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August 3 0 ,1985
KWSI/KWSO from Warm Springs., , , ¿
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Radio station nearing air time
by Donna Behrend
KW SI, by m id-to late-Octo-
ber, will be on the air; bro ad
castingat 100,000 wgtts through
out C entral Oregon. Five tribal
members have been hired as on-
the-job trainees a n d six have
been assured a job at the station
when they finish scfibol.
O n-the-job-trpinees Billie7 Jo
M cConville, R on Sm ith, Ken
Miller, Phillip David and Del-
. son Suppah will “probably” start
w ork around O ctober I , said
N at Shaw , sta tio n m anager.
M cConville will be working in
sales and R on Sm ith will work
the m idnight to 6 a.m. shift on
the com mercial station. Miller,
David and Suppah will all work
weekend air shifts and the re
m ainder of their 40-hour weeks
will be com prised of training.
Follo wing their training, all three
go over to the Educational sta
tion, KW SO, which is planned
to go on the air in February,
1986.
Those selected to go to school
are L enora S tarr, Lucas Ike,
Bill Moses, D elm ar Geary, Mary
Sando and Randy Nathan. M ost
will start school this fall to
com plete studies and gain asso-
ciate degrees in broadcasting.
S tarr will be attending the Unis’
rversity of W ashington in Seat
tle. Ike will be attending Blue
M ountain Com m unity College
in Pendleton and Geary and
Sando will be attending Lade
C o m m u n ity Jn Eugene. Shaw
was unsure of where Moses was
intending to go to school but
th at he is going winter term.
N athan will be attending Cen
tral O regon C o m m u n ity ‘Col
lege where he will study m arket-
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The former Kah-Nee-Ta hamlet recreation building will soon house the K W SI/K W SO studios.
Renovation, 'which is being done by R on Hargreve of Bend, should be completed in about three
weeks.
ing and sales.
These 11 people were chosen
from am ong 19 applicants who
complete mandatory GATB apti
tude and attitude tests. In addi
tion to »the GATB tests taken,
some took a four-day c a reer/-
life tra in in g course th ro u g h
ED D.
Shaw stated that the appli-
cants were “excellent and really
showed an interest. N um erous
ones who w eren’t picked were
qualified.” And because they
took the career/ life trainingand
discovered their preferences,
some may be going to school,
even though they weren’t se
lected.
| Non-tribal members havebeen
hired to w ork at th et' station
until the students return. Jim
M alloy was hired A ugust Lass
chief engineer. He was formefly
em ployed at K L O O /K F A T in
. Corvallis. Shaw stated that hav
ing M a llo y . now has been an
asset. He has saved the Tribe “a
lot of m oney” and has recog
nized th a t som e item s were
om itted from the list of neces
sities.
O ther positions filled by non*
membe.rs will be th at of sales
manager, position director, news
director, four annouheers and a
news person.
S According to Shaw, the trans
mission building is near com
pletion now and'the anchors for
the tow er were set this.'week.
FCC testing m ust be completed
by Septem ber 28. Shaw said
th a t the station doesn’t have to
be on the air at th at time.
The radio station, which will
house both the com merical and
i educational FM stations will be
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewayk
Three, 11-foot deep holes, blasted on top o f Eagle Butte this week,
haye been filled two-thirds fu ll with concrete and will serve as
anchors fo r the station's 200-foot tall tower. Cables will run from
the holes o f the tower for stabilization.
located at K ah -N ee/fa in the
form er ham let recreation build-
ing. W ork has already begun bn
Schmidt selected as lodge manager sales tax electio n -,—
Six-and-a-half years of hard
work at Kah-Nee-Ta has resulted
in Chuck S chm idt’s selection as
lodge manager. Chuck replaced
Jerry Schaeffer who left for m ent as a carpetner. He worked
personal reasons,
his way to forem an and then
Schm idt started at Kah-Nee- maintenance? supervisor, prop
T a in the m aintenance.depart- e rty m anager and, „now, lodge
manager,.
, P rio r tQsgmpl.Qyfhcht.at Kaft-
Nee-Ta Schm idt attended high
school in, M adras and thenw ent
to Viet Nam. F o r four years
upon his return he contracted
house building and remodeling
in the M adras area. In .a p art
nership, he built cabinets for two
years and worked as a com m er
cial contractor for One^yeanç
. T h e position o f lodge m an
ager “ism o re dem anding” then
any of Schm idt’s previously held
positions. N inty percent of the
w ork isoperational, ten percent
is adm inistrative, he explains.
“I ’m a hands-on problem solver.”
