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University Of Oregon Libr-ary Eugene, Ore. 97UC3 X X X X X r JOURNAL NYSSA The Sugar City 7 ist Year 7th Issue Nyssa, Oregon Thursday, February 17, 1977 Thunderegg Capital 15’Per Copy * School Board Sets Time Table For Selection of Superintendent Town < Crier ¡T By Pal Savage. Spring is sprung?? The grass is riz-ing (hopefully). I wonder where the moisture is??? • • • Our grand state celebrated it's 118th birthday on Mon day. Known as the Beaver state or web footed Oregon ians for years on end. the beavers now will find their ponds mighty shallow this year, and the web foots may have to clip their toes, because it doesn’t look like there will be much excess water in Oregon this year. Conservationists start scream, ing "Conserve, conserve." We that arc not wasters by nature, will start conserving more than we do now, while the habitual wasters will continue their merry way. Some have it, and don't worry about losing it. while the rest of us make the sacrifices. THE NYSSA HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM attracted a large number of students and adults Tuesday, including a busload of students from Vale. The symposium included a large number of displays by Science and Biology students, guest speakers and student presentations. • A modified Crash Injury Management course is being taught at Adrian by Alvin Allen, Nyssa Police Chief. This is a 40-hour abbreviated EMT course and those taking it include firemen, law enforcement officers, tea chers. bus drivers, etc. The new course is funded through emergency medical services and is taught in Adrian in preparation for a new quick response unit that they are receiving through these same medical services. Eventually all law enforcement officers will be required to take this course. Sure glad to know that courses like these are available to the public. Knowledge obtained through these classes can truly be real life savers. Learn and help someone else to live. Hope fully a class will be taught in Nyssa real soon. • • • Fourteen young people are now certified hunters follow ing the completion of the Hunter Safety Course (an Education Oregon Hunter Course) on February 8. Miland Draper was the certified instructor and The Nyssa Police Department sponsored the course. These youngsters now have a Certificate of Competency required by Oregon law before hunting wildlife. Con gratulations kids and thanks to Mr. Draper. Alvin Allen and all who helped make this course possible. There is a need for more certified instructors in this field. How about it some of you sportsmen or women? I a • a Don't forget the PTSA meeting Thursday. February 24. at the primary building multipurpose room at 7;30 p.ni. New Bank Officer at First National Bank New banking officer at First National Bank of Ore gon's Nyssa office will be Ontario resident June Deb- ban, reported Manager Geo rge Craig. Mrs. Deb ban. also named assistant cashier, replaces William J. Worley who transfers to the bank’s Burns office as banking officer. Mrs. Debban joined First National at Klamath Falls in 1971. She transferred to the Ontario office in 1973 and was named new accounts representative in 1975. She has been assigned to the management development program since last Sep tember. She was graduated from Weiser High School and later attended Treasure Valley Junior College. Worley's career with the bank dates from 1970, when he was assigned to the installment loan division. He transferred to the bank's regional staff in 1973 and was named installment loan of ficer at the Klamath Falls office the following year. In 1975, he transferred to Nyssa as banking officer. Taxi Service Provided For Senior Citizens One of the many good ideas emitting from the Nyssa Citizen's Question- naire was that of an organized Volunteer Taxi Service catering to the community's Senior Citizens Although this is a worth while service for the City to consider, it is a service that presently exists within Nyssa and the surrounding areas. Taxi services are provided through the Malheur Council on Aging office out of Ontario through staff members and volunteer work. Malheur Council on Aging representative. Nancy Dun ham. stated, however, that volunteers front Nyssa were very difficult to recruit and that the Council on Aging staff would welcome more help. She continued by saying that all volunteers would be reimbursed for mileage and could contact her for further information at 889-7651. Nyssa Officials Talk Of Water Shortages Water use for Nyssa may be adversely affected. City officials announced today, as an effect of Secretary of Interior Cecil Andrus' state ment that power uses must be curtailed ten percent. Ralph Lowe. City Water Superintendent said, "it amounts to 40,738,800 gal lons of water if we pumped at last years rate. That's a lot less water than Nyssan’s are used to." City Manager Schneider tointed out that the loss of nowpack will seriously affect the water sheds. "This means that other irrigation water users will be drawing more heavily on rivers and streams." He felt this will greatly reduce the amount of water available to our collector system, as this water is primarily river water which filters down through the river bottom. Idaho Power Calls For Conservation Bud Woriey Town Hall Meeting Tonight at Grange Members of the Malheur County Court and other elected officials will discuss several issues pertinent to the Nyssa area at a Town Hall meeting scheduled for Thurs day. February 17 at the Oregon Trail Grange Hall. Among issues to be dis