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Warm Springs, Oregon
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Students at Madras High School signed up for a variety of classes from paraiailing to bowhunting during the
Healthy Option for Teens (HOT) sponsored program. Students also participated in seminars focusing on career
planning, relationships and teen problems. The all-day program was held May 13 at MHS.
Students urged to
get ready for work
We will start all students that
qualify to work under the Student
Trainee Program to begin work June
22, 192. Students must submit their
grade reports to the Education Ser
vices Program (Higher Education)
office as soon as they receive them in
order to qualify to work. The students
must have complete 12 credit hours
with a 2.00 gpa or better to be eligible
to work. For more information, call
553-3311.
Poster winners announced
The winners of the Jefferson
County Council on Child Abuse
Prevention 1992 poster contest are
as follows. The theme of this year's
competition was "I Am Special...."
Kindergarten
1st Tim Kirsch
2nd Kenny Hodges
3rd Brandi Pickett
First Grade
1st Scth Klann
2nd Shannon Rac Wilson
3rd Monica O'Mcara
Second Grade
1st Camillc Clements
2nd Miguel Estrada
3rd Candice Hudson
Third Grade
1st CaSandra Fruios
2nd Shamona Charley
3rd Krysia Rhoan
Fourth Grade
1st Mandy Goodwin
2nd Bcnita Mcrrificld
3rd Kira Langnesc
Those winning first through third
places received colored markers. AH
other participants received pencils.
Outage protector
developed
The slightest power blink caused
by windstorms or lightning can cause
irrigation pumps to trip otf and stay
off. For farmers, that usually requires
an extra trip to the field to manually
restart their pumps.
"Nature caused power blinks are
unavoidable," said Pacific Power
Madras district manager Bob
McConncII. "We can't stop them
from happening, but now we can
help our irrigation customers keep
their pumps on through momentary
interruptions of electrical service."
Pacific Power has developed a
new electronic devise UPStart!
Momentary Outage Protector that
will keep irrigation pumps on through
the momentary power blinks that have
aggravated irrigators for years.
UPStart! was developed in re
sponse to its irrigation customers'
call for help. Members of Pacific's
Walla Walla customer advisory
committee, many of them irrigators,
had become increasingly frustrated
with momentary outages and they let
the company know.
Before developing its own prod
uct. Pacific experimented with a va
riety of restart equipment to learn
more about desired features and re
liability. By early 1991, a protypc
was developed and ready for tcsung.
In a trial of the product last year,
27 irrigators tested 48 UPStart! de
vices between March and September.
Each irrigator kept a performance
log to record if and when the pumps
tripped off. In every case of mo
mentary interruption less than one
second the pumps were restarted
by the device. Irrigators gave the
units a unanimous thumbs up.
"We have developed and arc
selling the UPStart! device as a ser
vice for our irrigation customers,"
said McConncII. "It's proven, easy
to install product and I hope that all
of our irrigation customers in central
Oregon will give us a call to ask
about it."
Old days
Agent Smith 't Utter of January I, 1332, describes the legal system on
thi Reservation in which tht 'Council' hut responsible for dispensing
justice.
Warm Springs
January 1 2
John Smith
VS Indian Agent
Warm Springs Agency Or
Sir
I haw the honor to report the following arrests mad by tht
VS Indian Police at this Agency, and tht disposition modi of tht
cases, during tht 4' or I SSI. Dec 5 LapolfU was arrested for
stealing Kassahs wife, and was confined in Irons. Dec 6 ht was
brought before the Council, as was also the woman. Ht plead guilty
A was fined 2 horses, and upon promising good behawr for the
future was released. The woman was released without fine, upon
promising to go back to her husband.
Dec 10 Kassahs w(fe was arrested and again brought before
the council, charged with not keeping her promise, to go back to her
husband. After being reprimanded, she again promised to Hit with
her husband, and was then allowed to depart. These cases were the
only arrests made during the quarter. More would probably have been
made only that the greater part of the Indians, and a portion of the
police were absent from the Reservation, hunting game. The police
reported no crimes committed by those under their charge, while
absent, which is a cause for thankfulness, especially as no complaints
were made by white settlers, against the Indians. The Indians
remaining at home were equally well behaved.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
C. H. Walker
Chief of Police
Examined and respectfully forwarded with the remark that the Police
are more and more becoming a power for good are more respected
than formuly, and the position is more coveted than formerly.
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WSPD relates statistics, activities, offers advice to community members
April Statistics:
With no end in site, reported inci
dents continue to keep Public Safety
busy with community concerns as
statistics continue to show an in
crease. There were a total of 409 reported
incidents and 98 traffic violations
detected for the month. Of this total,
approximately 72 reports involved
our youth either being victims or
committing offenses themselves.
