Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
November 6, 1987 PAGE 3
Apparel Industries celebrates first year
The contracts are coming In after the first year of
operation at Warm Springs Apparel Industries. Seam
stresses are turning out thousands of garments per
month.
As of October 23, 28 employees including one janitor,
one clerical person and a bundler work at the plant.
Several employees have been working at the factory
since it began operation one year ago.
A semi-truck recently delivered fabric from NIKE
Corporation which requires the cutting of 10,000 units.
Seamstresses are currently working on contracts from
J & M Associates of Portland to produce 500 tights and
800 shirts per week. They are finishing a contract for Pike
to sew shirts. Helly-Hansen has signed a contract with
the Apparel Industries for delivery of 33,000 shorts.
The only slow times occur when seamstresses are
learning to sew a new garmet, says Warm Springs
Apparel Industries manager Bernyce Courtney. It takes a
little time to retrain workers. They get used to one type
offabric, she explains, and then it is difficult to change.
Plant administrators are trying to increase attendance
at the plant with a bonus incentive program. An ideal
absence percentage would be less than 2.8 percent. At
times absenteeism has reached 40 percent, relates Courtney.
Employees quit and few new applications has made it
necessary for plant administrators to seek workers from
outside the reservation. As of October 15, anyone who
wishes to apply for work at Warm Springs Apparel
Industries is encouraged to do so. Contracts must be
honored, explains Courtney.
Eventually, plant administrators hope to see 50 seam
stresses on the job. That will depend on the number of
contracts that are accepted and the consistency of
employees' attendance, Courtney relates.
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Tribal fisheries biologist Bob Heinith discusses chart with Natural
Resources department secretary Sharlayne Garcia.
Biologist joins department
A fisheries biologist has been
hired in a temporary position in the
Warm Springs natural resources
department. Bob Heinith will be
directing Bonneville Power Admini
stration projects on the reservation.
Proposed BPA projects total
$300,000 and if approved by Tribal
Council will include: a fencing pro
ject on Beaver Creek Dahl Pine
and at Mill Creek Potter's Pond;
Juniper riprap placement on lower
Beaver Creek to stabilize stream
banks; and, lower Shitike Creek
enhancement project.
Heinith is administering these
projects while tribal fisheries biol
ogist Mark Fritsch works on sub
basin planning, a statewide project
to determine all wild and hatchery
fish production and potential. The
Tribe is involved in planning for
the Deschutes, 15-mile and Hood
River basins.
Heinith received his degree in
fisheries at Colorado State Univer
sity in 1974. He worked in Colo
rado for 18 months in fisheries. For
two years he worked for the National
Marine Fisheries Service monitor
ing fish takes and doing biological
sampling on Soviet, Korean, Jap
anese and Polish ships.
Because he is interested in envir
onmental education in the area of
science, Heinith recently returned
to school at Western Oregon State
College to earn a science education
certification. He plans to work
with Warm Springs Elementary
and other district schools in devel
oping an environmental education
curriculum if he has the extra time.
ECD Center discussed
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Col. River cards available
The following people have not
yet picked up their Columbia River
cards:
Jimmy Wesley, Jr., Bernard Te
wee, Eliza Greene. Roger D. Smith.
Esther Stewart. Christopher Crane,
Elliott Yahtin, Steven Stewart, Celcs
tine Snppah, Craig Charley. Dolan
Wahcneka. Sr.. Damien Katchia,
Lyle Rhoan. Jr., William Culpus,
Tony C. Boise, Virgil Culpus, Luther
Clements, Frank Mitchell, Austin
Smith. Michael Mcanus. Hazel Sali
gan. Leroy Bobb, John Garcia,
Charles Dick, Janice Lucei, Char
lene Cayou, Victor R. Barney and
Theodore J. Frank.
The difficulty children face in
learning in these facilities was
pointed out over and over at public
meetings. Jody Calica stressed that
each time a truck passes the trailers
where children are trying to learn,
these children have to forfeit 5-10
seconds of learning time. Automo
bile traffic is also heavy, near the
buildings, creating a danger to chil
dren who have classrooms in any
of these buildings. Children are
continuously interrupted by nor
mal work and activities for which
the buildings are used. And in
some cases, the buildings are just
not safe for small children.
"We get used to the way things
are," says Calica. But the educa
tion of children is more important
than this. "Yes, the kids are impor
tant." The conceptual design for the
Community Learning Center of
which the Early Childhood Devel
opment Center is a part, takes child
ren away from traffic and activities
not related to education. The first
phase of the project is a facility for
pre-school children. Later phases
include an elementary school. Adult
Education Center, Culture and Heri
tage offices and Library facilities.
The design and location of the
Learning Center allows for easier
phased expansion. A campus con
cept provides separate buildings
with each program having its own
area and identity. It is felt that a
one-building complex would be
too big and too institutionalized.
Some concern has been expressed
about the location of the facilities
which would be located in the area
of the old garbage dump on Kot
Num Road, south of the Agency
Longhouse. Studies, however, have
shown that there would be no
impact on the Early Childhood
Development Center. Test holes
show no evidence of methane gas
which is sometimes generated by
decaying debris.
Garbage that was dumped on
the site in the past was confined to
trenches. Portions of these trenches
may need to be moved for further
construction and more testholes
will be analyzed for assurance of
safety.
An estimated cost for the Early
Childhood Development Cen
ter totals $4,091,291.00 A break
down of these costs include: Earlv
Childhood buildings 39,000 square
feet, $2,814,140; kitchen and main
tenance buildings 8,000 sq. ft.,
$425,000; site development-300,800
sq. ft., $300,800; construction contin-gency-at
five percent, $7 1 6,997; archi
tect engineers-at eight (8) percent,
$297,355; and, furniture $77,000.
Funding is the major obstacle to
getting the Early Childhood Develop
ment Center built. It is important,
says Julie Mitchell, that parents
and community members make con
tact with their district representa
tive to discuss the plans and voice
their support or opposition. Both
points of view are important.
Support, so far, for the Learning
Center and in particular the Early
Childhood Development Center has
been strong. In looking to the
future of the children who would
be served. Community members
and Tribal member Bernice Mit
chell emphasized that the entire
community would be served," These
are our tomorrow's people. These
people will be taking care of our
reservation when we are gone."
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meeting discussing the Early Childhnnd Development Center.
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Conceptual design of Community Learning Center includes Early Childhood Development Center, elemen
tary school, adult education facility, Culture and Heritage offices and a library.