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Warm Springs, Oregon
SpilyayTymoo
Fire and Safety Division announces EMS, Firefighter awardees
The Warm Spring Fire and Safety
division recently presented awards
to the Emergency Medical Services
(EMS) provider and Firefighter of
the Year for 1 993. And, because these
same awards for 1992 were not an
nounced, a brief biography on the
1992 winners is included in this ar
ticle as well.
The 1992 EMS Provider of the
Year award was awarded to Sharon
Or. Sharon is an EMT II-D with
Warm Springs Fire & Safety. She
has volunteered with the department
since 1990. She moved to Warm
Springs in 1988 from St. Ignatius,
Montana (Flathead Reservation). Her
family includes her daughter, Jody
Orr and two sisters and three broth
ers. She will be returning to school
next fall to pursue a nursing degree.
Her outside interestshobbies include
collecting rocks, playing the guitar
and reading. Sharon was voted to
receive this award by her peers and
co-workers at Fire & Safety.
The 1992 Firefighter of the Year
award was awarded to Daniel
Martinez. Daniel is an EMT I and
Firefighter I with the department.
Daniel became involved in the fire
service as a volunteer firefighter be
fore Fire & Safety became a depart
ment. Daniel commutes from Salem
for his shifts, he lives there with his
wife, Heather, who is attending
Western Oregon State College.
His outside interestshobbies in
clude fishing, going to pow-wows
and being active in alcohol preven
tion functions. He received this award
by vote of the department members
for his aggressive pursuit in prevent-
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Grant tO help-Continued from page 1
Review Commission, newly estab
lished as part of the omnibus water
bill passed by Congress in October
1992. Secretary of the Interior, Bruce
Babbitt, recently advocated the type
of ecosystem surveys this project is
already developing. According to
Babbitt, it would be a way to avoid
bitter and expensive disputes over
endangered species.
The Deschutes River Basin Project
was started in 1 992 with support from
the Bullitt Foundation. Funding from
the Bullitt Foundation will continue
through the middle of 1994. In addi
tion to the initial Bullitt Foundation
grant, the Environmental Defense
Fund's portion of the project has
been underwritten by the Ford Foun
dation. The remainder of the Tribes
portion of the project has been fi
nanced by the tribal government as
part of the Water and Soil Resources
department's program. The grant
from Northwest Area Foundation will
complete financing of the four-year
project.
Deepak Sehgal, tribal Water and
Soil Manager, said, "We feel this is
an important project, not only to tribal
members, but important to all Or
egonians. We are delighted that
Northwest Area Foundation has
pledged their support of this worth
while endeavor Sehgal said that
through the efforts of all those in
volved, "we have a chance to safe
guard the Deschutes River Basin from
the environmental disasters many
other rivers in the West have suf
fered over the last few decades."
Sharon Orr and Danny Martinez, EMS provider and Firefighter of the Yearor 1992 and Tom Wright and Karla Tlas,
EMS provider and Firefighter of the Year for 1993 proudly display their awards.
April is
Environmental Month
Watch for announcements concerning the various
activities scheduled or call 5534462 for more
Information.
ing and suppressing fires.
The 1993 EMS Provider of the
Year was awarded to Tom Wright.
Tom is an EMT IllBasic Firefighter.
He is a part lime FircfighterEMT
with Fire & Safety. Tom became
involved with the Department in 1984
while teaching at the Madras Senior
High School. He made a career
change in 1 99 1 . Tom 's outside inter
estshobbies include driving
backroads, landscape photography
and genealogy.
The 1993 Firefighter of the Year
award was awarded to Karla Tias.
Karla is an EMT II-DFirefightcr I
with the Warm Springs Fire & Safety
Department She became a volunteer
in 1987 then kept working towards
upgrading her skills in emergency
medicine, fircfighting and search and
rescue. Her outside interests include
playing softball and pool and spend
ing time with her family. Karla is the
first female in the history of Fire &
Safety to receive the Firefighter of
the Year Award.
The individuals who receive these
awards are to be congratulated for
their efforts and dedication in serv
ing their community. Many hours of
training and sleepless nights go with
being a part of the Emergency Ser
vices of Warm Springs.
