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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1985)
001279 OREGON H IS TO R IC A L SOCIE TV 12 30-.SU PARK AVE PORTLAND» OR 9 7 2 0 5 News Warm Si VOL. 10 NO 12 U.S. Postage Bulk Rate Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 9776 f WARM SPRINGS, OREGON JUNE 7, 1 9 8 5 Gasoline truck spill threatens river, haults traffic line might flow. By Wednesday, how ever, evidence o f small am ounts of petroleum in the water was reported by Tom Hall, the DEQ representative from Portland. The amount of seepage is dispersing rapidly, according to Hall, within 15 feet of entering the water. A boom with petro leum absorbing materiaiis plan ned to be placed in the river by DEQ Thursday to minimize con tamination. Cummings Transfer has con tracted a Madras firm to remove contaminated soil as much as possible on the roadside. “It may be that 50-70 percent (of the petroleum) may be below that,” said Hall. “This may gra dually work its way through. If gasoline reaches the river in small quantities it will be dil uted enough to prevent any problems. It will be watched,” : added Hall. During highway closure auto mobile traffic was rerouted over the Pelton reregulating dam al- Jowing Warm Springs employees ap o p p o r^ n ity to 'tpnMàd^' ras, Buses carried Warm Srpings students from Madras over the dam. The highway was reopened to all traffic by 6:30 p.m. by Marsha Shewczyk An overturned tanker and the leakage of 6,000 gallons of gasoline between M adras and W arm Springs caused a seven- hour highway closure and height ened concern for the purity of the Deschutes River. The truck, driven by Gerald Miller, of Cummings Transfer from Albany, Oregon was east- bound on Highway 26 when the left fro n t tire blew. Pulling two trailers loaded with 9,550 gallons of gasoline, the truck crossed into the westbound lane and turned onto its side in the ditch. The tank on the tractor was ripped off the frame and crashed into the tractor. Both tanks were ripped open. Miller was not injured. Warm Springs Fire and Safety arrived at the scene at 11:10 a.m. contacting Jefferson Coun ty R ural Fire D epartm ent who closed the highway at 11:35 due | to the danger involved with 1 leakage of the flammable sub- I T he H azardous M aterials Team from RedmondFire Depart- ment was dispaiched and, upon arrival, attempted to stop the gasoline leak but were able only to slow it down. The pooling gasoline was covered with a blanket of foam. Eventually the arrival of an empty tanker allowed removal of the remaining 3,500 gallons of gasoline. Concern that gasoline might | | $ | A blown out front tire on a gasoline tanker stopped west and east bound traffic on highway 26 for seven hours. The tanker carried 9,550 gallons of fuel. A tanker from Prineville was called to the scene of the accident to transfer the remainder of the fuel. Many motorists traveling on highway 26 just stopped along side the seep into the river prompted were worried about it going Safety chief Jerry Huff. An investigation at the time notification of the Department under the road into the river,” of Environmental Quality. “We says Warm Springs Fire and Of the accident by Warm Springs to nnen FM station by Donna Behrend In a few short months, radio listeners will be able to* turn their radio dials to KWSI at 96.5 FM and hear programming from Warm Springs. Initial test ing and application for an ope rating license will be carried out by the September deadline for Central Oregon’s newest com mercial FM radio station. Talk n f an FM station began in 1981 when a Behd radio sta tion approached the Tribe re garding a station. There was a channel available in the Madras area and the Bend station wanted the Tribe to be a co^applicant for a grant with the Federal C om m unication Commission (FCC) under minority provi sions. Upon considering the sub- stational economic value of the highway to await the removal of the tanker and its load. Others were routed through Maupin. Emergency traffic was routed over At the request of Jefferson the reregulating dam. The DEQ determined the owners of the County Fire Department the truck will be responsible for the cost of cleanup of the area. State Highway Department co license, the Tribe decided to go into the venture on their own. The Tribe acted quickly to pre vent some other organization from obtaining the license. After being granted the license by the FCC, the Tribe had to “qse it.or lose it” to off-reservation con trol. In D ecem ber, 1981, Bill M arsh, of Rockey/ Marsh Pub lic Relations, began a year-long study to determine the feasibil ity of an educational radio sta tion and a low power television statio n . The $30,000 study, funded by the National Tele communication and Information Administration, found that both stations would be feasible^ and beneficial for education pro grams on the reservation. At approxim ately the same time of the study, the Tribe app lied for an F C C educational radio station license, which was granted in 1984. Call letters will be KWSO. With the prelimi nary ground work behind them, the Tribe has since received construction permits for both stations. The Tribe also received a $102,000 grant for the pur chase of the educational sta tion’s tower and Equipment. This is beneficial since the commer cial station will be using some of the same equipment, such as the tower. The Tribe has received three construction deadline extensions on the commercial station and no further extensions can be Continued oh page 3 vered the spill area with sand w aterm àster Deepak Sehgal and gravel to avoid ignition of showed no culverts or direct the gasoline saturated areas with openings to the river where gaso increased traffic flow. Father’s Day Breakfast set M o th e r’s D ay B reak fast turned out so well, that the Warm Springs 4-H Leaders de cided to try a Father’s Day Breakfast. The cost is still $2.50 per per son and $10.00 per family. A family ticket is limited to seven persons, eighteen and under, Or single, unmarried children liv ing at home. Fathers are free. Door prizes will be drawn throughout the morning. All proceeds will help fund future 4-H camps, field trips, fairs and other educational 4-H activities. Tickets will be sold at the door and through the fexten- sion Office. Call 553-1161 ext; 238. Si mn as ho Sunday June 16 KPTV to ‘ The Warm Springs Presby terian Church is planning a “Simnasho Sunday” June 16. The gathering was postponed twice, before due to conflicts. Regular services will be held at 10 a.m. followed by a potluck. During the potluck, the possi bility of reviving the Simnasho church building and services will be discussed. “We’re not saying we will start services in Simnasho,” said interim pastor Jim McGugin. “We’re exploring the possibil ity.’’Owen Panfter, chairman of the Presbyterian advisory com mittee, will be present to help evaluate the interest. Also to be discussed is a report on the estimated cost of remodeling the Simnasho church building. feature W.S. Warm Springs will be fea tured on KPTV channel 12 June 9 from 10 to 11 p.m. Viewers Digest. The segment will be titled “Direction of the Ameri can Indian,” Included will be information on Kah-Nee-Ta and W SFPI arid possibly other footage. D.P. powwow June 7 June 7 through June 9 marks inter-Tribal. the dates of the 1985 Delta Park Powwow sponsored by Portland A $1.00 registration fee will provide ¡entry into competition dancing. Daily raffle drawings will take place also. WEATHER MAY 23 24 25 26 HI 87 74 t 75 78 72 64 56 66 64 27 28 29 Jo 31 JUNE 63 1 . 74 ' 2 78 3 . 73 4 LOW H 53 42 36 44 45 42 36 52 44 38 45 ? 54 Events begin at 5:00 p.m. June 7 with Grand Entry taking place at 8:00 p.m. Events on June 8 take place from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Coronation of the queen and court occurs at 2:00 p.m. Worship services begin at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, June 9. Dancing begins at 10:00 a.m. and continues to 5:00 p.m. % ■ ft ■ Admission is $ 1.00 per per son. No alcoholor drugs will be permitted. For more inform ation con Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk Powwow concludes year of study tact powwow chairman Stoney Last day school activities at Warm Springs Elementary included a powwow attended by students, parents and community members. Weeks, 289-2449.
