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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1981)
April 17,1981 Paga 11 Spilyay Tymoo Deschutes River user fee introduced to State A bill which would give the state authority to start a boating user fee for the D eschutes River will be introduced at the request of the governor’s office by the House Environm ent and Energy Committee. The fee system proposal, which requires legislative action, is one of several recommendations made in the final report “ Management Issues and A lternatives— D e sc h u te s R iv e r S cen ic Waterway”) of the Governor’s D e sc h u te s R iv e r scen ic W aterw ay Advisory Task Force, issued December, 1980. Gov. Vic Atiyeh said he “fully endorses” the task force recom m endations. “ W ithin practical limits, and when feasible, I would like to see these recommendations fully implemented,” he said. “I hope that the legislature will act quickly on the user fee proposal so tht it will go into effect this summer. “It is not our intent to eliminate people from the river. Our purpose is to enhance the quality of the experience for everyone. “It is clear that there are problems on the river—mostly the result of skyrocketing boating use. The proposed solutions to the problems represent a low-key approach on the part of the government there’s to be no permit system and most regulatory activities will be of a voluntary nature.” Recommendations of the task force include: (1) a user fee system— Revenue from boating user fees would be used to defray, the cost of administering enforcing river use rules, and developing and maintaining recreation facilities. All those boating on the river would be required to pay a user fee, but there would be no limit on the number of th o s e u s in g th e r iv e r . (2) not having a mandatory permit system—At this time there should not be a permit system limiting boating use on th e D e s c h u te s R iv e r. (3) group size—There should be a limit on the size of both noncom m ercial and com mercial boating groups on the river to 16 persons per party. (4) Pow er bo ats—There should be no restrictions on current use areas or numbers of power boats, but education programs that will make all boaters aware of the problems they are causing other river users should be emphasized. Also, the State Marine Board should enforce existing boat regualtions regarding safety, sites, campfires, and discharge of firearms. Atiyes said he is asking the state Parks and Recreation Division to coordinate the states role in the proposed regulations. He said legislation would give the division the n e c e s s a r y a u t h o r i t y to administer and enforce the p r o p o s e d fee s y s te m . “ I ’m asking all public a g e n c i e s w h ic h s h a r e responsibility for the river to take seriously the report and its re c o m m e n d a tio n s . T he ultimate responsibility for the river rests with its users—their cooperation is the key to m a in ta in in g th e d e lic a te balance between protection of the river while, at the same time,allowing heavy public use,” he said. The 17-member Governor’s R iv e r S c e n ic W a te rw a y Advisory Task Force, headed by citizen-at-large member Roger Martin, Lake Oswego, held six meetings, attended by noise, and equipment on the over 300 people and groups, Deschutes River and that the during the summer and fall of and heard testimony as jet boat industry make an effort 1980 part of the meetings. to reduce the noise cused by jet Atiyeh named the task force powered craft on the river. (5) com m erical guides— by executive order in July, There should be a limit entry 1980, to identify the problems on the river and to develop p la n i m p le m e n te d f o r recommendations or ways to commerical guides assuring deal with the problems. that there be no increase in the The river, from the Pelton number of guides, trips or passengers over the 1980 use Reregulating Dam to the Columbia River, a distance of season level. The ta sk force m ade a b o u t 100 m ile s , w as additional recommendations designated as an Oregon Scenic aterw ay in 1969 by a including those involving camp W majority of Oregon voters. CPR training useful anywhere What would happen if you were eating out and the man at the next table began choking? Or what if you found a friend lying on the floor of his home unconscious, possibly the victim of a heart attack? Would you stand helplessly by, unable to do a thing? With such an occurence in mind, the Warm Springs Fire and Safety departm ent is continuing to offer Cardio P u lm o n a ry R e su sc ita tio n classes to interested tribal employees. One eight hour session has already been completed resulting in 15 em ployees being certified. Safety officer Ray Rivero says, “If we could get 20% of the tribal employees certified then in almost any circumstance we would have ap p ro priately tr a in e d f ir s t re s p o n d e rs available.” Acting immediately is important in saving the lives of choking or heart attact victims. Being trained in C PR in stru c tio n , F red M uniz conducts the class limiting the number of students per session en ab lin g m ore com plete individual instruction. Muniz feels this training to be important especially because “people can take it home with them.” It is useful anywhere. Certification is awarded after the CPR trainee can efficiently perform mouth to mouth rescusitation and heart m a s s a g e on a d u m m y representing a victim. The trainee must also know the method for dislodging foreign matter from the throat of a choking victim. Recertification must take place on a yearly basis. This is important according to Rivero, “because the scientific nature of medicine is constantly changing. An accepted practice this year may not be so next year.” The next CPR class is tentitively scheduled for the end of April. Rivero says, “we would appreciate all depart m e n ts to p a r t i c i p a t e . ” Heart Massage—/! certified CPR must know the method of massaging a heart in order to keep oxygen supplied to the brain. Oliver Kirk practices on a dummy. Hands On Experience—Choking victims come in all sizes as do certified CPRs. Vernon Rowe allows Ruth Johnson to practice dislodging a foreign object. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk <"
