PAfiK 2 July 23, 1993
Warm Springs, Oreaon
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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.)
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Of ALL MATERIAL THAT COULD
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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As port of the American Indian Week activities, Ray "Captain'
and six year-olds at the Warm Springs Community Center.
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Photo by Romelle Speakthunder