PACK 2 October, 4, 1991
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Mtmbtn of tilt New Generation Dance Club meet four night a week to practice dancing, singing and drummlngMeeting place varies from week to week, as
no building is available for them on a regular basis.
Bureau of Indian Affairs conducts review of W.S. forest, associated activities
A veritable army of Bureau of
Indian Affairs representative were in
Warm Springs recently to conduct a
review of the Warm Springs forest
and associated administrative areas.
Approximately 30 individuals from
numerous BIA agencies and the
Portland Area Office made an initial
report to Tribal Council Monday,
September 23. explaining what the
review would entail.
The Bureau conducted the review
after receiving an "issue list" that
was generated by Tribal Council af
ter the McQuinn Strip controversy
last year.
Fall time
As Fire Prevention Week ben-
ins, Warm Springs Fire & Safety is
targeting a pressing, tragic prob
lem that affects at least one-third of.
the homes in America smoke
detectors that don't work due to
old or missing batteries.
The lire service has seen count
less cases where people perished in
fires in homes that had smoke
detectors -- but the smoke detec
tors didn't work. You can imagine
the pain a family must feel when
U.S. fire death rate high
Americans proudly lead the
world in many areas. However,
there's one area where we can't
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Spearheading the effort was Turk
Halford. He explained that a review
of this type is "very rare" and has
"not occurred on other reservations."
He continued, stating that "we want
to solve and resolve problems."
According to Halford, seven dif
ferent areas were addressed through
out the review. Those areas included
forest program administration that
covered the programs' direction and
policies and administration; timber
sale administration that included
contracts and logging and scaling;
fire management that addressed fire
control and prescribed burns includ
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they realize they could have pre
vented their child from dying if
they had simply replaced the bat
tery in their smoke detector.
As part of Fire Prevention
Week, which runs from October 6
through October 1 2, Warm Springs
Fire & Safety is issuing a challenge
to Warm Springs residents to help
ensure that every home has a work
ing smoke detector.
Fire prevention officials say
many Americans have a false and
dangerous - sense of security
pride ourselves for coming in first
The United States has one of the'
highest fire death rates in the
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matches and lighters
make small fires that
become big fires very
quickly. Keep yourself
from getting burned.
Stay away from
matches and
lighters because
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ing pre-salc, forest development and
management planning. Also re
viewed were the enterprise opera
tions. Council Chairman Zane Jackson
requested that members of the review
team spend time talking with the
tribal member loggers.
Hal ford assured Council members
that the review would be comprehen
sive. "Hopefully we'll get something
from you and you'll get something
from us."
Members of the team were in
Warm Springs five days, and actually
spent three days reviewing the op
good time
about smoke detectors. While a working smoke detector. It is
more than 85 percent of American encourage all residents to replace
homes have at least one smoke their smoke detector batteries
detector installed, as many as one-4 annually and to check the opera
third of them would not work in an " tion of the detector monthly,
emergency because of old or miss- To help fight the problem,
ing batteries, inoperable smoke
detectors contribute to many of the
6,000 deaths and 130,000 injuries
that occur each year in fires.
It has been found that one of the
most common reasons for residen
tial fire deaths is the failure to have
industrialized world. And older
Americans are the highest risk of
fire-related deaths, double that of
the rest of the population.
Every year, over 1300 Ameri
cans 65 and older die in fires. If
these statistics are news to you,
that's part of the problem. Many
Americans are unfamiliar with the
range and severity of fire-related
hazards and older Americans, in
particular, suffer from lack of in
formation about how to prevent
fires.
Fire-associated deaths, injuries
and property losses are tragic.
However, the real tragedy is that
these injuries and losses are pre
ventable. The leading causes of fire
injuries and death to seniors - un
safe use of smoking materials, fires
in the kitchen and electrical related
problems - can be reduced by tak
ing precautionary measures as easy
as installing smoke detectors.
Simple as this may sound, many
older Americans still live in homes
without smoke detectors or do not
maintain the detectors they have.
Eighty percent of elderly people
who die in fires do not have a work
ing smoke detector, and in 75 per
cent of the cases, no detector was
even present. When properly in
stalled and maintained, smoke
detectors can give senior citizens
time to escape a fire without injury
or death.
The people of Warm Springs
have successfully collaborated in
the past to combat threats to the
community. Warm Springs Fire &
Safety is asking the community to
mobilize our resources and create a
partnership for seniors fire safety.
What can you do to encourage
fire safety?
-Lend a helping hand to seniors
who may need help installing and
maintaining smoke detectors.
-Advise Fire & Safety of those
homes in your neighborhood that
need fire safety checks.
-Receive handouts from Preven
tion Officer to help distribute to all
seniors you know.
Together, we can prevent the
homes and lives of seniors from
going up in smoke.
The Warm Springs Fire & Safe
ty exists to serve and protect the
people of this community. If you
have any questions on helping
seniors with home fire safety, I
want to hear from you.
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erations. A verbal report was pre
sented to Tribal Council September
27. A final written report is due within
30 days. The Tribe has 90 days to
respond to the rcDort.
Keep cold out
Winter will soon be upon us.
Time to think of weatherizingyour
home to keep out the cold and the
heat in. Home owners who need
weatherization service to their
home may call the housing office
553-1915 to request applications or
ask for John Mcllwaine.
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to change alarm batteries
warm Springs hire & aatety win
be participating in an annual
national public education program
called "Change Your Clock,
Change Your Battery." The pro
gram encourages people to make a
habit of changing the batteries in
their smoke detectors every fall
when they change their clocks back
to standard time. For 1991, the
date of the time change is Sunday,
October 27.
Some haven't
Veterans from the Korean Conflict
recall the anniversary of the Inchon
Landing, in Korea, the date was Sep
tember 1 5, 1 950. The invasion caught
the North Koreans off guard and made
a big turn-around in the war as the
Allied troops were backed into a small
corner and made their stand at Pusan,
Korea.
The fighting all started one
morning June 25, 1950, as North
Korea made an all out war on South
Korea. The Republic of Korea asked
the United Nations for support and
President Truman was first to respond
sending troops to aid the R0K
After the invasion of Inchon, the al
lied forces went on the offensive and
regained the Capitol city of Seoul,
and they crossed the 38 th Parallel
and by Thanksgiving they were at
the Yalu river in North Korea, and
things were looking pretty good and
that the troops would soon be heading
homeJust when things were going
the right direction then, wham, the
Chinese army joined the North Ko
rean Forces as they crossed over
from Manchuria giving the Com
munist forces the greater odds per
man. They pushed the allied troops
back. A local veteran re-calls the big
siege of the Changjin Reservoir,
where the American troops were
completely surrounded and cut off
from the rest of the allied troops.
They had to fight their way back out
to the sea facing over whelming ob
stacle, as not only the Chinese troops
were a problem but the bitter freez
ing cold weather also took it's toll on
the American forces. If it wasnt
the Chinese it was the cold weather.
Supplies had to be dropped by para
chutes, otherwise they wouldn't have
gotten any supplies at all. It was a big
battle to get out and when they finally
made it they came out at Hungnam, a
sea port on the Eastern side of North
Korea.
Today there is a group of survivors
cf that famed battle who call them
selves "The Chosen Few." Chesley
Yahtin, is a member of that unique
group and he say's that "It sure was
hell during them times," putting it
mildly. The battle fields in Korea
was one of the most mountainous
areas ever to fight battles on. At Ko
rea there w as a new method of troop
Economic Development schedules
"Greenhouse Program"
The Business and Economic Devel
opment Deportment, in partnership with
the Oregon Native American Business
and Entrepreneurial Network
(ONABEV), is sponsoring a "Green
house Program" designed for indi
viduals who are interested in bidding
for tribal business opportunities, start
ing their own business, or are in busi
ness at this time Successful completion
of this course is required to become
eligible to bid on janitorialcustodial,
grounds maintenance or other business
opportunities.
