8 November 19, 1998
Warm Springs
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William T Wilson j
Being employed by the Warm
Springs Inter-Agency Hotshot Crew
gives me asense of pride, satisfaction
and accomplishment. I am currently
on my eighth season with the shot
crew. There are many aspects of this
job which I find rewarding. Aspects
such as, traveling to remote areas of
our wilderness and forests, witness
ing wildfire and its enormous de
structive power, working within a
highly structured organization to
suppress those wildfires and one
which I take personal pride in is, to
work for a professional, highly dis
ciplined unit, the Warm Springs
Inter-Agency Hotshot Crew. I have
previously been employed in other
fields of Natural Resources, none
appeal to me as much as working in
wildfire. I have seen the seemingly
destruction of Yellowstone National
Park and the recovery it has made
from the wildfires of 1988, 1 have felt
the loss of having friends of mine
Ten master traditional master
The Oregon Historical Society's
Folklife Program proudly announces
the 1998-1999 recipients of it's Tra
ditional Arts Apprenticeship awards.
In a culturally diverse program aimed
at preserving unique and beautiful
artistic traditions, the program annu
ally selects ten master traditional art
ists to receive a $1,500 award, sup
porting an eight-month apprentice
ship in a specific cultural tradition
with a committed apprentice.
This year's apprenticeship pro
gram includes nationally recognized
artists Obo Addy , Sahomi TachibanS
and Yuqin Wang as well as locally-,
known expert artists who are recog
nized in their communities as the
best in their art forms. In every case,
the 1998-1999 apprenticeship arts
practice art forms that are culturally
valuable and often culturally endan
gered. The Traditional Arts Apprentice
ship Program is a cornerstone of the
Oregon Folklife Program. In its nine
years, the apprenticeship program
has served more than 200 artists state
wide in a wide range of traditional art
forms. "This program gives us a
Composite Products: A company moving forward
Warm Springs Composite
Products, located in the old plywood
division of WSFPI, is having its best
year ever as a young enterprise on
the reservation. Sales of Fire-Rated
DoorComponents and Banded Door
Core in 1998 is at record levels for
the company and 45 greater than
last year.
"The market has been very good
to us this year, with sales in excess of
$2 million and projected sales for
1999 approaching $3 million," says
Alan Earnest WSCP General
Manager. "Much of the companies
success can be attributed to our very
knowledgeable and dedicated work
force. With increased tenure and
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perish from wildfire, The Prinevillc
Hotshots in 1994 and have witnessed
the recovery wild land firefighters
have made from that incident. I take
great reassurance that the crew I am
working with takes all measures to
provide us with a safe working envi
ronment. The Warm Springs Hotshot
Crew supervisors are all highly
qualified wild land firefighters and
are motivated towards excellence in
fire suppression which sets the
standard for which us crew members
have to follow and has given the
crew recognition nation wide as one
of the better crews in fire suppres
sion. This is what gives me a very
great sense of pride and satisfaction.
What would really give me a greater
sense of pride is to have this recogni
tion from our community, to have
our people support our efforts in
wildfire suppression excellence as
we not only work for the wildfire
organization, we are setting an ex
ample for our community and our
people. I could talk for hours on my
past experience, I just want to con
vey the message that as I am working
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Edward Francis Jr.
chance to recognize the skill and
dedication of some of Oregon' s most
talented traditional artists," says
projects coordinator Leila Childs.
"Whether the artists have been in
Oregon for many generations or just
a few years, each of them tells a story
of how traditions feed the heart, con
nect generations, and strengthen fam
ily and community."
The work of these artists and ap
prentices over the next eight months
will be featured in an exhibit at the
Oregon History Center, Springs 1999.
An exhibit featuring the unique and
beautiful results of last year's Tradi
tional Arts Apprenticeships (1997
1998) is on display at the Oregon
History Center through December 6,
1998.
The 1998-1999 award recipients
(teaching artist followed by appren
tice) are: Obo Addy with Charles
Odoom-Ghanaian Hand Drumming
(Portland); Tina Aguilar with
Valerie Aguilar-Plateau-style
Cradleboards (Warm Springs); Rena
Beers with Violet Peck-Northern
Paiute-style Cradleboards (Burns);
Zion Belay with Genet Solomon
Ethiopian Painting (Portland); John
cross-training, the quality of our
products and the efficiency in which
they are produced has risen
dramatically over the past year," says
Earnest.
