Thursday, January 13. 1^77
Nyssa Góte City Journal, Nyssa. Oregon
Page Six
Wheat Germ Bread Rises To Occasion
Medicare Deductible
Raise January 1
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Wheat Germ Babble Ring
No one will mind sticky fingers to sample
this sensations' wheat germ bubble ring.
When you cut into it or break it apart you'll
see light and tender bubbles of yeast bread
perfectly moistened with a golden butter
scotch glaze. But it is the hearty texture and
fresh natural flavor of the wheat germ that
makes this excellent bread stand out from the
rest. One taste and you’ll agree with the
expert testers that it is a great coffee cake to
enjoy anytime.
This home baked, made from scratch
recipe is done with ease, efficiency and some
great convenience products. One, of course,
is kretschmer wheat germ. The bread is
formulated so you may use either regular or
wheat germ with sugar &. honey. These
handy cereal products are ready to use
directly from the jar. All-natural Red Star
instant blend dry yeast also is a great help to
the baker. It goes right in with the other dry
ingredients-no need to dissolve first in
liquid. This type of granular yeast has
excellent keeping qualities and the sealed
package insures freshness for dependable
baking every time.
There's nothing tricky about the wheat
germ yeast bread for all its wonderful flavor
and handsome appearance. Just follow the
directions for shaping the dough and forming
the ring. And be sure to sprinkle the extra
wheat germ and pecans in the bottom of the
hating pan -this makes the delicious topping
when the bread is turned out upside down.
Breads and baked goods of ail kinds are a
favorite use for both regular wheat germ and
wheat germ with sugar & honey. Along with
other helps like natural instant blend di>
yeast and well tested, up to date recipies it’s
easy to turn out great results.
2 packages instant blend active dry yeast
lA cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
334 to 4 cups flour
1 cup warm milk (110-115 deg.)
*A cup plus 2 tablespoons butter
2 eggs
1 cup vacuum packed wheat germ*
2 tablespoons chopped pecans
Butterscotch Sauce
•regular or sugar & honev
Combine undissolved yeast, sugar, salt
an"! VA cups flour in mixer bowl. Add warm
milk and 'A cup softened butter. Beat with
electric mixer at medium speed 2 minutes,
scraping bowl occasionally. Add eggs, 34 cup
wheat germ and 'A cup flour. Beat at high
speed one minute. With wooden spoon,
gradually stir in just enough additional flour
to make a soft dough which leaves sides of
bowl. Turn onto floured surface. Knead 5
minutes or until dough is elastic. Place in
oiled bowl, turning dough to coat. Cover. Let
rise in warm, draft free place about 1 to l'/i
hours or until doubled. Turn dough onto
floured surface. Divide in half. Shape each
portion into a 12-inch roll. Slice each roll into
12 (1-inch) pieces. Melt remaining 2
tablespoons butter in 10-inch tube pan.
Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons wheat germ and
pecans. Arrange 12 pieces of dough in pan.
Pour over half Butterscotch Sauce. Repeat
dough and sauce layers. Sprinkle with
remaining 2 tablespoons wheat germ. Cover.
Let rise in warm place about one hour or until
doubled. Bake in 350 deg. oven 35 to 40
minutes until golden brown. Cool in pan 5
minutes. Invert onto serving plate. Makes 1
(20-inch) ring.
Batterscotch Sauce: Heat to boiling lA cup
butter, */i cup chopped pecans. */« cup water
and 1 cup brown sugar (packed). Cool to
lukewarm.
Beginning January 1977, a
person who goes to the
hospital under Medicare will
be responsible for the first
$124 of his hospital bill. The
present deductible of $104
will remain in effect for
Medicare hospital admis
sions during the rest of 1976.
In announcing the new
$124 deductible, James B.
Cardwell, Commissioner of
Social Security, noted that
the law requires an annual
review of hospital costs under
Medicare and an adjustment
of the portion of the bill for
which a Medicare beneficiary
is responsible, if these costs
have risen substantially. The
law provides a formula for
determining the amount of
any adjustment in the deduc
tible amount.
Commissioner Cardwell
said the increase in the
deductible results from con
tinuing increases in hospital
costs. He pointed out that
hospital costs have been
increasing over twice as fast
as the overall cost-of-living
and said that these infla1-
tionary increases in hospital
costs are largely responsible
for the 19 percent increase in
the inpatient hospital de
ductible.
The hospital deductible
amount. Commissioner Card-
well explained, is intended to
make the Medicare benefi
ciary responsible for ex
penses approximately equal
to the average cost of one day
of hospital care. At the
present time, the average
hospital stay under Medicare
costs about $1,600.
Mr. Cardwell said that
when the hospital deductible
amount changes, the law
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requires comparable change*
in the dollar amounts that a
Medicare beneficiary pays
toward a hospital stay of
more than 60 days, or a
posthospital extended care
stay of more than 20 days.
When a Medicare benefi
ciary has a hospital stay of
more than 60 days, he will
pay $31 a day for the 61st
through the 90th day, up
from the present $26 per day.
