PAGE 4 JULY 28, 1978
Editorial
E COOSH EEWA:
(The way it is)
INDIAN FISHERMEN MAY GET 27-DAY SEASON
By Cynthia Stowell
Indian fishermen will have
27 days on the riv e r this fall if
the Colum bia R iv er Compact
ap proves sta ff recom m enda
tions being p resen ted by the
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife and the Washington De
partm ent of Fisheries today in-
Portland.
Commercial gillnetters will
be lim ited to four days on the
lower C olum bia, according to
the proposed schedule which
must be okayed by the Compact,
a federally-created alliance of
the two states.
The disparity in seasons is
an attem pt to compensate treaty
fishermen for the loss they ex
p erienced la s t fall when th eir
season was cut short, the result
of an unexpectedly small salmon
run.
Such com pensation is pro
vided for in the five-year man
agement plan which was negoti
ated out of court by the W arm
Springs, Yakima, Umatilla and
Nez P e rc e trib e s, the sta te s of
Oregon and Washington, and the
federal government and accept
ed by U.S. District Court Judge
Belloni in early 1977.
According to the plan, 60 per
cent of the fall Chinook salmon
destined for the upper Columbia
a re allocated to tre a ty fish e r
men and 40 p e r cen t to non-
Indian gillnetters, with at least
100,000 fish escaping to spawn
ing grounds above Bonneville
Dam.
In 1977 Indians had netted
only 40 p er cen t of the catch
when the com m ercial season
was closed. The balance, which
To The E ditor
The Persoimel Department
would like to extend a big
“Thank You” to all those serv
ing on the E m ployee Picnic
Com m ittee and to those who
worked hard to make the Third
Annual Employee Picnic, which
we feel was a huge success! The
Em ployee P icnic C om m ittee
members all worked very hard
and co n trib u ted m uch in the
planning, setting-up and serving
of the Picnic.
We w ant to extend special
thanks to Lavina Tanewasha for
baking the salmon and to Caro
line Tohet for maxing the punch
and coffee for us. Thanks to
Satch, Eva and Lyle for setting
up th e g am es a n d helping
w herever they could a t the
P icnic. T hanks to Andy Lucas
for being Master of Ceremonies
and Andy and Aurolyn did the
“Lord’s P ray er” beautifully for
the opening ceremony.
The em ployees of Public
H ealth S ervices co ntributed
much tow ards the P icnic by
donating the shawl for the raffle
draw ing and w as m uch a p p re
ciated. Phyllis Maxwell (Don’s
wife) and Reba Massey (Mark’s
wife) w ere very generous in
baking those delicious Baked
Beans for the Picnic.
The dancers — Josie Wolfe,
Nathan Jim , Jr., Annette Jim,
Curt Jim , Willie Jim , W illiam
Suppah, Ronnie Suppah, J r .,
Melissa Johnson, Morris John
son, F lorene Johnson, Rosie
Johnson, Tyrone Ike, Ike John
son, C arl Tewee and Daniel
Andrews and the drummers —
Prunie, Eight-Ball, Fred Muniz,
Verbena Greene and Fred Hill
all did a w onderful job of
presenting several native danc
es. L ast but not le a st, special
thanks to the Tribal Council for
donating the salmon and, also,
for their support of the Employ
ee Picnic.
Many thanks go to the em
ployees and their families who
joined in the Picnic and the fun
for without their participation,
the Picnic would not have been
so successful.
WARM SPRINGS FLOAT
Okay, C om m unity M em
bers, now is the time to get your
imaginations working.
Let’s design a winning float
for next y e a r ’s Rose F e stiv a l
P a ra d e . Keep in m ind the fol
lowing points:
Theme of the Parade: World
Records on Parade
It is to be designed to be
built around a mobile unit which
is nothing but a c a r strip p ed
down to-its m o to r, w heels and
steerin g g e a r. The fra m e and
supports for the float are built
around this unit.
Any colors you have in mind
have to be flow ers or seeds of
som e kind (flax , ric e , w heat,
etc.); we do have permission to
use our own juniper, moss ferns,
e tc ., but flow ers have to be
included also.
