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NYSSA
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7ist Year
20th Issue
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By Pat Savage
For 98 Nyssa High School
students, the long-awaited
graduation day ia today. May
19. 1977. The days of child
hood, junior high and high
achool are now a thing of the
past. The future awaits.
Many of the new graduates
have already laid the first
step in the foundation of their
future by planning to enter
college, or jobs. No longer
can
they be judged as
youngsters, they are now
ready to be labeled adults.
May you always look back
with fond memories of your
school days and your home­
town of Nyssa because many
of you will leave this area,
never to return, but surge
forth making your mark in
the world. Congratulations to
each of you. and may your
flame of ambition never dim.
Go now the world awaits ...
Just always do your best, no
one can ask anything better
of you.
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I would like to welcome
Mrs. Lavon Carrier of Willow
Creek to the correspondence
staff of the Journal. She is
writing the Willow Creek
news each week and as many
of us know people in that area
I’m sure that everyone will
enjoy her news
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For those of you who like
playa, the Nyssa Junior High
Dramatics class is presenting
the first three-act play to be
performed in the new audi­
torium thia Friday evening.
May 20 at 8 p.m. The
comedy, "Goodness Gra­
cious Grandma" is under the
direction of Mrs. Janice
Bryant, h will start at 8 p. m
and the public is invited. Best
of all there is no admission
* charge. Come and support
these young thespians, they
are the nucleus for dramatic
efforts to come.
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If your organization, club,
church, etc. would like to
view a slide presentation on
locka and home safety,
contact Alvin Allen at the
City Hall. This might be
worthy of everyone’s atten­
tion and would make a
worthwhile contribution to
meetings.
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Signup for Giri's Little
League Softball will be May
19 and 20. All interested
girls, ages 8-IS (Must be 8
years of age by August 1.
1977) should contact Mr.
Dennis Savage for sign-up
forms and information on
practice schedules. Th'» pro­
gram will be run in conjunc­
tion with the present Base­
ball for Kids program.
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Watch nest week
project “Child Save."
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The average Oregon house­
hold uses twice as much
electricity as typical house­
holds elsewhere in America.
Chapin Awarded
Charles W. Chapin of
Newhouse Chevrolet. Inc.,
was awarded membership
into the Legion of Leaders by
the Chevrolet Motor Division
as a symbol of outstanding
salesmanship during a meet
ing at the Thunderbird Motel
in Jantzen Beach over the
weekend.
Mr. Chapin and his wife
joined Chevrolet salesmen
from Oregon, parts of Idaho
and Washington for the
awards presentation,
Walker to
Manage Pool
Glen Walker was selected
as pool manager for the
coming year after Vern Lords
withdrew from consideration.
Both City Manager Henry
Schneider and Water Super­
intendent, Ralph Lowe prai­
sed bird's efforts in keeping
the pool open under estreme
circumstances during
the
past two years.
Schneider reported the
pool should be in top
operating condition and in­
structions have been given
toward its management. A
special Instructions period by
a professional pool repre­
sentative will be conducted
on May 25 and 26.
The Nyssa pool has been
re-surfaced, a new heater
installed, filters have been
reconditioned, boiler room
enlarged, new hot water
heater installed, and re­
piping done in the restrooms.
Glen Walker has had
previous pool management
experience and served earlier
as manager here.
Thursday. May 19. the
Nyssa High School gradu­
ating class of 1977 will end
their 12 years of schooling.
The commencement will start
at 8:15 p.m. in the high
school gymnasium
Ninety-eight
students
make up the graduating class
of 1977. They will begin the
program by marching into
Congressman Al Ullman of
Oregon announced Tuesday
that Amtrak has added a stop
at Hinkle to its new service
between Seattle and Salt
Lake City.
Hinkle is located just
southeast of Hermiston
"I am pleased at Amtrak's
decision to provide daily
service to this fast growing
area of Northeastern Ore­
gon." Ullman said.
The inaugural run for the
new service is June 4-6 with
commercial service begin
ning June 7.
Other Oregon stops for the
new Amtrak service are in
Portland. Hood River. The
Dalles. Hinkle, Pendleton. La
Grande. Baker and Ohtario
WE ATI! EK
Mln.
Prec.
Max.
Date
M
14
65
May 11
36
74
May 12
47
79
May 13
68
51
May 14
42
63
May 15
59
43
May 16
39
60
May 17
43
May 18
Owyhee Reservoir Storage
5-18-77 451.810 Acre Feet
5-18-76 712.580 Acre Feet
Lori plans on enrolling in
either Boise State University
or Eastern Oregon State
College this fall, after being a
life guard this summer.
THEBE HAS BEEN LOTS OF TALK and much writing
about energy conservation the last few months. Betty and
Dave Rieb are doing more than just talking. They are
conserving their 10% and have the above pictured poster,
which Betty made, to remind all of us to do the same.
