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2 March 23, 2000 Warm sprincs, Oregon spilyaytymoo An era ends with Retirement of Harrison Davis Sr. Miss Warm Springs updates community ' ""HI I 1 Harrison Davis After 39 years of service with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and with the Bureau Of Indian Affairs, Harrison Davis Sr. retired January, 15 2000. Harrison Davis, 73, tribal has lived on the Warm Springs Reservation most of his life. When Harrison was 2, his parents, Annie Anderson, and Walter Davis, separated. His grandparents John Anderson, and Susan Moses-Andcr-son were dry land farmers and lived in the Simnasho area. They raised horses and cattle and grew wheat and rye. After harvest, the wheat was taken to Pendleton where it was traded for floor. His grandparents would play a big part in raising him along with three other brothers and sisters. His surviv ing older brother, who is 87, and sister, who is 85, reside on the Colville reser vation. Harrison is the youngest of six children. He is a vetran of World War II, and the Korean War. At the age of 19, he was in the tail end of World War II, and at 23 years old when the Korean war broke out. He inlisted for another 3 years.At a tender age of 7, Harrison started attending the Warm Springs Boarding School. He continued for the next 1 1 years in Warm Springs. During those years the only means of transpor tation was wagon and horse back. At that time Harrison didn't know the meaning 'of what school meant. 1 k couldn't speak, write or understand a word of English. When he was not attending board ing school, He and the family would move to the Valley where they would pick berries or hops. This lasted most of the summer months. In the fall they would return to Central Oregon ureas such as Powel Butte or Princ vil le where they would pick potatoes. Alter that was done, the kids had to return to boarding school. Harrison raised 7 boys and 6 girls, all of whom live here on the reserva tion. His sons and daughters have given him over 20 grand children, and he has IS great grandchildren. "I don't really recall how old I was at the time I first started working. I do know that it's been 39 years total," said Davis. "During those days, year alter year, employees like myself would work under the Tribal Organization and other years, we would work under the the direction of the BIA, it was a seasonal tiling." "During the fire season I was hired as a laborer at Fire Control which now is called Fire Managmcnt. When fire season was over, temporary employ ees would be laid off. Finally alter a few years, I started staying on longer than the rest of the crew. At times, I would work up to 1 1 months instead of just 9 months, and I"d be the first employee to return to work when the season started. I was placed on permenant employment status under government personnel while other employees were hired under the Tribal Organization around the same time," Davis explained. As a labor'er, during the spring sea son, Harrison and crew would main tain and prepare the equipment used to battle forest or grass fires. When out in the field, another of Harrison's respon sibilities was to follow behind a dozer while it was cutting fire lines or roads. He would follow behind with the equip ment truck cutting tree brush and re moving the large rocks. This would help eliminate damage to side mirrors as well as the underneath of any oilier Hi c fighting apparatus or vehicles uti liini? the roads. "I held thai same position for I don't know how many years," Harrison mused. "That was until my supervisor discovered that 1 was alile to operate heavy equipment." Alter thatdicowry, I lan ison, wa promoted to truck driver, and heavy equipment opeilor. After a few years. Harrison was promoted to heavy equipment foreman, mainly in charge of keeping up the maintenance on all heavy equipment I'm IJIA Roads. "The heavy equipment such as grader's, docrs, and Ine trucks, were being stored at the IJIA Roads ware house," said Harrison. "Not long after wards, I iie Management, which was then called l ire Control, was moved to the Industrial par k wheie it is presently located," recalls I larrison. Another one of Harrison's duties during the Spring and f all seasons was to he behind the wheel olan IS-wheeler semi and trailor I Ian ison w ould haul 8 to 10 inch seedling tiees fiMin v;uious Oregon nursui iers. Places such as Kla math Falls, Bonana, Springfield, Cot tage Grove, Bend, Woodhurn, I loodRiver. There w ere times he would travel as faraway as Tacoma, in Wash ington State. "The reason for thai w as, w hen pine cones were picked, they would ship them to Sweet I Iomeand process them there," said Harrison. "There, they would sepearle the different species and later move them to different nursuries. From the nursuries, all the seedlings had to be numbered fur the area that they were picked. All the seedling trees from those pine cones arc then returned to the areas they were picked from. That's the only way they will grow buck," Harrison explained. During those years, as a BIA tire fighter, ' Harrison would patrol the reservation boundries on a daily basis via helicop ter. "Only BIA employees were al lowed to work around the helicopter because of insurance reasons. I don't recall what year it was but the helicop ter stationed at Warm Springs Fire Control was one of those two seater bubble looking things," Harrison re membered. 