It is to be designed so that,
Miss Warm Springs will be the
c e n te r of a tte n tio n ; you m ay
design th e flo at for as m any
other participants as your idea
for the theme needs.
Design the float so that the
sponsor’s name (Confederated
T ribes of W arm Springs) is
p rom inently displayed for TV
purposes (also to catch the
judges’ eye).
Your sketch, in color, should
be on 8%“ by 11“ w hite paper
accom panied by a n a rra tiv e
explaining your idea, the kind of
flow ers you have chosen, etc.
This need only be one p a r a
graph.
All sketch es will be put on
display and votes from the
community will be cast; the one
with the most votes will be the
one chosen.
J u s t as a closing thought,
keep ev ery th in g as sim ple as
possible because, as stated be
fore, th e la st th re e days when
the flowers have to be put on the
float will be the most hectic and
so fa r we have had only one
volunteer for th is!!
DEADLINE FOR SUB-E
MITTING YOUR ENTRY TO
STENO POOL, TRIBAL COUN
CIL OFFICE IS SEPTEMBER
1, 1978.
amounts to about 20,000 fish, will
be ad^ed to this year’s allowable
catch if the fall run is larg e
enough.
Prelim inary estimates indi
cate an u p riv e r run of around
250,000, an im provem ent over
la st y e a r ’s 207,000. This would
m ean 110,000 fish for Indian
fishermen.
As the good faith of the
Indians was tested last year, so
this y e a r the low er riv e r non-
Indian fisherm en m ust bit the
bullet. T heir four-day season
beginning at 6:00 p.m. August 15
. would allow them 40 per cent of
the run m inus 20,000 fish, or
about 40,000 fish — significantly,
less than last year’s 75,000.
Although compliance is ex
pected, additional law enforce
ment efforts may become neces
sary, indicated an Oregon Fish
and Wildlife official. Last year
50 g illn e tte rs caught 5,000 fish
after the season was closed.
The u p riv e r season for In
dians would begin a t 12:00 noon
August 25 and end a t noon
October 3, with weekly three-day
closures. These closures should
enhance the escapement level of
summer steelhead and wild fall
chinook. Last fall Indians caught
about th re e tim es the yearly
average of steelhead.
The Columbia River Inter
tr ib a l
F ish
C o m m issio n
(CRITFC), which represents the
four tre a ty trib e s, gave their
support to the staff recommen
dations on Monday, July 24. The
H arvest A dvisory C om m ittee,
on which Gene Green sits, unani
mously approved the proposal
Wednesday.
Indian fishermen were “kept
a flo a t” a fte r a $1 m illion loan
program set up by CRITFC
early this year. Now that all the
funds have been loaned out,
CRITFC sta ff is hoping for a
good 1978 fall season so fisher
men can begin paym ents on
their loans. The five-year repay
ment schedule requires that only
the 1 per cent in te re st be paid
this y e a r by N ovem ber 1, with
payments on interest and prin
cipal due next year.
Repaid funds will go into a
revolving credit account, mak
ing funds av ailab le for the
future needs of tre a ty fish e r
men.
SIMNASHO SCHOOL NOT AXED
IN 509-J BUDGET CUT
By Sandy Rangila
em otional w as the la s t of the
In the w ake of two levy item s - the ath le tic budget.
defeats, the 509-J School Board Initially the directors had pro
held a public m eeting Ju ly 17 posed the cut be in th e a re a of
and on July 24 reluctantly per limiting athletic travel to varsity
formed a nearly $100,000 trim teams only .
But when director Evadna
ming operation on what they felt
B a rtle tt m oved to am end the
was an already lean budget.
But because Jefferson Coun motion to a 5 percent cut in the
ty partrons and the school board athletic budget for grades seven
directors believe in and support through 12, several individuals
the community school concept, at the meeting indicated that it
the Simnasho Elementary School should be a larger cut.
One woman noted that at the
survived the operation and will
rem ain open for this coming public m eeting on Ju ly 17, the
board had indicated th a t the
school year.
