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BIA awards—
Power failures hit community Employees recognized
Where were you when the
lights went out on December 13
and 15? No doubt many local
residents remember because of
the inconvenience of being
without electricity for hours.
On Sunday, December 13,
the power in the Warm Springs
area went out around 4:00 p.m.
due to a line that fell from a
power pole. The fallen line was
located just east of Macy's
store. Ron Fox, spokesmen for
Pacific Pow er and Light
Co., stated that the difficulty in
restoring the power arose when
the repairmen found the area of
the break located in a “brumble
patch.” The inaccessibility of
the area, due to undergrowth,
delayed repairmen in getting
to the line. An access road had
to be cleared before the men
could get to the line.
An attempt was made to
re ro u te pow er in to the
community through a line on
• he west sid e, b u t was
unsuccessful due to the heavy
power load of the area. Some
areas of the community had
power restored with four
hours but for others it was a 12-
hour wait.
The outage on Tuesday,
December 15, was the result of
freak winds in the Round
Butte-Culver area, according
to Fox. The winds blew over
tw o p o w e r p o le s a n d
subsequently a mainline was
broken. The PP & I. repairmen
Candle
were able to patch together the
wire so service was restored
within four hours.
Suggestions for assisting
Program nears completion—
Administrative personnel at
the Bureau of Indian Affairs in
Warm Springs took the time to
recognize some of their local
employees during an incentive
a w a rd s p r e s e n ta tio n on
D ecember 10. Employees
gathered a t the forestry
w arehouse w here W arm
Springs Superintendent Merrit
Youngdeer and BIA program
analyst officer Anne Higgins
opened the ceremony.
An added attraction in the
early stages of the wards
ceremony was a speech from
r e t i r e d W a rm S p r i n g s
superintendent Jim Cornett.
He worked for many years with
some of the people who were
honored at the ceremony. It
was fitting that he was present,
people believed.
The first to be recognized
were new employees invarious
departments of the bureau.
T h e y in c lu d e d : M e r r it
Youngdeer, superintendent,
Dan Neuman, realty officer;
Brian Spears, range conserva
tionist; Bill Elliot, criminal
investigator; Cheryl Patterson,
ro a d s s e c r e ta r y ; R o b e rt
Harned, forest manager; James
Campbell, forestry technician;
Kurt Wiedenmann, forester;
Power
P a u l H o ffh in e , fo r e s tr y
your pow er com pany in te c h n ic ia n ; J o h n K elly,
restoring power after an outage fo re ste r; R o n ald P elo ck ,
has occurred can be found on forester; Margie Workinger,
page five.
clerk typist in forestry; Eugene
Keane, forestry technician;
Greta Kalama, calculating
machine operator in forestry.
Time was set aside during the
ceremony to recognize and
remember two people who
were long time BIA employees.
In memory, Vernon Tane-
washa’s work experience with
the BIA was reviewed along
with that of Byron Patt.
Vernon Tanewasha worked
approve funding for construc
tion of the $30 m illion as an engineering equipment
powerhouse May 15, 1979. operator for 12 years. For the
G roundbreaking ceremonies past 20 years Byron Patt
took place April 22 of this year worked as civil engineering
following extensive excavation technician. The loss of these
two men was felt by many.
and preparatory work.
Awards accompanied by,
When the power plant checks for varying amounts
becomes operational in June, it were then presented to those
will generate 81 million who special contributions to
kilowatt-hours of electricity the Bureau of Indian Affairs at
which the Tribes will sell to P P Warm Springs.
Forester Paul Brna was
& L.
presented with a certificate of
recognition for his plan for
invidivual safety awards for
Employment dropping at dam
With the concrete work
winding up at the Tribe's hydro
project at Pelton Reregulating
Dam, some 50 workers have
been let go over this past
month. From a high of 157
p e o p le on th e A .S .C .
C o n s tr u c to r s p a y ro ll in
November, there are now just
slightly over 100 and the
number is dropping.
“Well be through placing
the concrete in a month,” said
R o b e rt M o o re, re sid e n t
engineer. “After the concrete
work is done, personnel will
consist mainly of mill wrights
and electricians to finish the
job," he said.
“We will probably lose 50 to
60 (more workers) in the next
month,” he predicted.
From late January to the
first of June, A.S.C. will most
likely maintain a work force of
50 plus when, after testing, the
project becomes operational.
Tribal members voted to
forestry branch employees.
N o n - r e c u r r in g sp e c ia l
achievement awards were given
to three foresters. Robert
Bolton has functioned in the
temporary position of forest
manager for a three month
period. Ray Welch, acting
superintendent at the time,
stated,” Robert has performed
a creditable job of oversight of
ongoing activities within the
branch....Overall Mr. Bolton
assumed an extremely complex
task and yet, and by the
application of perseverance
and good judgem ent has
transformed a bad scene into a
tolerable situation.”
“Mr. Bolton worked closely
with the enterprise logging
supintendent and was able to
successfully represent the
bureau’s interests and also
foster an atm osphere of
improved communication and
accomodation.”
A special achievement award
also went to Richard Inman for
his work pertaining to the
installation and use of a
computer. Besides getting the
m a c h in e in s ta lle d a n d
functioning, Inman’s largest
c o n t r i b u t i o n c a m e in
implementation and repro
gram m ing of engineering
programs.
The third special achieve
ment award went to William
Apgar for his work on the
Warm Springs forest inventory
analysis. The project involved
over nine months of sustained
performance at a high level
in order to produce the final
406 page report which was
approved by Tribal Council on
June 16, 1981 and by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs on
July 17, 1981.
Special achievement awards
for quality performance went
to forester Franklin Marsh;
forester Jean Rogers; forester
Bill Donaghu; forester Michael
C unningham ; m aintenance
foreman Pete Courtney; civil
engineering technician Dick
Souers; highway engineer Don
Schmith; soil conservationist
Dean Elliot; agency special
officer Mark Werner; program
analyst officer Anne Higgins;
social service representative
Pat K ahm ann; education
C a r r o ll B a n k s to n ; a n d
education technician Mary
Anstett.
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We wish all our readers
a Merry Christmas,
a Happy New Year
and a safe holiday.
AWARDS CEREMONY— Worm Springs superintendent Merritt Youngdeer and Jormer Warm
Springs superintendent James Cornett open ceremonies at the BIA Incentive A wards Presentations.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk