JULY 8, 1977 PAGE 3
Trawlers
Frustration
Has this ever happened to
you when you make arrange
ments with one of our airlines
well in advance for a trip?
They book you on flight num
ber 718, departure time 8:53
a.m., and they advise you to
be there at least 45 minutes to
an hour early to confirm the
flight. So you rush over to the
airport with plenty of time to
spare, have your ticket and
bags checked, and rush down
the concourse to Gate No. 41
which is just a short way from
the front lobby.
You go through the check
point, get your seat assign
ment, get seated with about 20
minutes before take off, and
as you sit there each ^minute
seems like ten. Finally 8:53
a.m. arrives and over the
intercom you hear a voice;
“This is your Captain Jones
speaking. We were to depart at
8:53 a.m. but due to a slight
technicality there will be a
short delay. But we will take
off just as soon a s i t has been
corrected.
We here we are again,
sitting in the plane for another
half an hour. Finally the “fast
en your seat belt” sign comes
on. “This is your Captain, we
are ready for take off.” Ah! at
last we are underway.
Herezis another incident
that usually occurs is that you
have a flight to catch and
you’re a little behind schedule
and racing against time and
arrive at the airport parking
lot and can’t find a parking
space. You look at your watch.
Time is running short - finally
you find a space, jump on the
shuttle bus, hurry down to the
ticket counter, get there and
there is a long line which
seems forever to move.
Finally you get your ticket
validated. You have just a few
minutes to board and your
plane is at gate no. 61, which
is at the far end of the blue
concourse. You rush through
the checkpoint, and just make
it in time. But then you take
off and fly for about 20 min
utes and land, sit in the airport
for about 45 minutes, finally
take off again, fly for another
20 minutes and land. There is
nothing more frustrating than
a flight like this.
Here is something else.
You make reservations for a
round trip and leave at 7:56
a.m. on flight 280 and your
return flight leaves at 8:32
p.m. the next day. And for one
reason or another your meet
ing adjourns at 12:00 noon and
have all that time to wait so
you check on an earlier flight,
and find one that leaves at
4:33, so you call the ticket
agent so he cancels your later
flight, books you on an earlier
flight and you have just an
hour to get to the airport, get
in line, finally get to the ticket
window only to find that this
flight is in no existence so you
rush back to your original
flight and try to get back on
there, and they say we will
have to put you on the standby
list.
Parenting Concern Doesn't
End With Workshop
With humor and warmth,
Dr. Mike Giammatteo showed
over fifty parents and kids how
to view themselves more posi
tively and communicate with
one another more effectively at
a recent two-day workshop en
titled “ Breaking the Chains
that Bind.”
And with concern and com
mitment, twenty-one people
from the group have chosen to
experience more intensively
the psychologist’s liberating
approach to parenting.
By sponsoring three days of
follow-up training this summer
through COCC these individuals
will ensure that the g l o w
Giammatteo created June 16-17
at the Warm Springs Commun
ity Center won’t fade. Instead
they hope to spark an even
broader interest in breaking
destructive patterns of parent
ing.
. T h ro u g h e n c o u ra g in g
workshop participants to open
up and talk among themselves,
Giammatteo demonstrated the
power of a good family exper
ience.
“ You can grow up in
wealth,” said the psychologist
at the outset, “but if your
mother doesn’t hug you and
your father doesn’t have time
to play with you, you’re poor.”
One tool offered to families
was an “agenda of love” for
the next few months. Giam
matteo suggested that family
members sit down and talk
with one another about their
“ideal days” and plans for the
future, discussing what ob
stacles stand in the way of
achieving those ideals.
By helping each other to
remove some of these obsta
cles, family members can give
one another “ the gift of an
ideal day.”
Exercises in facing up to
one’s own fears, strengths and
values and then communica
ting them to another person
found family members and
strangers tentatively breaking
down barriers.
Growing up as an individ
ual within a family and in the
circle of an intact culture is
not easy for a child, explained
Giammatteo. Making parents
sensitive to the difficulties of
growing up and letting children
be aware of their choices,
Giammatteo showed that the
family still has a central role
in shaping and preparing a
child for adulthood.
Participants in the work
shop seemed to respond to the
cultural context within which
Giammatteo presented his
ideas. Having grown up in a
tight Italian community, Giam
matteo empathizes with some
of the cultural concerns of
Warm Springs people.
“When people don’t have a
culture from which to grow,
they never have a name or a
location,” he said, while warn
ing, “If a culture pulls in too
much, it loses its pride and its
youth.”
Giammatteo offered a
“ Declaration of Interdepend
ence” which can smooth re
lations within a family or a
culture or between cultures:
1. I may. be wrong.
2. You may be right.
3. Understanding is more
important than agreement.
4. There is a line of trust
that links us.
People at the workshop
began to break some of the
chains that kept them from
expressing themselves and
their culture in the growth
process. Whether in talking or
touching, a lot of people felt a
bit more free when they left.
Dr. . Mike Giammatteo’s intimate style
broke down some barriers to communication at
a recent workshop on positive parenting entitled
“Breaking The Chains That Bend.” The psy
The individuals who have
committed themselves to more
training intend to encourage
the freedom born there, guid
ing it from the individual to
the family and out into the
unique culture of the reserva
tion.
chologist had a private talk with Rusty Bagley
while people of all ages confronted their own and
each other’s feelings and values.
CDS Photo
Winds Fan Mill Fire
A smokey haze blanketed
Warm Springs and a crimson
glow could be observed for
miles as the Warm Springs
Volunteer Fire Department and
mill crews battled a three-
hour blaze at WSFPI Tuesday
evening, June 28.
The alarm was sounded at
8:03 p.m. after sparks from a
burn pile reportedly ignited
bundled scrap-wood m aterial
near the dry shed causing an
estimated $3,000 damage.
When the fire department
arrived, the blaze was well
underway engulfing all the
bundled material and a power
utility pole.
A brisk westerly wind and
nasty gusts whipped the flames
while flying sparks and heat
created a potential threat to
the dry shed where lumber is
stored.
Pacific Power & Light was
called to the scene to cut the
power because of the danger
the hot lines on the burning
pole posed to firemen and the
mill. Fortunately, the 480 volt
power lines involved supplied
electricity to just the power
house and didn’t affect nearby
homes.
Though the wind was blow
ing toward the Deschutes
River, gusts often swirled the
flames and smoke in the direc
tion of the dry shed threaten
ing the lumber storage area
which kept the firefighters on
their toes. ’
After the power was cut,
the main objective was to keep
things cooled off and let the
fire burn itself out, according
to Fire Chief Jack Fiala.
Shortly after 11:00 p.m.,
the Warm Springs Fire Depart
ment had the situation under
control and left the mill fire-
watch crew on standby for the
remainder of the night.
Flames leapt skyward as a stiff wind fanned burning
scrap material and a utility pole during a three-hour blaze at
WSFPI, June 28. A nearby lumber storage area was threatened,
but fire crews managed to contain the stubborn little stinker.
t (Spilyay photo)