Pane 2 November 5,1979
New Water Master
happy to be here
A native of India, Deepak
R. Sehgal, 26, recently took on
the newly-created position of
Water Master for the tribes.
Sammy Colwash, a tribal
member, will be the trainee and
should be qualified to assume
the responsibilities of water
master in two years.
At age four, Sehgal moved
with his familv from India to
the su b u rb s o f B elfast,
Northern Ireland, where he
lived for about 18 years. “It was
getting pretty hot down there,
pretty dangerous,” Sehgal said,
referring to the conflict
between the Catholics and the
Protestants.
Because Balfast was “just
too rough”, he decided to go
to th e U n i v e r s i t y o f
Manchester in England where
he earned his Engineering
degree in 1977.
In one instance, he recalled
when his father's shop was
bombed by the Irish Republic
Army (IRA), with no warning.
His dad had just stepped out
for a couple minutes and the
shop was gone. Sehgal said his
father’s place was blown up
probably because of the law
that requires the British to pay
for rebuilding or repairing
property destroyed by the IRA.
“I’m glad Pm here how,”said
Sehgal, who is also the first
cousin of tribal engineer, Satish
Puri, who started the position
of water master.
Sehgal and Colwash have
been doing mainly background
work, trying to catch up on
what’s already been done. As
Water Master, Sehgal and his
assistant will be responsible for
the administration of the tribes’
w ater m an ag em ent p lan ,
including developing proce
dures, recording individual
rights to use water and rights to
dispose of wastes in waterways.
They will inspect water useage
and waste disposal, develop
and maintain data on water
flow and yield for watersheds,
a n d r e g u la r ly m e a s u re
diversions from streams and
regulate them to conform to
established allocations.
The men have already been
out measuring the flow of some
streams and they’re slowly
working to get their feet off the
ground. “We have to virtually
start from scratch,” Sehgal
said. “We’re just now finding
out where the tools are located.
We’ll get it straightened out.”
No Widespot powwow this year
The annual Widespot mini
powwow, which would have
been the seventh annual, has
been cancelled this year,
a c c o r d i n g to p o w w o w
coordinator Wilfred Jim. The
powwow is normally held
d u rin g the T h an k sg iv in g
holiday.
Jim said his wife Geraldine,
who beads the crown and many
of the items raffled off, is a
relative of the late Edna David
and cannot participate until
after memorial services are
held.
Help was slow in coming in
helping plan the powwow and
raising the funds, said Jim. He
said there were a few girls who
expressed interest in being
queen candidates and selling
tickets, but all the funds
couldn’t be raised in such a
short time.
Jim said a powwow next year
is possible although he couldn’t
be certain.
St. Patrick’s Bazaar
The ladies of St. Patrick’s
Altar Society in Madras are
busily preparing for their St.
Patrick’s Bazaar which will be
held in the Parish Center on
Madison and J Street on
Friday, November 16, 1979,
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The event will feature booths
of handmade articles, home-
baked goods, and religious
articles. A salad bar will be
open at 11:00 a.m., featuring a
viriety of salads, with cheese
bread and coffee and tea, for
$2.50 per person. Door prizes
will be drawn throughout the
day. A handmade quilt and two
afghans will be given to the
persons whose names are
drawn from a special box.
Everyone is invited to come
and join in the festivities.
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HAVING FUN— A s water master and trainee, D eepak R . Sehgal (foreground) and Sam m y
Colwash have been enjoying themselves as they settle into their new jobs.
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School Study
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thanked the tribes for lending four more have been.scheduled.
t h e i r a s s i s t a n c e . “ W e As far as the attendance policy
appreciate the time and interest is concerned Wright said, “I
being expressed in the study,” think we’ll be going through a
painful period this next month
they told the Council.
with a lot of expulsion
Other school news
hearings.” However, he said
Wright reported to the that the main thing is that more
Tribal Council that school students are now attending
attendance has im proved. more classes.
“There have been 100 fewer
Also, with a hint of pride,
days of absenteeism than we Wright announced the start-up
had last year at this point,” he of News of District 509-J, a
said. But he advised that a district newsletter developed to
critical point is nearing for f u r t h e r c o m m u n ic a tio n
students who do not have good between the district and the
attendance.
patrons.
