PAGE 2 MAY 19, 1978
Accidents
Injured Two
SPECIAL NOTICEI
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STUDENT BANQUET
Tuesday, May 23rd
6 :3 0 p.m.
Oliver Kirk and Muriel
Frank, tribal members, were
involved in separate single-car
accidents during the past two
weeks.
Kirk, whose accident hap
pened May 8, was southbound
near milepost 98 on highway 26.
He lost control of his vehicle
when he had a blowout, rolling
his pickup once. He is listed in
fair condition and is. still in the
intensive care unit at St. Charles
Medical Center.
Frank is listed in good
condition at St. Charles after her
single-car accident May 12. She
was headed south on the Kah-
Nee-Ta road, when she missed a
turn on White Hill and rolled her
car over the embankment.
Both were alone when the
accidents happened.
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"PUBLIC INVITED"
Special Guests: Actress Sacheen Littlefeather
Peter McDonald
Gift from “Marlon Brando"
Personal letter from: Robert “Baretta” Blake
Jack Fiala Wore Many Hats
JACK FIALA
He Was one person people
could call if their pipes froze
during the winter, or the sewage
backed up or if the water looked
cloudy and the pressure got low.
If there were any such prob
lems, Jack Fiala always had an
answer and you were assured
that your problem would soon be
solved, effectively and efficient
ly-
Fiala, who died suddenly of
a heart attack May 8, had been
BIA Facilities M anager in
Warm Springs for the past nine
years. He came to Warm
Springs after serving in Ft.
Birthhold, North Dakota. Any
one who assumes the’ position o f,
facilities m anager here auto
matically becomes Fire Chief,
Agency Safety Officer and Chief
Building Inspector^
Fiala was literally “Jack of
all trades” . He was a plumber,
Fire Chief, Building Inspector,
gardner, athletic coach and me
chanic. In fact, one time he and
his crew worked in sub-zero
weather thawing a main water
line.
As Chief Building Inspector
Jack was responsible for the
inspection of the new apartment
complex south of the rodeo
grounds. On his last tour, Fiala
felt the apartm ents weren’t
quite ready to be moved into,
which moved the occupancy
date back to the end of May.-
Fiala had been working very
closely with Celilo Village resi
dents to help improve their
longhouse and help make re
pairs on individual homes there.
Through that association he
came to know the late Flora
Thompson. He, too, admired
Mrs. Thompson and often refer
red to her as “Grandma Flora”.
Fiala was also a dedicated
family man. On weekends, he
and his kids would, among other
things, clean the yard, wash the
car or play football. Dorothy
Burgess who had been F ia la ’s
secretary since his arrival in
Warm Springs, said that Jack
had a broken foot when he and
his family moved here. He had
broken it in a football game with
his kids.
Fiala, like many people in
the area, got involved in the
community. He could be fre
quently seen at baseball games,
not only as a spectator, but as a
coach as well. He also attended
funerals and other social func
tions in Warm Springs.
Perhaps his greatest contri
bution to the community and to
the Warm Springs Reservation
was through his service as Fire
Chief of the Warm Springs
Volunteer Fire Department. He
made training available to the 22
members of the fire department,
made sure that all equipm ent
was in good condition and in his
nine years as Fire Chief rarely
missed a fire. Dedication such
as this, is hard to come by.
Jack’s dedication and hard
work are appreciated. His dili
gence will be missed. And his
laughter and booming voice still
ring in the memory of his family
and many friends.
NAIWA News
Silversmith Harry Miller spent five days at Madras High School
showing art students how to craft turquoise and silver jewelry.
Guiding Archie Caldera’s hand on the torch, the CETA-trained
craftsman helped him and other students make rings and cut stones
during class and after school.
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The North American Indian
Women’s Association (NAIWA)
has busily been trying to raise
funds to help with their expenses
to the National Conference June
22-24 in Phoenix, Arizona.
NAIWA ladies had a booth
and were also making Photo
Buttons at the Rummage Sale
held May 13 at the Community
Center.
A luncheon business meet
ing has been planned for June 1
in the Social Hall at the Com
munity Center from 12 noon to 1
p.m.
Indian Clubs Gather At Lummi
The M adras High School
Indian Club along with Indian
students from Madras Jr. High
were some of the many Indian
students who assembled in Lum
mi, Washington, for the third
Northwest Indian Youth Club
Conference, May 4-6.
The three-day event was
hosted by the Chus-quin (Eagle)
Club of Lummi. Last y e a r’s
conference was held at Lapwai,
Idaho. Madras hosted the first
conference in the hopes of or
ganizing a Northwest associa
tion of Indian clubs. Next year’s
conference will be at either
Madras or Tacoma, Wash.
Expecting a number of
meetings and mini-workshops,
Madras was surprised to learn
they were in a softball tourna
ment. The M adras club was
really unprepared to play soft-
ball and had to borrow gloves
from other team s. Amazingly
enough, Madras won the cham
pionship and brought home the
first place plaque and the second
place ribbon which are at the
high school.
Lapwai, Idaho received the
team sportsmanship trophy.
Indian dance contests were
held but no local students placed
in any.
Nisa Sohappy and Ray
Moody danced their way into the
finals of the disco dance contest
and were given albums for a
prize.
Other activities were the
Setting Sun dance group, stick
games, and a salmon barbecue.
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The Community Garage Sale held Saturday, May 13, at the Community Center was not only a time
fpr selling rumniage (of which there were gobs) but also a .time for socializing. Nancy Holliday stopped
tochaLwithfellow saleslady Jewel Minnick/
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