Collage-Continued from page 1
gional talent, in addition to a head-
liner act, which has yet to be named.
After the showcase, several hot-air
balloons will create a "nightglow" as
they launch and hover. 3 Guys Who
Play Music For Money will close the
event with a dance from 9 to midnight
Collage of Culture is for the ben
efit of all sectors of the Jefferson
County and Central Oregon popula
tion. All age groups will be included
as well as the ethnic groups, includ
ing Hispanic, Anglo and Native
American.
For further information, contact
Rob Fuller, Executive Director, at
the Jefferson County Chamber of
fice at (503)475-2350.
IRMP questionnaire debuts 0re9on' Washington set Columbia River fishing dates
The Integrated Resources Man
agement Planning Team is develop
ing an integrated plan for the man
agement of all resources on the
350,000 acres of non-forested areas
on the Warm Springs reservation.
The planning team would like
comments and concerns from the
Tribal Member public on how they
would like to see their resources
managed.
The team has prepared a ques
tionnaire to solicit input from the
public and will utilize this informa
tion in the development of issues and
goals for the planning effort. The
team is asking that tribe members fill
out the questionnaire and return it to
the Department of Range and Ag as
soon as possible.
The team will hold several public
meetings and make home visits to
obtain additional input over the next
several months.
Any questions regarding the
questionnaire can be answered by
calling 553-3362. Copies of the
questionnaire can be obtained at the
Range and Ag office, located on the
second floor of the Tribal Court
building.
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Louis Smith's completed Firebusters questionnaire won him the bike
donated by Kah-Nee-Ta Resort Fire &. Safety presented it to him.
Spilyay Tymoo
Staff Members
MANAGING EDITOR . SID MILLER
ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER SAPHRONIA KATCHIA
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER SELENA BOISE
FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1976
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs. Ouroffices are located in the basement of the Old Girls
Dorm at 1 1 1 5 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo
should be addressed to:
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761
PHONE:
(503) 553-1644 or (503) 553-3274
FAX No. 553-3539
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Within U.S.-$9.00
Outside U.S. -$15.00
SPILYAY TYMO0 1992
At the request of the tribes, the
Compact states of Oregon and
Washington amended the following
Zone 6 treaty Indian commercial
fishing periods for the winter season.
Only the closing times were changed,
all other regulations remain
unchanged.
Noon Monday, March 14 to 6p.m.
Saturday, March 19
AREA:
Zone 6 (Bonneville, The Dalles
and John Day pools).
RESTRICTIONS:
No mesh restriction will be in
effect. All river mouth and dam
sanctuaries remain in effect, except
that there will be no sanctuary at
Spring Creek Hatchery.
ALLOWABLE SALES:
The allowable sales during the
above winter gillnet season will be
salmon, including steelhead, shad,
walleye and sturgeon.
STURGEON SALES:
S turgeon between 4 feet and 6 feet
in length may be sold commercially.
Sturgeon must be delivered to the
buyer "in-the-round" (guts, scutes,
fins, etc. must remain attached), the
reason for the change in regulation is
to provide an opportunity to obtain
weightandage information necessary
for management. At the point of sale,
sturgeon may be "dressed" (guts,
scutes, fins, etc. may be removed)
even if a sampler is not available to
obtain the information. The sale of
sturgeon eggs is allowed for legally
caught sturgeon after delivery "in-the-round."
STURGEON SETLINE
FISHERY:
If the sturgeon commercial catch
guideline of 1 ,650 fish is not exceeded
in the winter season fishery, the
sturgeon setline fishery may be re
opened at a later date.
SCAFFOLD FISHERY:
The scaffold fishery remains open
year-around. Scaffold catch may be
Spring schedule
announced
The Warm Springs COCC office
has announced the Spring schedule
for classes. If interested in signing up
for any of these classes, contact the
office at 553-1428 over visit their
office in the Education Building.
Registration starts the week of
March 28 and continues through April
Classes are:
Wander Into Wordperfect with
Mike Lofting
Let's Play Golf with golf pro Ed
Hershey
Welcome Windows with Gregory
Smith
Typing on the Computer with
Marilyn Hart
Student Success Strategies with
Julie Quaid
The new termm to earn a GED
ABE will begin March 22. REgistion
will be held March 22, 24, 29 and 3 1 .
