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PAfiK 2 July 23, 1993 Warm Springs, Oreaon Spilyay Tymoo I . V ""..' -, 1' v Jf-.v J o .... sj v -j .... .. , Va'.., I , "... ' i . V - v .1 ' ' -',.' .," s- f r ' f , , , 7 - ... V f s J t ThenewattJition to Hollywood optned for ust on Tuesday, July 20, as tfit rest of the construction project on North Hollywood Is near completion. Expected completion Is the end of the month. When complete the project will have totaled approximately SI million. Employees of the MA Roads department contracted the project. Tribal construction started the project on, September 1, 1992, and shutdown for the winter then resumed in Mid-April Although the new North llollywoodroadlsopen,someworklsyetlobedone,suchas,palntingpavemenl markings, and fencing Hollywood, the rebuilding of Warm Springs Street In front ofhlacy 's Mercantile, installing of gutters and pa ving of sidewalks. There will be two installed. One will run from Space Age Station to Macy's and the other will be from the Post Office to the grade of Hollywood Blvd. Shitike Creek Road also needs to be restructured. Home incinerator tips Minimum requirements for your safety and protection 1. This is noi a permit to bum: When your incinerator meets these minimum requirements contact yourlocal fire management officer for a permit to use your incinerator. 2. Bum in a safe incinerator: (Show below is a barrel type incinerator, illustrating minim jm fire safety requirements, for other types of incinerators contact your local fire management officer.) HEAVY SCREEN MESH MOT US THAN M MI WIKC WITH HOLII NOT UtftUft THAN V. METAL BARREL IN (000 CONDITION. GROUND CLEARED ANO MAINTAINED AT Lf AST 10 fCCT AROUNO INCINERATOR Of ALL MATERIAL THAT COULD CAUSE YOUR riRE TO ESCAPE. MORE CLEARANCE MAY (C '.- REOUIREO If you don't prevent fires .... who will? Contact Fire Management at 553-1146. Left untreated, depression can lead to suicide We hive H fell unhappy at one time or another. We have felt tad, even depressed. It's natural. Some times we may hate the way we look; we may feci that we aren't good at anything and the things we do aren't adequate; we may feci that no one understands the way we think and feci; and, we may feel that we don't matter. But, our moods chance. One day we may feci rotten; the next day we may feci Dcttcr able to appreciate life once again. changing before your very eyes. They may lose interest in acuvuies mat once were enjoyable. A person may develop an eating or sleeping disor der. A person may become irritable, hyperactive or over-cmouonal. Any of these symptoms may indicate de pression. Signs of depression may include the following: A person may not care how they dress or look, their school work or job, hobbies or what they say. A person may nave trouble Sometimes people aren't able to conccntratinit and rcmcmbcrinn or shake their feelings of sadness. In- dinary conversation. A person may stcadof getting bcucr.they get worse, have a hard time ccttinB alona with They may look sad, restless or angry, others and may become withdrawn or aggressive. When depression continues for long periods of time, it could mean that something is seri ously wrong. Depression is not a sign of a weakness or poor character. It is an illness that can and should be treated. It can lead to suicide. If you know a person has been depressed for a long period of lime, docs that mean he might try tocommit suicide? There are warning signs that should be looked for. The surest sign of intent is an attempt. Another is the verbal threat, sometimes disguised as, "Everyone would be better off without me." or "I wonder where my father hides his gun?" All threats should be taken seriously Do not make fun of a person or humiliate incm and don t ever Hunk they won carry through with their threat. Be supportive and do not judge. Encour age the person to seek professional help. Reservation rate dropping- Average Mortality Rates by Decade per 100,000 ii ' 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 Cirrhosis 0 32 ,18 29 29 Homicide 11 16 18 67 15 Suicide 22 16 12 33 63 MVA 66 199 150 157 126 Accident 164 391 247 224 163 Medical Complications ETOH 11 72 36 95 62 The suicide rate on the Warm Springs Reservation since 1985 i: three times greater than the central and eastern-Oregon region, accord ins to statistics assembled by Jim Quaid of the Community Counsel ing Center. However, between Janu ary 1, 1990 and July 1993. three Warm Springs residents took their own lives. The suicide rate has dropped drastically to where