cussed at the meeting are the in lieu of tax money (funds to be received by the county from the federal government) and election laws concerning the printing of ballots in Spanish. A status report on the Lytle Boulevard dump will also be given. A question and answer period will follow the presen tation. according to Harold Kurtz, grange master. This is the second in a series of public information programs sponsored by the Oregon Trail Grange. Sixth Graders To Shower THE EASTERN OREGON OUTDOORSMEN presented their first conservation award to Harold Kurtz, Nyssa, recognizing him for his work with the youth in both hunter safety instruction and the 4-H shooters group. Lauren Wright, left. Immediate past-president of the Outdoorsmen, presents Kurtz with the award. State records show that Kurtz has instructed 450 youngsters in the state-required hunter safety course since he began as a certified Instructor in 1962. He has also been leader for the boys and girls as their 4-H club shooting instructor for many years. Kurtz, was selected for this award by a committee for the Eastern Oregon Outdoorsmen, and according to Wayne Bowers, chairman of the committee, Kurtz had a wide lead over other possible contenders considered for the award. Nyssa sixth grade students will be required to shower during their physical educa tion classes starting February 22. School policy regarding the showers is: Every student is expected to shower; Each student is to bring a change of clothing to keep in a locker; Recom mended clothing should in clude: tee shirt, shorts or a pair of pants and a pair of socks; Boys are required to have a pair of under shorts .or an athletic supporter. All showers will be super vised bv certified personnel. Idaho Power Company, calling water conditions "se rious," today urged cus tomers to voluntarily reduce electric use by at leasi 10% to help prevent the possibility of mandatory rationing if the present drought continues. President James E. Bruce, noting that Idaho Power is cutting its own use to "a minimum." said the request for conservation applies to commercial, industrial, irri gation and street lighting customers as well as home owners. An unusually wet spring and summer could ease the problem, he said, "but the risk is too high to wait." He emphasized that the company's request for volun tary cutbacks is a "contin gency measure" undertaken Nurse Applications Being Accepted Prospective future nurses have only until March 1 to submit their application to Treasure Valley Community College, Those who would like to enroll in TVCC program LPN one-year should submit an application to the college and to the Practical Nursing Depart nient, according to Connie McClun. department chair man. The next session starts summer quarter. Those who meet the application deadline will be notified by May I. A sizeable number of openings are still available Those interested should contact the registrar's office for application forms hr call either Dottie Shimmels or McClun at the college for more information. The Board of Directors of Nyssa School District No. 26 is sending out invitations to prospective applicants for the position of superintendent of the Nyssa schools. The vacancy results from the retirement of Superintendent W. L. McPartiand on July 1, after 40 years in the Nyssa schools. The board met in regular session Monday evening, with the selection of a new superintendent the main topic of the long meeting. A screening committee for ap plications was appointed, including Charles Schmidt, a former superintendent of the Salem schools, representing the Oregon School Boards Assocation; and Milt Baum, of the Oregon Board of Education. Local members of the screening committee are Clarice Poor. Ruben Lopez, Harold Kurtz, Gary Thomp son. Dick Tensen and Marie in addition to "wise use of electricity" Idaho Power has been encouraging for many years. The utility president said power suppliers throughout the Northwest are appealing to their customers for similar voluntary cutbacks in a regional approach to what is described as "one of the worst droughts in history.” "If the present drought continues with declining river flows, there is a substantial probability that water storage tn reservoirs will not be refilled this winter.” Bruce warned. "This could mean an impairment of the ability to meet the electric needs of the region, including Idaho, in the months to come.” Bruce said the company's customerscan make “signifi cant savings" by adjusting their thermostats for space and water heating and air- conditioning. "We recommend that heating thermostats be set back to 65 degrees during the day and to 58 degrees at night for the rest of this winter and air-conditioning thermostats be moved up to ’8 degrees this summer." Neither Lowe or Schneider have yet been able to determine what effect the snow shortage will have on the City wells. "We don’t really know where our under ground water emanates, but we do know the source will be curtailed. We just don't know how much." Schneider said. Nyssan's may have to consider water use restric tions along with many other Oregon and Idaho residents. "That ten percent reduc tion in power use alone, will have an effect on the amount of water we get to use." Lowe said. One hundred and fifty gallons of water per day is a national per capita figure used in engineering water systems. Nyssans have been using as high as 800 to 1,100 gallons per person daily according to studies made by former City Manager Fred Koch, CH2M and other knowledgeable water men. “Nyssa just might be