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71st Year
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Town
Crier
By Pat Savage
My two weeks of vacation
seemed to fly by. It is nice to
be back to work, but sure do
agree with Arlene Robb when
she told me no time goes
faster than vacations and
noon hours. How true....
a a a
1 don't want to sound like
I'm boasting, but aren’t you
Nyssa people proud to be
able to support Kathy Kunkel
our new Miss Malheur
County? This community has
certainly been well repre­
sented in this particular
achievement. We have had
several Miss Malheur Coun­
ties from the old hometown
and two Miss Oregon's. I
think it is particularly nice
that the Paul Kunkel family
has two beautiful daughters
each wearing the crown of
Miss Malheur County, and
acting as our representative
not only locally and for the
county, but also at the Miss
Oregon Pageant in Seaside.
Miriam, you have done well
and been a most gracious
representative for us all.
Kathy, our support and best
wishes pour forth as you are
now our reigning Miss
Malheur County, We are
proud of you, and prouder
still to say you are from
Nyssa.
• a •
Alvin Allen and Ron Moffis
certainly should be quite
adept as baseball coaches for
12-year-old boys as having
finished their regular season,
they are now coaching the
SRV All-Star team. Team
members were chosen from
Nyssa, Ontario and Vale.
Four Nyssa boys have been
named to the team. They are
Gary South. Rick Harris,
Mike Palmer and Bobby
Rodrigues. District playoffs
win be in Pendleton July 21,
and teams playing will be
from
Oregon. Mountain
Home and Washington. To
Alvin and Ron, we aay thanks
for taking the time and
making the effort, and we
sure hope your team is a
winner.
ess
Nyssa Police Officer Steve
Buchtel will leave July 17 for
the Police Academy in
Monmouth. Oregon, where
he will train in all phases of
law enforcement. Following
his seven weeks of study he
will then become a certified
officer. Rick Debban. who is
a certified officer, has been
named to replace Frank Pitts
who resigned recently from
the Nyssa force. Officer
Debban. his wife and two
children are looking for a
home in Nyssa.
• • •
Hope you've noticed the
posters in all the stores about
the drawing for the canoe.
Not only is it a free drawing,
but there will be lots of super
special buys on July 30. You
may register for the canoe at
any Nyssa Merchant who is
listed as participating in the
promotion. The River Runner
Canoe is on display at the
U.S. Bank until July.19, and
will then be at the First
National Bank from July 20 to
the 36. (Jet registeredHo you
won't be caught up the creek
without a paddle. Watch lite
Gate Cltv Journal for the July
30th boat full of value sales.
Thunderegg Capital
Thursday, July 14, 1977
The Sugar City
Schilling
Re-elected
At its regular Monday
meeting, the Nyssa School
Board re-elected Bill Schil­
ling as Chairman. Don
Bullard was elected Vice
Chairman, Leota Kriegh,
Deputy Clerk and Superin­
tendent Kenneth Kramer
was elected Budget Officer.
In other business, the
board also appointed a new
Budget committee. Appoin­
ted were Harvey Wilmot.
Gerald Simante) and Prun-
dencio Escobedo Sr. Alter­
nates will be Don Dirksen
and Dick Esplin.
The second Monday of
RALPH LOWE and Dean Winchester are
each month was established
cooling
the ashes at the front of the
as the board’s meeting date.
The meetings will start at 8
p.m. This year, the board will
meet tn the High School
Library.
Also discussed were pro
posed policies for the use of
school facilities. One member
felt that perhaps the fees
were not high enough.
However, another member
pointed out that the facility
was there for the community *
and that the fees were based
on a break-even baais. It was
agreed by the board that they
try the policy until January
and review it at that time.
It was approved that the
aggregate borrowing power
be raised from $400,000 to
$500,000
Also approved was the
expenditure of $4680.00 for
gym mats.
The U.S. Bank was desig­
nated as the schools' bank for
the upcoming year.
Older
Americans
Receive Tax
Break
Beginning this year, cer­
tain taxpayers 65 years of age
or older may exclude all of
the gain from the sale of their
home from their gross
income if the adjusted sales
price is $35,000 or less.
Ralph Short. IRS District
Director in Oregon, cau­
tioned taxpayers that this
change is effective for Tax
Year 1977. Under the new
law, if the adjusted sales
price is more than $35,000,
the tax break is prorated.