Also surviving the cut was sp irit would be to m aintain as
the Outdoor School P ro g ram good a q uality of education as
($8,713), costs for insulation possible while addressing the
($10,000), and the building con budget cuts.
“ Y e t,” continued the wo
struction c lu ste r w ith $15,000
budgeted for a teacher position m an, “ you’ve cut th re e ele
mentary counselors and just a
there.
Deleted from the proposed mere pittance from the athletic
budget, which will be put to the budget” . She noted th a t the
voters on S eptem ber 19, w ere board could cut 10 p erc e n t (or
about $12,000) from the athletic
the following:
— $45,000 appropriated for budget by just cutting out meals
three elementary school coun for the a th le te s while on the
road. I think 15 percent could be
selors.
— A $15,000 teaching posi cut from the budget, she said.
A nother p a rtic ip a n t a t the
tion for the forestry cluster.
— The elim ination of ele m eeting re m a rk e d th a t c h e e r
mentary school athletics involv leaders are budgeted for nearly
ing only sixth graders ($13,000). $6,000 and that $3,368.40 of that is
— $11,000 for a new position ju st for lodging, m eals, and
of principal - teacher at Metolius mileage.
“Those girls are chosen for
Elementary.
— $7,800 for a m etal shop 'that, and I think along with the
honor should come some respon
lockup area.
— $6,000 from the outdoor sibility,” the participant said.
repairs allotment, bringing that She rem arked that members of
other clubs and organizations
down to $10,588.
— A $4,000 reduction in the have to ea rn th e ir own money
for trips.
field trip budget.
After some discussion, Bart
— A 10 p e rc e n t cut in the
approximately $125,000 athletic le tt then m oved to strik e the
suggested 5 percent cut amend
budget for grade 7 through 12.
Most controversial and most ment and raise it to a 10 percent
PUBLIC
NOTICE
The T ribal Council ap pro
p ria te d by resolution F ed eral
R evenue S haring Funds in the
am ount of $99,558.00 in la te
June. A sum m ary of the adopted
budget is available for inspec
tion in the Tribal Administration
Building.
COMING
Coming to Warm Springs on
August 15 will be the “gypsies”
of The R ep erto ry D ance Com
pany at Reed College. They will
perform at the Community Cen
te r beginning a t 8 p.m ., and
th ere will also be a special
afternoon performance for kids
a t 1 p.m . th a t sam e T uesday.
Admission will be $1 for adults,
75 cents for students, and fifty
cents for children.
cut. The board passed the motion
3-1 with Lloyd Smith, Sr. voting
ag ain st the proposal. “ I ’m
ag ain st any c u t,” rem arked
Smith.
What was a bit surprising to
Fabian Sutterlee and other tri
bal members who attended the
July 17 public meeting was the
support from non-Indian Madras
residents who felt the Simnasho
School should remain open.
Many of those people voiced
concern for “ the aw fully long
trip for such young ch ild ren ,”
the “ need for a com m unity-
based school, we’re not a metro
politan a r e a ,” and, we should
“definitely not drop that school,
it’s a community school.”
A nother M adras woman
pointed out th a t since the per
pupil cost in the district is $2,000
a year, that $32,000 to keep the
school open for an estimated 14
students was not out of line. (It
has since been estimated that 17
to 20 children will be attending
Simnasho Elementary this fall.)
Following two levy defeats,
the Jefferson County School
Board 509-J directors knew they
had a m andate to cut. And a l
though they w ent on record as
statin g th a t they felt th at r e
ductions would h u rt the pro
gram s involved, they had to
perform the operation.
The directors should be com
m ended for the effort and
thought they put into th a t un
pleasant task, and for the inte
grity and spirit they displayed
throughout the ordeal.
One must hope the citizenry
will applaud th e ir efforts by
getting out to vote when the re
vised levy com es up again for
approval on September 19.
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TO ANYONE
INTERESTED
We a re in need of a person
who would tak e the responsi
bility of light housekeeping and
the care of an elderly couple two
days per week. If you’re inter
ested please call Norma Jackson
at 475-2022.
Thank you.