City Council
Meets
Assistant Pool Manager
and life guards have tentati­
vely been tabbed as Julie
Weymouth, with guards as
Julie Anderson, Lori Lane,
Lori Ferrenburg and Carlon
Taylor.
Pool Schedulei
June 1 through 5 • Ge­
neral admission will be 1
p.m. to 6 p.m. Swim Team
practice to be arranged.
June 6 through August 31-
General admission will be 1
p.m. through 8 p.m.
Lessons will be scheduled
during morning hours. Swim
Team hours will be scheduled
Adult and other activities will
be scheduled after 8 p.m.
POOL RATESt
Single Admission»
a. Under 6 years admitted
free when accompanied by an
adult.
b. Six (6) years through 17
years or still a full-time
student ■ .30
c. Eighteen (18) years and
older, not a student -.75.
Bearer Ticket
For all ‘ull-time students -
15 admissions for the bearer
$3.00
Season Tickets
a. Family with student
children -$26.00
b. Full-time student-$6.00
c. Over 18. not a student •
$6.50
Swimming Lessons
Swim Lesson
are free,
however, a nominal charge
for use of pool and facilities
must be made.
Swim parties should be
arranged with the City
Manager for use during other
than general admission hours
Wading Pool
Absolutely no children in
the wading pool unless under
supervision of an adult within
the wading pool fenced area.
Kindergarten
Students Register
Registration for students
entering Kindergarten clas­
ses in Adrian next fall, will be
held at the Kindergarten
rooms during school hours
May 26. Each child must
bring his birth certificate and
immunization record. For
further information, call the
Adrian Elementarv School
office. 372-2337.
The Nyssa City Council
acted on numerous Or­
dinances and Resolutions
needed to update City poli­
cies and to keep abreast with
rising costs. On May 10, City
council met to consider a full
agenda then returned on May
11 to meet with the Budget
Board to accept the Board’s
recommendations.
Actions completed were:
1. Approved rate increase
for S 4 S Disposal Com­
pany. Residential one con­
tainer raised fifty cents,
second container rate re­
mains the same, while bulk
rate raises twenty-five cents
per yard.
2. Accepted Standard Oil
bid to provide City with
gasoline at two cents under
list price for 1977-78.
3.
Presented
Service
Awards to Larry Hatch. Scout
Master, and to troop repre­
sentatives Riley Hatch. 445
Troop. Wayne Mitchell, 458
Troop, for civic assistance
rendered for various projects
4. Presented meritorious
Service Award to Mike
Bashor for serving on City
Planning Commission as
Vice-chairman and for work
toward City’s Comprehensive
Plan.
5. Third and final reading
of Ordinance 468 which
regulates operation and sale
of cemetery plots.
6. Approved Resolution
306 raising plot costs from
$35.00 to $70.00 and burial
costs and care from $35.00 to
$80.00. Council established
an Endowment Fund to
consist of one half of plot
charges and such other
donations which may be
received, to provide perpe­
tual care.
7. Third reading of Ordi­
nance 469 which covers
Swimming
Pool operation
and removes pool rates from
the Ordinance.
8. Passed Resolution 307
which establishes new pool
rates for FY 1977-78.
9. First reading of Ordi­
nance 465. a franchise agree­
ment between the City and
Malheur Home Telephone
Company. Second reading by
title only will place the
Ordinance on the June 14
NYSSA WATER USE
This chart is a daily pumping record from
Wednesday 0900 A M. through Tuesday 0900 A.M. of
each week. According to the national average. Nyssa
residents should use 425.100 gallons per day.
Date
MYSTERY VALUE DAYS will be held this week, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. Pictured above are the final four
Mystery Merchants. The first five persons to turn in the
correct identities of the eight Mystery Merchants (four this
week and four from last week) will each receive a $10.00
prize. All entries must be turned into the Journal office not
later than 5 p.m. Friday.
the stadium while the Nyssa
High School band performs
Pomp and Circumstance,
followed by the Star Spangled
Banner. The invocation will
be given by Reverend Carl
Lassiter of the Pentecostal
Church, with a welcome from
the president of the 1977
class, Steve Johnson.
Next on the program,
Sandra Thomas. Alien Bal-
lantyne, Kathy Thompson.
Nyssa's Top Ten
For Class of "77"
Goes Down
Amtrak
Soon a
Reality
15‘ per Copy
Thundaragg Capital
Graduating Class Of 1977
To End Schooling May 19
Safety Net
With approsimately 99
percent of the votes counted.
Measure #2 and #3 have
easily won approval of
Oregon voters. Hens ever, the
most talked about and
controversial Measure #1
School Safety Net was de­
feated. The voter count with
99 percent in. was 246.162
No. and 109.786 Yes votes.
