JANUARY 10, 1978 PAGE 3
400 Attend . .
Employees Honored At Awards Banquet
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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
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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