In prior years, the full tax
break could be taken only if
the adjusted sales price was
$20,000 or less. The adjusted
sales price is the amount that
the seller receives after
paying selling commissions
and certain allowable fix-up
expenses, the IRS explained.
The IRS said that to qualify
for the exclusion, as in the
past, taxpayers must:
-have been at least 65
before the sale of the house.
-have owned and used the
property as their principal
residence for at least five
years (continuously or with
interruptions) within an 8-
year period ending on the
date of sale;
-never have used the tax
exclusion before (it may be
used only once in the
taxpayer's lifetime).
Information on the sale of a
home by older Americans is
available free from the IRS in
Publication 523. "Tax In­
formation on Seiling or
Purchasing Your home." and
Publication 554, "Tax Bene­
fits for Older Americans.”
WHAT IS IT? See page 6 for the anawer.
MAX BRITTINGHAM directing the hose.
is being assisted by Gene Orr behind him,
and Mike Mathews at the right. While Steve
Wilderness
Area
Proposed
Rar*8c> while Max Brittingham takes care of
,he »ide. with thc crowd inspecting the
volunteer's work.
Marez and Delbert Malloy at the far left,
volunteer fire members look on. In the
background are the owners of the garage.
Active Members Make Up
Nyssa's Volunteer Fire Dept.
By Kathy Dandt
Risking their lives to
protect their fellow citizens
are twenty-five men who
make up the Nyssa Volunteer
Fire Department The De­
partment led by Chief Del­
bert Malloy and Aaaistant
Chief Jack Pittz arc only two
of the twenty-five men who
donate their time to the
Department.
In payment for these
volunteer services, the bud­
get allows refreshments after
practices on Monday nights
and a yearly Christmas party
and a Firemen's picnic,
which was July II. Nyssa's
Fire Department spends a
mere $1.500 for all services,
compared to $80,000 or
$100,000 if Nyssa were to
have a full-time Fire Depart­
ment. "As far as our record
goes. 1'11 match our depart­
ment against anybodies."
exclaims Jack Pitta.
Nyssa's Fire Department
has no recruiting problems,
but to be considered an
applicant, you must be a
Nyssa resident, and have
lived in the Nyssa area for
one year. You must be able to
leave work for fire calls and
live nearby for quick re­
sponses. Members then vote
on the applicant. If he
receives two no votes, he is
not added to the member's
list. No applicant has ever
been a woman, but if one was
to apply, she would have just
as good a chance as a man.
Two pumper trucks with a
combined capacity of 1,250
gallons and a tanker which
holds 1.000 gallons are
property of the Nyssa Fire
Department. These trucks
serve the Nyssa and sur­
rounding rural area, which
was the result of a Rural Fire
District which was formed in
1950. The Rural Fire District
owns one of the pumper
trucks and the tanker truck,
while the city owns the other
pumper truck. Trucks for the
rural fire district may be used
in the city or outlying areas,
in return, the city stores the
trucks. The city truck may be
used only in the city limits.
Two sirens sound when'a
fire is reported and can be
heard up to five miles awav.
Fire calls come through a
dispatcher at the Police
Department, but this change
is recent. Calls used to ring
twelve different phones at
firemen's homes and each
phone had a switch to turn on
the siren.
To keep the Fire Depart­
ment shining, the depart­
ment practices every Monday
night on hose laying and
other tactics except on the
first Monday which is open
for a business meeting Once
a year the State Fire Marshall
presents a training session,
where the men practice on
donated burning buildings.
In addition to fire fighting
the department responds to
car accidents. They own a
power saw which comes in
handy when they need to cut
a car apart. The department
also owns a resuscitator for
drowning and other accidents
Treating accident victims is
no problem for most volun­
teers since they have Red
Cross First Aid Training.
Not only is the crew called
to emergencies, but have
found themselves at such
events as when a woman's
bedsheets were blown into a
tree from the clothesline.
Nyssa's biggest fire, in the
last ten years, was when the
Nyssa High School burnt till
only ashes and a small part of
Nyssa High was left.
A mutual aid agreement
with Adrian and Ontario,
nearby towns, makes addi­
tional support available if
needed, as in the case of the
high school.