Experienced instructors will provide
on overview of the requirements for
going into business and staying in
business. The "Greenhouse Program"
will begin Thursday, October 24, 199 1
and will offer 20 weeks of extensive
classroom training and "one on one"
counseling to assist prospective busi
ness owners. Saturday and evening
counseling will be available for your
convenience.
Topics to be included are what busi
ness arc you in; time management;
setting goals; what form should your
business take; your business plan; who
are your customers; market research;
marketing; pricing your products; fi
nancial planning; business tools and
records; understanding financial
records; financing your business; pro
fessional advisors; using a computer in
your business; decision making; being
creative; advertising and promotion and
business plan review.
The object of the program is to
increase the numbcrof successful, tribal
member-owned businesses operating
in Warm Springs. Future business op
portunities in the Warm Springs Town
Center or service contracts for MOIHS
and the Early Childhood Center will all
require comprehensive, effective and
in-depth business plans.
For more information on the
"Greenhouse Program", call the Busi
ness DeveIopmcniCenterat553-3468.
Training will take place in the EDD
training room beginning at 6 p.m.
Thursdays, beginning October 24.
Cost is $ 100 which includes all course
materials and coffee. Pre-registration
The program is sponsored na
tionally by the International Asso
ciation of Fire Chiefs and Ener
gizer batteries. The percentage of
American homes that have work
ing detectors remains less than 60
percent. There has been little pro
gress in 13 years, when half of
American homes had smoke detec
tors. The difference today is that
the number of households with
non-working detectors outnumber
those with no detectors at all.
As stated by Bob Sjolund, Fire
Prevention Officer, simply replac
ing the batteries in a smoke detec
tor can double a person's chances
of surviving a fire.
forgotten the
movement introduced where men
were able to take a hill with out
having to climb it at all. This is where
the Helicopter came into use and was
very effective and was used
throughout the Vietnam war.This
new method of troop movement
saved a lot of time in getting to the
top of the hill. And also evacuating
the wounded from the front lines.
There were several well known
battles during the Korean Conflict,
battles such as "Heart Break Ridge,"
"Old Baldy," "Bloody Ridge,"
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said, "they would lose much more
than they could possibly win... it was
a no win situation."
The Tribe also appealed to the
Fish and Wildlife department staff.
During the Commission meeting
September 24, the staff supported
the Tribes' position. Arnctt added
that there was not much public oppo
sition to the winter closure.
The winter season will be open
from the lower end of White Horse
Rapids to the mouth of the Deschutes
where it converges with the Colum
bia. I HS relates
clinic news
Changes! Changes! Changes!
The Indian Health Service has re
named the Patient Registration
Office to the Business Office.
Effective October 1, 1991, signing
in for a clinic visit will be at the
Business Office instead of at Medi
cal Records.
Louclla Heath, Patient Registra
tionBilling Clerk and Norma,
Kaudle Kaule, Alternate Resource
Coordinator will be greeting you at
the new sign-in location. Louella
and Norma will be updating your
registration and private insurance'
information. Then you will be
given a slip with a number on it,
walk-ins, in the order you sign-in
and appointments first. You will
take the slip of paper to Medical
Records (Marianne, Chris or
Coleen) where they will pull your
chart for your medical or dental
visit.
You will be interviewed for your
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Time change occurs 2 a.m. October
27.
Korean War
"Sniner Ridtre " to name a few.
Battles where everything was blown
away, all the shrubs and trees leaving
just bare hilltops and ridges and the
Americans faced great odds out
numbered at least 5-1 on all fronts.
Korean vets say it was just as tough
as any battle in any war, but no one
remember's them or mentions them.
Yes, September 15, 1950, was
thought of by many Korean veterans
as memories went back to them dark
days of the Korean War.
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