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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.
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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“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.