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PAGE 2 NOVEMBER 17, 1978 "Safety Pays Dividends" Tribes Receive Hefty Insurance Refund This Year Due to an improved safety record this past year, the Confed erated Tribes were presented with a $161,000 refund check from Industrial Indemnity Thurs day, November 9. Each year, money not used by the insurance company to pay claims is returned to the Tribes, explained Pat Metke of Lumber man’s Insurance, agent for the Tribes. The refund this yearrepre-. sents 51 percent of- the, total premium paid by the Tribes, and is a substantially larger amount than paid to the Tribes in previous years. In 1977, the refund was only $60,000. Metke noted that the overall safety-consciousness among employees has improved, parti cularly at Kah-Nee-Ta. “The frequency and severity of claims was down at Kah-Nee-Ta this year,” said Metke. “It has been one of our tougher areas, partial ly because of the large turn-1 over,” he said. “We’re stressing that safety is important and that’s the reason for the special presenta tion,” Metke said. The check was presented out at Kah-Nee-Ta to Edith Danzuka, the Tribes’ second-in-command. Charley Thornburg, Marketing Repre sentative for Industrial Indem- *nity, drove from Portland to make the presentation to the Tribes. The insurance covers all non-mill employees of the Con federated Tribes, including police. According to Administra tive Branch Manager Doug Mc Clelland, the Tribes pay a sub stantial premium, so it’s good to get some of it back. Forest Management Continued from Page 1 can,” remarked the manager. “But it contains a lot of inaccur acies that could have been avoided by working closely with us.” “We have a lot of the information they needed,” Eng elbretson continued, questioning the quality of the consultants’ fact-finding. “I’m sure we didn’t refuse them any information.” Engelbretson said that his office and the area office are preparing replies to the Sanders- Rickard report to be submitted to the Tribes. Then they plan to be “available anytime” to dis cuss how the Bureau and consul- Council and its attorney is the extent to which Sanders and Rickard expect to collaborate with local and area Bureau staff. Attorney Owen Panner caution ed against undermining the Bureau’s trust responsibility for the forest. Fearing resistance at the area level, Councilman Zane Jackson said, “This may be harder to do than it sounds.” Local forest manager Ken Engelbretson regrets that the study has come this far with so little Bureau coordination. “This study could be useful - obviously a lot of time and effort went into it and we’ll use whatever we Sorry For The Confusion Our page 8 story on the Credit Department (“Credit: The ‘Oddball’ Operation”) in the last edition of Spilyay Tymoo contained a dangling figure, and a rather large one at that. Due to a typographical error, it was not clear ‘ that the $7.5 million re ferred to was the amount the credit department expects to have out in loans next year. The corrected sentence' should read, “Having started with a $150,000 revolving loan from the B.I.A. in the mid-fifties, the tribal credit program quickly became self-sufficient and now projects an income of $550,996 in 1979, with approximately $7.5 million out in loans.” Sorry for any misunder standing that may have been created. Spilyay Tymoo y y Coyote News £ ’ SPILYAY TYMOO STAFF Managing Editor Sid MiUer Assistant Editor Sandy Rangila Photographic Specialist/Writer Cynthia Stowell Reporter/Photographers Roger Stwyer Donna Behrend Priscilla Squiemphen, Secretary FOUNDED IN MARCH OF 1976 Published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. Located in the Old Administration Building. Any written material to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo P. O. Box 735 Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 Phone 553-1644 or 553-1161, Ext. 274 . Subscription Rate $6.00 per year.*^ ¡X'■ .*91» . SAFETY PAYS OFF - The Tribes were the recipient of a $161,000 insurance refund check from Industrial Indemnity November 9 because of an improved safety record this year. The presentation was made out at Kah-Nee-Ta. Industrial Indemnity representative Charley Thornburg presented the check to Edith Danzuka, the Tribes’ second-in-command, while Pat Metke of Lumberman’s Insurance looked on. Spilyay Photo by CDS tants might work together. “We could pool our informa tion and resources and cut down on unnecessary duplication of work,” said the forest manager. The Bureau had intended to remeasure the CFI plots in 1980, Make sure you mark Novem he said, but the timetable could ber 30,1978 and December 1,1978 be moved up to coordinate with on your calendar for the upcom the consultants. ing rubeola vaccination clinic to Engelbretson said he was be held at the Community Cen encouraged to see that the study ter. The “hard measles” are “confirmed that our original CFI considered to be one of the most data was accurate.” He feels the contagious diseases of man, CFI system is still accomplish according to state health offic ing what it was designed to do: ials. Within the last two months, determine the annual allowable there have been outbreaks in cut, regulate the harvest, and volving at least 200 Oregon High determine growth rate. Based on School students. Any person between the ages CFI analysis, the allowable cut recommended in 1975 was 67 of 10 and 20 should be vaccinated million board feet, a 14 million against the hard measles unless reduction from the present cut. it has been determined by a doctor that they have had the The forest manager found disease before. There are nearly some of Sanders and Rickard’s statements to be “unsubstantia ted .. . based on casual observation.” For instance marking is performed according to established standards, with a focus on risk rather than growth rate. As for marking young, vigorous trees for harvest and A Klamath girl who has lived leaving old, dying trees, Engel bretson said, “That is not a with her family in Warm Springs practice that we would con since 1971 is in the running for Jefferson County Junior Miss. done.” Faye Hurtado, 17, will be com He also viewed the mortality peting against five other high problem differently. A lot of the school girls from Madras and loss is in the conditional use area Culver at the Madras High which the Tribe hasn’t decided whether to commercialize yet, he said. The mortality in the steep fir areas is expensive and awkward to salvage. “You can’t liquidate your timber just to get at the mortality.” And in the flat pine areas Engelbretson says his department contracts with WSFPI to remove the merchant able mortalities when they occur as well as high risk trees. “We are attempting to reduce the mortality to a minimum,’.’ he said. GET YOUR MEASLES VACCINE 600 young people living on the reservation who, at this time, may not be protected against hard measles. Permits, with the signature of parents or legal guardian, are required before any child can be vaccinated. Your child WILL NOT receive an injection without a signed permit. The permits will be available at Macy’s, the PHS clinic, front desk at the Commu nity Center on November 27, 28 and 29 and also on the days of the vaccination clinics. Once again, the vaccination clinics will be November 30 and December 1,1978 at the Commu nity Center between 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. both evenings. Local girl running for Junior Miss With increased funds and staff in recent years, BIA Fores try has been able to provide more intensive management, said Engelbretson, bringing the wild forest closer to a managed stater vcuA «'»H anoiia FAYE HURTADO School cafeteria this Sunday, November 19, at 2:00 p.m. The contestants are busy working daily on a physical fitness routine for Sunday’s competition. In addition to phys ical fitness the girls will be judge on talen, scholastic achieve ment, poise and appearance, and the judges’ interview. Among the prizes awarded to the winner is a college scholar ship. The new Jefferson County Junior Miss will also go to Portland in mid-January to compete for the statewide title. Faye is the first girl from Warm Springs to compete for the Junior Miss title in recent years. Competition and royalty are not unfamiliar to the high school senior, however. Faye was first runner up to the Queen of both the Tygh Valley and Chioquin All-Indain Rodeos this year. When she isn’t a princess she rides cows and barrel races in rodeos. At school, Faye participates in Rodeo Club, Photography Club and varsity volleyball.
