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Warm Springs, Oregon
February 11, 1999 3
Contestants show their talents and share their knowledge of Warm Springs tribes
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Outgoing Queen, Jocelyn Moses crowns 1999
Miss Warm Springs Rebecca Soliz.
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Tribute to all Miss Warm Springs. Those in attendance (left to right) were, Dorothy "Pebbles" George, Minnie Yahtin, Elfreda Mitchell, Sara
Scott, Arlissa Rhoan, Sunmiet Minnick, Jocelyn Moses, Yvonne Earl (first runner up 1999), and the new Miss Warm Springs, Rebecca Soliz.
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Sunmiet Minnick performs during break of the
pageant.
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Sunmiet Minnick's Performing Arts Dance group performed a Jazz number during one of
breaks.
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Miss Warm Springs pageant
held some dose competition
between Rebecca Soliz and
confidence.
Soliz was crowned Miss Warm
Springs 1999. She is the
Yvonne Earl. Their knowledge of daughter of Marcia Soliz, WEDD
the tribes was tested, they Program. She is currently a
showed off their dancing ability
and they performed their talent
student and coaches the
Chemewa girls basketball team.
individually. All were performed Her interests have taken her into
with a good attitude and the field of Education.
First Runner up Yvonne Earl performed the
"Traditional" dance before the modernization of the
traditional dance.
Boise promoted at Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery
Randy Boise has been a Fish
Culturist for seven years at the
Warm Springs National Fish
Hatchery. Randy was recently
chosen as the new Maintenance
Worker.
Being a Fish Culturist was very
complex and Boise attended
training to assist in his knowledge
of fish biology and water
chemistry. He has been learning
about the maintenance of
machinery from Levi Keo during
his years as a Fish Culturist and
was chosen to replace Levi upon
his retirement. His experience in
mechanics and prior knowledge
of fisheries as a tribal fisherman
also helped him.
As a Fish Culturist boise was
required to know how to take care
of all the fish at the fish hatchery,
sometimes as many as one and
one-half million s; Imon! He had
to know how mu i to feed them,
the right water temperature, and
their metabolism.
Randy inventoried the fish,
determined their size and noted
how many died. He also took care
of nets, stored the fish food
properly, and took care of food
waste.
He had to know their
bioloey-health, nutrition and
primary needs. The size of fish
varies. There are little fish about
one and one-half inches in length.
There are fish five or six inches
one that have different needs.
Boise had to understand the life
history of all the fish. "Heattended
a lot of training, he's very good at
it and he's sensitive to their needs,"
says Manager Mike Paiya.
He had to know water
chemistry. Keeping records of
water flows, measuring and
keeping temperatures of water
flow. He kept track of and
measured solids in the water and
measured outflowing water after
filtering.
"It was a pretty complex job
and he did it well," says Paiya.
Boise's new job as a
maintenance worker is just as
complex because he is in charge of
all the facility's complicated
machinery.
"Boise was a mechanic in prior
years and that experience helped
him get this job. He does a lot of
things; maintains pumps with 75
hp motors. He's very good at that
and he's really taken to this new
job," adds Paiya. He goes on to
say, "Activities can be dangerous,
he's very conscious of safety, we
made a good choice in selecting
him."
Boise's job is very important
because at least 15,000 gallons of
water per minute are pumped. The
lives of all the fish are reliant on
those pumps and the screens and
filtering systems. He has to keep
ahead of this equipment.
According to the manager,
Boise has shown that he's got a lot
of initiative to take care of this
equipment, making sure that it's
running as well as it possibly can.
He notices small changes in the
equipment that indicates that
there's something wrong. "Very
impressive to me," says the
manager.
Boise initiated a new program
of preventative maintenance
scheduling which he will enter
into a computer.
Boise has always been
interested in the natural resources
of the Warm Springs Reservation.
He applied for jobs in the
Department of Natural Resources
but never qualified. With the help
of Assistant Manager, Mavis
Shaw, Boise turned in an
application with her
recommendation and was hired
as the fish Culturist seven years
ago. Shaw says, "Randy is a
natural for working in fisheries.
I'll miss his expertise in working
with the fish, but knowing he's
taking care of the equipment is
reassuring. I count on him a lot!"
Boise is a tribal fisherman who
fished the Columbia River and
Sherars Bridge most of his life. "I
didn't know the basics of fish, but
I knew and understood their
cycles-when they would leave the
river and return," says Boise.
These are things he learned from
his grandmother, Gladys
Thompson, after his grandfather
died.
The hatchery goal is 750,000
healthy smolts and they're right
on the numbers. Their fish come
from Warm Springs River stock.
"The question always arises about
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genetics of fish hatchery and wild
fish. People say it tastes different
or cuts different," says Boise. The
fish hatchery started with all wild
stock at the beginning.
Boise likes his new job, "It's
getting to be more intense, but
seems to be working out good. I
still get to work with the fish.
Everything I work with takes care
of the fish," he says.
Other employment in his job
history includes: WSFPI janitorial
work, and odd jobs here and there.
Boise says, "Working here helped
me along personally. I received
support from my wife and family
and co-workers regarding my
alcohol and drug problem. They
covered for me while I completed
a treatment program. There was a
lot of encouragement. The old
maintenance man was a man of
few words but the words he had
for me were good words. He was
employed here for thirteen years."
Boise would like to encourage
more younger people on our
reservation to become involved in
the natural resources on the
reservation - trees, fish, wildlife.
"They all intertwine in the culture
of our people. We need more
Native Americans involved with
fisheries. The cultural values for
Northwest tribes are salmon. If
we're not careful, we won't have
any say-so about what's going to
happen with the salmon. Seek
employment and training in
biology or forestry," concludes
Boise.
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The smallest of all the fish at the
Fish Hatchery.
Randy Boise changes the the bulbs on this piece of machinery at the Warm Springs National Fish
Hatchery.