forced down to that level by law." Schneider said. Elks Honor Local Students Two Nyssa students, Sally Looney and Bill Tenson. were awarded S25 scholarships in the annual Elks Club Scholar ship Contest. They were runners-up to Kelly Cable of Fruitland and Linda Blackwood. Payette, who were given $150 scholar ships and an opportunity to enter the district competition at Lakeview on February 19. Other students winning $25 scholarships were Bre nda Tuttle and Kevin Schmid of New Plymouth; Mary Ann Moss and Richard Hume, Vale; Jill lnahara and Charles Oakes. Ontario; Ernest Cas tillo. Payette and Lori Lim baugh. Fruitland. Wilson. They will meet with the two state officials on March 19 to screen the applications, and to recom mend five or six applicants to the school board. The school board will interview the finalists on March 24 through March 27, and a final selection will be made on April 4. The initial contract will be for three years. Qualifications set General qualifications set by the board require that the applicants must hold or be able to qualify for an Oregon Superintendent's certificate; and the applicants must have had successful administrative experience. The school board is search ing for a Superintendent with the following areas of com petency: Ability to communicate effectively with staff, school and community. Ability to institute and maintain sound educational program planning. Ability to institute and maintain personnel develop ment program and evaluate staff performance. Knowledge of school fi nance and fiscal accounta bility. Sensitivity for inter-cul tural relationships. The school board is re questing that applicants must submit with their application form a letter of application, resume, their placement file, letters of reference, a 500- word statement on their educational philosphy and goals; and a brief statement outlining community and professional activities. School board election The school board will have one member, Gerald Siman- tel. whose term expires on June 30. The deadline for filing nominating petitions for the four-year position is March 15. and they may be picked up in the Superinten dent's office. Simantel has indicated that he plans to run for re-election. Gene Stunz Attends Education Meetings Nyssa school board mem ber Gene Stunz was among more than 370 from around the nation who met in Washington, D. C., February 6-9, to confer with their congressmen and administra tion leaders on education issues, and to discuss federal legislation affecting public education. The occasion was the fourth annual conference of the Federal Relations Net work, sponsored by the National School Boards Asso ciation. The Network consists of one school board member from each of the nation's 435 congressional districts. Stunz represented Oregon's 2nd Congressional District, and the Oregon delegates met with each of the four congtessmen and two sena tors. The conference partici pants focused their attention on the role of the school districts in elementary and secondary education, with emphasis on keeping control in the local districts. Topics of interest were federal funding for education, exces sive federal regulations, le gislation affecting school employees, and the creation of a proposed U. S. Depart ment of Education. This last weekend. Feb ruary 13-14. Stunz was in Portland at a meeting of the Oregon School Boards Asso ciation legislative committee. He is first vice president of the OSBA. The committee met with legislative leaders, including Sen. Jason Boe, president of the Senate; Rep. Blumenaur, chairman of the House Committee on Re venue and Finance; and Rep. Christ, chairman of the House Committee on Educa tion. The OSBA and the Oregon Legislature are both concerned about what to do about school finance, which Stunz said is the principal subject to come before this session of the legislature. City Council Sets Budget Hearing The Nyssa City Council received the report of expen ditures proposed by the City Budge Committee last week, according to City Manager Henry Schneider. Approximately $21.100.00 are anticipated, and present law requires that a supple mental budget be approved so that the monies may be spent. Recessionary funds are anticipated over five quarters, four of which will fall in the City's regular budget year. In view of the fact that all of the proposed amount may not be received, the Council recommended expenditures be prioritized so that the fund '-annot be over-expended. Recommendations of pri ority was L.C.D.C. supplies as first priority, library roof repair payment as two, an unemployment reserve, three City Shop modification as fourth priority; cemetery work as fifth; hiring of street department laborer as sixth; library maintenance fund as seventh and City Hall main tenance as eighth priority. The position of Swim Team Coach was recommended to be deleted. These recommendations will be presented to the Budget Committee on Feb- rurary 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at a Public Hearing. WEATHER Max. Date Min. 33 17 Feb. 9 20 Feb.10 35 19 36 Feb 11 19 Feb.12 36 Feb 13 46 23 29 Feb.14 50 44 Feb 15 23 Feb.16 22 Owyhee Reservoir Storage 2-14-77 495,210 Acre Feet 2-14-76 634.560 Acre Feet MUSIC ROOMS situated in the back part of the Auditorium are nearing completion. The band room, above, occupies one end of •*" building. A similar chorus room is on the other side, with offices, storage and practice rooms in between. These rooms are expected to be in use near the end of February, with the auditorium to be ready by the end of March.