"I wouldn't stay with the
department if they paid us.
it would just be interference."
commented Wilmer |Duke|
Hipp, 30-year vetenan of the
fire department.
Remember Nyssan's, the
next time when there is a
fire, your firemen care about
what happens to you. So
don’t
complain.
say—
THANKS!!
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Junior Lifesaving
For all youngsters between
the ages of 11-14 years or
who have completed the fifth
grade. Junior Lifesaving will
begin July 18. The Lifesaving
course will last two weeks
from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon,
and will be held at the Nyssa
swimming pool.
The cost will be $10.00,
plus a Lifesaving Book
($1.75). Everyone interested
is to sign up at the Nyssa
swimming pool, on Park
Avenue.
Senior Lifesaving will be
offered later this summer.
More information will be
given at a later date.
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
Gallons
urd
Wednesday 1,723,000
1,701,000
Thursday
Friday
1,780,000
Saturday
1,826,000
Sunday
1.698,000
Monday
1,753,000
Tuesday
1.787.000
Date July 11, 1977
Population 2,834
Pumping
Hours
23
21
23
24
22
22
23
Per
Capita
607
600
628
644
599
618
630
Temp.
78
74
85
89
84
87
88
The proposal for a 175,000-
acre wilderness in the We-
naha-Tuccanon area of north­
eastern Oregon and south­
eastern Washington repre­
sents a balanced approach to
managing the resources of
the area, Oregon Congress­
man Al Ullman said Thurs­
day.
“This proposal protects
the vital resources of the
area, particularly fish spawn­
ing grounds and elk country,
without removing substantial
quantities of valuable com­
mercial timber from the
resource base," Ullman said
in a speech to the Optimists
Club.
Ullman praised the work
and cooperation of the
representatives from fish,
wildlife, environmental and
industry groups in drawing
the new boundaries on the
Oregon side of the proposed
wilderness area.
"The new boundaries add
about 4,500 acres to the
170,500 acres proposed by
the Administration. These
additions were made to
protect critical spawning
grounds in the Wenaha River
drainage,” Ullman said.
The proposal, included in
the Endangered American
Wilderness Act, recently was
approved by a House sub­
committee. It is now before
the House Interior Com­
mittee. Related legislation is
pending in the Senate.
Originally, a 200.000-acre
wilderness area was pro­
posed, but 25,000 acres was
deleted in subcommittee.
Ullman noted, however, the
subcommittee directs the
Forest Service to manage the
25,000 acres in a manner that
gives primary consideration
to the protection of fish and
elk habitat.
On another forest issue.
Ullman said progress is being
made in the Congress on
legislation that would allow
Pacific Northwest timber
sales to be conducted by oral
auction rather than sealed
bids.
Ullman said recent sealed
bid sales in the Bend-Prine­
ville area are a clear
indication of the need for the
return to predominately oral
auction.
"The threat to the eco­
nomic stability of these
communities cannot be ig­
nored.” Ullman said. Recent
changes in Forest Service
regulations that permit up to
75 per cent of sales to be
conducted by oral auction do
not meet the needs of
communities which are de­
pendent on National Forest
timber sales, he said.
The legislation repealing
the requirement for sealed
bidding has won approval in
Senate and House
com­
mittees and may be con­
sidered by the Senate this
month.
Reading
Program
Studies show the reading
achievement level of students
drops during the summer
months. To encourage sum­
mer reading, the State
Department of Public In­
struction has initiated a
project which will award
Oregon students who read
ten or more books, a reading
certificate signed by
Go­
vernor Bob Straub.
Students should list the
titles of the books in a letter
to Verne A. Duncan, State
Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Salem, Oregon
97310. They should include
their school grade level, a
return address, and the
signature of their parent or
guardian.
WEATHER
Mln.
Date
Max.
Prec.
July 6
77
45
47
July 7
85
49
94
July 8
July 9
53
93
July 10
84
55
90
54
July 11
56
92
July 12
July 13
trace
53
Owvhec Reservoir Storage
7-13-77 336,780 Acre Feet
7-13-76 590.480 Acre Feet
15'per Copy
Planning Commission Draft
Near Completion
Nyssa Planning Commis­
sion is nearing completion of
draft copy of the Comprehen­
sive Plan for the City. After
five months of Townhall
Meetings to collect citizen
input on public facilities,
public services, economics,
population and housing, the
Planning Commission is en­
tering into the goal and
objective-making stage of the
planning process.
