PAGE 2 JANUARY 8, 1979
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Police Department in "holding pattern1
by Cynthia Stowell
The new year brought yet
another shuffle in the police
department but not one of its own
choosing. Tribal Council’s dele
tion of the position of assistant
chief has resulted in the transfer
of Dick Montee, who had filled
the slot since August, back to the
juvenile program where he
began two years ago.
Juvenile director Small Fire
Hawk was moved to the new
position of drug investigator as
part of the shuffle.
The rest of the police depart
ment is in a “holding pattern,”
according to chief Jeff Sanders,
while the fate of four requested
positions remains to be deter
mined by Council. “We have
positions that we need to put
people to work on, but we can’t
expend any money on those
items,” said Sanders.
Those positions include two
patrolmen, one dispatcher and
one Kah-Nee-Ta security man.
DICK MONTEE
Round trip ticket
The juvenile justice program as
a whole is also under Council
scrutiny while two requested
positions — juvenile officer and
juvenile narcotics officer — were
deleted entirely. Also deleted
was the salary increase for the
chief.
“We’re not down anything
from last year,” said Sanders,
“but to be fully functional we’d
like those positions.” The Coun
cil is inclined to feel that
increased personnel is not the
key to improved services...
The police department spent
a good part of 1978 on reorganiza
tion, including the addition of
an assistant chief to direct daily
operations and increased empha
sis on training and accountabili
ty among the staff.
Community support for the
police department has soared, as
evidenced by statements made
in Spilyay Tymoo and at recent
general council meetings. Muni
cipal branch manager Rudy
Clements remarked, “If we had
another general council we’d get
everything we want, but Council
won’t schedule one.”
“It’s discouraging,” said
Clements about the Council’s
less than enthusiastic support of
the police department’s budget
requests. “We build up the police
department, raise morale and
then don’t get the backing.”
Ex-assistant chief Montee,
who took a $4,000 cut in pay and a
cut in responsibility and author
ity that cannot be so easily
measured, feels he was never
given sufficient reason for his
removal and suspects that per
sonal considerations prevailed.
Montee, a non-tribal member,
was instrumental in making the
department more visible in the
community through educational
and public relations efforts.
About losing his assistant,'
Sanders said he feared he would
not have as much time to devote
to longterm program planning
with the added responsibility of
monitoring daily operations of
the program. Montee was an
asset to the department because
of his extensive FBI and BIA
background, a fact not well-
known to the community, added
Sanders.
Sanders asked for and re
ceived four jailors, one drug
investigator and one records
clerk for 1979. The positions held
in abeyance would help balance
his program, he feels.
Jailing and dispatching were
separated as the result of the
Robbins Report on law and order
in Warm Springs and possible
civil rights violations. Sanders
wonders why he is not getting the
extra dispatcher he needs.
The patrolman and Kah-Nee-
Ta security man requested are
not actulally new positions, ex
plained Sanders, but already
exist with outside funding. They
would simply be transferred to
the tribal payrolls, not adding
personnel to the police staff.
Several people concerned
with the program suggested that
the Council should be concerned
with the bottom line of the police
budget and not specific staffing
considerations.
As if the cold weather
wasn't enough
So you woke up this morning,
turned on the lights and nothing
happened? Well, all Warm
Springs residents who receive
their electricity from Pacific
Power and Light became “un
lit” at midnight January 8. The
outage is blamed on a transfor
mer failure. According to PP&L
employees, the “black-out” was
not caused by an overload. Crew
members worked through the
night trying to rectify the prob
lem, hoping to have the power
back on by mid-afternoon.
The Warm Springs area has
been plagued by sub-freezing
weather since December 28.
Since that day, the temperature
has not risen above 21 degrees.
Residents have suffered frozen
First Baby
Congratulations to Gene and
Wanda Nasewytewa who had the
Jefferson County New Year’s
baby for 1979.
Born at Mt. View Hospital on
January 3 at 3:58 a.m., Heather
Ann weighed in at 7 lbs., 12 oz.
The baby girl entitles her
parents to dozens of gifts from
local businesses.
Gene is the son of Harlow
and Betty Nasewytewa of Warm
Springs.
and broken pipes since the on set
of cold weather and the Tribal
utilities department has been
working full-time to thaw the
pipes, averaging only three
homes per day.
It is advised, for as long as
we have sub-freezing weather,
that cold water be turned on and
left to run, run, run. Another aid
is to purchase a $5.00 heat tape to
wrap around your pipes. The cost
to operate an electric heat tape
throughout a winter is less than a
half-hour session with the plum
ber.
The extended forecast for
this week is C—O--L—D with
highs to 15 above and lows to 20
below.
Crack-down
on BB guns
Residents of the West Hills
area have reported to the juve
nile authorities that children
have been abusing the use of BB
guns. Because of the possible
injuries and damage being done
to homes, juvenile authorities
are asking parents’ assistance in
cracking down on the problem.
Spilyay Tymoo
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Pure bred Siberian husky sled dogs, belonging to Dan and Lynn Neumann of Madras, recently visited
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Warm Springs Parenting Committee
Offers Two Guest Speakers
Two special speakers will
give workshops on parenting
techniques this month through
the Warm Springs Parenting
Committee.
Mike Giammateo, founder of
the Sylvan Institute of Mental
Health and Family Services in
Vancouver, Washington will give
a workshop from 12:00 - 4:00
p.m. on Monday, January 8th for
interested agencies staff and for
the public from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
the same day. Both workshops
will be held at the Community
Center and the topic will be on
parent-child involvement with
special attention paid to the
relationship of working parents
and their children.
Marcelle Straatman, Exten
sion Human Development Spec
ialist from Oregon State Univer
sity will give a workshop from
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tues
day, January 30th for interested
agencies staff and for the public
from 7-10 p.m. the same day.
Both workshops will be held at
the Community Center and the
¿opic will be on understanding
the mental and physical develop
ment of children of all ages and
backgrounds. Marcelle will also
talk about positive parenting
techniques and lead activities to
help parents develop positive
parenting skills.
People’s Opinion
Question: How was your New
Year’s evening? Asked by Spil
yay.
Shirley: It was just great, we
stayed home, didn’t go any
where. It was nice and quiet.
Ralph: I was asleep by 11:00
p.m., we had plans on just
staying home. There was a lot of
activities during the holidays.
Christmas, basketball and a
bowling tournament.
Evaline: We went to the
longhouse at Simnasho where we
enjoyed a traditional Indian New
Year. Drumming, singing and
danced in the New Year.
Les: We just stayed home,
we did have plans to go out with
friends but after the bowling
tournament it seemed a little late
to go anywhere so we just stayed
home.
Maxine: We didn’t go any
where, we just stayed at home
and had a few friends and
neighbors over, it was a pretty
quiet evening.
Marlyn: I didn’t do anything,
I stayed home and went to bed
early got up at about 5 a.m.
because my sisters came for a
visit.
Sandra: We had a quiet
evening at home, visiting and
playing games. We had a good
fire in the fireplace, it was just a
fine evening.
Bob: I was in bed at about 10
p.m. We went skiing early the
next morning. We had a real
good day at Mt. Bachelor.
Jackie: We went camping at
three rivers, the guys wanted to
sled down the hill at midnight, I
stayed at camp because it was
cold.