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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1982)
Page 4, August 6,1982 SPILYAY TYMOO Tribal G arage. . . . . . . . . . — Horse shoes to brake shoes by Pat Leno From horse shoes to brake s h o e s - th e b u ild in g w as originally built by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the early 1900’s as a blacksmith shop. It was a place to have horses shod a rd buckboards repaired. The building gained a colorful past d uring its many years as a part o f th e W a rm S p r in g s com m unity. To m any it became known as the tribal garage. Serving as a blacksmith shop was a short lived function with the arrival of the horseless carriage. The work in the shop began its transformation from horses to motor vehicles. It became a garage for vehicles owned by the BI A. In 1954 the building was turned over to the Tribe and a tr i b a l m o to r v e h ic le s d e p a r t m e n t c a m e in to existence. The Tribe hired a man from Madras to operate the motor pool. Wilber Erb ramroded the newly formed enterprise. An area was tranformed in the shop to a p arts room and an o th er employee was hired to handle parts. Joyce Erb began her career with the Tribes. .The tribal garage began to offer services to the people of the Warm Springs area. The tribal garage offered pretty much the same services as any garage in the central Oregon area. Mechanics were on thejob for major car repairs, tires could be bought and changed at the garage, a service; station offered gas and oil. A FRONT ROW SEAT—SAawn Culps and Stacey Squiemphen had the best seats in the area to watch heavy equipment push the old tribal garage into a pile of rubble to make way fo r the new parking lot fo r the brand new garage. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Leno Perhaps to all local people it was well known and well’used. A tourist once in need of a part for his car Was directed to the garage. The man drove past the garage several times and not being able to locate the garage had to stop a policeman only to discover he was parked right in front of the tribal garage. As it happens with all things the business grew to the point which it needed more room. So the idea of building a new, krger garage was discussed. Plans for the new building were urawn up by Brun, Moreland and Christopher of Portland. The construction contract was given to the tribal construction department. Since the garage business was doing a lot of business the new building was started next to the old building. In July of this year the larger facility was r ;ady for the garage personnel 13 begin moving into the building. As the new building took ¡shape, incorporating all the equipment and employees, the old building became a mere shell of what had been once a center of activity. Standing next to the new building the old blacksmith Shop was almost completely shadowed by the giant new tribal garage. So, after many years of serving the community the old garage gave the room needed for shrubbery and a lawn. The new building offers 6000 square feet and cost in the neighborhood of $420,000. “It is without a doubt the most modern service station in central Oregon.” Stated Les Yaw, Contracting officer. It features fuel tanks which hold 5,000 gallons which is a far cry from the old tanks. The new fuel pumps are electronic and there are now 7 pumps with which service the public. A tank and pumps for diesel has been included i n ' the new facility. - . With the new building comes a new and larger parts department. The garage will now be able to stock more parts and there will be less time in getting the work done. The old garage had a parts department but often the customer would have to wait until the part could be delivered. The whole idea now will be to give the customer better service for his money in a shorter period of time. At the time of this article the garage is giving service to the people of Warm Springs while the work is being completed. The driveway should be payed during the month of August. The landscaping should be started shortly w ith the planting of a lawn and shrubs. And last, but not least, will be the stocking of the parts room. A fte r th e se h av e b een completed an open house will be held for the general public to get a first hand look at the new facility. You can no longer get new shoes for your horse at the building but you are able to get new brake shoes for your car or pickup from , the new tribal garage. Rogers elected to COCOA post Hurtado attends national FFA conference The yearly election of board of directors for COCOA officers for the Central Oregon after he had been selected to fill Council on Aging (COCOA) a vacant post. He is a were held on July 22 at the representative of Jefferson County for COCOA. Prineville Senior Center. COCOA is a non-profit Gayle Rogers, of Warm Springs was ‘ elected to the organization which is designed position of Parliamentarian. to deliver services to senior Rogers is an employee of the citizens of the tri-county area Confederated Tribes, he is the ( J e f f e r s o n , C r o o k a n d supervisor of Social Services Deschutes) as defined under program. He had served on the the Older Americans Acts'. Buffy Hurtado, daughter of Ned and Anna Hurtado of W arm Springs:, re c e n tly attended the National Future Farmers of America confe rence in Washington, D.C. July 18 to 25,1982 about 25 students attended the annual confe rence. The Madras chapter usually sends two or three members to the conference each year but with the limited budget this year only one was able to make the trip. Buffy helped raise funds by working with some money making projects, and along with some personal funds she was able to attend this year’s conference. ■ , \ The workshops focused on leadership skills for more ■effective leadership roles within thè chapter and the community, said Tom W rig h t.th e lo c a l FFA chapter advisor who also made the trip. T h e N a tio n a l F u tu r e Farmers of America headquar ters is located in Alexandria, Virginia, which is near Mt. Vt rnon, where the meeting is he Id each, year. This gives, the conference attendee’s a chance lo tour the nation’s capitol and sites of interest in the area. Some of the highlights of the trip, were a ysit to. the office of congressman Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon, and the historical, sites such as the Arlington N a tio n a l C e m e te ry , th e S m ith so n ian in stitu te, the Jefferson Memorial to name a few. The trip to Washington, DiC. was interesting and educational for Buffy., This past year Buffy’s project was raising a brahma heifer which she keeps at the 4-H lot. She plans to raise cattle in the future. BI A publishes regulations on Pribilof Islands membership rolls The Bureau of Indian Affairs has announced that it is publishing in the Federal R egister, Ju ly 21, 1982, regulations to govern the 'preparation of a membership roll ot the Pribilof Islands Aleut Communities of St. Paul and St. George., The rpll to be prepared will serve as a basis for a per capita distribution of judgement funds awarded to the communities by the U.S. Court of Claims. For additional information, c o n ta c t th e E n r o llm e n t C o o r d in a to r , E n ro llm e n t Coordinating,Office, Bureau o f Indian Affairs,. Pouch -7-197 F, Anchorage; ? 'A laska 99510; telephone- 907 2,71-3761. * s ■ C o n fe re n ce on a Ting set for A u g . CHEESE DISTRIBUTION— Five-pound blocks o f cheese distributed to low income families throughout Warm Springs by A llied Health Services. The surplus cheese was given to state welfare offices fo r distribution by the federal government. Warm Springs received 150 blocks. H azel Tewee takes one o f the blocks o f cheese handed out by Fritz Patt. ......... ........ .......... Spilyay Ty moo ph otobyS h ew czyK “Indian Elders; A Tribute” is the theme for the fourth annual Indian conference on aging which will be held at the Reno, Hilton, Reno, Nevada, August 23-25. , The conference will focus on the strengths and uniqueness of the elders and their culture, their experience, their role as the repository o f the Indian tradition and culture. A tte n d in g th is y e a r ’s conference will be elders from the Warm Springs tribes and members of the -Allied Health branch.