During its last meeting, it
was the general opinion that
Nyssa had a very tight
housing market (both rentals
and for sale); and low-cost
units were in high demand.
Source of obtaining these
low-cost units was controver­
sial. however.
Next Townhall Meeting is
scheduled for 26th of July
and will contain a short
presentation of data found in
the Land Capabilities and
Seuell
Fleeted
Conductor
Woody Seuell of Nyssa was
elected State Conductor of
the Fraternal Order of Eagles
June 24. at Medford. Oregon.
Prior to being elected.
Conductor Woody held the
position of Inside Guard.
Seuell has been a member
of the Eagles since 1948.
Gold Medal Winner
Natural Resources Report *
soil information, geographi­
cal data, groundwater infor­
mation, and brief conclusion
on which areas are better
suited for which type of land
uses. Main objective of this
Townhall Meeting will be to
present list of goals, objec­
tives, and policies, the
Planning Commission is now
assimilating for review, to
the public.
The list will then be
remodeled, based on com­
ments received at the meet­
ing, and will be recom­
mended to the City Council at
their regular meeting in
August.
Planning
Commission
members appreciate atten­
dance and input received
from the citizens to date and
would urge citizen involve­
ment and interest in future
Townhall Meetings.
Stiff Time for
4-H Camp
Do you know how evening
campfires, hiking, fishing,
meeting new friends, and
having fun can be a part of
your summer vacation? By
going to 4-H Camp! There is
still room for youth grades 4,
5, and 6, who would like to
attend 4-H Camp, notes
Marilyn Mohr. Malheur Co­
unty Extension Agent.
4-H Camp will be held July
27-30 at the Jackman Youth
and Natural Resource Center
known as Lakecreek Camp.
Lakecreek is located just
south of Strawberry Moun­
tain in beautiful Logan
Valley. This scenic location
makes it ideal for hiking,
fishing, wildlife and water
investigations.
All Malheur Gounty youth
grades 4, 5, and 6 are invited
to attend camp. Although a
4-H Camp, youth need not be
enrolled in 4-H in order to
participate. Cost of the
four-day camp is $35.00
which includes meals, lodg­
ing, transportation, materials
and insurance.
Does camp sound like fun?
Don’t delay - register today!
Applications will be accepted
through Friday. July 22. For
applications or more informa­
tion contact the Malheur
County*Extension Office,
889-9129.
4-H seeks and encourages
the participation of all youth
regardless of race, color, or
national origin.
Senior Citizens
Plan Bus Trip
Gary Lee Smith, son of
Gary Smith, former Adrian
and Nyssa resident, has won
the gold medal in Idaho the
past two years at the state
Skills Olympics in Electronics
This year he will compete at
National Skills Olympics in
Cincinnati. Last year, he
competed in Miami. Smith is
a recent graduate of Burley
High School and will be
attending Idaho State Uni­
versity in the fall.
Malheur Council on Aging
is sponsoring a senior citi­
zen’s bus trip to Sumpter,
Oregon. July 28. Thursday.
Departure time will be 8:30
a.m. sharp from Nyssa
Legion Hall and 9 a.m. sharp
from Ontario Veteran's Hall.
There will be a fee of $5.00
per passenger for bus fare on
an air-conditioned coach line.
Bus passengers may bring
a bag lunch or eat at the
restaurant in Sumpter. The
bus will stop in Baker on the
way home to eat dinner at a
popular smorgasboard.
The bus will return to
Ontario Veteran's Hall ap­
proximately 6;30 p.m. and
Nyssa Legion Hall 7:00 p.m.
Malheur Council on Aging
is now taking reservations for
the bus trip. We hope to have
enough reservations for two
buses, so please call early at
889-7651.
Be a Rare Bird
A Blood Mobile Visit la scheduled for Jniy
21, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The summer blood donor is a Rare Bird.
Come join the flock. Just because you've
migrated to the vacation spots, don't think
the continuing need for blood has flown
away. An hour of your time can help maintain
the nest egg of life-giving blood.
The visit will be at the Eagles Hall.
Thursday. July 21, the hours are 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. with free lunch and free baby sitting
provided for the donors. Hostess group will
be the Owyhee LDS ladies, and sponsors of
the drawing are the Malheur Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary.