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PAQË 2 AUGUST 19, 1977 Heeren Commended For Outstanding Service Thirty years with the BIA’s Forestry Program have brought Gunther Heeren two awards of achievement along with all the hard work. The first award the Warm Springs’ Forest Manager re ceived was in 1967. The job was never easy but that was before the McQuinn Strip and budget cutbacks created new challenges. Heeren was awarded re cognition a second time just last week. The certificate from the BIA reads “...in recogni tion of services performed in a manner exceeding the require ments of the position.” establishment of sample plots for the forest inventory. This he did with just five additional personnel. It also means fine fire control. Says Cornett, “I think Gunther and staff have done an outstanding job in fire con trol. In doing this of course they’re working with the U.S. To BIA Superintendent Jim Cornett, who recommended Heeren for the award, this short message means many things. It means that Heeren and his staff took on the responsi bility of administering 67,000 more acres of timber when the McQuinn Strip was added to the reservation in 1972. This included the supervision of Gunther Herren, BIA Forestry Manager in Warm Springs, timber sales for an additional annual cut of 18 million board recently received a special award for his outstanding service. feet, the carrying out of log Heeren has seen many changes in timber management during his ging contracts already started thirty years with the BIA. by the Forest Service and the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the State Department of Forestry. They have maintained good working relationships with all the agencies so we get maxi mum cooperation of fires and emergencies.” And it means many more things such as planning and supervising pre-commercial thinning operations that have resulted from the return of administrative fees on timber sales to the Tribes; providing training for his employees to keep up with new forestry techniques; and maintaining the Continuous Forest Invent ory. Such honors come after years of dedication and grow ing responsibility. Heeren, like most of us, started “at the bottom of the barrel.” In 1948 he joined the BIA in Warm Springs as a Beginning Forest er. By 1956 he had moved up to Assistant Forest Manager on the Colville Reservation. Heer en returned to Warm Springs in 1964 and assumed the posi tion of Forest Manager. Heeren’s first award com mended him for superior per formance. He says he doesn’t Notice Ed Spino Public Hearing Retires FromRoads of Airport Master Plan Ed Spino is the envy of all Tribal and BIA employees these days. He’s sleeping while we’re working. He deserves a few extra Z’s. His retirement July 29 marked almost thirty-one years with the BIA Roads Depart ment in Warm Springs and Pendleton. Sleeping isn’t all that easy after so many years of 8-5. Ed found himself waking up at the usual work time despite efforts to the contrary. He’s building up to half a day now and is still left with a half day to occupy in some manner. “I can’t get used to it,” he com mented about all his extra time. Meanwhile down at the Roads Department his cat skinning, scraping and bulldoz ing are being missed. He’s a heck of a good equipment operator,” remarked Spino’s supervisor Don Schmith. “We’ll miss his quality of work.” Spino is confident the depart ment will go on without him. “They’ve got a lot of good operators down there.” Spino, a self-defined “for eigner”, came to Warm Springs from his home on the Umatilla Reservation in 1952. Already with the Roads De- partment he was transferred here to work on the Beaver grade between HeHe and Sim- nasho. He proceeded to put 25 years into the Warm Springs roads. He has also raised a family of eight kids, all but one of whom are home now. No wonder he can’t sleep. Ed has no plans for his retirement. “Right now I’m just loafing around, heading for powwows,” he said content edly. He hinted at possible self-employment, but didn’t appear to want to talk about it. He has however set one goal for himself. “I might be able to sleep all day later on.” (COYOTE NEWS) SPILYAY TYMOO STAFF Managing Editor Assistant Editor Reporter-Photographer Sid Miller Sandy Rangila Cynthia Stowell TRAINEES Roger Stwyer Jolene Estimo Marla Patt FOUNDED IN MARCH 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Any written material to the Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: SPILYAY TYMOO, P O BOX 735, WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761. P.O. Box 735, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 PHONE 553-1644 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING September 8, 1977 at 7:30 p.m. Warm Springs Agency Longhouse PURPOSE: To consider the Economic, Social and Envi ronmental effects of the pro posed Warm Springs Airport and its consistency with Com munity Planning Goals and Objectives. