and Mr. and Mrs. Ron State or Federal business. Beattie from January 3 to Rookstool and family en The revenue to survive must January 9 with nursing home joyed pizza at Ontario. Then come from private-pay pa service. Sunday, January 9. came home for ice cream and tients and from taxation. The St. Bridget's Catholic birthday cake to celebrate Our operating Revenue Church, Chaplain Rev. Bob anniversaries for Kim. Stacey last year was approximately Simard from January 10 to and Ron Rookstool. $700,000 from patient char January 16 with nursing ges and $46,000 from Tax home service Sunday, Ja It is my conviction that we Money; a ratio of $15.00 from nuary 16. need to maintain Malheur charges to $1.00 from Taxes. Latin Assembly of God Memorial Hospital and Nurs During my term on the Church, Chaplain Rev. Alex ing Home as a part of our Hospital Board we have Najar from January 17 to Community Health Care. To survived by “biting the January 23 with nursing do this we need Building bullet" existing on a break home service Sunday. Ja repair. Capital Expenditures, even basis by deferring nuary 23. and Physicians to capture Capital Expenses and per United Methodist Church, business--a portion of that forming minimum maintan- Chaplain Rev. Jim Monroe 80% now going elsewhere. ence. Now we have to ask from January 24 to January I urge every one to vote you -the Tax District-for an 30 with nursing home service their personal convictions. additional $275.000. this year Sunday, January .30. Wc need your “Yes" vote, only, for Building Main- your confidence, and your tanence. Improvements to Meala on Wheel» volunteer business. meet regulations, and some workers for the month of Sincerely yours. form of Physician recruit January will be women from Paul Kunkel ment. the Faith Lutheran Church. Board Secretary OBITUARIES Apple Valley Items Hospital Visitations ♦ • • N azarene Church News Sunday, January 9. 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 Russell, 11 a.m. Choir practice. 6:45 p.m. Evening Gospel Hour. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, La dies Bible Study was post poned last week due to inclement weather so is again scheduled to meet with Linda Taylor. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 12, Bible Study at the Nursing Home, 4 p.m. Midweek service for Cara van children. Teens, and Adult study. The Growing Congregation. 7:30 p.m. Chuch Board meeting fol lowing Prayer service. a a a “Divine forgiveness meets a deep human need.” Park Avenue Baptist Church Sunday, January 9 day School for all ages. 10 a.m. Worship Service in the sanctuary with message by Pastor Dale Mitchell, 11 a m. Choir practice and Bible study. 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 11 * Youth group, 7 p.m. Wednesday, January 12 • Business meeting. 7 p.m. FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES Thursday, January 6, Con firmation Instruction, 6:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study, 8 p.m. Sunday, January 9. Sunday School. 9:45 a.m. Worship Service, II a.m. Parish Luther League Tubing Party. 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 12, Nyssa Ministerial Associa tion. 7:30 a.m. meeting at the Twilight Cafe. Choir Rehearsal, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, January 13, Confirmation Instruction. 6:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study. 8 p.m. Thursday, January 6 ■ Oregon Trail Grange. “Ques tions on hospital Election" by Jim Mattes at the Oregon Trail Hall, 8 p.m. Public invited. Friday, January 7 • Friendship Club. IOOF Hall, weather permitting. 2 p.m. Saturday, January 8 - Uni ted Methodist Church rum mage Sale. Church Basement 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, January 10 ■ Stardusters. Sadie Metcalfs. Adrian Blvd., weather per mitting. 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 11 • Yellow Rose Rebekah Lodge. IOOF Hall. Installation, 8 p.m. Wednesday, January 12 • Nyssa Senior Citizens. Club house on Bower Avenue, potluck 10:30 a.m. Job’s Daughters Bethel No. 33. Masonic Hall, wea ther permitting. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 13 ■ OKKClub to meet at home of L. Vandewall at 2 p.m. Roll call will be election of officers.