There were 22 child neglect and
abuse cases investigated, 20 runaway
reports taken, 13 reported incidents
of Juvenile being intoxicated, 8 re
ports of failing to send children to
school, 7 reports of minors (age 16
20) being intoxicated, and 2 curfew
violation reports that led to 7 juveniles
being referred to the juvenile
coordinator's office.
Other statistics showed 17 cases
of assault & battery, 15 cases of drug
activity, 5 breaking & enteringcases,
14 DUII's, 9 trucks cited for being
over weight at the scales, 13 motor
vehicle crashes with two being al
cohol related, 17 theft cases, 9 ma
licious mischief (vandalism) cases
investigated, 2 rape cases, and 5
sexual abuse cases.
Of the alcohol related crashes,
both incidents involved Indian per
sons locally of which one hada blood
alcohol content of .25. Three so
briety checkpoints were conducted
last month that resulted in 3 people
being arrested. Overall, the average
blood alcohol content in those that
submitted to the intoxilyzer blew a
.17.
Mini Law Enforcement Confer
ence: Members of the Madras High
School NASU group (Native Ameri
can Student Union) were treated to
an array of information passed on to
them by members of the Warm
Springs Police Department which
was the site on May 8, for the Mini
Law Enforcement Conference.
Topics of discussion included
qualifications, education, overall fit
ness, general equipment used in the
field, tour of the department, stress
factors, support staff, community
concerns, safety issues, and a sce
nario. Students were given a brief talk
on the general equipment used in the
performance of a police officers du
ties which might include the gun
belt, holster, cuffs, spare ammo,
flashlight, mace, spotlight, various
cameras, rubber gloves, fingerprint
kits, spotting scope, VCR camera,
various law book materials, special
ized weapons & ammunition, report
forms, riot gear, rubber gloves, air
way mouth pieces, blood kits, rape
kits, aid kits, clean-up kits, various
drug kits, scales, evidence packages
& forms, etc.
Qualifications, successful perfor
mance, and the first year as an officer
should include but is not limited to
the following: High school education
or equivalent, successful passing of a
physical examination per the Oregon
Police Academy requirements (vi
sion, hearing, overall physical fit
ness), must have a valid Oregon
drivers license, no felony convic
tions, no misdemeanor convictions
within 1 year prior to being hired, a
pre-employment drug test, the for
mal oral interview, a written exami
nation, previous employment & ref
erence checks, a criminal background
check, etc.
Once you are hired, you are as
signed a senior officer for approxi
mately 1-3 months, given a tour &
orientation of the branch, explana
tion of the Tribal, branch, & division
goals & mission statements, learn
the radio codes & use, study & learn
the tribal codes, learn geographical
information of the Reservation in
cluding housing areas, numbers, and
streets, specialized training in the
areas of public relations, officer
survival, use of force, domestic vio
lence, vehicle stops, firearms &
qualifications, vehicle use & appli
cable laws, juvenile law, probation
ary period, report writing, probably
cause, search & seizure laws, policy
& procedures, arrest procedures,
handcuffing, escort holds, defensive
tactics, the computer, basic investi
gations, traffic accidents, CPR & first
aid, crime prevention, court room
preparation & testifying, and physi
cal fitness.
The rookie has to attend and
graduate from the Oregon Police
Academy learning all the above and
more with emphasis on the state laws
within an eight week period. He or
she has to successfully get passed the
probationary period with a perfor
manceappraisal. And once back from
the Academy a lot of the state laws
are forgotten and concentration is
given on the Warm Springs Tribal
Code and it's application. Finally
during the first year the trainee and
hisher training officer has to com
plete a field training manual and
become a certified officer which in
essence is then your license to prac
tice. Following the presentation and
discussion, the students were given a
tour of the department followed by a
high risk traffic stop warrant service
scenario with emphasis on officer
safety.
Special thanks to those officers
who donated their time off to make
this mini-conference a success.
Member cited for Hunting Vio
lations: A Tribal member on April 24,
1992 was found, stopped, and cited
for shooting a rifle from a vehicle
and for the violation of shooting
hours.
Sgt. Holliday while patrolling the
wooded areas during the early night
time hours came across a set of tail
lights that led to the hearing of a
f;unshot from the vehicle that was
oaded with wood. On further in
vestigation, the vehicle was stopped
and Holliday spoke with two occu
pants who admitted that a shot was
fired from the vehicle, that he was
shooting at a bobcat with the use of a
flashlight No other violations found,
Holliday cited the member and took
into custody evidence connected with
this case awaiting court appearance.
According to Holliday, the did
Tribal Member appeared in courtwho
plead guilty to the charges closing
another case for the Fish & Game
division. Holliday appreciated the
Tribal Members honesty in this in
vestigation and admitting their
wrongdoing.