Should a beneficiary wish to
draw on his "lifetime re
serve" days, the extra 60
hospital days a beneficiary
can use when he needs more
than 90 days of hospital care
in a benefit period, he will
pay $62 for each reserve day
used, instead of the present
$52 per day.
If he has a posthospital
stay of over 20 days in a
will pay $15.50 per day
toward the cost of the 21st
day through the 100th day.
up from the present $13 per
day.
About 24.7 million persons
are covered by hospital
insurance under Medicare in
1976 and this number will
increase to 25.3 million
persons in 1977. The cost of
Medicare hospital insurance
is expected to increase from
$13.6 billion on 1976 to $16.1
billion in 1977.
For additional information
about Medicare you may call,
write,for visit your local social
security office. The Ontario,
Oregon social security office
is at 2024 SW 4th Avenue,
Ontario, Oregon. The phone
number is 503-889-3146. The
hours are from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. Collect telephone
calls will be accepted from
residence of Malheur County
Idaho Power Hits
New High Monday
Idaho Power Company
says its winter hourly peak
load soared to a new high
Monday for the third con
secutive work day as record
customer growth and a
sudden turn-on of heat
combined to increase electric
demands by 167,000 kilo
watts over last winter.
Between 8-9 a.m., with
residential and commercial
simultaneously
customers
preparing for another day's
housework, business and
plant production, the com
pany's load mushroomed to a
total of $1,528,000 kilowatts
(kw).
"That was a 12% increase
over our 1975-76 winter peak
of 1,361,000 kw," says L. E.
Garlinghouse. assistant vice-
president for power opera
tions, "and was substantially
greater than our projections
of usage indicated."
Garlinghouse reports that
Monday’s 167,000-kw in
crease in the winter peak was
22,000 kw greater than the
1976 increase in the com
pany's summer peak load,
which rose by 145,000 kw to a
new level of 1,960.000 kw last
June 28.
The company official traces
the new winter peak to 1) the
greater number of customers
Idaho Power now serves
compared to a year ago and
2) a "dramatic" climb in
heating use during the hour
period when temperatures
plummeted below the zero
degree mark.
City Survey
(Continued From Pig»* l)
Light manufacturing was
desired by 63 percent and the
same percentage favored
food processing plants when
answering a question about
industrial expansion. That
industry should finance the
extension of city services to
new plants was recommen
ded by 78 percent of
respondents.
The only recreational
lion receiving favorable
ponse was that of summer
youth programs where 53
percent indicated they wan
ted more. The method of
finance desired by most (48
percent) was a city budget
fees combination.
The city’s library was rated
as above average by 69
percent and average by 29
percent.
Most residents answering
the forms did not desire
recreational expansion such
as an indoor swimming pool,
golf course, picnic areas,
tennis courts, multipurpose
facility, tot lots or sports
fields. Most don't want an
airport, heavy manufacturing
truck service assembly plants
adult athletics program or
senior citizen program.
Only one percent of the
answers to questionnaires
came from those between the
ages of 18 and 22 years; those
between 23 and 35 years of
age answered 18.9 percent of
the surveys; persons ranging
in the 36 to 59-year-old
bracket turned in 40.4 per
cent of the forms; 10.9
percent of the questionnaires
were returned by those ages
60 through 64 years and 28.8
percent of the respondents
were age 65 or older.
Besides the whopping 32
percent of retired people
answering the questionnaires
the majority of the answers
came from those employed in
manufacturing, 14 percent;
retail, 11.6 percent; profes
sional occupations. 12.3 per
cent and 8.6 percent in
agricultural work. Only 2.3
percent of the answers were
from the unemployed.
Last year, according to
preliminary figures being
compiles by the company, a
total of 9,903 general bu
siness customers were con
nected to the Idaho Power
system as the state's in
migration of population con
tinued.
BILL TENSEN, caught in a touchy moment, is seen gluing
the spars into the wing of his aircraft.
Students Learn Space Science
Nyssa High School stu
dent* enrolled in Mr. Sant's
Space Science class are
buiding their own model
planes. Each student is also
required to successfully fly
his or her plane. The wing
span on some of the planes
this year totals about 6‘A
feet, which is considerably
larger than planes in the
previous years.
The class is designed to
learn about the theories of
flight, and why different
types of planes are more
maneuverable than others.
Study of instruments, airfoil,
nomenclature of control sur
faces, structure of aircraft,
and weather effects on the
flight of planes are also
included in this class.
Fred Stephen, a junior in
Space Science commented,
"This is a fun class and I
think this is the best way to
learn
aerodynamics, by
building model planes. Any
one who wants to study
anything about planes or how
they work should enroll in
Space Science."
Oregon Motor
Historical Society
Carriers Paid
Meefs Tonight
$41 Million Tax
Oregon motor carriers paid
more than $41 million in
weight-mile tax during 1976,
up from $37.5 million the
year before, according to
Oregon Public Utility Com
missioner Charles Davis.
Amounts collected monthly
for use of Oregon roads
ranged from a high of $3.79
million in November to a low
of $2.56 million in February
More than $3.78 million was
collected in December 1976,
compared to only $3.5 million
in the same month the yegr
before.