WSCP impacts the market mostly
in the sale of Fire-Rated Components
that other door manufacturers use to
assemble a finished door. This
accounted for over 80 of the
companies total sales for this year
with the remaining sales in the area
of banded door core and refractory
products. Banded door cores are raw
composite doors with no wood or
veneer yet applied, and refractory
products are insulating materials in
high temperature applications, such
0
mold.
Warm Springs, Oregon
Hotshot crew,
Frank Brunoe
for the Warm Springs Hotshot crew,
I am also working to exemplify the
excellence and professionalism
which typifies the example we all
want to set for our crew, our commu
nity and our native people. For any
one whom wants to have a sense of
pride, satisfaction and accomplish
ment, try a season on the Hotshot
Crew. It will be challenging and at
times very difficult, but once you
make it, I think you will have all the
feeling I have. Pride, and accom
plishment. I challenge you to give
the crew a try, we can always use
good people who aren't afraid of "A
lot of work" Thank you. William T.
Wilson
Edward Francis Jr. has lived in
Warm Springs for the past four years
as a member of the Warm Springs
Inter-Agency Hotshot Crew. Edward,
is a Tribal member from Laguna,
New Mexico and has been involved
with wild land fire fighting for 9
artist selected
Can and the Yat Sing Music Club
with Tony Chow-Chinese Traditional
Music (Portland); Hedy Connelly
with Kaleene Connelly-Ukrainian
Psyanky (Grants Pass); Hossein
Salehi with Shaddie Yazd-Iranian
Santoor Music (Beaverton); Fetinia
Snegirev with Marina Eyman-Rus-sian
Old Believer Embroidery
(Woodburn); Sahomi Tachibana
with Chisao Hata-Japanese Tradi
tional Dance (Portland) and Yuqin
Wang with Ping Khaw-Sutherland-Chinese
Rod Puppetry (Beaverton).
The Traditional Arts Apprentice
ship Program is made possible by
grants from the Hoover Family Foun
dation, the Jackson Foundation, The
Oregon Arts Commission and the
Regional Arts & Culture Council.
More information on specific art
ists and their art forms is available
and interviews can be arranged. Con
tact the Public Relations department
ofOHS at (503)306-5221.
For more information on museum
exhibitions and programs, call
(503)222-1741, or visit us at
www.ohs.org. Trie Oregon Histori
cal Society-Preserving the past. In
spiring the future.
as aluminum or titanium plants.
"Having been profitable for the
last three years, WSCP is becoming
a very stable enterprise in the tribal
community," says Earnest, "and with
projected sales and an ever increasing
customer base, WSCP is anticipating
future growth in production, product
development, employment, and sales
in the coming years."
Many thanks to the WSCP Board
of Directors, the CTWS Tribal
Council, and the local community
for helping WSCP to become a
thriving enterprise on the reservation.
Alan Earnest, Warm Springs
Composite Products General
Manager
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a national resource-
-years. The years that I've been in
volved in fire fighting has been an
intense experience. Being on the
Hotshot crew has given me the op
portunity to travel to other states like
Alaska, Canada, Florida and New
Mexico to fight fire. I originally
started fighting fire around Laguna,
New Mexico as a type 2 fire fighter
and five years later I was given the
opportunity to be on the Warm
Springs Hotshot program. As a
Hotshot crew member, my responsi
bilities are cutting and digging fire
handline, back burning, which is an
other way of fighting fire against
fire. In addition, I' ve been a swamper
and a sawyer. Other responsibilities
include being able to respond fire
ready on all on-call wildfire situa
tions on or off reservation dispatches.