the rate is now half or what it was in the 1980s. Quaid said recently that suicide, on the most part, is an impulsive act through which the victim intends to hurt survivors. Suicide is often pre cipitated by family members. Typi' cally, males shoot themselves, ic males hang themselves. Most sui cides are alcohol-related and half of the suicide attempts are alcohol-related. Those who complete suicide are not known to have previously attempted suicide. Need help? Call 553-4205 Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5p.m. or 553-1171 after hours and ask for a mental health crisis counselor NWPPC asks for fish, wildlife mitigation comments The Northwest Power Planning Council is hosting public hearings throughout Oregon to gather com ment on a plan to mitigate fish and wildlife habitat losses caused by the hydroelectric system in the Colum bia and Snake river basins. Meetings will be held in LaGrande, Bend, Portland and Hood River. Salmon, bull trout, sturgeon and other species offish and wildlife are declining at alarming rates. The Northwest Power Planning Council's Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Program is constructed through public input It will direct millions of dollars toward local projects to restore the health of our natural ecosystems. This effort will help preserve Oregon's economy and quality of life. Council Members and staff will make a brief presentation, facilitate the discussion, listen to public com ment and respond to questions at each hearing. For more information and to request draft documents, in dividuals can contact the Council by calling: 1-800-222-3355 or 503-229-5171. Request documents 93-5 Draft Phase IV Rule amending the 1987 Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program andor 93-6 Draft 1993 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. NW Power Planning Council Public Hearings on Resident Fish and Wildlife Amendments to the Northwest Power Planning Council's Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program: July 28 Portland, NW Power Planning Council, Central Office, 85 1 SW 6th Avenue. Portland. Oregon 97204 at 4:30 p.m. August 11 Hood River, Best Western Hood River Inn, Gorge Room, 1 108 E. Marina Way, Hood River, Oregon 97031 at 4:00 p.m. High tech gear aids in poaching arrest Students recognized as top scholars . m ..... - "v 1 I, n,. II Travis Wells Starla Green BodleShaw Three students with college grade point averages exceeding 3.00 were recently awarded for their achievements by Education Services Program direc tor Myrna Courtney on July 7 from the Tribal Edu cation Department. Travis Wells, a second year engineering technol ogy student at Central Oregon Community College received a $500 check as top scholar in the 1992-93 school year. The award is based on his overall 3.00 GPA for three consecutive terms. Wells achieved the highest grade point average of enrolled tribal mem ber college students. He will again attend COCC in the fall but is eventually planning to transfer to Oregon State University in a civil engineering pro gram. He is working for the Tribes Water Treatment Department this summer break. S tarla Green, a student at Blue Mountain Commu nity College in Pendleton received a $50 gift certificate for Kah-Nee-Ta as runner-up top scholar, Green is working on a degree in Criminal Justice and Emer gency Medical Services. She is working for the tribal Fire and Safety department this summer. A gift certificate for dinner for two at the Bend Riverhouse went to third top scholar Bodie Shaw who recently graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelor's degree in Forestry. He is working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Branch of Forestry this sum mer. Gifts for top scholars were donated by Kah-Nce-Ta Resort, the Bend Riverhouse, the law firm of Karnopp, Petersen, Notcboom, Hubel, Hansen & Arnettin Bend, Pcabody & Co., Inc of Portland, and members of the Warm Springs community. Inter-agency cooperation and high-tech, night-vision gear proved a potent combination for Columbia River fishery officers who arrested a sturgeon poacher earlier this month operating under cover of darkness. In a midnight river patrol near The Dalles, Oregon, a Washington De partment of Fisheries airplane equipped with Forward-Looking InfraRed (FLIR) sensing equipment detected a boat moving slowly along the Washington shore without navi gational lights. From onboard the FLIR plane, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisher ies Enforcement officer Phillip Watlamet