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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1978)
NOTICE To the people who have borrowed pots, pans, and other utensils from the Agency Long- house, it has been a great inconvenience to the cooks, be cause of the utensils that are gone. The Agency Longhouse asks those people to please return any utensils borrowed. VOL. 3 NO. 5 __________________________ WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761___________ ______________MARCH 10, 1978 Council Approves Appointment Of M ill Manager After careful consideration and more than a month of deliberation, the Tribal Council approved on March 6 the hiring of Ralph G. DeMoisy for the position of General Manager of Warm Springs Forest Products Industries. DeMoisy, 62, will succeed Pershing Andrews who announc ed his retirem ent plans last November. DeMoisy has worked the past ten years for Fibreboard Corporation in San Francisco as Vice President of the Forest Products Group. He was responsible for the operation of their wood products plants, sawmills and plywood plants, in Oregon, CAlifornia, and Tennesee. A graduate forester from Utah State University, he re ceived his M.A. in Logging Engineering at O.S.U. in 1946. His professional career has consisted of working with p ri vate forest land for private in dustries, and his affiliations have been with forest products companies which own their own timber. The selection of DeMoisy was not a hasty decision on the pail of either the Tribal Council or the WSFPI Board of Direc tors? With the assistance of John Winton of Foster and Associates, a consulting form, the Board identified and agreed upon cri teria which set forth the per sonal and professional quali fications required for that posi tion. During the course of an ex tensive search over a wide area, candidates who met this criteria were identified by Winton and eventually the list was narrowed down to a group of four. Following an initial meeting and interview of the four candi dates by the Board and mem bers of the Tribal Council, a series of interviews was con ducted here in order to come up with one recommendation to present to the Tribal Council. On January 31, the Board unanimously agreed upon De Moisy. They felt his combination of experience and personal qual ities best fit the demands of the job. Council’s concern, and the apparent reason for their delay in approving the Board’s ap pointment, was the possibility that a capable tribal member was being passed over for that position. A num ber of people share the feeling that Bob Macy, who has been Administrative Assist ant at the mill since 1972 and has an additional five years experi ence as a forester, was in line for the position of WSFPI Gen eral Manager. But Macy has indicated to the Council and to Spilyay Ty- moo that he has no ill feelings or “hang-ups” re g a rd in g De Moisy’s selection'. In fact, he said that since DeMoisy will probably be here for only two or three years, he views this as an opportunity to gain further ex perience in the actual operation of the plant. He said: that he doesn’t look at it as being by-passed, but he did stress that he is still very much intereted in the position. He doesn’t feel that another couple of years of experience would hurt him. Macy has personally met with DeMoisy and says he wel comes the opportunity to work with him. DeMoisy will probably start March 20, or shortly thereafter. RALPH G. DeMOISY - NEW WSFPI GENERAL MANAGER Kah-Nee-Ta Water Okay A number of newspaper articles recently have noted that Kah-Nee-Ta ’s water is impure mather High to w Precip Feb. F eb . Feb. F eb , Feb. Feb. F eb. Feb. Feb. 20 2} 22 23 24 25 28 27 28 Mar. 1 Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. 42 35 .02 54 3? 47 30 58 34 46 33 .97 44 33 40 32 .01 4« 28 52 19 43 2 3- 33 ■ 34 41 « 51 7 . «0 ■ 26 20 24 ano? 24 2” snow 30 2S ' „ 38 .02 and have inferred that the rise in the number of hepatitis cases is related to the water. The mention of hepatitis in connection with articles on Kah- Nee-Ta w ater is misleading. According to the Public Health Service, the outbreak of hepa titis has nothing to do with the water at Kah-Nee-Ta. This type of hepatitis is passed from person to person. Kah-Nee-Ta residents and guests are no longer drinking bottled water from Redmond. The Environmental Protection Agency has given clearance to Kah-Nee-Ta following a series of tests, and the water has been deemed okay to use since Febru ary 28. They began using the water on a limited basis on March 3 and 4, and by March 6 the w ater system was in full operation. Testing is still being done on a daily basis to insure that Kah-Nee-Ta water meets strict federal standards. However, management is not anticipating any further problems in respect to the water. Fishermen To Receive Loans Fisherm en who have ap plied for low interest disaster loans through the Columbia Riv er Inter tribal Fish Commission will be receiving their tempo rary checks from the American Indian Bank in about two weeks, according to CRITFC Executive Director Roy Sampsel. Low in terest loans, made possible by a grant from the Economic De velopment Administration, have been approved for 233 fishermen of whom all but twenty have signed papers and received ac count numbers. , The one percent loans, which range from $800 to $10,000, were made available to members of the four treaty tribes (Warm Springs, Yakima, Umatilla and Nez Perce) who derive at least 50 per cent of their income from fishing and who participated .in the 1977 fall Chinook season and suffered a financial loss. The fall fishing season had to be cut short due to the low numbers of returning salmon, and Indian fishermen did not receive their court-ordered 60 per cent of the harvest. The loan program is about 30-45 days behind schedule and Sampsel commended fishermen for their patience while required paperwork was being complet ed. As soon as the total re quested loan amount is deposit ed in the American Indian Bank, checks will be mailed out to fishermen who can then begin to draw on their accounts. The first interest-only pay ment on a loan will be due November 1, 1978. The balance of the repayment will be made in equal interest and principle payments due every November 1 for the following four years. Simtustus Better Eighteen year-old Roger Simtustus who has been in Portland hospital since Febru ary 12 is said to be doing well and is in good spirits. He has been in critical condition after being hit by a car while crossing a Portland street. Suffering from a broken neck, he had been paralized since the accident. He is now fully conscious and doctors are trying to clear up his pneumonia and infection so he will be better able to withstand the rigors of a second operation. It is anticipated that the surgery will be performed the early part of next week. On Thursday, February 23, he underwent a first operation where doctors took p art of his hip bone arid used it to fuse and stabilize the neck. He had been only semi-conscious up to that time. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Simtustus, are staying in Portland for the time being. Proofreaders Goofed There is a correction on the Annual Root Feast Rodeo arti cle, which was in the February 24 issue of Spilyay Tymoo. The added $150 purse should have been $50.