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs recently ap proved the Final Draft of the Warm Springs Airport Master Plan and Environmental Asses sment Report and intend to apply for Federal funds to carry out the following Devel opment at the proposed Warm Springs Airport, Warm Springs, Oregon: Designate 418 acres within Section 19 on the Butte North of the Warm Springs Mill and East of the Fire Control Center as Airport Property; Construct, Pave and Light a Runway 3,800 feet by 75 feet; Construct and Pave an Aircraft Parking Apron 200 feet by 300 feet to accomodate about 20 to 25 aircraft; Construct and Pave a connecting Stub Taxiway 213 feet by 40 feet; Provide a graded and drained safety area around the Runway 150 feet by 4,200 feet; Construct an Admin istration and Operations build ing about 2,200 square feet including Utilities; Construct an entrance road about 8,450 linear feet and auto parking area for about 50 to 60 cars; Install a rotating beacon, lighted Wind Cone, Segmented Circle and Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI-2); Con struct about 2,500 linear feet of stock fencing with cattleguard and 1,200 linear feet of security fencing with gates and; Con struct a residence with Utilities for a resident Caretaker-Man- Copies of the Final Draft of the Airport Master Plan and Environmental Assessment are now available for review in the office of the Warm Springs Planning Department, Adjnini- stration Building, Warm Springs, Oregon. The Docu ment summarizes the impact which the proposed project is expected to have upon the Environment and is available to any person for review dur ing normal working hours prior to the hearing date. All interested persons are invited to attend the Public Hearing on Sept. 8, 1977 at 7:30 p.m. in the Warm Springs Agency Longhouse for the pur pose of considering the Eco nomic, Social and Environ mental effects of the Airport location and its consistency with the Goals and Objectives of such Urban Planning as has been carried out for this area. Eugene Greene Tribal Council C < hairman Confederated Tribes of the. Warm Springs Indian Reserva tion Ken Smith General Manager Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reserva tion.--------- ------------------------- remember the circumstances. However he is very aware of how his department has changed through the years. “Initially we had five employ ees, now we have 29,” he commented. “The annual al lowable cut has increased greatly and we’re doing things we never did before, such as timber stand improvement work including pre-commercial thinning and lots of planting.” “As we get into the second and third cuts things become more critical,” Heeren re marked. He looks to more intensive management and planning for the forest. Brush control for reducing competi tion and releasing trees to grow faster will be one area of concentration. Studies are being done on fertilizing and staff is looking into the im provement of stands by select ive breeding. Heeren said he was “very pleased” with the award he received, adding, “I think we’ve made a lot of inroads and we still have a long way to go.” With his awards filed a- way, Heeren is continuing to take on the challenges of a changing field. Talc is the softest mineral. Diamond is the hardest. Arts Display A public reception to cele brate the first anniversary of the 10-Arts of Oregon display at Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge will take place on Sunday, August 21, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., according to Dan Myles, Kah- Nee-Ta general manager. Punch and hors d’oeuvres will be served. There is no charge. 10-Arts of Oregon is a group of central Oregon pro fessional artists who meet per iodically to discuss and criti que their work. The works hung in the Mezzanine Gallery of the Lodge number about 70, and are changed every six weeks. All works are for sale. “To show our gratitude to the 10-Arts artists for adding to the culture and attractiveness of Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge, we’re inviting all members of the public to the reception,” Myles said. “We hope this. annivers ary will be the first of many.” Hoot Owl’ In Effec Because of extremely high temperatures on the reserva tion the past few weeks, four operations began working “hoot owl” August 11, and will continue to do so until further notice. According to Gunther Heer en, BIA Forest Manager, hoot owling is a process where an operation goes to work early in the morning and must be out of the forest by 1:00 P.M. A combination of the current heat wave and tinder dry con ditions on reservation forestl lands have greatly increased the risk of fires, forcing the restriction. Thus far, the^operationl affected in hoo't owl are the ones involved in the slashl crushings of precommercial tree thinning slash. According to Heeren, if the drought contj inues the logging outfits coula be shut down or hoot owlingj may affect them also. , -