Input needed
The Business and Economic
Development Center is completing a
proposal for the Museum Retail
Center directly across the highway
from the Museum. The proposed
development would consist of a
restaurant, gas stationmini-mart and
small retail shops. In order to update
our current retail vender listing, we
are requesting that anyone interested
in obtaining retail space in the
proposed Museum Retail Center call
the Small Business Center at 553
S593. We would like to know the
nature of your business and the
amount of retain space needed.
sold during open commercial fishing
periods.
If you have any fishing
enforcement problems or need
assistance or information day or night,
contact the Columbia River Inter-
Tribal Fisheries EnforcementOffice,
4270 Westcliff Drive, Hood River,
OR Phone: (503) 386-6363 or toll
free (800) 487-FISH (3474). Please
consult your tribal Fish and Wildlife
Committee for additional details on
tribal regulations. PLEASE WEAR
YOUR LIFE JACKETS FOR
SAFETY.
Survey shows adequate snowpack for year
We have just completed our snow
survey for this month and the results
are graphed below. The basic
interpretation that can be made from
this graph is that the snowpack is
nowabout89of the20yearaverage.
The Reservation has received a lot
more snow in the last month and the
outlook for the summer and fall runoff
now looks a lot better. We need not
worry too much about another
drought year. All the moisture we
had this month will help fill up our
ground water reservoirs, however,
we may still have slightly lowerflows
than average in the late summer and
fall months.
We have been collecting data on
the Snow Pack since 1973. Snowpack
data are obtained by manual readings
of snow depth and water equivalent
at our snow courses or by flying over
aerial snow markers and reading the
actual depth of the snowpack. Ground
Surveys are carried out on Bald Peter
and Racing Creek Snow Courses in
the south of the Reservation and on
Beaver Butte at the north end of the
Reservation. Aerial Markers are
located on Lionshead and on Olallie
Butte.
SNOW SURVEY DATA
AVERAGE WATER CONTENT
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Students glad school is near ending
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Charles Hudson
Seventeen year old Charles Alfred
Hudson is the son of Rose Holliday
of Warm Springs and Ronald Hudson
of Salem, Oregon. His grandparents
are Velma and Sherman Holliday.
He has two brothers; twenty-one year
old DW Hudson and twenty-six year
old Raymond Grout Hudson is of
the Siletz, Grand Ronde descent.
His hobbies include traveling,
cutting wood, and forestry. Math with
Paul Brown and Civics with Matt
Henry are his favorite classes and
teachers at Madras High School. His
outlook of the past school years he
feels basically have been the same as
this year. He is glad that he is finally
getting through high school. When
he leaves MHS he will miss his
friends that are still in school. He is
uncertain about his career of college
choice at this time. He would like to
comment to the remaining lower
classmen, "stay and finish school."
In five to ten years from now he sees
himself working and making a living.
Michael James Leecy is seventeen
years old, he is the son of Susan
Moody, his step father is Charles
Moody. His grandparents are Claude
and Victoria Smith of Warm Springs.
He has one brother; eleven year old
Lionel Smith and a sister, eight year
old Victoria Smith. Leecy is of the
Warm Springs, Wasco and Net Lake
Chippewa descent. He has been
involved in Forestry Gub with Bill
Wysham his freshman, junior and
senior years, and 4-H Search and
Rescue with Keith Baker his
freshman and sophomore year.
Hobbies of his include hunting,
fishing, listening to music, cutting
wood and any outdoor activities.
Favorite classes of his include;
forestry 2 with Bill Wysham, and
civics with Darryl Smith. He has
achieved honor roll awards
throughout high school. His outlook
of the past school years he feels have
been pretty fun but he thinks he should
have worked harder. His feelings
good that this is his last year at MHS,
but he has some doubts about leaving.
Leecy will miss his friends and having
fun the most when he leaves MHS.
His career choices are either Forestry
or in a Natural Resources field, and
he would like to attend Central
Oregon Community College or
Oregon State University.
Leecy would like to comment to
the remaining lowerclassmen, "Have
fun but don't get in trouble and work
hard." In five to ten years from now
he feels he will be working or still
attending school.
Michael Leecy