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Page 2, May 25. 1979 Kah-Nee-Ta Employee of Month Kitchen lured Calica from Simnasho farm Joe Calica left the Philip pines in 1927 to go to school in the states. “I never did go!” he chuckles. But he has accomp lished a few other things in his fifty years away from home. Earning Kah-Nee-Ta’s employee of the month award was just one JOE CALICA of them. As a cook in the Lodge’s main kitchen, 72-year-old Calica employs a trade learned in Spilyay Tymoo Photo by Stowell Tacoma shortly after his arrival in the Philippines. It was a risky in the northwest. Working his business without irrigation, way up from a dishwasher, however, and Joe and Inez found Calica discovered a skill he could outside employment to be neces take anywhere, and Kah-Nee-Ta sary. Calica cooked for the is now benefitting from his boarding school and local rest aurants and did custodial work talents. Supervisor Norman Yates for the Tribes, while his sons commended Calica for his “out were growing up. standing ability in all phases of Now in his semi-retirement kitchen preparation” and his “willingness to take any task Calica has returned to cooking given to him and perform it and is gradually turning over his without question.” His “100 per 200 acres of farm land and 110 cent attendance” and “happy go head of cattle and horses to his lucky” attitude are also valued sons. Inez is also employed at in the Juniper kitchen, said Kah-Nee-Ta, having transferred recently from the laundry to the Yates. Calica admits that working bath house. at Kah-Nee-Ta for the last two While Joe Calica has kept a years has been pleasant — fairly low profile in the com particularly because of friendly munity, he and his wife have co-workers — but cooking seems to be secondary in his life. Joe provided the reservation with a councilman, an education direct Calica is better known for his Simnasho-based livestock and or, a police sergeant, a fish hatchery technician and a tree wheat operation and the five sons he and his wife Inez have reared. thinner. Calica is proud of his sons and their contributions. After marrying tribal mem ber Inez Sumpter in 1943 and finishing a stint in the Navy, Calica came to the Warm Springs Reservation and began farming, as his family had done At the same time, Calica is quietly making his own name known at Kah-Nee-Ta, proving himself to be a warm and reliable member of the kitchen crew. Updated community plan presented (1971 Plan Revised) The first draft of the updated Warm Springs Community Plan was reviewed at a public meet ing at the Agency Longhouse the evening of May 14. Several changes to the 1971 Community Plan have been proposed in the draft. Some of the suggested revi sions include the following land use activities: 1. Relocation of all industrial uses to the new Industrial Park on Kah-Nee-Ta Road. 2. Relocation of the proposed commercial center (future supermarket and related busi nesses) to the east half of the Agency Campus. 3. Relocation of the future motel site from the Shaker Church area to the Village near the Visitors Information Center and restaurant. 4. Deletion of the proposed Shi tike Lake. 5. Relocation of the rodeo grounds. 6. Relocation of the school- educational facilities site to the area south of the longhouse. 7. Preservation of prime agricultural soils for the propos ed Tenino Irrigation Project. 8. Designation of the old “Rifle Range” area above Miller Heights for the proposed Justice Center (Police Department, Courts and detention facilities). 9. Designation of the existing Rehab-Utilities area above the Community Center for multi family housing. General community goals proposed include: 1. To maintain and enhance the livability and environment, including the provision for ade quate open space. 2. To provide adequate and safe housing, including adequate space to provide a healthy social and living environment. 3. To provide for safe and efficient circulation, including the development of a pathway system. 4. To maintain the communi ty as the major employment center, including the develop ment of additional job oppor tunities and diversifying the local economy. 5. To maintain and enhance health, recreation and education al opportunities and services. 6. To develop adequate community and municipal facili ties. As was the case at previous planning meetings, residents spoke about the need for more emphasis on education and rec reation for the youth. A public meeting is schedul ed for the afternoon of June 6 to discuss recommendations for the use of “the Park” area across from the community center. Other comments at the May 14 meeting centered on agricul tural land protection, usage of the Greensville area, zoning controls, fire protection, live stock problems, W.S.F.P.I.-re- lated needs, pedestrian safety and night street lighting. Also mentioned was that the Confederated Tribes should take a serious look at building their own schools. Additional public and inter- committee meetings on the Community Plan are expected this summer and fall. Spilyay Tymoo y. Coyote News 1 ' SPILYAY TYMOO STAFF Managing Editor Sid Miller Assistant Editor Sandy Rangila Photographic Speciaiist/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 66 00 per year BIRD’S EYE VIEW — This aerial view of Warm Springs shows part of the community planning area. Tenino Road and the new administrative building is on the right, with the west hills loops pictured in the center. Spilyay Photo by Rangila Three Killed in Head-on Wreck Three young men were killed in a tragic head-on collision early this Thursday morning on High way 26 at Elm Lane between Warm Springs and Madras. Cur tis Lawrence, 24, and Paul Valdez, 21, were killed instantly. Driver of the other car, Glenn Brunoe, 23, died a few hours later at St. Charles Hospital in Bend. The Datsun pickup operated by Lawrence was headed east toward Madras. Lawrence and his passenger Valdez had report edly just gotten off work at the mill. According to State Trooper John Granby, Brunoe’s Chevro let pickup was westbound in the eastbound lane. The impact oc- cured in the eastbound lane on. Hwy 26 at Elm Lane sometime after 12:30 a.m. Granby said that Lawrence and Valdez were dead at the scene, and that Brunoe was transported to Mt. View Hospital in Madras. He was then trans ferred to St. Charles where he died at 3:55 a.m. Granby is asking that any witnesses to the accident come forward and contact him at the Madras office of the Oregon State Police. The telephone num ber is 475-3848. Since the accident is still under investigation, no more details could be released at this time.
