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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1983)
May 6, 1983 Page 3 SPILYAY TYMOO Tribal Garage celebrates o p en in g It’s a grand opening! The Tribal Garage will have its official celebration May 20. Celebrating its growth from a blacksmith shop in the early 1900’s, its developihent info a motor vehicle garage and finally the construction of a new facility in July of 1982 the Tribal Garage welcomes everyone to attend, With 6000 square feet the Tribal Garage houses a full line of service for cars and light trucks. Its services include a parts house, gasoline and diesel pumps, mechanical service garage and a wrecker service. Parts are purchased at wholesale prices and passed on to the customer. Most standard and foreign car parts are available. If they are not available an order can be placed by 3:00 p.m. and the order will be in by 8:00 a.m. the next morning. The parts shop carries hard to get items such as door handles, snap rings, “endless little things,” says Tribal Garage manager Ron Kersey, The garage service center also offers savings to customers. The $22 an hour labor cost is less than rtearby garages, Appointments should be made three to four days in advance. The Tribal Garage is operated by experienced personnel including: Ron Kersey, manager; Bob Goodrich, parti manager; Ken Lydy, head mechanic, Ronald Suppah, Sr. and Vale Lesena, trainee mechanics; and Erland Suppah, service station attendant, The grand opening activities will consist of coffee, donuts and door prizes. A re p re s e n ta tiv e from Automotive Jobbers Warehouse will be present to discuss automotive problems and parts with those having questions. PoZe Lesina inspects a battery connection. Lesina has recently begun work at the Tribal Garage in the CETA program Tribal garage Grand Opening May 20,1983 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Besides stocking parts on the shelves at the Tribal Garage parts manager Bob Goodrich spends much o f his day taking part’s orders and locating them. The Tribal Garage has afull parts department with everything from carburator kits to alternators. HH Everyone Welcome ~ SpUyty Tymoo photo by Journeyman mechanic Larry Hollenbeak installs a transmission in a vehicle brought in fo r repair. Two journeyman mechanics are on duty at the garage.