Every.i.m orning he t-ours the
lodge and talks with departm ent
supervisors. He makes sure spe
cial events are covered and every
thing is. running; smoothly. g
, K ah -N ee-T a is special-ytd
Schmidt. He says, “I really enjoy
w orking here or I w ouldn’t be
here. I ’ve been very fortunate to
get into management- so I give
them all I ’ve go t.”
to the previous years level.
' The m easure would also allow
voting on the capital levies o u t
ride thertax base.1 ™
i,. Measure¡Ro.Tdfcpa'Ssed Would
m ake effectives com panion bill,
H ouse Bill 2010 which would
m ake the 5 percent sales./use
tax on goods.effective April 1,
2986. Bill 2010 defines sales and
receipts subject ,tp tax; defines
additional exem ptions to- the
the rem odeling of the building
and is due for com pletion in
about three weeks.
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tax; provides adm inistration,
co llection,, audit and enforce
ment of tax flim its elections on
nomic Stabilization fund if state
tax revenues exceed forecasts
used (t o m ake the state budget
property taxes fr om 1 ocal go vern-
and it earm ark s fu rth e r excess
m ents others th a îrs c h o o ld u H
tricts to two; reduces tim ber
severance tax from W estern
O regon from 5 percent to 3.8
percent; creates a sales tax level
ing fund to avoid fluctuations
in revenues to school districts;
Creates the Oregon State Eco*
fevehuesfrom additional mcom’e
relief. v'
Voting in W arm Springs will
be at the W arm Springs C om
m unity Center. Be sure to vote
on Tuesday,' Septem ber 17. The
polls will open at 8 a.m . and
close at 8 p.m.
Student needs at Warm Springs Elementary
School Supply list at W arm
.Springs E lem en tary fo r the
1985-1986 school year includes
the following items: i
K in d ergarten — 6 p rim a ry
pencils, 1 box of #8 crayons, 1
bottle òf white glue (4 oz.), 1
box of facial tissue (large), 4
glue sticks and 1 scissors.
First grade— I box of crayons,
6 #2 pencils; ! bottle of. w hite
glue (4 oz.), and 1 box of facial
tissue.
Peechee) and 1 box of crayons
(24. colors). ..
Second grade— 1 ruler, 1 scis Fourth grade— 6 K pencils,
sors; 1 bottle of white glue (4 notebook paper (wide ruled), 1
oz.'),' 1 large pink eraser, 1 box scissors, 1 ruler (m etric and
of crayons and 1 package of inches, 1 bottle of white glue (4
oz.) and 1 box of crayons.
pencil erasers,
Third grade— / 6 #2 pencils,
notebook paper (wide ruled), 1
scissors, 1 red felt pen (fine
iine), 1 folder ( for example, a
Fifth graders— 6 #2 pencils, 1
notebook paper (wide ruled), 1
ruler (metric and inches), 1 scis
sors, and 1 bottle of white glue
(4 oz.j.y optional
Love of people, food makes bread good
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk
New lodge manager, Chuck Schmidt, has worked at Kah-Nee-Ta
over six years.
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MANAGING EDITOR ..
.............. . Sid Miller
ASSISTANT EDITOR .............................. Donna Behrend
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Owenuma Blue Sky is “mak
ing a living” Sy selling some
people’s life blood—fry bread.
F or one dollar, people can be¡at
the lunch-time doldurm s and
have something other than the
usual ham burger and fries. S
Daily, Blue Sky stands across
from M acy’s flip flopping and
shaping his dough into ta§|y
eight-inch rounds. He also offers
butter, sugar and cinnamon,
pepper and sometimes jam pr
jelly as toppings.
Blue Sky mixes ten gallons of
dough fresh dailyusing between
40 and 50 pounds of flour. Xt¿s
■the “basic” recipe, he says. Sonje
flour, baking powder, salt and
w ater are all it takes to make the
epicurian delights.
Blue Sky,is Nez Perce, origi
nally from Missoula, M ontana.
He learned the art of making fLy
bread when he lived in New
M exico with his parents who'
had moved there under the BI A
relocation program in the 60s.'
Blue Sky cam e to W arm
Springs in'1984 as a gardener at
Kah-Nee-Ta. When he was laid
off last fall, he went back to the
Southwest but returned to Kah-
Nee-Ta this" spring. He was laid
near D ry Creek. Blue Sky has
When the weather cools a bit,
T here’s a secret to his fry
no intention of leaving. “I ’m Blue Sky intends to offer Indian bread success, says Blue Sky.
going to stay this winter. . .this tacos and chili as well as his fry “If you love people and love to
is my home now .”
bread.*
cook, your food will taste good.”
off in July due to slow business
and has been making fry bread
full-time ever since. H e’s cur
rently living in the Sam place
Owenuma Blue Sky serves fry bread daily from the back o f his station wagon across from Macy's.
When the weather cools, Blue Sky intends, to also offer Indian tacos and chili*. „
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