Page 8 July 21,1982
EIA
SPILYAY TYMOO
testing ending
by Marsha Shewczyk
Equine Infectious Anemia is
almost a thing o f the past on the
Warm Springs reservation.
After September 30 it will,
hopefully, be history, a time to
be remembered. It will be
remembered particularly by
those who have lost much of
their stock to the disease.
All testing for the disease on
the reserv a tio n w ill be
completed by the September 30
date, at which time funding for
the program will be depleted.
Only a small number of wild
horse stock remain to be tested.
There are still 20-40 horses
roaming the area between
Sidwalter and the south end.
The timber is keeping the ride
boss and his crew from
rounding-up and testing these
animals.
A nother sm all herd o f
approximately 40 head remain
to be tested in the Mutton
Mountain area. Here again, the
terrain and timber is making
the round-up difficult.
The helicopter hired for the
round-up has been utilized
throughout most of the EIA
program which began at the
end of 1981. Round-up of the
still untested stock may have to
be dealt with in another way in
the timbered areas where
horses can hide and it is
impossible to fly in close.
Besides these two areas
where the horses will be
rounded-up, tested and then
sold as ucontrollables a third
testing is scheduled for stock
located in the Tenino area
before the end o f September.
Ride bosses are still essential
in the rounding-up procedure
as they have been throughout
the program. Cooperation
between several bosses is
necessary to clean-up before
the program can be completed.
The remaining horses wander
from one end o f the reservation
to the other.
The majority of horses tested
have been removed from the
reservation since inception bi
the EIA program. During 1981,
1628 horses were sold. Since
January 1982, 200 more have
been sold. A ccording to
extension agent Clint Jacks
there are still 600-700 horses
s t ill r e m a in in g o n th e
reservation.
Funds for the EIA program
will run out about the same
time all the horses have been
tested. One-hundred thousand
dollars has been budgeted for
1982 through September for
men and equipment. Ninety
thousand dollars has been
budgeted for use o f the
helicopter. A p proxim ately
$232,000 was spent in 1981. Dr.
Travis McGuire at Washington
State University in Tacoma felt
that the Warm Springs people
had no other choice but to
approach the disease the way
they did, relates Jacks.
Dr. McGuire has done most
of the research on Equine
Infectious Anemia. Even to this
date no one knows what it is,
according to Jacks. Conditions
in the pacific northwest are
suitable for its existence and
transmission as those on the
Warm Springs reservation are
Well aware.
The first testing on the
reservation proved the disease
to be widespread with 17 to 30
percent of the stock proving
positive. The second testing
after eliminating stock proving
positive resulted in only 1%
having the disease. The disease
will be completely eliminated at
the conclusion of the program.
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After the final testing at the
end o f this summer the
reservation should be free of
EIA. Only approval from
Tribal Council and the Oregon
Department of Agriculture is
then necessary to have the self-
imposed quarantine lifted. “We
should be asking that the
quaratine be lifted in October,”
Jacks concluded.
Jacks hopes that in the
quarantine lifting agreement a
condition for spot checks on
equine stock for EIA will be
included to keep something like
this from happening again. It is
then that Equine Infectious
Anemia will become and
remain a thing of the past.
Going to Madras. . .
Jacks leaves after eight years
After eight years at Warm
Springs extension agent Clint
Jacks will be moving his office
to Madras. His work with
Warm Springs will not stop
with the move, however. He
will still be in charge of the
program at Warm Springs but
from a distance. *
Oregon State University
which directs the extension
service “wants to maintain a
strong contact with Warm
Springs,” Jacks emphasizes.
That will still be part of his
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , a n d th e
r e s p o n s ib ilit y o f J a c k s ’
replacement in Warm Springs.
Jacks has been working with
the extension service in Oregon
for eleven years. Prior to his
arrival at Warm Springs eight
years ago Jacks spent one year
in Umatilla county and two
years working in Deschutes
County.
His move to Madras takes
place as the result of agent Ron
M o b le y ’s tra n sferrin g to
Medford to fill a vacant
position. Jacks was asked by
th e e x t e n s i o n s e r v i c e
administration to fill Mobley’s
post as he was familiar with this
area.
Since his first days at Warm
Springs Jacks has seen many
changes both in the tribal
organization and in the Warm
Springs extension service. Both
have grown in maturity along
with size, Jacks comments.
He says, the extension
program “has grown from an
isolated program to one that is
an integral part” o f the
community.” It is a service that
tribal government provides.”
T he e x te n s io n service
p ro v id es in fo rm a tio n to
community members ranging
from answ ering consum er
questions to dealing with
-agricultural problems. Oregon
State University operates the
program through local agents
fo r the co m m u n ity and
provides technical knowledge.
Looking ahead Jacks sees “the
trib es ta p p in g in to the
rescource to a greater extent.”
J a ck s p o in ts o u t th at
co m m u n ity su p p ort and
ownership o f the extension
service program has increased
since he first came to Warm
Springs. “That is the way it
should be.” The extension
program should be based on
local need and desire if it is to
fulfill its function.
Jacks replacement in Warm
Springs, Lee Hamilton, will
arrive August 1. Jacks will be
w o r k in g w ith H a m ilto n
through August and Septem
ber until he is acquainted with
the work to be done and with
the area.
Committee formed
W.S. clinic has new dentist to aid college
“The friends of the College,” college so they can make an
a 20-member citizens steering intelligent decision.”
COCC is seeking approval of
co m m ittee to d irect the
college’s August 10 budget the $4.2 million tax portion of a
election has been formed. total operating budget of $7
Former Bend mayor Dick million for the current year.
In May, voters rejected an
Carlson will chair the group,
which includes citizens from “A ”, levy of $4,340,069. Since
Bend, R edm ond, M adras, then, some $289,000 has been
pared from the “A ” levy
Sisters and Prineville.
“I don’t have to tell anyone request.
COCC has no tax base and
here how important the college
is to this community,” Carlson must seek voter approval each
said at the Friends of the year to continue operation. If
College initial meeting Friday. the “A ” levy is approved, the
“We’re fortunate in having a full amount will be eligible for
lot of support behind us. Fact state tax relief.
“The Friends of the College”
is, when times are tough, we
need the college more than plan a variety of activities
ever. Some people may not use including musical and athletic
it right now, but down the road events, and a person-to-person
when their children are ready to campaign.
“Personal contract makes
start college or they need to
change careers!, or get job the difference,” Carlson said,
training, they’ll really miss not “ One ou t o f 8 C entral
having a college. We can’t Oregonians has taken a class
afford to let it die, COCC is to here at the college and so many
valuable to these communities. more have attended college
T can’t imagine a healthy sponsored events. It’s this kind
Central Oegon without a of personal involvement that
U r. tT illia m Schuldt began working a t the yr arm Springs dental clinic June 1. Schuldt came to college.”
makes this community what it
Warm Springs fro m a five-dentist dental clinic on the Pine R idge reservation in South D akota where
“Our job is to tell people, is. With time, effort and energy
he served as chief o f the dental clinic. The new dentist says emphasis will be given to fam ily dental hey, you do matter, your vote w ell pass our budget and see
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