Davte attributed the rise in
the amount of tax collected in
1976 to greater efficiency in
collections, combined with
heavier loads and an increase
Opening the first of four
lecture series at Treasure
Valley Community College
will be Dr. Louie Attebery,
professor of English, Ame
rican Literature and Folk
Lore at the College of Idaho.
The lecture will be Thursday,
(tonight) in conjunction with
the regular meeting of the
Malheur Country Historical
Society and is jointly spon
sored by TVCC and the
society.
Dr. Attebery will discuss
fence type* and folklore of
the Snake River Country and
will Illustrate the talk with
colored slides.
Th<* meeting is slated for 8
p.m. in W-10 of the Weese
Building.
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Social Security Farm
Report Due Jan. 31
Farmers and crew leaders
who hire farm workers have
until January 31 to send 1976
wage reports and social
security contributions to the
Internal Revenue
Service,
according to Mr. Robert R.
Peckham, social security
branch manager in Ontario.
“A farm worker paid $150
or more in cash wages by an
employer in 1976 is covered
by social security," Peckham
said. "A worker who did
farm work for an employer on
20 or more days during the
year—figured on a time basis
rather than a piece-rate
basis - is also covered even
if he is paid less than $150
during the year."
Employers send in annual
reports for farm employees
on a form available at
Internal Revenue Service
offices. The form is mailed to
farmers and crew leaders
who have IRS employer
identification numbers.
A farm crew leader is
generally considered to be
the employer of his crew
members if he supplies the
workers to the farmer, pays
them, and is not an employee
of the farmer by written
agreement.
If none of these require
ments is met. "Peckham
said, "either the farmer or
the crew leader may be the
employer. The person with
final control over the crew
members who do the work is
the employer."
The social security contribu
tion is 5.85 percent of the
employee’s covered wages
plus a matching amount paid
by the employer. The maxi
mum earnings amount that
counts for social security—
and on which contributions
are paid, is $15,300 for 1976.
"An employer must keep a
record of farm employees'
wages if it’s expected they'll
be covered by social se
curity." Peckham noted.
"The record must show the
workers' names, their correct
social security numbers, cash
wages paid to them, and
social security deductions
from their pay."
Some farm employers have
deposited their employees’
social security contributions
in banks and other approved
depositories in 1976, accord
ing to Peckham. "Those
employers have until Feb
ruary to file the annual wage
report with the Internal
Revenue Service." he said. ,
Social security contribu
tions help build retirement,
disability, survivors, and I
Medicare protection for over
2 million farm workers.
A free leaflet, "Social
Security Information for
Crew Leaders and Farmers.'
is available at any social
security office,
CPR TRAINING was recently included as part of the (JED
program offered through ORQ in Nyssa. Thanks to the joint
efforts of ORO and TVCC, many people are able to complete
their high school equivelency tests and several have gone on
to college.
ORO Help People Find Themselves
A year ago, Oscar Mos
queda was just another high
school dropout and a college
degree was something other
younger, people received.
Today, the 30 year-old Nyssa
resident is a drafting major at
TVCC and a degree seems to
be well within his reach.
Mosqueda is a prime
example of how Oregon Rural
Opportunities (ORO) and
Treasure Valley Community
College combine their re
sources to increase the
education and the earning
ability of a significant num
ber of area residents.
He began his renewed
educational adventure by
working toward his high
school equivalency (GED)
tests through ORO. Under
this program, the state-wide
agency assists the student
financially and TVCC pro
vides the instructor* and the
supplies through its Adult
Basic Education Program.
After completing his GF.D
in June. Mosqueda enrolled
at TVCC. He will be starting
his second quarter winter
term.
The ORO project is two
years old and generally has
between 30 and 40 people
completing
their
GED
requirements at any given
time. Five of them, including
Mosqueda, have gone on to
college.
It is a staggered-start
operation, with some people
just beginning the program
and others a day or two away
from graduation. One who
recently completed her GED
requirements was Bertha
Mosqueda, Oscar's wife.
As they do for all who
complete the requirements,
the ORO staff provide a little
celebration, complete with
cake. This one was German
chocolate, Bertha's favorite.
The proud husband was on
hand for the festivities and it
was difficult to tell which of
them was more pleased with
her accomplishment.
Bertha's plans for the
future? She's not sure at the
moment, but she is seriously
considering following further
in her husband's footsteps by
working toward a degree at
TVCC.
In addition, the local ORO
office in Nyssa was recently
informed that, beginning
winter quarter, they will be
able to provide a number of
qualified students
with
scholarships for two-year
college programs, such as
those offered at TVCC.
These scholarships provide
books, tuition, and supplies
for people of any ethnic
background who are seasonal
agricultural workers or their
families.
"We feel the program ha*
been a great success," say*
Joe Rodriguez,
area man
ager. "The instructors have
been outstanding, and the
students respond well to
them."
At the present time, 38
people are taking advantage
of the GED
program in
Nyssa, which is offered both
during the dav and evenings.
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Nyssa
372-3303