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UNIVERSITY OF 003940 OREGON LIBRARY .B.. NR WALTER SLOCUM SERIALS SECTION U OF 0 LIBRARY EUGENE nnr 1 ¡- 1QQ1 15 1981 U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Pennit No. 2 Wann Springs, OR ^¡4Iyay Tymoo i Coyote News.. ■ ■ ■ «g Vuoi. V VOL 6 NO 15 October 9.1981 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 Mill has newsletter The first issue of Mill Lines, Volumne 1 Number 1, made its debut September 25,1981. Mill Lines, edited by Cynthia D. Stowell is a 4-page internal newsletter for employees of Warm Springs Products Industries. The idea of such a newsletter was discussed at a Board of Directors meeting nearly a year ago, according to Bob Macy’s column “Manager’s Message,” on page 2 of the newsletter. His particular column will address a variety of concerns and will concentrate on reporting the current market conditions and their possible effect on WSFPI. The general purpose of the newsletter is the benefit both management and employees by increasing communication. The newsletter will enable all to have a common understanding of the facts as well as providing a means of sharing information. Macy states, “Mill Lines...is a positive and factual look at all of us—an attempt to identify our common concerns and experiences as the human element behind the namd ‘Warm Springs Forest Produces’.” Mill Lines will be published every two months. Editor Stowell encourages input from WSFPI employees. Man injured in fall INTENSIVE SEARCH—A gill net was used in the search for Vernon Tanewasha who drowned after fallingintheDeschutesRiver while fishinginlateSeptember. Tanewasha'sbody was found 10 days after his disappearance by a Madras fisherman. The funeral for Tanewasha was held at the Agency Longhouse October 6. Photo courtesy of Don Gold After 10-day search... Tanewasha body found Following an intensive 10- day search of the Deschutes River in the Sherars Bridge area the body of Vernon Tanewasha, 39 was recovered October 4. He was a member of the Warm Springs tribe. Tanewasha had been fishing on scaffold at Sherars Bridge and disappeared from the scaffold. It was feared that he fell into the river when he failed to return home on Friday, September 25. Calica, stayed at the base to coordinate the search. Local Fish and Wildlife officers Oliver Kirk and Stoney Miller also remained at the site to assist in the search. Tanewasha had been a resident of Warm Springs most of his life. He attended high school in Madras. During his high school years he was active on the varsity basketball team and the varsity football team. Boats from the Tribal fish He was also chosen for the and Wildlife department were Elk’s Central Oregon All-Star put into the water to cover the football team. river. People were coordinated Following graduation he to walk the banks of the river from Sherars to the mouth of married Ramona “Teddy” the Deschutes. Biff Johnson Miller. He worked for the Fire and Lester Tanewash Control and then for the BIA coordinated the watch held a Roads Department starting as the mouth of the river as well as a equipment operator and was covering the mouth of the river promoted to being the foreman with a net. of the equipment operators. A search was coordinated by the Warm Springs police when a search revealed his vehicle was still parked at the area. At that time the WSPD, W.S. Fire The body was loctaed 8.4 and Safety, Wasco County Sheriff’s department and miles downstream from numerous volunteers from the Sherars Bridge on Sunday Warm Springs area and morning, October 4, ending the Washington started the intense 10-day search. The body was search of the river and river discovered by a sports banks. fisherman from Madras. Tanewasha’s body was The WSPD police enlisted the use of the Tribal helicopter transported to the Wasco to fly the river with observers. County coroner’s office in The A base was set up at the mouth Dalles to determine the exact of the Deschutes River. Warm cause of death. According to Springs, Chief of police Jeff the coroner’s report death was Sanders, and Sergeant Ray due to drowning. /, He had played basketball for the Magpie home team and The Duffers. Vernon spent many hours coaching softball teams and basketball teams. He and his wife coached the Bravette’s softball girl’s program and the young girls of 9-12 in the summer softball league. He had bowled in the Warm Springs men’s league and the Wednesday Night Mixers. He bowled a perfect game of 300 in 1978. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. See page 8 for Howlak Tichuiji An early morning accident October 6 at the Warm Springs hydroelectric site seriously injured an A.S.C. employee. Melvin Morgan, 52, apparently fell seven or eight feet while climbing in a form at the dam. He struck his hed on the form and was knocked unconscious. He suffered a fractured skull. He was taken first to the Warm Springs PHS clinic for stabalization, then to Mt. View H. Greene in Harold Greene, 46, of Warm Springs is -now listed in “satisfactory condition” at Gresham Community Hospi tal. He was admitted Sept. 25 after being hit and allegedly “run over” by a Dodge van near an intersection in the Wood Village area. The driver of the Dodge van was Robert Stanley Sherman, Jr., 20, of Hood River, according to Deputy Robert Schmidt, Public Information Officer for the Multnomah County Sheriffs Office. The police report states that the van was southbound on 238th and had just started through the intersection at N.E. Halsey. Greene, who had left his car at a service station to have the headlight repaired, walked from the west curb heading eastbound in front of the van. The time was approximately 7:37 p.m. The driver hit the brakes and the van struck Greene at almost a stop-speed, according to the report. Greene fell backward, striking his head on the p a v e men t. The i m pact hospital in Madras for further work and then on to St. Charles Medical Center. According to A.S.C. construction forman Speed Moody, employees usually work in groups of two or more, but that Morgan was working alone at the time of the accident. Morgan is listed in fair condition in the intensive care unit at St. Charles. condition occurred 105 feet south of the traffic signal, away from the crosswalk area, according to Schmidt. On Oct. 5, when he was listed in “stable condition,” Greene said in a phone interview that he was unconscious until he reached the hospital. He said he was in critical condition for a week and that he was in the Intensive Care Unit until Oct. 1. During the interview, Greene claimed that after the van knocked him down “the right front wheel ran over my chest just below the neck.” Among the list of injuries, Greene said he has stitches in his head and a badly bruised and injured back and spinal cord. Greene said he is using a walker and can also move about with a cane when under supervision. He said he doesn’t know if there will be permanent damage or not. There were two witnesses in the van and two independent witnesses not connected with either party, said Schmidt. No citations were issued.
