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Warm Springs, Oregon
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Groundbreaking ceremonies kick off Village rebuilding
General Furhman, center, of the Army Corps of Engineers, visited
flood damaged areas on the reservation with Tribal Council June 20.
Simple exercises can relieve stress
Try these exercises to relieve the
stress and strain of VDT repetition:
Deep breathing: Breathe in
slowly through the nose. Hold for 2
seconds then exhale through the
mouth.
Neck and head: Turn head
slowly side to side, holding each turn
for the count of three. Repeat five to
ten times.
Shoulders: Roll shoulders
forward five times using a wide
circular motion. Then roll shoulders
backwards.
Upper back: With arms folded
at shoulder height, push elbows back.
Hold a few seconds then repeat.
Lower back: While sitting,
slowly bend upper body between
knees. Hold for a few seconds, then
sit up and relax.
Wrist: Hold arms straight out in
front of body. Raise and lower hands
to stretch muscles in the forearm.
Repeat several times.
Fingers and hands: Make tight
fists with hands. Hold for a second,
then spread fingers apart as far as
possible. Hold for five seconds.
Legs: Grasp shin of one leg and
pull slowly towards the chest. Hold
for five seconds. Then do the other
leg.
Eyes: Simple eye exercises can
be performed while at your
workstation. Do these for less than a
minute every 20 minutes or so to
relax your eyes:
Blink often to keep eyes moist.
Cup hands tightly over closed
eyes. Hold for one minute.
Roll eyes clockwise three times,
then counter clockwise three times.
Refocus on an object 20 feet
away. Do this times per hour.
Eighteen teams
compete in stick
game tourney
Starr Gaming Club Stick Game
Tournament held June 29 at the Pi-Umc-Sha
grounds. Eighteen teams
from all over the Northwest competed
in the tournament in Memory of
Florence Meanus, Clarence Meanus
and all elders. Results are:
1st Place-Hamilton Buch from
Fort Duschesne, $2500
2nd Place-Vince Joe from
Warm Springs, $1500
3rd Place-Jimmy Johnson
from Elko, Nevada, $1000
The Korean War Veterans
Observe Armistice Day
Korean War Veterans
Armistice Day Becomes Law:
On July 27, 1995, The White
House announced the signing of
Public Law 10419, the FY 1995
Rescissions Act, which includes
in Section 2005:
July 27 of each year until the
year 2003 is designated as
"National Korean War Veterans
Armistice day," and the President
was authorized and requested to
issue a proclamation calling upon
the people of the United States to
observe such day with appropriate
ceremonies and activities, and to
urge the department and agencies
of the United States and interested
organizations, groups, and
individuals to fly the American
flag at half staff on July 27 of each
year until the year 2003 in honor
of the Americans who died as a
result of their service in Korea.
The passage of this paragraph
into law marks the culmination of
an effort begun in 1993 by former
Congressman Stan Parris of
Virginia and a group of determined
Korean War Veterans and friends
who walked the halls of Congress
for nearly three years seeking
support for this piece of legislation .
Stan Parris responded to the
question about the passing of the
bill, he said, "The coordinating
Committee has every reason to be
proud of itself. Not only did we
plan and conduct the Korean
Warm Veterans Memorial
Ceremony at Arlington National
Cemetery for the past three years;
we also secured the passage of
legislation which will compliment
the goal of the newly dedicated
Korean War Veterans Memorial.
This law extends the
recognition of Korean War
veterans service and sacrifice all
the way from the Mall in
Washington DC, to the flag pole
of the local Post Office. Korean
War Veteran War Veterans all over
the country will take advantage of
this law to commemorate those
who served in the Korean War,
especially the dead and the
missing.
Here in Warm Springs on July
27, there will be a Veterans
gathering to honor veterans who
served during those war torn years
that has been known as, "The
Forgotten War." A special
gathering with a parade and dinner
will take place here in Warm
Springs, not only those who served
during the Korean War, but to
give recognition Veterans of all
Wars.
There will be special
recognition to the Korean era
veterans along with family
members during that time. This
will be a well worth gathering to
honor all the men who were willing
to put their lives on the line in time
of unrest in the world to protect
ourcountry. All veterans are urged
to fall in and participate in this
great occasion.
It was a perfect day for breakinn
ground at Kah-Nee-Ta Village. The
near perfect weather gave inspira
tion to the ISO or so present for the
ceremonies June 2 1 . It had been four
months since the Village had been
covered by four feet of water and it
was time to get on with life in the
tourist's world.
Kah-Nee-Ta Board of Directors
member Zane Jackson credited the
leaders of the past with the foresight
necessary to get Kah-Nce-Ta up and
running back in the 1960s. "We owe
them a lot of thanks for getting us to
where we are....We're fortunate they
were behind the scenes to give us the
boost we needed" all those years
ago, he said.
Returning to work on the recon
struction efforts is Ed Manion who
retired from the Tribe in November.
"Ed was our first manager of the
Village and now he's putting it back
together for us....I look forward to all
of us enjoying this place" once it's
completed, Jackson added.
Those old enough could remem
ber the groundbreaking ceremonies
of the early 1960s. After purchasing
the Kah-Nee-Ta property from a
corporation in 1961, the Tribe delved
head-first into building an upscale
resort along the Warm Springs River
beginning in 1963. They envisioned
hundreds, if not thousands, of visi
tors flocking to take in 340 days of
sunshine, the mineral pool and other
unique amenities at the first tribally-
ownca ana operated resort in Or
egon. The Tribe invested $750,000
in the complex.
