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.
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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.