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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1981)
00617« * IL<S. Pottage Balk Rate Penalt No. 2 Warm Sprinta, OR BC OREGON H IST O R IC A L 1230 SW PARK AVE SO C IETY 97205 P Ü K ÏtftN U VOL. 6 NO. 13 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 September 29,1981 Squiemphen barn burns matches. Spifyay Tymoo photo by Don Gold Parvo virus killing local dogs Parvo-entertitisis a viral di sease which may be fatal to old dogs as will as puppies. It has recently been diagnosed as the cause of illness in some dogs on the reservation. It has been fatal in a few cases. “We’ve seen four or five dogs from Warm Springs in the last w e e k ,” D r. B o g g s o f Christensen Veterinary Service in M ad ras c o m m e n te d . “There’s no telling how many people don’t bring their dogs in for treatment,” he says. If p u p p y s h o ts are administered to a dog the Parvo vaccination is included in a series. A booster must be given annually. The Parvo virus is passed on in the feces of dogs, according to veterinarian Boggs. It could remain in the stool for up to six months infecting dogs which come in contact with it. An infected dog will show symptoms of the disease after an incubation period of six to nine days. The animal will appear listless and won’t eat. As the disease progresses the dog will suffer dehydration, vomiting and diarrhea. Death could result within three days after the symtoms become evident. Dr. Boggs says, “We’re saving some of the dogs. If people bring them in as soon as symptoms occur the dog has a chance to be saved.” Isolating the dog with the virus d o esn t seem to be effective. Dr. Boggs says some of the dogs brought in live outside the populated portions of Warm Springs. “It is a serious disease,” Dr. Boggs emphasizes. Parvo is new disease in the United States. It appeared two years ago and spread across the nation at epidemic rates, says Boggs. A year ago there was a serious occurrence o f the disease in the Madras area. There was difficulty in getting enough vaccine. Since that time the vaccine has become readily available. If adm inistered properly it will prevent the occurrence of Parvo. At this time a dog’s life may depend on it. An early afternoon fire, apparently started by children p la y in g w ith m a tc h e s , destroyed a barn at the Sidwalter residence of Earl and Rita Squiemphen on Saturday, Sept. 19. The Squiemphens were away at a rodeo in Shurz, N e v a d a w h en th e fir e consumed their barn. The fire was reported to the Warm Springs Fire and Safety department at 3:41 p.m. by patroling police officer Chris Still. Priscilla Squiemphen, who was staying at the Squiemphen home while her parents were away, said she attempted to telephone for help, but because a neighbor had left the party- line phone off the hook, she had to drive to a place where she could make the call. She said, “I had to drive clear to a neighbor’s house because a phone at another residence on our party-line was left off the hook.” After she reported the fire, Priscilla returned home. She said, “There was nothing we could do.” Twenty tons of alfalfa and oat hay plus approximately 200 pounds of pellets was destroyed along with the pole barn. Firefighters doused the flames with 4600 gallons of water. By the time they arrived at the scene of the fire the barn w a s a lm o s t c o m p le t e ly d e s t r o y e d , a c c o r d in g to responding firefighter Bill Carter. The distance between the fire and the station in Warm Springs, along with the long, steep grade out of Warm Springs, caused response time to be over fifteen minutes. Carter says, “The only way we're going to save a structure is if we catch a fire in the early stages — before it begins burning hot.” But “with the grade and the distance the rural response time will always be IS minutes. Frustrations go through your head when you can’t get that tanker to go any faster up the hill." ' The only solution to that problem, according to Fire and Safety officer Ray Rivero, is to have a station and equipment along with a volunteer fire department in the area. Carter feels that fire suppression should be addressed as a number-one priority. “Fire is one of the most devastating things that can happen to anyone,” he commented. A meeting to discuss fire protection in the Sidwalter area was held at a Sidwalter residence on Sept. 24 with Fire Chief Jerry Huff attending. Huff informed residents that a small BIA pumper would be available to them if they could provide housing for it. The pumper would be loaned to the Sidwalter area during the off season, Huff said. It would need to be stored in a garage that could be heated. Huff says getting the pumper “would be a start.” Because of th e r e s p o n s e tim e fo r firefighters to reach the Sidwalter area, “fire protection is b a s ic a lly up to th e homeowners for the initial attack,” Huff says. Volunteers from the area would be n e c e s s a r y to m an th e firefighting equipment. Credit issuing emergney loans only— “Money Is tight” by Donna Behrend Like many lending institu tions across the country, the tribal credit department is no longer able to lend money to borrowers as easily as they once were. The economic crunch is on and the credit department has not escaped the pinch. Inflation is the major cause, and has placed an unusual demand on credit funds. Though th ey’re not in financial trouble, says credit manager Bob Finch, they are “out of money” and are not accepting loan applications over $500 and for emergencies only. “We will continue this way until another referendum is presented,” says Finch. Curtailment began Monday, September 14. The cred it co m m itte e, be open for other business. comprised of Brenda Scott and “We’re very interested in A nna C lem en ts, w ill be helping people work with their presenting to Tribal Council in d e lin q u e n t lo a n s . ” T he October their proposal for delinquency ratio is just over another referendum . The 4% and has been climbing proposal may also include steadily over the past few other su bdivision related months. However, says Finch, matters. “the majority of the people are S in c e th e $2 m illio n paying their loans, and they are referendum in 1978, which diligent if they are having v o t e r s o v e r w h e l m i n g l y problems.” approved, the credit program The credit department ■ is has grown $3!6 million. “What unique within tribal admini money we have is committed,” stration, being one of the few says Finch. Housing and large self-sufficient departments out business loans have “gobbled o f 61 departm ents. They up” a major part of the funds. depend entirely on interest Not unlike 1978, business earnings from the repayment of has been curtailed, but Finch loans to pay the staffs salaries hopes that “while we’re down and operating expenses. The we can still be effective and that balance o f the interest if people will continue to make returned to the general credit their payments. The office will fund for relending purposes. Their budget is not part of the tr ib e ’s an n u a l o p era tin g budget. Lending agencies on the outside have many different ways to collect bad debts, the most drastic being repossession and/or foreclosure. The tribal credit department, along with tribal attorney Howard Arnett, have re p o ssessed several automobiles that have been financed through the credit department. Vernon Tanewasha missing Vernon Tanewasha, a Roads D epartm ent em p loyee, is reported to have fallen into Sherar’s Falls while fishing from a scaffold Thursday evening or Friday morning. He is still missing and presumed drowned. The fact that his car, with keys inside, was found at the fishing site and that his scaffold chair was tipped over has led officials to believe the worst. Also, it was noted by an individual that he was fishing without a rope or lifeline. An intensive search began on Saturday and is still in progress. The search effort, coordinated by Warm Springs police chief Jeff Sanders, is being conducted by numerous local police personnel, Wasco County officials and many Warm Springs friends and relatives. A Wasco County jet boat, a local craft and a helicopter are being used in the search for Tanewasha, 38.
