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PROFIT THE AIM OF KAH-NEE-TA PLAN OF OPERATION
By Cynthia Stowell
The Tribal Council’s ap
proval of a plan of operation for
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort is the first
step in an effort to “get Kah-
Nee-Ta back on the track,” said
the Tribes’ General Manager
Ken Smith shortly after the
Council’s July 5th decision.
The new plan for the tribal
enterprise creates a' board of
directors whose task it will be to
manage the “business and af
fairs” of the resort according to
stated “purposes and objec
tives”. Profit is at the top of the
list of objectives.
Kah-Nee-Ta continued to
operate at a loss in 1977 despite
a projected cash gain, a trend
that Council and Management
want to reverse as quickly as
possible.
The seven-member board of
directors is expected to bring in
the expertise and arouse the
local support needed to get Kah-
Nee-Ta back on its feet. The
plan specifies that four of the
directors be tribal members and
three be non-members.
Candidates for the board are
already being located for recom
mendation to the Council, whose
responsibility it is to select
members. Appointments should
be made within a month, pre
dicted Council Chairman Gene
Greene.
In adopting this plan, Kah-
Nee-Ta follows the tradition of
its successful sister enterprise,
Warm Springs Forest Products
Industries, which has always
been run by a appointed board.
Previously, Kah-Nee-Ta was ad
ministered as a department in
the Enterprise Branch of the
Confederated Tribes with line
authority through the.general
manager’s office.
Now the resort will exist
apart from the tribal organiza
tions, its board reporting direct
ly to the Tribal Council.
Kah-Nee-Ta’s dramatic
growth during its 17-year history
warrants the organizational
change, said Smith. From a
small resort employing five
people and offering ten cottages
and a handful of trailer and tent
spaces in 1961, Kah-Nee-Ta has
grown into a vacation and con
vention center employing 348
people and featuring 159 lodging
units, 21 tepees, trailer and
camping facilities, employee
housing and expanded recrea
tion.
Both Smith and Enterprise
Branch Manager Ed Manion
admit they do not have the time
or the specific expertise to give
direction to such a sizeable and
complex business.
“Seven heads are better
than one or two,” Smith added.
The board members will put
their heads together quarterly to
discuss problems and make
plans for the operation of Kah-
Nee-Ta. Fresh ideas and know
ledge of the hotel-motel business
could be just what Kah-nee-Ta
needs to realize its potential,
Smith indicated.
Searching for a manager
The plan of operation is
perceived as just the first step in
a series of needed improve
ments. Finding a top notch re
sort manager has also been an
active concern since Kah-Nee-
Ta’s latest manager Dan Myles
was terminated May 22. Myles
was the resort’s fourth manager
in the last five years.
Manion said last week that
the search for a new manager
had progressed to the point that
he was ready to recommend a
few individuals to Smith for
consideration. The timing is dif
ficult, he said, because of the
simultaneous selection of a
board of directors.
Under the plan, the board is
responsible for hiring the resort
manager, who is in turn directly
answerable to the board. Be
cause of the need for rapid
known member of the hotel
motel industry, Basil Miaullis,
to take a look at Kah-Nee-Ta’s
potential.
Miaullis, who ran Portland’s
prestigious Benson Hotel for
years, spent a month talking to
employees, attending meetings,
and observing operations. His
final assessment was that the
Tribes had a “fine product at
Kah-Nee-Ta” but that some very
practical changes needed to be
made in the physical plant as
well as in business operations in
order to achieve a break-even
point.
“The poor water situation
has done more to hurt Kah-Nee-
Ta than any one single item,”
Miaullis wrote, referring to im
purities in the domestic water
supply during periods of high
flow in the Warm Springs River.
He recommended that an im
proved water system be a top
priority to prevent any further
loss of business.
Miaullis also made very
specific suggestions regarding
menus, room rates, sales and
service.
Study points out problems
But as Ed Manion inter
Fpcus’ for improvements at preted the report, “Two-thirds
Kah-Nee-Ta has been partially of the problems are at the
supplied by the results of a study management level,” confirming
done in March of this year. what he already suspected and
Seeking an outsider’s objectivi justifying the reorganization
ty, Ed Manion invited a well- that is underway.
action in both matters, an acting
manager may be hired, provid
ing the board with the oppor
tunity to approve a permanent
manager, said Manion.
Smith noted that Kah-Nee-
Ta is looking for a manager who
is “on his way up” in a hotel
motel career and ready for the
challenges posed by Kah-Nee-Ta.
Past managers have come to the
resort on the tail-end of their
careers, well-experienced but
lacking the energy or flexibility
to tackle Kah-Nee-Ta’s unique
problems, said Smith.
Personality is another im
portant factor in choosing a
manager, noted Smith, especi
ally in a small community like
Warm Springs.