Frank Brunoe has been a Warm
Springs Hotshot crew member for
three and half years after transferring
from the Engine crew. "During a
fire, says Brunoe "as the day starts at
a quarter to five in the morning, we
get up and prepare to have our break
fast at six. After the supervisor and
foreman get back from the morning
briefing, they make us aware of all
the objectives and safety concerns to
watch out for during the day. The
next thing we're off to the fire either
by driving, hiking, by helicopter, or
a combination of all. When we arrive
at fire camp, we discuss the plan of
attack with the Strike team leaders
and the Safety Officer." Fighting fire
takes anywhere to 12 to 16 hours
every day or sometimes until we get
other relief crews. When we get dis
patched to a fire outside the reserva
tion, we plan on being gone for 21
days or until we get released. If you
think you have what it takes to be on
the Warm Springs Inter-Agency
Hotshot crew, don't hesitate to give
Adams and Baker receive CDA credential
Alicia Adams of Warm Springs,
Oregon and Susan Baker of Madras,
Oregon, has been awarded a Child
Development Associate (CDA)
Credential in recognition of
outstanding work with young
children. The credential was awarded
by the Council for Early Childhood
Professional Recognition in
Washington D.C., which represents
the early childhood profession.
CDA is the only major national
effort to improve child care by
evaluating and recognizing the skills
of individuals providing care. The
first credential was awarded 20 years
ago, -and now 46 states plus the
District of Columbia include CDA in
their child care licensing regulations.
Parents who use child care are
especially concerned today about
their children's welfare. With this in
mind, as part of the CDA assessment
process, every candidate for the CDA
credential is observed working with
young children by an early childhood
professional. In addition, the
candidate must demonstrate the
ability to work with families to
develop children's physical and
intellectual capabilities in a safe and
healthy learning environment.
The CDA credential is having a
positive effect on the quality of child
care. Its impact is evident in center-
Forestry footnotes-
Scaling & Log Scale Accounting
The Scaling section within Forestry
has been through some changes in the
past year. For some of you that aryjot
familiar with us, the shop consists of
two cnecK acaiers. ineirmvAisup is
the Acting AgenjlSheck Scaler, with
Frank HilemarTbeing her assistant.
Also in the shop area are two employees
airecuy invoivea wun Log .iransminea via a moaem transmission
Accountability, they are Louise-K. daily. rJ.
Jackson, as the Timbef;;Sa,fetfxWhen,receivedJ the Timber Sales .
Accountant and
Speakthunder.
In January tlieTimbexvSale.
her assistant' pobYAecountant -analyzes the-:cale.heet.y.;.ter; Jogs;are received,. scaled and
for accuracy of the sale'jlamerfo'gger,- paid-for,' at Warm Springs Forest
Accountant fnoyed. -into iheisamucknumberi'artdfofcWarm Springs
building with TimrrSaleSandScaingFores'tPrpiductsIndustnes, verifi
for the purposefe'f haiihorftthesortisiiolTect.Eachdaythe Timber
interaction with theimbek'Sdleihi'Sales Accbuntantretrieves the scaling
officers and the CheckiScalers. THe 1 information ror the previous day, via ( Products to other mills, a white ticket
move proved to .hav ;been highl data transmissionC Th scaled data is k will be 'attached to the load and the
beneficial to both sections' 1 printed out tog certificates, listing Kends df the logs are marked with bright
Alsoin January afJastyearForestryX the log ticket numbers processed. The K green paint.
introduced hewM'uck ticket. The log certificates, listing the log tickets p;.;XltisquiteachaIlengetomoniuIog1
truck ticket jfevfha core of the Log numbers are processed. The log movement and ensure it is accounted
Accountability ;ystem. Many of you certificates are then analyzed with scale J.': for cbrrectlyi When you see a load pjf
see the logging trucks on the roads sheets for accuracy of the same-;.;logs on the, highways or roads, '.thesff;
here? Wg Introduced a bright yellowjJnformation, as well as the net volumei-r'.are few of the. daily checks "we :ar
ticket to " identi fy "the loads ""that 'are' 1 sfcaldd:: tii ty making. :'?: vtfS&V
coming (urectiy ouiot tn&woqds to tnei a
Scaling destinations. The bright yellow
tickets were used up and at this time
the loads have a bright green ticket.
The yellow ticket will be back next
year. The ticket contains vital
information for identifying where the
load originated from.
A load of logs from the Warm
Springs could be identified by the
following, both ends of the logs should
be painted with BLACK paint. All
timber sales are assigned a state
registered brand. AH loads have a BIA
truck ticket stapled to the front of the
load and all loads are painted with a
destination abbreviation. A code is
used, loads should be painted with
black paint, the brand, the destination,
and the last digits of the load permit are
painted on the load before it leaves the
landing of the sale site. The check
scalers monitor the truck movement
and check scale the volume, that the
third party scalers scale when the load
arrives at these many sites.
