PAGE 4 NOVEMBER 3, 1978
Editorial
E COOSH EEWA
(The way it is)
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT”
To the Editor:
It was an honor to serve my
community as a Dispatcher-
Jailer and getting to know what a
great job you do to protect and
serve our people on a twenty-four
hour basis, answering all calls no
m atter how small.
You taught me patience,
honesty, courage, and a certain
degree of empathy along with a
trusting knowledge in knowing
that someone out there does
care. Yes, each of you represent
what we all should be proud of,
believing in, and being a part of.
You as concerned members
of our community should take a
closer look at what you do with a
more positive attitude to become
more aware, what your duties
are, and how we can help. What
can we do to assist or volunteer
as citizens? What courses are
available? What is detox? How
can we learn about police work
as a career? What is a dis
patcher? What’s the difference
between a jailor and a dis
patcher? EMT courses a need?
Please answer our questions
in a column to enrich our
community and enlighten us on
our Tribal Police Department.
What can I, as a recovering
alcoholic, do for my fellow
suffering alcoholic to help him or
her to recovery by making
myself available to assist our
A.C.O. and alcohol program.
What services are available for
our teenagers and our pre-teen
abusers which are our future
leaders?
Thank You.
A very concerned
tribal member
Charlotte Pitt
“Kim-sah!”
Profit, Service
or Bummer?
A Local Public Service,
Editor's Note:
A Waste of Time?
Spilyay Tymoo is here to
serve the local community
with items of interest and with
coverage of timely events.
Recently there has been
some controversy on the subj-
ject of Job Listings. It is true
that employment is a must
here on the reservation to
alleviate the problem of un
employment, and it is also
true that special programs
have been created to aid the
situation.
At the present time Spil
yay Tymoo has been accused
of doing an injustice and has
been critisized for its action on
the m atter. Spilyay Tymoo is
more than delighted to serve
the community, but there are
problems that have to be
worked out in order to satisfy
all that are concerned.
No. 1 - By the time, the job
listings are received, which is
near the deadline of the paper,
The Tribes own eight enterprises, from wood products
manufacture to vehicle maintenance. Only three of the eight are
expected to make a profit in 1979 — and yet they will all stay in
operation.
To the people of Warm Springs:
The explanation for this unique business phenomenon goes beyond
Recently my Department
the Tribes’ ability to absorb losses. At the root of the reservation’s has been receiving a great deal
enterprise system lies a commitment to “service” often to the of attention in open public meet
detriment of profit.
ings and through the
news
Naturally a business cannot exist without providing a service, media. This attention has been
whether it be in the form of manufactured products or marketable both pro and con. It is a common
skills. But the manager would no sooner give the service away than he thing to have the Police receive
would cut off the supply of food to his family’s dinner table.
attention in the eyes of the
And yét the Tribes persist in their give-away policy, offering public, and more times than not
housing, electronic circuits and tourist services without demanding a this attention has been unfav
profit: Whether by default or directive, or many enterprises are orable. I feel this is something
doomed to drift in a never-never-land of service vs. profit.
that occurs with any police
Profit, of course, need not vie with service. But one must be agency, because the uniformed
favored or both components will suffer from chronic mediocrity.
patrolman is always “in view” of
The ultimate service, the sacred cow for which tribal enterprises the public.
have starved, is employment. What in private industry is an indirect
In our case, my officers are
benefit has become a paramount concern of tribal businesses — the not only patrolmen, but we also
employment and training of community members.
operate the jail and ambulance
It is in deference to job opportunity that a business is kept “alive” service. All officers are required
when it might actually thrive with cut labor costs, or die and make
way for a potentially more profitable enterprise.
Is this doing the Tribes or its members a favor?
Now that the reservation has surpassed the goal of a job for every
member, isn’t it time to look at the quality of those jobs? No one likes
a loser and if a business isn’t successful, its jobs are not very
attractive
What kind of model is offered to potential independent
businessmen when they observe an enterprise that, despite poor
management, wasteful labor practices, or ledgers full of red figures,
goes on and on? And conversely what better incentive is there for an
employee than to know that his effort is helping to make a business
successful ?
Opting for profit over employment may mean short-term
sacrifices to efficiency — such as removing dead wood or excesses
from the payroll. But ultimately a profitable business generates more
(and more rewarding) jobs.
Council and management need to decide whether they want their
enterprises to set sail or drift endlessly.
If it’s profit that is wanted, let’s separate the enterprises from the
Tribes’ service bureaucracy and give them new life and direction.
Warm Springs Forest Products Industries has always existed apart
with its own profit-oriented board of directors and it has been the
Tribes’ economic mainstay.
Kah-Nee-Tah is finally going the same route and while
employment is a high concern (as at the mill), profit is now number
many or all job closing dates
have expired and this will
never do the applicant any
useful assistance. '
No. 2 - It is believed that
because of the early closing
dates, many are discouraged
to fill an application for a
suitable job. But then two
weeks later another listing
appears, and, would you be
lieve, most of the same jobs
appear and the closing date
again is too soon for anyone
interested to fill out an appli
cation.
The editor’s policy is to
see that the readers get the
most timely
coverage of
events and has to make the
decision. Should the badly-
needed space be used for dead
news or news of interest to the
readers?
It is probably a fact that
many readers view all the jobs
available but feel that it is a
waste of time to apply. Also
we have members that had to
leave the reservation to seek
employment and would like to
return home if there was a
suitable job awaiting them
here.
The decision has been
made that if things are not
timely they will be omitted
and the valuable space used
for more current issues.
If there is any response to
the editor’s decision, one can
write Spilyay Tymoo, PO Box
735, Warm Springs, Oregon
97761. This would greatly be
appreciated.
This was not meant to
offend anyone, but to try and
explain why some submitted
articles have been overlooked.
To better understand our sit
uation, skim through the job
openings on page 12. Is it
enough time for you to re
spond?
received, and the person will
give me facts to substantiate the
are competent and are able to charges, I guarantee that an
respond to emergency
calls investigation will be made and
whenever an ambulance
is the person making the complaint
will be notified by me or the
needed.
Assistant Chief of Police, as to
'
Another point of discussion what the investigation disclosed.
concerns allegations members of I can honestly promise that there
the public have brought against will be no cover-up on any
some of my officers. I have never legitimate complaint against any
been directly approached by of our personnel.
We, as a Department, are
anyone who is willing to put these
complaints on paper so that I can attempting to improve and up
investigate these allegations. If grade our service to the resi
anyone has a legitimate com dents of Warm Springs. We hope
plaint against an officer or the public will give us the
member of this department, I support and opportunity to pro
will always have an open door vide the service the public
policy to receive these com deserves.
Sincerely yours,
plaints.
Jeffery E. Sanders, Sr.
Any time a complaint is
Chief of Police
to receive E m ergency Medical
TO THE EDITOR Technician training so that they
011 If it’s service that is wanted, let’s quit pretending that we have
business enterprises and begin to operate them as another of the
VILLAGE VISTA-The uncompleted directional signs for traffic entering the new Kah-Nee-Ta Village Day
comprehensive community services provided by the Tribes.
But if it’s combined service and profit that is wanted; let’s think Use Area have prompted emotions ranging from curiosity to horror as locals wonder what the architects
about what is of best service to tribal members: the pride and have in mind. Spilyay fantasized the above vista, while in reality the all-cedar signs will bear tasteful
inspiration of a successful enterprise or the “bummer” of another symbols providing information and direction to visitors, according to enterprise manager Ed Manion.
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