1 larrison said the worst fire he re calls on the reservation during those days was the one in 1 956. "The fire was located in the Lions Head area," Harrison said. "Foot and hand, we fought that fire for 21 days straight. Because of the rugged terrain, we were unable to utilize any of the heavy equip ment. Besides that, we had no modern equipment; we only had one chain saw. I remember during that fire, the saw mills were closed and employees were used in di ffcrcnt shifts to help battle the large blaze. That was the biggest fires I have ever involved in." The fire started in the area of Lions Head and continued to travel down through Whitewater and the Mt Jefferson area. "I bclcive that was one of the hirgest timber fires here on the Warm Springs Reservation. I don't re call the acreage but I'm sure there must be a record of it here in Warm Springs . some place," Harrison said. After various types of training, In the early 1980's, Harrison was pro moted to Assistant Fire Management Officer. Five years ago he became a public relations person, working with liaison personnel. Earlier this year, during a retirement celebration, Harrison was presented with a gold watch from the Warm Springs Inter agency Hot Shot Crew. He also re cei ved a Pendleton blankets, a neck tie, and many other awards. I ve worked so long, it s pretty hard toacccptreurment'Harrison said. "Retirement is a hard word to explain to some people. I still follow the same pattern I was accustomed to. I still do die same things I used to do on a daily basis. I get up early every morning, as I did before. I visit with people while I dr ink coffee at the Deschutes Crossing, but afterwards, instead of going to work, I have to go home. That is very hard to except, because I'm not a couch potato or a T.V. person," Harrison lamented. Itukdi wigwa. Good day! March signifies the middle of the spring semester for students in both high school and many colleges. I encour age all of our students to study hard and finish this semester up strong. One of my goals as Miss Warm Springs 2000 is to share my reign with the community and I will be updating you as to my travels. I hope that the young woman of the commu nity will see the value of this experi ence and consider running for the title in December! In January, I attended the Annual Holiday Indian Basketball Tourna ment at the Community Center. This was my first official appearance as Miss Warm Springs and I had the opportunity to meet some of the young women who ran for the Holi day Tournament Queen. I had the opportunity to attend the ECE Val entines Day Pow-Wow at the Agency Longhouse and the Lincoln's Day Celebration in early February. I re ally enjoyed spending time with the youth from ECE. It was great to see them dancing and having fun! I wel come the snow in Warm Springs with open arms-Arizona doesn 't get many snow days and definitely none in Tempe. I attended the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Conference in Portland and had the opportunity to address the delegation at a banquet sponsored by the Tullalup tribe. I spoke briefly about the importance of voting and had the opportunity to meet Deborah Senn, a candidate from the state of Washington running for Congress. At the end of February, I was invited to be the Mistress of Ceremo nies for the 33rd Annual Miss O'Odham Tash Pageant in Casa Grand, Arizona. The reigning Miss O'Odham Tash, a fellow ASU stu dent, passed her title to Natalia Antone, in front of a crowd of over 300 people. This was the first time I had ever been asked to MC a pageant so you can imagine I was a little nervous! I will be representing Warm Springs in the Miss Indian World Pageant at the Gathering of Nations Pow-Wow in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 26-30, 2000. As part of the pageant, contestants are sell ing raffle tickets for the Miss Indian World Pageant Raffle. If you'd like to purchase tickets for the Miss In dian Pageant, please contact Bridgctt Whipple at Cultural Resources, 553 3548. Your support is appreciated! I would enjoy hearing from the youth of our community and would like to start an email forum with the students of Warm Springs who are in high school and college. My first question for the youth is what do you perceive arc some of the problems that the youth in our community are facing today? Please email me with you opinions or any other questions or comments to dawamanahotmail.com Chffl Cook-off Chillinnium 2000 Supporting Healthy Communities National Alcohol Free Weekend April 8, 2000 In honor of National Alcohol