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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1978)
JANUARY 10, 1978 PAGE 3 400 Attend . . Employees Honored At Awards Banquet I In a tribute to all tribal employees, an estimated 400 people attended the second an- nual employee awards banquet at Kah-Nee-Ta Friday evening, February 3. As General Manager Ken Smith noted in his opening re marks, “It’s the people that make this operation click.” He observed that the Tribes reach ed a record high gross income and net profit in 1977 and that it takes the dedication of everyone, in the organization - from secre tary to branch manager - to achieve such success. “Every one Counts.” Honored employees receiv ing awards included Elmer Quinn (with nearly 26 years of continuous service), Winona Frank, Louis LeClaire, Jr., Irene Wells and Les Yaw (with 10 to 14 years), a large group of those with five to nine years of con tinuous service, and eighteen employees in the three to four year group. Particularly proud of the fact that he’s never missed a Monday is Elmer Quinn who be gan work for the Tribes on March 10,1952. He was promised a gold watch from the Confed erated Tribes by Municipal Manager Rudy Clements, and he received it this week. Clements remarked that it was Quinn who urged him to “get on the pickup” - which turned out to be Rudy’s first job for the Tribes. Master of Ceremonies Clif ford Yarnell (sounding much like Ed Sullivan) introduced the guest speaker, Roy Craft. Craft kept the audience howling as he renewed his subscription to SPILYAY TYMOO, pulled furs and a bear claw necklace from his bag of precious possessions, and kept Ralph Minnick at his command with a ring of a bell. Drawings for door prizes (something new this year) were sprinkled between presentations of awards by each of the branch managers. And a surprised Ken Smith and his wife were presented with a huge card and house-warming gifts from the tribal employees. Among the honored guests at the banquet was Edith Dan- zuka who will have served forty years with the Tribes in 1979. Other guests of honor included Mr. and Mrs. Garet Soules (Public Health Director), Mr. and Mrs. Persh Andres (W.S.F.- P.I. Manager), Mr. and Mrs. James Cornett (BIA Superinten dent), and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Myles (Kah-Nee-Ta Manager). At a special table for retired employees were Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Erb, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Calica, and Mr. and Mrs. Avex D. Miller, Sr. Orin Johnson was unable to attend. Following the awards cere mony and closing remarks from Edith Danzuka, most everyone headed for the dance floor in the Paiute Room where “Freedom” from Astoria was playing. ■Elmer Quinn, who has never missed a Monday, is congratu lated by Rudy Clements for his 25 years of continuous service with the Tribes. Randy RanSaa photo I Sutterlee Stuck' On Reservation Smith’s pickup was, but, you guessed it, he got stuck. Rigs, rigs, evefywhere^and not a one to drive.’ On Friday morning, Sutter- lee’s wife, Junev called Smith’s wife, Norma, saying that Fabian hadn’t come home the night before. Becoming alarmed, they decided that Natural Resources should be notified. Along with the Natural Re sources crew, Smith helped lo cate Sutterlee. Sutterlee was in nd danger of stafving. He had picked up groceries for his wife and had left them in the pickup. Pork chops, oranges and juice made a delicious meal. You’re Gifts to outfit their new home on the Deschutes, a giant sized card and words of appreciation were wondering how the chops were offered to General Manager Ken Smith and his wife Sheree by tribal employees at the awards banquet prepared? Try the next best February 3. thing to a frying pan - a shovel. When the crew located Sutterlee, he was sleeping soundly - not expecting anyone until the next and guests and employees are morning. showering and washing appar The story all comes to an ently without incident. end when five men and two Since the water problems pickups equipped with C.B.’s With leeching lines replaced recovered the pickups from the and the cistern repaired after began, Kah-Nee-Ta has hosted damage inflicted by last Decem some of its largest groups ever, mud. ber’s flooding, Kah-Nee-Ta’s with not a .complaint from the domestic water filtering system guests. Director of Sales Kristi Svendsen remarked, “The guests is nearing normalcy again. Head of maintenance Bill are coping with it extremely Bennatt said that the last phase well, especially at the group of repair, expected to be com level. We haven’t had one can pleted this week, is the “rip cellation.” Svendsen said that* the rapping” of the banks of the Warm Springs River at the vil American Fisheries Association, lage. Rock is being brought in to which filled the Lodge and the build up the severely eroded Vaillage and proved to be the biggest group Kah-Nee-Ta has banks. However, daily lab tests ever had, stayed for several indicate that the water is still days at the end of January and “not permissible to use,” ac once questions were answered, cording to Bennatt. Based on the there was not a complaint regi last reported test (February 6) stered. Visits by the American the Environmental Protection Indian Lawyer Training Pro Agency and the Board of Public gram and the Oregon Legal Sec Health have deemed the water retaries Association went smoothly with no suits in sight, unacceptable for public use. Bennatt explained that the Svendsen said. Enterprise Manager Ed filtering system of leeching cloth, gravel and pipes can not Manion reported that his branch “change the color of the water” is looking for ways to avert and until the mud in the river future inconveniences. Talk is settles domestic water will be centering on two options: locat ing another source of water or turbid, or impure. Drinking water is still being employing a different method of imported from Redjnond and filtration. Manion hopes that a cooks are using chlorinated Rat premanent solution to Kah-Nee- ■Rip-rapping”, or building up the banks with rock, is almost complete on the Warm Springs River tlesnake Springs water. Taps Ta’s water supply problem will at Kah-Nee-Ta Village. The water filtration .system, damaged in December flooding, has been repaired are flowing with the river water be found this year. but it will take awhile for the water to clear up. CDS Photo It’s bad enough to be stuck in the mud, but to be stuck in the mud in the same place twice? Fabian Sutterlee will no doubt be ribbed about his experiences for a long time to come. Sutterlee and his brofher- in-law, Joe Lujan, were taking a tour of the reservation on Jan uary 31 only to become high centered on a stump in the pro- cesslThey were found walking near the highway, after hiking about 8 miles. On Wednesday, Bruce Smith and Sutterlee went back into where the pickup was stuck to pull it out. They proceded to get Sutterlee’s pickup out, but Smith’s pickup got stuck. Un able to get Smith’s pickup out, they came home. On Thursday, Smith went up in a borrowed rig to get his pickup out only to find the road to bad to use. He turned around and came home. But, Sutterlee had a court case which delayed his meeting Smith. Sutterlee was able to get in to where Kah-Nee-Ta Repairs Near Completion Guests Not Complaining
