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.
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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.