Wright said he has already
He passed out copies of the
conducted two hearings to first edition to the Council,
consider expulsions and that noting that the newsletter will
be sent out quarterly. Stressing
the importance of communica
tion, the S u p erintendent’s
Message on the front flap says
that News of District 509-J will
“provide news that needs
emphasis, or that requires
special timing, or that was
overlooked by other sources.”
Inside are short articles on a
parent group, the drug and
alcohol abuse program, new
teachers in the district, field
trips by telephone, Junior High
open gym nights, and the
results of an evaluation of 509-
J. On the back flap is school
board news and a reminder that
Parent Conference Day is on
November 9.
Nina officers elected at annual workshop
The Northwest Indian News
Association (N.I.N.A) held its
regular annual meeting in
Portland, Oregon on October
24-25. There were 21 Indian
n e w sp a p e rs re p r e s e n tin g
reservations from throughout
the northwest. There were 15
representing the state of
Washington, four from Idaho,
one from Montana and one
from the great state of Oregon
(Spilyay Tymoo)
The first thing on the agenda
was the introduction of the
board of directors which
includes one representative
from each of the four states.
They are, from Washington,
D onna Mathieson of the
Tacoma Indian News; Mark
Trahant, Ft Hall, Idaho; Jeanie
McDonald from the Blackfeet
Reservation; and Sid Miller of
the Spilyay Tymoo, Warm
Springs, Oregon. The three at-
large members are Gordon
Pullier of the Indian Voice
from Sumner, Washington,
Ray Young of the Yakima
Media Service, and Wes Edmo
from the Sho-Ban News, of Ft.
Hall, Idaho.
The board of directors
elected the officers to serve for
the fiscal year which ends each
October. The president is Sid
Miller from Spilyay Tymoo;
Vice President Wes Edmo,
Sho-Ban News, Ft. Hall Idaho;
and the secretary is Donna
Mathieson of the Tacoma
Indian News.
The first afternoon of the
m eeting was devoted to
N.I.N.A. business, finances,
new memberships and to the
future as a viable news
association. The banquet
speaker was Gene Brendler,
Public Affairs Director for
KPTV channel 12. during the
concluding day there were
w ork sh o p s th a t covered
television presented by Joan
Briggs, Public Affairs Director
for KGW-TV channel 8. Other
workshops included, “How to
Edit A One-Horse News Paper,
a radio, broadcast and a Work
Processing workshop to close
out the annual meeting.
The site for next year’s
meeting will be. selected at the
first board of directors meeting
which will be held in late
January of 1980. Also at that
meeting the finance committee
will make their report to the
board.
--------Police Report--------
Two assaults reported
Eddie Spino Jr. is still
hospitalized with injuries he
received when he was assaulted
by another tribal member. The
incident took place at the Merle
Kalama residence on October
27.
Spino received a concussion
and a broken arm and police
say the alledged instrument
used to hit Spino was a baseball
bat.
The case will be filed with
Federal C ourt System in
November for prosecutive
opinion. According to Police
personnel, if family members
continue to intimidate other
family members involved in
th is in c id e n t, a d d itio n a l
Federal charges will be filed
against more people.
In an October 29 incident,
Michael Stewart,22, was cut in
the back with a broken beer
bottle. He was treated and
released at Mt. View Hosoital.
The case was filed with the
U.S. Attorney but was referred
to the tribal prosecutor for
opinion.
were damaged when struck by a
car on October 26. The
suspect has been identified and
the case is_ still pending.
Still shot at
On Halloween evening,
officers Chris Still and Kip
Morris responded to a call
in v o lv in g fo u r ju v e n ile s
fighting in West Hills. Each
officer chased two suspects and
while Still was running, shots
were fired at him.
S everal ju v e n ile s were
arrested that evening, but none
had guns on them. According
Hit and Run in West Hills
Romaine Miller’s car and to Police Chief Jeff Sanders,
Alfred Wolfe’s travel trailer the incident is still under
investigation.