radioed fellow tribal of ficers on the ground to monitor the suspicious boat. With the aid of hand held night-vision devices, they fol lowed the cralt and discovered the object of its interest: a large white sturgeon in the water near shore. The suspect had tethered the fish to a tree, but it was still alive. A quick measurement of the fish showed it to be seven feet, 1 1 inches long two feet over the legal limit. When CRITFE officers contacted the suspect and learned he was not a tribal member, a third enforcement agency was called upon to make the arrest Oregon State Police Trooper Mike Caldwell issued a citation to the angler for possession of an illegal-length sturgeon. Successful enforcement on this type of poaching incident is nearly impossible without cooperation be tween the various Columbia River fishery agencies, according to Cpt. John B. Johnson of Inter-Tribal En forcement "A one-agency show would not have resulted in a case," Johnson said. "Without the interagency patrol, we wouldn't have had coverage on the ground, along with FLIR in the air, and the Oregon State Police trooper wouldn't have been there to write the citation when our officers determined the violator was not a tribal member." CRITFE officers' primary charge is to enforce Indian treaty fishing seasons, while state fishery officers chiefly regulate non-Indian sport and commercial fisheries. Johnson said the multi-agency fishery patrols were begun in 1992 as part of a Bonneville Power Adminis tration program aimed at reducing illegal harvest of salmon throughout the Columbia River Basin. Since white sturgeon also occur in the river corridor, the salmon patrols occa sionally detect sturgeon violations, he said. Night-vision devices, patrol air craft and other equipment have been acquired by state and tribal fishery enforcement departments as part of the BPA-fundcd program. Suspect Mark Anthony Jameyson, 31 years old, from The Dalles, Or egon. Non-Tribal. Salmon receive escort Special infrared equipment for spotting illegal fishing boats at night and a computer system for tracking of arrests is aimed at providing safe passage for salmon as they swim up the Columbia and Snake rivers to spawn. Nine federal, Oregon , Washing ton and Indian agencies are cooper ating in the $ 15 million program with the Columbia Basin Enforcement Team patroling with boats and planes during the summer migration months. Only one Snake River sockeye salmon returned to the spawning grounds last year and only 400 S nake River summer Chinook returned to their spawning grounds. The sockeye is listed as endangered and the Chinook is listed as threatened. The salmon escort is part of the salmon recovery plan with the pri mary funding coming from the Bonneville Power Administration, which sells power from the Columbia's federal hydropower dams. Spilyay Tymoo Staff Members MANAGING EDITOR SID MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER MARSHA SHEWCZYK REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER SAPHRONIA KATCHIA REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER SELENA BOISE FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1 976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the basement of the Old Girls Dorm at 1115 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 PHONE: (503) 553-1 644 or (503) 553-3274 FAX No. 553-3539 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Within U.S. - $9.00 Outside U.S. -$15.00 SPILYAY TYMOO 1992 Utilities issues collection news, policy, bid opening The Warm Springs garbage man will not pick up 55 gallon burning barrels. The Utilities Department has had many complaints about garbage not being picked up; this may be the reason why. Also, Utilities does not furnish garbage cans. The homeowner is re sponsible for providing their own cans. With summer upon us, the request for clothes lines has increased. Our department does not make these. Green Spot Welders (475-2519) will gladly assist anyone wishing a clothesline. A T shaped clothes line is approximately $100 a pair. Ask for Roger. Utilities is seeking bids from gen eral contractors, preferably tribal members, for a new shop. All sub contractors will deal through the general contractor. All interested parties should contact Tom Edwards at 553-3246. V'oM 'A -'it 1 Ii ' . "7 - mtmJ . v. Hi s 'j-v - -. Jr' i ) -a As port of the American Indian Week activities, Ray "Captain' and six year-olds at the Warm Springs Community Center. Moody, of the Forestry Department, spoke with five' Photo by Romelle Speakthunder
