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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.
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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.