Thursday, May 19, 1977
Nyssa, Oregon
Th* Sugar City
Gallons
Used
Wednesday 511,00
Thursday
4 90,(MX)
Friday
637.000
Saturday
1,229,000
Sunday
1,009,000
Monday
1,417,000
Tuesday
938.000
Date May 17, 1977
Pumping
Hours
Per
Capita
6
6
8
15
12
17
12
180
173
225
434
356
500
331
Temp.
66
67
74
77
64
62
57
Council agenda.
10. First reading of Ordi­
nance 470 Khich established
new line extension policies
for the Water Department
and removes rate schedule
from Ordinance.
11. Reviewed a proposed
water rate change.
12. Agreed to meet on May
11 to consider the FY 1977-78
Budget.
Kathy Cottrell
While not sure of her
summer plans. Kathy will be
attending Brigham Young
University with a major in
education this fall. After that,
she plans on teaching kinder­
garten.
Savage Named
Lori Ferrenburg
Working for his father at
Kassman's Chevron this
summer. Dustin will attend
Oregon State University and
will major in engineering.
Sharon Barnes, Kathy Daudt,
Roger Blaylock, Wayne Mc­
Peak and Flent Ballantyne,
will present an instrumental
selection, “The Way We
Were.”
Valedictorian, William
Tensen and Salutatorian,
Sally Looney will then give
their student speeches. The
Nyssa High School Concert
Choir will bring "You Never
Walk Alone”, with a scrip­
ture reading following by
Reverend William Russell of
the Church of the Nazarene.
Guidance counselor, Mr.
Duane R. Buchtel will award
scholarships and financial
aids to the class of 1977. Mr.
Max Brittingham, senior
class adviser, will then
present the class of 1977.
W.L. McPartland, Superin­
tendent of Schools and Bill
Schilling, chairman of the
Board of Directors for School
District #26 will then make
the presentations of the
diplomas, followed by the
Alma Mater "Blue and
White."
The benediction will be
given by the Bishop of the
LDS Owyhee Ward. Melvin
Ballantyne.
Closing
the
graduation will be the "Coro­
nation March” by the Nyssa
High School band.
Nyssa PTSA members will
sponsor
a
reception for
the seniors following the
Baccalaureate - Commence­
ment program. The reception
will take place in the cafeteria
with the public invited to
attend.
Recreation
Coordinator
DENNIS SAVAGE,
Dennis Savage has been
hired as Recreation Coordi­
nator for all recreation
activities this season, and
will coordinate and assist the
Swim Team Coach in obtain­
ing transportation and ar­
ranging schedules.
Jeff Hipp
Jeff will be busy this
summer as a fire fighter. In
the fall, he will be majoring
in electronical engineering at
Oregon State University.
Dustin Kaaaman
Dm Mecham
Plans
of serving
his
country are in Tim’s mind, as
he goes into the Air Force
June 7.
Norene Savage has plans
of attending Rick's College
this fall.
Commission to
Meet May 24
Nvssa's retail trade down
9% from 1967 to 1972 and
high out migration of young
educated adults. These are
only two of the issues, noted
in Economics and Population,
Volume I, published by
County Planning Staff, which
will be discussed at the
Planning Commission's
Townhall Meeting scheduled
for Tuesday. May 24. at 7:30
p.m. in the Nyssa Public
Library meeting room.
One of the more important
elements of a comprehensive
plan, the economic element,
will be the evening's main
subject for discussion. Em­
ployment data, population
figures and ideas suggested
at previous Townhall Meet­
ings will be presented for
review, to the citizens,
during this session.
Some of the questions the
Planning Commission hope
to have answered at this
meeting are:
1. Is industrial and/or
commercial growth desirable?
2. What kind of industries
or commercial enterprises
would be most desirable?
3. What can be done to
raise retail trade?
4. What could be done to
make downtown Nyssa more
attractive to shoppers?
The Planning Commission
is urging all citizens to attend
as the economic goals and
policies will affect all other
elements of Nyssa's Compre­
hensive Plan and citizen
involvement is very impor­
tant at this
stage of the
planning process.
Ellen Moore
Working at the A&W this
summer, Ellen plans to
attend Eastern Oregon State
College with a major in
business.
Norene Savage
Valedictorian
Matt Stringer
Matt will be majoring in
liberal arts at the University
of Oregon next fall. This
summer he plans on wotting
and taking a trip to North
Carolina.
Earning the salutatorian position Sally
Looney has gained the honor through
achievement of a 3.81 GPA in her academic
studies in Nyssa.
Sally also plans to attend college at
Oregon State University and major in
medical technician.
Besides being a two year member of
National Honor Society, she has served as
Student Body secretary this past year.
Salutatorian
Bill Tensen
Gaining recognition of the highest
scholastic honor with a GPA of 3.82, Bill
Tensen has been named valedictorian for the
graduating class of 1977.
Bill plans to attend Oregon State
University for four years and major in
computer science.
In audition to being a two year member of
National Honor Society, of which he was past
president. Bill has been involved in
wrestling.
Sally Looney