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The Warm Springs Emergency Medical Services crew and the helicopter crew meet at the landing field, the grassy lawn
across from the courthouse. The chopper was in Warm Springs for about two hours last Tuesday.
Blackhawk helicopter
visits for EMS Week
As pan of Emergency Medi
cal Services Week a US. Army
Blackhawk helicopter, used at
times in emergency situations,
flew into Warm Springs. The
helicopter crew landed the air
craft in the grassy field behind
the Tire Department.
Other activities during the
week were a Jaws of Life ve
hicle extraction demonstration
by the Warm Springs EMS
crew; and an open house at the
fire hall. The EMS team also
went around the community and
provided blood pressure and
sugar-level tests to people. And
they asked for comments on
how the fire and safety depart
ment might better serve the
community.
The Warm Springs Eire and
Safety Department employs 18
full-time and 14 part-time staff,
stationed at the Agency fire hall
and Simnasho. The employees
are trained in fire-fighting,
emergency medical response,
and search and rescue. Dur
ing EMS week, the arrival of
the helicopter was probably the
event that drew the most in
terest. The helicopter is used
during emergencies only when
all other response resources in
the region have been ex
hausted, or during a particu
larly difficult search and res
cue, said Fire Chief Dan
Martinez. The helicopter is sta
tioned in Salem. It took the
crew about an hour to fly to
Warm Springs. The last time
the helicopter was used during
an actual medical emergency
on the reservation was in
2001 , when a plane went down
in the Simnasho area.
Twenty -five years ago this week
From the May 25, 1979,
edition of the Spijay Tymoo.
Voters okay
Pelton project
Tribal members voted to ap
prove the funding for construc
tion of a powerhouse at the
Pelton Reregulating Dam by a
margin of 83 percent at the
May 15 referendum. The vote
during the exceptionally good
turnout was 383 yes, to 73 no.
"This is an amazing testimony
to the far-sightedness of the
tribal members," said adminis
trative branch manager Doug
McClelland. Project engineer
Jerry Dibble said, "This is a re-
ally good project. I think the
tribal members will be pleased
t over the years."
Housing woes
aired at
General Council
City-type housing and rents
came under fire at last night's
General Council meeting, where
a handful of people were gath
ered to discuss the upcoming
June 5 referendum. Most fa
vored the Deschutes Domestic
Water project, and urged voters
to get to the polls on June 5.
But there were deep concerns
about the direction of housing
on the reservation.
People expressed a desire for
rural housing, "not West Hills
type homes with nearby neigh
borhoods." "We don't like to live like city
people," Millie Colwash told the
Tribal Council. Bernice Mitchell
warned the group, "We've lost a
lot of our culture by living on
top of each other. Sometimes
people are crawling the walls
because we're so close to one
another."
She feels it is better for fami
lies and children in rural areas,
and that parents can keep bet
ter track of their kids in a rural
environment.
Kitchen lured
Calica from
Simnasho farm
Joe Calica left the Philippines
in 1927 to go to school in the
states. "I never did go!" he
chuckles. But he has accom
plished a few other things in his
50 years away from home. Earn
ing Kah-Nee-Ta's employee of
the month award was just one
of them. As a cook in the lodge's
main kitchen, 72-year-old Calica
employs a trade learned in
Tacoma shortly after his arrival
in the Northwest. Working his
way up from a dishwasher,
Calica discovered a skill he could
take anywhere, and Kah-Nee-Ta
is now benefiting from his tal
ents. Supervisor Norman Yates
commended Calica for his "out
standing ability in all phases of
kitchen preparation" and his
"willingness to take any task
given to him and perform it
without question."
His 100 percent attendance
and "happy go lucky" attitude
are also valued in the Juniper
kitchen, said Yates.
After marrying tribal mem
ber Inez Sumpter in 1943 and
finishing a stint in the Navy,
Calica came to the Warm
Springs Reservation and began
farming, as his family had done
in the Philippines.
Kah-Nee-Ta
hosts Rose
Festival Court
Kah-Nee-Ta "put on the
dog," as the saying goes, for the
13 members of the Rose Festi
val Royz.1 Court. The court
made its annual press and out-of-town
visitation, which in
cluded a visit to Bonneville
Dam, Kah-Nee-Ta and Timber
line Lodge.
Before arriving at Kah-Nee-Ta,
the girls, along with chaper-
Restaurant
For Sale
Business
and
Equipment
$150,000,
on Highway 26,
Warm Springs OR
(541) 553-1206.
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PRINTING
Tribal Busmen Cards
Business Forms
EnvelopesLetterheads
Raffle Tickets
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for Conventions, Workshops
Sports Awards, Pow-wow, GoJf Town.
Child Awards, Giveaways. Gaming
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HarxJ-pamted muraJs and devgntng
Signage: Wood, plastic metal, vmyt
ones and an Oregon Journal
photographer, visited Bonneville
Dam and fish hatchery.
Oohs and ahhs could be
heard as the princesses were
taken on a tour of Kah-Nee-Ta
and given a complete history of
how Kah-Nee-Ta was named
after the famous root digger.
Resort has new
assistant manager
The bad news at Kah-Nee-Ta
recently was the loss of the
assistant manager - who was a
tribal member. The good news
is that Kah-Nee-Ta has a new
assistant manager - who is also
a tribal member.
Al Bagley, 35, was promoted
from his position as night man
ager effective May 1, accord
ing to resort manager Bill Pauli.
Bagley will oversee the opera
tions of the front desk and the
related areas of reservations
and sales, as well as housekeep
ing and eventually grounds and
maintenance. Two years in Kah-Nee-Ta's
management training
program have paid off in a big
way for Bagley, who succeeds
Garland Brunoe in the resort's
second highest position.
Earl to retire
after 34 years
with the BIA
After 34 years working for
the BIA, Clayton Earl has de
cided that it's "long enough" and
time to retire to a life of "who
knows what." "It really seems
like just the other day that I
started work as a Day School
Principal-Teacher at the Turtle
Mountain Agency in North Da
kota in 1945. He came to Warm
Springs in 1963.
Warm Springs Market
Indian Arts and Craifc
2122 Warm Sprmgs St.
Warm Springs, OK $7761
(541)552-1597
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