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
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