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Spilyqy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon April 1, 2004. Page 2 Truck rear six people One tribal member, Zelma Smith, and four other people suffered injuries in an accident that happened Thursday, March 25, on I lighway 26. The wreck occurred when a semi-truck rear-ended the mini van that Smith and her friends were riding in. They were traveling north bound at the time. Their ve hicle came to rest facing south bound on the other side of the road. The truck caused major damage to the rear of the van. Four of the passengers in the van were transported by ambulance to the hospital. And one, who was pinned in the back seat, was transported by Air Life. Warm Springs Fire and Safety responded to the wreck. At the time, one Fire and -ends van, transported Safety ambulance was respond ing to a report of an accident near the fish hatchery, while an other of the department's am bulances was already en route to Redmond on an unrelated incident. Jefferson County Emergency Medical Services assisted with the transports. Rescue workers at the scene had to use the Jaws of life de vice to extract the passenger who was pinned in the left-side passenger scat. The driver of the truck also had to be transported, said Dan Martinez, chief of Fire and Safety. The highway was partially closed for about three hours during the response. The truck was a tanker, but fortunately at the time the tanks were not filled with fuel. a ton i i ; i 3- -VPs ; i 7 f :'! Dave McMecharVSpilyay Emergency rescue workers use the Jaws of Life to extract an injured passenger. Twenty-five years ago this week From (be March 30, 1979 edition of the Spilyay. Fuil-time fire department gets nod from Council In response to community concern for improved fire pro tection on the reservation, the Tribal Council has given its okay to the concept of a full-time, paid fire department. The Council has authorized the tribal grants office to go af ter CETA funds for the initial hiring and training of 12 full time fire fighters. Up to this point, fire department person nel have worked on a volunteer basis. ' Grants 'specialist Art Tassie" said 'that' $85,7 19 in CETA funds would cover the first six months of the program, which would include basic training and turnout gear for the full-time firemen. Long-awaited story reaches National Geographic pages The few local subscribers to National Geographic already have well-worn copies of the April 1979 edition. It is in this issue that the Warm Springs Reservation is featured with 12 pages of photographs and nar rative entitled, "Warm Springs Indians Carve Out a Future." It has been a long wait since author-photographer David Boyer packed up his cameras in the fall of 1976 after several months of investigating every nook and cranny of the reser vation. Nearly three years later, readers look up from the clos ing photos of Jimmy Macy and Ken Smtih and comment with a touch of disappointment, "Is that all?" That, in the view of general manager Ken Smith, is a lot. "Anytime we get a positive ar ticle in a national magazine, that's good public relations for the tribes." Strange sighting stir Sasquatch story Skepticism and nervous chuckles greet most Big Foot or Sasquatch stories. But it was no laughing matter Saturday, March 17, when Russell Charley and his wife rushed to Kah-Nee-Ta Vil lage to report that some kind of monster had thrown a 30-pound rock at their car. "They were both very shaken up and scared," agreed Jim McDonald and Ted Nisley, who were on duty that night. The Charleys arrived at the Village at about 8:30 p.m., and reported j their frightening encounter to Kah-Nee-Ta security guard Ed Fort son, who in turn notified the L Warm Springs police. Referring to the thing as "a monster," Charley said that it had thrown a 30-pound rock, about one-foot in diameter, at his car as he was driving through Russell Charley Canyon to his home. Charley explained that he has seen and heard the monster be fore. He described it as being very big and tall, and said when it got close enough he could detect a very bad odor. Referendum likely on powerhouse It appears likely that the Tribal Council will call for a ref erendum sometime in May to ask the people if they want to go ahead with the tribes' hydro electric project at the Pelton Reregulating Dam. Council will meet to set the referendum date and to sched ule district meetings and a Gen eral Council. "This is a sound project," said Jerry Dibble, engineering con sultant. "It puts to use a produc tive resource that will not harm the environment, and it will pro vide energy equivalent to 135,000 barrels of oil per year." Support shown for rural fire protection The first of two public hear ings to discuss the location of a rural fire station was held March 20 at the Simnasho Longhouse. And not surprisingly, the Simnasho area was the favored site by those at the meeting. The three proposed locations under consideration are West Island Road, the Simnasho Highway 26 junction, and Simnasho. A need for fire pro tection at Kah-Nee-Ta has al ready been identified. Tribal planner Uren Leonard explained that, if approved by IIUD, a maximum grant in the amount of $250,000 would be allocated for the development of a rural fire station and alarm system. Learn beading at the museum The museum will be hosting Call the museum, 553-3331, a cultural enrichment class, to reserve a space. Classes are beading patlapahs. from 5 to 8 p.m. Beading The classes are Mondays and patlapahs will be taught by Gery Tuesdays, starting April 5 Jim. Class fee is $10 per indi- th rough April 27. vidual. Powwow at Celilo The Celilo Wyam Salmon Feast and Powwow is set for Friday through Sunday, April 9 11. There will be contests, with specials to be announced, plus arts and crafts. The powwow is seeking roy alty candidates, senior and jun ior queen and HP brave are wel come to apply. Contact (541) 296-8031. Spring is clean-up time April 2004 is community trash pick-up time. Together we can make a difference. Enter to win prizes at the 1 lousing De partment BBQ on April 30. For more in formation call the Housing Department at 553 3250. Remember, April is spring clean-up and environmental month. Story idea? MI Spilffl Tymoo. 553-3274. nan) cheats Credit problems! We finance most everyone! ass1 frtotttti&jf&Qg tSHOfV Ijfo Md i U.SJL Jen mm mm OuilRW Don't just put your old lace boots out to pasture. 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