Log volume calculation: After a
load arrives at the scale station of its
it a try. It might just be the job or
career you were looking for.
Joseph Dean Smith Sr. is a 27
year-old tribal member residing in
the community of Warm Springs.
"I'm a member of the Warm Springs
Inter-Agency Hotshot crew program"
says Jo-Jo. "I have two sons and two
daughters but during the summer
months I hardly get to see them.
Fighting fire with the hotshot crew
has taken us as far up North as Alaska,
and as far South as Florida and Ari
zona. I' ve been employed as a hotshot
crew member for the past five years
and have really enjoyed it. I've also
had the opportunity to meet so many
other people on other crews. I look
forward for the 1999 fire season but
for now I plan to enjoy being with my
family during all the holidays. This
will be my son's first holiday's, he is
seven months old."
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Joseph Dean Smith Sr.
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Susan Baker and Alicia Adams
based care as well as family child
care, the most common care for
children under 5 years.
Alicia has been employed with
Warm Springs Early Childhood
Education for 5 years. Susan has been
employed with Early Childhood
Education for 1 12 years. Alicia
destination, the load is weighed and
jndividijal logs are scaled (measured
to deternune volume) the truck ticket
is removed jnd the lojAiscaledw -
accounted tor. yietrucK ticket is tnen
attached to Jhf scale sheet printed at
the scaling" locations and mailed to
forestry'on a daily basis. At most
scaling locations, scaled data is also
- ah intormation is tnen input to a ;
computer vfile by ''destination, and
includes dates scaled, sale numberfv
fc; si
' BIA ticket number, block number, Products, they are sorted to determine
logger number, weight (if apphcablejf.v'stnve to :assure the .tribes log
load type, log certificate number, and:-';" accountability is being handled with
volume scaled by species. Twice 'a - high efficifencyLTbe map was designed
month this data is verified with Warnt"" by Phillip Florendo a previous trainee
Springs Forest Products. in 1he scaling program. currently in
A map of the Scaling destinations GIS at forestry.
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DE selects
employee of the
month
JtitttliinLL
The Warm Springs Composite
Products would like to take this time
to recognize our Employee of the
Month. This award went out to: Carl
Martinez. He has been selected for
the Employee of the Month by the
following criteria: Safety in the work
place, quality of work, production
quantity, attendance, personal initia
tive, attitude and cooperation with
fellow employees, lead people, su
pervisors and management.
Happy 5th Birthday
Anthony Rey Stacona
with Love,
from your father
& best friend.
Happy Birthday
Karla
Jr. Jeri, Selena, Peggy & Betty
committed herself to obtaining
CDA by driving to Bend twice a
week until completion of 5 college
classes related to her CDA portfolio.
Susan also committed herself twice a
week for 4 college classes. ,
Congratulations Alicia and Susan
from all the staff at ECE.
indicate the Scaling sites, where Warm
Springs logs are scaled. With the log
market constantly changing, scaling
Qcations are also changing. Recently,
a newexjport log yard was opened in
Dallesport Wa. Most export logs from
Warm Spring's ae shipped there. The
accompanyingNmap shows the
destinations of Warm springs logs. At
eacn oesunauon me logs are scaiea oy
, third party scalars, whose work is then
checked by ourtorestry Check Scalars,
theirbestuse. Sometimes it is profitable
to sell the logs to other mills br on the
export market. When loads arej shipped
rfrom:th&.mill Warm Serines Forest
A day in tne scaling arena is never
the Same as the day before., You can be
assured that ;"Thelma' And Louise"
Log Destinations & Locations
CD W.S.F.P.L Warm Springs
Williamette Ind, Lebanon
Gown Pac, Prineville
Ochoco Lbr Prineville
Dallesport Log Yrd. Dallesport, '
Williamette IncL Bauman
Quality Veneer Lbr.. Lyons
Willamette Ind, Springfield
Nt Fir Chip Co, The Dalles
Towns
A Highways
Reservation Boundary
State
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