In December 1964, just months
after opening the resort, a flood came
along and threatened the new facil
ity. After losing only one cottage to
the raging waters, Tribal leaders de
cided it was best to clean up the mess
;and get back into the hospitality
Ibusiness. Less than a month later,
'another flood hit and it was clean-up
time again. It wasn't until 1977 that
high waters once again threatened
the Village. The facility sustained
little damage that year and it was
business as usual.
The Village, this time last year,
was bustling with activity. The
Olympic-sized mineral water pool
was bubbling with swimmers and
surrounded by sun bathers. The tee
pees were booked with those want
ing to experience the "Indian way of
life". The cottages were filled with
families taking a break from their
workaday lives.
The expectations for a repeat
summer performance at the Resort's
popular Village all changed with the
February flood.
The bathhouse, cottages, teepees,
RV park and the restaurant were all
wiped out by the worst flood to hit
the reservation since 1964. All that
remained standing after the flood
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Kah-Nee-Ta Board of Directors, Tribal Council members and others helped break ground at the Villaqe
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was the tribal bathhouse, cottage 9
and a restroom in the RV park.
Early on, tribal officials realized
there was no time like the present to
rebuild a better and updated version
of the Village. Kah-Nee-Ta's insur
ance, FEMA and the Confederated
Tribes are contributing to the effort.
"God willin' and thecrickdon'trise",
the first phase of construction should
be complete come September. Guests
will once again be able to swim and
enjoy a new bathhouse. The pads for
the teepees should also be ready at
the same time. By next spring, the
cottages, to be relocated to the base
of the hill where the teepees were,
should be complete. The restaurant
will be built across the Warm Springs
River sometime next summer.
At the end of construction, the
Village will have a whole new look
A look that will help Kah-Nee-Ta
enter the future on sure and stable
ground.
New Manager
ZuAnne Jarrett has waited since
1 984 to really take a job at Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort. Jarrett was hired by then
Kah-Nee-Ta general manager Gar
land Brunoe to serve as the Resort's
Food and Beverage Manager. But a
family tragedy prevented Jarrett from
actually taking the job. She's back in
her own territory again, and she's
loving it.
Born and raised in Prineville,
Jarrett has fond memories from her
childhood when she and her family
visited the reservation on numerous
occasions. Once Jarrett left for school
at the University of Oregon in Eu
gene, it took her 30 years to come
back over the mountains. From 1992
to 1 995, Jarrett was a marketing con
sultant for the State of Oregon. For
four years before that she was the
general manager of Shadow Hills
Country Club. She was also employed
by the Valley River Inn for 10 years.
Jarrett took a job as marketing
assistant at Indian Head Gaming last
year and was again in her native
habitat. "I was tired of the rain," she
said. Funny thing to say considering
the February flooding.
On May 1, Jarrett left Indian Head
to take a job as operations manager
for Kah-Nee-Ta. When resort Gen
eral Manager Steve Whitaker re
signed June 7, Jarrett was asked to
step in as resort manager. The board
of directors has decided to use a
company to hire the next general
manager. Jarrett is unsure if she wants
to apply for the GM position or if she
would be happier with her original
job in operations.
Jarrett hopes to initiate a training
program for tribal members which
will include on-the-job work and
classes at possibly Portland State and
the Culinary Institute. She also hopes
to formalize an internal training pro
gram for members.
She is quick to recognize several
problems at the Resort. "Transporta
tion is a problem and the Hamlet
housing project requires some major
upgrading. Childcare services are also
needed," she says. Kah-Nee-Ta cur
rently employs 170 people with 37
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ZuAnne Jarrett is new resort
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percent tribal members.
In reading the Oregonian or the
Bulletin it becomes obvious that Kah-Nee-Ta
and Indian Head Gaming are
coordinating their marketing efforts.
They are offering packages not
available before and tying in golf and
Museum admittance as part of lodg
ing costs. This not only saves money
for the two entities, but helps serve
up a united and simpler way to do
business as well. Other activities are
being maximized for guests and
greater emphasis is being applied to
the golf course.
Portland company crushes, hauls abandoned cars
Between June 20 and 24
the Warm Springs Housing
department had 147
vehicles from the West Hills,
trailer court, Tenino
apartments and the Miller
Heights areas. According to
Raymond (Captain) Moody,
assistant director for the
Warm Springs housing
department, the vehicles
were removed from all rental
areas and taken to the
contractors will do all the
work at no charge to the
Tribes or the Housing
Department," says Moody.
"We're hoping to do this
again in three month.This
time we will concentrate on
the Sidwalter and the
Simnasho areas. There
have been some local
people coming to us asking
to remove unwanted
vehicles off their property.
impound yard where they There are alot of people out
were crushed, then hauled there who have been very
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by truck to a Portland
recycling yard.
The owners of the vehicles
were given a 30-day notice
with the option to fix or move
the vehicles before the
notice expired. Each vehicle,
according to Moody, was
tagged by the Warm Springs
Police Department and the
owners were advised of the
actions that would follow.
"We've been trying to get all
these cars moved for quit a
long time," says Captain.
"It doesn't look too healthy
or too pretty to see a bunch
of abandoned or burnt
vehicles around our rental
residential areas. We've
contracted these people out
of the Portland area to come
to Warm Springs and assist
us in removing all these
unwanted vehicles. They
picked up the vehicles and
took them to the impound
yard just north of the Fire
Management compound
and crushed them flat. We're
not receiving any money or
paying anyone to do this. No
money will be exchanged
for any of the vehicles. The
supportive of this project and
we, at the Housing
Department appreciate it.
We would like to thank
everyone for being patient
and understanding and hope
' to recieve the same support
the next time around."
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Before vehicles are crushed, tires, wheels, batteries and fluids are removed.