SPILYAY TYMOO
July 21, 1982 Pace 5
Plane lands in Comedown’s yard
This is precisely the reason
David Fisher and his 14-year-
old son Quent decided to land
their small plane in the front
yard of the Albert and Carol
Comedown ranch on Sidwalter
Flat. It was just too difficult to
see through fog and the
weather was too rough.
The Comedowns were a little
surprised to look out the
window of their home and see a
plane in their yard. After
finding out the reason they
continued on with their normal
routine for the day.
TEMPORARILY DOWNED—Pilot D avid Fisher (right)
shelters himselffrom rain under the wing o f his small plane after
landing at the Comedown ranch on July 2. A ranch employee
Donald Waldrip joins him in his wait.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk
Foul weather can change the horsepower engine adverse
best laid plans especially when conditions in the air can be
it comes to flying a small plane. frightening. Winds can toss a
To a pilot in a small Piper plane around as if it were a
C u b w ith o n ly a 150 balloon.
Fisher’s original plan was to
fly from his home in Walla
W a lla , W a s h in g to n to
Roseburg, Oregon where a
family reunion was to be held.
Fog decreased his visibility and
the weather was getting worse.
He saw a nice straight road; the
C om edw n drivew ay, and
landed on it,
“I’m just going to wait it
out,” was Fisher’s comment.
“ I t ’s easy to rationalize
thinking you can make it,” he
explained, but as a safety
precaution he brought the
plane down.
If necessary Fisher would
call his brother in Roseburg to
come for him and his son. As it
turned out Fisher was back in
the air after a three hour wait
during which time it rained
heavily and then cleared up.
Workers at the ranch said,,
“he bounced out of here,” says
Carol Comedown. Fisher took
off down the road bouncing the
small plane and on the third
bounce he stayed in the air and
was once again on his way.
College looking for Indians
The Weber State College
Business School is looking for
American Indians interested in
pursuing a bachelors degree in
business administration.
The Educational Founda
tion of American has funded
the business school to start a
program to help Indian
students successfully achieve a
degree in areas ' such as
a c c o u n t in g , m a r k e tin g ,
finances and other related
fields.
The students in the program
will have advisement, tutoring,
seminars, and co-op exper
iences available. Small classes
will be made up of Indian
students alone.
Indian business men and
women will also visit students
to discuss current issues and
opportunities, and an Indian
law class will be included to
fam iliariz e stu d e n ts w ith
important issues that affect
Indian people.
Students wishing to apply
must do so early if they expect
to receive financial assistance.
Fall quarter at Weber State
begins September 21.
For further inform ation
contact Craig Brandow at (801)
626-6851, or write: American
Indian Business Program, 2907
Counseling Center, Weber
State College, Ogden, Utah
84408.
Folk Festival August 13-15
T h e S a le m F o lk lo r e
Community will be holding its
Second Annual Folk and
Bluegrass Festival August 13-
15 in Salem.
The festival will feature
c o n tin u o u s c o n c e r ts of
American and international
folk music and dance including
bluegrass, hillbilly and string
band music. Ethnic dance
performances will be staged
along with instruction for
beginners.
Besides music, folklore crafts
and exhibits will be part of the
festival. There will be booths
with food from all over the
w orld, dem o n stratio n s by
spinners, quilters and weavers
and storytelling.
A children’s concert will also
be staged with a small zoo
where children can touch
animals. Children will also be
able to make crafts and join in
o th e r ac tiv itie s designed
especially for them.
As of this date no Indian
performances are scheduled.
However, chairman of the
festiv al M ike H o rn e r is
interested in having Indian
dancers at the festival. People
demonstrating Indian crafts
and skills are also encouraged
to attend.
Participation in the festival is
voluntary. Anyone interested is
asked to contact Mike Horner
at 859 Liberty St. N.E., Salem,
Oregon 97301. The telephone
number is 362-5271.
Admission fee for the festival
is $2.00 for the nighttime
events. All events during the
day will be free.
The festival will be held at
thè Mission Mill Museum
located at 260 12th Street S.E.,
Salem, Oregon.
Smith announces new assignments for area directors
The Assistant Secretary of.
th e In te r io r K en S m ith
announced new assignments
for four Bureau of Indian
Affairs area directors, all
mem bers of the Federal
Government’s senior executive
service. These appointments
are expected to become
effective in early August. The
new assignments are:
Sidney Mills, the Albuquer-
Toe Ness
There was this girl who ran up to tms ponce officer and said,
“that man on the street corner is annoying me.” The police
officer, “I’ve been watching everything here and he hasn’t even
looked at you.” The girl, “Isn’t that just annoying?” YIKES
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There was this magician performing in this small town when he
heard there was a talent scout in the audience so he decides to
do all of his best tricks, pulling rabbits, birds and flowers out of
his hat and the whole bit. For the final trick he threw a blanket
over himself and disappeared. The next morning he called the
agent and asked, “What did you think of my act?” The agent,
“I’d only make one change, the trick where you vanish, you
should do that first.” YIKES
que area director, has been
named director of the Bureau’s
Office of Trust Responsibilities
in Washington, D.C.
Mills, a member of the
Oglala Sioux Tribe, has been
d irecto r o f the B ureau’s
Albuquerque area office since
1978. Prior to that he served for
three years as the executive
assistant to the Commissioner
o f I n d i a n A f f a i r s in
Washington, D.C.
A Navy veteran, M ills
entered the Federal service in
1973 in Aberdeen area office
where he served as the supply
and contracting officer and as
acting deputy director.* He had
previously been purchasing
m a n a g e r f o r th e G re a t
W estern S ugar Com pany;
merchandise control manager,
Creative Merchandising, Inc.;
and purchasing manager for
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CONFUCIOUS SAY: “Lipstick on collar more dangerous
than lipstick on lips.” YIKES
Sundstrand Avation, all in
Denver, Colorado.
Vincent Little, director of the
Portland Area Office replaces
Mills in Albuquerque. A
member of the Mohave Tribe,
he has been director of the
Portland Area Office since
March, 1977.
.
Little began work with the
BIA as a teacher at the Phoenix
Indian School in 1957. He was
an enrollment officer and tribal
operatio n s officer at the
Western Washington Agency
from 1963 to 1967. He then
worked as assistant superinten
dent at the Hoopa agency in
northern California.
A U.S. army veteran and a
graduate from Arizona State
University in 1957, he received
a Master’s degree there in 1961.
Stan Speaks, director of the
Anadarko, Oklahoma area
office is the new director of the
Portland office. A member of
the Chickasaw N ation of
O k la h o m a , S p e a k s w as
appointed area director a t'
Anadarko in 1975. Previously
the acting superintendent of the
Intermountain Indian School
at Brigham City, Utah. He
worked in Indian, education
programs with the Bureau of
Indian Affairs from 1959 to
1975. He is a graduate of
Northeastern State Collage of
Oklahoma where he earned a
Master’s degree in education.
Maurice W. Babby, Oglala
Sioux, director of the area
o f f ic e a t S a c r a m e n t o ,
California, goes to Anadarko
as director of that office. He
had been director of the BIA’s
office of administration in
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