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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.