Free Weekend, CHET will be hosting their first Annual Chili Cook-Off. The event is slated for Saturday, April 8, 2000 beginning at 8 a.m. with a Family Fun Run. At 10 a.m. the Chili Cook-Off begins. CHET is challenging other tribal departments to participate in this National Holiday. If you want your team involved, please call them for entry rules. Remote control car races for kids will be sponsored by Fire Management. The first 70 entries will get a free T-Shirt. If you think you can handle fun in the sun, good cooking by locals, and support the cause to have an ALCOHOL FREE WEEKEND, then Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 8, 2000. We will be located down at the Community Center. If you have any questions or concerns, PLEASE do not hesitate to call a member of CHET at 553-4922. Warm Springs senior citizens schedule Committee seeks candidates The Warm Springs Seniors Divi sion have submitted their agenda for the following months. March 26th-Sunday Rose Garden Trip Your Blaers vs New York 26lh-Sunday 6 p.m. Blazcrvison Your Blaers vs New York 27lli-Moiulay 5:50 p.m. "Heart Smart" at Warm Springs Agency Longhouse, a fun activity to promote diabetes awareness ! Come have your self a great meal and ,a rollicking ' good time with your family and friends! . . 28th-Tuesday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. WS Tribal Referendum RE: Purchase ad ditional interest in the I lydro Project. April Ist-Saturday 7p.m. Blazcrvision; Blazers vs Milwaukee' 2nd-Sunday 6 p.m. Blazcrvision; Blazers vs Seattle 5th-Wcdnesday 7 p.m. Blazcrvision; Blazers Vs Houston The Pi-Ume-Sha Committe is seeking possible candidates for Pi-Ume-Sha 2000. There are enough Jr. candidates in the 7-12 age division but they would like interested Sr. candidates in the 13-19 to contact the Commit tee. You may call Danni Katchia at 553-3241 (work) or 553-9067 (home); oryou may call Lucy Suppah at 553-3222 (work) or 553-9151 (home) for more information or to sign up. 10th, 11th & 12th-Domestic Vio lence Workshop at Kah-Nee-Ta 14th-Friday 11 a.m. Tulalip Elder's Lunch, Marysville, WA 19th-Wednesday 7 p.m. Blazcrvision; Blazers vs Denver 20th-Thursday 9:30 a.m. Muckleshoot Annual Elder's Day May 12th-Friday Warm Springs 10th Annual "Honor Seniors Day" June lx U4th-Tucsday Annual Senior's Day, New Fairgrounds in Redmond July 20th-3rd Thursday 12 noon Tribal Elders Celilo Picnic August 1 9th-22nd-NICOA National Con ference at Duluth, Minnesota (possi bly a 12 day trip - lets make this a great adventure!) For further information contact the Senior's program at (541) 553 3313 Fax: (541) 553-2240. Chief Nelson Wallulatum and Delbert Frank, Sr. say, "Vote Yes" March 28, 2000 Gas prices discussed during Tribal Management meeting Warm Springs Animal Program continues to work well Spring clean-up Root Feast meeting set April 6, 2000 at Simnasho Longhouse and Agency Longhouse The Warm Springs Housing Authority's three RSS staff CR, Missy, and Suzie are encouraging everyone to attend or send an alter nate to the "ANNUAL SPRING CLEAN-UP MEETING". We will be planning for this year's events and projected dates for the events to oc cur. For example: Do we want to start this year's Spring Clean Up with a BBQ, sack lunch gathering? What areas do we want to focus on for cleaning projects? Together we can make a difference for the better ment of our community! We look forward to seeing you attend this meeting, which is scheduled for Thursday, March 23, 2000, 1 :30 to 3 p.m. at the Housing Conference Room. The Warm Spi ings animal program began in the spring ofl 994 in response tocoinmunity concerns about the num bers of stray animals and, more impor tantly, in an effort to reduce the number of dog bite in juries. Animal vaccina tion clinics were held and people could apply for a certi ficatc to obtain reduced spay and neuter services from one of the local vets. Since 1 994, the program has grown tremendously. Last year 283 certifi cates were issued and two vaccination clinics were held in Warm Springs., Over $I3,()(X) was spent toward this program. At the vaccination clinic held in Warm Springs on March 1 1, 59 dogs and cats were vaccinated, 37 dogs li censed, and 26 certificates were issued. The animal vaccination program is working well but is geared towar d ani mals with owners and does very little for stray or unwanted animals. On May 22, the National Humane Society will be coming to the reserva tion. It plans to round up as many stray animals as possible and they will spay, neuter, and vaccinate the animals. They are encouraging anyone interested in 1 learning what they are doing to come down and watch the process. The ani mals will be taken off the reservation for adoption. At the present time there is no animal control on the reservation. If there are problem animals, the only , option at die present is to call the police department. If people have questions or concerns about the animal program, please contact Nancy Collins at (541) 553-4943. Youth rally