“Just to hire a manager or
appoint a board is not enough,”
commented Smith. The two
other objectives stated in the
plan of operation are “to provide
the Tribe and its enrolled mem
bership with training and em
ployment opportunities” and “to
provide a quality facility of
which the Tribe can be proud.”
FROM THE W.S. DRUG PROGRAM
WHAT TO DO IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM
IN YOUR FAMILY
The best way to prevent friends have provided support to
drug abuse is to keep it from your family during previous
getting started by having and difficult times, these persons
maintaining good involvement can be of help now. When
and open relationships. But problems occur, especially drug
sometimes a member of your problems, listen first and then
family may become involved discuss. Don’t cut each other off.
with drugs. When this happens,
The final thing to know
remember that panic or anger
about intervention is that it
won’t help either of you. The
works best when it’s practiced
person abusing drugs needs your
early. Continued drug abuse not
support and understanding help
only increases the likelihood of
more than ever before.
permanent harm, but also the
Solving a drug problem as
effects of the drugs quickly can
soon as it appears is called early
begin to overshadow the original
intervention. In many ways the
problem that triggered the a-
skills you need to practice early
buse. If you think one of your
intervention are like the skills
children has a drug problem, act
used in prevention. You need to
understand what your child is
going through.
Information on drugs can
Motorcyclists have been
give you some idea, and is
creating a disturbance for new
readily available through the
residents of the low density
Warm Springs Drug Program.
housing area on the bench above
Beyond that, it is important to
Eliot Heights.
remember the reasons why peo
Homeowners are complain
ple use drugs : to change the way
ing of the noise and dust raised
they feel and to escape prob
by the bikers who are cutting
lems. Drug abuse is often a
symptom of other personal pro ‘ trails through the meadow
where the houses are located.
blems. He may be hurt, angry,
or upset. He may have begun to
use drugs becuse of peer pres
ure.
The first step, then is to try
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to find out what the problem is.
WEST HILLS ADDITION: Shep
Talk to your young drug abuser.
Be open and calm. It’s import hard Lane, Beige and brown.
ant to remember that whatever The dwelling is a one story
the family problem-solving frame structure containing 1,232
method was throughout child square feet with a 12’ x 28’
attached carport. The structure
hood, it is still valid.
If problems were discussed, consists of three bedrooms (one
they still can be. If doctors, large master bedroom and 2
clergy, social workers, or .. smaller bedrooms), bathroom,,
quickly, but act calmly. You can
make the difference.
Here are a few common
sense suggestions which may be
helpful in early drug abuse
intervention:
1. Don’t panic. Many young
people experiment with drugs at
some time in their lives; most
will not become drug dependent.
2. Try to talk with your
children. Find out as much as
possible about the situation.
3. Consult with othe parents.
Peer pressure in the drug scene
is very powerful. A group of
parents acting together against
drug use, however, can breakup
WARMNO TO BIKE RIDERS
that pressure by affecting sever
al members of a peer group.
4. Be informed about school
and community programs, in
case it seems wise to refer
children for counseling or other
help.
5. Be alert to positive altern
atives. Assist the young in dis
covering other physical, recreat
ional, emotional, mental, or
spiritual alternatives.
6. Become a model. Parent
al misuse of drugs sets a double
standard when it comes to
discouraging adolescent drug
use.
7. Start prevention now. An
ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure. If older children
have gone through a period of
drug user use the lessions learn
ed to help with the younger ones.
Drug abuse is a problem
which can be prevented. Pre
vention is not an easy task, but
it’s a simple idea. For further
information and or assistance
please contact the Tribal Drug
Program at ext. 205 or 206.
Tribal Council
Agenda
Some residents have put up
electric fences to keep cyclists
off their property. The fences,
which are marked, can cause
July 17 — Tribal Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
painful shocks.
1. 10:00 a.m. - Minors’ Trust Fund Report
Bikeriders are reminded
2.
2:00 p.m. - General Manager Report
that they are trespassing and
3. 3:00 p.m. Committee Reports
causing a nuisance, and are
Appointment Constitution Amendments ■
urged to show courtesy by riding
Committee
elsewhere.
July 18 — Tribal Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
1. 10:00 a.m. - Staff legal Advisor-Prosecutor
Dennis Kamopp
2. 2:00 p.m. - Progress Report-Committee for Study of
Judges’ Qualifications (Robbins Report)
living room, and combination July 24 — W.S.F.P.I. Board Meeting
kitchen and dining area. The
Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge - Council Room
master bedroom and living July 25 — Tribal Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
rodm - hallway are carpeted.
1. BOR-Amendment to Community Park Plan
There is a sundeck located in
2. Unfinished Business
back, 4x4 piers, 2x6 decking. July 31 — Tribal Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m.
Will sell at the appraised value
1. 10:00 a.m. - 509-J
of $26,285. For more information
2. 1:30 p.m. - Management Reports
call 553-1554.
TO BE SCHEDULED: Update on Celilo-Wy’am Board Operations
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