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Fishing c u to ff........... . . . . 2
1980 B u d g e t......... , ........ 3
Kah-Nee-Ta Renovation . 3
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Vol. 4
No. 19
Warm Springs, Oregon 97761
September 21,1979
Kah-Nee-Ta water O.K.
K ah -N ee-T a’s dom estic
water system is “adequate with
some minor modifications,”
according to a study just
completed by Century West
Engineering Corporation in
Bend. “Basically it’s a fine
w ater system ,” said Jeff
D a g g e tt, a p ro fe s s io n a l
engineer with the firm.
But Daggett recommended
some specific physical and
operational changes that would
make the water quality more
c o n s is te n t and re lia b le .
Operators should be better
trained in water treatment, he
suggested, and water should
have lengthier contact with
chlorine. In addition, Daggett
recommended that a “general
clean-up and maintenance
program” be launched right
away.
Century West was called in
August 14 by Kah-Nee-Ta
manager Bill Pauli to evaluate
the water system after an
Scratching for food
inspection by the Oregon State
It wasfeeding time out at the Schoolie Ranger Station for the Wilderness Program's 13 Rhode Island Health Division pointed out
Reds. One o f the resident cats stayed close by as Bev Snow tossed out the scratch. Since the layers numerous problems with the
aren’t kept in a chicken coop they roam freely, creating daily egg-hunts. For photos and details on the w ater quality zand system
start-up of the Wilderness Program, see page 8.
Spilyay Tymoo Photo by Rangila design. The Health Division
withdrew its license from the
re so rt sh o rtly a fte r the
inspection, saying it had no
jurisdiction on the reservation.
six children, one brother ano
The body of another member spotlight hit an object on the
At the time of the Health
three sisters. Funeral services Division’s visit, some of Kah-
of the three-man fishing crew beach. Upon closer inspection,
were held at the White Swan Nee-Ta’s water was going to
lost in a boatine accident on the David found that the object
Columbia River March 25, looked like a body.
Shaker Church and burial was c o n su m e rs u n f ilte r e d , a
1978 was found.this week and
At 8:10 a.m. State and
in the T oppenish Creek problem corrected immediate
Cemetery September 21.
identified as Leonard Polk, Jr.^ Wasco County officials were
ly. All of Century West’s
a member of the Confederated dispatched to the location, near
Light #60 east of Rowena.
Tribes.
P o lk , 34, w as fo u n d Polk’s body was transported by
September 16 three miles east jet sled to The Dalles, and later
of Rowena. His was the second taken -to Portland on the
body to be located since the recommendation of Wasco
S u p e rin te n d e n t D arrell Warm Springs can agree to. He
accident, which apparently County Medical Examinar Dr.
Wright announced September said in an earlier conversation
involved a small fishing boat Skirving. Positive identifica
10 that a study has been that he hopes the results of the
and a tug. The body of Eli tion was made by Dr. William
Culps, 35, was found in August Brady, Multnomah County
initiated which he hopes will study “will put the question to
finally settle the question of rest.”
1978 near Thé Dalles. The third Medical Examiner, who found
what the reservation’s financial
fisherman, Donald Isadore,29, a tribal enrollment card on the
Dr. Weber said he believes
impact is on school district 509- the last study of this type was
is still missing.
body.
done in about 1950. “ I think it
A CB call from Phillip
The search for the three men J.
“We need to get more facts,” is timely that we take a new
D avid, a W arm Springs began immediately after the
fisherman, alerted the state accident and continued for said Assistant Superintendent look at it,” he remarked. The
police of a “possible body” at several weeks. The Warm Dr. Ernest Weber, who will be deadline for the report has been
about 7:30 a.m. September 16. Springs and Yakima tribes, h e a d in g up th e s tu d y set at November 15.