set There will be a Youth Rally For Jesus 2000 at the Tulalip Indian Reservation beginning April 6, 7 & 8lh. Services begin nightly at 7 p.m Everyone welcome! Hosting: Michael & Erick Wil liams (425) 334-6325 or (360) 659 1777. Sponsored by the Merle Wil liams Ministries and the Jubilation Revival Center On March 15,aDirector'sManaee- ment meeting was held in conference room 1, at the Tribal Administration building. Present at the meeting were the Director of Tribal Relations, Rudy Clements, Secretary-Treasurer, Charles Jackson, Director of Managed Care Tribal Council Vice Chairman, Gar land Brunoe, Personnel, Compliance Director, Benson Heath, Director of Office of Information Systems, Lloyd Phillips, FinanceCash Management, Lisa Sledge, Planning, Ray Rangila, and Tribal Council, Doris (Teeney) Miller. . Tribal Department updates were discussed during the managementmeet ing. It also included a review of a revised financial forecast of the 2000 Tribal Budget implementation which included additional funds for a Senior Pension Fund. The Manager's year 2000 goals and objectives, as well as Tribal Council Priorities were dis cussed. A request to Rudy Clements for the completion of a talking paper that will be presented to Tribal Council for approval. Tribal Council Vice Chairman, Garland Brunoe, mentioned the high cost of fuel that could be reaching $2 by this Summer. He questioned if the Tribes could possibly purchase a large bulk of fuel some place. The fuel could be stored in the Industrial Park area, and be utilized for purchase by Tribal members as well as Tribal employees at a lower cost per gallon. Everyone is remained to vote on March 28. To approve the settlement agreement be tween the Tribes and PGE. Your vote counts. There are 650 tribal votes needed. Remove Studded Tires by April 1 April 1, is the deadline to re move studded tires from your vehicle, anyone using studded tires after April 1 , can be fined up to $ 1 50.as that is a class C traffic violation. The deadline was moved up from April 30 to reduce road damsges from the studded tires. An estimate of $ 1 1 million is spent on road repair each year by theODOT. Spilyay Tymoo Publisher: Managing Editor: ReporterPhotographer: ReporterPhotographer: ReporterPhotographer: Secretary: Sidney Miller Selena T. Boise Bob Medina Lenora Starr Taw James "TJ" Foltz Tina Aguilar Founded in March 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the basement of the Old Girl's Dorm at 1 1 15 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274-FAX No. (541) 553-3539 Annual Subscription Rates: Within U.S.-S 15.00 Outside U.S. or 1st class in the U.S.-$25.00 Spilyay Tymoo 2000 Rose Garden responsibilities shift to Personnel Department L . . -yr; fii -mm : . . . L 1 ,1 itikiillli ::t From left to ngh!, Benny Ho The Terr-omit'l I Vp.irtnunt has been given the responsibility ol han dling the R.e C ir Jen events tick ets. "An ad"...;;: 'iv l: . e ch in in volving the Ro-e Gat Jen Suite has been transfered from the M.in.ige- th. Amelia Tewee, and Lois Lesarlley ment area, over to the Personnel Of f ice," Personnel Director, Benson Heath stated. Monitors during the Sky Box events will include Benson Heath, Amelia Tewee, Lois Lesarlley, Dor othy Shadley, Angie Smith, Mary Sando-Emhoolah, Jeff Sanders Sr., ValSqmemphen,SandraGreeri,and Jesse Del Nero. "Things will remain the same with the random selection process with the exception that senior citi zens will get first choice," Benson said. "If there are any changes, it's because something is not working right. Then I would make the nessary adjustments from there. Before I would make those adjust ments, I would first need to know what the current practices, as well as what were some of the past prac tices. Having this knowledge be fore hand will help the Personnel Department to improve and be of better service to our membership.'' The Rose Garden is still the respon sibility of the Secretary-Treasurer who had it in the Management area. Howerver it has been assigned to Personnel. "I beleive in looking back of how the Sky Box ended up in the Person nel Office is because of some up coming projects. Primarily, the relicensing of the Hydro Project, the upcoming elder care facility, as well as some school issue's that are corning up. They had to make time for that and I beleive that's why the Sky Box project has been detailed over to us," the crafty, Benson sur mised. Benson said the Personnel staff includes himself, Amelia Tewee, and Lois Lesarlley. "We are open for any suggested improvement that the membership my have in how we currently deal with sky box func tions. As of yet, we havn't run into any negetive problems, per say, other than perhaps some miscom munications with some of the se lected applicants," Heath explained. "For more information, or to share a suggestion about the Sky Box events, please stop by the Per sonnel Office at the Aarninistration Building or call 553-326Z The Per sonnel Department will be glad to hear from you. A
