Spilyqy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
April 1, 2004.
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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.
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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.
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