“The study is not meant to
According^ to the state police businesses in The Dalles, and committee. Weber noted that
re p o rt, D avid had been friends and relatives contribu there are currently “no blacks cover up, taint or create any
checking his net when his ted to the effort, which was and whites available”—no facts bias,” Weber stressed. “The
engineered by state and county upon which to base assump purpose is not to make
tions. “We just have some recom m endations—ju st to
police.
g en eral fe e lin g s’ in the present facts. Noting that the
A U .S. C o ast G uard
community, that’s all,” he told study will provide a data base
investigation into the incident Spilyay Tymoo.
for upcoming considerations,
has turned up only a probable
The issue of whether or not he said, “I think we need it.”
cause. According to a Coast the reservation is carrying its
Weber said the study will be
SEPT. HI
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Guard spokesman, the state- share of the school district’s comprehensive and that he
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numbered boat owned by Eli financial burden surfaced at a thinks people will be surprised
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Culps was running in the dark regular school board meeting when the results are made
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without lights when it collided August 27. The board voted to public. He went so far as to say,
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with a tugboat and barge. postpone plans for remodeling “It may be balanced toward
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Reports made to the Coast and additions at Warm Springs Warm Springs.”
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Guard indicated that the E le m e n ta ry “ p e n d in g a
The bottom line of the study
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fishermen were under the response from the Tribal should reveal what the impact
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influence of alcohol when they Council to help finance the new on the taxpayers would be if the
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left shore to check their gillnets. construction.”
reservation was not in the
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The accident occurred at
“1 think the study will be very school district, according to
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around 5:00 a.m.
revealing,” Wright told the Weber. Although the entire
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Tribal Council September 14. scope has not yet been nailed
Polk,
who
grew
up
along
the
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Columbia, had fished all his life “We need accurate, docu down, the committee will be
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and had lost his father to the m e n te d , f a c tu a l d a t a — looking at the financial impact
river in 1952. He is survived by something that Madras and of tribal decisions, taxes paid to
Second fisherman found on river
tests were taken after this
change and show ed no
contamination. The 31 filtered
water samples taken at various
sites at the resort between
August 14 and August 28 all
tu rn e d o ut n eg ative for
bacteriological content. Tests
of raw river water, however,
w ere p o sitiv e fo r fecal
coliforms, indicating a source
of contam ination upstream
from the water intake,
Tests for turbidity, or visible
impurities, were “high on a
couple of days,” said Daggett.
The turbidity “varied more
than it should” primarily
because filters were not being
flushed frequently enough, and
not due to any structural
defects in the system.
Pauli was pleased with
Century West’s findings and
has plans to follow up on the
recommendations. At least two
operators will be sent to Linn-
Benton L immunity College in
Albany next March to attend a
s h o r t c o u r s e in w a te r
treatment. If they fulfill all the
requirements they will be
certified as “water treatment
nlan operators grade II”, a
standard suggested, but not
mandated, by the State Health
Division.
The proposed 1980. capita
lized budget includes $10,000
for a larger holding tank at the
Village. Such a tank would
increase the water’s contact
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Study to reveal reservation’s impact on 509-J
Weather
the district because of the
dams, and the impact of Tribal
employment and economic
relationship on the Madras
community.
General Manager Ken Smith
said he thinks the study sounds
good as long as capable people
will be putting it together. “I
think people will be surprised,’
he commented.
He indicated that people
tend to forget how much the
Tribes are contributing to the
district. “Taxes on the dams
represent a third of the county
valuation,” he mentioned.
“And the dams are there
because of the Tribes.”
Weber said he will be pulling
together a small committee
which will probahly consist of
seven members. He said no one
has been appointed yet, but he
plans to select someone from
the school board, a representa
tive from Tribal management,
the B.I.A., and someone from
the county assessor’s office.
Weber will also select people
from the communities to fill
two at-large seats.
Weber, who is in the process
of contacting individuals, said
he is excited about the study.
“ H opefully it will be a
milestone study that we can use
in the future,” he concluded.