Public Safety and National Fit
ness Day:
Seven members of the Public
Safety Branch participated in the
National Fitness Day poker fun run
walk that took place during the lunch
hour on the 1 3th of May at the Com
munity Center. From the Branch,
Sarah Thompson finished with three
of a kind-Ace High, Captain Courtney
three of a kind-Jack high, Annie
Hausinger with a pair of three's, In
vestigator Kirk with a pair of queens,
Officer Hintsala a pair of two's, Of
ficer Miller finished with a single
ace, and Truancy Officer Calica had
no luck collecting a hand. In any
event, each participant received a
ribbon for the walkrun.
Vandal Apprehended:
On Tuesday the 19th, a juvenile
was taken into custody after police
received a call from a concerned citi
zen who reported that someone was
vandalizing the old vacated day care
trailer by painting on it.
Officers converged in the area
where a juvenile was found still
holding a can of paint. Because of the
age of the juvenile, custody was re
manded to the mother. Damage to
the building is pending the Utilities
Departments estimate.
Basketball Challenge:
Members of the Police Depart
ment Irst the challenge basketball
game to the Fire & Safety Depart
ment last month at the Warm Springs
Elementary School by a final score
of 65 to 69. An official contract was
drawn and signed before tip-off be
tween the divisions to eliminate any
question on who was to furnish who
a fireman's pizza.
First quarter action saw the Police
down 22 to 9 as Fire & Safety dazzled
the crowd with their globe trotter
type moves. As the half ended, shock
and disbelief were all over the police
as they were down 46 to 18. Second
half action saw the police fast
breaking to make a run that ended
short of Fire & Safety's score of 69.
Scoring for Red Heat II was Anson
Bcgay with 19 points, Dixon Polk,
Nona Yazzie, and Romaine Miller,
Sr. with 8 points each, Whittcnburge
and Soliz scored 5 apiece, Courtney
and Trimbleat4 points, and"Bubba '
with 2 points. For Team-Firebuster's,
it was Don Bagley finishing with 25
points, Bobby Sjolund at 17 points,
Willie Bagley 14 points, John Rictz 6
points, and Jerry Huff at 4 points.
According the contract, Redheat
II has 30 days for payment to be
made with soft drinks included.
From the Captain's desk:
Looking over the past months sta
tistics on property that was stolen
that amounted to approximately 7200
dollars, one area that really sticks out
is the lack of any identifying marks
on the items stolen. More specifi
cally, no serial numbers, no drivers
license of social security numbers
were recorded anywhere on the items
which if recovered or found, will
make it difficult to tell if the item was
even stolcnor notify the proper owner
of it's recovery.
Here's what you might consider
1. ) Do an overall inventory of all
your large and small appliances,
equipment, etc., nothing for each item
serial numbers, color of the item,
size if applicable, or any unique
identifying marks.
2. ) Photograph small or unique
items you can't mark.
3. ) You might want to have some
one video tape your house, apart
ment, or property.
4. ) Check with your insurance
company verifying coverage if ap
plicable. 5. ) Consider storing the itemized
inventories in your safety deposit
box or some other safe place in the
event of loss.
6. ) Lastly, update this informa
tion on a periodic basis.
Changing topics, a reminder to
the community that the speed limit
within a residential area is 25 mph.
This past weekend, I saw a car speed
through our neighborhood that I esti
mated at about 50-55 mph; I looked
at my wife and told her that they (the
vehicle) were going to get in an acci
dent. A short time later, the vehicle
did crash and the driver was arrested
for DUII. With this in mind, officers
will be continuing to crack cown on
drunk drivers as well as the speed
limits in the community with em
phasis on the new Early Childhood
Center area. Please be careful, drive
defensively, and report crime.
"DARE" Student Graduation:
Sgt. Holliday reports that the fifth
grade students at the Warm Springs
Elementary School are set to gradu
ate on June 4, 1992 as the first class
to graduate from the Drug Abuse
Resistance Education program.
Students were again tested on their
knowledge of what was learned over
past course materials presented and
with time being short, more assign
ments will need to be completed be
fore graduation day.
COP Sanders is very proud of the
students and Sgt. Holliday on their
accomplishments with the 92'
"DARE" program. It is with this type
of prevention and related activities
into the future that will enable our
community toward being the
Healthiest Indian Community by the
year 2,000.
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Mary Calica-December
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Larry Holliday-February
Jerry Huff-April
Don Courtney-March
Each month.Warm Springs Police
Department personnel select from
among their own those co-workers
which bestexemphfyexcettentservice
and dedication to work and the
community. Captain Courtney has
been the only employee to be selected
Employee of the Month during each
of the past three years.