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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1977)
JANUARY 7, 1977 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON PA ftR â Tribes hire veteran manager (From Ofcfoftomo B week job, but more like 7( hours a week. There are man> details to follow up on, and you § have to stay on top of the :§ many deals offered on mer-:*:; chandise.” :•:• _ “This knowledge is some-:-:: thing that can only be acquired :•:• over the years,” he said. He & explained that in order to pass §: on savings to the customers, you have to know the right $ contacts and must know how to $ buy merchandise properly. •:•: ■ am HAROLD C. HILL ( By Sandy Rangila) December 1st of '77. That's the target date The Confederated Tribes, in a stroke of good luck, feel fortunate to have been able to hire Harold Hill as the manag er of the proposed Warm Springs shopping center. Hill, who has been manager of Ericksons in Madras for the past 21 years, has been hired on a retainer basis until the store is operational. But he will not be idle until completion of the supermarket which; unless lengthy referen dums hold things up, will be opening December 1st of ‘77. “That’s the target date,” said Hill, “ but the m arket could open as late as March of ‘78. The essence is to get it open as soon as possible to stop the drainage of dollars out of the community.” Hill was brought in early to help with the development of the shopping center. “Be cause of his knowledge and background, he will help with studies and work with archi tects and consultants who will be working on the Warm Springs shopping center,” said Ed Manion, enterprise manag er. “In addition,” said Manion, “Hill will assist in the layout of the store, on the purchase of equipment and fixtures, and how they should be placed. He will identify areas needed for possible to hire local Indian personnel to handle the posi tions at the shopping center.” said Hill. “And they’ll be hired in sufficient time for me to give them the necessary train ing and operational procedu res.” The new positions will in clude eight key personnel who can all be trained hère. This includes the supermarket man ager and assistant manager. "T h is would equip the individual with knowledge to become meat market manager." “We’re also going to be looking for a person interested in op erating a m eat m arket and who would be willing to take a course at a m eat cutting & training school,” said Hill. “This would equip the individ ual with the knowledge to become meat market manag er.” Presently, Hill is spending some time up at Kah-Nee-Ta learning the phases of their This knowledge is something that can only he acquired over the years." operation—where the merchan dise is purchased, what kind of merchandising techniques are used, and analyzing the com panies through which mer chandise is being bought. Hill feels confident that substantial savings can be made through combining the purchase of merchandise for both Kah-Nee- Ta and the store—rather than going through an independent various departm ents, for ex-, agent. ample, how large the ware When asked what it takes house should be, the freezer to be a shopping center man section, etc.” ager, Hill said,z “It takes lots '" “ We will do everything of boiirsi li’S riilt a 40 hour a "We will do everything possible to hire Indian personnel to handle the positions at the shopping center." State University "We need this caliber of S man if our store is to be | a success - and they're | hard to find." STILLWATER — “Since much of our nation’s oil, gas, coal and uranium reserves are on land owned or controlled by Native Americans, tribal gov ernments need trained person nel to develop these resources and to assist in the building of A graduate of Walla Walla their communites,” says Ken Highschool in Washington, Hill $ Anderson, director of the Na attended business college in'$: tive American program in en Portland where he took a com-;:*: gineering technology at Okla plete course in business ad- homa State University. ministration. He took every >•: Anderson explained that course they offered. After serving for one year OSU has the first program in on inventory control proced- :•:• the U.S, that informs more ures at Oregon Transfer Com-:*:* Indian students of the career pany, he spent 39 months with :§ possibilities in the technical the armed forces during WW :•:• field. II. He spent 24 of those months :•:• The main priorities of the overseas in the South Pacific. $i program are career awareness After the war, Hill5 worked :*| and serving the Indian com for 10 years with S. Burken-:*:; munities by educating their wald and Company - a store w young people. In addition to m arket and supply company Sj these benefits, the Native which deals in store layout and-:*;: American program serves in all supplies and equipment £ dustry by making available a necessary to equip supermark-£ pool of technically trained per ets. :•:• sonnel. In 1955, he moved to Mad- £ “ An integral part of the ras with the Erickson corpora- £ program is an eight-week sum tion where he operated the old :•:• mer preparatory session for store on the north end of:*:* graduating high school seniors. Madras for 10 years. He then£ Participating students take six designed and installed the new :•:• to nine hours of academic store which he has operated ft course work and are under no for the past 11 years. § obligation to remain in techno With his knowledge of the$: logy,” Anderson said. area and the people here, Hill “ However, the results of feels the potential for the sue-*:*: this past summer’s experience cessful operation of a shopping £ show that most of the students center at Warm Springs is £ remained in the technology very great. And according to £ field. Only one student trans Ed Manion, “ We need this •§ ferred to another department caliber of man if our store is ft in the Division of Engineering, to be a success—and they’re ft Technology and Architecture,” hard to find.” ft he added. ' / <7 Shopping Center The first 15 students in theft program represent eight Okala-ft homa tribes and two out-of-ft state tribes. Applications for ft the spring sem ester indicate*:; prospective students are from ft Oklahoma, Arizona, Kansas,:*: Washington and Alaska. ft “We are pleased with theft: caliber of students we are ft attracting. Many are maintain-ft ing a “ B” or higher graded average,” Anderson said. ft Aaron Gawhega, affiliated:*: with the Oto-Missouria and ft Iowa tribes, is mentor for the:*: Native American students. He:* helps them solve academic, ft personal, and financial prob-ft: lems. • ft “Industry and communites ft need Native Americans with ft technological expertise. Here in ft OSU’s school of technology weft offer education for both two- ft year associate degree engineer- ft ing technicians and four-year ft: baccalaureate degree engineer-:*: ing technologists,” Gawhega:*: said. ft “Traditionally our graduat- :•: es have always been in high:*: demand and the average ft monthly salary is now more ft than $1,100,” Anderson added. ft The Native American pro-ft gram in engineering technology ft: is supported entirely by grants. ft: “We are fortunate to have:?: ‘friends’, as the Bureau of:: Indian Affairs, the Williamft: Randolph Hearst Foundation ft: and the Gulf Oil Foundation,:*: who support OSU’s efforts to:*: educate Indian students,” *: Anderson said.
